2011 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
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The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey
tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia
. The games were played in the Orange Arena
in Bratislava
, and the Steel Aréna
in Košice
. The Czech team was the defending champion.
This was the first time the independent Slovakia
hosted the World Championships. However, this was the third time that Bratislava co-hosted the World Championships. The first two times were 1959 and 1992, each time with Prague
, and while part of Czechoslovakia
.
Finland
won the gold medal after beating Sweden
in the final
6–1. This was the second title for Finland, the first being from 1995 (also from beating Sweden).
In the event of a tie in points at the conclusion of the Preliminary, Qualification or Relegation rounds, the following tie-breaker format will be used:
went on to win 2–0 against Russia after goals from Thomas Greilinger
in the second period and Patrick Reimer
, who decided the game with a goal 2 minutes before the final horn. It was the first win for the German team over Russia in a World Championship and the first one since the 1994 Winter Olympics
in Lillehammer
. After the second gameday, the group was decided in the outcome who advances and who would battle against relegation. Germany pulled another surprise victory over host Slovakia; after being down 4–0, Slovakia started a come back but could only cut the deficit to one, losing by a final of 4–3. Germany was the group winner and advanced alongside Slovakia and Russia into the second round, while Slovenia finished fourth and went to the relegation round. The last time Germany won a preliminary round group was 78 years ago, in 1933
.
Group B saw the first overtime of the tournament in a game game between Switzerland and France. Julien Vauclair
scored the decisive goal after 1:46 minutes played in overtime. Canada defeated Switzerland after overtime to capture the first place, while France won against Belarus to go through to the Qualifying round and sent Belarus to the Relegation round.
In Group C Sweden played against Norway and it was a back-and forth game. Sweden went up 3–1 in the first period, but Norway fought back and at the end it was a 4–4 after 60 minutes. The overtime went scoreless and so it went into a shootout, Per-Åge Skrøder
scored on the first try for Norway and Eriksson missed on the first for Sweden and so Norway won 5–4 against Sweden, making it the first win against the Scandinavian rival in World Championship history. Sweden and the US-Team both got their second win as the United States came back from being down 0–2 to win 4–2 against Norway. On the last gameday Sweden captured the top seed in the group after they cruised to an 6–2 win over the USA. Norway follows those two in the Qualifying round after an 5–0 win over Austria, who find themselves in the Relegation round.
Group D saw two wins from the respective favorites at the start: Finland and the Czech Republic. The picture was the same on the second gameday, though Finland needed a shootout against Latvia to win 3–2. Jarkko Immonen scored the game winning goal. Denmark needed a win over Latvia to advance and they got one after a shootout, 3–2 was the end result, Latvia now sees themselves facing the relegation.
In Group F, Canada and Sweden will play each other to determine the group winner, the United States are alongside those two already qualified for the quarterfinals. Switzerland and Norway will fight for the last spot in the final round as Norway will face France which are already eliminated before their last game. Switzerland won 5–3 against the United States but they were still eliminated because Norway defeated France 5–2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
helped the Czechs to take a 1–0 into the first intermission. Again, Jágr scored the second goal during a 5 on 3 powerplay after a strong shot from the right side. The third and decisive goal came after a good combination over the whole ice, Tomáš Plekanec
was credited with the goal. Jágr became the man of the match after he scored his third goal 4 minutes before the end during another powerplay and the game ended in an comfortable 4–0 win for the Czech Republic.
In the evening game, Sweden took on Germany and scored the first scored with less than a minute played by Martin Thörnberg
. Germany but came right back and tied the game after two minutes as Alexander Barta
was credited with the score point. Both teams had chances during the first period but Sweden took the 2–1 lead into the intermission. In the second period Sweden went up 4–1 before Germany came closer by going 2–4 in the last break. Sweden scored a goal in the last period which was ruled over because a whistle occurred before the goal was scored, however Thörnberg scored his second goal of the night shortly after and Sweden won 5–2 at the end. Both, Thörnberg and Berglund were credited with three points.
Day 2 of the quarterfinals started with a Scandinavian matchup, Finland faced Norway. After a scoreless opening period, Norway took the lead after Ken André Olimb
scored on a penalty shot. Five minutes later, Finland had the lead after two quick goals, Jarkko Immonen then scored his second goal to give Finland a two-goal lead before Jani Lajunen
scored the 4–1 for the Finnish squad. Three of those four goals were scored during a powerplay. The third and last period went scoreless again and so Finland won 4–1, Mikael Granlund
scored two points in the game alongside Immonen.
The last game of the quarterfinal round brought up a rivalry between Russia and Team Canada. Jason Spezza
seemed to be the hero after he scored the first goal after 25 minutes and the lead hold into the last period, when Alexei Kaigorodov
went on his way to score the equalizer shorthanded, he went by two defenders to put the puck
high into the Canadian net. Three minutes later Ilya Kovalchuk
gave Russia the lead, Canada pulled the goalie with a minute to go but they did not score and Russia won the game 2–1.
brought the lead to the Czechs after just 46 seconds into the second period. Sweden struck back twice with goals from Patrik Berglund
and Mikael Backlund
to take a one-goal lead into the last intermission. Jimmie Ericsson
and Marcus Krüger
gave Sweden an even more comfortable lead 4–1. Six minutes before the end Eliáš scored his second goal and the Czechs gained hope again. They pulled their goalie with under a minute to go but Sweden, in name of Berglund scored an empty net goal. The Czech Republic was eliminated and Sweden advances to the final with a 5–2 win.
In the evening game of the semifinals Finland played against Russia. Despite having a so-so tournament so far the Russian team qualified for this late stage of it. Konstantin Barulin
was again the goalkeeper instead of Evgeni Nabokov
and the first period ended unspectacular scoreless. Mikael Granlund
scored an airhook goal to take the Finnish team into a 1-0 lead in the second period. The goal has been noted by multiple media outlets worldwide as the finest goal in the tournament, and as one of the finest in the history of international hockey. In the last period Jani Lajunen
scored the second goal before Immonen decided the game with the 3–0 goal, assisted by Granlund. Both players received their second point in the game.
scored two goals. The second period belonged to the Czech team after Petr Průcha
scored his second point and Roman Červenka
his second goal in the game. After the lead grew to 5–3 Vladimir Tarasenko
brought Russia back into the game making it a one-goal game before the last period. After Jan Marek scored the 6–4 the Russian team pulled their goalie with two minutes to go before Tomáš Plekanec
scored an emptynet goal to decide the game and give the Czech Republic the bronze medal after winning 7–4.
The game was won 1–6 by Finland. After a goalless first period, Sweden opened the game with a 1–0 goal by Magnus Pääjärvi in the second period at 27:40. Seven seconds before the period's end Jarkko Immonen
tied the game to 1–1. Finland took lead early in the third period, scoring two goals at 42:35 and 43:21 by Nokelainen
and Kapanen
. Sweden took a time-out before the last period's half but did not manage to regroup, and the tournament was decided by a clear 1–6 victory to Finland by Janne Pesonen
's, Mika Pyörälä
's and Pihlström
goals.
Slovakia
Sweden
Hungary
Finland
Finland withdrew from bidding before voting began in order to apply for the 2012 World Championship
. Finland and Sweden would both later win respective bids to host in 2012 and 2013, but this decision was later changed instead for the two Nordic countries
to be joint hosts of the 2012
, and 2013 IIHF World Championship editions.
After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by IIHF president René Fasel
on 19 May 2006, at the delegates congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation in Riga
, Latvia. Slovakia's bidding cities received 70 votes, followed by the Swedish bid cities of Stockholm
, and Gothenburg
with 20 votes, and finally the Hungarian bid with 14 votes. The required 50% of the vote had been attained in the first round, which finalized Slovakia's successful bid.
Ivan Gašparovič
, the President of Slovakia
, was instrumental in Slovakia winning its successful bid, as he came in person to the delegates congress in Riga to endorse his country's bid, and convince the IIHF delegates of the viability of Slovakia. Gašparovič is himself an avid hockey fan and past vice-president of the Slovak Extraliga
team, HC Slovan Bratislava
.
withdrew from the 2011 bid prior to the start of the congress, postponed 2012.
was officially released on 18 March.
, and Igor Nemeček, the 2011 IIHF World Championship general director, said he was chosen because: "Wolves are animals which are typically Slovak, evoking our forests and countryside". Over 14,000 entries were submitted for a national contest to name the mascot organized in association with Radio Expres
and the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. It is a word-play on the Slovak
words for goal
, and/or goals . Goooly, the mascot, was subjected to considerable ridicule in the English-speaking world because "gooly" is a well known slang term for a testicle
.
My sme tu doma. (We are at home)
, Zdeno Chára
, Marián Gáborík
, Ľubomír Višňovský
, Pavol Demitra
, Jozef Stümpel
, Marián Hossa
, Miroslav Šatan
and Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič
.
in Bratislava, also known as the Ondrej Nepela
Arena, was substantially upgraded for the championship, in line with IIHF, Slovak, and international specifications, largely funded by the Slovakian government. Construction began on 23 April 2009 and was completed on 30 November 2010. More than €65 million ($90 million USD) was spent to install a new roof, modernize facilities, build two new adjacent practice arenas, and bring the seating from 8,350 to 10,000. The Steel Aréna
, also known as the Ladislav Troják
Arena, which was newly constructed in 2006, had a new €11 million practice rink built adjacent, between April 2009 and February 2010 for the World Championship legacy of future hockey development in Slovakia. The stadium would have the name Orange Arena, but only for the time of World Championship 2011 29 April 2011 to 15 May 2011
Both arenas were known by their Slovak honorific titles during the 2011 World Championship to correspond with IIHF neutral non-inclusive sponsorship rules. (Samsung Arena as the Ondrej Nepela Arena, and Steel Aréna as the Ladislav Troják Arena.)
As Ondrej Nepela ArenaAs Ladislav Troják Arena
Europe^*******
**†^**
North America**
The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey
tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia
. The games were played in the Orange Arena
in Bratislava
, and the Steel Aréna
in Košice
. The Czech team was the defending champion.
This was the first time the independent Slovakia
hosted the World Championships. However, this was the third time that Bratislava co-hosted the World Championships. The first two times were 1959 and 1992, each time with Prague
, and while part of Czechoslovakia
.
Finland
won the gold medal after beating Sweden
in the final
6–1. This was the second title for Finland, the first being from 1995 (also from beating Sweden).
In the event of a tie in points at the conclusion of the Preliminary, Qualification or Relegation rounds, the following tie-breaker format will be used:
went on to win 2–0 against Russia after goals from Thomas Greilinger
in the second period and Patrick Reimer
, who decided the game with a goal 2 minutes before the final horn. It was the first win for the German team over Russia in a World Championship and the first one since the 1994 Winter Olympics
in Lillehammer
. After the second gameday, the group was decided in the outcome who advances and who would battle against relegation. Germany pulled another surprise victory over host Slovakia; after being down 4–0, Slovakia started a come back but could only cut the deficit to one, losing by a final of 4–3. Germany was the group winner and advanced alongside Slovakia and Russia into the second round, while Slovenia finished fourth and went to the relegation round. The last time Germany won a preliminary round group was 78 years ago, in 1933
.
Group B saw the first overtime of the tournament in a game game between Switzerland and France. Julien Vauclair
scored the decisive goal after 1:46 minutes played in overtime. Canada defeated Switzerland after overtime to capture the first place, while France won against Belarus to go through to the Qualifying round and sent Belarus to the Relegation round.
In Group C Sweden played against Norway and it was a back-and forth game. Sweden went up 3–1 in the first period, but Norway fought back and at the end it was a 4–4 after 60 minutes. The overtime went scoreless and so it went into a shootout, Per-Åge Skrøder
scored on the first try for Norway and Eriksson missed on the first for Sweden and so Norway won 5–4 against Sweden, making it the first win against the Scandinavian rival in World Championship history. Sweden and the US-Team both got their second win as the United States came back from being down 0–2 to win 4–2 against Norway. On the last gameday Sweden captured the top seed in the group after they cruised to an 6–2 win over the USA. Norway follows those two in the Qualifying round after an 5–0 win over Austria, who find themselves in the Relegation round.
Group D saw two wins from the respective favorites at the start: Finland and the Czech Republic. The picture was the same on the second gameday, though Finland needed a shootout against Latvia to win 3–2. Jarkko Immonen scored the game winning goal. Denmark needed a win over Latvia to advance and they got one after a shootout, 3–2 was the end result, Latvia now sees themselves facing the relegation.
In Group F, Canada and Sweden will play each other to determine the group winner, the United States are alongside those two already qualified for the quarterfinals. Switzerland and Norway will fight for the last spot in the final round as Norway will face France which are already eliminated before their last game. Switzerland won 5–3 against the United States but they were still eliminated because Norway defeated France 5–2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
helped the Czechs to take a 1–0 into the first intermission. Again, Jágr scored the second goal during a 5 on 3 powerplay after a strong shot from the right side. The third and decisive goal came after a good combination over the whole ice, Tomáš Plekanec
was credited with the goal. Jágr became the man of the match after he scored his third goal 4 minutes before the end during another powerplay and the game ended in an comfortable 4–0 win for the Czech Republic.
In the evening game, Sweden took on Germany and scored the first scored with less than a minute played by Martin Thörnberg
. Germany but came right back and tied the game after two minutes as Alexander Barta
was credited with the score point. Both teams had chances during the first period but Sweden took the 2–1 lead into the intermission. In the second period Sweden went up 4–1 before Germany came closer by going 2–4 in the last break. Sweden scored a goal in the last period which was ruled over because a whistle occurred before the goal was scored, however Thörnberg scored his second goal of the night shortly after and Sweden won 5–2 at the end. Both, Thörnberg and Berglund were credited with three points.
Day 2 of the quarterfinals started with a Scandinavian matchup, Finland faced Norway. After a scoreless opening period, Norway took the lead after Ken André Olimb
scored on a penalty shot. Five minutes later, Finland had the lead after two quick goals, Jarkko Immonen then scored his second goal to give Finland a two-goal lead before Jani Lajunen
scored the 4–1 for the Finnish squad. Three of those four goals were scored during a powerplay. The third and last period went scoreless again and so Finland won 4–1, Mikael Granlund
scored two points in the game alongside Immonen.
The last game of the quarterfinal round brought up a rivalry between Russia and Team Canada. Jason Spezza
seemed to be the hero after he scored the first goal after 25 minutes and the lead hold into the last period, when Alexei Kaigorodov
went on his way to score the equalizer shorthanded, he went by two defenders to put the puck
high into the Canadian net. Three minutes later Ilya Kovalchuk
gave Russia the lead, Canada pulled the goalie with a minute to go but they did not score and Russia won the game 2–1.
brought the lead to the Czechs after just 46 seconds into the second period. Sweden struck back twice with goals from Patrik Berglund
and Mikael Backlund
to take a one-goal lead into the last intermission. Jimmie Ericsson
and Marcus Krüger
gave Sweden an even more comfortable lead 4–1. Six minutes before the end Eliáš scored his second goal and the Czechs gained hope again. They pulled their goalie with under a minute to go but Sweden, in name of Berglund scored an empty net goal. The Czech Republic was eliminated and Sweden advances to the final with a 5–2 win.
