The 2011 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 75th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 46 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2012 competition. Finland won the championship with a 6–1 win in the final game against Sweden.
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Championship
The Championship took place between sixteen teams from 29 April to 15 May 2011. Slovakia hosted the event with games being played in Bratislava and Košice. Championship – Final Standings
Division I
Division I competition took place 17 to 23 April 2011. Group A games were played in Budapest, Hungary and Group B was played in Kyiv, Ukraine. Prior to the start of the tournament the Japanese national team announced they would withdraw, citing the recent earthquake and tsunami. The IIHF council voted unanimously to allow Japan to maintain their seeded position in their respective tournaments for 2012, and the fifth placed team would be relegated.[1]
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Group A – Final Standings
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Group B – Final Standings
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Division II
Participants in Division II tournament were in two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Melbourne, Australia, from 4 to 10 April 2011. Group B's games were played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 10 to 16 April 2011. Prior to the start of the tournament, the North Korean national team announced they would withdraw, citing financial reasons. All games against them were counted as a forfeit, with a score of 5–0 for the opposing team.[2]
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Group A – Final Standings
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Group B – Final Standings
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Division III
Division III was held from 11 to 17 April 2011. This tournament was contested in Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to the start of the tournament, the Mongolian national team announced they would withdraw, citing financial reasons. All games against them were counted as a forfeit, with a score of 5–0 for the opposing team.[3] Israel won all five of its games by a combined score of 57–9, and was promoted to the 2012 IIHF World Championship Division II.[4]
Division III – Final Standings
Israel – promoted to Division II for 2012
South Africa – promoted to Division II for 2012
Turkey
Luxembourg
Greece
Mongolia (withdrew from tournament)
United Arab Emirates (withdrew from tournament)
See also
References
- ^ IIHF (29 March 2011). "Japan withdraws from events". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ IIHF (28 March 2011). "Withdrawals from Division II". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ IIHF (31 March 2011). "Mongolia cancels trips". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ Sammy Hudes (22 July 2011). "Israeli hockey player shocks world; (Video) Eliezer Sherbatov scores unbelievable, made-for-YouTube goal". Ynet.
External links
- International Ice Hockey Federation
- hokejportal.cz – News service from World Ice Hockey Championships 2011 in Slovakia
- 2011 IIHF World Championship Website
This page was last edited on 10 June 2023, at 20:09