2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV

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2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV
Tournament details
Host country Kyrgyzstan
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates3–5 March (cancelled)
Teams4
Official website
Website
2021 (cancelled) →

The 2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The tournament would have been held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 3 to 5 March 2020.[1]

On 2 March 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Planned participants

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

Match officials

Three referees and four linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees Linesmen
  • China Feng Lei
  • Denmark Vernon Hoffered
  • Romania Mihai Paul
  • Austria Kevin Kontschieder
  • Kazakhstan Timur Iskakov
  • Lithuania Aleksej Sascenkov
  • Romania Botond Rédai

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2021 Division III B
2  Kyrgyzstan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: N/A
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

Planned schedule

All times are local (UTC+6).

3 March 2020
17:00		Malaysia Cancelled KuwaitGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
3 March 2020
20:00		Kyrgyzstan Cancelled PhilippinesGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
4 March 2020
17:00		Kuwait Cancelled PhilippinesGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
4 March 2020
20:00		Kyrgyzstan Cancelled MalaysiaGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
5 March 2020
15:00		Philippines Cancelled MalaysiaGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek
5 March 2020
18:00		Kuwait Cancelled KyrgyzstanGorodskoi Katok, Bishkek

References

  1. ^ "Tournaments for 2020 assigned". iihf.com. 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  3. ^ Assignments