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2022 IIHF World Championship Division IV

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

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
← 2021 (cancelled)
2023 →

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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6   Philippines[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn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 edit

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:
  Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:
  Tornike Kuchava
  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:
  Mihai Paul
Linesmen:
  Timur Iskakov
  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:
  Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:
  Yntymak Abdykalykov
  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:
  Mihai Paul
Linesmen:
  Edmond Ng
  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:
  Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:
  Timur Iskakov
  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:
  Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:
  Yntymak Abdykalykov
  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:
  Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:
  Yntymak Abdykalykov
  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:
  Mihai Paul
Linesmen:
  Timur Iskakov
  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:
  Vladimir Suslov
Linesmen:
  Tornike Kuchava
  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:
  Mihai Paul
Linesmen:
  Timur Iskakov
  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 edit

Scoring leaders edit

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; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders edit

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 edit

Position Player[7]
Goaltender   Joshua Shao Ern Lee
Defenceman   Farzad Houshidari
Forward   Sultan Ismanov

References edit

  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.

External links edit

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