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{{Short description|2011 edition of the IIHF World Championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox international hockey competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 2011
| image = 2011 IIHF World Championship logo.svg
| size = 170px
| caption =
| country = Slovakia
| dates = 29 April – 15 May
| opened = [[Ivan Gašparovič]]
| num_teams = 16
| arenas =2
| cities = 2
| type = ih
| winners = Finland
| count = 2
| second = Sweden
| third = Czech Republic
| fourth = Russia
| games = 56
| goals = 325
| attendance = 406804
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jarkko Immonen (ice hockey b. 1982)|Jarkko Immonen]]
| points = 12
| mvp = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Viktor Fasth]]
| prevseason = [[2010 IIHF World Championship|2010]]
| nextseason = [[2012 IIHF World Championship|2012]]
}}
{{Main|2011 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships}}
The '''2011 IIHF World Championship''' was the 75th [[IIHF World Championship]], an annual international men's [[ice hockey]] tournament. It took place between 29 April and 15 May 2011 in [[Slovakia]]. The games were played in the [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]] in [[Bratislava]], and the [[Steel Aréna]] in [[Košice]]. The [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team|Czech team]] was the defending champion.

This was the first time the independent [[Slovakia]] hosted the World Championships. However, this was the third time that Bratislava co-hosted the World Championships. The first two times were 1959 and 1992, each time with [[Prague]], and while part of [[Czechoslovakia]].

[[Finnish national men's ice hockey team|Finland]] won the gold medal after beating [[Swedish national men's ice hockey team|Sweden]] in the [[2011 IIHF World Championship final|final]] 6–1. This was the second title for Finland, and the most lopsided final since the knockout playoff format was introduced in [[1992 IIHF World Championship|1992]].

==Tournament format==
The tournament is divided into four stages. The preliminary round, qualification round and relegation round use a round-robin format with each team playing every other team in its group once. The winner of a game in regulation time will earn 3 points, with the loser earning zero points. The winner of a game decided in overtime or in a shootout will be awarded 2 points, with the loser getting one point. Teams in the preliminary round are divided into four groups of four teams each; the last-place team in each group moves to the relegation round while the remainder move to the qualification round. The qualification round is divided into two groups of six teams each with the top four teams in each group moving to the playoff round. Games played in the preliminary round against teams in the same qualification round group count for the qualification round standings; therefore, teams who were previously in the same Preliminary round group do not play each other again in the qualification round. The relegation round is a single group of four teams with the bottom 2 teams being relegated to Division I of the World Championships. The tournament concludes with the playoff round, which is an 8-team tournament, to determine the winners of the gold, silver and bronze medals.

In the event of a tie in points at the conclusion of the preliminary, qualification or relegation rounds, the following tie-breaker format will be used:
# Points earned in games against tied teams
# Goal differential in games against tied teams
# Highest number of goals in games against tied teams
# Repetition of steps 1, 2 and 3, in order, including results against the next closest ranked team to the tied teams
# Repetition of step 4, including the next closest ranked teams one at a time
# 2010 IIHF World Ranking
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/homeiihf/format-rules.html|title=Format & Rules|access-date=1 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110428145713/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/homeiihf/format-rules.html| archive-date= 28 April 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]| url-status= live}}</ref>

==Rosters==
{{main|2011 IIHF World Championship rosters}}
Each team's roster for the 2011 IIHF World Championship consists of at least 15 skaters ([[Forward (ice hockey)|forwards]], and [[Defenceman|defencemen]]) and 2 [[goaltender]]s, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting on 28 April 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/homeiihf/player-entry.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|title=Player Entry |access-date=21 April 2010}}</ref>

==Summary==

===Preliminary round===
[[File:2011 IIHF World Championship Russia vs. Slovenia 6-4.jpg|thumb|Match between Russia and Slovenia (Group A), 1 May 2011]]
The first gameday in [[#Group A|Group A]] started with an upset, when [[Germany men's national ice hockey team|Germany]] went on to win 2–0 against [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russia]] after goals from [[Thomas Greilinger]] in the second period and [[Patrick Reimer]], who decided the game with a goal two minutes before the final horn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/history-germany-2-russia-0.html|title=History! Germany 2, Russia 0|date=28 April 2011|access-date=28 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504141745/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/history-germany-2-russia-0.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=4 May 2011}}</ref> It was the first win for the German team over Russia in a World Championship and the first one since the [[Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Winter Olympics]] in [[Lillehammer]]. After the second gameday, the group was decided in the outcome who advances and who would battle against relegation. Germany pulled another surprise victory over host Slovakia; after being down 4–0, Slovakia started a comeback but could only cut the deficit to one, losing by a final of 4–3. Germany was the group winner and advanced alongside Slovakia and Russia into the second round, while Slovenia finished fourth and went to the relegation round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/germans-stave-off-slovaks.html|title=Germans stave off Slovaks|date=1 May 2011|access-date=1 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505065802/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/germans-stave-off-slovaks.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=5 May 2011}}</ref> The last time Germany won a preliminary round group was 78 years ago, in [[1933 World Ice Hockey Championships|1933]].

[[#Group B|Group B]] saw the first [[Overtime (ice hockey)|overtime]] of the tournament in a game between [[Switzerland men's national ice hockey team|Switzerland]] and [[France men's national ice hockey team|France]]. [[Julien Vauclair]] scored the decisive goal after 1:46 minutes played in overtime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/vauclairs-late-highlight.html|title=Swiss win a close one|date=29 April 2011|access-date=29 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019203441/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/vauclairs-late-highlight.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> Canada defeated Switzerland after overtime to capture first place,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/canada-wins-in-overtime.html|title=Canada wins in overtime|date=3 May 2011|access-date=3 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019203502/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/canada-wins-in-overtime.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> while France won against Belarus to go through to the qualifying round and sent Belarus to the relegation round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/france-moves-on-with-ot-win.html|title=France moves on with OT win|date=3 May 2011|access-date=3 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019203522/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/france-moves-on-with-ot-win.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

In [[#Group C|Group C]], [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]] played against [[Norway men's national ice hockey team|Norway]] and it was a back-and-forth game. Sweden went up 3–1 in the first period, but Norway fought back and at the end it was 4–4 after 60 minutes. The overtime went scoreless and so it went into a [[Shootout (ice hockey)#Shootout|shootout]]; [[Per-Åge Skrøder]] scored on the first try for Norway and Eriksson missed on the first for Sweden and so Norway won 5–4, making it their first win against the Scandinavian rival in World Championship history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/after-61-years-a-win.html|title=After 61 years – a win!|date=30 April 2011|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=30 April 2011}}</ref> Sweden and the US team both got their second wins as the United States came back from being down 0–2 to win 4–2 against Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/usa-finally-get-it-rolling.html|title=USA finally get it rolling|date=2 May 2011|access-date=2 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506150619/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/usa-finally-get-it-rolling.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=6 May 2011}}</ref> On the last gameday, Sweden captured the top seed in the group after a 6–2 win over the USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/sweden-finishes-on-top.html|title=Sweden finishes on top|date=4 May 2011|access-date=4 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507072851/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/sweden-finishes-on-top.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=7 May 2011}}</ref> Norway followed those two in the qualifying round after a 5–0 win over Austria, who found themselves in the relegation round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/norway-onto-the-next-round.html|title=Norway onto the next round|date=4 May 2011|access-date=4 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019203632/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/norway-onto-the-next-round.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

[[#Group D|Group D]] saw two wins from the respective favorites at the start: [[Finland men's national ice hockey team|Finland]] and the [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]]. The picture was the same on the second game day, though Finland needed a shootout against Latvia to win 3–2. [[Jarkko Immonen (ice hockey b. 1982)|Jarkko Immonen]] scored the game-winning goal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/finland-squeaks-by-latvia.html|title=Finland squeaks by Latvia|date=2 May 2011|access-date=2 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019203645/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/finland-squeaks-by-latvia.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> Denmark needed a win over Latvia to advance and they got one after a shootout; 3–2 was the result, Latvia then saw themselves facing the relegation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/danes-go-mads-latvians-go-down.html|title=Danes go Mads, Latvians down|date=4 May 2011|access-date=4 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019203733/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/danes-go-mads-latvians-go-down.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

===Qualifying round===
Every game in [[#Group E|Group E]] was close, each was decided by one goal. The Czech team was still perfect after their fifth win, defeating Russia 3–2. Alongside them, Germany, Russia and Finland qualified for the quarterfinals and the Czech team was set to win the group with one more game to play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/group-win-czech.html|title=Group win? Czech.|date=8 May 2011|access-date=8 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511074739/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/group-win-czech.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> The host Slovakia was eliminated after losing to Finland 1–2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/ruutu-ends-slovakias-dream.html|title=Ruutu ends Slovakia's dream|date=8 May 2011|access-date=8 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510141154/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/ruutu-ends-slovakias-dream.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=10 May 2011}}</ref> After the last game day, the Czech team was still perfect after winning 5–2 against Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/reigning-champs-are-ready.html|title=Reigning champs are ready|date=9 May 2011|access-date=9 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512174018/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/reigning-champs-are-ready.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=12 May 2011}}</ref>

In [[#Group F|Group F]], Canada and Sweden played each other to determine the group winner, and the United States also qualified for the quarterfinals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/sweden-into-quarter-finals.html|title=Sweden into quarter-finals|date=8 May 2011|access-date=8 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511074752/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/sweden-into-quarter-finals.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> Switzerland and Norway played for the last spot in the final round as Norway will face France which are already eliminated before their last game. Switzerland won 5–3 against the United States but they were still eliminated<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/swiss-finally-score-some-goals.html|title=Swiss finally score some goals|date=9 May 2011|access-date=9 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512143401/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/swiss-finally-score-some-goals.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=12 May 2011}}</ref> because Norway defeated France 5–2 to advance to the quarterfinals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/polar-bears-roar-into-quarters.html|title=Polar Bears roar into quarters|date=9 May 2011|access-date=9 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019203859/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/polar-bears-roar-into-quarters.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

===Relegation round===
After two game days in [[#Group G|Group G]] every team had three points and so the last two games determined the two teams going down and the two that remained in the top division for the next year. Slovenia faced Belarus, while Latvia played against Austria. Belarus crushed Slovenia into the Division A with a 7–1 win to stay in the top division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/hello-belarus-goodbye-slovenia.html|title=Hello Belarus, goodbye Slovenia|date=8 May 2011|access-date=8 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511072407/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/hello-belarus-goodbye-slovenia.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> Austria joined Slovenia in the second division after losing against Latvia 1–4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/latvia-stays-austria-goes.html|title=Latvia stays, Austria goes|date=8 May 2011|access-date=8 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513082001/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/latvia-stays-austria-goes.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=13 May 2011}}</ref>

===Playoff round===

====Quarterfinals====

The quarterfinals started with the undefeated Czech Republic against Team USA. The United States started off better but [[Jaromír Jágr]] scored for the Czechs to take a 1–0 into the first intermission. Jágr scored the second goal during a 5 on 3 power play after a strong shot from the right side. The third goal came after a good combination over the whole ice leading to a goal by [[Tomáš Plekanec]]. Jágr became the man of the match after he scored his third goal four minutes before the end during another power play and the game ended in a comfortable 4–0 win for the Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/jagr-lifts-czechs-into-semis.html|title=Jagr lifts Czechs into semis|date=11 May 2011|access-date=11 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514161206/http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/jagr-lifts-czechs-into-semis.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=14 May 2011}}</ref>

In the evening game, Sweden took on Germany and scored the first goal in the first minute by [[Martin Thörnberg]]. Germany came right back and tied the game after two minutes as [[Alexander Barta]] was credited with the goal. Both teams had chances during the first period but Sweden took the 2–1 lead into the intermission. In the second period, Sweden went up 4–1 before Germany came closer by going 2–4 in the last break. Sweden scored a goal in the last period which was disallowed because a whistle occurred before the goal was scored, however Thörnberg scored his second goal of the night shortly after and Sweden won 5–2 at the end. Both, Thörnberg and Berglund were credited with three points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/oops-sweden-did-it-again.html|title=Oops, Sweden did it again|date=11 May 2011|access-date=11 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514161144/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/oops-sweden-did-it-again.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=14 May 2011}}</ref>

Day two of the quarterfinals started with a Nordic matchup as Finland faced Norway. After a scoreless opening period, Norway took the lead after [[Ken André Olimb]] scored on a penalty shot. Five minutes later, Finland had the lead after two quick goals. [[Jarkko Immonen]] scored his second goal to give Finland a two-goal lead before [[Jani Lajunen]] scored to make it 4–1 for the Finnish squad. Three of those four goals were scored during a power play. The third and last period went scoreless again and so Finland won 4–1, [[Mikael Granlund]] scored two points in the game alongside Immonen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/finns-advance-over-norway.html|title=Finns advance over Norway|date=12 May 2011|access-date=12 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019204529/http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/finns-advance-over-norway.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

