2011 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships was held in Crimmitschau and Dresden, Germany. The championships ran from April 14–24, 2011.
The United States won the title for the third straight time after beating Sweden 4–3 in the final in Overtime.
== Top Division ==
=== Preliminary Round ===
    	1st place: Team qualified to Semifinals
    	2nd-3rd place: Teams qualified to Quarterfinals
    	4th-5th place: Teams played in Relegation Round
==== Group A ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	21	8 	+13 	12
 	4 	2	1 	0 	1	24	13	+11 	8
 	4 	1	0 	1 	2	11	17	−6 	4
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	8 	16	−8 	3
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	9 	19	−10 	3
All times local (CEST/UTC+2)
==== Group B ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	20	8 	+12 	9
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	17	8 	+9 	9
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	16	15	+1 	6
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	8 	13	–5 	6
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	6 	23	−17 	0
All times local (CEST/UTC+2)
=== Relegation round ===
The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round were carried forward to this round.
    	Team qualified for the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championship
    	Team relegated to 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	11	5 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	9 	9 	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	9 	9 	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	7 	13	0
====Schedule====
All times local (CEST/UTC+2)
===Final round===
====Quarterfinals====
====5th place game====
====Semifinals====
====Bronze medal game====
====Final====
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
Nikita Kucherov 	7 	11	10	21 	+10	6
Mikhail Grigorenko	7 	4 	14	18 	+10	18
Nail Yakupov 	7 	6 	7 	13 	+6 	6
Joel Armia 	6 	4 	9 	13 	+2 	8
J. T. Miller 	6 	4 	9 	13 	+8 	6
Ryan Murphy 	7 	4 	9 	13 	+2 	2
Albert Yarullin 	7 	0 	11	11 	+12	4
Reid Boucher 	6 	8 	2 	10 	+9 	8
Ryan Murray 	7 	3 	7 	10 	+1 	6
Markus Granlund 	6 	2 	8 	10 	+4 	6
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes 
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
Andrei Vasilevski	343:30	235	15	2.62	93.62	0
Steffen Søberg 	338:46	317	22	3.90	93.06	0
John Gibson 	358:52	189	14	2.34	92.59	0
Marvin Cupper 	245:00	176	14	3.43	92.05	0
Luca Boltshauser 	332:44	198	16	2.89	91.92	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 Goalkeeper: 
*Best Forward: 
*Best Defenseman: 
; Best players of each team
Best players of each team seleceted by the coaches.
Team	Players
 	Ryan MurrayMark ScheifeleRyan Murphy
 	Matej MachovskyDavid MusilLukáš Sedlák
 	Joel ArmiaMiikka SalomäkiOlli Määttä
 	Marvin CupperDaniel FischbuchTobias Rieder
 	Steffen SøbergMagnus HoffSebastian Weberg
 	Albert YarullinAnton SlepyshevBogdan Yakimov
 	Luca BoltshauserJan NeuenschwanderTanner Richard
 	Vladimír DolníkPeter BoltunKarol Korim
 	Oscar KlefbomVictor RaskJoachim Nermark
 	J.T. MillerRobbie RussoJohn Gibson
== Division I ==
Group A was played in Riga, Latvia between April 11 and April 17, 2011. Group B was played in Maribor, Slovenia between April 10 and April 16, 2011. On March 29, 2011 Japan withdrew from the tournament due to the 2011 Japan Earthquake.
===Group A===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	21	2 	+19	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	16	9 	+7 	9
 	4 	1	1 	0 	2	12	19	–7 	5
 	4 	1	0 	1 	2	10	16	–6 	4
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	12	25	–13	0
promoted to Top Division	relegated to Division II
===Group B===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	31	10	+21	12
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	18	14	+4 	12
 	5 	2	1 	0 	2	19	11	+8 	8
 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	25	13	+12	7
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	12	20	–8 	6
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	11	48	–37	0
promoted to Top Division	relegated to Division II
== Division II ==
Group A was played in Braşov, Romania between March 19 and March 25, 2011. Group B was played in Donetsk, Ukraine between March 27 and April 2, 2011.
===Group A===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	56	3 	+53	15
 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	26	12	+14	11
 	5 	3	0 	1 	1	28	9 	+19	10
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	33	25	+8 	6
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	6 	43	–37	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	1 	58	–57	0
promoted to Division I	relegated to Division III
===Group B===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	51	7 	+44	15
 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	19	11	+8 	11
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	44	15	+29	9
 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	19	21	–2 	7
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	13	47	–34	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	8 	53	–45	0
promoted to Division I	relegated to Division III
== Division III ==
Group A was played in Taipei, Chinese Taipei between April 11 and April 17, 2011. Group B was played in Mexico City, Mexico between March 13 and March 20, 2011. Prior to the start of the tournament, the Mongolian national team announced they would withdraw, citing financial reasons. All games against them are to be counted as a forfeit, with a score of 5–0 for the opposing team. Group A played a round-robin schedule followed by a classification round.
===Group A===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	29	2 	+27	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	16	11	+5 	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	12	11	+1 	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	4 	37	–33	0
====Semifinals====
====Third place game====
====Advancement Game====
Australia promoted to Division II
===Group B===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
 	4 	3	1 	0 	0	52	5 	+47	11
 	4 	3	0 	1 	0	30	8 	+22	10
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	19	25	–6 	6
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	17	24	–7 	3
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	3 	59	–56	0
promoted to Division II
 is promoted to the Division II for the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships.
==References==
==See also==
* 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
* 2011 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
==External links==
*IIHF
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