In the evening game of the semifinals Finland played against Russia. Despite having a so-so tournament so far the Russian team qualified for this late stage of it. Konstantin Barulin
was again the goalkeeper instead of Evgeni Nabokov
and the first period ended unspectacular scoreless. Mikael Granlund
scored an airhook goal to take the Finnish team into a 1-0 lead in the second period. The goal has been noted by multiple media outlets worldwide as the finest goal in the tournament, and as one of the finest in the history of international hockey. In the last period Jani Lajunen
scored the second goal before Immonen decided the game with the 3–0 goal, assisted by Granlund. Both players received their second point in the game.
scored two goals. The second period belonged to the Czech team after Petr Průcha
scored his second point and Roman Červenka
his second goal in the game. After the lead grew to 5–3 Vladimir Tarasenko
brought Russia back into the game making it a one-goal game before the last period. After Jan Marek scored the 6–4 the Russian team pulled their goalie with two minutes to go before Tomáš Plekanec
scored an emptynet goal to decide the game and give the Czech Republic the bronze medal after winning 7–4.
The game was won 1–6 by Finland. After a goalless first period, Sweden opened the game with a 1–0 goal by Magnus Pääjärvi in the second period at 27:40. Seven seconds before the period's end Jarkko Immonen
tied the game to 1–1. Finland took lead early in the third period, scoring two goals at 42:35 and 43:21 by Nokelainen
and Kapanen
. Sweden took a time-out before the last period's half but did not manage to regroup, and the tournament was decided by a clear 1–6 victory to Finland by Janne Pesonen
's, Mika Pyörälä
's and Pihlström
goals.
Slovakia
Sweden
Hungary
Finland
Finland withdrew from bidding before voting began in order to apply for the 2012 World Championship
. Finland and Sweden would both later win respective bids to host in 2012 and 2013, but this decision was later changed instead for the two Nordic countries
to be joint hosts of the 2012
, and 2013 IIHF World Championship editions.
After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by IIHF president René Fasel
on 19 May 2006, at the delegates congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation in Riga
, Latvia. Slovakia's bidding cities received 70 votes, followed by the Swedish bid cities of Stockholm
, and Gothenburg
with 20 votes, and finally the Hungarian bid with 14 votes. The required 50% of the vote had been attained in the first round, which finalized Slovakia's successful bid.
Ivan Gašparovič
, the President of Slovakia
, was instrumental in Slovakia winning its successful bid, as he came in person to the delegates congress in Riga to endorse his country's bid, and convince the IIHF delegates of the viability of Slovakia. Gašparovič is himself an avid hockey fan and past vice-president of the Slovak Extraliga
team, HC Slovan Bratislava
.
withdrew from the 2011 bid prior to the start of the congress, postponed 2012.
was officially released on 18 March.
, and Igor Nemeček, the 2011 IIHF World Championship general director, said he was chosen because: "Wolves are animals which are typically Slovak, evoking our forests and countryside". Over 14,000 entries were submitted for a national contest to name the mascot organized in association with Radio Expres
and the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. It is a word-play on the Slovak
words for goal
, and/or goals . Goooly, the mascot, was subjected to considerable ridicule in the English-speaking world because "gooly" is a well known slang term for a testicle
.
My sme tu doma. (We are at home)
, Zdeno Chára
, Marián Gáborík
, Ľubomír Višňovský
, Pavol Demitra
, Jozef Stümpel
, Marián Hossa
, Miroslav Šatan
and Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič
.
in Bratislava, also known as the Ondrej Nepela
Arena, was substantially upgraded for the championship, in line with IIHF, Slovak, and international specifications, largely funded by the Slovakian government. Construction began on 23 April 2009 and was completed on 30 November 2010. More than €65 million ($90 million USD) was spent to install a new roof, modernize facilities, build two new adjacent practice arenas, and bring the seating from 8,350 to 10,000. The Steel Aréna
, also known as the Ladislav Troják
Arena, which was newly constructed in 2006, had a new €11 million practice rink built adjacent, between April 2009 and February 2010 for the World Championship legacy of future hockey development in Slovakia. The stadium would have the name Orange Arena, but only for the time of World Championship 2011 29 April 2011 to 15 May 2011
Both arenas were known by their Slovak honorific titles during the 2011 World Championship to correspond with IIHF neutral non-inclusive sponsorship rules. (Samsung Arena as the Ondrej Nepela Arena, and Steel Aréna as the Ladislav Troják Arena.)
As Ondrej Nepela ArenaAs Ladislav Troják Arena
Europe^*******
**†^**
North America**
The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey
tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia
. The games were played in the Orange Arena
in Bratislava
, and the Steel Aréna
in Košice
. The Czech team was the defending champion.
This was the first time the independent Slovakia
hosted the World Championships. However, this was the third time that Bratislava co-hosted the World Championships. The first two times were 1959 and 1992, each time with Prague
, and while part of Czechoslovakia
.
Finland
won the gold medal after beating Sweden
in the final
6–1. This was the second title for Finland, the first being from 1995 (also from beating Sweden).
In the event of a tie in points at the conclusion of the Preliminary, Qualification or Relegation rounds, the following tie-breaker format will be used:
went on to win 2–0 against Russia after goals from Thomas Greilinger
in the second period and Patrick Reimer
, who decided the game with a goal 2 minutes before the final horn. It was the first win for the German team over Russia in a World Championship and the first one since the 1994 Winter Olympics
in Lillehammer
. After the second gameday, the group was decided in the outcome who advances and who would battle against relegation. Germany pulled another surprise victory over host Slovakia; after being down 4–0, Slovakia started a come back but could only cut the deficit to one, losing by a final of 4–3. Germany was the group winner and advanced alongside Slovakia and Russia into the second round, while Slovenia finished fourth and went to the relegation round. The last time Germany won a preliminary round group was 78 years ago, in 1933
.
Group B saw the first overtime of the tournament in a game game between Switzerland and France. Julien Vauclair
scored the decisive goal after 1:46 minutes played in overtime. Canada defeated Switzerland after overtime to capture the first place, while France won against Belarus to go through to the Qualifying round and sent Belarus to the Relegation round.
In Group C Sweden played against Norway and it was a back-and forth game. Sweden went up 3–1 in the first period, but Norway fought back and at the end it was a 4–4 after 60 minutes. The overtime went scoreless and so it went into a shootout, Per-Åge Skrøder
scored on the first try for Norway and Eriksson missed on the first for Sweden and so Norway won 5–4 against Sweden, making it the first win against the Scandinavian rival in World Championship history. Sweden and the US-Team both got their second win as the United States came back from being down 0–2 to win 4–2 against Norway. On the last gameday Sweden captured the top seed in the group after they cruised to an 6–2 win over the USA. Norway follows those two in the Qualifying round after an 5–0 win over Austria, who find themselves in the Relegation round.
Group D saw two wins from the respective favorites at the start: Finland and the Czech Republic. The picture was the same on the second gameday, though Finland needed a shootout against Latvia to win 3–2. Jarkko Immonen scored the game winning goal. Denmark needed a win over Latvia to advance and they got one after a shootout, 3–2 was the end result, Latvia now sees themselves facing the relegation.
In Group F, Canada and Sweden will play each other to determine the group winner, the United States are alongside those two already qualified for the quarterfinals. Switzerland and Norway will fight for the last spot in the final round as Norway will face France which are already eliminated before their last game. Switzerland won 5–3 against the United States but they were still eliminated because Norway defeated France 5–2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
helped the Czechs to take a 1–0 into the first intermission. Again, Jágr scored the second goal during a 5 on 3 powerplay after a strong shot from the right side. The third and decisive goal came after a good combination over the whole ice, Tomáš Plekanec
was credited with the goal. Jágr became the man of the match after he scored his third goal 4 minutes before the end during another powerplay and the game ended in an comfortable 4–0 win for the Czech Republic.
In the evening game, Sweden took on Germany and scored the first scored with less than a minute played by Martin Thörnberg
. Germany but came right back and tied the game after two minutes as Alexander Barta
was credited with the score point. Both teams had chances during the first period but Sweden took the 2–1 lead into the intermission. In the second period Sweden went up 4–1 before Germany came closer by going 2–4 in the last break. Sweden scored a goal in the last period which was ruled over because a whistle occurred before the goal was scored, however Thörnberg scored his second goal of the night shortly after and Sweden won 5–2 at the end. Both, Thörnberg and Berglund were credited with three points.
Day 2 of the quarterfinals started with a Scandinavian matchup, Finland faced Norway. After a scoreless opening period, Norway took the lead after Ken André Olimb
scored on a penalty shot. Five minutes later, Finland had the lead after two quick goals, Jarkko Immonen then scored his second goal to give Finland a two-goal lead before Jani Lajunen
scored the 4–1 for the Finnish squad. Three of those four goals were scored during a powerplay. The third and last period went scoreless again and so Finland won 4–1, Mikael Granlund
scored two points in the game alongside Immonen.
The last game of the quarterfinal round brought up a rivalry between Russia and Team Canada. Jason Spezza
seemed to be the hero after he scored the first goal after 25 minutes and the lead hold into the last period, when Alexei Kaigorodov
went on his way to score the equalizer shorthanded, he went by two defenders to put the puck
high into the Canadian net. Three minutes later Ilya Kovalchuk
gave Russia the lead, Canada pulled the goalie with a minute to go but they did not score and Russia won the game 2–1.
brought the lead to the Czechs after just 46 seconds into the second period. Sweden struck back twice with goals from Patrik Berglund
and Mikael Backlund
to take a one-goal lead into the last intermission. Jimmie Ericsson
and Marcus Krüger
gave Sweden an even more comfortable lead 4–1. Six minutes before the end Eliáš scored his second goal and the Czechs gained hope again. They pulled their goalie with under a minute to go but Sweden, in name of Berglund scored an empty net goal. The Czech Republic was eliminated and Sweden advances to the final with a 5–2 win.
In the evening game of the semifinals Finland played against Russia. Despite having a so-so tournament so far the Russian team qualified for this late stage of it. Konstantin Barulin
was again the goalkeeper instead of Evgeni Nabokov
and the first period ended unspectacular scoreless. Mikael Granlund
scored an airhook goal to take the Finnish team into a 1-0 lead in the second period. The goal has been noted by multiple media outlets worldwide as the finest goal in the tournament, and as one of the finest in the history of international hockey. In the last period Jani Lajunen
scored the second goal before Immonen decided the game with the 3–0 goal, assisted by Granlund. Both players received their second point in the game.
scored two goals. The second period belonged to the Czech team after Petr Průcha
scored his second point and Roman Červenka
his second goal in the game. After the lead grew to 5–3 Vladimir Tarasenko
brought Russia back into the game making it a one-goal game before the last period. After Jan Marek scored the 6–4 the Russian team pulled their goalie with two minutes to go before Tomáš Plekanec
scored an emptynet goal to decide the game and give the Czech Republic the bronze medal after winning 7–4.
The game was won 1–6 by Finland. After a goalless first period, Sweden opened the game with a 1–0 goal by Magnus Pääjärvi in the second period at 27:40. Seven seconds before the period's end Jarkko Immonen
tied the game to 1–1. Finland took lead early in the third period, scoring two goals at 42:35 and 43:21 by Nokelainen
and Kapanen
. Sweden took a time-out before the last period's half but did not manage to regroup, and the tournament was decided by a clear 1–6 victory to Finland by Janne Pesonen
's, Mika Pyörälä
's and Pihlström
goals.
Slovakia
Sweden
Hungary
Finland
Finland withdrew from bidding before voting began in order to apply for the 2012 World Championship
. Finland and Sweden would both later win respective bids to host in 2012 and 2013, but this decision was later changed instead for the two Nordic countries
to be joint hosts of the 2012
, and 2013 IIHF World Championship editions.
After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by IIHF president René Fasel
on 19 May 2006, at the delegates congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation in Riga
, Latvia. Slovakia's bidding cities received 70 votes, followed by the Swedish bid cities of Stockholm
, and Gothenburg
with 20 votes, and finally the Hungarian bid with 14 votes. The required 50% of the vote had been attained in the first round, which finalized Slovakia's successful bid.
Ivan Gašparovič
, the President of Slovakia
, was instrumental in Slovakia winning its successful bid, as he came in person to the delegates congress in Riga to endorse his country's bid, and convince the IIHF delegates of the viability of Slovakia. Gašparovič is himself an avid hockey fan and past vice-president of the Slovak Extraliga
team, HC Slovan Bratislava
.
withdrew from the 2011 bid prior to the start of the congress, postponed 2012.
was officially released on 18 March.
, and Igor Nemeček, the 2011 IIHF World Championship general director, said he was chosen because: "Wolves are animals which are typically Slovak, evoking our forests and countryside". Over 14,000 entries were submitted for a national contest to name the mascot organized in association with Radio Expres
and the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. It is a word-play on the Slovak
words for goal
, and/or goals . Goooly, the mascot, was subjected to considerable ridicule in the English-speaking world because "gooly" is a well known slang term for a testicle
.
My sme tu doma. (We are at home)
, Zdeno Chára
, Marián Gáborík
, Ľubomír Višňovský
, Pavol Demitra
, Jozef Stümpel
, Marián Hossa
, Miroslav Šatan
and Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič
.
in Bratislava, also known as the Ondrej Nepela
Arena, was substantially upgraded for the championship, in line with IIHF, Slovak, and international specifications, largely funded by the Slovakian government. Construction began on 23 April 2009 and was completed on 30 November 2010. More than €65 million ($90 million USD) was spent to install a new roof, modernize facilities, build two new adjacent practice arenas, and bring the seating from 8,350 to 10,000. The Steel Aréna
, also known as the Ladislav Troják
Arena, which was newly constructed in 2006, had a new €11 million practice rink built adjacent, between April 2009 and February 2010 for the World Championship legacy of future hockey development in Slovakia. The stadium would have the name Orange Arena, but only for the time of World Championship 2011 29 April 2011 to 15 May 2011
Both arenas were known by their Slovak honorific titles during the 2011 World Championship to correspond with IIHF neutral non-inclusive sponsorship rules. (Samsung Arena as the Ondrej Nepela Arena, and Steel Aréna as the Ladislav Troják Arena.)
