Ice Hockey Wiki
Advertisement
2011 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Germany Germany
Dates April 14–24, 2011
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank Flag of the United States United States of America (6th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank Flag of Sweden Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank Flag of Russia Russia
Fourth place Flag of Canada Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 207 (6.68 per match)
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
Flag of the United States United States of America 4 4 0 0 0 21 8 +13 12
Flag of Russia Russia 4 2 1 0 1 24 13 +11 8
Flag of Germany Germany 4 1 0 1 2 11 17 −6 4
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 4 1 0 0 3 8 16 −8 3
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 9 19 −10 3

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

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

Group B[]

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

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

April 14, 2011
15:30
Finland Flag of Finland 5 – 2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0)
Flag of Norway Norway EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 276
April 14, 2011
19:30
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 2 – 1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)
Flag of Sweden Sweden EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 1,548
April 15, 2011
15:30
Norway Flag of Norway 2 – 10
(1–1, 0–3, 1–6)
Flag of Sweden Sweden EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 553
April 15, 2011
19:30
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 0 – 5
(0–3, 0–0, 0–2)
Flag of Canada Canada EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 2,027
April 16, 2011
19:30
Canada Flag of Canada 5 – 4
(1–0, 1–2, 3–2)
Flag of Finland Finland EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 1,625
April 17, 2011
15:30
Norway Flag of Norway 2 – 3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 878
April 17, 2011
19:30
Sweden Flag of Sweden 5 – 2
(1–1, 3–0, 1–1)
Flag of Finland Finland EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 1,114
April 18, 2011
19:30
Canada Flag of Canada 5 – 0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of Norway Norway EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 638
April 19, 2011
15:30
Finland Flag of Finland 5 – 3
(0–1, 1–1, 4–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic EnergieVerbund Arena
Attendance: 1,048
April 19, 2011
19:30
Sweden Flag of Sweden 4 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 4–1)
Flag of Canada 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
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3 3 0 0 0 11 5 9
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 9 9 6
Flag of Norway Norway 3 1 0 0 2 9 9 3
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 3 0 0 0 3 7 13 0

Schedule[]

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

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

Final round[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
      B1  Flag of Sweden Sweden 3  
  A2  Flag of Russia Russia 5     A2  Flag of Russia Russia 1    
  B3  Flag of Finland Finland 2         B1  Flag of Sweden Sweden 3
      A1  Flag of the United States United States of America 4
      A1  Flag of the United States United States of America 5    
  B2  Flag of Canada Canada 4     B2  Flag of Canada Canada 4   Third place
  A3  Flag of Germany Germany 3   A2  Flag of Russia Russia 6
  B2  Flag of Canada Canada 4

Quarterfinals[]

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

5th place game[]

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

Semifinals[]

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

Bronze medal game[]

April 24, 2011
14:30
Russia Flag of Russia 6 – 4
(1–1, 4–2, 1–1)
Flag of Canada Canada Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 2,024

Final[]

April 24, 2011
18:30
Sweden Flag of Sweden 3 – 4 OT
(1–1, 2–0, 0–2)
( OT: 0–1 )
Flag of the United States United States of America Eisstadion Crimmitschau
Attendance: 5,007

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Flag of Russia Nikita Kucherov 7 11 10 21 +10 6
Flag of Russia Mikhail Grigorenko 7 4 14 18 +10 18
Flag of Russia Nail Yakupov 7 6 7 13 +6 6
Flag of Finland Joel Armia 6 4 9 13 +2 8
Flag of the United States J. T. Miller 6 4 9 13 +8 6
Flag of Canada Ryan Murphy 7 4 9 13 +2 2
Flag of Russia Albert Yarullin 7 0 11 11 +12 4
Flag of the United States Reid Boucher 6 8 2 10 +9 8
Flag of Canada Ryan Murray 7 3 7 10 +1 6
Flag of Finland Markus Granlund 6 2 8 10 +4 6

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
Flag of Russia Andrei Vasilevski 343:30 235 15 2.62 93.62 0
Flag of Norway Steffen Søberg 338:46 317 22 3.90 93.06 0
Flag of the United States John Gibson 358:52 189 14 2.34 92.59 0
Flag of Germany Marvin Cupper 245:00 176 14 3.43 92.05 0
Flag of Switzerland Luca Boltshauser 332:44 198 16 2.89 91.92 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: Flag of the United States John Gibson (USA)
  • Best Forward: Flag of Russia Nikita Kucherov (RUS)
  • Best Defenseman: Flag of Canada Ryan Murphy (CAN)
Best players of each team

Best players of each team seleceted by the coaches.

Team Players
Flag of Canada Canada Ryan Murray
Mark Scheifele
Ryan Murphy
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Matej Machovsky
David Musil
Lukáš Sedlák
Flag of Finland Finland Joel Armia
Miikka Salomäki
Olli Määttä
Flag of Germany Germany Marvin Cupper
Daniel Fischbuch
Tobias Rieder
Flag of Norway Norway Steffen Søberg
Magnus Hoff
Sebastian Weberg
Flag of Russia Russia Albert Yarullin
Anton Slepyshev
Bogdan Yakimov
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Luca Boltshauser
Jan Neuenschwander
Tanner Richard
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Vladimír Dolník
Peter Boltun
Karol Korim
Flag of Sweden Sweden Oscar Klefbom
Victor Rask
Joachim Nermark
Flag of the United States United States of America J.T. Miller
Robbie Russo
John Gibson

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
Flag of Latvia Latvia 4 4 0 0 0 21 2 +19 12
Flag of Italy Italy 4 3 0 0 1 16 9 +7 9
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 4 1 1 0 2 12 19 –7 5
Flag of Hungary Hungary 4 1 0 1 2 10 16 –6 4
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom 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
Flag of Denmark Denmark 5 4 0 0 1 31 10 +21 12
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 5 4 0 0 1 18 14 +4 12
Flag of France France 5 2 1 0 2 19 11 +8 8
Flag of Belarus Belarus 5 2 0 1 2 25 13 +12 7
Flag of Poland Poland 5 2 0 0 3 12 20 –8 6
Flag of Korea South Korea 5 0 0 0 5 11 48 –37 0
promoted to Top Division relegated to Division II

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

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
Flag of Australia Australia 3 3 0 0 0 29 2 +27 9
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 3 2 0 0 1 16 11 +5 6
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 0 2 12 11 +1 3
Flag of Turkey Turkey 3 0 0 0 3 4 37 –33 0

Semifinals[]

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

Third place game[]

April 17, 2011 Turkey Flag of Turkey 2 – 4
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria

Advancement Game[]

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

Group B[]

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

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

References[]

  1. IIHF. 2011 IIHF Championship Program. Press release. Retrieved on 2010-05-30.
  2. The best things in life are three. iihf.com (2011-04-24). Retrieved on 2011-06-29.
  3. Japan withdraws from events. IIHF (29 March 2011). Retrieved on 29 March 2011.
  4. IIHF (2011-03-31). Mongolia cancels trips. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-31.

See also[]

External links[]

Advertisement