2011 IIHF World Championship Division II
International ice hockey competition
2011 IIHF World Championship Division II Host countries Australia Croatia Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Dates A: 4–10 April B: 10–16 April Teams 12
The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II were international Ice Hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation . Group A was contested from 4–10 April 2011 in Melbourne , Australia [ 1] and Group B was contested from 10 to 16 April 2011 in Zagreb , Croatia .[ 2] 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.[ 3] This was the last year of parallel divisional tournaments so teams that finished third and above formed Group A for 2012, and the lower finishers formed Group B.
Participants
Group A
Team
Qualification
Australia
Host , Placed 2nd in Division II Group A last year.[ 4]
Belgium
Placed 3rd in Division II Group A last year.[ 4]
Mexico
Placed 5th in Division II A last year.[ 4]
New Zealand
Placed 4th in Division II B last year.[ 5]
North Korea
Placed 1st in Division III B and were promoted in 2010.[ 6]
Serbia
Placed 6th in Division I Group A and were relegated in 2010.[ 7]
Group B
Team
Qualification
Bulgaria
Placed 4th in Division II Group A last year.[ 4]
China
Placed 5th in Division II Group B last year.[ 5]
Croatia
Host , Placed 6th in Division I B and were relegated in 2010.[ 8]
Iceland
Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.[ 5]
Ireland
Placed 1st in Division III A and were promoted in 2010.[ 9]
Romania
Placed 2nd in Division II Group B last year.[ 5]
Group A Tournament
Standings
Promoted to Division I for 2012
Relegated to Division III for 2012
Fixtures
All times local.
4 April 13:00 Belgium 3–2 (1–1, 2–0, 0–1) Serbia Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 134
4 April 20:00 Australia 11–1 (1–0, 4–0, 6–1) Mexico Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 1,200
6 April 20:00 Australia 5–3 (0–0, 3–1, 2–2) Belgium Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 1,320
7 April 13:00 Serbia 7–0 (1–0, 4–0, 2–0) Mexico Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 103
9 April 16:30 Mexico 2–8 (1–1, 0–3, 1–4) Belgium Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 280
10 April 19:15 Serbia 2–4 (1–2, 0–1, 1–1) Australia Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 1,550
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
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.
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 players
Best player of each team selected by the coaches.
Nathan Walker (AUS )
Kristof Van Looy (BEL )
Fernando Ugarte (MEX )
Corey Down (NZL )
Marko Sretović (SRB )
Group B Tournament
Standings
Promoted to Division I for 2012
Relegated to Division III for 2012
Rk
Team
GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GDF
PTS
1
Romania
5
5
0
0
0
47
8
+39
15
2
Croatia
5
4
0
0
1
53
10
+43
12
3
Iceland
5
3
0
0
2
24
18
+6
9
4
China
5
2
0
0
3
26
25
+1
6
5
Bulgaria
5
1
0
0
4
17
42
−25
3
6
Ireland
5
0
0
0
5
4
68
−64
0
Fixtures
All times local.
