2025 IIHF World Championship Division IV

2025 IIHF World Championship
Division IV
Tournament details
Host country	Armenia
City	Yerevan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–19 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	231 (15.4 per game)
Attendance	3,380 (225 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ilia Drozdetskikh (36 points)
Website	IIHF
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Main article: 2025 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2025 IIHF World Championship Division IV was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.^[1]

The tournament was held in Yerevan, Armenia, from 13 to 19 to April 2025.^[2]

Participating teams[]

Team	Qualification
Iran	Placed 6th in Division III B in 2024 and was relegated.
Kuwait	Placed 2nd in Division IV in 2024.
Indonesia	Placed 3rd in Division IV in 2024.
Malaysia	Placed 4th in Division IV in 2024.
Armenia	Host, first participation since 2010.
Uzbekistan	First time participating.

Match officials[]

Five referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Referees	Linesmen
Ramin Atighechi Kenji Kosaka Vladimir Yefremov Juraj Konč Yahya Al-Jneibi	Vít Lederer Tom Giesen Wong Chun Hang Andianto Hie Vladislav Zotov Edmond Ng David Prokofyev

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Uzbekistan (P)	5	4	0	1	0	79	10	+69	13	Promoted to the 2026 Division III B
2	Armenia (H)	5	3	1	1	0	53	11	+42	12
3	Kuwait	5	3	1	0	1	56	32	+24	11
4	Indonesia	5	2	0	0	3	17	60	−43	6
5	Iran	5	1	0	0	4	6	42	−36	3
6	Malaysia	5	0	0	0	5	20	76	−56	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; (P) Promoted.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+4).

13 April 2025
14:00

Indonesia

2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Iran

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 211


Izzan Rais	Goalies	Soheil Khalaj	Referee: Kenji Kosaka
Naga (Siregar) – 17:40 / Wijaya (Prijanto, Siregar) (PP) – 44:04	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1	24:55 – Farsad (Ghafoori, Mahdiyoun) (PP)
4 min	Penalties	11 min
28	Shots	44

13 April 2025
17:00

Kuwait

3–13
(0–4, 2–5, 1–4)

Uzbekistan

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 233


Rustam Irgashev	Goalies	Adam Barvik	Referee: Ramin Atighechi
Budzevich (Drozdetskikh) – 22:56 / Drozdetskikh (Budzevich) – 31:16 / Drozdetskikh (AlMari, Tcibin) – 50:10	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 2–7 / 2–8 / 2–9 / 2–10 / 2–11 / 2–12 / 3–12 / 3–13	2:40 – Kravchenko (Maltsev, Jilov) / 5:16 – Kravchenko (Jilov, Maltsev) / 6:39 – Nazarevich (Kogan) / 16:11 – pp – Kravchenko (Jilov) / 24:25 – Sinyavskiy (Jilov, Bagautdinov) / 27:02 – Azimov (Golubovich) / 28:28 – Rustamkhonov (Nazarevich) / 34:08 – pp – Maltsev (Dorofeev, Kravchenko) / 37:26 – Azimov (Maltsev) / 41:38 – Rasulov (Dorofeev) / 47:29 – Maltsev (Azimov) / 49:35 – Kogan (Kravchenko, Jilov) / 50:29 – Azimov (Golubovich)
12 min	Penalties	6 min
22	Shots	81

13 April 2025
20:00

Armenia

24–3
(9–1, 4–1, 11–1)

