# 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

The 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Newcastle, Australia, from 1 to 6 February 2011. Division III represented the fourth tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.
The winner of this tournament was promoted to Division II (renamed I B) for the 2012 championships, while the last-placed team in the group was relegated to Division IV (renamed II B).
This tournament was the first at this level since 2008, and finished in dramatic style as the Netherlands won in a shootout. The top two ranked teams (Australia and the Netherlands), were both undefeated until they played each other on the final day, with Julie Zwarthoed scoring the decisive goal.

## Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Australia | hosts; placed 6th in 2008 Division II and were relegated |
| Netherlands | placed 6th in 2009 Division II and were relegated |
| Slovenia | placed 2nd in 2008 Division III |
| Croatia | placed 3rd in 2008 Division III |
| Belgium | placed 4th in 2008 Division III |
| Hungary | placed 5th in 2008 Division III |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | +29 | 14 | Promoted to the 2012 Division I B |
| 2 | Australia (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 13 | Qualified for the 2012 Division II A |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 8 | Qualified for the 2012 Division II A |
| 4 | Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 7 | Qualified for the 2012 Division II A |
| 5 | Croatia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 3 | Qualified for the 2012 Division II A |
| 6 | Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 40 | −37 | 0 | Relegated to the 2012 Division II B |

## Match results

All times are local (Australian Eastern Standard Time – UTC+10).

## Statistics
### Scoring leaders

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Fanni Gasparics | Hungary | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +10 | 2 |
| 2 | Jasmina Rošar | Slovenia | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +9 | 0 |
| 3 | Natasha Farrier | Australia | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +8 | 0 |
| 4 | Savine Wielenga | Netherlands | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +9 | 0 |
| 5 | Alexandra Rónai | Hungary | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +10 | 6 |
| 6 | Pia Pren | Slovenia | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | +4 | 6 |
| 7 | Jessie Tegelaar | Netherlands | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +12 | 2 |
| 8 | Mieneke de Jong | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +7 | 4 |
| 9 | Jose Schipper | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +8 | 26 |
| 9 | Kitti Trencsényi | Hungary | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +4 | 12 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Claudia van Leeuwen | Netherlands | 210:29 | 4 | 1.14 | 96.12 | 1 |
| 2 | Monika Gyömber | Hungary | 180:00 | 7 | 2.33 | 94.74 | 0 |
| 3 | Ashleigh Brown | Australia | 296:53 | 9 | 1.82 | 93.08 | 1 |
| 4 | Eszter Kökényesi | Hungary | 122:27 | 4 | 1.96 | 92.86 | 0 |
| 5 | Anja Jeršin-Grilc | Slovenia | 289:37 | 15 | 3.11 | 91.18 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

### Directorate Awards

* Goaltender: Claudia van Leeuwen, Netherlands
* Defenseman: Kitti Trencsényi, Hungary
* Forward: Natasha Farrier, Australia
Source: IIHF.com