The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested between 11–17 April 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to the start of the tournament, the Mongolian national team announced they would withdraw, citing financial reasons. All games against them were counted as a forfeit, with a score of 5–0 for the opposing team.
The UAE decided to withdraw from the 2011 Division III tournament in Cape Town, South Africa because they refused to compete against Israel, who was also in the tournament.
Israel won all five of its games by a combined score of 57-9, and was promoted to the 2012 IIHF World Championship Division II. Israel's Eliezer Sherbatov led the tournament in points, goals, assists, and +/-, earning 26 points (14 goals + 12 assists) in four games. He was named the best forward of the tournament.
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 2nd in Division III A last year.Placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated in 2010.Placed 3rd in Division III A last year.Placed 3rd in Division III B last year. (withdrew from tournament)Host, Placed 2nd in Division III B last year.Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated in 2010.
Tournament
Standings Promoted to Division II for 2012 Team 1 5 4 1 0 0 57 9 +48 14 2 5 4 0 1 0 43 9 +34 13 3 5 3 0 0 2 29 25 +4 9 4 5 2 0 0 3 33 22 +11 6 5 5 1 0 0 4 7 79 −72 3 6 5 0 0 0 5 0 25 −25 0
Fixtures All times local.
Officials The IIHF selected 4 referees and 7 linesmen to work the 2011 IIHF World Championship Div III. They were the following:
Referees Maksym Urda Claudio Pianezze Chris Deweerdt Mikhal Buturlin
Linesmen Jos Korte Arkadiy Subbotin Ulrich Pardatscher Jacques Riisom-Birker Nickolas Beukes Seung Won Jung Mikulash Furnadziev
Statistics
Scoring leaders List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Eliezer Sherbatov 4 14 12 26 +22 0 Sergei Frenkel 4 11 11 22 +21 4 Daniel Mazour 4 11 7 18 +18 10 Robert Beran 4 4 8 12 +8 31 Thierry Beran 4 4 7 11 +4 0 Daniel Spivak 4 4 6 10 +5 4 Cameron Birrell 4 0 10 10 +16 0 Deen Magmoed 4 6 3 9 +9 4 Savaş Aktürk 4 4 5 9 +5 10 Marc Giot 4 1 8 9 +8 6GP = 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 David Berger 120:00 68 3 1.50 95.59 0 Avihu Sorotzki 201:14 81 6 1.79 92.59 0 Ashley Bock 123:51 41 6 2.91 85.37 1 Levent Ozbaydugan 191:05 114 17 5.34 85.09 1 Philippe Lepage 221:57 124 21 5.68 83.06 1TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Awards Best players selected by the directorate Best Goaltender: David Berger Best Forward: Eliezer Sherbatov Best Defenceman: Daniel Spivak
Best players Best player of each team selected by the coaches. Kyriakos Adamidis Tal Avneri Georges Scheier Ian Ashworth Emrah Ozmen
References