2021 IIHF World Championship Division IV

The 2021 IIHF World Championship Division IV was scheduled to be an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

2021 IIHF World Championship
Division IV
Tournament details
Host country Kyrgyzstan
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates3–5 March (cancelled)
Teams6
← 2020 (cancelled)
2022 →

The tournament would have been held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 3 to 5 March 2021.[1]

On 18 November 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Malaysia, Philippines, Iran and Singapore were all scheduled to debut in the world championships.

Planned participants

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Team Qualification
  Kuwait Placed 5th in Division III Q in 2019.
  Kyrgyzstan Host, placed 6th in Division III Q in 2019.
  Malaysia Was supposed to be the first time participating in tournament.
  Philippines Was supposed to be the first time participating in tournament.
  Singapore Was supposed to be the first time participating in tournament.
  Iran Was supposed to be the first time participating in tournament.

Standings

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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 2022 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
5   Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6   Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
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

References

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  1. ^ "Tournaments for 2021 assigned". IIHF.com. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.