The last game of the quarterfinal round brought up a [[List of sports rivalries#International|rivalry]] between Russia and Team Canada. [[Jason Spezza]] seemed to be the hero after he scored the first goal after 25 minutes and the lead held into the last period, when [[Alexei Kaigorodov]] went on his way to score the equalizer shorthanded, he went by two defenders to put the [[Hockey puck|puck]] high into the Canadian net. Three minutes later, [[Ilya Kovalchuk]] scored to give Russia the lead. Canada pulled the goalie with a minute to go but they did not score, and Russia won the game 2–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/russia-advances-to-semis.html|title=Russia rallies again, in semis|date=12 May 2011|access-date=12 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516164703/http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/russia-advances-to-semis.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=16 May 2011}}</ref>

====Semifinals====

The first semifinal was the matchup between the favourite and defending champion, the Czech Republic against Sweden. After the first period went scoreless [[Patrik Eliáš]] brought the lead to the Czechs after just 46 seconds into the second period. Sweden struck back twice with goals from [[Patrik Berglund]] and [[Mikael Backlund]] to take a one-goal lead into the last intermission. [[Jimmie Ericsson]] and [[Marcus Krüger]] scored to increase Sweden's lead to 4–1. Six minutes before the end, Eliáš scored his second goal and the Czechs gained hope again. They pulled their [[goaltender]] with under a minute to go but Sweden's Berglund scored an empty net goal. The Czech Republic was eliminated and Sweden advanced to the final with a 5–2 win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/sweden-to-play-for-gold.html|title=Sweden going for gold|date=13 May 2011|access-date=13 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516152809/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/sweden-to-play-for-gold.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=16 May 2011}}</ref>

In the evening game of the semifinals Finland played against Russia. Despite having a so-so tournament so far the Russian team qualified for this late stage of it. [[Konstantin Barulin]] was again the goaltender instead of [[Evgeni Nabokov]] and the first period ended scoreless. [[Mikael Granlund]] scored an airhook goal to take the Finnish team into a 1–0 lead in the second period. The goal has been noted by multiple media outlets worldwide as the finest goal in the tournament, and as one of the finest in the history of international hockey.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} In the last period [[Jani Lajunen]] scored the second goal before Immonen decided the game with the 3–0 goal, assisted by Granlund. Both players received their second point in the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/its-an-all-nordic-final.html|title=It's an all-Nordic final!|date=13 May 2011|access-date=13 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517232059/http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/its-an-all-nordic-final.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=17 May 2011}}</ref>

====Bronze medal game====
The Czech Republic took on Russia for the bronze medal. The first period was a wild one ending in a 3–2 advantage for the Russian team while [[Ilya Kovalchuk]] scored two goals. The second period belonged to the Czech team after [[Petr Průcha]] scored his second point and [[Roman Červenka]] his second goal in the game. After the lead grew to 5–3 [[Vladimir Tarasenko]] brought Russia back into the game making it a one-goal game before the last period. After [[Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979)|Jan Marek]] scored to make it 6–4, the Russian team pulled their goalie with two minutes to go. The Czech's [[Tomáš Plekanec]] scored an empty net goal to decide the game and give the Czech Republic the bronze medal after winning 7–4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/czechs-win-bronze.html|title=Hats off to Cervenka|date=15 May 2011|access-date=15 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518133528/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/czechs-win-bronze.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>

====Gold medal game====
{{main|2011 IIHF World Championship Final}}
[[File:2011 IIHF World Championship gold medal celebrations in Helsinki.jpg|thumb|Captain [[Mikko Koivu]] holds the trophy as the Finnish team arrives at [[Market Square, Helsinki|Market Square]] in Helsinki to celebrate the title with about 100,000 fans.]]
The gold medal game was played between Sweden and Finland at the [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]] on 15 May.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261156_74_3_0.pdf|title=Game Summary|date=15 May 2011|access-date=16 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231165735/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/261/IHM261156_74_3_0.pdf|archive-date=31 December 2016|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|url-status=live}}</ref>

After a goal-less first period, Sweden opened the game with a 1–0 goal by [[Magnus Pääjärvi]] in the second period at 27:40. Seven seconds before the period's end, Finland's [[Jarkko Immonen]] scored to tie the game 1–1. Finland took the lead early in the third period, scoring two goals at 42:35 and 43:21 by [[Petteri Nokelainen|Nokelainen]] and [[Niko Kapanen|Kapanen]]. Sweden took a [[time-out (sport)|time-out]] before the last period's half but did not manage to regroup, and the tournament was decided by a clear 6–1 victory to Finland by [[Janne Pesonen]]'s, [[Mika Pyörälä]]'s and [[Antti Pihlström|Pihlström]] goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/its-gold-for-finland.html |title=It's gold for Finland! |last=Aykroyd |first=Lucas |date=15 May 2011 |access-date=16 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518132228/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/its-gold-for-finland.html |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |archive-date=18 May 2011 }}</ref>

==Host selection==
Four nations, all located in Europe placed formal bids to host the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Those nations were:

*{{Flagicon|SVK}} [[Slovakia]]
*{{Flagicon|SWE}} Sweden
*{{Flagicon|HUN}} Hungary
*{{Flagicon|FIN}} Finland

Finland withdrew from bidding before voting began in order to apply for the [[2012 IIHF World Championship|2012 World Championship]]. Finland and Sweden would both later win respective bids to host in 2012 and 2013, but this decision was later changed instead for the two [[Nordic countries]] to be joint hosts of the [[2012 IIHF World Championship|2012]], and [[2013 IIHF World Championship]] editions.<ref>[http://www.eurohockey.net/news/story.html?id=200705111535122012wcgoingtofinland 2012 WC going to Finland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924064841/http://www.eurohockey.net/news/story.html?id=200705111535122012wcgoingtofinland |date=24 September 2012 }} ''www.Eurohockey.net''</ref>

After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by IIHF president [[René Fasel]] on 19 May 2006, at the delegates congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation in [[Riga]], Latvia. Slovakia's bidding cities received 70 votes, followed by the Swedish bid cities of [[Stockholm]], and [[Gothenburg]] with 20 votes, and finally the Hungarian bid with 14 votes. The required 50% of the vote had been attained in the first round, which finalized Slovakia's successful bid.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/browse/1/article/test-2.html?tx_ttnews Victory in the first round] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629215736/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/browse/1/article/test-2.html?tx_ttnews |date=29 June 2011 }} ''IIHF.com''</ref>

[[Ivan Gašparovič]], the [[President of Slovakia]], was instrumental in Slovakia winning its successful bid, as he came in person to the delegates congress in Riga to endorse his country's bid, and convince the IIHF delegates of the viability of Slovakia. Gašparovič is himself an avid hockey fan and past vice-president of the [[Slovak Extraliga]] team, [[HC Slovan Bratislava]].<ref>http://www.hokej.sk/spravy/clanok56669-Fanusik_Slovana_Ivan_Gasparovic_dostal_dres_Dukly_Trencin.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002085448/http://www.hokej.sk/spravy/clanok56669-Fanusik_Slovana_Ivan_Gasparovic_dostal_dres_Dukly_Trencin.htm |date=2 October 2011 }} {{in lang|sk}}</ref>

===Voting results===
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|-
!Country
!Votes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| '''{{flag|Slovakia}}''' || '''70'''
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}} || 20
|-
| {{flag|Hungary}} || 14
|}
* {{flag|Finland}} ''withdrew from the 2011 bid prior to the start of the congress, postponed 2012.''

==Promotions==
[[File:Goooly, mascot of the 2011 World Championship.jpg|thumb|Goooly, mascot of the 2011 World Championship]]

===Official song===
Song ''Life is a Game'' by Slovak singer [[Kristína (singer)|Kristina]] was officially released on 18 March.

===Mascot===
'''Goooly'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/nc/home-of-hockey/championships/news-singleview-championchips/article/plans-on-track.html |title=Plans on track |access-date=13 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516164718/http://www.iihf.com/nc/home-of-hockey/championships/news-singleview-championchips/article/plans-on-track.html |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |archive-date=16 May 2011}}</ref> is the official mascot of the tournament. Goooly is a [[Gray wolf]], and Igor Nemeček, the 2011 IIHF World Championship general director, said he was chosen because: "Wolves are animals which are typically Slovak, evoking our forests and countryside".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/countdown-ceremony-with-mascot-goooly.html?tx_ttnews |title=Goooly the mascot's christening |access-date=13 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629220055/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/countdown-ceremony-with-mascot-goooly.html?tx_ttnews |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref> Over 14,000 entries were submitted for a national contest to name the mascot organized in association with [[Radio Expres]] and the [[Slovak Ice Hockey Federation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/goooly-is-the-name-of-the-2011-iihf-wm-official-mascot.html?tx_ttnews |title=The official 2011 IIHF WM mascot is called Goooly |access-date=13 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629220028/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/goooly-is-the-name-of-the-2011-iihf-wm-official-mascot.html?tx_ttnews |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref> It is a word-play on the [[Slovak language|Slovak]] words for [[goal (ice hockey)|goal]], and/or goals ({{lang-sk|gól, góly}}).<ref>[http://slovnik.azet.sk/preklad/slovensko-anglicky/?q=g%C3%B3l+%28%C5%A1port%29 Preklad slova " gól (šport) ” zo slovenčiny do angličtiny] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625220748/http://slovnik.azet.sk/preklad/slovensko-anglicky/?q=g%C3%B3l+%28%C5%A1port%29 |date=25 June 2017 }}, Slovnik.sk {{in lang|sk}}</ref> Goooly, the mascot, was subjected to considerable ridicule in the English-speaking world because "gooly" is a well known slang term for a [[testicle]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsgeek.info/video-meet-goooly-iihf-worlds-rail-sliding-hockey-mascot |title=Meet Goooly |publisher=Sports Geek |access-date=18 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827191255/http://sportsgeek.info/video-meet-goooly-iihf-worlds-rail-sliding-hockey-mascot |archive-date=27 August 2011}}</ref>

===Motto===
''Slovenská republika. Hokejová republika. (Slovak Republic. Hockey Republic).''

===Ambassadors===
The official ambassadors of the 2011 IIHF World Championship Slovakia are Slovak hockey players [[Peter Bondra]], [[Zdeno Chára]], [[Marián Gáborík]], [[Ľubomír Višňovský]], [[Pavol Demitra]], [[Jozef Stümpel]], [[Marián Hossa]], [[Miroslav Šatan]] and Slovak President [[Ivan Gašparovič]].<ref>[http://www.szlh.sk/ms2011/video Video of the Ambassadors] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206011306/http://www.szlh.sk/ms2011/video |date=6 February 2010 }}. Szlh.sk. Retrieved 4 June 2011.</ref>

==Venues==
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The [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]] in Bratislava, also known as the ''[[Ondrej Nepela]] Arena'', was substantially upgraded for the championship, in line with IIHF, Slovak, and international specifications, largely funded by the Slovakian government. Construction began on 23 April 2009 and was completed on 30 November 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/fasel-after-the-first-inspection-koice-arena-is-gorgeous.html?tx_ttnews|title=President René Fasel satisfied after Slovak inspection|date=1 June 2010|access-date=1 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629215921/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/fasel-after-the-first-inspection-koice-arena-is-gorgeous.html?tx_ttnews|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref> More than €65&nbsp;million (US$90&nbsp;million) was spent to install a new roof, modernize facilities, build two new adjacent practice arenas, and bring the seating from 8,350 to 10,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/browse/0/article/reconstruction-of-onepelas-arena-on-schedule.html?tx_ttnews|title=Ondrej Nepela arena reconstruction going to plan|date=5 November 2010|access-date=5 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629215944/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/browse/0/article/reconstruction-of-onepelas-arena-on-schedule.html?tx_ttnews|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref><ref name="iihf.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/home/venues/bratislava/arena-bratislava.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127064548/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/home/venues/bratislava/arena-bratislava.html|url-status=dead|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|title=Orange Arena|archivedate=27 November 2010}}</ref> The [[Steel Aréna]], also known as the ''[[Ladislav Troják]] Arena'', which was newly constructed in 2006, had a new €11&nbsp;million practice rink built adjacent, between April 2009 and February 2010 for the World Championship legacy of future hockey development in Slovakia.<ref>[http://www2.steelarena.sk/index.php?context=307 Technical data of the Practice Rink] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724021447/http://www.steelarena.sk/index.php?context=307 |date=24 July 2010 }}. .steelarena.sk. Retrieved 4 June 2011.</ref> The stadium would have the name '''Orange Arena''', but only for the time of World Championship 2011 (29 April to 15 May 2011).<ref>[[SME (newspaper)|Sme]] [http://bratislava.sme.sk/c/5707302/zimny-stadion-dostane-nove-meno-len-na-sampionat.html Zimný štadión dostane nové meno. Len na šampionát] slovak, 05. 01. 2011</ref>