Malaysia

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 462


Artem Putulian Dmitriy Mazanko	Goalies	Mathaeus Grason Yu Muhammad Haikal	Referee: Juraj Konč
Asatrian – 00:53 / A.Kuznetsov (Manukian, Davtian) – 02:09 / M.Kuznetsov (A.Kuznetsov, Manukian) – 04:43 / Malakyan (Mikayelyan, Gevorgyan) – 05:04 / M.Kuznetsov (Manukian) (PP) – 06:50 / M.Kuznetsov (Manukian, Malakyan) – 09:35 / A.Kuznetsov (M.Kuznetsov, Davtian) (PP) – 14:56 / Kovalenko (Saghatelian, Malakyan) – 17:14 / A.Kuznetsov (Krivykh) – 18:27 / Ambartsumian – 22:38 / Ambartsumian (SH) – 26:07 / Manukian (Khudiakov, Davtian) – 35:53 / Manukian (M.Kuznetsov, A.Kuznetsov) (SH) – 39:39 / A.Kuznetsov (Khudiakov, M.Kuznetsov) (SH) – 40:15 / Manukian (M.Kuznetsov) (SH) – 41:06 / Kovalenko (Asatrian, Saghatelian) – 41:55 / A.Kuznetsov (Khudiakov) – 42:57 / Saghatelian (Ivanov) – 43:19 / Manukian (Khudiakov) – 44:45 / Kovalenko (Malakyan) – 45:31 / Asatrian (Kovalenko, Saghatelian) – 45:55 / A.Kuznetsov (M.Kuznetsov) – 51:38 / Asatrian (Kovalenko, Saghatelian) (PP) – 55:48 / Manukian (Kovalenko, M.Kuznetsov) – 58:27	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1 / 9–1 / 10–1 / 11–1 / 12–1 / 12–2 / 13–2 / 14–2 / 15–2 / 16–2 / 17–2 / 18–2 / 19–2 / 19–3 / 20–3 / 21–3 / 22–3 / 23–3 / 24–3	07:46 – Azra (Fadzli, Amin) / 37:20 – Azra / 45:12 – Ananda
29 min	Penalties	6 min
70	Shots	16

14 April 2025
14:00

Kuwait

15–6
(2–1, 8–2, 5–3)

Indonesia

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 32


Adam Barvik Zaid Al-Saeid	Goalies	Izzan Rais Sangga Putra	Referee: Vladimir Yefremov
	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2 / 7–2 / 8–2 / 9–2 / 9–3 / 10–3 / 11–3 / 12–3 / 13–3 / 13–4 / 14–4 / 14–5 / 14–6 / 15–6
29 min	Penalties	2 min
80	Shots	24

14 April 2025
17:00

Iran

5–1
(3–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Malaysia

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 128


Soheil Khalaj	Goalies	Muhammad Haikal Mathaeus Grason Yu	Referee: Yahya Al-Jneibi
Keyhanfar (Ghahar, Ghorbani) (PP) – 04:29 / Hamzeh (Eslami, Tajik) – 12:54 / Ghorbani (Jalali) – 18:55 / Keyhanfar (Moghadasi, Korehei) – 48:49 / Hamzeh (Farsad, Nagheli) – 50:26	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1	20:52 – Yu (Ananda, Azra) (PP)
14 min	Penalties	41 min
65	Shots	14

14 April 2025
20:00

Uzbekistan

2–3 GWS
(0–0, 2–2, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Armenia

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 489


Rustam Irgashev	Goalies	Artem Putulian	Referee: Kenji Kosaka
Sinyavsky (Jilov) – 36:04 / Rasulov (Rustamkhonov) – 36:37	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2	28:54 – Khudiakov (Kovalenko, Davtian) / 37:23 – M.Kuznetsov (Davtian) (PP2)
8 min	Penalties	10 min
59	Shots	35

16 April 2025
14:00

Iran

0–20
(0–7, 0–6, 0–7)

