The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Budapest, Hungary, and Group B was contested in Kyiv, Ukraine, with both tournaments running from 17 to 23 April 2011.

Participants Group A Team QualificationHost, Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year.Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2010.Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year.Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year.Placed 1st in Division II Group A and were promoted in 2010.Placed 5th in Division I B last year. Japan withdrew due to many players and players' families being affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The IIHF decided that the 5th team in Group A would be relegated and Japan would retain their Division I place for the 2012 championship.

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

Group A tournament Standings Promoted to Elite Division for 2012 Relegated to Division II for 2012 Team 1 4 3 1 0 0 15 5 +10 11 2 4 3 0 1 0 29 11 +18 10 3 4 1 0 1 2 11 18 −7 4 4 4 1 0 0 3 16 18 −2 3 5 4 0 1 0 3 6 25 −19 2

Fixtures

All times local.

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Balázs Ladányi 4 2 10 12 +7 0 István Sofron 4 6 4 10 +6 0 András Horvath 4 3 6 9 +6 4 Márton Vas 4 3 5 8 +6 4 Giulio Scandella 4 4 2 6 +4 4 Alexander Egger 4 1 5 6 +5 2 Diederick Hagemeijer 4 3 2 5 −1 6 Csaba Kovács 4 3 2 5 +2 2 Armin Helfer 4 2 3 5 +3 0 Ladislav Sikorcin 4 2 3 5 +2 0GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO Thomas Tragust 120:00 37 0 0.00 100.00 2 Daniel Bellissimo 120:56 75 5 2.48 93.33 0 Levente Szuper 110:56 70 5 2.70 92.86 0 Ander Alcaine 204:05 203 18 5.29 91.13 0 Ian Meierdres 118:50 84 9 4.54 89.29 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate Best Goaltender: Best Forward: Best Defenseman:

Group B tournament Standings Promoted to Elite Division for 2012 Relegated to Division II for 2012 Team 1 5 4 1 0 0 21 6 +15 14 2 5 4 0 0 1 21 9 +12 12 3 5 3 0 1 1 19 12 +7 10 4 5 2 0 0 3 18 15 +3 6 5 5 1 0 0 4 9 24 −15 3 6 5 0 0 0 5 8 30 −22 0

Fixtures

All times local.

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Olexander Materukhin 5 3 6 9 +6 12 Oleg Shafarenko 5 3 5 8 +6 16 Jonathan Weaver 5 1 7 8 +1 0 David Clarke 5 4 3 7 +4 4 Oleg Tymchenko 5 4 3 7 +6 4 Vitaly Lyutkevych 5 0 7 7 +7 0 David Longstaff 5 3 3 6 +3 0 Marcin Kolusz 5 2 4 6 +1 4 Andrei Makrov 5 3 2 5 −4 4 5 3 2 5 +5 2 Talgat Zhailauov 5 3 2 5 +4 0GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO Stephen Murphy 285:25 138 9 1.89 93.48 0 Vitaly Yeremeyev 242:01 80 6 1.49 92.50 0 Kostiantyn Simchuk 180:26 77 9 2.99 88.31 0 Mantas Armalis 200:00 104 13 3.90 87.50 0 Rafal Radziszewski 219:19 86 11 3.01 87.21 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate Best Goaltender: Best Forward: Best Defenseman:

IIHF broadcasting rights

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