The 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Newcastle, Australia, from 1 to 6 February 2011.2011 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III statistics Division III represented the fourth tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.

The winner of this tournament was promoted to Division II (renamed I B) for the 2012 championships, while the last-placed team in the group was relegated to Division IV (renamed II B).

This tournament was the first at this level since 2008, and finished in dramatic style as the Netherlands won in a shootout. The top two ranked teams (Australia and the Netherlands), were both undefeated until they played each other on the final day, with Julie Zwarthoed scoring the decisive goal.

Participating teams Team Qualification hosts; placed 6th in 2008 Division II and were relegated placed 6th in 2009 Division II and were relegated placed 2nd in 2008 Division III placed 3rd in 2008 Division III placed 4th in 2008 Division III placed 5th in 2008 Division III

Final standings

Match results All times are local (Australian Eastern Standard Time – UTC+10).

Statistics

Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Fanni Gasparics 5 6 7 13 +10 2 2 Jasmina Rošar 5 6 6 12 +9 0 3 Natasha Farrier 5 7 4 11 +8 0 4 Savine Wielenga 5 6 4 10 +9 0 5 Alexandra Rónai 5 6 3 9 +10 6 6 Pia Pren 5 7 1 8 +4 6 7 Jessie Tegelaar 5 6 2 8 +12 2 8 Mieneke de Jong 5 3 5 8 +7 4 9 Jose Schipper 5 5 2 7 +8 26 9 Kitti Trencsényi 5 5 2 7 +4 12GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Claudia van Leeuwen 210:29 4 1.14 96.12 1 2 Monika Gyömber 180:00 7 2.33 94.74 0 3 Ashleigh Brown 296:53 9 1.82 93.08 1 4 Eszter Kökényesi 122:27 4 1.96 92.86 0 5 Anja Jeršin-Grilc 289:37 15 3.11 91.18 0TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards Goaltender: Claudia van Leeuwen, Defenseman: Kitti Trencsényi, Forward: Natasha Farrier, Source: IIHF.com

References

External links Official website of IIHF Complete results at the hockeyarchives.info