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2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV
Tournament details
Host country	Kyrgyzstan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	3–5 March (cancelled)
Teams	4
Official website
	Website
	2021 (cancelled) →

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.^[1]

On 2 March 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

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.^[3]

Referees	Linesmen
Feng Lei Vernon Hoffered Mihai Paul	Kevin Kontschieder Timur Iskakov Aleksej Sascenkov Botond Rédai

Standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Kuwait	Promotion to 2021 Division III B
2	Kyrgyzstan (H)
3	Malaysia
4	Philippines

Source: N/A
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