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 played in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 3 to 8 March 2022.
After the tournament was cancelled the last two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams stayed put in their divisions.
Kyrgyzstan won the tournament, earning promotion to Division III Group B for 2023.
==Participants==
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 5th in Division III Q last edition.
 	Host, placed 6th in Division III Q last edition.
 	First time participating in tournament.
 	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)
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==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
Goaltender	Joshua Shao Ern Lee
Defenceman	Farzad Houshidari
Forward 	Sultan Ismanov
==References==
==External links==
* Official website
2022
Division IV
Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Kyrgyzstan