# 2011 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Budapest, Hungary, and Group B was contested in Kyiv, Ukraine, with both tournaments running from 17 to 23 April 2011.

## Participants
### Group A

| Team | Qualification |
| Hungary | Host, Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year. |
| Italy | Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2010. |
| Japan | Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year. |
| Netherlands | Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year. |
| Spain | Placed 1st in Division II Group A and were promoted in 2010. |
| South Korea | Placed 5th in Division I B last year. |
* Japan withdrew due to many players and players' families being affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The IIHF decided that the 5th team in Group A would be relegated and Japan would retain their Division I place for the 2012 championship.

### Group B

| Team | Qualification |
| Estonia | Placed 1st in Division II Group B and were promoted in 2010. |
| Great Britain | Placed 4th in Division I Group B last year. |
| Kazakhstan | Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2010. |
| Lithuania | Placed 5th in Division I A last year. |
| Poland | Placed 3rd in Division I B last year. |
| Ukraine | Host, Placed 2nd in Division I Group A last year. |

## Group A tournament
### Standings

* Promoted to Elite Division for 2012
* Relegated to Division II for 2012
| Rk | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| 1 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 11 |
| 2 | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 10 |
| 3 | South Korea | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 4 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 3 |
| 5 | Spain | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 2 |

### Fixtures

All times local.

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Balázs Ladányi | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +7 | 0 |
| István Sofron | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +6 | 0 |
| András Horvath | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +6 | 4 |
| Márton Vas | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +6 | 4 |
| Giulio Scandella | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| Alexander Egger | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +5 | 2 |
| Diederick Hagemeijer | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
| Csaba Kovács | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 2 |
| Armin Helfer | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 0 |
| Ladislav Sikorcin | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 0 |
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 |
| Thomas Tragust | 120:00 | 37 | 0 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 2 |
| Daniel Bellissimo | 120:56 | 75 | 5 | 2.48 | 93.33 | 0 |
| Levente Szuper | 110:56 | 70 | 5 | 2.70 | 92.86 | 0 |
| Ander Alcaine | 204:05 | 203 | 18 | 5.29 | 91.13 | 0 |
| Ian Meierdres | 118:50 | 84 | 9 | 4.54 | 89.29 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

### Tournament awards
#### Best players selected by the directorate

* Best Goaltender: Eum Hyun-Seung (KOR)
* Best Forward: István Sofron (HUN)
* Best Defenseman: Armin Helfer (ITA)

## Group B tournament
### Standings

* Promoted to Elite Division for 2012
* Relegated to Division II for 2012
| Rk | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 14 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 12 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 10 |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 6 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 3 |
| 6 | Estonia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 30 | −22 | 0 |

### Fixtures

All times local.

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Olexander Materukhin | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +6 | 12 |
| Oleg Shafarenko | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +6 | 16 |
| Jonathan Weaver | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +1 | 0 |
| David Clarke | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +4 | 4 |
| Oleg Tymchenko | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +6 | 4 |
| Vitaly Lyutkevych | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +7 | 0 |
| David Longstaff | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 0 |
| Marcin Kolusz | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| Andrei Makrov | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −4 | 4 |
| Olexander Pobyedonostsev | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +5 | 2 |
| Talgat Zhailauov | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 0 |
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 |
| Stephen Murphy | 285:25 | 138 | 9 | 1.89 | 93.48 | 0 |
| Vitaly Yeremeyev | 242:01 | 80 | 6 | 1.49 | 92.50 | 0 |
| Kostiantyn Simchuk | 180:26 | 77 | 9 | 2.99 | 88.31 | 0 |
| Mantas Armalis | 200:00 | 104 | 13 | 3.90 | 87.50 | 0 |
| Rafal Radziszewski | 219:19 | 86 | 11 | 3.01 | 87.21 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

### Tournament awards
#### Best players selected by the directorate

* Best Goaltender: Stephen Murphy (GBR)
* Best Forward: Olexander Materukhin (UKR)
* Best Defenseman: Roman Savchenko (KAZ)

## IIHF broadcasting rights

| Country | Broadcaster |
| Estonia | Viasat Sport Baltic |
| Hungary | Sport 1 |
| Italy | Rai Sport |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan |
| Lithuania | Viasat Sport Baltic |
| Poland | Polsat Sport |
| Ukraine | First National Channel |