Both arenas were known by their Slovak [[honorific titles]] during the 2011 World Championship to correspond with IIHF neutral non-inclusive sponsorship rules.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/home/venues.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722024607/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/home/venues.html|url-status=dead|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|title=Venues map|archivedate=22 July 2010}}</ref> (Samsung Arena as the ''Ondrej Nepela Arena'', and Steel Aréna as the ''Ladislav Troják Arena''.)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Bratislava]]
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{{Location map~ |Slovakia |lat=48.716111 |long=21.261389 |label=[[Košice]]}}
{{Location map~ |Slovakia |lat=48.144722 |long=17.112778 |label=[[Bratislava]]}}
}}
! [[Košice]]
|-
| [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]]{{ref|1|1}}
| [[Steel Aréna|Steel Arena]]{{ref|2|2}}
|-
| {{Coord|48|08|38|N|17|06|35|E|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Bratislava}}
| {{Coord|48|43|16|N|21|15|27|E|region:ZA_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Košice}}
|-
| Capacity: '''9&nbsp;246'''<ref name="venues capacity">[http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/home-oc/venues.html 2011 IIHF World Championship Slovakia – Venues] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430151621/http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/home-oc/venues.html |date=30 April 2011 }}. Iihf.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.</ref>
| Capacity: '''7&nbsp;628'''<ref name="venues capacity" />
|-
| [[File:Ondrej nepela arena 2019 2.jpg|180px]]
| [[File:Steel Arena Košice.jpg|180px]]
|}

{{refbegin}}
*{{note|1|1}}As Ondrej Nepela Arena
*{{note|2|2}}As Ladislav Troják Arena
{{refend}}

==Nations==
The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. 14 nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.
[[File:Map of 2011 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.svg|thumb|350px|Qualified nations in the 2011 IIHF World Championship, in Slovakia.<ref name="schedule">{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships.html |title=Schedule |access-date=13 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100715201926/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships.html| archive-date= 15 July 2010 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] | url-status= live}}</ref>]]
;Europe
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*{{ih|Austria}}{{efn|name=Q1|Qualified through winning a promotion at the [[2010 IIHF World Championship Division&nbsp;I]]}}
*{{ih|Belarus|1995}}{{efn|name=QA|Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the [[2010 IIHF World Championship]]}}
*{{ih|Czech Republic}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Denmark}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Finland}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|France}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Germany}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Latvia}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Norway}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Russia}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Slovakia}}{{efn|name=QH|Qualified as hosts (and as automatic qualifier)}}
*{{ih|Slovenia}}{{efn|name=Q1}}
*{{ih|Sweden}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Switzerland}}{{efn|name=QA}}
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;North America
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*{{ih|Canada}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|United States}}{{efn|name=QA}}
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==Seeding and Groups==
{{see also|IIHF World Ranking}}
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2010 [[IIHF World Ranking]], which ends at the conclusion of the 2010 IIHF World Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking/mens-world-ranking/2010-ranking.html |title=2010 Ranking |access-date=13 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100715215914/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking/mens-world-ranking/2010-ranking.html| archive-date= 15 July 2010 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] | url-status= live}}</ref> The [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2010 Olympics]] were included. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding (in parentheses is the corresponding world ranking):

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'''Group A '''
*{{ih|RUS}} (1)
*{{ih|SVK}} (8)
*{{ih|GER}} (9)
*{{ih|SLO}} (19)
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'''Group B '''
*{{ih|CAN}} (2)
*{{ih|SUI}} (7)
*{{ih|BLR|1995}} (10)
*{{ih|FRA}} (15)
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'''Group C '''
*{{ih|SWE}} (3)
*{{ih|USA}} (6)
*{{ih|NOR}} (11)
*{{ih|AUT}} (14)
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'''Group D '''
*{{ih|FIN}} (4)
*{{ih|CZE}} (5)
*{{ih|LAT}} (12)
*{{ih|DEN}} (13)
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==Preliminary round==
Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a [[round-robin tournament|round-robin]], the top three teams in each group advanced to the qualifying round. The last team in each group competes in the relegation round.

Groups A and D played in Bratislava, and groups B and C played in Košice.

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<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|goalie2    = [[Evgeni Nabokov]]
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|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Darcy Burchell
|official2  = {{flagicon|CAN}} Brent Reiber
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|penalties2 = 4
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|shots2     = 31
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|periods    = (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)
|goalie1    = [[Jaroslav Halák]]
|goalie2    = [[Robert Kristan]]
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|attendance = 9,248
|official   = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Danny Kurmann]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Sterns
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|penalties1 = 4
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 45
|shots2     = 15
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|goalie1    = [[Evgeni Nabokov]]
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|goals2     = <br>29:15 – [[Andrej Hebar|A. Hebar]] ([[Blaž Gregorc|B. Gregorc]])<br><br>42:49 – [[Boštjan Goličič|B. Goličič]] ([[Mitja Šivic|M. Šivic]], [[Matej Hočevar|M. Hočevar]])<br><br><br>47:21 – B. Goličič ([[David Rodman (ice hockey)|D. Rodman]])<br>51:28 – [[Rok Pajič|R. Pajič]] ([[Andrej Tavželj|A. Tavželj]])
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|attendance = 9,090
|official   = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Danny Kurmann]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Sören Persson
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|goalie2    = [[Dimitri Patzold]]
|goals1     = <br><br><br><br>[[Ladislav Nagy|L. Nagy]] ([[Ľuboš Bartečko|Ľ. Bartečko]]) – 45:26<br>[[Jozef Stümpel|J. Stümpel]] (L. Nagy, [[Miroslav Šatan|M. Šatan]]) (PP) – 47:49<br>[[Pavol Demitra|P. Demitra]] ([[Marián Hossa|M. Hossa]]) – 52:43
|goals2     = 24:51 – [[Marcel Mueller|M. Müller]] ([[Christoph Ullmann|C. Ullmann]], [[Thomas Greilinger|T. Greilinger]])<br>33:07 – [[John Tripp (ice hockey)|J. Tripp]] ([[Felix Schütz|F. Schütz]], [[Frank Mauer|F. Mauer]])<br>36:35 – [[Frank Hördler|F. Hördler]] (C. Ullmann, [[Korbinian Holzer|K. Holzer]])<br>44:37 – F. Schütz (J. Tripp, [[Nikolai Goc|N. Goc]])
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,303
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Darcy Burchell
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Lärking
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261A11_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 20
|shots1     = 38
|shots2     = 29
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 3 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|SLO}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|GER}}'''
|score      = 2–3<small> [[Shootout (ice hockey)#Shootout|GWS]] </small>
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>2–1<br>2–2
|periods    = (1–0, 1–1, 0–1)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–0)<br>([[Shootout (ice hockey)|SO:]] 0–1)
|goalie1    = [[Robert Kristan]]
|goalie2    = [[Dennis Endras]]
|goals1     = [[Žiga Jeglič|Z. Jeglič]] ([[Robert Sabolič|R. Sabolič]], [[Mitja Robar|M. Robar]]) – 04:09<br>[[Rok Tičar|R. Tičar]] (R. Sabolič) – 28:33
| soshots1 = R. Tičar {{SOmiss}}<br>Ž. Jeglič {{SOmiss}}<br>[[Rok Pajič|R. Pajič]] {{SOmiss}}<br>[[David Rodman (ice hockey)|D. Rodman]] {{SOgoal}}<br>[[Robert Sabolič|R. Sabolič]] {{SOmiss}}<br>D. Rodman {{SOmiss}}<br>[[Marcel Rodman|M. Rodman]] {{SOmiss}}<br>Ž. Jeglič {{SOmiss}}
|goals2     = <br><br>35:19 – [[Michael Wolf (ice hockey)|M. Wolf]] ([[André Rankel|A. Rankel]], [[Kai Hospelt|K. Hospelt]]) (PP)<br>45:32 – [[Felix Schütz|F. Schütz]] ([[Justin Krueger|J. Krueger]], [[Philip Gogulla|P. Gogulla]])
| soshots2 = {{SOmiss}} [[Thomas Greilinger|T. Greilinger]]<br>{{SOmiss}} [[Christoph Ullmann|C. Ullmann]]<br>{{SOmiss}} M. Wolf<br>{{SOgoal}} [[Patrick Reimer|P. Reimer]]<br>{{SOmiss}} P. Reimer<br>{{SOmiss}} [[Daniel Kreutzer|D. Kreutzer]]<br>{{SOmiss}} [[Marcel Mueller|M. Müller]]<br>{{SOgoal}} [[Frank Hördler|F. Hördler]]
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 8,010
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261A17_74_6_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 26
|shots2     = 61
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 3 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|RUS}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|SVK}}
|score      = 4–3
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>2–2<br>2–3<br>3–3<br>4–3
|periods    = (2–1, 1–2, 1–0)
|goalie1    = [[Evgeni Nabokov]]<br>[[Konstantin Barulin]]
|goalie2    = [[Jaroslav Halák]]
|goals1     = [[Alexander Radulov|A. Radulov]] ([[Ilya Kovalchuk|I. Kovalchuk]], [[Fedor Tyutin|F. Tyutin]]) – 00:58<br><br>[[Ilya Nikulin|I. Nikulin]] (I. Kovalchuk, F. Tyutin) – 18:04<br><br><br>I. Nikulin (I. Kovalchuk) (PP) – 38:10<br>[[Aleksey Morozov|A. Morozov]] ([[Vitaly Atyushov|V. Atyushov]], [[Alexei Kaigorodov|A. Kaigorodov]]) (PP) – 43:38
|goals2     = <br>01:28 – [[Miroslav Šatan|M. Šatan]] ([[Ladislav Nagy|L. Nagy]], [[Milan Jurčina|M. Jurčina]])<br><br>30:06 – [[Marián Gáborík|M. Gáborík]] ([[Pavol Demitra|P. Demitra]])<br>32:01 – L. Nagy ([[Ivan Majeský|I. Majeský]], [[Ľubomír Višňovský|Ľ. Višňovský]])
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,314
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Lärking
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Sören Persson
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261A19_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 31
|shots2     = 32
}}

=== Group B ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT
|res_col_header=QR
|show_positions=n

|team1=CAN|name_CAN={{ih|CAN}}
|team2=SUI|name_SUI={{ih|SUI}}
|team3=FRA|name_FRA={{ih|FRA}}
|team4=BLR|name_BLR={{ih|BLR|1995}}
|win_CAN=2|OTwin_CAN=1|OTloss_CAN=0|loss_CAN=0|gf_CAN=17|ga_CAN=5
|win_SUI=1|OTwin_SUI=1|OTloss_SUI=1|loss_SUI=0|gf_SUI=8|ga_SUI=5
|win_FRA=0|OTwin_FRA=1|OTloss_FRA=1|loss_FRA=1|gf_FRA=3|ga_FRA=11
|win_BLR=0|OTwin_BLR=0|OTloss_BLR=1|loss_BLR=2|gf_BLR=3|ga_BLR=10

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|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A
|col_R=#fcc|text_R=
|result4=R
|update=complete|source=
}}

