2011 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice Hockey

Ice hockey

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tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation

International Ice Hockey Federation

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. Group A was contested in Budapest

Budapest

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, Hungary

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and Group B was contested in Kiev

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, Ukraine

Ukraine

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with both tournaments running from April 17–23, 2011.

Group A

Team	Qualification
	Host, Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year.
	Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2010.
	Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year.
	Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year.
	Placed 1st in Division II Group A and were promoted in 2010.
	Placed 5th in Division I B last year.

Japan withdrew due to many players and players' families being affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...

. The IIHF decided that the 5th team in Group A would be relegated and Japan would retain their Division I place for the 2012 championship.

Group B

Team	Qualification
	Placed 1st in Division II Group B and were promoted in 2010.
	Placed 4th in Division I Group B last year.
	Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2010.
	Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
	Host, Placed 2nd in Division I Group A last year.

Standings

	Promoted to Elite Division for 2012
	Relegated to Division II for 2012


1	4	3	1	0	0	15	5	+10	11
2	4	3	0	1	0	29	11	+18	10
3	4	1	0	1	2	11	18	−7	4
4	4	1	0	0	3	16	18	−2	3
5	4	0	1	0	3	6	25	−19	2

Fixtures

All times local.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Balázs Ladányi Balázs Ladányi Balazs Ladanyi is a Hungarian professional ice hockey player.-Austrian Hockey League:-References:...	4	2	10	12	+7	0
István Sofron István Sofron István Sofron is a Hungarian international ice hockey player who plays for Alba Volán Székesfehérvár in the Austrian Hockey League...	4	6	4	10	+6	0
András Horváth	4	3	6	9	+6	4
Márton Vas Márton Vas Márton Vas is a Hungarian international ice hockey right wing, who is currently under contract with EBEL side Alba Volán Székesfehérvár. As of 30 April 2011, he has been capped 127 times for the Hungarian national team...	4	3	5	8	+6	4
Giulio Scandella Giulio Scandella Giulio Scandella is a Canadian-Italian professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Italian National men's ice hockey team.-References:...	4	4	2	6	+4	4
Alexander Egger Alexander Egger (ice hockey) Alexander Egger is an Italian professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Italian National men's ice hockey team.-References:...	4	1	5	6	+5	2
Diederick Hagemeijer	4	3	2	5	−1	6
Csaba Kovács Csaba Kovács Csaba Kovacs is a Hungarian professional ice hockey player.-Austrian Hockey League:-References:...	4	3	2	5	+2	2
Armin Helfer Armin Helfer Armin Helfer is an Italian professional ice hockey defenceman who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Italian National men's ice hockey team.-External links:...	4	2	3	5	+3	0
Ladislav Sikorcin	4	2	3	5	+2	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Thomas Tragust Thomas Tragust Thomas Tragust is a goaltender for Italy at the 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships and the Texas Tornado of the NAHL. He participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Italian National men's ice hockey team....	120:00	37	0	0.00	100.00	2
Daniel Bellissimo Daniel Bellissimo Daniel Bellissimo is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender.Born in Toronto, he began his career in the OPJHL for Vaughan Vipers, before moving to Italian team HC Asiago in 2006, where he also played with his brother Vince...	120:56	75	5	2.48	93.33	0
Levente Szuper Levente Szuper Levente Szuper is a Hungarian ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for the Arizona Sundogs of the Central Hockey League. He was the number one goalie of the Hungarian team which won promotion to the 2009 World championship.-Early years:Szuper began playing hockey in Hungary at an early age,...	110:56	70	5	2.70	92.86	0
Ander Alcaine	204:05	203	18	5.29	91.13	0
Ian Meierdres	118:50	84	9	4.54	89.29	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutout
Shutout
In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....

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Source: IIHF.com

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:

Best Goalkeeper:
Best Forward:
Best Defenseman: