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2011 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2011 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Germany
Dates April 14–24, 2011
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions  United States (6 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 207  (6.68 per game)
Attendance 47,309  (1,526 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Russia Nikita Kucherov (21 points)

The 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships was held in Crimmitschau and Dresden, Germany. The championships ran from April 14–24, 2011.[1]

The United States won the title for the third straight time after beating Sweden 4–3 in the final in overtime.[2]

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
 United States 4 4 0 0 0 21 8 +13 12
 Russia 4 2 1 0 1 24 13 +11 8
 Germany 4 1 0 1 2 11 17 −6 4
 Switzerland 4 1 0 0 3 8 16 −8 3
 Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 9 19 −10 3

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

April 14, 2011
15:30 		Russia  8 – 2
(3–0, 2–1, 3–1) 		 Slovakia Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 1,590
April 14, 2011
19:30 		Switzerland  1 – 2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1) 		 United States Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 356
April 15, 2011
15:30 		Slovakia  1 – 8
(0–2, 0–4, 1–2) 		 United States Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 800
April 15, 2011
19:30 		Switzerland  1 – 4
(0–2, 1–1, 0–1) 		 Germany Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 3,053
April 16, 2011
19:30 		Germany  4 – 5 SO
(0–3, 3–0, 1–1)
( OT: 0–0 )
( SO: 0–1 ) 		 Russia Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 4,060
April 17, 2011
15:30 		Slovakia  2 – 3
(1–2, 0–0, 1–1) 		 Switzerland Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 624
April 17, 2011
19:30 		United States  4 – 3
(2–0, 1–1, 1–2) 		 Russia Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 2,216
April 18, 2011
19:30 		Germany  0 – 4
(0–2, 0–2, 0–0) 		 Slovakia Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 2,037
April 19, 2011
15:30 		Russia  8 – 3
(4–0, 3–2, 1–1) 		 Switzerland Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 1,010
April 19, 2011
19:30 		United States  7 – 3
(2–0, 4–2, 1–1) 		 Germany Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 3,743

Group B[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff PTS
 Sweden 4 3 0 0 1 20 8 +12 9
 Canada 4 3 0 0 1 17 8 +9 9
 Finland 4 2 0 0 2 16 15 +1 6
 Czech Republic 4 2 0 0 2 8 13 –5 6
 Norway 4 0 0 0 4 6 23 −17 0

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

April 14, 2011
15:30 		Finland  5 – 2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0) 		 Norway EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 276
April 14, 2011
19:30 		Czech Republic  2 – 1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0) 		 Sweden EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 1,548
April 15, 2011
15:30 		Norway  2 – 10
(1–1, 0–3, 1–6) 		 Sweden EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 553
April 15, 2011
19:30 		Czech Republic  0 – 5
(0–3, 0–0, 0–2) 		 Canada EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 2,027
April 16, 2011
19:30 		Canada  5 – 4
(1–0, 1–2, 3–2) 		 Finland EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 1,625
April 17, 2011
15:30 		Norway  2 – 3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1) 		 Czech Republic EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 878
April 17, 2011
19:30 		Sweden  5 – 2
(1–1, 3–0, 1–1) 		 Finland EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 1,114
April 18, 2011
19:30 		Canada  5 – 0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Norway EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 638
April 19, 2011
15:30 		Finland  5 – 3
(0–1, 1–1, 4–1) 		 Czech Republic EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 1,048
April 19, 2011
19:30 		Sweden  4 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 4–1) 		 Canada EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 2,098

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
 Switzerland 3 3 0 0 0 11 5 9
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 9 9 6
 Norway 3 1 0 0 2 9 9 3
 Slovakia 3 0 0 0 3 7 13 0

Schedule[]

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

April 21, 2011
15:30 		Switzerland  4 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0) 		 Norway EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 328
April 21, 2011
19:30 		Czech Republic  4 – 3
(1–2, 1–1, 2–0) 		 Slovakia EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 728
April 23, 2011
15:30 		Slovakia  2 – 6
(2–1, 0–3, 0–2) 		 Norway EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 255
April 23, 2011
19:30 		Switzerland  4 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1) 		 Czech Republic EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 535

