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Main article: 2024 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2024 IIHF World Championship
Division IV
Tournament details
Host country Kuwait
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates16–19 April
Teams4
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored79 (13.17 per game)
Attendance996 (166 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Kuwait Ilia Drozdetskikh (17 points)
Official website
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The 2024 IIHF World Championship Division IV was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1]

The tournament was played in Kuwait City, Kuwait, between 16 and 19 April 2024.[2]

Mongolia finished first and was promoted.[3]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Malaysia Placed 6th in Division III B in 2023 and was relegated.
 Mongolia Placed 2nd in Division IV in 2023.
 Kuwait Host, placed 3rd in Division IV in 2023.
 Indonesia Placed 4th in Division IV in 2023.

Match officials

Three referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

Referees Linesmen
  • New Zealand Ryan Cairns
  • Norway Mats Wikstrand
  • South Korea Kang Tae-woo
  • Italy Marco Tomasello
  • Malaysia Chua Jien Yang
  • Singapore Benjamin Huang
  • United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al-Farsi
  • United Arab Emirates Abdallah Al-Hammadi

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Mongolia 3 3 0 0 0 28 7 +21 9 Promoted to the 2025 Division III B
2  Kuwait (H) 3 2 0 0 1 25 13 +12 6
3  Indonesia 3 0 1 0 2 17 23 −6 2
4  Malaysia 3 0 0 1 2 9 36 −27 1
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+3).

16 April 2024
14:00		Mongolia 9–3
(2–0, 2–1, 5–2)		 IndonesiaKuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Bazarvaani BaatarkhuuGoaliesIzzan RaisReferee:
South Korea Kang Tae-woo
Linesmen:
United Arab Emirates Abdallah Al-Hammadi
Malaysia Chua Jien Yang
Batorovich (Nyamdavaa) – 09:531–0
Enkhsukh (Nyamdavaa, Batorovich) (PP) – 18:372–0
Batorovich (SH) – 21:433–0
Enkh-Amgalan (Munkhtulga) – 28:144–0
4–137:15 – Novendra
Nyamdavaa (Batorovich) (PP) – 44:395–1
5–246:44 – Salomo (Siregar)
Nyamdavaa (Munkhtulga) – 47:106–2
Namjil (Batorovich, Nyamdavaa) – 48:127–2
Tsengel (Mishigsuren) – 51:238–2
8–352:59 – Hafiz
Gerelt (Tserenbaljir) – 55:059–3
8 minPenalties6 min
34Shots4
16 April 2024
18:00		Malaysia 1–15
(1–6, 0–5, 0–4)		 KuwaitKuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Muhammad Tengku
Muhammad Haikal		GoaliesAdam BarvikReferee:
New Zealand Ryan Cairns
Linesmen:
United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al-Farsi
Italy Marco Tomasello
0–100:08 – Ziđarević (Drozdetskikh, Al-Sarraf)
0–205:13 – Ziđarević (Al-Sarraf)
0–307:32 – Al-Sarraf (Ziđarević, Drozdetskikh)
0–411:34 – Ziđarević (Al-Sarraf, Al-Awadhi) (SH)
0–513:46 – Al-Daei
Versluis (Fadzli) – 15:531–5
1–618:25 – Ziđarević (Al-Khashan)
1–720:16 – Al-Sarraf (Drozdetskikh, Al-Awadhi)
1–821:01 – Drozdetskikh (Al-Awadhi, Al-Sarraf)
1–930:01 – Drozdetskikh
1–1031:03 – Al-Awadhi (Al-Sarraf, Drozdetskikh)
1–1138:22 – Al-Sarraf (Ziđarević) (SH)
1–1247:14 – Drozdetskikh (Ziđarević, Al-Khashan)
1–1354:44 – Ziđarević (Drozdetskikh, Al-Sarraf)
1–1458:53 – Al-Sarraf (Ziđarević)
1–1558:59 – Ziđarević (Al-Sarraf)
6 minPenalties12 min
16Shots49
18 April 2024
14:00		Indonesia 7–6 OT
(2–3, 0–2, 4–1)
(OT: 1–0)		 MalaysiaKuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City
Attendance: 60
Game reference
Izzan RaisGoaliesMuhammad HaikalReferee:
Norway Mats Wikstrand
Linesmen:
United Arab Emirates Abdallah Al-Hammadi
Singapore Benjamin Huang
Siregar (Novendra, Hafiz) – 03:101–0
1–107:05 – Azra (Fadzli)
Salomo (Wijaya, Praptasuganda) (PP) – 11:392–1
2–214:56 – Lim (SH)
2–318:05 – Haikal (Azra, Versluis) (PP)
2–425:40 – Versluis (PS)
2–533:03 – Versluis (Azra)
Wijaya (Salomo) – 48:023–5
Praptasuganda (Kaykobad, Salomo) – 49:314–5
Salomo (Praptasuganda) – 52:215–5
5–656:18 – Lim
Praptasuganda (Wijaya) (EA) – 58:376–6
Novendra – 61:107–6
10 minPenalties8 min
21Shots15
18 April 2024
18:00		Mongolia 5–2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–1)		 KuwaitKuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City
Attendance: 260
Game reference
Bazarvaani Baatarkhuu
Baatarkhuu Sodbileg		GoaliesAdam BarvikReferee:
New Zealand Ryan Cairns
Linesmen:
Malaysia Chua Jien Yang
Italy Marco Tomasello
Gerelt – 01:431–0
Tsengel (Batorovich) – 05:262–0
2–107:23 – Al-Daei (Drozdetskikh, Al-Sarraf)
Gerelt (Munkhtuvshin) – 30:463–1
3–242:23 – Drozdetskikh (Al-Sarraf)
Batorovich (PS) – 44:434–2
Mishigsuren (PP) – 47:325–2
162 minPenalties194 min
30Shots9
19 April 2024
14:00		Malaysia 2–14
(1–7, 0–2, 1–5)		 MongoliaKuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City
Attendance: 76
Game reference
Muhammad Haikal
Muhammad Tengku		GoaliesBazarvaani Baatarkhuu
Baatarkhuu Sodbileg		Referee:
South Korea Kang Tae-woo
Linesmen:
Singapore Benjamin Huang
Italy Marco Tomasello
0–105:11 – Lkhagvadorj (Mishigsuren, Enkhsukh)
Lim (Versluis, Mohammad) – 06:451–1
1–207:49 – Munkhtulga (Enkh-Amgalan)
1–308:36 – Batorovich
1–412:12 – Batorovich (Nyamdavaa) (PP)
1–518:00 – Ariunbileg
1–618:45 – Batorovich (Bilguun, Namjil)
1–719:38 – Munkhtuvshin (Shinebayar)
1–823:29 – Enkhsukh (Tserenbaljir)
1–929:16 – Lkhagvadorj
1–1044:51 – Nyamdavaa
1–1145:25 – Ariunbileg (Batorovich)
1–1251:26 – Namjil (Batorovich, Tsengel)
Raja (Versluis) (PP) – 52:162–12
2–1358:09 – Tserenbaljir (Gerelt, Tsengel)
2–1458:54 – Mishigsuren (Tsengel)
8 minPenalties17 min
9Shots26
19 April 2024
18:00		Kuwait 8–7
(2–3, 3–1, 3–3)		 IndonesiaKuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City
Attendance: 300
Game reference
Adam BarvikGoaliesIzzan RaisReferee:
Norway Mats Wikstrand
Linesmen:
United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al-Farsi
Malaysia Chua Jien Yang
Drozdetskikh (Ziđarević) – 04:191–0
1–105:29 – Novendra (Siregar, Prijanto)
1–208:20 – Fadilla (Zea)
1–308:39 – Siregar (Novendra, Al-Qaeda)
Ziđarević (Drozdetskikh) – 16:122–3
Drozdetskikh (Al-Sarraf) (PP) – 28:093–3
3–429:25 – Novendra (PP)
Drozdetskikh (Ziđarević) (SH) – 30:344–4
Al-Sarraf (Al-Awadhi) – 32:305–4
5–541:23 – Salomo (Kaykobad)
Ziđarević (Drozdetskikh) (PP) – 43:216–5
Ziđarević (Drozdetskikh, Al-Sarraf) (PP) – 47:167–5
7–651:24 – Siregar (Al-Qaeda)
7–751:33 – Salomo
Al-Maragi (Drozdetskikh) – 54:228–7
18 minPenalties12 min
23Shots28

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Kuwait Ilia Drozdetskikh 3 7 10 17 +13 8 F
Kuwait Ali Al-Sarraf 3 5 11 16 +14 0 F
Kuwait Bojan Ziđarević 3 9 6 15 +15 8 F
Mongolia Batu Batorovich 3 6 6 12 +7 0 F
Indonesia Lucas Salomo 3 5 2 7 +2 0 F
Mongolia Urtnasan Nyamdavaa 3 3 4 7 +9 25 D
Indonesia Abraham Novendra 3 4 2 6 +3 0 F
Malaysia Deen Versluis 3 3 3 6 –10 4 F
Indonesia Kenneth Siregar 3 3 2 5 0 0 F
Mongolia Undarmaa Tsengel 3 2 3 5 +9 2 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
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
Kuwait Adam Barvik 180:00 13 4.33 74 82.43 0
Indonesia Izzan Rais 18:13 23 7.66 72 68.06 0
Malaysia Muhammad Haikal 141:10 25 10.63 72 65.28 0
Mongolia Bazarvaani Baatarkhuu 127:19 6 2.83 13 53.85 0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position Player[5]
Goaltender Kuwait Adam Barvik
Defenceman Mongolia Batu Batorovich
Forward Kuwait Bojan Ziđarević

References

  1. ^ "And 2027 goes to …". IIHF. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Recap: 2023 IIHF – Semi-Annual Congress". iihf.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Mongolia strikes gold in Kuwait". iihf.com. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IV" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 19 April 2024.