2011 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

2011 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships August 2022 2011 2010 2012 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. Championship 2011 IIHF World 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 30em FIN SWE CZE RUS CAN NOR GER USA SUI SVK DEN FRA LAT BLR 1995 AUT – relegated to Division I for 2012 SLO – relegated to Division I for 2012 Division I 2011 IIHF World Championship 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.http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/japan-withdraws-from-events.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=101cca24bd Japan withdraws from events IIHF 2011-03-29 IIHF.com 2011-03-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110405051957/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/japan-withdraws-from-events.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=101cca24bd 5 April 2011 Group A – Final Standings ITA – promoted to Championship for 2012 HUN KOR NED ESP – relegated to Division II for 2012  JPN (withdrew from tournament) Group B – Final Standings KAZ – promoted to Championship for 2012 GBR UKR POL LTU EST – relegated to Division II for 2012 Division II 2011 IIHF World Championship 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.http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/withdrawals-from-division-ii.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=68420eb8c0 Withdrawals from Division II IIHF 2011-03-28 IIHF.com 2011-03-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20140114210421/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/withdrawals-from-division-ii.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=68420eb8c0 14 January 2014 dead Group A – Final Standings AUS – promoted to Division I for 2012 NZL SRB BEL MEX PRK – relegated to Division III for 2012 (withdrew from tournament) Group B – Final Standings ROU – promoted to Division I for 2012 CRO ISL CHN BUL IRL – relegated to Division III for 2012 Division III 2011 IIHF World Championship 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.http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/mongolia-cancels-trips-1.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=a151eed3f6 Mongolia cancels trips IIHF 2011-03-31 IIHF.com 2011-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019010954/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/mongolia-cancels-trips-1.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=a151eed3f6 19 October 2012 dead 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.https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4097431,00.html Israeli hockey player shocks world; (Video) Eliezer Sherbatov scores unbelievable, made-for-YouTube goal Sammy Hudes 22 July 2011 Ynet Division III – Final Standings ISR – promoted to Division II for 2012 RSA – promoted to Division II for 2012 TUR LUX GRE MGL (withdrew from tournament) UAE (withdrew from tournament) See also 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships References External links International Ice Hockey Federation hokejportal.cz – News service from World Ice Hockey Championships 2011 in Slovakia 2011 IIHF World Championship Website 2011 Category:2011 in ice hockey