2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Six teams played in each of the two groups. In addition to the usual promotion and relegation, the format (following this year) changed from two parallel tournaments, to two tiered tournaments.^[1] This means that the teams who finished 2nd and 3rd will be grouped together with the two relegated teams from the top division, and the teams who finished 4th and 5th will be grouped with the two promoted teams from Division II.

2011 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Belarus Slovenia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	13–19 December 2010 12–18 December 2010
Teams	12
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See also: 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group A

The Group A tournament was played in Babruysk, Belarus, from 13 to 19 December 2010.^[2]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Latvia	Placed 9th in Top Division last year and were relegated.
Belarus	Hosts; placed 2nd in Division I (Group B) last year.
Italy	Placed 3rd in Division I (Group B) last year.
Ukraine	Placed 4th in Division I (Group A) last year.
Japan	Placed 5th in Division I (Group A) last year.
Great Britain	Placed 1st in Division II (Group A) last year and were promoted.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Latvia	5	5	0	0	0	21	3	+18	15	Promoted to the 2012 Top Division
2	Belarus (H)	5	4	0	0	1	18	9	+9	12	Qualified for the 2012 Division I A
3	Great Britain	5	3	0	0	2	12	10	+2	9
4	Italy	5	2	0	0	3	13	8	+5	6	Qualified for the 2012 Division I B
5	Japan	5	1	0	0	4	9	15	−6	3
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	0	5	4	32	−28	0	Relegated to the 2012 Division II A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

13 December 2010 12:00

Japan

0–6 (0–0, 0–3, 0–3)

Italy

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

Game reference

13 December 2010 15:30

Great Britain

1–6 (0–1, 0–4, 1–1)

Latvia

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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13 December 2010 19:00

Ukraine

2–7 (0–1, 1–2, 1–4)

Belarus

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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14 December 2010 12:00

Italy

0–2 (0–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Great Britain

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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14 December 2010 15:30

Latvia

9–0 (3–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Ukraine

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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14 December 2010 19:00

Belarus

4–1 (1–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Japan

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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16 December 2010 12:00

Great Britain

5–1 (0–0, 2–1, 3–0)

Ukraine

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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16 December 2010 15:30

Latvia

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Japan

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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16 December 2010 19:00

Belarus

4–2 (0–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Italy

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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17 December 2010 12:00

Ukraine

0–6 (0–3, 0–1, 0–2)

Japan

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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17 December 2010 15:30

Italy

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Latvia

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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17 December 2010 19:00

Belarus

2–1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Great Britain

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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19 December 2010 12:00

Japan

1–3 (0–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Great Britain

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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19 December 2010 15:30

Italy

5–1 (1–0, 4–0, 0–1)

Ukraine

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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19 December 2010 19:00

Latvia

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Belarus

Babruysk Arena, Babruysk

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Nikolai Suslo	5	5	3	8	+5	4
2	Juris Upītis	5	3	5	8	+6	0
3	Zemgus Girgensons	5	4	3	7	+6	8
4	Elvijs Biezais	5	3	3	6	+4	6
5	Mikhail Khoromando	5	1	5	6	–1	4
6	Jack Prince	5	5	0	5	+3	2
7	Ruslam Azimov	5	2	3	5	+2	4
8	Robert Farmer	5	1	4	5	+1	2
8	Roman Malinovski	5	1	4	5	+4	2
10	Enrico Miglioranzi	5	0	5	5	–1	0

source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Jānis Kalniņš	240:00	2	97.50	0.50	2
2	Massimo Quagliato	239:29	4	96.26	1.00	1
3	Ben Bowns	300:00	10	95.19	2.00	1
4	Alexander Borodulya	298:35	8	91.75	1.61	0
5	Ren Yamaguchi	240:00	11	90.43	2.75	1

source: IIHF.com

IIHF Directorate awards

• Goaltender: Ben Bowns
• Defenceman: Ralfs Freibergs
• Forward: Nikolai Suslo

Group B

The Group B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 12 to 18 December 2010.^[3]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Austria	Placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated.
Denmark	Placed 2nd in Division I (Group A) last year.
Slovenia	Hosts; placed 3rd in Division I (Group A) last year.
Kazakhstan	Placed 4th in Division I (Group B) last year.
Croatia	Placed 5th in Division I (Group B) last year.
Lithuania	Placed 1st in Division II (Group B) last year and were promoted.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Denmark	5	4	0	0	1	35	14	+21	12	Promoted to the 2012 Top Division
2	Slovenia (H)	5	4	0	0	1	31	14	+17	12	Qualified for the 2012 Division I A
3	Austria	5	3	1	0	1	24	13	+11	11
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	19	24	−5	6	Qualified for the 2012 Division I B
5	Croatia	5	1	0	1	3	16	35	−19	4
6	Lithuania	5	0	0	0	5	10	35	−25	0	Relegated to the 2012 Division II A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

12 December 2010 13:00

Kazakhstan

1–7 (0–2, 1–1, 0–4)

Denmark

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

Game reference

12 December 2010 16:30

Lithuania

0–5 (0–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Austria

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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12 December 2010 20:00

Croatia

3–11 (0–4, 2–5, 1–2)

Slovenia

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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13 December 2010 15:00

Austria

5–2 (0–1, 4–1, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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13 December 2010 18:30

Denmark

12–3 (4–1, 5–1, 3–1)

Croatia

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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14 December 2010 18:30

Slovenia

10–3 (6–1, 2–1, 2–1)

Lithuania

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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15 December 2010 13:00

Austria

4–3 (OT) (0–0, 2–1, 1–2) (1–0)

Croatia

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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15 December 2010 16:30

Lithuania

4–6 (2–0, 1–3, 1–3)

Kazakhstan

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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15 December 2010 20:00

Denmark

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Slovenia

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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16 December 2010 18:30

Kazakhstan

6–2 (2–0, 2–2, 2–0)

Croatia

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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17 December 2010 15:00

Denmark

9–1 (6–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Lithuania

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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17 December 2010 18:30

Slovenia

3–2 (1–0, 0–0, 2–2)

Austria

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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18 December 2010 12:00

Croatia

5–2 (0–1, 1–1, 4–0)

Lithuania

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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18 December 2010 15:30

Austria

8–5 (2–2, 5–2, 1–1)

Denmark

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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18 December 2010 19:00

Slovenia

6–4 (0–2, 1–2, 5–0)

Kazakhstan

Ice Skating Arena, Bled

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Nicolai Meyer	5	8	4	12	+5	0
2	Eric Pance	5	7	5	12	+9	2
3	Kevin Puschnik	5	6	5	11	+7	10
4	Konstantin Komarek	5	5	5	10	+3	0
5	Borna Rendulić	5	4	5	9	–1	2
6	Patrick Russell	5	7	1	8	+8	2
7	Anton Petrov	5	5	3	8	+2	6
8	Gal Koren	5	3	5	8	+8	10
9	Mislav Blagus	5	2	6	8	0	0
10	Ken Ograjenšek	5	6	1	7	+2	4

source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Lasse Jensen	120:00	2	96.72	1.00	0
2	Andreas Brenkusch	124:24	3	94.00	1.45	1
3	Christoph Lindenhofer	178:40	10	90.91	3.36	0
4	Luka Gračnar	248:56	12	89.47	2.89	0
5	Roman Shtefan	239:45	20	87.34	5.01	0

source: IIHF.com

IIHF Directorate awards

• Goaltender: Luka Gračnar
• Defenceman: Jesper Jensen
• Forward: Eric Pance