# 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Six teams played in each of the two groups. In addition to the usual promotion and relegation, the format (following this year) changed from two parallel tournaments, to two tiered tournaments. This means that the teams who finished 2nd and 3rd will be grouped together with the two relegated teams from the top division, and the teams who finished 4th and 5th will be grouped with the two promoted teams from Division II.

## Group A

The Group A tournament was played in Babruysk, Belarus, from 13 to 19 December 2010.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Latvia | Placed 9th in Top Division last year and were relegated. |
| Belarus | Hosts; placed 2nd in Division I (Group B) last year. |
| Italy | Placed 3rd in Division I (Group B) last year. |
| Ukraine | Placed 4th in Division I (Group A) last year. |
| Japan | Placed 5th in Division I (Group A) last year. |
| Great Britain | Placed 1st in Division II (Group A) last year and were promoted. |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Latvia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 15 | Promoted to the 2012 Top Division |
| 2 | Belarus (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 12 | Qualified for the 2012 Division I A |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | Qualified for the 2012 Division I A |
| 4 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 6 | Qualified for the 2012 Division I B |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 3 | Qualified for the 2012 Division I B |
| 6 | Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 32 | −28 | 0 | Relegated to the 2012 Division II A |

### Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Nikolai Suslo | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +5 | 4 |
| 2 | Juris Upītis | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +6 | 0 |
| 3 | Zemgus Girgensons | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +6 | 8 |
| 4 | Elvijs Biezais | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 6 |
| 5 | Mikhail Khoromando | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 4 |
| 6 | Jack Prince | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +3 | 2 |
| 7 | Ruslam Azimov | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 4 |
| 8 | Robert Farmer | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 2 |
| 8 | Roman Malinovski | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +4 | 2 |
| 10 | Enrico Miglioranzi | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | –1 | 0 |
source: IIHF.com

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Jānis Kalniņš | 240:00 | 2 | 97.50 | 0.50 | 2 |
| 2 | Massimo Quagliato | 239:29 | 4 | 96.26 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 3 | Ben Bowns | 300:00 | 10 | 95.19 | 2.00 | 1 |
| 4 | Alexander Borodulya | 298:35 | 8 | 91.75 | 1.61 | 0 |
| 5 | Ren Yamaguchi | 240:00 | 11 | 90.43 | 2.75 | 1 |
source: IIHF.com

#### IIHF Directorate awards

* Goaltender: Ben Bowns
* Defenceman: Ralfs Freibergs
* Forward: Nikolai Suslo

## Group B

The Group B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 12 to 18 December 2010.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Austria | Placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated. |
| Denmark | Placed 2nd in Division I (Group A) last year. |
| Slovenia | Hosts; placed 3rd in Division I (Group A) last year. |
| Kazakhstan | Placed 4th in Division I (Group B) last year. |
| Croatia | Placed 5th in Division I (Group B) last year. |
| Lithuania | Placed 1st in Division II (Group B) last year and were promoted. |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 14 | +21 | 12 | Promoted to the 2012 Top Division |
| 2 | Slovenia (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 12 | Qualified for the 2012 Division I A |
| 3 | Austria | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 11 | Qualified for the 2012 Division I A |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 6 | Qualified for the 2012 Division I B |
| 5 | Croatia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 4 | Qualified for the 2012 Division I B |
| 6 | Lithuania | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 35 | −25 | 0 | Relegated to the 2012 Division II A |

### Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Nicolai Meyer | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | +5 | 0 |
| 2 | Eric Pance | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +9 | 2 |
| 3 | Kevin Puschnik | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +7 | 10 |
| 4 | Konstantin Komarek | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +3 | 0 |
| 5 | Borna Rendulić | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | –1 | 2 |
| 6 | Patrick Russell | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | +8 | 2 |
| 7 | Anton Petrov | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +2 | 6 |
| 8 | Gal Koren | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +8 | 10 |
| 9 | Mislav Blagus | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ken Ograjenšek | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +2 | 4 |
source: IIHF.com

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Lasse Jensen | 120:00 | 2 | 96.72 | 1.00 | 0 |
| 2 | Andreas Brenkusch | 124:24 | 3 | 94.00 | 1.45 | 1 |
| 3 | Christoph Lindenhofer | 178:40 | 10 | 90.91 | 3.36 | 0 |
| 4 | Luka Gračnar | 248:56 | 12 | 89.47 | 2.89 | 0 |
| 5 | Roman Shtefan | 239:45 | 20 | 87.34 | 5.01 | 0 |
source: IIHF.com

#### IIHF Directorate awards

* Goaltender: Luka Gračnar
* Defenceman: Jesper Jensen
* Forward: Eric Pance