Uzbekistan

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 56


Soheil Khalaj Alireza Mahdavi	Goalies	Rustam Irgashev Aleksandr An	Referee: Yahya Al-Jneibi
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 0–9 / 0–10 / 0–11 / 0–12 / 0–13 / 0–14 / 0–15 / 0–16 / 0–17 / 0–18 / 0–19 / 0–20	02:16 – Golubovich (Dorofeev, Nazarevich) / 03:14 – Kravchenko (Sinyavskiy, Jilov) / 07:40 – Jilov (Sinyavskiy, Kravchenko) / 10:28 – Maltsev (Azimov, Bagautdinov) / 11:08 – Kogan (Nasirov, Nazarevich) / 12:13 – Rakhimov (Sinyavskiy, Jilov) / 15:56 – Kravchenko (Dorofeev, Jilov) (PP) / 21:39 – Sinyavskiy (Dorofeev, Azimov) (PP) / 26:10 – Sinyavskiy (Dorofeev, Maltsev) (PP) / 26:52 – Kravchenko (Sinyavskiy, Jilov) / 27:18 – Popov (Nasirov, Kogan) / 30:14 – Sinyavskiy (Rakhimov, Kravchenko) / 32:52 – Dadakhodjaev (Rustamkhonov) / 46:30 – Sinyavskiy (Jilov, Nazarevich) / 46:58 – Dorofeev (Golubovich, Rasulov) / 49:25 – Kogan (Nasirov, Popov) / 49:39 – Kravchenko (Jilov, Sinyavskiy) / 52:02 – Rustamkhonov (Rasulov, Dorofeev) / 52:50 – Azimov (Rustamkhonov, Nazarevich) / 55:03 – Jilov (Kravchenko, Dorofeev) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	0 min
3	Shots	87

16 April 2025
17:00

Indonesia

7–4
(2–0, 2–3, 3–1)

Malaysia

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 73


Izzan Rais	Goalies	Muhammad Haikal Mathaeus Grason Yu	Referee: Ramin Atighechi
	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 4–4 / 5–4 / 6–4 / 7–4
41 min	Penalties	12 min
28	Shots	44

16 April 2025
20:00

Kuwait

5–4 OT
(2–0, 2–2, 0–2)
(OT: 1–0)

Armenia

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 512


Adam Barvik	Goalies	Artem Putulian	Referee: Vladimir Yefremov
Drozdetskikh (Budzevich, Khalaf) – 11:46 / Budzevich (Vavra, Drozdetskikh) (PP) – 18:53 / Budzevich (Drozdetskikh) – 24:49 / Zidarevic (Budzevich, Tcibin) (PP) – 26:34 / Drozdetskikh (Tcibin) – 62:08	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 4–4 / 5–4	32:59 – Krivykh (Kovalenko, Ivanov) / 33:48 – A.Kuznetsov (Manukian, M.Kuznetsov) (EA) / 40:41 – Manukian / 57:45 – Manukian (M.Kuznetsov, Khudiakov) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	24 min
22	Shots	70

17 April 2025
14:00

Uzbekistan

26–1
(9–1, 10–0, 7–0)

Indonesia

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 88


Rustam Irgashev Aleksandr An	Goalies	Izzan Rais Sangga Putra	Referee: Vladimir Yefremov
	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1 / 9–1 / 10–1 / 11–1 / 12–1 / 13–1 / 14–1 / 15–1 / 16–1 / 17–1 / 18–1 / 19–1 / 20–1 / 21–1 / 22–1 / 23–1 / 24–1 / 25–1 / 26–1
4 min	Penalties	8 min
80	Shots	5

17 April 2025
17:00

Malaysia

9–22
(2–5, 3–7, 4–10)

Kuwait

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 57


Mathaeus Grason Yu Tengku Abdillah Azlly	Goalies	Zaid Al-Saeid	Referee: Yahya Al-Jneibi
	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5 / 2–6 / 3–6 / 3–7 / 3–8 / 4–8 / 4–9 / 4–10 / 4–11 / 4–12 / 5–12 / 5–13 / 5–14 / 5–15 / 5–16 / 6–16 / 6–17 / 7–17 / 8–17 / 8–18 / 8–19 / 8–20 / 8–21 / 8–22 / 9–22
4 min	Penalties	18 min
37	Shots	59

17 April 2025
20:00

Armenia

8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Iran

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 456


Artem Putulian Dmitriy Mazanko	Goalies	Soheil Khalaj	Referee: Juraj Konč
A.Kuznetsov (Manukian, Davtian) – 14:02 / Manukian (A.Kuznetsov, Ambartsumian) – 16:12 / Kovalenko (Asatrian, Lebedev) – 19:20 / Asatrian (Malakyan, Saghatelian) – 30:26 / Khudiakov (A.Kuznetsov, M.Kuznetsov) – 36:33 / M.Kuznetsov (Manukian, Khudiakov) – 39:59 / A.Kuznetsov (M.Kuznetsov, Krivykh) – 41:54 / Khudiakov (M.Kuznetsov, Malakyan) – 45:47	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0
27 min	Penalties	2 min
48	Shots	21