Final round[]

Quarterfinals[]

April 21, 2011
15:30 		Russia  5 – 2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1) 		 Finland Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 694
April 21, 2011
19:30 		Canada  4 – 3
(1–2, 1–0, 2–1) 		 Germany Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 3,150

5th place game[]

April 23, 2011
10:30 		Finland  6 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0) 		 Germany Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 915

Semifinals[]

April 23, 2011
14:30 		Sweden  3 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Russia Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 1,003
April 23, 2011
18:30 		United States  5 – 4 OT
 Canada Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 1,376

Bronze medal game[]

April 24, 2011
14:30 		Russia  6 – 4
  Canada Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 2,024

Final[]

April 24, 2011
18:30 		Sweden  3 – 4 OT
  United States Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 5,007

Division I[]

Main article: 2011 IIHF World U18 Championship 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.[3]

Group A[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF Pts
 Latvia 4 4 0 0 0 21 2 +19 12
 Italy 4 3 0 0 1 16 9 +7 9
 Kazakhstan 4 1 1 0 2 12 19 –7 5
 Hungary 4 1 0 1 2 10 16 –6 4
 Great Britain 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
 Denmark 5 4 0 0 1 31 10 +21 12
 Slovenia 5 4 0 0 1 18 14 +4 12
 France 5 2 1 0 2 19 11 +8 8
 Belarus 5 2 0 1 2 25 13 +12 7
 Poland 5 2 0 0 3 12 20 –8 6
 South Korea 5 0 0 0 5 11 48 –37 0
promoted to Top Division relegated to Division II

Division II[]

Main article: 2011 IIHF World U18 Championship 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
 Austria 5 5 0 0 0 56 3 +53 15
 Romania 5 3 1 0 1 26 12 +14 11
 Croatia 5 3 0 1 1 28 9 +19 10
 Estonia 5 2 0 0 3 33 25 +8 6
 Serbia 5 1 0 0 4 6 43 –37 3
 New Zealand 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
 Ukraine 5 5 0 0 0 51 7 +44 15
 Netherlands 5 3 1 0 1 19 11 +8 11
 Lithuania 5 3 0 0 2 44 15 +29 9
 Spain 5 2 0 1 2 19 21 –2 7
 China 5 1 0 0 4 13 47 –34 3
 Belgium 5 0 0 0 5 8 53 –45 0
promoted to Division I relegated to Division III

Division III[]

Main article: 2011 IIHF World U18 Championship 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.[4]

Group A[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 0 29 2 +27 9
 Bulgaria 3 2 0 0 1 16 11 +5 6
 Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 0 2 12 11 +1 3
 Turkey 3 0 0 0 3 4 37 –33 0

Semifinals[]

April 15, 2011 Australia  12 – 1
  Turkey
April 15, 2011 Bulgaria  5 – 6
  Chinese Taipei

Third place game[]

April 17, 2011 Turkey  2 – 4
  Bulgaria

Advancement Game[]

April 24, 2011 Australia  6 – 2
  Chinese Taipei
Australia promoted to Division II

Group B[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF Pts
 Iceland 4 3 1 0 0 52 5 +47 11
 Mexico 4 3 0 1 0 30 8 +22 10
 South Africa 4 2 0 0 2 19 25 –6 6
 Israel 4 1 0 0 3 17 24 –7 3
 Ireland 4 0 0 0 4 3 59 –56 0
promoted to Division II

 Iceland is promoted to the Division II for the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ "2011 IIHF Championship Program". IIHF. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships.html. Retrieved 2010-05-30. 
  2. ↑ "The best things in life are three". iihf.com. 2011-04-24. http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/wm18/news/news-singleview/article/the-best-things-in-life-are-three.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4435&cHash=36ff6f5007. Retrieved 2011-06-29. 
  3. ↑ "Japan withdraws from events". IIHF. 29 March 2011. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/japan-withdraws-from-events.html. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
  4. ↑ IIHF (2011-03-31). "Mongolia cancels trips". IIHF.com. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/mongolia-cancels-trips-1.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=a151eed3f6. Retrieved 2011-03-31. 

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