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2025 IIHF World Championship
Division IV
Tournament details
Host country Armenia
CityYerevan
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates13–19 April
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored231 (15.4 per game)
Attendance3,380 (225 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Kuwait Ilia Drozdetskikh (36 points)
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The 2025 IIHF World Championship Division IV was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1]

The tournament was held in Yerevan, Armenia, from 13 to 19 to April 2025.[2]

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
 Iran Placed 6th in Division III B in 2024 and was relegated.
 Kuwait Placed 2nd in Division IV in 2024.
 Indonesia Placed 3rd in Division IV in 2024.
 Malaysia Placed 4th in Division IV in 2024.
 Armenia Host, first participation since 2010.
 Uzbekistan First time participating.

Match officials

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Five referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees Linesmen
  • Iran Ramin Atighechi
  • Japan Kenji Kosaka
  • Kazakhstan Vladimir Yefremov
  • Slovakia Juraj Konč
  • United Arab Emirates Yahya Al-Jneibi
  • Czech Republic Vít Lederer
  • Germany Tom Giesen
  • Hong Kong Wong Chun Hang
  • Indonesia Andianto Hie
  • Kazakhstan Vladislav Zotov
  • Malaysia Edmond Ng
  • Uzbekistan David Prokofyev

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Uzbekistan (P) 5 4 0 1 0 79 10 +69 13 Promoted to the 2026 Division III B
2  Armenia (H) 5 3 1 1 0 53 11 +42 12
3  Kuwait 5 3 1 0 1 56 32 +24 11
4  Indonesia 5 2 0 0 3 17 60 −43 6
5  Iran 5 1 0 0 4 6 42 −36 3
6  Malaysia 5 0 0 0 5 20 76 −56 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; (P) Promoted

Results

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All times are local (UTC+4).

13 April 2025
14:00		Indonesia 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 IranIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 211
Game reference
Izzan RaisGoaliesSoheil KhalajReferee:
Japan Kenji Kosaka
Linesmen:
Germany Tom Giesen
Hong Kong Chun Hang Wong
Naga (Siregar) – 17:401–0
1–124:55 – Farsad (Ghafoori, Mahdiyoun) (PP)
Wijaya (Prijanto, Siregar) (PP) – 44:042–1
4 minPenalties11 min
28Shots44
13 April 2025
17:00		Kuwait 3–13
(0–4, 2–5, 1–4)		 UzbekistanIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 233
Game reference
Rustam IrgashevGoaliesAdam BarvikReferee:
Iran Ramin Atighechi
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Vít Lederer
Malaysia Edmond Ng
0–12:40 – Kravchenko (Maltsev, Jilov)
0–25:16 – Kravchenko (Jilov, Maltsev)
0–36:39 – Nazarevich (Kogan)
0–416:11 – pp – Kravchenko (Jilov)
Budzevich (Drozdetskikh) – 22:561–4
1–524:25 – Sinyavskiy (Jilov, Bagautdinov)
1–627:02 – Azimov (Golubovich)
1–728:28 – Rustamkhonov (Nazarevich)
Drozdetskikh (Budzevich) – 31:162–7
2–834:08 – pp – Maltsev (Dorofeev, Kravchenko)
2–937:26 – Azimov (Maltsev)
2–1041:38 – Rasulov (Dorofeev)
2–1147:29 – Maltsev (Azimov)
2–1249:35 – Kogan (Kravchenko, Jilov)
Drozdetskikh (AlMari, Tcibin) – 50:103–12
3–1350:29 – Azimov (Golubovich)
12 minPenalties6 min
22Shots81
13 April 2025
20:00		Armenia 24–3
(9–1, 4–1, 11–1)		 MalaysiaIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 462
Game reference
Artem Putulian
Dmitriy Mazanko		GoaliesMathaeus Grason Yu
Muhammad Haikal		Referee:
Slovakia Juraj Konč
Linesmen:
Indonesia Andianto Hie
Kazakhstan Vladislav Zotov
Asatrian – 00:531–0
A.Kuznetsov (Manukian, Davtian) – 02:092–0
M.Kuznetsov (A.Kuznetsov, Manukian) – 04:433–0
Malakyan (Mikayelyan, Gevorgyan) – 05:044–0
M.Kuznetsov (Manukian) (PP) – 06:505–0
5–107:46 – Azra (Fadzli, Amin)
M.Kuznetsov (Manukian, Malakyan) – 09:356–1
A.Kuznetsov (M.Kuznetsov, Davtian) (PP) – 14:567–1
Kovalenko (Saghatelian, Malakyan) – 17:148–1
A.Kuznetsov (Krivykh) – 18:279–1
Ambartsumian – 22:3810–1
Ambartsumian (SH) – 26:0711–1
Manukian (Khudiakov, Davtian) – 35:5312–1
12–237:20 – Azra
Manukian (M.Kuznetsov, A.Kuznetsov) (SH) – 39:3913–2
A.Kuznetsov (Khudiakov, M.Kuznetsov) (SH) – 40:1514–2
Manukian (M.Kuznetsov) (SH) – 41:0615–2
Kovalenko (Asatrian, Saghatelian) – 41:5516–2
A.Kuznetsov (Khudiakov) – 42:5717–2
Saghatelian (Ivanov) – 43:1918–2
Manukian (Khudiakov) – 44:4519–2
19–345:12 – Ananda
Kovalenko (Malakyan) – 45:3120–3
Asatrian (Kovalenko, Saghatelian) – 45:5521–3
A.Kuznetsov (M.Kuznetsov) – 51:3822–3
Asatrian (Kovalenko, Saghatelian) (PP) – 55:4823–3
Manukian (Kovalenko, M.Kuznetsov) – 58:2724–3
29 minPenalties6 min
70Shots16

