2011 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II were international Ice Hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation

International Ice Hockey Federation

The International Ice Hockey Federation is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 70 members...

. Group A was contested from 4–10 April 2011 in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

and Group B was contested from 10–16 April 2011 in Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. 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.

Group A

Team	Qualification
	Host, Placed 2nd in Division II Group A last year.
	Placed 3rd in Division II Group A last year.
	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
	Placed 1st in Division III B and were promoted in 2010.
	Placed 6th in Division I Group A and were relegated in 2010.

Group B

Team	Qualification
	Placed 4th in Division II Group A last year.
	Placed 5th in Division II Group B last year.
	Host, Placed 6th in Division I B and were relegated in 2010.
	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
	Placed 1st in Division III A and were promoted in 2010.
	Placed 2nd in Division II Group B last year.

Standings

	Promoted to Division I for 2012
	Relegated to Division III for 2012


1	5	5	0	27	6	+21	15
2	5	3	2	19	8	+11	9
3	5	3	2	22	11	+11	9
4	5	3	2	19	14	+5	9
5	5	1	4	8	31	−23	3
6	5	0	5	0	25	−25	0

Fixtures

All times local.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Joseph Hughes Joseph Hughes (ice hockey) Joseph Hughes is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Melbourne Ice in the Australian Ice Hockey League.-Playing career:...	4	7	4	11	+4	4
Lliam Webster Lliam Webster Lliam Webster is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Melbourne Ice in the Australian Ice Hockey League.-Playing career:...	4	4	3	7	+4	2
Chris Eaden	4	5	1	6	+1	2
Nathan Walker Nathan Walker Nathan Walker is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for HC Vítkovice Steel of the Czech Extraliga. Walker, who was born in Wales, grew up in Australia and first played ice hockey there. He moved to the Czech Republic in 2007 in order to further his career, and joined the junior...	4	4	2	6	+7	4
Bryan Kolodziejczyk	4	3	3	6	+2	14
Greg Oddy Greg Oddy Greg Oddy is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Adelaide Adrenaline in the Australian Ice Hockey League.-Playing career:...	4	2	4	6	+5	2
Nemanja Vučurević	4	1	5	6	+5	0
Marko Sretović	4	4	1	5	+2	2
Paris Heyd	4	2	3	5	+1	4
Branko Mamić	4	1	4	5	+4	10
Brett Speirs	4	1	4	5	+2	8
Nikola Bibić	4	0	5	5	0	4

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
Rick Parry	120:00	48	0	0.00	100.00	2
Matthew Ezzy Matthew Ezzy Matthew Ezzy is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Newcastle North Stars in the Australian Ice Hockey League.-Playing career:...	240:00	116	6	1.50	95.08	1
Zak Nothling	119:21	88	8	4.02	91.67	0
Bjorn Steijlen	159:51	103	11	4.13	90.35	0
Arsenije Rankovic	152:53	56	8	3.14	87.50	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutout
Shutout
In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....

s
Source: IIHF.com

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:

Best Goalkeeper:
Best Forward:
Best Defenseman:

Best players
Best player of each team seleceted by the coaches.