As Ondrej Nepela ArenaAs Ladislav Troják Arena
Europe^*******
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Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
. The games were played in the Orange Arena
Samsung Arena
Ondrej Nepela Arena , known as Orange Arena during the 2011 IIHF Championship, formerly Samsung Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena, is an arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is primarily used for ice hockey and it is the home arena of HC Slovan Bratislava...
in Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
, and the Steel Aréna
Steel Aréna
Steel Aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka is the new home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice....
in Košice
Košice
Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...
. The Czech team was the defending champion.
This was the first time the independent Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
hosted the World Championships. However, this was the third time that Bratislava co-hosted the World Championships. The first two times were 1959 and 1992, each time with Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, and while part of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
.
Finland
Finnish national men's ice hockey team
The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, or Leijonat / Lejonen , as it is called in Finland, is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association...
won the gold medal after beating Sweden
Swedish national men's ice hockey team
The Swedish men's national ice hockey team, or Tre Kronor , as it is called in Sweden, is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world...
in the final
2011 IIHF World Championship Final
The 2011 IIHF World Championship final was played at the Orange Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia on 15 May between Sweden and Finland. Finland won the match 6–1 and became world champions for the first time since the 1995 tournament, and for the second time in history...
6–1. This was the second title for Finland, the first being from 1995 (also from beating Sweden).
Tournament format
The tournament is divided into four stages. The Preliminary round, Qualification round and Relegation round use a round-robin format with each team playing every other team in its group once. The winner of a game in regulation time will earn 3 points, with the loser earning zero points. The winner of a game decided in overtime or in a shootout will be awarded 2 points, with the loser getting one point. Teams in the Preliminary round are divided into four groups of four teams each; the last-place team in each group moves to the Relegation round while the remainder move to the Qualification round. The Qualification round is divided into two groups of six teams each with the top four teams in each group moving to the Playoff round. Games played in the Preliminary round against teams in the same Qualification round group count for the Qualification round standings; therefore, teams who were previously in the same Preliminary round group do not play each other again in the Qualification round. The Relegation round is a single group of four teams with the bottom 2 teams being relegated to Division I of the World Championships. The tournament concludes with the Playoff round, which is an 8-team tournament, to determine the winners of the gold, silver and bronze medals.In the event of a tie in points at the conclusion of the Preliminary, Qualification or Relegation rounds, the following tie-breaker format will be used:
- Points earned in games against tied teams
- Goal differential in games against tied teams
- Highest number of goals in games against tied teams
- Repetition of steps 1, 2 and 3, in order, including results against the next closest ranked team to the tied teams
- Repetition of step 4, including the next closest ranked teams one at a time
- 2010 IIHF World Ranking
Preliminary round
The first gameday in Group A started with an upset, when GermanyGermany men's national ice hockey team
The German men's national ice hockey team first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 European Hockey Championship. When Germany was split after World War II, a separate East German national ice hockey team existed until 1990...
went on to win 2–0 against Russia after goals from Thomas Greilinger
Thomas Greilinger
Thomas Greilinger is German professional ice hockey forward. He currently plays for ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Greilinger made his DEL debut during the 1999–00 playoffs with the Munich Barons. The following season he played with the Schwenningen Wild Wings...
in the second period and Patrick Reimer
Patrick Reimer
Patrick Reimer is a German professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for DEG Metro Stars of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga . In his first season full season with the Metro Stars in 2004–05, Reimer was selected as the DEL's Rookie of the Year.-Regular season and playoffs:-External links:...
, who decided the game with a goal 2 minutes before the final horn. It was the first win for the German team over Russia in a World Championship and the first one since the 1994 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics was held at the Fjellhallen in Gjøvik and the Håkons Hall in Lillehammer, Norway. The competition, held from February 12 to February 27, was won by Sweden and Canada as runner-up.-Final rankings:Source:* Gold -...
in Lillehammer
Lillehammer
is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...
. After the second gameday, the group was decided in the outcome who advances and who would battle against relegation. Germany pulled another surprise victory over host Slovakia; after being down 4–0, Slovakia started a come back but could only cut the deficit to one, losing by a final of 4–3. Germany was the group winner and advanced alongside Slovakia and Russia into the second round, while Slovenia finished fourth and went to the relegation round. The last time Germany won a preliminary round group was 78 years ago, in 1933
1933 World Ice Hockey Championships
The 1933 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 18 and February 26, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.The championship by the United States was their first, and was also the first time Canada lost a hockey world championship...
.
Group B saw the first overtime of the tournament in a game game between Switzerland and France. Julien Vauclair
Julien Vauclair
Julien Vauclair is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for HC Lugano in Nationalliga A...
scored the decisive goal after 1:46 minutes played in overtime. Canada defeated Switzerland after overtime to capture the first place, while France won against Belarus to go through to the Qualifying round and sent Belarus to the Relegation round.
In Group C Sweden played against Norway and it was a back-and forth game. Sweden went up 3–1 in the first period, but Norway fought back and at the end it was a 4–4 after 60 minutes. The overtime went scoreless and so it went into a shootout, Per-Åge Skrøder
Per-Åge Skrøder
Per-Åge Skrøder is a Norwegian ice hockey player, currently playing for Modo in the Swedish SEL.- Playing career :...
scored on the first try for Norway and Eriksson missed on the first for Sweden and so Norway won 5–4 against Sweden, making it the first win against the Scandinavian rival in World Championship history. Sweden and the US-Team both got their second win as the United States came back from being down 0–2 to win 4–2 against Norway. On the last gameday Sweden captured the top seed in the group after they cruised to an 6–2 win over the USA. Norway follows those two in the Qualifying round after an 5–0 win over Austria, who find themselves in the Relegation round.
Group D saw two wins from the respective favorites at the start: Finland and the Czech Republic. The picture was the same on the second gameday, though Finland needed a shootout against Latvia to win 3–2. Jarkko Immonen scored the game winning goal. Denmark needed a win over Latvia to advance and they got one after a shootout, 3–2 was the end result, Latvia now sees themselves facing the relegation.
Qualifying round
Every game in Group E was a close one by each one decided by 1 goal. The Czech Team was still perfect after their 5th win, defeating Russia 3–2. Alongside them, Germany, Russia and Finland are qualified for the quarterfinals and the Czech team was set to win the group with one more game to play. The host, Slovakia was eliminated after losing to Finland 1–2. After the last gameday, the Czech team was still perfect after winning 5–2 against Germany.In Group F, Canada and Sweden will play each other to determine the group winner, the United States are alongside those two already qualified for the quarterfinals. Switzerland and Norway will fight for the last spot in the final round as Norway will face France which are already eliminated before their last game. Switzerland won 5–3 against the United States but they were still eliminated because Norway defeated France 5–2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Relegation round
After 2 gamedays in Group G every team has 3 points and so the last 2 games will determine the two teams going down and the two that stays in the top division in the next year. Slovenia faces Belarus, while Latvia will play against Austria. Belarus crushed Slovenia into the Division A with an 7–1 win while they will stay in the top division. Austria will join Slovenia in the second Division after losing against Latvia 1–4.Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals started with the undefeated Czech Republic against Team USA. The United States started off better but Jaromír JágrJaromir Jagr
Jaromír Jágr is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League . Jágr formerly played with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and New York Rangers, serving as captain of the Penguins and the Rangers...
helped the Czechs to take a 1–0 into the first intermission. Again, Jágr scored the second goal during a 5 on 3 powerplay after a strong shot from the right side. The third and decisive goal came after a good combination over the whole ice, Tomáš Plekanec
Tomas Plekanec
Tomas Plekanec is a Czech professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League . After beginning his career for HC Kladno of the Czech Extraliga, he was selected 71st overall by the Canadiens in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft...
was credited with the goal. Jágr became the man of the match after he scored his third goal 4 minutes before the end during another powerplay and the game ended in an comfortable 4–0 win for the Czech Republic.
In the evening game, Sweden took on Germany and scored the first scored with less than a minute played by Martin Thörnberg
Martin Thörnberg
Martin Thörnberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. He is the son of the retired ice hockey player Ove Thörnberg.-Awards:...
. Germany but came right back and tied the game after two minutes as Alexander Barta
Alexander Barta
Alexander Barta is German professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Malmö Redhawks of the HockeyAllsvenskan. He has captained the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Between 2001 and 2005 he played four seasons with Eisbären Berlin. He joined the Freezers in 2005...
was credited with the score point. Both teams had chances during the first period but Sweden took the 2–1 lead into the intermission. In the second period Sweden went up 4–1 before Germany came closer by going 2–4 in the last break. Sweden scored a goal in the last period which was ruled over because a whistle occurred before the goal was scored, however Thörnberg scored his second goal of the night shortly after and Sweden won 5–2 at the end. Both, Thörnberg and Berglund were credited with three points.
Day 2 of the quarterfinals started with a Scandinavian matchup, Finland faced Norway. After a scoreless opening period, Norway took the lead after Ken André Olimb
Ken André Olimb
Ken André Olimb is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Norway men's national ice hockey team.-External links:...
scored on a penalty shot. Five minutes later, Finland had the lead after two quick goals, Jarkko Immonen then scored his second goal to give Finland a two-goal lead before Jani Lajunen
Jani Lajunen
Jani Lajunen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL. He was selected by the Nashville Predators in the 7th round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft....
scored the 4–1 for the Finnish squad. Three of those four goals were scored during a powerplay. The third and last period went scoreless again and so Finland won 4–1, Mikael Granlund
Mikael Granlund
Mikael Antero Granlund is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for HIFK of the Finnish SM-Liiga...
scored two points in the game alongside Immonen.
The last game of the quarterfinal round brought up a rivalry between Russia and Team Canada. Jason Spezza
Jason Spezza
Jason Anthony Rocco Spezza is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, an alternate captain of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League...
seemed to be the hero after he scored the first goal after 25 minutes and the lead hold into the last period, when Alexei Kaigorodov
Alexei Kaigorodov
Alexei Pavlovich Kaigorodov is a Russian professional ice hockey player playing with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
went on his way to score the equalizer shorthanded, he went by two defenders to put the puck
Hockey puck
A puck is a disk used in various games serving the same functions as a ball does in ball games. The best-known use of pucks is in ice hockey, a major international sport.- Etymology :The origin of the word "puck" is obscure...
high into the Canadian net. Three minutes later Ilya Kovalchuk
Ilya Kovalchuk
Ilya Valerevich Kovalchuk is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger who is an alternate captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. Drafted first overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, he began his NHL career in 2001–02 with Atlanta and was...
gave Russia the lead, Canada pulled the goalie with a minute to go but they did not score and Russia won the game 2–1.
Semifinals
The first semifinal was the matchup between the favourite and defending champion, the Czech Republic against Sweden. After the first period went scoreless Patrik EliášPatrik Elias
Patrik Eliáš is a Czech professional hockey left winger and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League . A long-time Devil and currently the team's longest-tenured skater, Eliáš is the franchise's all-time leading scorer, while also holding franchise records for most...
brought the lead to the Czechs after just 46 seconds into the second period. Sweden struck back twice with goals from Patrik Berglund
Patrik Berglund
Patrik Berglund is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
and Mikael Backlund
Mikael Backlund
Mikael Backlund is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League . He was a first round selection, 24th overall, of the Flames in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut in 2008–09.-Playing career:Backlund began his junior hockey career with...
to take a one-goal lead into the last intermission. Jimmie Ericsson
Jimmie Ericsson
Jimmie Ericsson is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently with Skellefteå AIK in the SEL.Jimmie's brother Jonathan is a defenseman who's currently playing with the Detroit Red Wings. The two brother were set to play together professionally for the first time at the 2010 World Championships...
and Marcus Krüger
Marcus Krüger
Marcus Krüger is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently a centre for Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League...
gave Sweden an even more comfortable lead 4–1. Six minutes before the end Eliáš scored his second goal and the Czechs gained hope again. They pulled their goalie with under a minute to go but Sweden, in name of Berglund scored an empty net goal. The Czech Republic was eliminated and Sweden advances to the final with a 5–2 win.
In the evening game of the semifinals Finland played against Russia. Despite having a so-so tournament so far the Russian team qualified for this late stage of it. Konstantin Barulin
Konstantin Barulin
Konstantin Barulin is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender now playing for Atlant Moscow Oblast of the Kontinental Hockey League. He was born in Karaganda, U.S.S.R. but plays internationally for Russia. He was drafted 84th overall by the St...
was again the goalkeeper instead of Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Viktorovich Nabokov is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender who is playing for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League .Nabokov was selected by San Jose in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft...
and the first period ended unspectacular scoreless. Mikael Granlund
Mikael Granlund
Mikael Antero Granlund is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for HIFK of the Finnish SM-Liiga...
scored an airhook goal to take the Finnish team into a 1-0 lead in the second period. The goal has been noted by multiple media outlets worldwide as the finest goal in the tournament, and as one of the finest in the history of international hockey. In the last period Jani Lajunen
Jani Lajunen
Jani Lajunen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL. He was selected by the Nashville Predators in the 7th round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft....
scored the second goal before Immonen decided the game with the 3–0 goal, assisted by Granlund. Both players received their second point in the game.
Bronze medal game
The Czech Republic took on Russia for the fight about Bronze. The first quarter was a wild one ending in a 3–2 advantage for the Russian team while Ilya KovalchukIlya Kovalchuk
Ilya Valerevich Kovalchuk is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger who is an alternate captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. Drafted first overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, he began his NHL career in 2001–02 with Atlanta and was...
scored two goals. The second period belonged to the Czech team after Petr Průcha
Petr Prucha
Petr Průcha is a Czech professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League.-Playing career:...
scored his second point and Roman Červenka
Roman Červenka
Roman Červenka is a Czech professional ice hockey player who plays for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League ....
his second goal in the game. After the lead grew to 5–3 Vladimir Tarasenko
Vladimir Tarasenko
Vladimir Andreyevich Tarasenko is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for HC Sibir of the Kontinental Hockey League . Tarasenko has played for the Russian junior team three times, winning a silver medal at the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships, sixth place at the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey...
brought Russia back into the game making it a one-goal game before the last period. After Jan Marek scored the 6–4 the Russian team pulled their goalie with two minutes to go before Tomáš Plekanec
Tomas Plekanec
Tomas Plekanec is a Czech professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League . After beginning his career for HC Kladno of the Czech Extraliga, he was selected 71st overall by the Canadiens in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft...
scored an emptynet goal to decide the game and give the Czech Republic the bronze medal after winning 7–4.
Gold medal game
The gold medal game was played between Sweden and Finland at the Orange Arena on 15 May.The game was won 1–6 by Finland. After a goalless first period, Sweden opened the game with a 1–0 goal by Magnus Pääjärvi in the second period at 27:40. Seven seconds before the period's end Jarkko Immonen
Jarkko Immonen
Jarkko Immonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
tied the game to 1–1. Finland took lead early in the third period, scoring two goals at 42:35 and 43:21 by Nokelainen
Petteri Nokelainen
Petteri Nokelainen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
and Kapanen
Niko Kapanen
Niko Klaus Petteri Kapanen is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
. Sweden took a time-out before the last period's half but did not manage to regroup, and the tournament was decided by a clear 1–6 victory to Finland by Janne Pesonen
Janne Pesonen
Janne Pesonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger currently an unrestricted free agent .- Career :...
