2022 IIHF World Championship
Division IV
Tournament details
Host country Kyrgyzstan
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates3–8 March
Teams5
Tournament statistics
Games played10
Goals scored115 (11.5 per game)
Attendance7,666 (767 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Kyrgyzstan Vladimir Nosov (20 points)
WebsiteWebsite

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.[1][2]

This was the first edition of the Division IV tournament, which had been cancelled the previous two years.[3]

Kyrgyzstan won the tournament, earning promotion to Division III Group B for 2023.[4] Iran, Singapore and Malaysia were also promoted with Kuwait continuing to participate in Division IV.

Participants

Team Qualification
 Kuwait Placed 5th in Division III Q in 2019.
 Kyrgyzstan Host, placed 6th in Division III Q in 2019.
 Malaysia First time participating in tournament.
 Philippines Was supposed to be the 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]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Kazakhstan Vladimir Suslov
  • Romania Mihai Paul
  • Georgia (country) Tornike Kuchava
  • Kazakhstan Timur Iskakov
  • Kazakhstan Alexander Yadryshnikov
  • Kyrgyzstan Yntymak Abdykalykov
  • Malaysia Edmond Ng

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Kyrgyzstan (H, P) 4 4 0 0 0 64 2 +62 12 Promoted to the 2023 Division III B
2  Iran (P) 4 3 0 0 1 22 20 +2 9
3  Singapore (P) 4 2 0 0 2 14 22 −8 6
4  Malaysia (P) 4 1 0 0 3 11 39 −28 3
5  Kuwait 4 0 0 0 4 4 32 −28 0
6  Philippines[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn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. ↑ 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)		 MalaysiaGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 135
Game reference
Ahmad Al-SaeghGoaliesMeng ChowReferee:
Kazakhstan Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:
Georgia (country) Tornike Kuchava
Malaysia Edmond Ng
Al-Ajmi (Al-Kandari, Al-Maraghy) – 04:531–0
1–120:32 – Mohammed (PP)
1–232:51 – Mohammed (Versluis, Muhd) (PP)
1–334:23 – Muhammad (Shaharudin, Raja)
1–437:28 – Muhammad (Low)
1–538:55 – Goh (Muhd)
A. Al-Sarraf – 46:562–5
16 minPenalties12 min
29Shots22
3 March 2022
20:00		Iran 1–13
(1–4, 0–6, 0–3)		 KyrgyzstanGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,800
Game reference
Oveis Hassanzadeh
Alireza Mahdavi		GoaliesAlexander Petrov
Kadyr Alymbekov		Referee:
Romania Mihai Paul
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Timur Iskakov
Kazakhstan Alexander Yadryshnikov
0–102:09 – Nosov (Egorov, Terentyev) (PP)
0–208:23 – Chuvalov (PP)
Keyhanfar (Mehraban, Houshidari) – 13:371–2
1–314:43 – Chuvalov (Nosov, Tonkikh) (PP2)
1–418:24 – Abdyraev (Kachkynbekov)
1–522:18 – Kim
1–627:48 – Egorov (Abdyraev) (PP)
1–729:42 – Nosov (Chuvalov) (PP)
1–829:57 – Titov (Mirbekov, Abdyraev)
1–932:08 – Titov (Egorov, Nosov) (PP)
1–1032:50 – Abdyraev (Kudashev)
1–1140:15 – Nosov (Chuvalov)
1–1242:50 – Tonkikh (Egorov, Nosov) (PP)
1–1359:42 – Tikhonov (Asanaliev) (SH)
42 minPenalties22 min
15Shots67
4 March 2022
19:00		Singapore 2–5
(0–3, 1–0, 1–2)		 IranGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 104
Game reference
