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Thai women win Asia’s ice hockey championship

A women’s ice hockey team from tropical Thailand defeated rivals from Iran to win the International Ice Hockey Federation’s women’s championship for Asia and Oceania in the final held in Bangkok.

The Thai team downed the Iranian squad by a respectable 3 to 1 margin, but the Thai women dominated the tournament with their explosive offense. Virtually every game was a blowout. The final was the only match in which the Thais scored fewer than 11 goals. Overall, Thailand’s team outscored their opponents 51 to 3 throughout the competition.

This was the second year that the Thai women won the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) women’s tournament, with their inaugural title coming…