2011 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2011 IIHF World Women's Championships were held in April 2011.2010 IIHF Championship Program iihf.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2010. This was the 13th women's championship run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The United States were the defending champions. 28,437 fans attended the 2011 IIHF World Women's Championship including 4,318 spectators at the gold medal game. http://www.iihf.com/fi/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/tomcikova-named-mvp.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4926&cHash=63415b86dd
==Top Division==
Hilary Knight (Hanover, N.H.) scored the game-winning goal at 7:48 of overtime as the U.S. Women’s National Team won its third consecutive world title with a 3-2 overtime victory against Canada at the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championship at Hallenstadion.http://www.iihf.com/fi/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/ww-gold-going-to-ot.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4926&cHash=ae7da683d0 Jessie Vetter made 51 saves in the championship-winning effort. Karoliina Rantamäki scored at 2:49 overtime to give Finland the bronze medal at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship.http://www.iihf.com/fi/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/classic-bronze-goes-to-finland.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4926&cHash=11051382c2
===Preliminary Round===
====Group A====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	27	2 	+25	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	11	10	+1 	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	6 	21	−15	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	1 	12	−11	0
====Group B====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	21	0 	+21	9
 	3 	1	1 	0 	1	8 	14	−6 	5
 	3 	1	0 	1 	1	6 	7 	−1 	4
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	4 	18	−14	0
===Relegation series===
Best of three.
All times local (CEST/UTC+2)
=== Final round ===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====5th place playoff====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Hilary Knight 	5 	5	9	14 	+11	2
Brianna Decker 	5 	4	7	11 	+10	8
Michelle Karvinen 	6 	4	4	8 	+2 	8
Erika Holst 	5 	2	6	8 	−2 	2
Meghan Duggan 	5 	4	3	7 	+5 	2
 	3 	2	5	7 	+3 	6
Julie Chu 	5 	1	6	7 	+6 	0
Kendall Coyne 	5 	4	2	6 	+9 	0
Rebecca Johnston 	5 	4	2	6 	+5 	0
Karoliina Rantamäki	5 	4	2	6 	+1 	4
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
Noora Räty 	304:05	233	10	1.97	95.71	0
Shannon Szabados 	127:48	64 	3 	1.41	95.31	1
Jessica Vetter 	187:48	84 	4 	1.28	95.24	0
Zuzana Tomchikova	305:00	250	13	2.56	94.80	1
Kim Martin 	208:28	86 	6 	1.73	93.02	1
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===
*Media All-Stars
**Goalkeeper: 
**Defense: , 
**Forwards: , , 
**Most Valuable Player: 
* 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
 	Meaghan MikkelsonHayley WickenheiserRebecca Johnston
 	Noora RätyJenni HiirikoskiKaroliina Rantamäki
 	Daria ObydennovaNatalya YakovchukLyubov Ibragimova
 	Tatyana BurinaIya GavrilovaYekaterina Smolentseva
 	Julia MartyNicole BulloSara Benz
 	Zuzana TomchikovaIveta KarafiatovaJana Kapustova
 	Erika HolstElin HolmlövGunilla Andersson
 	Jessica VetterBrianna DeckerCaitlin Cahow
==Division I==
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament which was held in Ravensburg, Germany, from April 11 to April 16. The winner of the group will be promoted to the Top Division for the 2012 championships, while the last-placed team in the group will be relegated to Division II.
On March 29, 2011 Japan withdrew from the tournament due to the 2011 Japan Earthquake. They will retain their position in 2012's Division I, and the 5th placed team will be relegated.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	12	2 	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	13	7 	9
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	5 	7 	3
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	6 	12	3
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	8 	16	3
 is promoted to Top Division for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship. is relegated to Division II (renamed Division I B).
==Division II==
The following teams took part in the Division II tournament which was held in Caen, France. The winner of the group, Czech Republic is promoted to Division I for the 2012 championships, while the last-placed team in the group, North Korea is relegated to Division III. 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.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	23	2 	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	13	5 	12
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	17	12	9
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	11	9 	6
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	10	21	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	0 	25	0
 is promoted to Division I A for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship. is relegated to Division III (renamed Division II A).
==Division III==
The following teams took part in the Division III tournament which was held in Newcastle, Australia. The winner of the group, Netherlands is promoted to Division II for the 2012 championships, while the last-placed team in the group, Belgium is relegated to Division IV.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	1 	0 	0	33	4 	14
 	5 	4	0 	1 	0	22	9 	13
 	5 	2	1 	0 	2	27	11	8
 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	19	16	7
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	5 	29	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	3 	40	0
 is promoted to Division II (renamed I B) for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship. is relegated to Division IV (renamed II B).
==Division IV==
The following teams took part in the Division IV tournament which was held in Reykjavik, Iceland, from March 29 to April 4.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	20	6 	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	15	6 	9
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	10	10	6
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	9 	15	3
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	4 	21	0
 is promoted to Division III (renamed II A) for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship. should have been relegated to Division V (renamed II B Qualification) but were not.
==Division V==
The following teams took part in the Division V tournament which was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 14 to March 20.
 is promoted to Division IV (renamed II B) for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship. In addition, because of some nations not participating, instead of hosting the Division II B Qualification, effectively were promoted as wellProposed 2012 CalendarActual Schedule
==Team Photos==
2011SlovakiaWomen.jpg|Slovakia
==References==
== External links ==
* IIHF Official Site
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