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IIHF World Championship Division IV

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IIHF World Championship Division IV
Upcoming season or competition:
Current sports event 2024 IIHF World Championship Division IV
SportIce hockey
Founded2020
No. of teams4
Most recent
champion(s)
 Philippines
Most titles Kyrgyzstan
 Mongolia
 Philippines (1)
Promotion toDivision III
Relegation tono relegation
Official websiteIIHF.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.

Results

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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.

Year Champion and promoted 2nd place
20202021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
2022  Kyrgyzstan  Iran
2023  Philippines  Mongolia
2024  Mongolia  Kuwait

Summary of participation

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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]

Team Times First Last Gold Silver Bronze Total Best finish (first/last) Hosted
 Indonesia 2 2023 2024 1 1 Third (in 2024) 0
 Iran 1 2022 1 1 Second (in 2022) 0
 Kuwait 3 2022 2024 1 1 2 Second (in 2024) 1
 Kyrgyzstan 1 2022 1 1 First (in 2022) 1
 Malaysia 2 2023 2024 Fourth (in 2022, 2024) 0
 Mongolia 2 2023 2024 1 1 2 First (in 2024) 1
 Philippines 2 2022 2023 1 1 First (in 2023) 0
 Singapore 1 2022 1 1 Third (in 2022) 0

See also

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References

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