2011 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice Hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Budapest, Hungary and Group B was contested in Kiev, Ukraine with both tournaments running from April 17–23, 2011.
==Participants==
===Group A===
Team	Qualification
 	Host, Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year.
 	Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2010.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year.
 	Placed 1st in Division II Group A and were promoted in 2010.
 	Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
* Japan withdrew due to many players and players' families being affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The IIHF decided that the 5th team in Group A would be relegated and Japan would retain their Division I place for the 2012 championship. 
===Group B===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 1st in Division II Group B and were promoted in 2010.
 	Placed 4th in Division I Group B last year.
 	Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2010.
 	Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
 	Host, Placed 2nd in Division I Group A last year.
==Group A Tournament==
===Standings===
	Promoted to Elite Division for 2012
	Relegated to Division II for 2012
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	4	3	1	0	0	15	5 	+10	11
2	 	4	3	0	1	0	29	11	+18	10
3	 	4	1	0	1	2	11	18	−7 	4
4	 	4	1	0	0	3	16	18	−2 	3
5	 	4	0	1	0	3	6 	25	−19	2
===Fixtures=== 
All times local.
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
Balázs Ladányi 	4 	2	10	12 	+7 	0
István Sofron 	4 	6	4 	10 	+6 	0
András Horváth 	4 	3	6 	9 	+6 	4
Márton Vas 	4 	3	5 	8 	+6 	4
Giulio Scandella 	4 	4	2 	6 	+4 	4
Alexander Egger 	4 	1	5 	6 	+5 	2
Diederick Hagemeijer	4 	3	2 	5 	−1 	6
Csaba Kovács 	4 	3	2 	5 	+2 	2
Armin Helfer 	4 	2	3 	5 	+3 	0
Ladislav Sikorcin 	4 	2	3 	5 	+2 	0
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
Thomas Tragust 	120:00	37 	0 	0.00	100.00	2
Daniel Bellissimo	120:56	75 	5 	2.48	93.33 	0
Levente Szuper 	110:56	70 	5 	2.70	92.86 	0
Ander Alcaine 	204:05	203	18	5.29	91.13 	0
Ian Meierdres 	118:50	84 	9 	4.54	89.29 	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: 
==Group B Tournament==
===Standings===
	Promoted to Elite Division for 2012
	Relegated to Division II for 2012
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	5	4	1	0	0	21	6 	+15	14
2	 	5	4	0	0	1	21	9 	+12	12
3	 	5	3	0	1	1	19	12	+7 	10
4	 	5	2	0	0	3	18	15	+3 	6
5	 	5	1	0	0	4	9 	24	−15	3
6	 	5	0	0	0	5	8 	30	−22	0
===Fixtures=== 
All times local.
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Olexander Materukhin	5 	3	6	9 	+6 	12
Oleg Shafarenko 	5 	3	5	8 	+6 	16
Jonathan Weaver 	5 	1	7	8 	+1 	0
David Clarke 	5 	4	3	7 	+4 	4
Oleg Tymchenko 	5 	4	3	7 	+6 	4
Vitaly Lyutkevych 	5 	0	7	7 	+7 	0
David Longstaff 	5 	3	3	6 	+3 	0
Marcin Kolusz 	5 	2	4	6 	+1 	4
Andrei Makrov 	5 	3	2	5 	−4 	4
 	5 	3	2	5 	+5 	2
Talgat Zhailauov 	5 	3	2	5 	+4 	0
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
Stephen Murphy 	285:25	138	9 	1.89	93.48	0
Vitaly Yeremeyev 	242:01	80 	6 	1.49	92.50	0
Kostiantyn Simchuk	180:26	77 	9 	2.99	88.31	0
Mantas Armalis 	200:00	104	13	3.90	87.50	0
Rafal Radziszewski	219:19	86 	11	3.01	87.21	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: 
==Team Photos==
2011Kazakhstan.jpg|Kazakhstan
2011Britain.jpg|United Kingdom
==References==
==External links==
*International Ice Hockey Federation
Division I