2021 IIHF World Championship Division IV

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

Main article: 2021 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2021 IIHF World Championship
Division IV
Tournament details
Host country Kyrgyzstan
Dates3–5 March
Teams5
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
← 2020
2022 →

The tournament will be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 3 to 5 March 2021.[1]

All divisions stayed put after all events last year were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

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

Participants
Team Qualification
 Kuwait Placed 5th in Division III Q last year.
 Kyrgyzstan Host, placed 6th in Division III Q last year.
 Malaysia First time participating in tournament.
 Philippines First time participating in tournament.
 Singapore First time participating in tournament.

Standings
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
First match(es) will be played on 3 March 2021. Source:
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
  1. "Tournaments for 2021 assigned". IIHF.com. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
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