2022 IIHF World Championship Division IV

2021 IIHF World Championship
Division IV
Tournament details
Host country	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)	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
Kuwait	Placed 5th in Division III Q last edition.
Kyrgyzstan	Host, placed 6th in Division III Q last edition.
Malaysia	First time participating in tournament.
~~Philippines~~	First time participating in tournament.
Singapore	First time participating in tournament.
Iran	First time participating in tournament.

Match officials

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

Referees

Linesmen

Vladimir Suslov
Mihai Paul

Tornike Kuchava
Timur Iskakov
Alexander Yadryshnikov

Yntymak Abdykalykov
Edmond Ng

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kyrgyzstan (H, P)	4	4	0	64	2	+62	12	Promotion to 2023 Division III B
2	Iran	4	3	1	22	20	+2	9
3	Singapore	4	2	2	14	22	−8	6
4	Malaysia	4	1	3	11	39	−28	3
5	Kuwait	4	0	4	4	32	−28	0
6	Philippines[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn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:

The Philippines withdrew their team on 13 December 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as they were unable to practice as the ice rinks were closed.[6]

Results

All times are local (UTC+6)

3 March 2022
16:00

Kuwait

2–5
(1–0, 0–5, 1–0)

Malaysia

Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 135

Game reference

Ahmad Al-Saegh

Goalies

Meng Chow

Referee:

Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:

Tornike Kuchava

Edmond Ng

Al-Ajmi (Al-Kandari, Al-Maraghy) – 04:53	1–0
	1–1	20:32 – Mohammed (PP)
	1–2	32:51 – Mohammed (Versluis, Muhd) (PP)
	1–3	34:23 – Muhammad (Shaharudin, Raja)
	1–4	37:28 – Muhammad (Low)
	1–5	38:55 – Goh (Muhd)
A. Al-Sarraf – 46:56	2–5

16 min

Penalties

12 min

29

Shots

22

3 March 2022
20:00

Iran

1–13
(1–4, 0–6, 0–3)

Kyrgyzstan

Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,800

Game reference

Oveis Hassanzadeh<bt>Alireza Mahdavi

Goalies

Alexander Petrov
Kadyr Alymbekov

Referee:

Mihai Paul
Linesmen:

Timur Iskakov

Alexander Yadryshnikov

	0–1	02:09 – Nosov (Egorov, Terentyev) (PP)
	0–2	08:23 – Chuvalov (PP)
Keyhanfar (Mehraban, Houshidari) – 13:37	1–2
	1–3	14:43 – Chuvalov (Nosov, Tonkikh) (PP2)
	1–4	18:24 – Abdyraev (Kachkynbekov)
	1–5	22:18 – Kim
	1–6	27:48 – Egorov (Abdyraev) (PP)
	1–7	29:42 – Nosov (Chuvalov) (PP)
	1–8	29:57 – Titov (Mirbekov, Abdyraev)
	1–9	32:08 – Titov (Egorov, Nosov) (PP)
	1–10	32:50 – Abdyraev (Kudashev)
	1–11	40:15 – Nosov (Chuvalov)
	1–12	42:50 – Tonkikh (Egorov, Nosov) (PP)
	1–13	59:42 – Tikhonov (Asanaliev) (SH)

42 min

Penalties

22 min

15

Shots

67

4 March 2022
19:00

Singapore

2–5
(0–3, 1–0, 1–2)

Iran

Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 104

Game reference

Joshua Lee

Goalies

Oveis Hassanzadeh

Referee:

Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:

Yntymak Abdykalykov

Tornike Kuchava

	0–1	15:53 – Ghorbani (Housidari) (PP2)
	0–2	16:24 – Keyhanfar (Moghadasi) (PP)
	0–3	16:58 – Housidari (SH)
Chan (Chwe) (EA) – 34:51	1–3
	1–4	45:05 – Keyhanfar (Housidari) (PP)
Chan (Goh) – 45:49	2–4
	2–5	58:19 – Moghadasi (Ghorbani) (EN)

32 min

Penalties

26 min

21

Shots

41

5 March 2022
17:00

Singapore

4–0
(2–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Kuwait

Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 200

Game reference

Joshua Lee

Goalies

Jasem Al-Sarraf

Referee:

Mihai Paul
Linesmen:

Edmond Ng

Alexander Yadryshnikov

Tan (Chua) (PP) – 06:39	1–0
Redden (PP2) – 16:45	2–0
Chan (Chua) – 21:51	3–0
Redden (Chew, Wong) – 30:07	4–0