's, Mika Pyörälä
Mika Pyörälä
Mika Pyörälä is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien. He previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League , Timrå IK of the Elitserien, and Kärpät of the Finnish SM-liiga.-Playing career:On July 14, 2009,...
's and Pihlström
Antti Pihlström
Antti Pihlström is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for JYP of the Finnish SM-liiga.-Playing career:Pihlström played in Finland's SM-liiga for the Espoo Blues, HPK, and SaiPa...
goals.
Host selection
Four nations, all located in Europe placed formal bids to host the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Those nations were:Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
Finland withdrew from bidding before voting began in order to apply for the 2012 World Championship
2012 IIHF World Championship
The 2012 IIHF World Championship will be the 76th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It will take place between 4–20 May 2012 in Finland and Sweden...
. Finland and Sweden would both later win respective bids to host in 2012 and 2013, but this decision was later changed instead for the two Nordic countries
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
to be joint hosts of the 2012
2012 IIHF World Championship
The 2012 IIHF World Championship will be the 76th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It will take place between 4–20 May 2012 in Finland and Sweden...
, and 2013 IIHF World Championship editions.
After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by IIHF president René Fasel
René Fasel
René Fasel DMD is a Swiss dentist and ice hockey official. He started his ice hockey career as a player for HC Fribourg-Gottéron, in 1960, and became a referee in 1972 and president of Switzerland's ice hockey federation in 1985. In 1994 he was elected president of the International Ice Hockey...
on 19 May 2006, at the delegates congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation in Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, Latvia. Slovakia's bidding cities received 70 votes, followed by the Swedish bid cities of Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, and Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
with 20 votes, and finally the Hungarian bid with 14 votes. The required 50% of the vote had been attained in the first round, which finalized Slovakia's successful bid.
Ivan Gašparovič
Ivan Gašparovic
Ivan Gašparovič is a Slovak politician and law professor who has been the President of Slovakia since 15 June 2004. He is also the first Slovak president to be re-elected.-Biography:...
, the President of Slovakia
President of Slovakia
The President of Slovakia is the head of state of Slovakia. The President is directly elected by the people for five years, and can be elected for a maximum of two consecutive terms. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain limited powers with absolute...
, was instrumental in Slovakia winning its successful bid, as he came in person to the delegates congress in Riga to endorse his country's bid, and convince the IIHF delegates of the viability of Slovakia. Gašparovič is himself an avid hockey fan and past vice-president of the Slovak Extraliga
Slovak Extraliga
Slovak Extraliga is the name of the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the fifth strongest league in Europe. The name of the league is leased to sponsor and changes frequently. From 1993/94 to 1997/98 season it was called Extraliga, then the name...
team, HC Slovan Bratislava
HC Slovan Bratislava
Hockey Club Slovan Bratislava is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga from the Slovak capital Bratislava. They play their home games at Samsung Arena....
.
Voting results
| Country | Votes |
|---|---|
| 70 | |
| 20 | |
| 14 |
Official song
Song Life is a Game by Slovak singer KristinaKristina (singer)
Kristína Peláková , professionally known as Kristina, is a Slovak singer. Kristina started singing, dancing and playing the piano in her childhood in Svidník, Slovakia. She took her music teacher's advice to attend the conservatory in Košice and to major in singing...
was officially released on 18 March.
Mascot
Goooly is the official mascot of the tournament. Goooly is a Gray wolfGray Wolf
The gray wolf , also known as the wolf, is the largest extant wild member of the Canidae family...
, and Igor Nemeček, the 2011 IIHF World Championship general director, said he was chosen because: "Wolves are animals which are typically Slovak, evoking our forests and countryside". Over 14,000 entries were submitted for a national contest to name the mascot organized in association with Radio Expres
Rádio Expres
Rádio Expres is a Slovak radio that broadcasts from Bratislava, Slovak Republic. It was launched in 2000. It is the most listened radio in Slovakia....
and the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. It is a word-play on the Slovak
Slovak language
Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
words for goal
Goal (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...
, and/or goals . Goooly, the mascot, was subjected to considerable ridicule in the English-speaking world because "gooly" is a well known slang term for a testicle
Testicle
The testicle is the male gonad in animals. Like the ovaries to which they are homologous, testes are components of both the reproductive system and the endocrine system...
.
Motto
Slovenská republika. Hokejová republika. (Slovak Republic. Hockey Republic).My sme tu doma. (We are at home)
Ambassadors
The official ambassadors of the 2011 IIHF World Championship Slovakia are Slovak hockey players Peter BondraPeter Bondra
Peter Bondra is a former Slovak professional ice hockey player. He was the general manager of the Slovak national team from 2007 to 2011...
, Zdeno Chára
Zdeno Chára
Zdeno Chára is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenseman. He is the captain of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and won the Norris Trophy while playing for them in 2008–09. At 6 ft 9 , he is the tallest player ever to play in the NHL...
, Marián Gáborík
Marian Gaborik
Marián Gáborík is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League . He began his career in the Slovak Extraliga with HC Dukla Trenčín for two seasons before being drafted third overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the...
, Ľubomír Višňovský
Lubomír Višnovský
Ľubomír Višňovský is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra was a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League , two in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League /Slovak Extraliga and one in the Kontinental Hockey League . Known as an offensive player, Demitra was a first- or second-line...
, Jozef Stümpel
Jozef Stümpel
Jozef Stümpel is a Slovak professional ice hockey centre currently playing for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, Marián Hossa
Marian Hossa
Marián Hossa is a Slovak professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League . Hossa was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft; after playing for the Senators, he played for the Atlanta Thrashers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and...
, Miroslav Šatan
Miroslav Satan
Miroslav Šatan is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger for HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga.-Pre-NHL:In 1991–92, he played for the local HC Topolcany and did remarkably well, as he scored 30 goals and had 22 assists in just 31 games. He then graduated to the senior division...
and Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič
Ivan Gašparovic
Ivan Gašparovič is a Slovak politician and law professor who has been the President of Slovakia since 15 June 2004. He is also the first Slovak president to be re-elected.-Biography:...
.
Venues
The Orange ArenaSamsung Arena
Ondrej Nepela Arena , known as Orange Arena during the 2011 IIHF Championship, formerly Samsung Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena, is an arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is primarily used for ice hockey and it is the home arena of HC Slovan Bratislava...
in Bratislava, also known as the Ondrej Nepela
Ondrej Nepela
Ondrej Nepela was an Olympic gold medalist and three-time World champion Slovak figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s and early 1970s.-Career:...
Arena, was substantially upgraded for the championship, in line with IIHF, Slovak, and international specifications, largely funded by the Slovakian government. Construction began on 23 April 2009 and was completed on 30 November 2010. More than €65 million ($90 million USD) was spent to install a new roof, modernize facilities, build two new adjacent practice arenas, and bring the seating from 8,350 to 10,000. The Steel Aréna
Steel Aréna
Steel Aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka is the new home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice....
, also known as the Ladislav Troják
Ladislav Troják
Ladislav Troják was the first Slovak ice hockey player in the national team of Czechoslovakia and also the first Slovak hockey player with a title of World Champion...
Arena, which was newly constructed in 2006, had a new €11 million practice rink built adjacent, between April 2009 and February 2010 for the World Championship legacy of future hockey development in Slovakia. The stadium would have the name Orange Arena, but only for the time of World Championship 2011 29 April 2011 to 15 May 2011
Both arenas were known by their Slovak honorific titles during the 2011 World Championship to correspond with IIHF neutral non-inclusive sponsorship rules. (Samsung Arena as the Ondrej Nepela Arena, and Steel Aréna as the Ladislav Troják Arena.)
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Košice Košice Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary... |
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Nations
The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. 14 nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.Europe^*******
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North America**
The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
. The games were played in the Orange Arena
Samsung Arena
Ondrej Nepela Arena , known as Orange Arena during the 2011 IIHF Championship, formerly Samsung Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena, is an arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is primarily used for ice hockey and it is the home arena of HC Slovan Bratislava...
in Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
, and the Steel Aréna
Steel Aréna
Steel Aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka is the new home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice....
in Košice
Košice
Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...
. The Czech team was the defending champion.
This was the first time the independent Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
hosted the World Championships. However, this was the third time that Bratislava co-hosted the World Championships. The first two times were 1959 and 1992, each time with Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, and while part of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
.
Finland
Finnish national men's ice hockey team
The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, or Leijonat / Lejonen , as it is called in Finland, is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association...
won the gold medal after beating Sweden
Swedish national men's ice hockey team
The Swedish men's national ice hockey team, or Tre Kronor , as it is called in Sweden, is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world...
in the final
2011 IIHF World Championship Final
The 2011 IIHF World Championship final was played at the Orange Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia on 15 May between Sweden and Finland. Finland won the match 6–1 and became world champions for the first time since the 1995 tournament, and for the second time in history...
6–1. This was the second title for Finland, the first being from 1995 (also from beating Sweden).
Tournament format
The tournament is divided into four stages. The Preliminary round, Qualification round and Relegation round use a round-robin format with each team playing every other team in its group once. The winner of a game in regulation time will earn 3 points, with the loser earning zero points. The winner of a game decided in overtime or in a shootout will be awarded 2 points, with the loser getting one point. Teams in the Preliminary round are divided into four groups of four teams each; the last-place team in each group moves to the Relegation round while the remainder move to the Qualification round. The Qualification round is divided into two groups of six teams each with the top four teams in each group moving to the Playoff round. Games played in the Preliminary round against teams in the same Qualification round group count for the Qualification round standings; therefore, teams who were previously in the same Preliminary round group do not play each other again in the Qualification round. The Relegation round is a single group of four teams with the bottom 2 teams being relegated to Division I of the World Championships. The tournament concludes with the Playoff round, which is an 8-team tournament, to determine the winners of the gold, silver and bronze medals.In the event of a tie in points at the conclusion of the Preliminary, Qualification or Relegation rounds, the following tie-breaker format will be used:
- Points earned in games against tied teams
- Goal differential in games against tied teams
- Highest number of goals in games against tied teams
- Repetition of steps 1, 2 and 3, in order, including results against the next closest ranked team to the tied teams
- Repetition of step 4, including the next closest ranked teams one at a time
- 2010 IIHF World Ranking
Preliminary round
The first gameday in Group A started with an upset, when GermanyGermany men's national ice hockey team
The German men's national ice hockey team first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 European Hockey Championship. When Germany was split after World War II, a separate East German national ice hockey team existed until 1990...
went on to win 2–0 against Russia after goals from Thomas Greilinger
Thomas Greilinger
Thomas Greilinger is German professional ice hockey forward. He currently plays for ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Greilinger made his DEL debut during the 1999–00 playoffs with the Munich Barons. The following season he played with the Schwenningen Wild Wings...
in the second period and Patrick Reimer
Patrick Reimer
Patrick Reimer is a German professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for DEG Metro Stars of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga . In his first season full season with the Metro Stars in 2004–05, Reimer was selected as the DEL's Rookie of the Year.-Regular season and playoffs:-External links:...
, who decided the game with a goal 2 minutes before the final horn. It was the first win for the German team over Russia in a World Championship and the first one since the 1994 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics was held at the Fjellhallen in Gjøvik and the Håkons Hall in Lillehammer, Norway. The competition, held from February 12 to February 27, was won by Sweden and Canada as runner-up.-Final rankings:Source:* Gold -...
in Lillehammer
Lillehammer
is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...
. After the second gameday, the group was decided in the outcome who advances and who would battle against relegation. Germany pulled another surprise victory over host Slovakia; after being down 4–0, Slovakia started a come back but could only cut the deficit to one, losing by a final of 4–3. Germany was the group winner and advanced alongside Slovakia and Russia into the second round, while Slovenia finished fourth and went to the relegation round. The last time Germany won a preliminary round group was 78 years ago, in 1933
1933 World Ice Hockey Championships
The 1933 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 18 and February 26, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.The championship by the United States was their first, and was also the first time Canada lost a hockey world championship...
.
Group B saw the first overtime of the tournament in a game game between Switzerland and France. Julien Vauclair
Julien Vauclair
Julien Vauclair is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for HC Lugano in Nationalliga A...
scored the decisive goal after 1:46 minutes played in overtime. Canada defeated Switzerland after overtime to capture the first place, while France won against Belarus to go through to the Qualifying round and sent Belarus to the Relegation round.
In Group C Sweden played against Norway and it was a back-and forth game. Sweden went up 3–1 in the first period, but Norway fought back and at the end it was a 4–4 after 60 minutes. The overtime went scoreless and so it went into a shootout, Per-Åge Skrøder
Per-Åge Skrøder
Per-Åge Skrøder is a Norwegian ice hockey player, currently playing for Modo in the Swedish SEL.- Playing career :...
scored on the first try for Norway and Eriksson missed on the first for Sweden and so Norway won 5–4 against Sweden, making it the first win against the Scandinavian rival in World Championship history. Sweden and the US-Team both got their second win as the United States came back from being down 0–2 to win 4–2 against Norway. On the last gameday Sweden captured the top seed in the group after they cruised to an 6–2 win over the USA. Norway follows those two in the Qualifying round after an 5–0 win over Austria, who find themselves in the Relegation round.
Group D saw two wins from the respective favorites at the start: Finland and the Czech Republic. The picture was the same on the second gameday, though Finland needed a shootout against Latvia to win 3–2. Jarkko Immonen scored the game winning goal. Denmark needed a win over Latvia to advance and they got one after a shootout, 3–2 was the end result, Latvia now sees themselves facing the relegation.
Qualifying round
Every game in Group E was a close one by each one decided by 1 goal. The Czech Team was still perfect after their 5th win, defeating Russia 3–2. Alongside them, Germany, Russia and Finland are qualified for the quarterfinals and the Czech team was set to win the group with one more game to play. The host, Slovakia was eliminated after losing to Finland 1–2. After the last gameday, the Czech team was still perfect after winning 5–2 against Germany.In Group F, Canada and Sweden will play each other to determine the group winner, the United States are alongside those two already qualified for the quarterfinals. Switzerland and Norway will fight for the last spot in the final round as Norway will face France which are already eliminated before their last game. Switzerland won 5–3 against the United States but they were still eliminated because Norway defeated France 5–2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Relegation round
After 2 gamedays in Group G every team has 3 points and so the last 2 games will determine the two teams going down and the two that stays in the top division in the next year. Slovenia faces Belarus, while Latvia will play against Austria. Belarus crushed Slovenia into the Division A with an 7–1 win while they will stay in the top division. Austria will join Slovenia in the second Division after losing against Latvia 1–4.Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals started with the undefeated Czech Republic against Team USA. The United States started off better but Jaromír JágrJaromir Jagr
Jaromír Jágr is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League . Jágr formerly played with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and New York Rangers, serving as captain of the Penguins and the Rangers...
helped the Czechs to take a 1–0 into the first intermission. Again, Jágr scored the second goal during a 5 on 3 powerplay after a strong shot from the right side. The third and decisive goal came after a good combination over the whole ice, Tomáš Plekanec
Tomas Plekanec
Tomas Plekanec is a Czech professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League . After beginning his career for HC Kladno of the Czech Extraliga, he was selected 71st overall by the Canadiens in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft...
was credited with the goal. Jágr became the man of the match after he scored his third goal 4 minutes before the end during another powerplay and the game ended in an comfortable 4–0 win for the Czech Republic.