<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 29 April 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SUI}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|FRA}}
|score      = 1–0 <small> [[Overtime (ice hockey)|OT]] </small>
|progression = 1–0
|periods    = (0–0, 0–0, 0–0)<br>( [[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 1–0 )
|goalie1    = [[Tobias Stephan]]
|goalie2    = [[Cristobal Huet]]
|goals1     = [[Julien Vauclair|J. Vauclair]] ([[Ivo Rüthemann|I. Rüthemann]]) – 61:46
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 2,964
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Sami Partanen
|official2  = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jyri Petteri Rönn
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261B02_74_5_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 35
|shots2     = 29
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 29 April 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|BLR|1995}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|CAN}}'''
|score      = 1–4
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>1–4
|periods    = (1–1, 0–1, 0–2)
|goalie1    = [[Andrei Mezin]]
|goalie2    = [[James Reimer]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Andrei Stepanov (ice hockey)|A. Stepanov]] ([[Alexander Kulakov|A. Kulakov]], [[Alexander Kitarov|A. Kitarov]]) – 19:26
|goals2     = 01:52 – [[Jordan Eberle|J. Eberle]] ([[Evander Kane|E. Kane]], [[Mario Scalzo|M. Scalzo]])<br><br>30:27 – [[Jeff Skinner|J. Skinner]] ([[John Tavares (ice hockey)|J. Tavares]])<br>45:18 – J. Tavares (J. Skinner)<br>48:39 – J. Eberle ([[Dion Phaneuf|D. Phaneuf]], M. Scalzo) (PP)
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 6,025
|official   = {{flagicon|CZE}} Antonín Jeřábek
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261B04_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 22
|shots2     = 39
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 1 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CAN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|FRA}}
|score      = 9–1
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>3–1<br>4–1<br>5–1<br>6–1<br>7–1<br>8–1<br>9–1
|periods    = (3–0, 2–1, 4–0)
|goalie1    = [[James Reimer]]<br>[[Devan Dubnyk]]
|goalie2    = [[Cristobal Huet]]<br>[[Fabrice Lhenry]]
|goals1     = [[Marc-André Gragnani|M. Gragnani]] ([[Jason Spezza|J. Spezza]], [[Dion Phaneuf|D. Phaneuf]]) (PP) – 01:02<br>J. Spezza (D. Phaneuf) – 06:35<br>[[Jeff Skinner|J. Skinner]] ([[John Tavares (ice hockey)|J. Tavares]]) – 12:02<br><br>[[Chris Stewart (ice hockey, born 1987)|C. Stewart]] (J. Skinner, J. Tavares) – 36:06<br>[[Alex Pietrangelo|A. Pietrangelo]] – 36:49<br>[[Brent Burns|B. Burns]] ([[James Neal (ice hockey)|J. Neal]], [[Rick Nash|R. Nash]]) (PP) – 41:41<br>R. Nash – 44:38<br>J. Skinner (PS) – 54:30<br>[[Travis Zajac|T. Zajac]] ([[Cal Clutterbuck|C. Clutterbuck]], A. Pietrangelo) – 57:44
|goals2     = <br><br><br>29:14 – [[Pierre-Édouard Bellemare|P. Bellemare]] ([[Sacha Treille|S. Treille]], [[Yohann Auvitu|Y. Auvitu]]) (PP)
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 4,457
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vyacheslav Bulanov]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|LAT}} Eduards Odiņš
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261B10_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 12
|shots1     = 39
|shots2     = 33
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 1 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SUI}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|BLR|1995}}
|score      = 4–1
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>4–1
|periods    = (1–0, 3–1, 0–0)
|goalie1    = [[Tobias Stephan]]
|goalie2    = [[Andrei Mezin]]
|goals1     = [[Ryan Gardner|R. Gardner]] ([[Raphael Diaz|R. Diaz]], [[Simon Moser|S. Moser]]) (PP) – 07:08<br><br>[[Goran Bezina|G. Bezina]] ([[Ivo Rüthemann|I. Rüthemann]], R. Gardner) – 24:11<br>R. Gardner ([[Beat Gerber|B. Gerber]], I. Rüthemann) – 27:03<br>I. Rüthemann ([[Andres Ambühl|A. Ambühl]], [[Félicien Du Bois|F. Du Bois]]) (SH) – 30:51
|goals2     = <br>21:33 – [[Dmitri Korobov|D. Korobov]] ([[Viktor Kostyuchenok|V. Kostyuchenok]], [[Andrei Stepanov (ice hockey)|A. Stepanov]])
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 3,193
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Peter Ország]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261B12_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 27
|shots2     = 23
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 3 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CAN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|SUI}}
|score      = 4–3<small> [[Overtime (ice hockey)|OT]] </small>
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>2–2<br>3–2<br>3–3<br>4–3
|periods    = (0–1, 2–0, 1–2)<br>( [[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 1–0 )
|goalie1    = [[James Reimer]]
|goalie2    = [[Leonardo Genoni]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Jordan Eberle|J. Eberle]] ([[Evander Kane|E. Kane]]) – 31:57<br>[[John Tavares (ice hockey)|J. Tavares]] – 36:51<br><br>[[Chris Stewart (ice hockey, born 1987)|C. Stewart]] ([[Travis Zajac|T. Zajac]]) – 56:46<br><br>[[Alex Pietrangelo|A. Pietrangelo]] (T. Zajac) – 64:14
|goals2     = 12:29 – [[Raphael Diaz|R. Diaz]] ([[Victor Stancescu|V. Stancescu]], [[Romano Lemm|R. Lemm]])<br><br><br>48:08 – [[Félicien Du Bois|F. Du Bois]] ([[Luca Sbisa|L. Sbisa]], [[Ryan Gardner|R. Gardner]])<br><br>58:38 – [[Andres Ambühl|A. Ambühl]] ([[Julien Vauclair|J. Vauclair]])
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 7,214
|official   = {{flagicon|CZE}} Antonín Jeřábek
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261B18_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 4
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 61
|shots2     = 33
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 3 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|FRA}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|BLR|1995}}
|score      = 2–1<small> [[Overtime (ice hockey)|OT]] </small>
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1
|periods    = (1–0, 0–0, 0–1)<br>( [[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 1–0 )
|goalie1    = [[Cristobal Huet]]
|goalie2    = [[Andrei Mezin]]
|goals1     = [[Sacha Treille|S. Treille]] ([[Kévin Hecquefeuille|K. Hecquefeuille]], [[Laurent Meunier|L. Meunier]]) (PP) – 12:35<br><br>K. Hecquefeuille ([[Stéphane Da Costa|S. Da Costa]], S. Treille) – 60:46
|goals2     = <br>55:32 – [[Sergei Demagin|S. Demagin]] ([[Oleg Goroshko|O. Goroshko]], [[Andrei Mikhalev|A. Mikhalev]])
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 3,968
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Sami Partanen
|official2  = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Rönn]]
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261B20_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 35
|shots2     = 38
}}

=== Group C ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT
|res_col_header=QR
|show_positions=n

|team1=SWE|name_SWE={{ih|SWE}}
|team2=USA|name_USA={{ih|USA}}
|team3=NOR|name_NOR={{ih|NOR}}
|team4=AUT|name_AUT={{ih|AUT}}
|win_SWE=2|OTwin_SWE=0|OTloss_SWE=1|loss_SWE=0|gf_SWE=13|ga_SWE=7
|win_USA=2|OTwin_USA=0|OTloss_USA=0|loss_USA=1|gf_USA=11|ga_USA=9
|win_NOR=1|OTwin_NOR=1|OTloss_NOR=0|loss_NOR=1|gf_NOR=12|ga_NOR=8
|win_AUT=0|OTwin_AUT=0|OTloss_AUT=0|loss_AUT=3|gf_AUT=1|ga_AUT=13

|col_A=#cfc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A
|col_R=#fcc|text_R=
|result4=R
|update=complete|source=
}}

<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 30 April 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|USA}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|AUT}}
|score      = 5–1
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>4–1<br>5–1
|periods    = (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
|goalie1    = [[Al Montoya]]
|goalie2    = [[Jürgen Penker]]
|goals1     = [[Chris Kreider|C. Kreider]] ([[Mark Fayne|M. Fayne]], [[Derek Stepan|D. Stepan]]) – 14:42<br>[[Blake Wheeler|B. Wheeler]] (D. Stepan) – 17:15<br><br>[[Yan Šťastný|Y. Šťastný]] ([[Clay Wilson|C. Wilson]], [[Cam Fowler|C. Fowler]]) – 38:36<br>[[Kevin Shattenkirk|K. Shattenkirk]] ([[Nick Palmieri|N. Palmieri]], [[Ryan Shannon|R. Shannon]]) – 42:47<br>[[Craig Smith (ice hockey)|C. Smith]] ([[Jack Johnson (ice hockey)|J. Johnson]]) (PP) – 56:42
|goals2     = <br><br>34:00 – [[Marco Pewal|M. Pewal]] ([[Thomas Raffl|T. Raffl]], [[Michael Raffl|M. Raffl]])
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 4,495
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vyacheslav Bulanov]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|LAT}} Eduards Odiņš
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261C06_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 32
|shots2     = 13
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 30 April 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|NOR}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|SWE}}
|score      = 5–4 <small> [[Shootout (ice hockey)#Shootout|GWS]] </small>
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>2–3<br>3–3<br>3–4<br>4–4
|periods    = (1–3, 2–0, 1–1)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–0)<br>([[Shootout (ice hockey)|SO:]] 1–0)
|goalie1    = [[Lars Haugen]]
|goalie2    = [[Erik Ersberg]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Martin Røymark|M. Røymark]] ([[Mads Hansen (ice hockey)|M. Hansen]], [[Morten Ask|M. Ask]]) (PP) – 08:06<br><br><br>M. Ask ([[Mathis Olimb|M. Olimb]]) (PP) – 21:00<br>[[Marius Holtet|M. Holtet]] ([[Anders Bastiansen|A. Bastiansen]], [[Per-Åge Skrøder|P. Skrøder]]) (PP) – 33:45<br><br>A. Bastiansen (M. Olimb, [[Lars Spets|L. Spets]]) – 55:06
| soshots1 = P. Skrøder {{SOgoal}}<br>M. Olimb {{SOgoal}}
|goals2     = 06:21 – [[Loui Eriksson|L. Eriksson]] ([[Robert Nilsson|R. Nilsson]])<br><br>11:41 – [[Patrik Berglund|P. Berglund]] ([[Martin Thörnberg|M. Thörnberg]])<br>15:01 – P. Berglund ([[David Petrasek|D. Petrasek]], [[Magnus Pääjärvi|M. Pääjärvi-Svensson]]) (PP)<br><br><br>49:37 – L. Eriksson (R. Nilsson) (PP)
| soshots2 = {{SOmiss}} L. Eriksson<br>{{SOmiss}} P. Berglund
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 5,147
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Peter Ország]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261C08_74_5_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 18
|penalties2 = 12
|shots1     = 20
|shots2     = 46
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 2 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|USA}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|NOR}}
|score      = 4–2
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>1–2<br>2–2<br>3–2<br>4–2
|periods    = (0–2, 0–0, 4–0)
|goalie1    = [[Al Montoya]]
|goalie2    = [[Lars Haugen]]
|goals1     = <br><br>[[Nick Palmieri|N. Palmieri]] ([[Chris Kreider|C. Kreider]], [[Ryan Shannon|R. Shannon]]) – 41:16<br>[[Jack Skille|J. Skille]] ([[Tim Stapleton|T. Stapleton]], [[Ryan McDonagh|R. McDonagh]]) – 44:59<br>N. Palmieri (R. Shannon, [[Kevin Shattenkirk|K. Shattenkirk]]) (PP) – 53:44<br>[[Craig Smith (ice hockey)|C. Smith]] ([[Derek Stepan|D. Stepan]], [[Jack Johnson (ice hockey)|J. Johnson]]) (PP) – 58:34
|goals2     = 08:09 – [[Ken André Olimb|K. Olimb]] ([[Marius Holtet|M. Holtet]])<br>09:22 – [[Anders Bastiansen|A. Bastiansen]] (SH)
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 4,149
|official   = {{flagicon|CZE}} Antonín Jeřábek
|official2  = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Rönn]]
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261C14_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 49
|shots2     = 15
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 2 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SWE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|AUT}}
|score      = 3–0
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0
|periods    = (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
|goalie1    = [[Viktor Fasth]]
|goalie2    = [[Fabian Weinhandl]]
|goals1     = [[Niklas Persson|N. Persson]] ([[Loui Eriksson|L. Eriksson]], [[Robert Nilsson|R. Nilsson]]) – 19:39<br>N. Persson ([[David Petrasek|D. Petrasek]], R. Nilsson) – 25:39<br>[[Magnus Pääjärvi|M. Pääjärvi-Svensson]] ([[David Petrasek|D. Petrasek]]) (PP) – 42:34
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 3,704
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Sami Partanen
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261C16_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 12
|shots1     = 38
|shots2     = 23
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 4 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|AUT}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|NOR}}'''
|score      = 0–5
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>0–3<br>0–4<br>0–5
|periods    = (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)
|goalie1    = [[Jürgen Penker]]
|goalie2    = [[Lars Haugen]]
|goals1     =
|goals2     = 06:26 – [[Eerikki Koivu|E. Koivu]] ([[Anders Bastiansen|A. Bastiansen]], [[Mathis Olimb|M. Olimb]])<br>09:31 – M. Olimb ([[Lars Spets|L. Spets]], A. Bastiansen)<br>10:27 – [[Jonas Holøs|J. Holøs]] ([[Per-Åge Skrøder|P. Skrøder]], M. Olimb) (PP)<br>39:41 – L. Spets (A. Bastiansen, M. Olimb)<br>49:51 – A. Bastiansen (M. Olimb, P. Skrøder) (PP)
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 4,355
|official   = {{flagicon|LAT}} Eduards Odiņš
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261C22_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 39
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 25
|shots2     = 27
}}
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|date       = 4 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SWE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|USA}}
|score      = 6–2
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>4–1<br>4–2<br>5–2<br>6–2
|periods    = (1–1, 3–0, 2–1)
|goalie1    = [[Viktor Fasth]]
|goalie2    = [[Al Montoya]]
|goals1     = [[Patrik Berglund|P. Berglund]] ([[Tim Erixon|T. Erixon]]) – 17:31<br><br>[[Marcus Krüger|M. Krüger]] ([[Mattias Tedenby|M. Tedenby]]) – 23:17<br>[[Mattias Sjögren|M. Sjögren]] ([[Jimmie Ericsson|J. Ericsson]]) – 30:27<br>P. Berglund ([[Martin Thörnberg|M. Thörnberg]], [[Magnus Pääjärvi|M. Pääjärvi-Svensson]]) – 35:16<br><br>J. Ericsson ([[Staffan Kronwall|S. Kronwall]], [[Mattias Sjögren|M. Sjögren]]) – 56:01<br>[[David Petrasek|D. Petrasek]] (M. Sjögren) (PP) – 58:50
|goals2     = <br>18:43 – [[Cam Fowler|C. Fowler]] ([[Derek Stepan|D. Stepan]], [[Craig Smith (ice hockey)|C. Smith]]) (PP)<br><br><br><br>50:29 – [[Blake Wheeler|B. Wheeler]] (C. Smith)
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 7,401
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vyacheslav Bulanov]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Peter Ország]]
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261C24_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 4
|shots1     = 30
|shots2     = 32
}}

=== Group D ===
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|team1=CZE|name_CZE={{ih|CZE}}
|team2=FIN|name_FIN={{ih|FIN}}
|team3=DEN|name_DEN={{ih|DEN}}
|team4=LAT|name_LAT={{ih|LAT}}
|win_CZE=3|OTwin_CZE=0|OTloss_CZE=0|loss_CZE=0|gf_CZE=12|ga_CZE=3
|win_FIN=1|OTwin_FIN=1|OTloss_FIN=0|loss_FIN=1|gf_FIN=9|ga_FIN=5
|win_DEN=0|OTwin_DEN=1|OTloss_DEN=0|loss_DEN=2|gf_DEN=4|ga_DEN=13
|win_LAT=0|OTwin_LAT=0|OTloss_LAT=2|loss_LAT=1|gf_LAT=6|ga_LAT=10

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<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 30 April 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|FIN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|DEN}}
|score      = 5–1
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>3–1<br>4–1<br>5–1
|periods    = (0–0, 2–0, 3–1)
|goalie1    = [[Petri Vehanen]]
|goalie2    = [[Frederik Andersen]]
|goals1     = [[Jarkko Immonen|J. Immonen]] ([[Jyrki Välivaara|J. Välivaara]]) (PP) – 23:57<br>[[Juhamatti Aaltonen|J. Aaltonen]] ([[Mikko Koivu|M. Koivu]]) (PP) – 36:26<br>[[Antti Pihlström|A. Pihlström]] ([[Mika Pyörälä|M. Pyörälä]], [[Petteri Nokelainen|P. Nokelainen]]) – 42:39<br><br>[[Mikael Granlund|M. Granlund]] ([[Janne Niskala|J. Niskala]], [[Pasi Puistola|P. Puistola]]) (PP) – 52:29<br>[[Tuomo Ruutu|T. Ruutu]] (J. Aaltonen) – 53:21
|goals2     = <br><br><br>47:54 – [[Nichlas Hardt|N. Hardt]] ([[Julian Jakobsen|J. Jakobsen]], [[Morten Green|M. Green]]) (PP)
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,125
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261D05_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 4
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 44
|shots2     = 9
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 30 April 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CZE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|LAT}}
|score      = 4–2
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>2–2<br>3–2<br>4–2
|periods    = (1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
|goalie1    = [[Ondřej Pavelec]]
|goalie2    = [[Edgars Masaļskis]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Tomáš Rolinek|T. Rolinek]] ([[Jakub Voráček|J. Voráček]], [[Martin Škoula|M. Škoula]]) – 17:47<br><br>[[Patrik Eliáš|P. Eliáš]] ([[Martin Havlát|M. Havlát]], [[Milan Michálek|M. Michálek]]) – 33:02<br>M. Havlát (P. Eliáš) – 41:15<br>[[Roman Červenka|R. Červenka]] – 58:11
|goals2     = 09:04 – [[Lauris Dārziņš|L. Dārziņš]] ([[Miķelis Rēdlihs|M. Rēdlihs]], [[Kristaps Sotnieks|K. Sotnieks]])<br><br>21:21 – [[Roberts Bukarts|R. Bukarts]] ([[Armands Bērziņš|A. Bērziņš]], [[Gints Meija|G. Meija]])
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,219
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Lärking
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Sören Persson
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261D07_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 20
|shots1     = 34
|shots2     = 24
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 2 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CZE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|DEN}}
|score      = 6–0
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>4–0<br>5–0<br>6–0
|periods    = (1–0, 4–0, 1–0)
|goalie1    = [[Ondřej Pavelec]]
|goalie2    = [[Patrick Galbraith]]
|goals1     = [[Michael Frolík|M. Frolík]] ([[Petr Hubáček|P. Hubáček]], [[Zbyněk Michálek|Z. Michálek]]) – 02:29<br>[[Milan Michálek|M. Michálek]] ([[Marek Židlický|M. Židlický]]) – 31:34<br>M. Michálek ([[Patrik Eliáš|P. Eliáš]], [[Martin Havlát|M. Havlát]]) (PP) – 33:17<br>M. Frolík ([[Petr Čáslava|P. Čáslava]], [[Jiří Novotný (ice hockey)|J. Novotný]]) – 34:25<br>[[Tomáš Plekanec|T. Plekanec]] ([[Roman Červenka|R. Červenka]]) – 34:38<br>[[Petr Průcha|P. Průcha]] (M. Frolík) – 56:23
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,217
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
|official2  = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Brent Reiber]]
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261D13_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 4
|shots1     = 35
|shots2     = 24
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 2 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|LAT}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|FIN}}'''
|score      = 2–3<small> [[Shootout (ice hockey)#Shootout|GWS]] </small>
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>2–2
|periods    = (0–1, 1–0, 1–1)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–0)<br>([[Shootout (ice hockey)|SO:]] 0–1)
|goalie1    = [[Edgars Masaļskis]]
|goalie2    = [[Teemu Lassila]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Krišjānis Rēdlihs|K. Rēdlihs]] ([[Miķelis Rēdlihs|M. Rēdlihs]], [[Andris Džeriņš|A. Džeriņš]]) (PP) – 33:36<br>[[Herberts Vasiļjevs|H. Vasiļjevs]] ([[Mārtiņš Cipulis|M. Cipulis]], [[Georgijs Pujacs|G. Pujacs]]) (PP) – 42:12
| soshots1 = [[Aleksandrs Ņiživijs|A. Ņiživijs]] {{SOmiss}}<br>[[Lauris Dārziņš|L. Dārziņš]] {{SOmiss}}
|goals2     = 13:54 – [[Jarkko Immonen|J. Immonen]] ([[Jyrki Välivaara|J. Välivaara]], [[Mikael Granlund|M. Granlund]]) (PP)<br><br><br>52:51 – [[Niko Kapanen|N. Kapanen]] (J. Immonen, M. Granlund) (PP)
| soshots2 = {{SOgoal}} J. Immonen<br>{{SOgoal}} [[Mikko Koivu|M. Koivu]]
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,210
|official   = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Danny Kurmann]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Sterns
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261D15_74_5_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 25
|shots2     = 34
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 4 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|DEN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|LAT}}
|score      = 3–2<small> [[Shootout (ice hockey)#Shootout|GWS]] </small>
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>2–2
|periods    = (1–0, 1–2, 0–0)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–0)<br>([[Shootout (ice hockey)|SO:]] 1–0)
|goalie1    = [[Frederik Andersen]]
|goalie2    = [[Edgars Masaļskis]]
|goals1     = [[Mads Christensen (ice hockey, born 1987)|M. Christensen]] ([[Julian Jakobsen|J. Jakobsen]], [[Mads Bødker|M. Bødker]]) – 01:43<br><br>M. Christensen ([[Daniel Nielsen|D. Nielsen]], [[Nichlas Hardt|N. Hardt]]) (PP) – 28:27
| soshots1 = [[Morten Green|M. Green]] {{SOmiss}}<br>[[Morten Madsen|M. Madsen]] {{SOmiss}}<br>J. Jakobsen {{SOmiss}}<br>M. Christensen {{SOgoal}}
|goals2     = <br>23:03 – [[Mārtiņš Cipulis|M. Cipulis]] ([[Oskars Cibuļskis|O. Cibuļskis]], [[Aleksandrs Ņiživijs|A. Ņiživijs]])<br><br>35:14 – [[Jēkabs Rēdlihs|J. Rēdlihs]] (A. Ņiživijs, [[Miķelis Rēdlihs|M. Rēdlihs]]) (PP)
| soshots2 = {{SOmiss}} A. Ņiživijs<br> {{SOmiss}} [[Herberts Vasiļjevs|H. Vasiļjevs]]<br>{{SOmiss}} [[Andris Džeriņš|A. Džeriņš]]<br>{{SOmiss}} A. Ņiživijs
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 8,870
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|CAN}} Darcy Burchell
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261D21_74_5_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 29
|shots2     = 39
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 4 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|FIN}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|CZE}}'''
|score      = 1–2
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>1–2
|periods    = (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)
|goalie1    = [[Petri Vehanen]]
|goalie2    = [[Ondřej Pavelec]]
|goals1     = <br><br>[[Anssi Salmela|A. Salmela]] – 59:41
|goals2     = 24:24 – [[Milan Michálek|M. Michálek]] ([[Marek Židlický|M. Židlický]], [[Karel Rachůnek|K. Rachůnek]]) (PP)<br>42:48 – [[Jaromír Jágr|J. Jágr]] ([[Roman Červenka|R. Červenka]], [[Lukáš Krajíček|L. Krajíček]])
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,310
|official   = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Brent Reiber]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Sterns
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261D23_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 16
|penalties2 = 24
|shots1     = 32
|shots2     = 25
}}

== Qualifying round ==
The top three teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to the qualifying round. They were placed into two groups: teams from Groups A and D were placed into Group E, while teams from Groups B and C were placed into Group F. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. The teams played a single round robin, but didn't play against teams that they had already met in preliminary groups.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/sk/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home/format-rules.html Format & Rules] IIHF</ref>

The top four teams in both groups E and F advanced to the playoff round.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#cfc;"| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|Team advanced to the [[#Playoff round|Playoff Round]]
|-
| style="background:#fcc;"| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|Team eliminated from advancing
|}

===Group E ===
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|team1=CZE|name_CZE={{ih|CZE}}
|team2=FIN|name_FIN={{ih|FIN}}
|team3=GER|name_GER={{ih|GER}}
|team4=RUS|name_RUS={{ih|RUS}}
|team5=SVK|name_SVK={{ih|SVK}}
|team6=DEN|name_DEN={{ih|DEN}}
|win_CZE=5|OTwin_CZE=0|OTloss_CZE=0|loss_CZE=0|gf_CZE=19|ga_CZE=7
|win_FIN=2|OTwin_FIN=2|OTloss_FIN=0|loss_FIN=1|gf_FIN=16|ga_FIN=10
|win_GER=2|OTwin_GER=0|OTloss_GER=2|loss_GER=1|gf_GER=15|ga_GER=17
|win_RUS=2|OTwin_RUS=0|OTloss_RUS=1|loss_RUS=2|gf_RUS=12|ga_RUS=14
|win_SVK=1|OTwin_SVK=0|OTloss_SVK=0|loss_SVK=4|gf_SVK=13|ga_SVK=14
|win_DEN=0|OTwin_DEN=1|OTloss_DEN=0|loss_DEN=4|gf_DEN=9|ga_DEN=22

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<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 5 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|RUS}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|DEN}}
|score      = 4–3
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>2–2<br>3–2<br>4–2<br>4–3
|periods    = (1–2, 2–0, 1–1)
|goalie1    = [[Evgeni Nabokov]]<br>[[Konstantin Barulin]]
|goalie2    = [[Frederik Andersen]]
|goals1     = [[Sergei Zinoviev|S.Zinoviev]] ([[Ilja Nikulin|I.Nikulin]], [[Danis Zaripov|D.Zaripov]]) – 09:26<br><br><br>S.Zinoviev ([[Aleksey Morozov|A.Morozov]], D.Zaripov) – 30:08<br>S.Zinoviev (D.Zaripov, A.Morozov) – 34:18<br>[[Evgeny Artyukhin|E.Artyukhin]] ([[Andrey Korneyev|A.Korneyev]], [[Dmitri Kalinin|D.Kalinin]]) – 45:21
|goals2     = <br>11:12 – [[Nichlas Hardt|N.Hardt]] ([[Kirill Starkov|K.Starkov]])<br> 19:46 – [[Mads Bødker|Ma. Bødker]] ([[Philip Hersby|P.Hersby]]) (PP)<br><br><br><br>47:27 – N.Hardt (K.Starkov)
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,204
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Soeren Perrson
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261E27_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 40
|shots2     = 22
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 6 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|GER}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|FIN}}'''
|score      = 4–5 <small> [[Shootout (ice hockey)#Shootout|GWS]] </small>
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>3–2<br>3–3<br>4–3<br>4–4
|periods    = (1–1, 3–2, 0–1)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–0)<br>([[Shootout (ice hockey)|SO:]] 0–1)
|goalie1    = [[Dennis Endras]]
|goalie2    = [[Teemu Lassila]]<br>[[Petri Vehanen]]
|goals1     = <br>[[André Rankel|A. Rankel]] ([[Michael Wolf (ice hockey)|M. Wolf]], [[Kai Hospelt|K. Hospelt]]) – 14:45<br>[[Felix Schütz|F. Schütz]] ([[Philip Gogulla|P. Gogulla]], [[Frank Mauer|F. Mauer]]) – 26:28<br>K. Hospelt ([[Kevin Lavallée (ice hockey b. 1981)|K. Lavallée]], [[Nikolai Goc|N. Goc]]) – 27:32<br><br><br>[[Patrick Reimer|P. Reimer]] ([[Constantin Braun|C. Braun]], [[Marcel Mueller|M. Mueller]]) – 39:03
| soshots1 = P. Reimer {{SOgoal}}<br>K. Hospelt {{SOmiss}}<br>M. Wolf {{SOgoal}}<br>P. Reimer {{SOmiss}}
|goals2     = 00:13 – [[Tuomo Ruutu|T. Ruutu]] ([[Mikko Koivu|M. Koivu]], [[Sami Lepistö|S. Lepistö]])<br><br><br><br>31:39 – [[Janne Pesonen|J. Pesonen]] ([[Mikael Granlund|M. Granlund]], [[Pasi Puistola|P. Puistola]])<br>38:07 – [[Jarkko Immonen|J. Immonen]] (J. Pesonen, [[Janne Niskala|J. Niskala]])<br><br>54:12 – T. Ruutu (J. Pesonen, S. Lepistö)
| soshots2 = {{SOmiss}} J. Immonen<br>{{SOgoal}} M. Koivu<br>{{SOgoal}} M. Granlund<br>{{SOgoal}} M. Koivu
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,255
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
|official2  = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Brent Reiber]]
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261E29_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 21
|shots2     = 50
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 6 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CZE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|SVK}}
|score      = 3–2
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>3–2
|periods    = (1–0, 0–1, 2–1)
|goalie1    = [[Ondřej Pavelec]]
|goalie2    = [[Jaroslav Halák]]
|goals1     = [[Marek Židlický|M. Židlický]] ([[Patrik Eliáš|P. Eliáš]], [[Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979)|J. Marek]]) (PP) – 17:48<br><br>[[Martin Havlát|M. Havlát]] (P. Eliáš) – 41:06<br>[[Milan Michálek|M. Michálek]] (P. Eliáš, M. Havlát) – 44:28
|goals2     = <br>22:54 – [[Ladislav Nagy|L. Nagy]] ([[Ľubomír Višňovský|Ľ Višňovský]], [[Jozef Stümpel|J. Stümpel]])<br><br><br>58:41 – [[Tomáš Surový|T. Surový]] ([[Branko Radivojevič|B. Radivojevič]], [[Martin Cibák|M. Cibák]])
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,313
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Darcy Burchell
|official2  = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Danny Kurmann]]
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261E31_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 4
|shots1     = 37
|shots2     = 22
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 7 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|DEN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|GER}}
|score      = 4–3 <small> [[Shootout (ice hockey)#Shootout|GWS]] </small>
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>2–2<br>2–3<br>3–3
|periods    = (1–1, 1–1, 1–1)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–0)<br>([[Shootout (ice hockey)|SO:]] 1–0)
|goalie1    = [[Frederik Andersen]]
|goalie2    = [[Dennis Endras]]
|goals1     = [[Mads Bødker|Ma.Bødker]] ([[Mads Christensen (ice hockey b. 1987)|M. Christensen]], [[Julian Jakobsen|J. Jakobsen]]) (PP) – 08:09<br><br>[[Mikkel Bødker|Mi. Bødker]] (J. Jakobsen, [[Kasper Jensen|K. Jensen]]) – 21:39<br><br><br>[[Nichlas Hardt|N. Hardt]] ([[Morten Green|M. Green]], [[Morten Madsen|M. Madsen]]) – 57:33
| soshots1 = M. Madsen {{SOmiss}}<br>M. Christensen {{SOgoal}}<br>Mi. Bødker {{SOgoal}}
|goals2     = <br>[[John Tripp (ice hockey)|J. Tripp]] ([[Marcel Mueller|M. Müller]], [[Christoph Ullmann|C. Ullmann]]) – 10:15<br><br>[[Alexander Barta|A. Barta]] ([[Marcus Kink|M. Kink]], [[Patrick Reimer|P. Reimer]]) – 22:05<br>[[Kevin Lavallee (ice hockey b. 1981)|K. Lavallée]] ([[Frank Hördler|F. Hördler]], M. Müller) – 41:32
| soshots2 = {{SOmiss}} M. Müller<br>{{SOgoal}} P. Reimer<br>{{SOmiss}} M. Wolf
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,299
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|CAN}} Darcy Burchell
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261E35_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 22
|shots2     = 33
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 7 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|FIN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|SVK}}
|score      = 2–1
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1
|periods    = (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)
|goalie1    = [[Petri Vehanen]]
|goalie2    = [[Jaroslav Halák]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Tuomo Ruutu|T. Ruutu]] ([[Mikko Koivu|M. Koivu]]) – 47:17<br>T. Ruutu ([[Anssi Salmela|A. Salmela]], [[Mika Pyörälä|M. Pyörälä]]) – 50:26
|goals2     = 16:21 – [[Marián Gáborík|M. Gáborík]] ([[Michal Handzuš|M. Handzuš]], [[Pavol Demitra|P. Demitra]]) (PP)
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,321
|official   = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Danny Kurmann]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Brent Reiber]]
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261E37_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 35
|shots2     = 28
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 8 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CZE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|RUS}}
|score      = 3–2
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>3–2
|periods    = (2–0, 0–1, 1–1)
|goalie1    = [[Ondřej Pavelec]]
|goalie2    = [[Konstantin Barulin]]
|goals1     = [[Jakub Voráček|J. Voráček]] ([[Tomáš Rolinek|T. Rolinek]], [[Martin Škoula|M. Škoula]]) – 14:01<br>[[Jaromír Jágr|J. Jágr]] ([[Tomáš Plekanec|T. Plekanec]]) – 15:52<br><br>T. Plekanec (PS) – 43:27
|goals2     = <br><br>31:50 – [[Alexei Tereshchenko|A. Tereshchenko]] ([[Vitaly Atyushov|V. Atyushov]], [[Alexander Radulov|A. Radulov]]) (PP)<br><br>55:04 – [[Danis Zaripov|D. Zaripov]] ([[Dmitri Kalinin|D. Kalinin]], [[Sergei Zinovjev|S. Zinovjev]])
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,308
|official   = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Brent Reiber]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Sterns
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261E39_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 16
|shots1     = 33
|shots2     = 26
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 9 May 2011
|time       = 12:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SVK}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|DEN}}
|score      = 4–1
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>4–1
|periods    = (2–1, 0–0, 2–0)
|goalie1    = [[Jaroslav Halák]]
|goalie2    = [[Patrick Galbraith]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Jozef Stümpel|J. Stümpel]] ([[Milan Jurčina|M. Jurčina]], [[Miroslav Šatan|M. Šatan]]) – 10:10<br>M. Šatan ([[Štefan Ružička|Š Ružička]], [[Ivan Majeský|I. Majeský]]) – 15:52<br>[[Marián Hossa|M. Hossa]] ([[Marián Gáborík|M. Gáborík]], J. Halák) (PP) – 40:32<br>[[Richard Zedník|R. Zedník]] ([[Michal Handzuš|M. Handzuš]], [[Dominik Graňák|D. Graňák]]) – 50:05
|goals2     = 04:09 – [[Mads Christensen (ice hockey, born 1987)|M. Christensen]] ([[Mikkel Bødker|Mi. Bødker]], [[Julian Jakobsen|J. Jakobsen]])
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,307
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Sterns
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261E43_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 16
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 43
|shots2     = 18
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 9 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|RUS}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|FIN}}'''
|score      = 2–3<small> [[Shootout (ice hockey)#Shootout|GWS]] </small>
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>2–1<br>2–2
|periods    = (2–0, 0–2, 0–0)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–0)<br>([[Shootout (ice hockey)|SO:]] 0–1)
|goalie1    = [[Konstantin Barulin]]
|goalie2    = [[Petri Vehanen]]<br>[[Teemu Lassila]]
|goals1     = [[Nikolai Kulemin|N. Kulemin]] ([[Dmitri Kulikov (ice hockey)|D. Kulikov]], [[Evgeny Artyukhin|E.Artyukhin]]) – 04:26<br>[[Ilya Nikulin|I. Nikulin]] ([[Danis Zaripov|D. Zaripov]], [[Alexei Morozov|A. Morozov]]) – 04:37
| soshots1 = [[Ilya Kovalchuk|I. Kovalchuk]] {{SOmiss}}<br>A. Morozov {{SOmiss}}
|goals2     = <br><br>26:59 – [[Mikko Koivu|M. Koivu]] ([[Pasi Puistola|P. Puistola]], [[Mika Pyörälä|M. Pyörälä]])<br>36:39 – [[Janne Niskala|J. Niskala]] ([[Jarkko Immonen|J. Immonen]])
| soshots2 = {{SOgoal}} J. Immonen<br>{{SOgoal}} M. Koivu
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,292
|official   = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Danny Kurmann]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Lärking
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261E45_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 12
|shots1     = 35
|shots2     = 32
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 9 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|GER}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|CZE}}'''
|score      = 2–5
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>1–4<br>1–5<br>2–5
|periods    = (1–2, 0–3, 1–0)
|goalie1    = [[Dennis Endras]]
|goalie2    = [[Jakub Štěpanek]]
|goals1     = <br>[[John Tripp (ice hockey)|J. Tripp]] ([[Kevin Lavallée (ice hockey b. 1981)|K. Lavallée]], [[Frank Hördler|F. Hördler]]) – 01:49<br><br><br><br><br>[[Thomas Greilinger|T. Greilinger]] (PP) – 58:26
|goals2     = 00:51 – [[Tomáš Plekanec|T. Plekanec]] ([[Jaromír Jágr|J. Jágr]])<br><br>10:38 – [[Michael Frolík|M. Frolík]] ([[Jiří Novotný (ice hockey)|J. Novotný]], [[Petr Hubáček|P. Hubáček]])<br>22:47 – [[Karel Rachůnek|K. Rachůnek]] (J. Jágr, [[Roman Červenka|R. Červenka]]) (PP)<br>35:34 – T. Plekanec (J. Jágr, R. Červenka) (PP)<br>36:58 – [[Patrik Eliáš|P. Eliáš]] ([[Petr Průcha|P. Průcha]], [[Martin Havlát|M. Havlát]])
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,305
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Sören Persson
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261E47_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 42
|shots2     = 22
}}

===Group F ===
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|team2=SWE|name_SWE={{ih|SWE}}
|team3=NOR|name_NOR={{ih|NOR}}
|team4=USA|name_USA={{ih|USA}}
|team5=SUI|name_SUI={{ih|SUI}}
|team6=FRA|name_FRA={{ih|FRA}}
|win_CAN=3|OTwin_CAN=2|OTloss_CAN=0|loss_CAN=0|gf_CAN=23|ga_CAN=11
|win_SWE=3|OTwin_SWE=0|OTloss_SWE=1|loss_SWE=1|gf_SWE=18|ga_SWE=10
|win_NOR=2|OTwin_NOR=1|OTloss_NOR=0|loss_NOR=2|gf_NOR=17|ga_NOR=15
|win_USA=2|OTwin_USA=0|OTloss_USA=1|loss_USA=2|gf_USA=15|ga_USA=19
|win_SUI=1|OTwin_SUI=1|OTloss_SUI=1|loss_SUI=2|gf_SUI=11|ga_SUI=12
|win_FRA=0|OTwin_FRA=0|OTloss_FRA=1|loss_FRA=4|gf_FRA=5|ga_FRA=22

