2023 IIHF World Championship Division IV

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The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division IV was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

2023 IIHF World Championship
Division IV

Tournament details
Host country	Mongolia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23–26 March
Teams	4
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	61 (10.17 per game)
Attendance	11,063 (1,844 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Manvil Billones (12 points)
Website	IIHF.com
← 2022 2024 →

The tournament was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 23 to 26 March 2023 after the original hosts, Kuwait, withdrew from hosting the tournament.^[1][2]

Four nations participated in the tournament, including Mongolia, who returned to the World Championships after a ten-year absence.^[3] Indonesia and the Philippines made their debut in the World Championships. Originally, the Philippines had made its debut, but withdrew before last year's tournament began due to players, coaches and staffs being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

The Philippines won the tournament and were promoted to Division III B.^[5]

Venues

Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia
	Ulaanbaatar
	Steppe Arena Capacity: 3,600

Participants

Team	Qualification
Kuwait	Placed 5th in Division IV last year.
Philippines	First time participating in tournament, withdrew last year.
Mongolia	Host, first participation since 2012.
Indonesia	First time participating in tournament.

Match officials

Three referees and four linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Referees	Linesmen
Manuel Nikolic   Turo Virta   Kenji Kosaka	Tomáš Brejcha   Edmond Ng   Huang Qiwei   Matjaž Hribar

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Philippines	3	2	1	0	0	35	6	+29	8	Promoted to the 2024 Division III B
2	Mongolia (H)	3	2	0	1	0	19	8	+11	7
3	Kuwait	3	1	0	0	2	4	24	−20	3
4	Indonesia	3	0	0	0	3	3	23	−20	0

Source: IIHF
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

Results

All times are local (UTC+8)

23 March 2023 14:00

Philippines

14–0 (4–0, 6–0, 4–0)

Indonesia

Steppe Arena, Ulaanbaatar Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Paolo Spafford	Goalies	Satyaandipa Asmara Izzan Rais	Referee:   Turo Virta Linesmen:   Matjaž Hribar   Huang Qiwei
	Sze (Montano) – 00:21 1–0 Billones (Sze, Tigaronita) – 04:29 2–0 Sze (Miller, Abis) – 14:03 3–0 Billones (Sze, Abis) – 15:00 4–0 Montano (Sze, Billones) – 20:42 5–0 Montano (Sze, Füglister) – 23:41 6–0 Füglister (Montano, Billones) – 25:33 7–0 Billones (Füglister) – 25:40 8–0 Sze (Montano, Füglister) (PP) – 29:41 9–0 Montano (Billones, Lancero) – 36:49 10–0 Abis – 42:45 11–0 Tigaronita (Crisostomo, Ham) (PP) – 57:38 12–0 Sibug (Relampagos, Miller) – 57:51 13–0 Lancero (Füglister, Regencia) – 58:53 14–0
	2 min	Penalties	29 min
	71	Shots	10

23 March 2023 18:00

Kuwait

0–8 (0–4, 0–0, 0–4)

Mongolia

Steppe Arena, Ulaanbaatar Attendance: 3,075

Game reference
	Ahmad Al-Saegh	Goalies	Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan Baatarhuu Bazarvaani	Referee:   Manuel Nikolic Linesmen:   Tomáš Brejcha   Edmond Ng
	0–1 05:52 – Jargalsaikhan (Zorigt, Namjil) (PP) 0–2 06:01 – Namjil (Erdenetogtokh) 0–3 16:04 – Mishigsuren (Erdenejav) 0–4 19:35 – Baatarkhuu (Bold, Bataar) 0–5 43:58 – Boldbaatar (Mishigsuren, Ganbold) 0–6 45:43 – Enh. Batbaatar (Bataar) 0–7 46:52 – Mishigsuren (Zorigt, Boldbaatar) 0–8 50:28 – Mishigsuren (Bold) (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	57

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25 March 2023 14:00

Indonesia

2–4 (1–0, 1–1, 0–3)

Kuwait

Steppe Arena, Ulaanbaatar Attendance: 375

Game reference
	Satyaandipa Asmara	Goalies	Ahmad Al-Saegh	Referee:   Kenji Kosaka Linesmen:   Tomáš Brejcha   Huang Qiwei
	Jordan (Novendra) – 17:56 1–0 Bagaskara (Chandra) – 30:32 2–0 2–1 36:41 – Al-Zidan (Al-Khashram) 2–2 41:33 – H. Al-Ajmi (Al-Maraghy) (PP) 2–3 45:41 – Al-Sarraf (Al-Wadhi) (SH) 2–4 58:08 – A. Al-Ajmi (Al-Sarraf, Al-Wadhi)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	46

25 March 2023 18:00

Philippines

7–6 OT (3–0, 0–3, 3–3) (OT: 1–0)