In the evening game, Sweden took on Germany and scored the first scored with less than a minute played by Martin Thörnberg
Martin Thörnberg
Martin Thörnberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. He is the son of the retired ice hockey player Ove Thörnberg.-Awards:...
. Germany but came right back and tied the game after two minutes as Alexander Barta
Alexander Barta
Alexander Barta is German professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Malmö Redhawks of the HockeyAllsvenskan. He has captained the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Between 2001 and 2005 he played four seasons with Eisbären Berlin. He joined the Freezers in 2005...
was credited with the score point. Both teams had chances during the first period but Sweden took the 2–1 lead into the intermission. In the second period Sweden went up 4–1 before Germany came closer by going 2–4 in the last break. Sweden scored a goal in the last period which was ruled over because a whistle occurred before the goal was scored, however Thörnberg scored his second goal of the night shortly after and Sweden won 5–2 at the end. Both, Thörnberg and Berglund were credited with three points.
Day 2 of the quarterfinals started with a Scandinavian matchup, Finland faced Norway. After a scoreless opening period, Norway took the lead after Ken André Olimb
Ken André Olimb
Ken André Olimb is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Norway men's national ice hockey team.-External links:...
scored on a penalty shot. Five minutes later, Finland had the lead after two quick goals, Jarkko Immonen then scored his second goal to give Finland a two-goal lead before Jani Lajunen
Jani Lajunen
Jani Lajunen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL. He was selected by the Nashville Predators in the 7th round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft....
scored the 4–1 for the Finnish squad. Three of those four goals were scored during a powerplay. The third and last period went scoreless again and so Finland won 4–1, Mikael Granlund
Mikael Granlund
Mikael Antero Granlund is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for HIFK of the Finnish SM-Liiga...
scored two points in the game alongside Immonen.
The last game of the quarterfinal round brought up a rivalry between Russia and Team Canada. Jason Spezza
Jason Spezza
Jason Anthony Rocco Spezza is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, an alternate captain of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League...
seemed to be the hero after he scored the first goal after 25 minutes and the lead hold into the last period, when Alexei Kaigorodov
Alexei Kaigorodov
Alexei Pavlovich Kaigorodov is a Russian professional ice hockey player playing with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
went on his way to score the equalizer shorthanded, he went by two defenders to put the puck
Hockey puck
A puck is a disk used in various games serving the same functions as a ball does in ball games. The best-known use of pucks is in ice hockey, a major international sport.- Etymology :The origin of the word "puck" is obscure...
high into the Canadian net. Three minutes later Ilya Kovalchuk
Ilya Kovalchuk
Ilya Valerevich Kovalchuk is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger who is an alternate captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. Drafted first overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, he began his NHL career in 2001–02 with Atlanta and was...
gave Russia the lead, Canada pulled the goalie with a minute to go but they did not score and Russia won the game 2–1.
Semifinals
The first semifinal was the matchup between the favourite and defending champion, the Czech Republic against Sweden. After the first period went scoreless Patrik EliášPatrik Elias
Patrik Eliáš is a Czech professional hockey left winger and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League . A long-time Devil and currently the team's longest-tenured skater, Eliáš is the franchise's all-time leading scorer, while also holding franchise records for most...
brought the lead to the Czechs after just 46 seconds into the second period. Sweden struck back twice with goals from Patrik Berglund
Patrik Berglund
Patrik Berglund is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
and Mikael Backlund
Mikael Backlund
Mikael Backlund is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League . He was a first round selection, 24th overall, of the Flames in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut in 2008–09.-Playing career:Backlund began his junior hockey career with...
to take a one-goal lead into the last intermission. Jimmie Ericsson
Jimmie Ericsson
Jimmie Ericsson is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently with Skellefteå AIK in the SEL.Jimmie's brother Jonathan is a defenseman who's currently playing with the Detroit Red Wings. The two brother were set to play together professionally for the first time at the 2010 World Championships...
and Marcus Krüger
Marcus Krüger
Marcus Krüger is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently a centre for Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League...
gave Sweden an even more comfortable lead 4–1. Six minutes before the end Eliáš scored his second goal and the Czechs gained hope again. They pulled their goalie with under a minute to go but Sweden, in name of Berglund scored an empty net goal. The Czech Republic was eliminated and Sweden advances to the final with a 5–2 win.
In the evening game of the semifinals Finland played against Russia. Despite having a so-so tournament so far the Russian team qualified for this late stage of it. Konstantin Barulin
Konstantin Barulin
Konstantin Barulin is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender now playing for Atlant Moscow Oblast of the Kontinental Hockey League. He was born in Karaganda, U.S.S.R. but plays internationally for Russia. He was drafted 84th overall by the St...
was again the goalkeeper instead of Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Viktorovich Nabokov is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender who is playing for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League .Nabokov was selected by San Jose in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft...
and the first period ended unspectacular scoreless. Mikael Granlund
Mikael Granlund
Mikael Antero Granlund is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for HIFK of the Finnish SM-Liiga...
scored an airhook goal to take the Finnish team into a 1-0 lead in the second period. The goal has been noted by multiple media outlets worldwide as the finest goal in the tournament, and as one of the finest in the history of international hockey. In the last period Jani Lajunen
Jani Lajunen
Jani Lajunen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL. He was selected by the Nashville Predators in the 7th round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft....
scored the second goal before Immonen decided the game with the 3–0 goal, assisted by Granlund. Both players received their second point in the game.
Bronze medal game
The Czech Republic took on Russia for the fight about Bronze. The first quarter was a wild one ending in a 3–2 advantage for the Russian team while Ilya KovalchukIlya Kovalchuk
Ilya Valerevich Kovalchuk is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger who is an alternate captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. Drafted first overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, he began his NHL career in 2001–02 with Atlanta and was...
scored two goals. The second period belonged to the Czech team after Petr Průcha
Petr Prucha
Petr Průcha is a Czech professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League.-Playing career:...
scored his second point and Roman Červenka
Roman Červenka
Roman Červenka is a Czech professional ice hockey player who plays for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League ....
his second goal in the game. After the lead grew to 5–3 Vladimir Tarasenko
Vladimir Tarasenko
Vladimir Andreyevich Tarasenko is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for HC Sibir of the Kontinental Hockey League . Tarasenko has played for the Russian junior team three times, winning a silver medal at the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships, sixth place at the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey...
brought Russia back into the game making it a one-goal game before the last period. After Jan Marek scored the 6–4 the Russian team pulled their goalie with two minutes to go before Tomáš Plekanec
Tomas Plekanec
Tomas Plekanec is a Czech professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League . After beginning his career for HC Kladno of the Czech Extraliga, he was selected 71st overall by the Canadiens in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft...
scored an emptynet goal to decide the game and give the Czech Republic the bronze medal after winning 7–4.
Gold medal game
The gold medal game was played between Sweden and Finland at the Orange Arena on 15 May.The game was won 1–6 by Finland. After a goalless first period, Sweden opened the game with a 1–0 goal by Magnus Pääjärvi in the second period at 27:40. Seven seconds before the period's end Jarkko Immonen
Jarkko Immonen
Jarkko Immonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
tied the game to 1–1. Finland took lead early in the third period, scoring two goals at 42:35 and 43:21 by Nokelainen
Petteri Nokelainen
Petteri Nokelainen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
and Kapanen
Niko Kapanen
Niko Klaus Petteri Kapanen is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
. Sweden took a time-out before the last period's half but did not manage to regroup, and the tournament was decided by a clear 1–6 victory to Finland by Janne Pesonen
Janne Pesonen
Janne Pesonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger currently an unrestricted free agent .- Career :...
's, Mika Pyörälä
Mika Pyörälä
Mika Pyörälä is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien. He previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League , Timrå IK of the Elitserien, and Kärpät of the Finnish SM-liiga.-Playing career:On July 14, 2009,...
's and Pihlström
Antti Pihlström
Antti Pihlström is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for JYP of the Finnish SM-liiga.-Playing career:Pihlström played in Finland's SM-liiga for the Espoo Blues, HPK, and SaiPa...
goals.
Host selection
Four nations, all located in Europe placed formal bids to host the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Those nations were:Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
Finland withdrew from bidding before voting began in order to apply for the 2012 World Championship
2012 IIHF World Championship
The 2012 IIHF World Championship will be the 76th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It will take place between 4–20 May 2012 in Finland and Sweden...
. Finland and Sweden would both later win respective bids to host in 2012 and 2013, but this decision was later changed instead for the two Nordic countries
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
to be joint hosts of the 2012
2012 IIHF World Championship
The 2012 IIHF World Championship will be the 76th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It will take place between 4–20 May 2012 in Finland and Sweden...
, and 2013 IIHF World Championship editions.
After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by IIHF president René Fasel
René Fasel
René Fasel DMD is a Swiss dentist and ice hockey official. He started his ice hockey career as a player for HC Fribourg-Gottéron, in 1960, and became a referee in 1972 and president of Switzerland's ice hockey federation in 1985. In 1994 he was elected president of the International Ice Hockey...
on 19 May 2006, at the delegates congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation in Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, Latvia. Slovakia's bidding cities received 70 votes, followed by the Swedish bid cities of Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, and Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
with 20 votes, and finally the Hungarian bid with 14 votes. The required 50% of the vote had been attained in the first round, which finalized Slovakia's successful bid.
Ivan Gašparovič
Ivan Gašparovic
Ivan Gašparovič is a Slovak politician and law professor who has been the President of Slovakia since 15 June 2004. He is also the first Slovak president to be re-elected.-Biography:...
, the President of Slovakia
President of Slovakia
The President of Slovakia is the head of state of Slovakia. The President is directly elected by the people for five years, and can be elected for a maximum of two consecutive terms. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain limited powers with absolute...
, was instrumental in Slovakia winning its successful bid, as he came in person to the delegates congress in Riga to endorse his country's bid, and convince the IIHF delegates of the viability of Slovakia. Gašparovič is himself an avid hockey fan and past vice-president of the Slovak Extraliga
Slovak Extraliga
Slovak Extraliga is the name of the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the fifth strongest league in Europe. The name of the league is leased to sponsor and changes frequently. From 1993/94 to 1997/98 season it was called Extraliga, then the name...
team, HC Slovan Bratislava
HC Slovan Bratislava
Hockey Club Slovan Bratislava is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga from the Slovak capital Bratislava. They play their home games at Samsung Arena....
.
Voting results
| Country | Votes |
|---|---|
| 70 | |
| 20 | |
| 14 |
Official song
Song Life is a Game by Slovak singer KristinaKristina (singer)
Kristína Peláková , professionally known as Kristina, is a Slovak singer. Kristina started singing, dancing and playing the piano in her childhood in Svidník, Slovakia. She took her music teacher's advice to attend the conservatory in Košice and to major in singing...
was officially released on 18 March.
Mascot
Goooly is the official mascot of the tournament. Goooly is a Gray wolfGray Wolf
The gray wolf , also known as the wolf, is the largest extant wild member of the Canidae family...
, and Igor Nemeček, the 2011 IIHF World Championship general director, said he was chosen because: "Wolves are animals which are typically Slovak, evoking our forests and countryside". Over 14,000 entries were submitted for a national contest to name the mascot organized in association with Radio Expres
Rádio Expres
Rádio Expres is a Slovak radio that broadcasts from Bratislava, Slovak Republic. It was launched in 2000. It is the most listened radio in Slovakia....
and the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. It is a word-play on the Slovak
Slovak language
Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
words for goal
Goal (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...
, and/or goals . Goooly, the mascot, was subjected to considerable ridicule in the English-speaking world because "gooly" is a well known slang term for a testicle
Testicle
The testicle is the male gonad in animals. Like the ovaries to which they are homologous, testes are components of both the reproductive system and the endocrine system...
.
Motto
Slovenská republika. Hokejová republika. (Slovak Republic. Hockey Republic).My sme tu doma. (We are at home)
Ambassadors
The official ambassadors of the 2011 IIHF World Championship Slovakia are Slovak hockey players Peter BondraPeter Bondra
Peter Bondra is a former Slovak professional ice hockey player. He was the general manager of the Slovak national team from 2007 to 2011...
, Zdeno Chára
Zdeno Chára
Zdeno Chára is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenseman. He is the captain of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and won the Norris Trophy while playing for them in 2008–09. At 6 ft 9 , he is the tallest player ever to play in the NHL...
, Marián Gáborík
Marian Gaborik
Marián Gáborík is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League . He began his career in the Slovak Extraliga with HC Dukla Trenčín for two seasons before being drafted third overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the...
, Ľubomír Višňovský
Lubomír Višnovský
Ľubomír Višňovský is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra was a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League , two in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League /Slovak Extraliga and one in the Kontinental Hockey League . Known as an offensive player, Demitra was a first- or second-line...
, Jozef Stümpel
Jozef Stümpel
Jozef Stümpel is a Slovak professional ice hockey centre currently playing for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, Marián Hossa
Marian Hossa
Marián Hossa is a Slovak professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League . Hossa was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft; after playing for the Senators, he played for the Atlanta Thrashers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and...
, Miroslav Šatan
Miroslav Satan
Miroslav Šatan is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger for HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga.-Pre-NHL:In 1991–92, he played for the local HC Topolcany and did remarkably well, as he scored 30 goals and had 22 assists in just 31 games. He then graduated to the senior division...
and Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič
Ivan Gašparovic
Ivan Gašparovič is a Slovak politician and law professor who has been the President of Slovakia since 15 June 2004. He is also the first Slovak president to be re-elected.-Biography:...
.
Venues
The Orange ArenaSamsung Arena
Ondrej Nepela Arena , known as Orange Arena during the 2011 IIHF Championship, formerly Samsung Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena, is an arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is primarily used for ice hockey and it is the home arena of HC Slovan Bratislava...
in Bratislava, also known as the Ondrej Nepela
Ondrej Nepela
Ondrej Nepela was an Olympic gold medalist and three-time World champion Slovak figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s and early 1970s.-Career:...