Game reference Mate Tomljenović Tihomir Filipec Goalies Konstantin Mihailov Teodor Asenov Referee: Tommy SoestumoenB. Rendulić (D. Kanaet , M. Blagus ) – 01:121–0 T. Grozaj (M. Smerdelj , N. Senzel ) – 08:292–0 T. Čunko (M. Brumerčik , M. Ljubić ) (PP) – 14:293–0 T. Čunko (M. Lovrenčić ) – 18:58 4–0 M. Lovrenčić (T. Čunko, I. Šijan) (PP2) – 20:48 5–0 D. Plahutar (N. Senzel, K. Svigir ) (PP) – 22:416–0 6–1 23:04 – S. Georgiev M. Ljubić (M. Lovrenčić, J. Kučera ) – 23:49 7–1 B. Rendulić (M. Sertić , D. Kanaet) – 24:16 8–1 M. Blagus (D. Kanaet, N. Senzel) – 24:42 9–1 M. Blagus (B. Rendulić, D. Kanaet) (PP) – 28:49 10–1 M. Lovrenčić (M. Ljubić) – 31:15 11–1 M. Lovrenčić (T. Čunko) (PP) – 35:11 12–1 M. Brumerčik (T. Grozaj, M. Sertić) (PP) – 39:03 13–1 D. Plahutar (N. Senzel, V. Žibret ) – 49:06 14–1 N. Senzel (M. Lovrenčić, M. Brumerčik) – 56:22 15–1 D. Kanaet (B. Rendulić, M. Ljubić) – 57:30 16–1 B. Rendulić (D. Kanaet) – 58:35 17–1 17–2 59:40 – A. Yotov (V. Vasilev )
6 min Penalties 22 min 103 Shots 14
Game reference Adrian Catrinoi Cornea Rajmond Fulop Goalies Adam Pepper Kevin Kelly Referee: Robert MullnerO. Bíró (Z. Pál ) – 00:241–0 R. Gliga (S. Papp , E. Moldovan ) – 03:112–0 J. Adorján (Z. Antal , C. Virág ) – 05:46 (PP)3–0 Y. Pysarenko (T. Becze ) – 12:164–0 S. Papp (I. Nagy ) – 12:30 5–0 C. Virág (Z. Molnár , Z. Antal) – 16:27 6–0 E. Kósa (Y. Pysarenko, Z. Pál) – 20:22 (PP)7–0 L. Péter (Z. Bálint , Y. Pysarenko) – 24:258–0 I. Nagy (R. Gliga, L. Péter) – 30:48 9–0 S. Papp (R. Gliga, L. Péter) – 31:32 10–0 E. Kósa (C. Virág, Z. Antal) – 34:03 11–0 T. Becze (I. Nagy, T. Basilidesz ) – 34:40 12–0 T. Becze (S. Papp) – 35:25 13–0 Z. Bálint (R. Gliga) – 36:22 14–0 Z. Bálint (I. Nagy, L. Péter) – 41:44 15–0 Z. Molnár (Z. Antal, A. Góga ) – 42:47 16–0 T. Becze (L. Péter, A. Góga) – 46:09 17–0 A. Góga (E. Moldovan) (SH) – 48:40 18–0 I. Nagy (A. Góga, J. Adorján) (PP) – 54:18 19–0 T. Becze (T. Basilidesz, E. Mihály ) – 56:13 20–0 R. Gliga (Y. Pysarenko, E. Kósa) – 57:40 21–0 E. Moldovan (O. Bíró, A. Góga) – 58:04 22–0
10 min Penalties 10 min 57 Shots 15
Game reference Kevin Kelly Adam Pepper Goalies Tihomir Filipec Referee: Daniel Gamper0–1 02:56 – T. Čunko (M. Smerdelj , M. Čunko ) (PP) 0–2 03:42 – M. Novak (M. Tadić , M. Lovrenčić ) 0–3 06:06 – S. Belić (T. Grozaj , V. Žibret ) 0–4 07:02 – M. Lovrenčić (M. Novak, J. Kučera ) 0–5 07:17 – M. Brumerčik (M. Lovrenčić, M. Novak) D. Morrison (S. Dooley , G. Roberts ) (PP) – 14:561–5 1–6 17:45 – V. Žibret (T. Grozaj, K. Svigir ) 1–7 19:56 – D. Kanaet (B. Rendulić , N. Senzel ) (PP) 1–8 27:05 – D. Kanaet (M. Blagus , B. Rendulić) 1–9 30:56 – M. Lovrenčić (M. Novak, J. Kučera) (PP) 1–10 32:12 – M. Ljubić (M. Blagus, B. Rendulić) 1–11 33:33 – V. Žibret (K. Svigir, M. Sertić ) 1–12 35:41 – M. Smerdelj (I. Šijan, T. Čunko) (PP) 1–13 