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 16 PN = 21

14 April 2025
14:00		Kuwait 15–6
(2–1, 8–2, 5–3)		 IndonesiaIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 32
Game reference
Adam Barvik
Zaid Al-Saeid		GoaliesIzzan Rais
Sangga Putra		Referee:
Kazakhstan Vladimir Yefremov
Linesmen:
Germany Tom Giesen
Uzbekistan David Prokofyev
1–0
2–0
2–1
3–1
4–1
4–2
5–2
6–2
7–2
8–2
9–2
9–3
10–3
11–3
12–3
13–3
13–4
14–4
14–5
14–6
15–6
29 minPenalties2 min
80Shots24
14 April 2025
17:00		Iran 5–1
(3–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 MalaysiaIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 128
Game reference
Soheil KhalajGoaliesMuhammad Haikal
Mathaeus Grason Yu		Referee:
United Arab Emirates Yahya Al-Jneibi
Linesmen:
Indonesia Andianto Hie
Czech Republic Vít Lederer
Keyhanfar (Ghahar, Ghorbani) (PP) – 04:291–0
Hamzeh (Eslami, Tajik) – 12:542–0
Ghorbani (Jalali) – 18:553–0
3–120:52 – Yu (Ananda, Azra) (PP)
Keyhanfar (Moghadasi, Korehei) – 48:494–1
Hamzeh (Farsad, Nagheli) – 50:265–1
14 minPenalties41 min
65Shots14
14 April 2025
20:00		Uzbekistan 2–3 GWS
(0–0, 2–2, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 ArmeniaIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 489
Game reference
Rustam IrgashevGoaliesArtem PutulianReferee:
Japan Kenji Kosaka
Linesmen:
Hong Kong Chun Hang Wong
Kazakhstan Vladislav Zotov
0–128:54 – Khudiakov (Kovalenko, Davtian)
Sinyavsky (Jilov) – 36:041–1
Rasulov (Rustamkhonov) – 36:372–1
2–237:23 – M.Kuznetsov (Davtian) (PP2)
Kravchenko MISS
Rustamkhonov MISS
Nazarevich MISS
Jilov MISS		ShootoutMISS Manukian
GOAL M.Kuznetsov
MISS A.Kuznetsov
GOAL Kovalenko
8 minPenalties10 min
59Shots35
16 April 2025
14:00		Iran 0–20
(0–7, 0–6, 0–7)		 UzbekistanIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 56
Game reference
Soheil Khalaj
Alireza Mahdavi		GoaliesRustam Irgashev
Aleksandr An		Referee:
United Arab Emirates Yahya Al-Jneibi
Linesmen:
Indonesia Andianto Hie
Kazakhstan Vladislav Zotov
0–102:16 – Golubovich (Dorofeev, Nazarevich)
0–203:14 – Kravchenko (Sinyavskiy, Jilov)
0–307:40 – Jilov (Sinyavskiy, Kravchenko)
0–410:28 – Maltsev (Azimov, Bagautdinov)
0–511:08 – Kogan (Nasirov, Nazarevich)
0–612:13 – Rakhimov (Sinyavskiy, Jilov)
0–715:56 – Kravchenko (Dorofeev, Jilov) (PP)
0–821:39 – Sinyavskiy (Dorofeev, Azimov) (PP)
0–926:10 – Sinyavskiy (Dorofeev, Maltsev) (PP)
0–1026:52 – Kravchenko (Sinyavskiy, Jilov)
0–1127:18 – Popov (Nasirov, Kogan)
0–1230:14 – Sinyavskiy (Rakhimov, Kravchenko)
0–1332:52 – Dadakhodjaev (Rustamkhonov)
0–1446:30 – Sinyavskiy (Jilov, Nazarevich)
0–1546:58 – Dorofeev (Golubovich, Rasulov)
0–1649:25 – Kogan (Nasirov, Popov)
0–1749:39 – Kravchenko (Jilov, Sinyavskiy)
0–1852:02 – Rustamkhonov (Rasulov, Dorofeev)
0–1952:50 – Azimov (Rustamkhonov, Nazarevich)
0–2055:03 – Jilov (Kravchenko, Dorofeev) (PP)
8 minPenalties0 min
3Shots87

