IIHF World Championship Division IV

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IIHF World Championship Division IV
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Hockey current event.svg 2024 IIHF World Championship Division IV
Sport Ice hockey
Founded2020
No. of teams4
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Most titlesFlag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (1)
Promotion to Division III
Relegation tono relegation
Official website IIHF.com

The IIHF World Championship Division IV is an annual sports event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The division has been introduced for the 2020 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, and forms the lowest level of the IIHF World Championships.

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Results

The national team that wins the Division IV championship will be promoted to the following year's Division III B championship, and will be replaced by the team relegated down from Division III B.

YearChampion and promoted2nd place
20202021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
2022 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
2023 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
2024 Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
2025

Summary of participation

Includes participation in Division IV only, see each team's main article to see their results at all levels of past Ice Hockey World Championships.

1 championship participation list announced [2]

TeamTimesFirstLastGoldSilverBronzeTotalBest finish (first/last)Hosted
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2 2023 2024 11Third (in 2024)0
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1 2022 11Second (in 2022)0
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 3 2022 2024 112Second (in 2024)1
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 1 2022 11First (in 2022)1
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2 2023 2024 Fourth (in 2022, 2024)0
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 2 2023 2024 112First (in 2024)1
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2 2022 2023 11First (in 2023)0
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1 2022 11Third (in 2022)0

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References

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