37:44 – D. Kanaet (M. Ljubić, B. Rendulić) (PP) 1–14 40:14 – M. Novak (J. Kučera, M. Lovrenčić) G. Roberts (D. Morrison, S. Dooley) (SH) – 42:58 2–14 2–15 40:14 – T. Čunko (M. Čunko, N. Senzel) (PP) 2–16 47:37 – K. Svigir (M. Brumerčik, M. Ljubić) (SH) 2–17 49:33 – T. Grozaj (M. Čunko, M. Lovrenčić) S. Dooley (S. Hamill , M. Morrison ) (PP) – 50:47 3–17 3–18 51:02 – V. Žibret (T. Grozaj, K. Svigir) 3–19 54:31 – B. Rendulić (S. Belić, M. Lovrenčić) (PP) M. Morrison (J. McCrainor , G. Roberts) – 56:02 4–19 4–20 58:48 – K. Svigir (B. Rendulić, M. Sertić) 4–21 59:07 – D. Kanaet (K. Svigir, S. Belić)
20 min Penalties 12 min 8 Shots 65
Game reference Konstantin Mihailov Teodor Asenov Goalies Liu Zhiwei Referee: Daniel Gamper0–1 07:31 – Liu Y. (Liu W. , Hu T. ) 0–2 11:55 – Cui Z. (Lang B. , Zhang H. ) 0–3 22:35 – Liu W. (Liu Y., Hu T.) M. Boyadjiev (R. Asenov , M. Giurov ) (PP2) – 28:551–3 S. Muhachev (M. Milanov , L. Giumov ) – 30:522–3 2–4 33:34 – Fu N. (Zhang H., Lang B.) 2–5 34:22 – Liu Y. (Liu W., Meng Q. ) 2–6 37:01 – Liu Y. (Liu L. ) 2–7 37:12 – Meng Q. (Liu Y., Liu W.) S. Muhachev (M. Boyadjiev, R. Asenov) – 39:00 3–7 S. Muhachev (M. Boyadjiev, R. Asenov) – 39:22 4–7 4–8 42:14 – Fu N. (Liu W., Liu L.) 4–9 45:37 – Liu W. (Liu Y., Meng Q.) 4–10 48:20 – Cui Z. (Lang B., Meng Q.) (PP) 4–11 53:26 – Fu N. (Lang B., Cui Z.) M. Giurov (M. Boyadjiev, R. Asenov) – 55:02 5–11 5–12 59:19 – Zhang W. (Wang D. , Fu T. ) L. Giumov (M. Boyadjiev, S. Muhachev) – 59:40 6–12
4 min Penalties 6 min 25 Shots 36
Game reference Omar Skúlason Dennis Hedstrom Goalies Kevin Kelly Adam Pepper Referee: Tommy SoestumoenE. Alengaard (E. Thormodsson ) – 00:121–0 B. Arnason (E. Thormodsson, R. Hedström ) (PP) – 01:072–0 A. Mikaelsson (B. Thordarson , J. Gíslason ) (PP) – 03:303–0 E. Thormodsson (E. Alengaard, B. Jakobsson ) – 13:50 4–0 M. Sigurdarson (S. Hrafnsson ) (SH) – 15:125–0 O. Björnsson (B. Thordarson, B. Arnason) – 18:066–0 A. Mikaelsson (J. Gíslason, R. Pålsson ) – 22:03 7–0 E. Thormodsson (E. Alengaard, I. Jönsson ) – 23:24 8–0 G. Thormodsson (E. Thormodsson, B. Arnason) (PP) – 26:079–0 A. Mikaelsson (J. Gíslason) (PP) – 35:29 10–0 I. Elíasson (A. Mikaelsson, J. Gíslason) (PP) – 39:3511–0 G. Thormodsson (E. Alengaard, U. Andresson ) (PP) – 52:05 12–0 S. Sigurdsson (S. Hrafnsson, M. Sigurdarson) – 54:5713–0 D. Adel (O. Björnsson, R. Hedström) (PP) – 58:1114–0
10 min Penalties 38 min 60 Shots 10
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
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.
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 Goaltender: Mate Tomljenović (CRO )
Best Forward: Marko Lovrenčić (CRO )
Best Defenceman: Szabolcs Papp (ROU )
Best players
Best player of each team selected by the coaches.
References
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