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 2 PN = 11

16 April 2025
17:00		Indonesia 7–4
(2–0, 2–3, 3–1)		 MalaysiaIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 73
Game reference
Izzan RaisGoaliesMuhammad Haikal
Mathaeus Grason Yu		Referee:
Iran Ramin Atighechi
Linesmen:
Germany Tom Giesen
Malaysia Edmond Ng
1–0
2–0
2–1
2–2
2–3
3–3
4–3
4–4
5–4
6–4
7–4
41 minPenalties12 min
28Shots44
16 April 2025
20:00		Kuwait 5–4 OT
(2–0, 2–2, 0–2)
(OT: 1–0)		 ArmeniaIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 512
Game reference
Adam BarvikGoaliesArtem PutulianReferee:
Kazakhstan Vladimir Yefremov
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Vít Lederer
Uzbekistan David Prokofyev
Drozdetskikh (Budzevich, Khalaf) – 11:461–0
Budzevich (Vavra, Drozdetskikh) (PP) – 18:532–0
Budzevich (Drozdetskikh) – 24:493–0
Zidarevic (Budzevich, Tcibin) (PP) – 26:344–0
4–132:59 – Krivykh (Kovalenko, Ivanov)
4–233:48 – A.Kuznetsov (Manukian, M.Kuznetsov) (EA)
4–340:41 – Manukian
4–457:45 – Manukian (M.Kuznetsov, Khudiakov) (PP)
Drozdetskikh (Tcibin) – 62:085–4
10 minPenalties24 min
22Shots70

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 27 PN = 27

17 April 2025
14:00		Uzbekistan 26–1
(9–1, 10–0, 7–0)		 IndonesiaIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 88
Game reference
Rustam Irgashev
Aleksandr An		GoaliesIzzan Rais
Sangga Putra		Referee:
Kazakhstan Vladimir Yefremov
Linesmen:
Indonesia Andianto Hie
Hong Kong Chun Hang Wong
1–0
2–0
3–0
3–1
4–1
5–1
6–1
7–1
8–1
9–1
10–1
11–1
12–1
13–1
14–1
15–1
16–1
17–1
18–1
19–1
20–1
21–1
22–1
23–1
24–1
25–1
26–1
4 minPenalties8 min
80Shots5

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 21 N2 = 0 PN = 31

17 April 2025
17:00		Malaysia 9–22
(2–5, 3–7, 4–10)		 KuwaitIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 57
Game reference
Mathaeus Grason Yu
Tengku Abdillah Azlly		GoaliesZaid Al-SaeidReferee:
United Arab Emirates Yahya Al-Jneibi
Linesmen:
Germany Tom Giesen
Uzbekistan David Prokofyev
0–1
1–1
1–2
1–3
1–4
1–5
2–5
2–6
3–6
3–7
3–8
4–8
4–9
4–10
4–11
4–12
5–12
5–13
5–14
5–15
5–16
6–16
6–17
7–17
8–17
8–18
8–19
8–20
8–21
8–22
9–22
4 minPenalties18 min
37Shots59
17 April 2025
20:00		Armenia 8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 IranIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 456
Game reference
Artem Putulian
Dmitriy Mazanko		GoaliesSoheil KhalajReferee:
Slovakia Juraj Konč
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Vít Lederer
Malaysia Edmond Ng
A.Kuznetsov (Manukian, Davtian) – 14:021–0
Manukian (A.Kuznetsov, Ambartsumian) – 16:122–0
Kovalenko (Asatrian, Lebedev) – 19:203–0
Asatrian (Malakyan, Saghatelian) – 30:264–0
Khudiakov (A.Kuznetsov, M.Kuznetsov) – 36:335–0
M.Kuznetsov (Manukian, Khudiakov) – 39:596–0
A.Kuznetsov (M.Kuznetsov, Krivykh) – 41:547–0
Khudiakov (M.Kuznetsov, Malakyan) – 45:478–0
27 minPenalties2 min
48Shots21

