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 2011.2011 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III statistics 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
 	hosts; placed 6th in 2008 Division II and were relegated
 	placed 6th in 2009 Division II and were relegated
 	placed 2nd in 2008 Division III
 	placed 3rd in 2008 Division III
 	placed 4th in 2008 Division III
 	placed 5th in 2008 Division III
==Final standings==
==Match results==
All times are local (Australian Eastern Standard Time – UTC+10).
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==Statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1 	Fanni Gasparics 	 	5 	6	7	13 	+10	2
2 	Jasmina Rošar 	 	5 	6	6	12 	+9 	0
3 	Natasha Farrier 	 	5 	7	4	11 	+8 	0
4 	Savine Wielenga 	 	5 	6	4	10 	+9 	0
5 	Alexandra Rónai 	 	5 	6	3	9 	+10	6
6 	Pia Pren 	 	5 	7	1	8 	+4 	6
7 	Jessie Tegelaar 	 	5 	6	2	8 	+12	2
8 	Mieneke de Jong 	 	5 	3	5	8 	+7 	4
9 	Jose Schipper 	 	5 	5	2	7 	+8 	26
9 	Kitti Trencsényi	 	5 	5	2	7 	+4 	12
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com
===Goaltending leaders===
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
1 	Claudia van Leeuwen	 	210:29	4 	1.14	96.12	1
2 	Monika Gyömber 	 	180:00	7 	2.33	94.74	0
3 	Ashleigh Brown 	align=left	296:53	9 	1.82	93.08	1
4 	Eszter Kökényesi 	 	122:27	4 	1.96	92.86	0
5 	Anja Jeršin-Grilc 	 	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 = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
===Directorate Awards===
*Goaltender: Claudia van Leeuwen, 
*Defenseman: Kitti Trencsényi, 
*Forward: Natasha Farrier, 
Source: IIHF.com
== References ==
== External links ==
* Official website of IIHF
* Complete results at the hockeyarchives.info
Division III
Category:IIHF Women's World Championship Division III
Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Australia