Arena, was substantially upgraded for the championship, in line with IIHF, Slovak, and international specifications, largely funded by the Slovakian government. Construction began on 23 April 2009 and was completed on 30 November 2010. More than €65 million ($90 million USD) was spent to install a new roof, modernize facilities, build two new adjacent practice arenas, and bring the seating from 8,350 to 10,000. The Steel Aréna
Steel Aréna
Steel Aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka is the new home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice....
, also known as the Ladislav Troják
Ladislav Troják
Ladislav Troják was the first Slovak ice hockey player in the national team of Czechoslovakia and also the first Slovak hockey player with a title of World Champion...
Arena, which was newly constructed in 2006, had a new €11 million practice rink built adjacent, between April 2009 and February 2010 for the World Championship legacy of future hockey development in Slovakia. The stadium would have the name Orange Arena, but only for the time of World Championship 2011 29 April 2011 to 15 May 2011
Both arenas were known by their Slovak honorific titles during the 2011 World Championship to correspond with IIHF neutral non-inclusive sponsorship rules. (Samsung Arena as the Ondrej Nepela Arena, and Steel Aréna as the Ladislav Troják Arena.)
| Bratislava Bratislava Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava... |
Košice Košice Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary... |
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| Orange Arena Samsung Arena Ondrej Nepela Arena , known as Orange Arena during the 2011 IIHF Championship, formerly Samsung Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena, is an arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is primarily used for ice hockey and it is the home arena of HC Slovan Bratislava... |
Steel Aréna Steel Aréna Steel Aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka is the new home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice.... |
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As Ondrej Nepela ArenaAs Ladislav Troják Arena
Nations
The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. 14 nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.Europe^*******
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North America**
The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
. The games were played in the Orange Arena
Samsung Arena
Ondrej Nepela Arena , known as Orange Arena during the 2011 IIHF Championship, formerly Samsung Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena, is an arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is primarily used for ice hockey and it is the home arena of HC Slovan Bratislava...
in Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
, and the Steel Aréna
Steel Aréna
Steel Aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka is the new home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice....
in Košice
Košice
Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...
. The Czech team was the defending champion.
This was the first time the independent Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
hosted the World Championships. However, this was the third time that Bratislava co-hosted the World Championships. The first two times were 1959 and 1992, each time with Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, and while part of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
.
Finland
Finnish national men's ice hockey team
The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, or Leijonat / Lejonen , as it is called in Finland, is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association...
won the gold medal after beating Sweden
Swedish national men's ice hockey team
The Swedish men's national ice hockey team, or Tre Kronor , as it is called in Sweden, is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world...
in the final
2011 IIHF World Championship Final
The 2011 IIHF World Championship final was played at the Orange Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia on 15 May between Sweden and Finland. Finland won the match 6–1 and became world champions for the first time since the 1995 tournament, and for the second time in history...
6–1. This was the second title for Finland, the first being from 1995 (also from beating Sweden).
Tournament format
The tournament is divided into four stages. The Preliminary round, Qualification round and Relegation round use a round-robin format with each team playing every other team in its group once. The winner of a game in regulation time will earn 3 points, with the loser earning zero points. The winner of a game decided in overtime or in a shootout will be awarded 2 points, with the loser getting one point. Teams in the Preliminary round are divided into four groups of four teams each; the last-place team in each group moves to the Relegation round while the remainder move to the Qualification round. The Qualification round is divided into two groups of six teams each with the top four teams in each group moving to the Playoff round. Games played in the Preliminary round against teams in the same Qualification round group count for the Qualification round standings; therefore, teams who were previously in the same Preliminary round group do not play each other again in the Qualification round. The Relegation round is a single group of four teams with the bottom 2 teams being relegated to Division I of the World Championships. The tournament concludes with the Playoff round, which is an 8-team tournament, to determine the winners of the gold, silver and bronze medals.In the event of a tie in points at the conclusion of the Preliminary, Qualification or Relegation rounds, the following tie-breaker format will be used:
- Points earned in games against tied teams
- Goal differential in games against tied teams
- Highest number of goals in games against tied teams
- Repetition of steps 1, 2 and 3, in order, including results against the next closest ranked team to the tied teams
- Repetition of step 4, including the next closest ranked teams one at a time
- 2010 IIHF World Ranking
Preliminary round
The first gameday in Group A started with an upset, when GermanyGermany men's national ice hockey team
The German men's national ice hockey team first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 European Hockey Championship. When Germany was split after World War II, a separate East German national ice hockey team existed until 1990...
went on to win 2–0 against Russia after goals from Thomas Greilinger
Thomas Greilinger
Thomas Greilinger is German professional ice hockey forward. He currently plays for ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Greilinger made his DEL debut during the 1999–00 playoffs with the Munich Barons. The following season he played with the Schwenningen Wild Wings...
in the second period and Patrick Reimer
Patrick Reimer
Patrick Reimer is a German professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for DEG Metro Stars of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga . In his first season full season with the Metro Stars in 2004–05, Reimer was selected as the DEL's Rookie of the Year.-Regular season and playoffs:-External links:...
, who decided the game with a goal 2 minutes before the final horn. It was the first win for the German team over Russia in a World Championship and the first one since the 1994 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics was held at the Fjellhallen in Gjøvik and the Håkons Hall in Lillehammer, Norway. The competition, held from February 12 to February 27, was won by Sweden and Canada as runner-up.-Final rankings:Source:* Gold -...
in Lillehammer
Lillehammer
is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...
. After the second gameday, the group was decided in the outcome who advances and who would battle against relegation. Germany pulled another surprise victory over host Slovakia; after being down 4–0, Slovakia started a come back but could only cut the deficit to one, losing by a final of 4–3. Germany was the group winner and advanced alongside Slovakia and Russia into the second round, while Slovenia finished fourth and went to the relegation round. The last time Germany won a preliminary round group was 78 years ago, in 1933
1933 World Ice Hockey Championships
The 1933 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 18 and February 26, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.The championship by the United States was their first, and was also the first time Canada lost a hockey world championship...
.
Group B saw the first overtime of the tournament in a game game between Switzerland and France. Julien Vauclair
Julien Vauclair
Julien Vauclair is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for HC Lugano in Nationalliga A...
scored the decisive goal after 1:46 minutes played in overtime. Canada defeated Switzerland after overtime to capture the first place, while France won against Belarus to go through to the Qualifying round and sent Belarus to the Relegation round.
In Group C Sweden played against Norway and it was a back-and forth game. Sweden went up 3–1 in the first period, but Norway fought back and at the end it was a 4–4 after 60 minutes. The overtime went scoreless and so it went into a shootout, Per-Åge Skrøder
Per-Åge Skrøder
Per-Åge Skrøder is a Norwegian ice hockey player, currently playing for Modo in the Swedish SEL.- Playing career :...
scored on the first try for Norway and Eriksson missed on the first for Sweden and so Norway won 5–4 against Sweden, making it the first win against the Scandinavian rival in World Championship history. Sweden and the US-Team both got their second win as the United States came back from being down 0–2 to win 4–2 against Norway. On the last gameday Sweden captured the top seed in the group after they cruised to an 6–2 win over the USA. Norway follows those two in the Qualifying round after an 5–0 win over Austria, who find themselves in the Relegation round.
Group D saw two wins from the respective favorites at the start: Finland and the Czech Republic. The picture was the same on the second gameday, though Finland needed a shootout against Latvia to win 3–2. Jarkko Immonen scored the game winning goal. Denmark needed a win over Latvia to advance and they got one after a shootout, 3–2 was the end result, Latvia now sees themselves facing the relegation.
Qualifying round
Every game in Group E was a close one by each one decided by 1 goal. The Czech Team was still perfect after their 5th win, defeating Russia 3–2. Alongside them, Germany, Russia and Finland are qualified for the quarterfinals and the Czech team was set to win the group with one more game to play. The host, Slovakia was eliminated after losing to Finland 1–2. After the last gameday, the Czech team was still perfect after winning 5–2 against Germany.In Group F, Canada and Sweden will play each other to determine the group winner, the United States are alongside those two already qualified for the quarterfinals. Switzerland and Norway will fight for the last spot in the final round as Norway will face France which are already eliminated before their last game. Switzerland won 5–3 against the United States but they were still eliminated because Norway defeated France 5–2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Relegation round
After 2 gamedays in Group G every team has 3 points and so the last 2 games will determine the two teams going down and the two that stays in the top division in the next year. Slovenia faces Belarus, while Latvia will play against Austria. Belarus crushed Slovenia into the Division A with an 7–1 win while they will stay in the top division. Austria will join Slovenia in the second Division after losing against Latvia 1–4.Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals started with the undefeated Czech Republic against Team USA. The United States started off better but Jaromír JágrJaromir Jagr
Jaromír Jágr is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League . Jágr formerly played with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and New York Rangers, serving as captain of the Penguins and the Rangers...
helped the Czechs to take a 1–0 into the first intermission. Again, Jágr scored the second goal during a 5 on 3 powerplay after a strong shot from the right side. The third and decisive goal came after a good combination over the whole ice, Tomáš Plekanec
Tomas Plekanec
Tomas Plekanec is a Czech professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League . After beginning his career for HC Kladno of the Czech Extraliga, he was selected 71st overall by the Canadiens in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft...
was credited with the goal. Jágr became the man of the match after he scored his third goal 4 minutes before the end during another powerplay and the game ended in an comfortable 4–0 win for the Czech Republic.
In the evening game, Sweden took on Germany and scored the first scored with less than a minute played by Martin Thörnberg
Martin Thörnberg
Martin Thörnberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. He is the son of the retired ice hockey player Ove Thörnberg.-Awards:...
. Germany but came right back and tied the game after two minutes as Alexander Barta
Alexander Barta
Alexander Barta is German professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Malmö Redhawks of the HockeyAllsvenskan. He has captained the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Between 2001 and 2005 he played four seasons with Eisbären Berlin. He joined the Freezers in 2005...
was credited with the score point. Both teams had chances during the first period but Sweden took the 2–1 lead into the intermission. In the second period Sweden went up 4–1 before Germany came closer by going 2–4 in the last break. Sweden scored a goal in the last period which was ruled over because a whistle occurred before the goal was scored, however Thörnberg scored his second goal of the night shortly after and Sweden won 5–2 at the end. Both, Thörnberg and Berglund were credited with three points.
Day 2 of the quarterfinals started with a Scandinavian matchup, Finland faced Norway. After a scoreless opening period, Norway took the lead after Ken André Olimb
Ken André Olimb
Ken André Olimb is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Norway men's national ice hockey team.-External links:...
scored on a penalty shot. Five minutes later, Finland had the lead after two quick goals, Jarkko Immonen then scored his second goal to give Finland a two-goal lead before Jani Lajunen
Jani Lajunen
Jani Lajunen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL. He was selected by the Nashville Predators in the 7th round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft....
scored the 4–1 for the Finnish squad. Three of those four goals were scored during a powerplay. The third and last period went scoreless again and so Finland won 4–1, Mikael Granlund
Mikael Granlund
Mikael Antero Granlund is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for HIFK of the Finnish SM-Liiga...
scored two points in the game alongside Immonen.
The last game of the quarterfinal round brought up a rivalry between Russia and Team Canada. Jason Spezza
Jason Spezza
Jason Anthony Rocco Spezza is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, an alternate captain of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League...
seemed to be the hero after he scored the first goal after 25 minutes and the lead hold into the last period, when Alexei Kaigorodov
Alexei Kaigorodov
Alexei Pavlovich Kaigorodov is a Russian professional ice hockey player playing with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
went on his way to score the equalizer shorthanded, he went by two defenders to put the puck
Hockey puck
A puck is a disk used in various games serving the same functions as a ball does in ball games. The best-known use of pucks is in ice hockey, a major international sport.- Etymology :The origin of the word "puck" is obscure...
high into the Canadian net. Three minutes later Ilya Kovalchuk
Ilya Kovalchuk
Ilya Valerevich Kovalchuk is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger who is an alternate captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. Drafted first overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, he began his NHL career in 2001–02 with Atlanta and was...
gave Russia the lead, Canada pulled the goalie with a minute to go but they did not score and Russia won the game 2–1.
Semifinals
The first semifinal was the matchup between the favourite and defending champion, the Czech Republic against Sweden. After the first period went scoreless Patrik EliášPatrik Elias
Patrik Eliáš is a Czech professional hockey left winger and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League . A long-time Devil and currently the team's longest-tenured skater, Eliáš is the franchise's all-time leading scorer, while also holding franchise records for most...
brought the lead to the Czechs after just 46 seconds into the second period. Sweden struck back twice with goals from Patrik Berglund
Patrik Berglund
Patrik Berglund is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
and Mikael Backlund
Mikael Backlund
Mikael Backlund is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League . He was a first round selection, 24th overall, of the Flames in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut in 2008–09.-Playing career:Backlund began his junior hockey career with...
to take a one-goal lead into the last intermission. Jimmie Ericsson
Jimmie Ericsson
Jimmie Ericsson is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently with Skellefteå AIK in the SEL.Jimmie's brother Jonathan is a defenseman who's currently playing with the Detroit Red Wings. The two brother were set to play together professionally for the first time at the 2010 World Championships...
and Marcus Krüger
Marcus Krüger
Marcus Krüger is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently a centre for Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League...
gave Sweden an even more comfortable lead 4–1. Six minutes before the end Eliáš scored his second goal and the Czechs gained hope again. They pulled their goalie with under a minute to go but Sweden, in name of Berglund scored an empty net goal. The Czech Republic was eliminated and Sweden advances to the final with a 5–2 win.
In the evening game of the semifinals Finland played against Russia. Despite having a so-so tournament so far the Russian team qualified for this late stage of it. Konstantin Barulin
Konstantin Barulin
Konstantin Barulin is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender now playing for Atlant Moscow Oblast of the Kontinental Hockey League. He was born in Karaganda, U.S.S.R. but plays internationally for Russia. He was drafted 84th overall by the St...
was again the goalkeeper instead of Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Viktorovich Nabokov is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender who is playing for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League .Nabokov was selected by San Jose in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft...
and the first period ended unspectacular scoreless. Mikael Granlund
Mikael Granlund
Mikael Antero Granlund is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for HIFK of the Finnish SM-Liiga...
scored an airhook goal to take the Finnish team into a 1-0 lead in the second period. The goal has been noted by multiple media outlets worldwide as the finest goal in the tournament, and as one of the finest in the history of international hockey. In the last period Jani Lajunen
Jani Lajunen
Jani Lajunen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL. He was selected by the Nashville Predators in the 7th round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft....
scored the second goal before Immonen decided the game with the 3–0 goal, assisted by Granlund. Both players received their second point in the game.
