# 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II

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 | Qualification |
| Australia | Host, Placed 2nd in Division II Group A last year. |
| Belgium | Placed 3rd in Division II Group A last year. |
| Mexico | Placed 5th in Division II A last year. |
| New Zealand | Placed 4th in Division II B last year. |
| North Korea | Placed 1st in Division III B and were promoted in 2010. |
| Serbia | Placed 6th in Division I Group A and were relegated in 2010. |

### Group B

| Team | Qualification |
| Bulgaria | Placed 4th in Division II Group A last year. |
| China | Placed 5th in Division II Group B last year. |
| Croatia | Host, Placed 6th in Division I B and were relegated in 2010. |
| Iceland | Placed 3rd in Division II B last year. |
| Ireland | Placed 1st in Division III A and were promoted in 2010. |
| Romania | 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
| Rk | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | +21 | 15 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 9 |
| 3 | Serbia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 9 |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 9 |
| 5 | Mexico | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 31 | −23 | 3 |
| 6 | North Korea | 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 | 8 |
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 |
| 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 | 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: Zak Nothling (NZL)
* Best Forward: Joseph Hughes (AUS)
* Best Defenceman: Nikola Bibic (SRB)

#### Best players

Best player of each team selected by the coaches.
* Nathan Walker (AUS)
* Kristof Van Looy (BEL)
* Fernando Ugarte (MEX)
* Corey Down (NZL)
* Marko Sretović (SRB)

## Group B Tournament
### Standings

* Promoted to Division I for 2012
* Relegated to Division III for 2012
| Rk | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| 1 | Romania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8 | +39 | 15 |
| 2 | Croatia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 10 | +43 | 12 |
| 3 | Iceland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 9 |
| 4 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 6 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 42 | −25 | 3 |
| 6 | Ireland | 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 | 4 |
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 |
| 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 | 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: Mate Tomljenović (CRO)
* Best Forward: Marko Lovrenčić (CRO)
* Best Defenceman: Szabolcs Papp (ROU)

#### Best players

Best player of each team selected by the coaches.
* Konstantin Mihaylov (BUL)
* Zhang Weiyang (CHN)
* Borna Rendulić (CRO)
* Mark Morrison (IRL)
* Egill Thormodsson (ISL)
* Szabolcs Papp (ROU)