2023 IIHF World Championship Division IV

Ice hockey tournament in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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 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.^[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
Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia
	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

Shots

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

Shots

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

Shots

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

Shots

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

Shots

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

Shots

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

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

External links

Official website

Ice Hockey World Championships

Current champions (2023): Canada

2024 Championship
teams

Tournaments

Championships
(Top Division)

Editions	Switzerland 1998 Norway 1999 Russia 2000 Germany 2001 Sweden 2002 Finland 2003 Czech Republic 2004 Austria 2005 Latvia 2006 Russia 2007 Canada 2008 Switzerland 2009 Germany 2010 Slovakia 2011 Finland / Sweden 2012 Sweden / Finland 2013 Belarus 2014 Czech Republic 2015 Russia 2016 Germany / France 2017 Denmark 2018 Slovakia 2019 ~~Switzerland 2020~~ Latvia 2021 Finland 2022 Finland / Latvia 2023 Czechia 2024 Sweden / Denmark 2025 Switzerland 2026 Germany 2027 TBD 2028
Finals	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023
Rosters	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023

Division I

1998(B)/(C)
1999(B)/(C)
2000(B)/(C)
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
~~2020~~
~~2021~~
2022
2023
2024

Division II

1998(D)
1999(D)
2000(D)
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
~~2020~~
~~2021~~
2022
2023
2024

Division III

Division IV

~~2020~~
~~2021~~
2022
2023
2024

2022–23 in men's ice hockey

International

World Championships
- Championship
  - Rosters
  - Group A
  - Group B
  - Playoff round
  - Final
- Division I
- Division II
- Division III
- Division IV
Under-20
Under-18

Leagues

International	National Hockey League AHL ECHL Kontinental Hockey League Supreme Hockey League Mestis Champions Hockey League Continental Cup Austria League Asia League Erste Liga Alps Hockey League
Domestic	Australia '22 '23 Belarus Bulgaria Czech Republic 2nd tier Denmark Estonia Finland France 2nd tier Germany 2nd tier Italy Kazakhstan Latvia New Zealand '22 '23 Norway 2nd tier Poland Slovakia 2nd tier Spain Sweden 2nd tier Switzerland 2nd tier Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom