2011 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

The 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Newcastle, Australia, from 1 to 6 February 2011.[1] Division III represented the fourth tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.

2011 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Australia
CityNewcastle
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates1–6 February 2011
Teams6
← 2008
2009 (cancelled)
2012 →

The winner of this tournament was promoted to Division II (renamed I B) for the 2012 championships, while the last-placed team in the group was relegated to Division IV (renamed II B).

This tournament was the first at this level since 2008, and finished in dramatic style as the Netherlands won in a shootout. The top two ranked teams (Australia and the Netherlands), were both undefeated until they played each other on the final day, with Julie Zwarthoed scoring the decisive goal.

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
  Australia hosts; placed 6th in 2008 Division II and were relegated
  Netherlands placed 6th in 2009 Division II and were relegated
  Slovenia placed 2nd in 2008 Division III
  Croatia placed 3rd in 2008 Division III
  Belgium placed 4th in 2008 Division III
  Hungary placed 5th in 2008 Division III

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1   Netherlands 5 4 1 0 0 33 4 +29 14 Promoted to the 2012 Division I B
2   Australia (H) 5 4 0 1 0 22 9 +13 13 Qualified for the 2012 Division II A
3   Hungary 5 2 1 0 2 27 11 +16 8
4   Slovenia 5 2 0 1 2 19 16 +3 7
5   Croatia 5 1 0 0 4 5 29 −24 3
6   Belgium 5 0 0 0 5 3 40 −37 0 Relegated to the 2012 Division II B
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

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All times are local (Australian Eastern Standard TimeUTC+10).

1 February 2011
13:00
Hungary  12–1
(7–1, 2–0, 3–0)
  CroatiaHISS Arena
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1 February 2011
16:30
Slovenia  0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)
  NetherlandsHISS Arena
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1 February 2011
20:00
Australia  7–1
(1–1, 4–0, 2–0)
  BelgiumHISS Arena
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2 February 2011
13:00
Netherlands  9–0
(1–0, 5–0, 3–0)
  CroatiaHISS Arena
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2 February 2011
16:30
Belgium  1–9
(1–0, 0–2, 0–7)
  HungaryHISS Arena
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2 February 2011
20:00
Australia  7–4
(2–1, 3–2, 2–1)
  SloveniaHISS Arena
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3 February 2011
13:00
Netherlands  13–0
(2–0, 7–0, 4–0)
  BelgiumHISS Arena
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3 February 2011
16:30
Slovenia  3–1
(3–0, 0–0, 0–1)
  CroatiaHISS Arena
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3 February 2011
20:00
Australia  1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
  HungaryHISS Arena
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5 February 2011
13–00
Belgium  1–9
(0–3, 1–3, 0–3)
  SloveniaHISS Arena
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5 February 2011
16:30
Hungary  2–5
(1–1, 1–0, 0–4)
  NetherlandsHISS Arena
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5 February 2011
20:00
Croatia  1–5
(1–1, 0–1, 0–3)
  AustraliaHISS Arena
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6 February 2011
13:00
Slovenia  3–4 (OT)
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)
(0–1)
  HungaryHISS Arena
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6 February 2011
16:30
Croatia  2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  BelgiumHISS Arena
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6 February 2011
20:00
Netherlands  3–2 (GWS)
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(0–0, 1–0)
  AustraliaHISS Arena
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Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Fanni Gasparics   Hungary 5 6 7 13 +10 2
2 Jasmina Rošar   Slovenia 5 6 6 12 +9 0
3 Natasha Farrier   Australia 5 7 4 11 +8 0
4 Savine Wielenga   Netherlands 5 6 4 10 +9 0
5 Alexandra Rónai   Hungary 5 6 3 9 +10 6
6 Pia Pren   Slovenia 5 7 1 8 +4 6
7 Jessie Tegelaar   Netherlands 5 6 2 8 +12 2
8 Mieneke de Jong   Netherlands 5 3 5 8 +7 4
9 Jose Schipper   Netherlands 5 5 2 7 +8 26
9 Kitti Trencsényi   Hungary 5 5 2 7 +4 12

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

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(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Claudia van Leeuwen   Netherlands 210:29 4 1.14 96.12 1
2 Monika Gyömber   Hungary 180:00 7 2.33 94.74 0
3 Ashleigh Brown   Australia 296:53 9 1.82 93.08 1
4 Eszter Kökényesi   Hungary 122:27 4 1.96 92.86 0
5 Anja Jeršin-Grilc   Slovenia 289:37 15 3.11 91.18 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards

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Source: IIHF.com

References

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