# 2011 IIHF World Championship Division III

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 | Qualification |
| Greece | Placed 2nd in Division III A last year. |
| Israel | Placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated in 2010. |
| Luxembourg | Placed 3rd in Division III A last year. |
| Mongolia | Placed 3rd in Division III B last year. (withdrew from tournament) |
| South Africa | Host, Placed 2nd in Division III B last year. |
| Turkey | Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated in 2010. |

## Tournament
### Standings

* Promoted to Division II for 2012
| Rk | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| 1 | Israel | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 9 | +48 | 14 |
| 2 | South Africa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 9 | +34 | 13 |
| 3 | Turkey | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 9 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 6 |
| 5 | Greece | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 79 | −72 | 3 |
| 6 | Mongolia | 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:

## 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 | 6 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position 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.
| 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 | 1 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: 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