Joshua LeeGoaliesOveis HassanzadehReferee:
Kazakhstan Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:
Kyrgyzstan Yntymak Abdykalykov
Georgia (country) Tornike Kuchava
0–115:53 – Ghorbani (Housidari) (PP2)
0–216:24 – Keyhanfar (Moghadasi) (PP)
0–316:58 – Housidari (SH)
Chan (Chwe) (EA) – 34:511–3
1–445:05 – Keyhanfar (Housidari) (PP)
Chan (Goh) – 45:492–4
2–558:19 – Moghadasi (Ghorbani) (EN)
32 minPenalties26 min
21Shots41
5 March 2022
17:00		Singapore 4–0
(2–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 KuwaitGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 200
Game reference
Joshua LeeGoaliesJasem Al-SarrafReferee:
Romania Mihai Paul
Linesmen:
Malaysia Edmond Ng
Kazakhstan Alexander Yadryshnikov
Tan (Chua) (PP) – 06:391–0
Redden (PP2) – 16:452–0
Chan (Chua) – 21:513–0
Redden (Chew, Wong) – 30:074–0
12 minPenalties20 min
30Shots27
5 March 2022
20:00		Kyrgyzstan 22–1
(6–0, 10–1, 6–0)		 MalaysiaGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,712
Game reference
Alexander Petrov
Kadyr Alymbekov		GoaliesMuhammad Haikal
Meng Chow		Referee:
Kazakhstan Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Timur Iskakov
Georgia (country) Tornike Kuchava
Nosov (Tonkikh) – 03:121–0
Egorov (PP) – 05:572–0
Nosov (Terentyev, Chuvalov) – 07:503–0
Titov (Mirbekov) – 08:074–0
Kudashev – 16:215–0
Tonkikh (Nosov) – 17:256–0
Ismanov (Tynaliev) – 21:257–0
7–121:53 – Versluis
Tonkikh (Chuvalov, Nosov) – 22:398–1
Myrzabaev (Tursunbekov) – 23:239–1
Ismanov – 23:4710–1
Tonkikh (Chuvalov) – 25:4711–1
Tynaliev (Ismanov) – 27:2612–1
Kim (SH) – 29:4113–1
Ismanov (SH) – 31:2014–1
Nosov (Chuvalov) – 32:0415–1
Titov (Abdyraev) – 32:3016–1
Mirbekov (Titov) – 41:3517–1
Ismanov (Kim) (PP) – 43:3318–1
Titov (Mirbekov, Abdyraev) – 46:3619–1
Kim (Egorov) – 47:0720–1
Abdyraev (Titov) (PP) – 51:2921–1
Chuvalov (Nosov) – 53:0222–1
12 minPenalties6 min
89Shots5
6 March 2022
19:00		Iran 9–2
(4–0, 3–0, 2–2)		 KuwaitGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 74
Game reference
Oveis Hassanzadeh<bt>Alireza MahdaviGoaliesJasem Al-SarrafReferee:
Kazakhstan Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:
Kyrgyzstan Yntymak Abdykalykov
Kazakhstan Alexander Yadryshnikov
Houshidari – 00:401–0
Ghorbani (Keyhanfar) (PP2) – 04:422–0
Ghorbani (Houshidari) (PP) – 11:433–0
Ghahar (Bagheri) – 13:194–0
Houshidari (Keyhanfar) (SH) – 25:155–0
Houshidari (PS) – 30:566–0
Mehraban (Bagheri) – 38:407–0
7–146:56 – Al-Ajmi
7–248:37– A. Al-Sarraf
Mehraban (Ghorbani) (PP) – 50:078–2
Keyhanfar (Mehraban) (PP) – 51:399–2
50 minPenalties68 min
38Shots26
7 March 2022
17:00		Malaysia 3–7
(2–2, 1–2, 0–3)		 IranGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 165
Game reference
Meng ChowGoaliesOveis Hassanzadeh<bt>Alireza MahdaviReferee:
Kazakhstan Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:
Kyrgyzstan Yntymak Abdykalykov
Kazakhstan Alexander Yadryshnikov
Muhd (SH) – 01:581–0
1–111:27 – Korehei (Ghafoori, Moghadasi) (PP)
Mohammad (Versluis, Goh) – 15:232–1
2–216:51 – Aghamohammadi (Ghorbani)
Aiman Zul (SH) – 22:273–2
3–324:10 – Ghorbani (Keyhanfar, Bahri) (PP)
3–439:59 – Bagheri (Ghorbani) (PP)
3–544:07 – Houshidari (Bahri, Keyhanfar) (SH)
3–652:12 – Ghafoori (Keyhanfar, Korehei)
