title: 2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV
text: # 2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV
  
  The 2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
  
  The tournament would have been held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 3 to 5 March 2020.
  
  On 2 March 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  ## Planned participants
  
  | Team | Qualification |
  | - | - |
  | Kuwait | Placed 5th in Division III Q last year. |
  | Kyrgyzstan | Host, placed 6th in Division III Q last year. |
  | Malaysia | Was supposed to be the first time participating in tournament. |
  | Philippines | Was supposed to be the first time participating in tournament. |
  
  ## Match officials
  
  Three referees and four linesmen were selected for the tournament.
  
  | Referees | Linesmen |
  | - | - |
  | Feng Lei Vernon Hoffered Mihai Paul | Kevin Kontschieder Timur Iskakov Aleksej Sascenkov Botond Rédai |
  
  ## 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 2021 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 | |
  
  ## Planned schedule
  
  All times are local (UTC+6).
  
  