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

The tournament was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 3 to 8 March 2022.

This was the first edition of the Division IV tournament, which had been cancelled the previous two years.

Kyrgyzstan won the tournament, earning promotion to Division III Group B for 2023. Iran, Singapore and Malaysia were also promoted with Kuwait continuing to participate in Division IV.

Participants Team QualificationPlaced 5th in Division III Q in 2019.Host, placed 6th in Division III Q in 2019.First time participating in tournament.Was supposed to be the first time participating in tournament.First time participating in tournament.First time participating in tournament.

Match officials Two referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.Game officials

Referees Linesmen Vladimir Suslov Mihai Paul Tornike Kuchava Timur Iskakov Alexander Yadryshnikov Yntymak Abdykalykov Edmond Ng

Standings

Results All times are local (UTC+6)

Statistics

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

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS 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; +/− = P 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.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%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 Goaltender Joshua Shao Ern Lee Defenceman Farzad Houshidari Forward Sultan Ismanov

References

External links Official website