2011 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested between April 11–17, 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa.[1] Prior to the start of the tournament, the Mongolian 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.[2]

2011 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
DatesApril 11 – April 17
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
2010
2012

Israel won all five of its games by a combined score of 57-9, and was promoted to the 2012 IIHF World Championship Division II.[3] Israel's Eliezer Sherbatov led the tournament in points, goals, assists, and +/-, earning 26 points (14 goals + 12 assists) in four games.[4] He was named the best forward of the tournament.[4][5]

Participants

Team Qualification
 Greece Placed 2nd in Division III A last year.[6]
 Israel Placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated in 2010.[7]
 Luxembourg Placed 3rd in Division III A last year.[6]
 Mongolia Placed 3rd in Division III B last year.[8] (withdrew from tournament)
 South Africa Host, Placed 2nd in Division III B last year.[8]
 Turkey Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated in 2010.[9]

Tournament

Standings

Promoted to Division II for 2012
Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Israel54100579+4814
2 South Africa54010439+3413
3 Turkey530022925+49
4 Luxembourg520033322+116
5 Greece51004779−723
6 Mongolia50005025−250

Fixtures

All times local.

April 11
13:00
Turkey 5–0
(forfeit)
 MongoliaGrandwest Ice Arena
April 11
16:15
Greece 0–20
(0–5, 0–7, 0–8)
 LuxembourgGrandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 140
April 11
21:45
South Africa 5 – 6 OT
(2–1, 2–2, 1–2)
( OT: 0–1 )
 IsraelGrandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 851
April 12
13:00
Mongolia 0–5
(forfeit)
 GreeceGrandwest Ice Arena
April 12
16:15
Israel 11–1
(4–0, 4–0, 3–1)
 LuxembourgGrandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 56
April 12
21:45
Turkey 1–11
(0–5, 1–3, 0–3)
 South AfricaGrandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 738
April 14
13:00
Israel 5–0
(forfeit)
 MongoliaGrandwest Ice Arena
April 14
16:00
Turkey 16–0
(6–0, 4–0, 6–0)
 GreeceGrandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 113
April 14
21:45
South Africa 5–2
(1–1, 1–0, 3–1)
 LuxembourgGrandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,014
April 15
13:00
Mongolia 0–5
(forfeit)
 South AfricaGrandwest Ice Arena
April 15
16:15
Luxembourg 5–6
(1–1, 1–2, 3–3)
 TurkeyGrandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 87
April 15
19:45
Greece 2–26
(0–6, 0–8, 2–12)
 IsraelGrandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,014
April 17
13:00
Luxembourg 5–0
(forfeit)
 MongoliaGrandwest Ice Arena
April 17
16:15
Israel 9–1
(3–1, 5–0, 1–0)
 TurkeyGrandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,014
April 17
21:45
South Africa 17–0
(4–0, 6–0, 7–0)
 GreeceGrandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,014

Officials

The IIHF selected 4 referees and 7 linesmen to work the 2011 IIHF World Championship Div III. They were the following:

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Eliezer Sherbatov4141226+220
Sergei Frenkel4111122+214
Daniel Mazour411718+1810
Robert Beran44812+831
Thierry Beran44711+40
Daniel Spivak44610+54
Cameron Birrell401010+160
Deen Magmoed4639+94
Savaş Aktürk4459+510
Marc Giot4189+86

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
David Berger120:006831.5095.590
Avihu Sorotzki201:148161.7992.590
Ashley Bock123:514162.9185.371
Levent Ozbaydugan191:05114175.3485.091
Philippe Lepage221:57124215.6883.061

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate
Best players

Best player of each team selected by the coaches.

  • Kyriakos Adamidis
  • Tal Avneri
  • Georges Scheier
  • Ian Ashworth
  • Emrah Ozmen

References

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