12 min

Penalties

20 min

30

Shots

27

5 March 2022
20:00

Kyrgyzstan

22–1
(6–0, 10–1, 6–0)

Malaysia

Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,712

Game reference

Alexander Petrov
Kadyr Alymbekov

Goalies

Muhammad Haikal
Meng Chow

Referee:

Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:

Timur Iskakov

Tornike Kuchava

Nosov (Tonkikh) – 03:12	1–0
Egorov (PP) – 05:57	2–0
Nosov (Terentyev, Chuvalov) – 07:50	3–0
Titov (Mirbekov) – 08:07	4–0
Kudashev – 16:21	5–0
Tonkikh (Nosov) – 17:25	6–0
Ismanov (Tynaliev) – 21:25	7–0
	7–1	21:53 – Versluis
Tonkikh (Chuvalov, Nosov) – 22:39	8–1
Myrzabaev (Tursunbekov) – 23:23	9–1
Ismanov – 23:47	10–1
Tonkikh (Chuvalov) – 25:47	11–1
Tynaliev (Ismanov) – 27:26	12–1
Kim (SH) – 29:41	13–1
Ismanov (SH) – 31:20	14–1
Nosov (Chuvalov) – 32:04	15–1
Titov (Abdyraev) – 32:30	16–1
Mirbekov (Titov) – 41:35	17–1
Ismanov (Kim) (PP) – 43:33	18–1
Titov (Mirbekov, Abdyraev) – 46:36	19–1
Kim (Egorov) – 47:07	20–1
Abdyraev (Titov) (PP) – 51:29	21–1
Chuvalov (Nosov) – 53:02	22–1

12 min

Penalties

6 min

89

Shots

5

6 March 2022
19:00

Iran

9–2
(4–0, 3–0, 2–2)

Kuwait

Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 74

Game reference

Oveis Hassanzadeh<bt>Alireza Mahdavi

Goalies

Jasem Al-Sarraf

Referee:

Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:

Yntymak Abdykalykov

Alexander Yadryshnikov

Houshidari – 00:40	1–0
Ghorbani (Keyhanfar) (PP2) – 04:42	2–0
Ghorbani (Houshidari) (PP) – 11:43	3–0
Ghahar (Bagheri) – 13:19	4–0
Houshidari (Keyhanfar) (SH) – 25:15	5–0
Houshidari (PS) – 30:56	6–0
Mehraban (Bagheri) – 38:40	7–0
	7–1	46:56 – Al-Ajmi
	7–2	48:37– A. Al-Sarraf
Mehraban (Ghorbani) (PP) – 50:07	8–2
Keyhanfar (Mehraban) (PP) – 51:39	9–2

50 min

Penalties

68 min

38

Shots

26

7 March 2022
17:00

Malaysia

3–7
(2–2, 1–2, 0–3)

Iran

Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 165

Game reference

Meng Chow

Goalies

Oveis Hassanzadeh<bt>Alireza Mahdavi

Referee:

Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:

Yntymak Abdykalykov

Alexander Yadryshnikov

Muhd (SH) – 01:58	1–0
	1–1	11:27 – Korehei (Ghafoori, Moghadasi) (PP)
Mohammad (Versluis, Goh) – 15:23	2–1
	2–2	16:51 – Aghamohammadi (Ghorbani)
Aiman Zul (SH) – 22:27	3–2
	3–3	24:10 – Ghorbani (Keyhanfar, Bahri) (PP)
	3–4	39:59 – Bagheri (Ghorbani) (PP)
	3–5	44:07 – Houshidari (Bahri, Keyhanfar) (SH)
	3–6	52:12 – Ghafoori (Keyhanfar, Korehei)
	3–7	57:20 – Heidari (Keyhanfar)

14 min

Penalties

10 min

11

Shots

51

7 March 2022
20:00

Kyrgyzstan

15–0
(6–0, 4–0, 5–0)

Singapore

Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,723

Game reference

Alexander Petrov
Kadyr Alymbekov

Goalies

Joshua Lee

Referee:

Mihai Paul
Linesmen:

Timur Iskakov

Edmond Ng

Chuvalov – 02:18	1–0
Titov (Abdyraev, Kudashev) (PP) – 04:24	2–0
Ismanov – 10:00	3–0
Nosov (Tonkikh) – 12:25	4–0
Tonkikh (Nosov) (SH) – 16:06	5–0
Chuvalov (Egorov) – 19:15	6–0
Tonkikh – 23:34	7–0
Tonkikh (Egorov) (PP) – 26:48	8–0
Tonkikh (Nosov, Egorov) (PP) – 31:44	9–0
Titov (Egorov, Abdyraev) (PP) – 37:27	10–0
Nosov (Tonkikh, Chuvalov) – 48:54	11–0
Titov (Kudashev, Abdyraev) – 51:01	12–0
Ismanov (Tynaliev, Kim) – 55:13	13–0
Tonkikh (Nosov, Terentyev) (SH) – 56:42	14–0
Terentyev (Egorov, Ismanov) (PP) – 59:36	15–0

8 min

Penalties

12 min

67

Shots

9

8 March 2022
17:00

Malaysia

2–8
(1–2, 1–2, 0–4)

Singapore

Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 95

Game reference

Meng Chow

Goalies

Joshua Lee

Referee:

Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:

Tornike Kuchava

Alexander Yadryshnikov

	0–1	03:56 – B. Lee (Hamnett, Redden)
Mohammad (PP) – 13:45	1–1
	1–2	16:02 – Tan (Chew) (SH)
	1–3	31:10 – Redden (Chew) (PP)
Muhammad (PP) – 33:19	2–3
	2–4	35:03 – Chan (Chew) (PP)
	2–5	45:43 – Wong
	2–6	50:44 – Chan (Redden, Chew) (PP)
	2–7	53:06 – Redden (Wong) (PP)
	2–8	59:58 – Redden

16 min

Penalties

16 min

22

Shots

34

8 March 2022
20:00

Kuwait

0–14
(0–4, 0–5, 0–5)

Kyrgyzstan

Gorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,658

Game reference

Jasem Al-Sarraf

Goalies

Kadyr Alymbekov
Alexander Petrov

Referee:

Mihai Paul
Linesmen:

Timur Iskakov

Edmond Ng

	0–1	02:06 – Tynaliev (Tonkikh, Myrzabaev)
	0–2	03:18 – Nosov (Egorov)
	0–3	06:04 – Abdyraev (Titov, Mirbekov)
	0–4	09:16 – Mirbekov (Titov, Kachkynbekov)
	0–5	21:13 – Kim
	0–6	25:10 – Shamyrkanov (Chuvalov)
	0–7	27:14 – Mirbekov (Abdyraev)
	0–8	35:46 – Egorov (Chuvalov, Shamyrkanov)
	0–9	36:26 – Ismanov
	0–10	47:32 – Abdyraev (Titov) (PP)
	0–11	49:54 – Ismanov (Tursunbekov, Nosov) (PP)
	0–12	50:50 – Abdyraev (Terentyev, Mirbekov)
	0–13	59:09 – Tursunbekov (Chuvalov, Shamyrkanov)
	0–14	59:58 – Kim (Nosov)

14 min

Penalties

2 min

3

Shots

63

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Vladimir Nosov	4	9	11	20	+20	0	F
Mikhail Chuvalov	4	5	10	15	+17	0	F
Vladimir Tonkikh	4	9	5	14	+16	0	F
Islambek Abdyraev	4	6	8	14	+12	0	F
Alexander Titov	4	8	5	13	+11	2	F
Maxim Egorov	4	3	10	13	+19	4	D
Sultan Ismanov	4	8	2	10	+16	4	F
Jalal Keyhanfar	4	4	6	10	+2	0	F
Farzad Houshidari	4	5	4	9	−1	8	D
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
Kadyr Alymbekov	116:36	0	0.00	23	100.00	0
Joshua Lee	211:30	15	4.26	131	88.55	1
Alireza Mahdavi	98:04	8	4.89	55	85.45	0
Oveis Hassanzadeh	141:56	12	5.07	70	82.86	0
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[7]
Goaltender	Joshua Shao Ern Lee
Defenceman	Farzad Houshidari
Forward	Sultan Ismanov

References

"U18 Worlds in Germany". IIHF.com. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
"Tournaments". IIHF.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
"Kyrgyzstan rampant on home ice". IIHF.com. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
Game officials
"Debut for Philippines postponed". IIHF.com. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
"Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

External links

Official website

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[table_note_PHI0.68476156316919-7] The Philippines withdrew their team on 13 December 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as they were unable to practice as the ice rinks were closed.[6]

[1] "U18 Worlds in Germany". IIHF.com. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

[2] "Tournaments". IIHF.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[3] Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[4] "Kyrgyzstan rampant on home ice". IIHF.com. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[5] Game officials

[6] "Debut for Philippines postponed". IIHF.com. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[8] "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 8 March 2022.