Mongolia

Steppe Arena, Ulaanbaatar Attendance: 3,267

Game reference
	Gianpietro Iseppi	Goalies	Baatarhuu Bazarvaani Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan	Referee:   Turo Virta Linesmen:   Matjaž Hribar   Edmond Ng
	Sze (Montano) – 02:52 1–0 Regencia (Tigaronita, Crisostomo) – 10:55 2–0 Sze (Sibug, Billones) (PP) – 11:39 3–0 3–1 25:23 – Mishigsuren (Ider, Baatarkhuu) 3–2 30:06 – Erdenejav (Namjil) 3–3 30:54 – Namjil (Ider, Bold) Miller (Lancero) – 44:18 4–3 4–4 47:08 – Ider (Namjil, Enkhtur) (PP) Regencia (Lagleva, Füglister) (PP) – 48:43 5–4 Füglister (Tenedero, Sze) (PP) – 50:29 6–4 6–5 51:40 – Enkhtur (Bold, Ider) 6–6 52:43 – Davaanyam (Enk. Batbaatar, Zorigt) Füglister (Billones, Tenedero) – 61:12 7–6
	22 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	49

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26 March 2023 14:00

Kuwait

0–14 (0–1, 0–4, 0–9)

Philippines

Steppe Arena, Ulaanbaatar Attendance: 803

Game reference
	Dhari Al-Omran Ahmad Al-Saegh	Goalies	Paolo Spafford	Referee:   Kenji Kosaka Linesmen:   Matjaž Hribar   Edmond Ng
	0–1 02:41 – Sze 0–2 22:36 – Montano (Regencia, Billones) (PP) 0–3 25:09 – Montano (Füglister) (PP) 0–4 39:04 – Miller (Abis) 0–5 39:50 – Crisostomo (Regencia) 0–6 42:27 – Billones (Relampagos) 0–7 43:56 – Füglister 0–8 44:41 – Regencia (Crisostomo) 0–9 45:37 – Billones (Relampagos) 0–10 50:41 – Montano (PP) 0–11 53:35 – Füglister (Sze) 0–12 54:11 – Lancero 0–13 55:07 – Tigaronita (Crisostomo) 0–14 56:06 – Relampagos (Billones, Tenedero)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	62

26 March 2023 18:00

Mongolia

5–1 (3–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Indonesia

Steppe Arena, Ulaanbaatar Attendance: 2,843

Game reference
	Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan Baatarhuu Bazarvaani	Goalies	Izzan Rais	Referee:   Manuel Nikolic Linesmen:   Tomáš Brejcha   Huang Qiwei
	Ider (Bold, Bataar) (PP) – 03:24 1–0 Bold (Namjil, Ider) – 14:59 2–0 Enk. Batbaatar (Baatarkhuu, Enkhtur) – 15:18 3–0 3–1 43:14 – Synarso (Salomo, Fadilla) Lkhagvasuren (Erdenejav, Enkhtur) – 51:32 4–1 Lkhagvasuren – 52:00 5–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	48	Shots	16

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Manvil Billones	3	5	7	12	+13	8	F
Kenwrick Sze	3	6	5	11	+13	0	F
Steven Füglister	3	3	8	11	+13	0	F
Carl Montano	3	6	4	10	+10	6	F
Jan Regencia	3	3	3	6	+3	0	F
Gerelt Ider	3	2	4	6	+5	6	F
Mishigsuren Namjil	3	2	4	6	+6	0	F
Erdenesukh Bold	3	1	5	6	+6	2	F
Chinzolboo Mishigsuren	3	4	1	5	+3	4	F
Jorell Crisostomo	3	1	4	5	+2	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P 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
Paolo Spafford	120:00	0	0.00	27	100.00	2
Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan	122:26	4	1.96	44	90.91	0
Satyaandipa Asmara	94:07	11	7.01	88	87.50	0
Ahmad Al-Saegh	125:37	14	6.69	90	84.44	0
Izzan Rais	85:37	12	8.41	77	84.42	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^[7]
Goaltender	Baatarhuu Bazarvaani
Defenceman	Eishner Sibug
Forward	Ali Al-Sarraf

References

1. Merk, Martin (30 September 2022). "Championship updates". International Ice Hockey Federation.
2. Самбууням.М (4 January 2023). "Mongolia to Host 2023 IIHF World Championship Division IV in March". Mongolian National News Agency.
3. Merk, Martin (27 September 2022). "New era for Mongolia". International Ice Hockey Federation.
4. Merk, Martin (13 December 2021). "Debut for Philippines postponed". International Ice Hockey Federation.
5. "Golden debut for the Philippines". International Ice Hockey Federation. 27 March 2023.
6. "Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
7. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

External links

• Official website