19 April 2025
14:00

Malaysia

3–18
(2–11, 1–2, 0–5)

Uzbekistan

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 38


Tengku Abdillah Azlly Muhammad Haikal	Goalies	Aleksandr An Daniel Muratov	Referee: Yahya Al-Jneibi
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 2–7 / 2–8 / 2–9 / 2–10 / 2–11 / 2–12 / 3–12 / 3–13 / 3–14 / 3–15 / 3–16 / 3–17 / 3–18
4 min	Penalties	4 min
9	Shots	75

19 April 2025
17:00

Indonesia

1–14
(0–8, 0–2, 1–4)

Armenia

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 476


Izzan Rais	Goalies	Artem Putulian Dmitriy Mazanko	Referee: Kenji Kosaka
Siregar (Naga, Hafiz) – 45:12	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 0–9 / 0–10 / 1–10 / 1–11 / 1–12 / 1–13 / 1–14	00:17 – Kovalenko (Krivykh, A.Kuznetsov) / 05:50 – Khudiakov (Davtian, Asatrian) / 07:49 – M.Kuznetsov (Ivanov, Davtian) (PP) / 08:46 – A.Kuznetsov (Yenokyan, Egiazarian) / 12:40 – Krivykh (Kovalenko, M.Kuznetsov) (PP) / 13:51 – Khudiakov (Asatrian, Saghatelian) (PP) / 19:43 – Saghatelian (Asatrian, M.Kuznetsov) / 19:59 – Kovalenko (Egiazarian, Saghatelian) / 31:56 – Ambartsumian (Kovalenko, A.Kuznetsov) / 35:05 – Kuzminov (Davtian, Kovalenko) / 49:01 – Krivykh (A.Kuznetsov) / 53:03 – Khudiakov (M.Kuznetsov, Lebedev) / 53:39 – A.Kuznetsov (M.Kuznetsov) / 57:34 – M.Kuznetsov (Krivykh, Kovalenko)
8 min	Penalties	8 min
15	Shots	56

19 April 2025
20:00

Iran

0–11
(0–2, 0–5, 0–4)

Kuwait

Ice Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 69


Soheil Khalaj	Goalies	Adam Barvik	Referee: Juraj Konč
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 0–9 / 0–10 / 0–11
6 min	Penalties	6 min
37	Shots	51

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ilia Drozdetskikh	5	13	23	36	+29	8	F
Anton Tcibin	5	14	21	35	+29	0	D
Vadim Kravchenko	5	13	12	25	+25	0	F
Vasiliy Jilov	5	6	19	25	+24	0	F
Valery Budzevich	5	10	13	23	+24	6	F
Pavel Sinyavskiy	5	10	13	23	+25	4	F
Maksim Kuznetsov	5	7	15	22	+23	0	F
Egor Dorofeef	5	6	13	19	+15	0	F
Artem Kuznetsov	5	11	7	18	+22	0	F
Tigran Manukian	4	8	7	15	+13	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
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
Artem Putulian	228:34	9	2.36	106	91.51	0
Adam Barvik	214:18	19	5.32	203	90.64	1
Rustam Irgashev	172:10	6	2.09	60	90.00	0
Izzan Rais	252:35	41	9.74	248	83.47	0
Soheil Khalaj	291:49	40	8.22	219	81.74	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards[]

Position	Player^[4]
Goaltender	Artem Putulian
Defenceman	Anton Tcibin
Forward	Vadim Kravchenko

References[]

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[1] IIHF Annual Congress.

[2] IIHF – Recap: 2024 Semi-Annual Congress.

[3] IV Competition officials.

[4] Best Players Selected by the Directorate IV.

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2025 IIHF World Championship Division IV

Contents

Participating teams[]

Match officials[]

Standings[]

Results[]

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Goaltending leaders[]

Awards[]

See also[]

References[]