3–757:20 – Heidari (Keyhanfar)
14 minPenalties10 min
11Shots51
7 March 2022
20:00		Kyrgyzstan 15–0
(6–0, 4–0, 5–0)		 SingaporeGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,723
Game reference
Alexander Petrov
Kadyr Alymbekov		GoaliesJoshua LeeReferee:
Romania Mihai Paul
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Timur Iskakov
Malaysia Edmond Ng
Chuvalov – 02:181–0
Titov (Abdyraev, Kudashev) (PP) – 04:242–0
Ismanov – 10:003–0
Nosov (Tonkikh) – 12:254–0
Tonkikh (Nosov) (SH) – 16:065–0
Chuvalov (Egorov) – 19:156–0
Tonkikh – 23:347–0
Tonkikh (Egorov) (PP) – 26:488–0
Tonkikh (Nosov, Egorov) (PP) – 31:449–0
Titov (Egorov, Abdyraev) (PP) – 37:2710–0
Nosov (Tonkikh, Chuvalov) – 48:5411–0
Titov (Kudashev, Abdyraev) – 51:0112–0
Ismanov (Tynaliev, Kim) – 55:1313–0
Tonkikh (Nosov, Terentyev) (SH) – 56:4214–0
Terentyev (Egorov, Ismanov) (PP) – 59:3615–0
8 minPenalties12 min
67Shots9
8 March 2022
17:00		Malaysia 2–8
(1–2, 1–2, 0–4)		 SingaporeGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 95
Game reference
Meng ChowGoaliesJoshua LeeReferee:
Kazakhstan Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:
Georgia (country) Tornike Kuchava
Kazakhstan Alexander Yadryshnikov
0–103:56 – B. Lee (Hamnett, Redden)
Mohammad (PP) – 13:451–1
1–216:02 – Tan (Chew) (SH)
1–331:10 – Redden (Chew) (PP)
Muhammad (PP) – 33:192–3
2–435:03 – Chan (Chew) (PP)
2–545:43 – Wong
2–650:44 – Chan (Redden, Chew) (PP)
2–753:06 – Redden (Wong) (PP)
2–859:58 – Redden
16 minPenalties16 min
22Shots34
8 March 2022
20:00		Kuwait 0–14
(0–4, 0–5, 0–5)		 KyrgyzstanGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,658
Game reference
Jasem Al-SarrafGoaliesKadyr Alymbekov
Alexander Petrov		Referee:
Romania Mihai Paul
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Timur Iskakov
Malaysia Edmond Ng
0–102:06 – Tynaliev (Tonkikh, Myrzabaev)
0–203:18 – Nosov (Egorov)
0–306:04 – Abdyraev (Titov, Mirbekov)
0–409:16 – Mirbekov (Titov, Kachkynbekov)
0–521:13 – Kim
0–625:10 – Shamyrkanov (Chuvalov)
0–727:14 – Mirbekov (Abdyraev)
0–835:46 – Egorov (Chuvalov, Shamyrkanov)
0–936:26 – Ismanov
0–1047:32 – Abdyraev (Titov) (PP)
0–1149:54 – Ismanov (Tursunbekov, Nosov) (PP)
0–1250:50 – Abdyraev (Terentyev, Mirbekov)
0–1359:09 – Tursunbekov (Chuvalov, Shamyrkanov)
0–1459:58 – Kim (Nosov)
14 minPenalties2 min
3Shots63

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Kyrgyzstan Vladimir Nosov491120+200F
Kyrgyzstan Mikhail Chuvalov451015+170F
Kyrgyzstan Vladimir Tonkikh49514+160F
Kyrgyzstan Islambek Abdyraev46814+120F
Kyrgyzstan Alexander Titov48513+112F
Kyrgyzstan Maxim Egorov431013+194D
Kyrgyzstan Sultan Ismanov48210+164F
Iran Jalal Keyhanfar44610+20F
Iran Farzad Houshidari4549−18D
Iran Maziar Ghorbani4448+14D

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 Alymbekov116:3600.0023100.000
Singapore Joshua Lee211:30154.2613188.551
Iran Alireza Mahdavi98:0484.895585.450
Iran Oveis Hassanzadeh141:56125.077082.860
Malaysia Meng Chow216:13298.0516982.840

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

PositionPlayer[7]
GoaltenderSingapore Joshua Shao Ern Lee
DefencemanIran Farzad Houshidari
ForwardKyrgyzstan Sultan Ismanov

References

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