The IIHF Division IV World Championship continues in Yerevan, and in the 4th round match, Armenia's national team scored a confident 8-0 victory over Iran.
Thanks to this win, the Armenian team now has 9 points and sits in second place in the standings, just one point behind leaders Uzbekistan. In the final round, scheduled for April 19, Armenia will face Indonesia, while Uzbekistan will play Malaysia, the current bottom team of the tournament.
Only the group winner earns promotion to Division III.
Several Armenian players stood out as heroes of the match:
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Artyom Kuznetsov — 2 goals and 2 assists
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Maksim Kuznetsov — 1 goal and 3 assists
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Sergey Khudyakov — 2 goals and 1 assist
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Tigran Manukyan — 1 goal and 2 assists
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Arsen Asatryan — 1 goal and 1 assist
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Valentin Kovalenko — 1 goal
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Eduard Malakyan — 2 assists
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Pyotr Lebedev, Samvel Davtyan, Seyran Saghatelian, Igor Krivykh, Arsen Ambartsumyan — 1 assist each
Standings after Round 4:
