# 2022 IIHF World Championship Division IV

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 | 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.
| Referees | Linesmen |
| Vladimir Suslov Mihai Paul | Tornike Kuchava Timur Iskakov Alexander Yadryshnikov Yntymak Abdykalykov 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 | Promoted to the 2023 Division III B |
| 3 | Singapore (P) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 6 | Promoted to the 2023 Division III B |
| 4 | Malaysia (P) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 39 | −28 | 3 | Promoted to the 2023 Division III B |
| 5 | Kuwait | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 32 | −28 | 0 | |
| 6 | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn |
* ↑ 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.

## Results

All times are local (UTC+6)

## 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; +/− = 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.
| 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 |
| Goaltender | Joshua Shao Ern Lee |
| Defenceman | Farzad Houshidari |
| Forward | Sultan Ismanov |