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 21 N2 = 0 PN = 21

19 April 2025
14:00		Malaysia 3–18
(2–11, 1–2, 0–5)		 UzbekistanIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 38
Game reference
Tengku Abdillah Azlly
Muhammad Haikal		GoaliesAleksandr An
Daniel Muratov		Referee:
United Arab Emirates Yahya Al-Jneibi
Linesmen:
Hong Kong Chun Hang Wong
Kazakhstan Vladislav Zotov
0–1
0–2
0–3
0–4
0–5
1–5
1–6
1–7
2–7
2–8
2–9
2–10
2–11
2–12
3–12
3–13
3–14
3–15
3–16
3–17
3–18
4 minPenalties4 min
9Shots75
19 April 2025
17:00		Indonesia 1–14
(0–8, 0–2, 1–4)		 ArmeniaIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 476
Game reference
Izzan RaisGoaliesArtem Putulian
Dmitriy Mazanko		Referee:
Japan Kenji Kosaka
Linesmen:
Malaysia Edmond Ng
Uzbekistan David Prokofyev
0–100:17 – Kovalenko (Krivykh, A.Kuznetsov)
0–205:50 – Khudiakov (Davtian, Asatrian)
0–307:49 – M.Kuznetsov (Ivanov, Davtian) (PP)
0–408:46 – A.Kuznetsov (Yenokyan, Egiazarian)
0–512:40 – Krivykh (Kovalenko, M.Kuznetsov) (PP)
0–613:51 – Khudiakov (Asatrian, Saghatelian) (PP)
0–719:43 – Saghatelian (Asatrian, M.Kuznetsov)
0–819:59 – Kovalenko (Egiazarian, Saghatelian)
0–931:56 – Ambartsumian (Kovalenko, A.Kuznetsov)
0–1035:05 – Kuzminov (Davtian, Kovalenko)
Siregar (Naga, Hafiz) – 45:121–10
1–1149:01 – Krivykh (A.Kuznetsov)
1–1253:03 – Khudiakov (M.Kuznetsov, Lebedev)
1–1353:39 – A.Kuznetsov (M.Kuznetsov)
1–1457:34 – M.Kuznetsov (Krivykh, Kovalenko)
8 minPenalties8 min
15Shots56

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 11 N2 = 0 PN = 11

19 April 2025
20:00		Iran 0–11
(0–2, 0–5, 0–4)		 KuwaitIce Arena, Yerevan
Attendance: 69
Game reference
Soheil KhalajGoaliesAdam BarvikReferee:
Slovakia Juraj Konč
Linesmen:
Germany Tom Giesen
Czech Republic Vít Lederer
0–1
0–2
0–3
0–4
0–5
0–6
0–7
0–8
0–9
0–10
0–11
6 minPenalties6 min
37Shots51

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Kuwait Ilia Drozdetskikh 5 13 23 36 +29 8 F
Kuwait Anton Tcibin 5 14 21 35 +29 0 D
Uzbekistan Vadim Kravchenko 5 13 12 25 +25 0 F
Uzbekistan Vasiliy Jilov 5 6 19 25 +24 0 F
Kuwait Valery Budzevich 5 10 13 23 +24 6 F
Uzbekistan Pavel Sinyavskiy 5 10 13 23 +25 4 F
Armenia Maksim Kuznetsov 5 7 15 22 +23 0 F
Uzbekistan Egor Dorofeef 5 6 13 19 +15 0 F
Armenia Artem Kuznetsov 5 11 7 18 +22 0 F
Armenia Tigran Manukian 4 8 7 15 +13 0 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

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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
Armenia Artem Putulian 228:34 9 2.36 106 91.51 0
Kuwait Adam Barvik 214:18 19 5.32 203 90.64 1
Uzbekistan Rustam Irgashev 172:10 6 2.09 60 90.00 0
Indonesia Izzan Rais 252:35 41 9.74 248 83.47 0
Iran Soheil Khalaj 291:49 40 8.22 219 81.74 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

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Position Player[4]
Goaltender Armenia Artem Putulian
Defenceman Kuwait Anton Tcibin
Forward Uzbekistan Vadim Kravchenko

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "IIHF Annual Congress". Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ "IIHF – Recap: 2024 Semi-Annual Congress". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ "IV Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IV" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
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