2023 IIHF World Championship Division IV
# 2023 IIHF World Championship Division IV

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

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

Four nations participated in the tournament, including Mongolia, who returned to the World Championships after a ten-year absence. 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.

The Philippines won the tournament and were promoted to Division III B.

## Venues

| Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia |
| - | - |
| Ulaanbaatar | Ulaanbaatar |
| 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.

| 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 | |

## Results

All times are local (UTC+8)

## 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; +/− = 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 |
| - | - |
| Goaltender | Baatarhuu Bazarvaani |
| Defenceman | Eishner Sibug |
| Forward | Ali Al-Sarraf |