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<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 5 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|SUI}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|NOR}}'''
|score      = 2–3
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>2–3
|periods    = (0–2, 1–0, 1–1)
|goalie1    = [[Tobias Stephan]]
|goalie2    = [[Lars Haugen]]
|goals1     = <br><br>[[Thibaut Monnet|T. Monnet]] ([[Julien Sprunger|J. Sprunger]], [[Mathias Seger|M. Seger]]) (PP) – 28:35<br><br>[[Raphael Diaz|R. Diaz]] ([[Ivo Rüthemann|I. Rüthemann]]) (PP) – 47:19
|goals2     = 08:47 – [[Jonas Holøs|J. Holøs]] ([[Alexander Bonsaksen|A. Bonsaksen]], [[Mathis Olimb|M. Olimb]])<br>19:55 – [[Per-Åge Skrøder|P. Skrøder]] (J. Holøs, M. Olimb) (PP)<br><br>42:48 – [[Kristian Forsberg|K. Forsberg]] ([[Marius Holtet|M. Holtet]])
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 2,820
|official   = {{flagicon|LAT}} Eduards Odiņš
|official2  = {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Peter Ország]]
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261F28_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 41
|shots2     = 25
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 6 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CAN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|USA}}
|score      = 4–3 <small> [[Shootout (ice hockey)#Shootout|GWS]] </small>
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>2–2<br>3–2<br>3–3
|periods    = (0–0, 1–2, 2–1)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–0)<br>([[Shootout (ice hockey)|SO:]] 1–0)
|goalie1    = [[James Reimer]]
|goalie2    = [[Ty Conklin]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Brent Burns|B. Burns]] ([[Alex Pietrangelo|A. Pietrangelo]]) – 27:20<br><br>[[John Tavares (ice hockey)|J. Tavares]] ([[Chris Stewart (ice hockey, born 1987)|C. Stewart]], [[Marc-André Gragnani|M. Gragnani]]) – 43:27<br>[[Jason Spezza|J. Spezza]] (J. Tavares, B. Burns) (PP) – 45:22
| soshots1 = [[Jordan Eberle|J. Eberle]] {{SOgoal}}<br>[[Rick Nash|R. Nash]] {{SOgoal}}
|goals2     = 24:13 – [[Mike Komisarek|M. Komisarek]] ([[Craig Smith (ice hockey)|C. Smith]], T. Conklin)<br><br>33:47 – [[Jack Johnson (ice hockey)|J. Johnson]] ([[Blake Wheeler|B. Wheeler]], [[Yan Šťastný|Y. Šťastný]])<br><br><br>51:17 – [[Derek Stepan|D. Stepan]] (B. Wheeler) (PP)
| soshots2 = {{SOmiss}} J. Johnson<br>{{SOmiss}} B. Wheeler
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 7,485
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Sami Partanen
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261F30_74_5_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 52
|shots2     = 20
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 6 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SWE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|FRA}}
|score      = 4–0
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>4–0
|periods    = (3–0, 0–0, 1–0)
|goalie1    = [[Viktor Fasth]]
|goalie2    = [[Cristobal Huet]]<br>[[Fabrice Lhenry]]
|goals1     = [[Robert Nilsson|R. Nilsson]] ([[Daniel Fernholm|D. Fernholm]], [[Tim Erixon|T. Erixon]]) – 04:34<br>[[Oliver Ekman-Larsson|O. Ekman-Larsson]] ([[Staffan Kronwall|S. Kronwall]]) (PP) – 13:51<br>[[Patrik Berglund|P. Berglund]] ([[Magnus Pääjärvi|M. Pääjärvi-Svensson]], [[Carl Gunnarsson|C. Gunnarsson]]) – 15:39<br>S. Kronwall (O. Ekman-Larsson, [[Mikael Backlund|M. Backlund]]) – 45:34
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 4,761
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Rönn]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261F32_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 22
|shots1     = 58
|shots2     = 29
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 7 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|NOR}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|CAN}}'''
|score      = 2–3
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>0–3<br>1–3<br>2–3
|periods    = (0–1, 0–1, 2–1)
|goalie1    = [[Lars Haugen]]
|goalie2    = [[Jonathan Bernier]]
|goals1     = <br><br><br>[[Ken André Olimb|K. Olimb]] ([[Martin Røymark|M. Røymark]]) – 51:36<br>[[Marius Holtet|M. Holtet]] ([[Ole-Kristian Tollefsen|O. Tollefsen]]) – 52:49
|goals2     = [[Jason Spezza|J. Spezza]] ([[Rick Nash|R. Nash]], [[James Neal (ice hockey)|J. Neal]]) – 15:26<br>[[John Tavares (ice hockey)|J. Tavares]] – 30:15<br>J. Neal (R. Nash, J. Spezza) – 49:02
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 4,978
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Rönn]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261F36_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 27
|shots2     = 43
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 7 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|USA}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|FRA}}
|score      = 3–2
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>3–2
|periods    = (1–1, 2–0, 0–1)
|goalie1    = [[Ty Conklin]]
|goalie2    = [[Cristobal Huet]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Derek Stepan|D. Stepan]] ([[Blake Wheeler|B. Wheeler]]) – 16:06<br>[[Mark Stuart (ice hockey)|M. Stuart]] ([[Chris Porter (ice hockey)|C. Porter]], [[Paul Gaustad|P. Gaustad]]) – 21:16<br>[[Chris Kreider|C. Kreider]] ([[Andy Miele|A. Miele]]) (PP) – 25:24
|goals2     = 05:25 – [[Sacha Treille|S. Treille]]<br><br><br><br>55:30 – [[Laurent Meunier|L. Meunier]] ([[Kevin Hecquefeuille|K. Hecquefeuille]])
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 3,101
|official   = {{flagicon|LAT}} Eduards Odiņš
|official2  = {{flagicon|SVK}} Peter Ország
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261F38_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 20
|penalties2 = 22
|shots1     = 38
|shots2     = 22
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 8 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SWE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|SUI}}
|score      = 2–0
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0
|periods    = (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)
|goalie1    = [[Viktor Fasth]]
|goalie2    = [[Leonardo Genoni]]
|goals1     = [[Mikael Backlund|M. Backlund]] ([[Staffan Kronwall|S. Kronwall]]) – 47:47<br>M. Backlund (ENG) – 59:28
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 5,941
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vyacheslav Bulanov]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|LAT}} Eduards Odiņš
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261F40_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 34
|shots2     = 31
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 9 May 2011
|time       = 12:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|FRA}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|NOR}}'''
|score      = 2–5
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>2–3<br>2–4<br>2–5
|periods    = (1–3, 1–1, 0–1)
|goalie1    = [[Cristobal Huet]]
|goalie2    = [[Lars Haugen]]
|goals1     = <br><br>[[Damien Fleury|D. Fleury]] ([[Damien Raux|D. Raux]], [[Julien Desrosiers|J. Desrosiers]]) – 10:57<br><br>[[Laurent Meunier|L. Meunier]] ([[Kévin Hecquefeuille|K. Hecquefeuille]], [[Pierre-Édouard Bellemare|P. Bellemare]]) (SH) – 31:20
|goals2     = 03:26 – [[Per-Åge Skrøder|P. Skrøder]] ([[Martin Røymark|M. Røymark]], [[Morten Ask|M. Ask]]) (PP)<br>03:52 – [[Marius Holtet|M. Holtet]] ([[Ken André Olimb|K. Olimb]], [[Jonas Holøs|J. Holøs]])<br><br>17:50 – M. Holtet<br><br>35:19 – M. Holtet (P. Skrøder, J. Holøs) (PP)<br>52:26 – M. Holtet ([[Alexander Bonsaksen|A. Bonsaksen]])
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 3,178
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vyacheslav Bulanov]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Antonín Jeřábek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261F44_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 32
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 19
|shots2     = 37
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 9 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SUI}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|USA}}
|score      = 5–3
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>3–2<br>4–2<br>4–3<br>5–3
|periods    = (2–1, 2–1, 1–1)
|goalie1    = [[Tobias Stephan]]
|goalie2    = [[Ty Conklin]]<br>[[Al Montoya]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Kevin Lotscher|K. Lotscher]] ([[Morris Trachsler|M. Trachsler]], [[Simon Moser|S. Moser]]) – 11:35<br>[[Raphael Diaz|R. Diaz]] ([[Martin Plüss|M. Plüss]], [[Ivo Rüthemann|I. Rüthemann]]) – 14:10<br>I. Rüthemann ([[Matthias Bieber|M. Bieber]], M. Plüss) – 21:06<br><br>K. Lotscher – 31:00<br><br>[[Ryan Gardner|R. Gardner]] (M. Plüss, M. Trachsler) (ENG) – 59:43
|goals2     = 11:01 – [[Craig Smith (ice hockey)|C. Smith]] ([[Clay Wilson|C. Wilson]], [[Kevin Shattenkirk|K. Shattenkirk]])<br><br><br><br>26:09 – [[Ryan Shannon|R. Shannon]] ([[Andy Miele|A. Miele]])<br><br>58:17 – [[James van Riemsdyk|J. van Riemsdyk]] ([[Cam Fowler|C. Fowler]], [[Derek Stepan|D. Stepan]])
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 4,939
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Rönn]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261F46_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 4
|shots1     = 29
|shots2     = 34
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 9 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CAN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|SWE}}
|score      = 3–2
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>2–2<br>3–2
|periods    = (2–1, 0–1, 1–0)
|goalie1    = [[Jonathan Bernier]]
|goalie2    = [[Erik Ersberg]]
|goals1     = [[James Neal (ice hockey)|J. Neal]] ([[Jason Spezza|J. Spezza]]) – 01:08<br><br>[[John Tavares (ice hockey)|J. Tavares]] ([[Jeff Skinner|J. Skinner]], [[Chris Stewart (ice hockey, born 1987)|C. Stewart]]) – 13:20<br><br>[[Rick Nash|R. Nash]] ([[Brent Burns|B. Burns]], J. Neal) (PP) – 52:31
|goals2     = <br>03:43 – [[David Petrasek|D. Petrasek]] ([[Carl Gunnarsson|C. Gunnarsson]], [[Magnus Pääjärvi|M. Pääjärvi-Svensson]]) (PP)<br>30:38 – [[Mattias Tedenby|M. Tedenby]] ([[Jakob Silfverberg|J. Silfverberg]], [[Marcus Krüger|M. Krüger]]) (PP)
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 7,633
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Sami Partanen
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261F48_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 16
|shots1     = 43
|shots2     = 25
}}

== Relegation round ==
The bottom team in the standings from each group of the preliminary round plays in the relegation round. The bottom two teams in the relegation round move down to Division 1 for the 2012 World Championship.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#cfc;"| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|Team qualified for the [[2012 IIHF World Championship]]
|-
| style="background:#fcc;"| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|Team relegated to [[IIHF World Championship Division I|Division&nbsp;I]]
|}

=== Group G ===
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|team1=LAT|name_LAT={{ih|LAT}}
|team2=BLR|name_BLR={{ih|BLR|1995}}
|team3=AUT|name_AUT={{ih|AUT}}
|team4=SLO|name_SLO={{ih|SLO}}
|win_LAT=2|OTwin_LAT=0|OTloss_LAT=0|loss_LAT=1|gf_LAT=12|ga_LAT=9
|win_BLR=2|OTwin_BLR=0|OTloss_BLR=0|loss_BLR=1|gf_BLR=17|ga_BLR=9
|win_AUT=1|OTwin_AUT=0|OTloss_AUT=0|loss_AUT=2|gf_AUT=6|ga_AUT=13
|win_SLO=1|OTwin_SLO=0|OTloss_SLO=0|loss_SLO=2|gf_SLO=8|ga_SLO=12