Bronze medal game
The Czech Republic took on Russia for the fight about Bronze. The first quarter was a wild one ending in a 3–2 advantage for the Russian team while Ilya KovalchukIlya Kovalchuk
Ilya Valerevich Kovalchuk is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger who is an alternate captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. Drafted first overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, he began his NHL career in 2001–02 with Atlanta and was...
scored two goals. The second period belonged to the Czech team after Petr Průcha
Petr Prucha
Petr Průcha is a Czech professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League.-Playing career:...
scored his second point and Roman Červenka
Roman Červenka
Roman Červenka is a Czech professional ice hockey player who plays for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League ....
his second goal in the game. After the lead grew to 5–3 Vladimir Tarasenko
Vladimir Tarasenko
Vladimir Andreyevich Tarasenko is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for HC Sibir of the Kontinental Hockey League . Tarasenko has played for the Russian junior team three times, winning a silver medal at the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships, sixth place at the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey...
brought Russia back into the game making it a one-goal game before the last period. After Jan Marek scored the 6–4 the Russian team pulled their goalie with two minutes to go before Tomáš Plekanec
Tomas Plekanec
Tomas Plekanec is a Czech professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League . After beginning his career for HC Kladno of the Czech Extraliga, he was selected 71st overall by the Canadiens in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft...
scored an emptynet goal to decide the game and give the Czech Republic the bronze medal after winning 7–4.
Gold medal game
The gold medal game was played between Sweden and Finland at the Orange Arena on 15 May.The game was won 1–6 by Finland. After a goalless first period, Sweden opened the game with a 1–0 goal by Magnus Pääjärvi in the second period at 27:40. Seven seconds before the period's end Jarkko Immonen
Jarkko Immonen
Jarkko Immonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
tied the game to 1–1. Finland took lead early in the third period, scoring two goals at 42:35 and 43:21 by Nokelainen
Petteri Nokelainen
Petteri Nokelainen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
and Kapanen
Niko Kapanen
Niko Klaus Petteri Kapanen is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
. Sweden took a time-out before the last period's half but did not manage to regroup, and the tournament was decided by a clear 1–6 victory to Finland by Janne Pesonen
Janne Pesonen
Janne Pesonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger currently an unrestricted free agent .- Career :...
's, Mika Pyörälä
Mika Pyörälä
Mika Pyörälä is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien. He previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League , Timrå IK of the Elitserien, and Kärpät of the Finnish SM-liiga.-Playing career:On July 14, 2009,...
's and Pihlström
Antti Pihlström
Antti Pihlström is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for JYP of the Finnish SM-liiga.-Playing career:Pihlström played in Finland's SM-liiga for the Espoo Blues, HPK, and SaiPa...
goals.
Host selection
Four nations, all located in Europe placed formal bids to host the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Those nations were:Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
Finland withdrew from bidding before voting began in order to apply for the 2012 World Championship
2012 IIHF World Championship
The 2012 IIHF World Championship will be the 76th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It will take place between 4–20 May 2012 in Finland and Sweden...
. Finland and Sweden would both later win respective bids to host in 2012 and 2013, but this decision was later changed instead for the two Nordic countries
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
to be joint hosts of the 2012
2012 IIHF World Championship
The 2012 IIHF World Championship will be the 76th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It will take place between 4–20 May 2012 in Finland and Sweden...
, and 2013 IIHF World Championship editions.
After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by IIHF president René Fasel
René Fasel
René Fasel DMD is a Swiss dentist and ice hockey official. He started his ice hockey career as a player for HC Fribourg-Gottéron, in 1960, and became a referee in 1972 and president of Switzerland's ice hockey federation in 1985. In 1994 he was elected president of the International Ice Hockey...
on 19 May 2006, at the delegates congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation in Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, Latvia. Slovakia's bidding cities received 70 votes, followed by the Swedish bid cities of Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, and Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
with 20 votes, and finally the Hungarian bid with 14 votes. The required 50% of the vote had been attained in the first round, which finalized Slovakia's successful bid.
Ivan Gašparovič
Ivan Gašparovic
Ivan Gašparovič is a Slovak politician and law professor who has been the President of Slovakia since 15 June 2004. He is also the first Slovak president to be re-elected.-Biography:...
, the President of Slovakia
President of Slovakia
The President of Slovakia is the head of state of Slovakia. The President is directly elected by the people for five years, and can be elected for a maximum of two consecutive terms. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain limited powers with absolute...
, was instrumental in Slovakia winning its successful bid, as he came in person to the delegates congress in Riga to endorse his country's bid, and convince the IIHF delegates of the viability of Slovakia. Gašparovič is himself an avid hockey fan and past vice-president of the Slovak Extraliga
Slovak Extraliga
Slovak Extraliga is the name of the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the fifth strongest league in Europe. The name of the league is leased to sponsor and changes frequently. From 1993/94 to 1997/98 season it was called Extraliga, then the name...
team, HC Slovan Bratislava
HC Slovan Bratislava
Hockey Club Slovan Bratislava is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga from the Slovak capital Bratislava. They play their home games at Samsung Arena....
.
Voting results
| Country | Votes |
|---|---|
| 70 | |
| 20 | |
| 14 |
Official song
Song Life is a Game by Slovak singer KristinaKristina (singer)
Kristína Peláková , professionally known as Kristina, is a Slovak singer. Kristina started singing, dancing and playing the piano in her childhood in Svidník, Slovakia. She took her music teacher's advice to attend the conservatory in Košice and to major in singing...
was officially released on 18 March.
Mascot
Goooly is the official mascot of the tournament. Goooly is a Gray wolfGray Wolf
The gray wolf , also known as the wolf, is the largest extant wild member of the Canidae family...
, and Igor Nemeček, the 2011 IIHF World Championship general director, said he was chosen because: "Wolves are animals which are typically Slovak, evoking our forests and countryside". Over 14,000 entries were submitted for a national contest to name the mascot organized in association with Radio Expres
Rádio Expres
Rádio Expres is a Slovak radio that broadcasts from Bratislava, Slovak Republic. It was launched in 2000. It is the most listened radio in Slovakia....
and the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. It is a word-play on the Slovak
Slovak language
Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
words for goal
Goal (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...
, and/or goals . Goooly, the mascot, was subjected to considerable ridicule in the English-speaking world because "gooly" is a well known slang term for a testicle
Testicle
The testicle is the male gonad in animals. Like the ovaries to which they are homologous, testes are components of both the reproductive system and the endocrine system...
.
Motto
Slovenská republika. Hokejová republika. (Slovak Republic. Hockey Republic).My sme tu doma. (We are at home)
Ambassadors
The official ambassadors of the 2011 IIHF World Championship Slovakia are Slovak hockey players Peter BondraPeter Bondra
Peter Bondra is a former Slovak professional ice hockey player. He was the general manager of the Slovak national team from 2007 to 2011...
, Zdeno Chára
Zdeno Chára
Zdeno Chára is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenseman. He is the captain of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and won the Norris Trophy while playing for them in 2008–09. At 6 ft 9 , he is the tallest player ever to play in the NHL...
, Marián Gáborík
Marian Gaborik
Marián Gáborík is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League . He began his career in the Slovak Extraliga with HC Dukla Trenčín for two seasons before being drafted third overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the...
, Ľubomír Višňovský
Lubomír Višnovský
Ľubomír Višňovský is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra was a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League , two in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League /Slovak Extraliga and one in the Kontinental Hockey League . Known as an offensive player, Demitra was a first- or second-line...
, Jozef Stümpel
Jozef Stümpel
Jozef Stümpel is a Slovak professional ice hockey centre currently playing for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, Marián Hossa
Marian Hossa
Marián Hossa is a Slovak professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League . Hossa was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft; after playing for the Senators, he played for the Atlanta Thrashers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and...
, Miroslav Šatan
Miroslav Satan
Miroslav Šatan is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger for HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga.-Pre-NHL:In 1991–92, he played for the local HC Topolcany and did remarkably well, as he scored 30 goals and had 22 assists in just 31 games. He then graduated to the senior division...
and Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič
Ivan Gašparovic
Ivan Gašparovič is a Slovak politician and law professor who has been the President of Slovakia since 15 June 2004. He is also the first Slovak president to be re-elected.-Biography:...
.
Venues
The Orange ArenaSamsung Arena
Ondrej Nepela Arena , known as Orange Arena during the 2011 IIHF Championship, formerly Samsung Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena, is an arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is primarily used for ice hockey and it is the home arena of HC Slovan Bratislava...
in Bratislava, also known as the Ondrej Nepela
Ondrej Nepela
Ondrej Nepela was an Olympic gold medalist and three-time World champion Slovak figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s and early 1970s.-Career:...
Arena, was substantially upgraded for the championship, in line with IIHF, Slovak, and international specifications, largely funded by the Slovakian government. Construction began on 23 April 2009 and was completed on 30 November 2010. More than €65 million ($90 million USD) was spent to install a new roof, modernize facilities, build two new adjacent practice arenas, and bring the seating from 8,350 to 10,000. The Steel Aréna
Steel Aréna
Steel Aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka is the new home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice....
, also known as the Ladislav Troják
Ladislav Troják
Ladislav Troják was the first Slovak ice hockey player in the national team of Czechoslovakia and also the first Slovak hockey player with a title of World Champion...
Arena, which was newly constructed in 2006, had a new €11 million practice rink built adjacent, between April 2009 and February 2010 for the World Championship legacy of future hockey development in Slovakia. The stadium would have the name Orange Arena, but only for the time of World Championship 2011 29 April 2011 to 15 May 2011
Both arenas were known by their Slovak honorific titles during the 2011 World Championship to correspond with IIHF neutral non-inclusive sponsorship rules. (Samsung Arena as the Ondrej Nepela Arena, and Steel Aréna as the Ladislav Troják Arena.)
| Bratislava Bratislava Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava... |
Košice Košice Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary... |
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| Orange Arena Samsung Arena Ondrej Nepela Arena , known as Orange Arena during the 2011 IIHF Championship, formerly Samsung Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena, is an arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is primarily used for ice hockey and it is the home arena of HC Slovan Bratislava... |
Steel Aréna Steel Aréna Steel Aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka is the new home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice.... |
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| 48°08′38"N 17°06′35"E | 48°43′16"N 21°15′27"E | ||
| Capacity: 9 246 | Capacity: 7 628 | ||
As Ondrej Nepela ArenaAs Ladislav Troják Arena
Nations
The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. 14 nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.Europe^*******
**†^**
North America**
* = Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2010 IIHF World Championship2010 IIHF World ChampionshipThe 2010 IIHF World Championship was the 74th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 7 and 23 May 2010 in Germany. The games were played in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, SAP Arena in Mannheim, and one game at Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen...
^ = Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division I† = Qualified as hosts (and as automatic qualifier)
Seeding and Groups
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2010 IIHF World RankingIIHF World RankingThe IIHF World Ranking is a ranking of the national teams of member countries of the International Ice Hockey Federation.The system was approved by the IIHF congress in September 2003...
, which ends at the conclusion of the 2010 IIHF World Championship. The 2010 Olympics were included. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding (in parenthesis is the corresponding world ranking):
Group A (1) (8) (9) (19)
Group B (2) (7) (10) (15)
Group C (3) (6) (11) (14)
Group D (4) (5) (12) (13)
Rosters
Each teams roster for the 2011 IIHF World Championship consists of at least 15 skaters (forwardsForward (ice hockey)In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...
, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenderGoaltenderIn ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
s, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting on 28 April 2011.
Preliminary round
Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robinRound-robin tournamentA round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The last team in each group competes in the Relegation Round.
Groups A and D played in Bratislava, and groups B and C played in Košice.
Team advanced to Qualifying Round Team competes in Relegation Round
Group A
Team 3 2 1 0 0 9 5 +4 8 3 2 0 0 1 10 9 +1 6 3 1 0 0 2 9 9 0 3 3 0 0 1 2 7 12 −5 1
All times are local (UTC+2UTC+2UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
).
Group B
Team 3 2 1 0 0 17 5 +12 8 3 1 1 1 0 8 5 +3 6 3 0 1 1 1 3 11 −8 3 3 0 0 1 2 3 10 −7 1
All times are local (UTC+2UTC+2UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
).
Group C
Team 3 2 0 1 0 13 7 +6 7 3 2 0 0 1 11 9 +2 6 3 1 1 0 1 12 8 +4 5 3 0 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
All times are local (UTC+2UTC+2UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
).
Group D
Team 3 3 0 0 0 12 3 +9 9 3 1 1 0 1 9 5 +4 5 3 0 1 0 2 4 13 −9 2 3 0 0 2 1 6 10 −4 2
All times are local (UTC+2UTC+2UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
).
Qualifying round
The top three teams from each group of the Preliminary Round advanced to the Qualifying Round. They were placed into two groups: teams from Groups A and D were placed into Group E, while teams from Groups B and C were placed into Group F. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. The teams played a single round robin, but didn't play against teams that they have already met in preliminary groups.
The top four teams in both groups E and F advanced to the Playoff Round.
Team advanced to the Playoff Round Team eliminated from advancing
Group E
Team 5 5 0 0 0 19 7 +12 15 5 2 2 0 1 16 10 +6 10 5 2 0 2 1 15 17 −2 8 5 2 0 1 2 12 14 −2 7 5 1 0 0 4 13 14 −1 3 5 0 1 0 4 9 22 −13 2
All times are local (UTC+2UTC+2UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
).
Group F
Team 5 3 2 0 0 23 11 +12 13 5 3 0 1 1 18 10 +8 10 5 2 1 0 2 17 15 +2 8 5 2 0 1 2 15 19 −4 7 5 1 1 1 2 11 12 −1 6 5 0 0 1 4 5 22 −17 1
All times are local (UTC+2UTC+2UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
).
Relegation round
The bottom team in the standings from each group of the Preliminary Round plays in the Relegation Round. The bottom two teams in the Relegation Round move down to Division 1 for the 2012 World Championship.
Team qualified for the 2012 IIHF World Championship 2012 IIHF World ChampionshipThe 2012 IIHF World Championship will be the 76th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It will take place between 4–20 May 2012 in Finland and Sweden...Team relegated to Division I
Group G
Team 3 2 0 0 1 12 9 +3 6 3 2 0 0 1 17 9 +8 6 3 1 0 0 2 6 13 −7 3 3 1 0 0 2 8 12 −4 3
All times are local (UTC+2UTC+2UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
).
Playoff Round
Quarterfinals
All times are local (UTC+2UTC+2UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
).
Semifinals
All times are local (UTC+2UTC+2UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
).
Bronze medal game
Time is local (UTC+2UTC+2UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
).
Gold medal game
Time is local (UTC+2UTC+2UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
).
