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2021 IIHF World Championship
Division IV
2022 IIHF World Championship Division IV logo
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
Dates 3–8 March
Teams 5
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 115 (11.5 per match)
Attendance 7,666 (767 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Kyrgyzstan Vladimir Nosov
(20 points)
Website Website
2021 (cancelled)
2023

The 2022 IIHF World Championship Division IV was an international ice hockey tournament organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The tournament was played in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 3 to 8 March 2022.[1][2]

After the tournament was cancelled the last two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams stayed put in their divisions.[3]

Kyrgyzstan won the tournament, earning promotion to Division III Group B for 2023.[4]

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Kuwait Kuwait Placed 5th in Division III Q last edition.
Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Host, placed 6th in Division III Q last edition.
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia First time participating in tournament.
Flag of Philippines Philippines First time participating in tournament.
Flag of Singapore First time participating in tournament.
Flag of Iran Iran First time participating in tournament.

Match officials[]

Two referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of Kazakhstan Vladimir Suslov
  • Flag of Romania Mihai Paul

  • Flag of Georgia (country) Tornike Kuchava
  • Flag of Kazakhstan Timur Iskakov
  • Flag of Kazakhstan Alexander Yadryshnikov

  • Flag of Kyrgyzstan Yntymak Abdykalykov
  • Flag of Malaysia Edmond Ng

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan (H, P) 4 4 0 0 0 64 2 +62 12 Promotion to 2023 Division III B
2 Flag of Iran Iran 4 3 0 0 1 22 20 +2 9
3 Flag of Singapore 4 2 0 0 2 14 22 −8 6
4 Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 4 1 0 0 3 11 39 −28 3
5 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 4 0 0 0 4 4 32 −28 0
6 Flag of Philippines Philippines[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. U18 Worlds in Germany. IIHF.com (5 June 2021). Retrieved on 5 June 2021.
  2. Tournaments. IIHF.com (10 August 2021). Retrieved on 10 August 2021.
  3. Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). IIHF Council announces more cancellations.
  4. Kyrgyzstan rampant on home ice. IIHF.com (8 March 2022). Retrieved on 8 March 2022.
  5. Game officials
  6. Debut for Philippines postponed. IIHF.com (13 December 2021). Retrieved on 13 December 2021.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+6)

3 March 2022
16:00
Kuwait Flag of Kuwait 2–5
(1–0, 0–5, 1–0)
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 135
3 March 2022
20:00
Iran Flag of Iran 1–13
(1–4, 0–6, 0–3)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,800

4 March 2022
19:00
Flag of Singapore 2–5
(0–3, 1–0, 1–2)
Flag of Iran Iran Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 104

5 March 2022
17:00
Flag of Singapore

4–0
(2–0, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of Kuwait Kuwait Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 200
5 March 2022
20:00
Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan 22–1
(6–0, 10–1, 6–0)
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,712

6 March 2022
19:00
Iran Flag of Iran 9–2
(4–0, 3–0, 2–2)
Flag of Kuwait Kuwait Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 74

7 March 2022
17:00
Malaysia Flag of Malaysia 3–7
(2–2, 1–2, 0–3)
Flag of Iran Iran Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 165
7 March 2022
20:00
Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan 15–0
(6–0, 4–0, 5–0)
Flag of Singapore Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,723

8 March 2022
17:00
Malaysia Flag of Malaysia 2–8
(1–2, 1–2, 0–4)
Flag of Singapore

Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 95
8 March 2022
20:00
Kuwait Flag of Kuwait 0–14
(0–4, 0–5, 0–5)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,658

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Kyrgyzstan Vladimir Nosov 4 9 11 20 +20 0 F
Kyrgyzstan Mikhail Chuvalov 4 5 10 15 +17 0 F
Kyrgyzstan Vladimir Tonkikh 4 9 5 14 +16 0 F
Kyrgyzstan Islambek Abdyraev 4 6 8 14 +12 0 F
Kyrgyzstan Alexander Titov 4 8 5 13 +11 2 F
Kyrgyzstan Maxim Egorov 4 3 10 13 +19 4 D
Kyrgyzstan Sultan Ismanov 4 8 2 10 +16 4 F
Iran Jalal Keyhanfar 4 4 6 10 +2 0 F
Iran Farzad Houshidari 4 5 4 9 −1 8 D
Iran Maziar Ghorbani 4 4 4 8 +1 4 D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Kyrgyzstan Kadyr Alymbekov 116:36 0 0.00 23 100.00 0
Flag of Singapore
Joshua Lee || 211:30 || 15 || 4.26 || 131 || 88.55 || 1
Iran Alireza Mahdavi 98:04 8 4.89 55 85.45 0
Iran Oveis Hassanzadeh 141:56 12 5.07 70 82.86 0
Malaysia Meng Chow 216:13 29 8.05 169 82.84 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards[]

Position Player[1]
Goaltender Flag of Singapore
Joshua Shao Ern Lee
Defenceman Iran Farzad Houshidari
Forward Kyrgyzstan Sultan Ismanov

References[]

External links[]

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