2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV

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

External links[]

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