Ranking and Statistics
Tournament awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goalkeeper:
Viktor FasthViktor FasthErik Sixten Viktor Fasth is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing in AIK of the Elitserien.- Career :... - Best Defenseman:
Alex PietrangeloAlex PietrangeloAlexander Pietrangelo is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and alternate captain currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League . As a junior, he played with the Niagara IceDogs and the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League... - Best Forward:
Jaromír JágrJaromir JagrJaromír Jágr is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League . Jágr formerly played with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and New York Rangers, serving as captain of the Penguins and the Rangers...
- Best Goalkeeper:
- Media All-Star Team:
- Goalkeeper: Viktor FasthViktor FasthErik Sixten Viktor Fasth is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing in AIK of the Elitserien.- Career :...
- Defense: David PetrasekDavid PetrasekDavid Petrasek is a professional Swedish ice hockey player with Czech ancestry, currently with HC Dinamo Minsk in the Russian Kontinental Hockey League.-Playing career:...
, Marek ŽidlickýMarek ZidlickyMarek Zidlicky is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:Marek Zidlicky was selected 176th overall, in the sixth round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft on June 24, 2001... - Forwards: Jaromír JágrJaromir JagrJaromír Jágr is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League . Jágr formerly played with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and New York Rangers, serving as captain of the Penguins and the Rangers...
, Patrik BerglundPatrik BerglundPatrik Berglund is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
,
Jarkko Immonen - Most Valuable Player: Viktor FasthViktor FasthErik Sixten Viktor Fasth is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing in AIK of the Elitserien.- Career :...
- Goalkeeper:
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionPlayer GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Jarkko Immonen 9 9 3 12 +2 2 FW Patrik BerglundPatrik BerglundPatrik Berglund is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
9 8 2 10 +6 8 FW Tomáš PlekanecTomas PlekanecTomas Plekanec is a Czech professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League . After beginning his career for HC Kladno of the Czech Extraliga, he was selected 71st overall by the Canadiens in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft...
8 6 4 10 +3 6 FW Roman ČervenkaRoman ČervenkaRoman Červenka is a Czech professional ice hockey player who plays for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League ....
9 4 6 10 +7 4 FW John Tavares 7 5 4 9 +6 12 FW Jaromír JágrJaromir JagrJaromír Jágr is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League . Jágr formerly played with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and New York Rangers, serving as captain of the Penguins and the Rangers...
9 5 4 9 +5 4 FW Patrik EliášPatrik EliasPatrik Eliáš is a Czech professional hockey left winger and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League . A long-time Devil and currently the team's longest-tenured skater, Eliáš is the franchise's all-time leading scorer, while also holding franchise records for most...
9 4 5 9 +4 6 FW Mikael GranlundMikael GranlundMikael Antero Granlund is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for HIFK of the Finnish SM-Liiga...
9 2 7 9 +3 2 FW 
Mathis OlimbMathis OlimbMathis Olimb is a Norwegian professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for Frölunda HC in the Elitserien. He is the older brother of fellow Norwegian international Ken André Olimb.-Playing career:...
7 1 8 9 0 4 FW Marius HoltetMarius HoltetMarius Holtet is a Norwegian professional ice hockey forward. He signed a contract with the Färjestads BK in Sweden prior to the 2008/09 season....
7 6 2 8 +6 4 FW 
Ilya KovalchukIlya KovalchukIlya Valerevich Kovalchuk is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger who is an alternate captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. Drafted first overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, he began his NHL career in 2001–02 with Atlanta and was...
9 3 5 8 −1 6 FW Mikko KoivuMikko KoivuMikko Sakari Koivu is a Finnish professional ice hockey center and captain of the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League...
9 2 6 8 +4 4 FW
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.
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutPlayer TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO Petri VehanenPetri VehanenPetri Vehanen is a Finnish professional ice hockey Goaltender who currently plays for AK Bars Kazan in the Kontinental Hockey League KHL-SM-liiga career:...
388:13 175 8 1.24 95.43 1 Viktor FasthViktor FasthErik Sixten Viktor Fasth is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing in AIK of the Elitserien.- Career :...
420:00 221 12 1.71 94.57 3 Ondřej PavelecOndrej PavelecOndřej Pavelec is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender, who plays for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
479:16 247 15 1.88 93.93 2 
Tobias StephanTobias StephanTobias Stephan is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Genève-Servette of the Swiss National League A...
240:48 111 7 1.74 93.69 0 Lars HaugenLars HaugenLars Haugen is a Norwegian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently signed to play with the HC Dinamo Minsk in the Kontinental Hockey League .-Club career:...
422.18 257 19 2.70 92.61 1 ShutoutIn 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....
s
Source: IIHF.com
Officials
The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the 2011 IIHF World Championship. They are the following:
Referees Vladimír Baluška Vyacheslav BulanovVyacheslav BulanovVyacheslav Bulanov is a Russian ice hockey referee, who referees in the Kontinental Hockey League.-Career:He is one of the most experienced international referees having officiated the Winter Olympics and four World Hockey Championships. He has officiated over 400 games in the KHL.- References :...
Darcy Burchell Antonín Jeřábek Danny KurmannDanny Kurmann- Career :Kurmann began officiating in 1983 in amateur leagues. In 1989, he was first appointed to the Swiss National League A, in which he served as a linesman during his first three seasons. He was promoted to the position of referee in 1993...
Christer Lärking Eduards Odiņš Konstantin Olenin
Referees Peter OrszágPeter OrszágPeter Ország is a Slovak ice hockey referee, who referees in the Slovak Extraliga.-Career:He has officiated many international tournaments including the Winter Olympics. He has been named Slovak referee of the year....
Sami Partanen Sören Persson Daniel Piechaczek Brent ReiberBrent ReiberBrent Reiber is a Swiss ice hockey referee, who referees in the Swiss National League A.- References :...
Jyri RönnJyri RönnJyri-Petteri Rönn is a Finnish ice hockey referee, who referees in the SM-liiga. He is a real estate agent by profession.-World Championship:...
Vladimír Šindler Thomas Sterns
Linesmen Roger Arm Chris Carlson Paul Carnathan Ivan Dedioulia Jiří Gebauer Manuel Hollenstein Matjaž Hribar Kiel Murchison
Linesmen Milan Novák Andre Schrader Sirko Schulz Anton Semionov Sergei Shelyanin Jussi Terho Christian Tillerkvist Miroslav Valach
IIHF broadcasting rights
Country Broadcaster HD (High Definition) 
Austria ORF ORFORF may refer to:* ORF , the Austrian public service broadcaster.* Open reading frame, a portion of the genome.* The IATA airport code for Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk, Virginia.* ORF format , Olympus raw image file format....
Belarus BTRC National State TeleradiocompanyThe National State TV and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus is the state television and radio broadcasting service in Belarus....
Kingdom of Bulgaria Nova Sport Nova Sport (Bulgaria)Nova Sport is a Bulgarian television channel, part of "Nova Broadcasting Group", owned by Modern Times Group. The channel started on 2010 and replaces the music channel MM Television. The television is created as resemblance to the Scandinavian channel Viasat Sport, who shares the same graphic...
Canada TSN The Sports NetworkThe Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...
TSN HD The Sports NetworkThe Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...RDS Réseau des sportsRéseau des sports , is a Canadian French language Category C specialty channel showing sports and sport-related shows. It is available in 2.5 million homes, and is owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc....
RDS HD Réseau des sportsRéseau des sports , is a Canadian French language Category C specialty channel showing sports and sport-related shows. It is available in 2.5 million homes, and is owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc....
Independent State of Croatia Sportska televizija Sportska televizijaSports Television is specialized sports programme owned by Croatian Olympic Committee. It was launched, on national level, on April 4, 2011, and it is first TV channel launched by one national olympic committee....
Czech Republic ČT Ceská televizeČeská televize is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting four channels.- Czechoslovak Television :Television in Czechoslovakia started to take its first steps before World War II. However, before visible results could be achieved, all activities were interrupted by...
ČT HD ČT HDČT HD is the high-definition TV channel from Česká televize. ČT HD broadcasting programming from ČT1, ČT2 and ČT4, via IPTV, digital terrestrial and satellite .The channel is currently in testing, available since the end of August 2009, the channel will begin regular...
Denmark TV2 Sport TV 2 Sport (Denmark)TV 2 Sport is a Danish sports channel operated as a joint-venture between Danish TV 2 and Swedish Modern Times Group.MTG launched a dedicated Danish version of its Viasat Sport channel in January 2002...
TV2 Sport HD Finland YLE Viasat Sport HD 
Early Modern France Sport+ Sport+ (France)Sport+ is a French television channel on cable and satellite which is owned by Canal+ and which is devoted to live sport....
Germany SPORT1 SPORT1 HD 
Hungary Sport 1 Sport 1Sport 1 is a European sports channel which is currently available in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania broadcasting in different languages...
Sport 2 
Latvia TV3 TV3 LatviaTV3 Latvia is a television channel targeted at a Latvian language audience owned by Modern Times Group . It was launched in 1998, but did not receive a terrestrial license until 2001...
TV6 Viasat Sport Baltic Viasat Sport BalticViasat Sport Baltic is a TV sports channel available in the Baltic States. The channel was launched January 7, 2009. Along with Viasat Golf it replaced Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3 for viewers on the Viasat platform in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania...
3+ Latvia 3+ Latvia3+ Latvia is a television channel owned by the Modern Times Group broadcasting to the Russian language minority in Latvia from the United Kingdom...
Norway Viasat 4 Viasat 4Viasat 4 is a television channel broadcasting to Norway owned by the Modern Times Group. The channel was launched on 8th September 2007, a week after the launch of the digital terrestrial television network in Norway, replacing ZTV which ceased broadcasting shortly before.The channel opened with...
Viasat Sport Viasat Sport (Norway)Viasat Sport is a Norwegian television channel.The channel launched on 17 October 2008, when Viasat re-tooled their sports channels in Norway and Sweden...
Viasat Sport HD 
Poland Polsat Sport Polsat SportPolsat Sport is a Polish sports channel owned by Polsat. It launched on 11 August 2000 and is available via satellite on Cyfrowy Polsat.-Logo History:-See also:* Polsat Sport HD* Polsat Sport Extra* Polsat Futbol...
Polsat Sport HD Polsat SportPolsat Sport is a Polish sports channel owned by Polsat. It launched on 11 August 2000 and is available via satellite on Cyfrowy Polsat.-Logo History:-See also:* Polsat Sport HD* Polsat Sport Extra* Polsat Futbol... Russia Channel One Channel One (Russia)Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...
Russia 2 Sport 1 Sport 1 (Russian TV channel)«Sport 1» - Russian pay sport TV channel. Included in the VGTRK. The channel is broadcasting in SD & HDTV 16:9 format.- Broadcast :* Basketball: VTB United League.* Rugby union: Tri-Nations....
Slovakia STV STV HD 
Slovenia Šport TV Šport TV (Slovenia)Šport TV is Slovenia's first sport only public broadcasting channel. Based in the country's capital, Ljubljana. Television was launched on October 14, 2006....
Sweden TV3 TV3 (Sweden)TV3 is a television channel targeted at a Swedish language audience owned by Viasat . It was founded on 31 December 1987 by entrepreneur Jan Stenbeck as joint Scandinavian channel, but Denmark and Norway soon got their own versions of TV3...
TV3 HD TV3 (Sweden)TV3 is a television channel targeted at a Swedish language audience owned by Viasat . It was founded on 31 December 1987 by entrepreneur Jan Stenbeck as joint Scandinavian channel, but Denmark and Norway soon got their own versions of TV3...TV6 TV10 TV10 (Sweden)TV10 is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group broadcasting to Sweden. It specializes in sports and documentaries. The channel started broadcasting on 7 September 2010....
Viasat Hockey Viasat HockeyViasat Hockey is a sports channel that is broadcasting from the United Kingdom, primarily targeting Sweden but also available in Finland and Norway . Broadcasting was commenced on September 1, 2009, at the start of the 2009 ice hockey season...
Switzerland SRG SSR 
United States Versus Versus (TV channel)Versus is a sports-oriented cable television channel in the United States. It was previously known as Outdoor Life Network and was launched on July 1, 1995, focusing on fishing, hunting, and other outdoor sports...
Versus HD
Trailer
A trailerTrailer (film)A trailer or preview is an advertisement or a commercial for a feature film that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema. The term "trailer" comes from their having originally been shown at the end of a feature film screening. That practice did not last long, because patrons tended to leave the...
was created for the World Championship which is entitled: Slovak Republic becomes the Hockey Republic! . The trailer starts with ice and snow gradually covering Slovakia and ends with Slovak hockey players jumping onto the ice and shooting a puck. The player who shoots has the number 38 on his hockey jerseyHockey jerseyA hockey jersey, traditionally called a sweater , is a piece of clothing worn by hockey players to cover the upper part of their bodies. "Sweater" is the correct reference in Canada, despite the material...
, the same as the Slovak legend Pavol DemitraPavol DemitraPavol Demitra was a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League , two in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League /Slovak Extraliga and one in the Kontinental Hockey League . Known as an offensive player, Demitra was a first- or second-line...
. It features the Slovak countryside, and Trojične square, in TrnavaTrnavaTrnava is a city in western Slovakia, 47 km to the north-east of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of a kraj and of an okres . It was the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishopric . The city has a historic center...
. It took a 70-man film crew, more than 100 extrasExtra (actor)A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking, nonsinging or nondancing capacity, usually in the background...
, several 3D animators, and the support of the Slovak Tourist Board.
Online
For the first time in an IIHF World Championship, a YouTube channel was created to promote the Slovakia 2011 tournament. A video campaign was launched on this YouTube website which featured the christening of the mascot Goooly, updates on the construction work of the arena's, and the status of general preparations.
An official Facebook page was also created for the championship, being only the second tournament to do so, after the previous championship2010 IIHF World ChampionshipThe 2010 IIHF World Championship was the 74th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 7 and 23 May 2010 in Germany. The games were played in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, SAP Arena in Mannheim, and one game at Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen...
in Germany. Its 10,000th "fan" was awarded a prize by the tournaments organizing committee.
See also
- 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships2011 World Junior Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships , was the 2011 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was hosted by the United States. The games were played in Western New York, at HSBC Arena in Buffalo and Niagara...
- 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships-Group B:-Relegation series:Best of three.All times local - Final round :-Quarterfinals:-Semifinals:-5th place playoff:-Bronze medal game:-Gold medal game:-Scoring leaders:...
- 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships2011 IIHF World U18 ChampionshipsThe 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships was held in Crimmitschau and Dresden, Germany. The championships ran from April 14–24, 2011.The United States won the title for the third straight time after beating Sweden 4–3 in the final in Overtime....
- 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship2011 IIHF World Women's U18 ChampionshipThe 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the fourth junior female world ice hockey championships. It was held from January 1 through January 8, 2011, in Stockholm, Sweden...
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