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2023 IIHF World Championship
Division IV
2023 IIHF World Championship Division IV
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Mongolia Mongolia
Dates 23–26 March
Teams 4
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 61 (10.17 per match)
Attendance 11,063 (1,844 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Philippines Manvil Billones
(12 points)
Website IIHF.com
2022

The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division IV was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The tournament was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 23 to 26 March 2023 after the original hosts, Kuwait, withdrew from hosting the tournament.[1][2]

Four nations participated in the tournament, including Mongolia, who returned to the World Championships after a ten-year absence.[3] Indonesia and the Philippines made their debut in the World Championships. Originally, the Philippines had made its debut, but withdrew before last year's tournament began due to players, coaches and staffs being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

The Philippines won the tournament and were promoted to Division III B.[5]

Venues[]

Ulaanbaatar
Steppe Arena
Capacity: 3,600

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Kuwait Kuwait Placed 5th in Division IV last year.
Flag of Philippines Philippines First time participating in tournament, withdrew last year.
Flag of Mongolia Mongolia Host, first participation since 2012.
Flag of Indonesia Indonesia First time participating in tournament.

Match officials[]

Three referees and four linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]

On ice officials
  • Flag of Austria Manuel Nikolic
  • Flag of Italy Turo Virta
  • Flag of Japan Kenji Kosaka
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Brejcha
  • Flag of Malaysia Edmond Ng
  • Flag of Singapore
Huang Qiwei
  • Flag of Slovenia Matjaž Hribar

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Flag of Philippines Philippines 3 2 1 0 0 35 6 +29 8 Promoted to 2024 Division III B
2 Flag of Mongolia Mongolia (H) 3 2 0 1 0 19 8 +11 7
3 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 3 1 0 0 2 4 24 −20 3
4 Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 3 0 0 0 3 3 23 −20 0
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.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+8)

23 March 2023
14:00
Philippines Flag of Philippines 14–0
(4–0, 6–0, 4–0)
Flag of Indonesia Indonesia Steppe Arena, Ulaanbaatar
Attendance: 700
23 March 2023
18:00
Kuwait Flag of Kuwait 0–8
(0–4, 0–0, 0–4)
Flag of Mongolia Mongolia Steppe Arena, Ulaanbaatar
Attendance: 3,075

25 March 2023
14:00
Indonesia Flag of Indonesia 2–4
(1–0, 1–1, 0–3)
Flag of Kuwait Kuwait Steppe Arena, Ulaanbaatar
Attendance: 375
25 March 2023
18:00
Philippines Flag of Philippines 7–6 OT
(3–0, 0–3, 3–3)
(OT: 1–0)
Flag of Mongolia Mongolia Steppe Arena, Ulaanbaatar
Attendance: 3,267

26 March 2023
14:00
Kuwait Flag of Kuwait 0–14
(0–1, 0–4, 0–9)
Flag of Philippines Philippines Steppe Arena, Ulaanbaatar
Attendance: 803
26 March 2023
18:00
Mongolia Flag of Mongolia 5–1
(3–0, 0–0, 2–1)
Flag of Indonesia Indonesia Steppe Arena, Ulaanbaatar
Attendance: 2,843

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Philippines Manvil Billones 3 5 7 12 +13 8 F
Philippines Kenwrick Sze 3 6 5 11 +13 0 F
Philippines Steven Füglister 3 3 8 11 +13 0 F
Philippines Carl Montano 3 6 4 10 +10 6 F
Philippines Jan Regencia 3 3 3 6 +3 0 F
Mongolia Gerelt Ider 3 2 4 6 +5 6 F
Mongolia Mishigsuren Namjil 3 2 4 6 +6 0 F
Mongolia Erdenesukh Bold 3 1 5 6 +6 2 F
Mongolia Chinzolboo Mishigsuren 3 4 1 5 +3 4 F
Philippines Jorell Crisostomo 3 1 4 5 +2 2 F

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
Philippines Paolo Spafford 120:00 0 0.00 27 100.00 2
Mongolia Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan 122:26 4 1.96 44 90.91 0
Indonesia Satyaandipa Asmara 94:07 11 7.01 88 87.50 0
Kuwait Ahmad Al-Saegh 125:37 14 6.69 90 84.44 0
Indonesia Izzan Rais 85:37 12 8.41 77 84.42 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[7]
Goaltender Mongolia Baatarhuu Bazarvaani
Defenceman Philippines Eishner Sibug
Forward Kuwait Ali Al-Sarraf

References[]

  1. Merk, Martin (30 September 2022). Championship updates. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  2. Самбууням.М (4 January 2023). Mongolia to Host 2023 IIHF World Championship Division IV in March. Mongolian National News Agency.
  3. Merk, Martin (27 September 2022). New era for Mongolia. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  4. Merk, Martin (13 December 2021). Debut for Philippines postponed. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  5. Golden debut for the Philippines. International Ice Hockey Federation (27 March 2023).
  6. Competition officials.
  7. Best Players Selected by the Directorate.

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