The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II were international Ice Hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested from 4–10 April 2011 in Melbourne, Australia and Group B was contested from 10 to 16 April 2011 in Zagreb, Croatia. Prior to the start of the tournament the North Korean 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. This was the last year of parallel divisional tournaments so teams that finished third and above formed Group A for 2012, and the lower finishers formed Group B.
Participants
Group A Team QualificationHost, Placed 2nd in Division II Group A last year.Placed 3rd in Division II Group A last year.Placed 5th in Division II A last year.Placed 4th in Division II B last year.Placed 1st in Division III B and were promoted in 2010.Placed 6th in Division I Group A and were relegated in 2010.
Group B Team QualificationPlaced 4th in Division II Group A last year.Placed 5th in Division II Group B last year.Host, Placed 6th in Division I B and were relegated in 2010.Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.Placed 1st in Division III A and were promoted in 2010.Placed 2nd in Division II Group B last year.
Group A Tournament
Standings Promoted to Division I for 2012 Relegated to Division III for 2012 Team 1 5 5 0 0 0 27 6 +21 15 2 5 3 0 0 2 19 8 +11 9 3 5 3 0 0 2 22 11 +11 9 4 5 3 0 0 2 19 14 +5 9 5 5 1 0 0 4 8 31 −23 3 6 5 0 0 0 5 0 25 −25 0
Fixtures
All times local.
Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Joseph Hughes 4 7 4 11 +4 4 Lliam Webster 4 4 3 7 +4 2 Chris Eaden 4 5 1 6 +1 2 Nathan Walker 4 4 2 6 +7 4 Bryan Kolodziejczyk 4 3 3 6 +2 14 Greg Oddy 4 2 4 6 +5 2 Nemanja Vučurević 4 1 5 6 +5 0 Marko Sretović 4 4 1 5 +2 2 Paris Heyd 4 2 3 5 +1 4 Branko Mamić 4 1 4 5 +4 10 Brett Speirs 4 1 4 5 +2 8GP = 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 Rick Parry 120:00 48 0 0.00 100.00 2 Matthew Ezzy 240:00 116 6 1.50 95.08 1 Zak Nothling 119:21 88 8 4.02 91.67 0 Bjorn Steijlen 159:51 103 11 4.13 90.35 0 Arsenije Rankovic 152:53 56 8 3.14 87.50 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 Defenceman:
Best players Best player of each team selected by the coaches.
Group B Tournament
Standings Promoted to Division I for 2012 Relegated to Division III for 2012 Team 1 5 5 0 0 0 47 8 +39 15 2 5 4 0 0 1 53 10 +43 12 3 5 3 0 0 2 24 18 +6 9 4 5 2 0 0 3 26 25 +1 6 5 5 1 0 0 4 17 42 −25 3 6 5 0 0 0 5 4 68 −64 0
Fixtures All times local.
Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Marko Lovrenčić 5 8 10 18 +12 2 Borna Rendulić 5 8 9 17 +10 6 Dominik Kanaet 5 7 9 16 +12 2 Zsombor Antal 5 4 10 14 +8 4 István Nagy 5 3 8 11 +13 3 Egill Thormodsson 5 6 4 10 +4 0 Szabolcs Papp 5 5 5 10 +14 0 Mislav Blagus 5 4 6 10 +11 0 Emil Alengaard 5 2 8 10 +3 2 Zhang Weiyang 5 8 1 9 −3 4GP = 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 Mate Tomljenović 208:04 68 5 1.44 92.65 1 Adrian Catrinoi Cornea 243:44 86 7 1.72 91.86 0 Dennis Hedstrom 239:09 140 14 3.51 90.00 0 Xie Ming 183:42 93 12 3.92 87.10 1 Konstantin Mihailov 279:30 242 35 7.51 85.54 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 Defenceman:
Best players Best player of each team selected by the coaches.
References
External links Ice Hockey Australia host page Passionhockey.com archive page with commentary