# 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

The 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 16th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place between 19 and 25 June in the Czech Republic. The games were played in the ČEZ Arena in Pardubice.

## Venue

* Pardubice
* ČEZ Arena Capacity: 10,194

## Nations

The following eight nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. Six nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.

### Europe

* Czech Republic
* Finland
* Germany
* Slovenia
* Slovakia
* Sweden

### North America

* Canada
* United States
* ↑ Qualified as hosts
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Automatic qualifier after a top 7 placement at the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
* ↑ Qualified after a top placement at the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I

## Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parentheses is the corresponding seeding):

## Preliminary round

Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, every team advanced to the Playoff round.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 9 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 | +18 | 9 |
| Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 6 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 3 |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+2).

## Playoff round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| B2 | Finland | 5 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Canada | 6 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Canada | 6 | QF1 | Canada | 2 | | | |
| | | | QF2 | United States | 4 | | | |
| A1 | United States | 16 | QF2 | United States | 4 | | | |
| B4 | Germany | 1 | | | | | | |
| B4 | Germany | 1 | | | | SF1 | United States | 2 |
| | | | | | | SF2 | Czech Republic | 3 |
| A2 | Slovenia | 2 | | | | | | | SF2 | Czech Republic | 3 |
| B3 | Sweden | 6 | | | |
| B3 | Sweden | 6 | QF3 | Sweden | 4 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | QF4 | Czech Republic | 8 |
| A4 | Czech Republic | 9 | QF4 | Czech Republic | 8 | SF1 | Canada | 13 |
| B1 | Slovakia | 2 | | | | SF2 | Sweden | 7 |

### Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Placement round

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Relegation round

Time is local (UTC+2).

### Bronze medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

### Gold medal match

Time is local (UTC+2).
* 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship winners
* Czech Republic 1st title

## Ranking and statistics
### Tournament Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goalkeeper: Roman Handl (CZE)
** Best Defenseman: Tomas Demel (CZE)
** Best Forward: Jose Junior Cadiz (USA)

### Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
| Rk. | Team |
| | Czech Republic |
| | United States |
| | Canada |
| 4. | Sweden |
| 5. | Finland |
| 6. | Slovenia |
| 7. | Germany |
| 8. | Slovakia |

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| David Hammond | 6 | 11 | 6 | 17 | +5 | 6.0 | FW |
| Sami Markkanen | 5 | 9 | 6 | 15 | −5 | 1.5 | DF |
| Ludek Broz | 6 | 9 | 5 | 14 | +15 | 6.0 | FW |
| Simon Olsson | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | +1 | 13.0 | FW |
| Itan Chavira | 5 | 10 | 1 | 11 | +5 | 1.5 | FW |
| Matic Kralj | 5 | 9 | 2 | 11 | −3 | 4.5 | FW |
| Kristian Luukkonen | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +2 | 4.5 | FW |
| Martin Vozdecky | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +13 | 3.0 | FW |
| Nathan Sigmund | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +10 | 1.5 | FW |
| Max Grassi | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +9 | 4.5 | FW |
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 |
| Roman Handl | 288:00 | 142 | 14 | 1.75 | 90.14 | 0 |
| Troy Redmann | 190:55 | 103 | 11 | 2.07 | 89.32 | 0 |
| Gasper Kroselj | 205:11 | 149 | 20 | 3.51 | 86.58 | 0 |
| Roman Hrusovsky | 142:01 | 113 | 18 | 4.56 | 84.07 | 0 |
| Brett Leggat | 286:43 | 183 | 30 | 3.77 | 83.61 | 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