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}}

<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 5 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SLO}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|LAT}}
|score      = 5–2
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>4–0<br>5–0<br>5–1<br>5–2
|periods    = (0–0, 3–0, 2–2)
|goalie1    = [[Robert Kristan]]
|goalie2    = [[Edgars Masaļskis]]<br>[[Martins Raitums]]
|goals1     = [[Rok Tičar|R. Tičar]] ([[Žiga Jeglič|Z. Jeglič]], [[Mitja Robar|M. Robar]]) (PP) – 27:59<br>[[Tomaž Razingar|T. Razingar]] ([[Marcel Rodman|M. Rodman]], [[David Rodman (ice hockey)|D. Rodman]]) – 33:55<br>T. Razingar (M. Rodman, D. Rodman) – 39:11<br>R. Tičar ([[Robert Sabolič|R. Sabolič]]) – 40:54<br>[[Rok Pajič|R. Pajič]] ([[Boštjan Goličič|B. Goličič]]) – 41:27
|goals2     = <br><br><br><br><br>51:33 – [[Mārtiņš Cipulis|M. Cipulis]] ([[Jēkabs Rēdlihs|J. Rēdlihs]], [[Jānis Andersons|J. Andersons]])<br>59:59 – [[Roberts Bukarts|R. Bukarts]] ([[Kristaps Sotnieks|K. Sotnieks]], [[Gints Meija|G. Meija]])
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 7,467
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Lärking
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Sterns
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261G25_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 37
|shots1     = 35
|shots2     = 31
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 5 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|BLR|1995}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|AUT}}
|score      = 7–2
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>4–0<br>5–0<br>5–1<br>6–1<br>7–1<br>7–2
|periods    = (3–0, 2–0, 2–2)
|goalie1    = [[Andrei Mezin]]
|goalie2    = [[Jürgen Penker]]<br>[[Fabian Weinhandl]]
|goals1     = [[Evgeni Kovyrshin|E. Kovyrshin]] ([[Andrei Kostitsyn|A. Kostitsyn]], [[Alexander Kulakov|A. Kulakov]]) – 04:06<br>[[Mikhail Grabovski|M. Grabovski]] ([[Dmitry Meleshko|D. Meleshko]], [[Nikolai Stasenko|N. Stasenko]]) – 17:17<br>A. Kostitsyn (A. Kulakov, E. Kovyrshin) – 18:57<br>[[Artyom Demkov|A. Demkov]] – 30:17<br>[[Sergei Demagin|S. Demagin]] (SH) – 32:49<br><br>[[Dmitri Korobov|D. Korobov]] (A. Kostitsyn, [[Andrei Stepanov (ice hockey)|A. Stepanov]]) (PP2) – 42:53<br>A. Kulakov (E. Kovyrshin) – 51:55
|goals2     = <br><br><br><br><br>40:47 – [[Oliver Setzinger|O. Setzinger]] ([[Darcy Werenka|D. Werenka]], [[Thomas Koch (ice hockey)|T. Koch]]) (PP)<br><br><br>53:29 – [[Michael Schiechl|M. Schiechl]] ([[Thomas Hundertpfund|T. Hundertpfund]])
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 4,483
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vyacheslav Bulanov]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Antonín Jeřábek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261G26_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 18
|shots1     = 30
|shots2     = 21
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 7 May 2011
|time       = 12:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|AUT}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|SLO}}
|score      = 3–2
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>2–1<br>2–2<br>3–2
|periods    = (1–0, 1–2, 1–0)
|goalie1    = [[Fabian Weinhandl]]
|goalie2    = [[Robert Kristan]]
|goals1     = [[Gerhard Unterluggauer|G. Unterluggauer]] ([[Thomas Raffl|T. Raffl]], [[Thomas Koch (ice hockey)|T. Koch]]) – 19:03<br>T. Raffl ([[Markus Peintner|M. Peintner]], [[Matthias Trattnig|M. Trattnig]]) – 24:15<br><br><br>[[Rafael Rotter|R. Rotter]] ([[Philipp Lukas|P. Lukas]]) – 45:52
|goals2     = <br><br>36:30 – [[Tomaž Razingar|T. Razingar]] ([[David Rodman (ice hockey)|D. Rodman]], [[Marcel Rodman|M. Rodman]])<br>39:41 – D. Rodman ([[Blaž Gregorc|B. Gregorc]], [[Robert Kristan|R. Kristan]])
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 9,033
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Lärking
|official2  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261G33_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 37
|shots2     = 33
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 7 May 2011
|time       = 12:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|BLR|1995}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|LAT}}'''
|score      = 3–6
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>0–3<br>1–3<br>2–3<br>2–4<br>2–5<br>2–6<br>3–6
|periods    = (1–3, 1–1, 1–2)
|goalie1    = [[Andrei Mezin]]
|goalie2    = [[Edgars Masaļskis]]
|goals1     = <br><br><br>[[Viktor Kostyuchenok|V. Kostyuchenok]] ([[Alexander Kitarov|A. Kitarov]], [[Artyom Demkov|A. Demkov]]) – 19:31<br>[[Mikhail Grabovski|M. Grabovski]] ([[Dmitri Korobov|D. Korobov]] [[Dmitry Meleshko|D. Meleshko]]) – 20:53<br><br><br><br>D. Meleshko ([[Andrei Kostitsyn|A. Kostitsyn]], [[Alexander Kulakov|A. Kulakov]]) – 59:50
|goals2     = [[Mārtiņš Cipulis|M. Cipulis]] ([[Arvīds Reķis|A. Reķis]], [[Aleksandrs Ņiživijs|A. Ņiživijs]]) – 09:26<br>[[Georgijs Pujacs|G. Pujacs]] ([[Andris Džeriņš|A. Džeriņš]], [[Jēkabs Rēdlihs|J. Rēdlihs]]) – 13:23<br>G. Pujacs ([[Miķelis Rēdlihs|M. Rēdlihs]]) – 17:19<br><br><br>A. Ņiživijs (M. Cipulis, [[Herberts Vasiļjevs|H. Vasiļjevs]]) – 36:17<br>M. Cipulis (A. Ņiživijs, A. Reķis) – 49:44<br>[[Kaspars Saulietis|K. Saulietis]] (M. Rēdlihs, A. Džeriņš) – 57:29
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 4,976
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Sami Partanen
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261G34_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 16
|penalties2 = 16
|shots1     = 39
|shots2     = 31
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 8 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|SLO}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|BLR|1995}}'''
|score      = 1–7
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>0–3<br>1–3<br>1–4<br>1–5<br>1–6<br>1–7
|periods    = (0–2, 1–3, 0–2)
|goalie1    = [[Robert Kristan]]<br>[[Andrej Hočevar]]
|goalie2    = [[Andrei Mezin]]
|goals1     = <br><br><br>31:51 – [[Robert Sabolič|R. Sabolič]] ([[Rok Pajič|R. Pajič]], [[Žiga Jeglič|Ž Jeglič]])
|goals2     = 06:02 – [[Sergei Demagin|S. Demagin]] ([[Mikhail Grabovski|M. Grabovski]], [[Dmitry Meleshko|D. Meleshko]])<br>07:23 – [[Andrei Kostitsyn|A. Kostitsyn]] ([[Evgeni Kovyrshin|E. Kovyrshin]], [[Alexander Kulakov|A. Kulakov]])<br>28:21 – [[Andrei Stepanov (ice hockey)|A. Stepanov]] ([[Alexander Kitarov|A. Kitarov]], A. Kostitsyn) (PP2)<br><br>35:52 – [[Andrei Mikhalev|A. Mikhalev]] ([[Alexei Ugarov|A. Ugarov]], [[Vladimir Denisov (ice hockey)|V. Denisov]])<br>37:13 – A. Kostitsyn (A. Stepanov, [[Artyom Demkov|A. Demkov]]) (PP)<br>55:07 – A. Mikhalev ([[Dmitri Korobov|D. Korobov]]) (SH)<br>56:13 – A. Mikhalev ([[Mikhail Grabovski|M. Grabovski]], D. Korobov) (PP)
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|attendance = 8,708
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Darcy Burchell
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Sören Persson
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261G41_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 24
|shots2     = 39
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 8 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|LAT}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|AUT}}
|score      = 4–1
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>4–0<br>4–1
|periods    = (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
|goalie1    = [[Edgars Masaļskis]]
|goalie2    = [[Fabian Weinhandl]]
|goals1     = [[Roberts Bukarts|R. Bukarts]] ([[Gints Meija|G. Meija]]) – 05:01<br>[[Miķelis Rēdlihs|M. Rēdlihs]] ([[Kaspars Saulietis|K. Saulietis]], [[Armands Bērziņš|A. Bērziņš]]) – 13:30<br>K. Saulietis ([[Andris Džeriņš|A. Džeriņš]], [[Kristaps Sotnieks|K. Sotnieks]]) (PP) – 22:57<br>K. Saulietis (K. Sotnieks, A. Džeriņš) (PP) – 48:47
|goals2     = <br><br><br><br>59:01 – [[Thomas Raffl|T. Raffl]] ([[Robert Lukas (ice hockey)|R. Lukas]], [[Rafael Rotter|R. Rotter]]) (PP)
|stadium    = [[Steel Aréna]], [[Košice]]
|attendance = 4,110
|official   = {{flagicon|CZE}} Antonín Jeřábek
|official2  = {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Peter Ország]]
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261G42_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 39
|shots2     = 41
}}

== Playoff round ==
<!--Please edit the bracket and games when the games are over, not before!-->
{{8TeamBracket-with third|team-width=150
| medals=y
| RD3b= Bronze medal game
| RD1-seed1= E1
| RD1-team1= '''{{ih|CZE}}'''
| RD1-score1= '''4'''
| RD1-seed2= F4
| RD1-team2= {{ih|USA}}
| RD1-score2= 0
| RD1-seed3= F2
| RD1-team3= '''{{ih|SWE}}'''
| RD1-score3= '''5'''
| RD1-seed4= E3
| RD1-team4= {{ih|GER}}
| RD1-score4= 2
| RD1-seed5= F1
| RD1-team5= {{ih|CAN}}
| RD1-score5= 1
| RD1-seed6= E4
| RD1-team6= '''{{ih|RUS}}'''
| RD1-score6= '''2'''
| RD1-seed7= E2
| RD1-team7= '''{{ih|FIN}}'''
| RD1-score7= '''4'''
| RD1-seed8= F3
| RD1-team8= {{ih|NOR}}
| RD1-score8= 1
| RD2-seed1= QF1
| RD2-team1= {{ih|CZE}}
| RD2-score1= 2
| RD2-seed2= QF2
| RD2-team2= '''{{ih|SWE}}'''
| RD2-score2= '''5'''
| RD2-team3= {{ih|RUS}}
| RD2-seed3= QF3
| RD2-score3= 0
| RD2-seed4= QF4
| RD2-team4= '''{{ih|FIN}}'''
| RD2-score4= '''3'''
| RD3-seed3= SF1
| RD3-team3= '''{{ih|CZE}}'''
| RD3-score3= '''7'''
| RD3-seed4= SF2
| RD3-team4= {{ih|RUS}}
| RD3-score4= 4
| RD3-seed1= SF1
| RD3-team1  = {{ih|SWE}}
| RD3-score1 = 1
| RD3-seed2= SF2
| RD3-team2  = '''{{ih|FIN}}'''
| RD3-score2 = '''6'''
}}

=== Quarterfinals ===

<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 11 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CZE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|USA}}
|score      = 4–0
|periods    = (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>4–0
|goalie1    = [[Ondřej Pavelec]]
|goalie2    = [[Ty Conklin]]
|goals1     = [[Jaromír Jágr|J. Jágr]] ([[Roman Červenka|R. Červenka]]) – 18:45<br>J. Jágr ([[Tomáš Plekanec|T. Plekanec]], [[Karel Rachůnek|K. Rachůnek]]) (PP2) – 24:47<br>T. Plekanec ([[Michael Frolík|M. Frolík]], [[Marek Židlický|M. Židlický]]) – 50:33<br>J. Jágr (T. Plekanec) (PP) – 56:25
|goals2     =
|attendance = 9,311
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Darcy Burchell
|official2  = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Brent Reiber]]
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261349_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 39
|shots2     = 29
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 11 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SWE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|GER}}
|score      = 5–2
|periods    = (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)
|progression= 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>4–1<br>4–2<br>5–2
|goalie1    = [[Viktor Fasth]]
|goalie2    = [[Dennis Endras]]
|goals1     = [[Martin Thörnberg|M. Thörnberg]] ([[Patrik Berglund|P. Berglund]]) – 00:27<br><br>P. Berglund (M. Thörnberg, V. Fasth) – 15:46<br>[[Niklas Persson|N. Persson]] ([[Robert Nilsson|R. Nilsson]], [[Oliver Ekman-Larsson|O. Ekman-Larsson]]) – 24:30<br>[[Loui Eriksson|L. Eriksson]] ([[David Rundblad|D. Rundblad]], R. Nilsson) – 28:10<br><br>M. Thörnberg (P. Berglund, [[Magnus Pääjärvi|M. Pääjärvi-Svensson]]) – 48:54
|goals2     = <br>02:01 – [[Alexander Barta|A. Barta]] ([[Frank Mauer|F. Mauer]], [[Marcus Kink|M. Kink]])<br><br><br><br>38:44 – [[Michael Wolf (ice hockey)|M. Wolf]] ([[André Rankel|A. Rankel]], [[Korbinian Holzer|K. Holzer]])
|attendance = 8,986
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Rönn]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261350_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 46
|shots2     = 37
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 12 May 2011
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|FIN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|NOR}}
|score      = 4–1
|periods    = (0–0, 4–1, 0–0)
|progression= 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>4–1
|goalie1    = [[Petri Vehanen]]
|goalie2    = [[Lars Haugen]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Jarkko Immonen|J. Immonen]] ([[Mikael Granlund|M. Granlund]], [[Janne Niskala|J. Niskala]]) (PP) – 26:01<br>[[Tuomo Ruutu|T. Ruutu]] ([[Mikko Koivu|M. Koivu]], [[Janne Pesonen|J. Pesonen]]) (PP) – 28:43<br>J. Immonen (M. Granlund, [[Jyrki Välivaara|J. Välivaara]]) (PP) – 35:38<br>[[Jani Lajunen|J. Lajunen]] ([[Leo Komarov|L. Komarov]], [[Topi Jaakola|T. Jaakola]]) – 38:29
|goals2     = 23:56 – [[Ken André Olimb|K. Olimb]] (PS)
|attendance = 8,947
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Sören Persson
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261351_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 18
|shots1     = 34
|shots2     = 38
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 12 May 2011
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|CAN}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|RUS}}'''
|score      = 1–2
|periods    = (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)
|progression= 1–0<br>1–1<br>1–2
|goalie1    = [[Jonathan Bernier]]
|goalie2    = [[Konstantin Barulin]]
|goals1     = [[Jason Spezza|J. Spezza]] ([[Alex Pietrangelo|A. Pietrangelo]]) – 25:32
|goals2     = <br>49:07 – [[Alexei Kaigorodov|A. Kaigorodov]] (SH)<br>52:19 – [[Ilya Kovalchuk|I. Kovalchuk]] ([[Alexander Radulov|A. Radulov]], [[Dmitri Kalinin|D. Kalinin]])
|attendance = 9,300
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|official   = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Danny Kurmann]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Lärking
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261352_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 37
|shots2     = 20
}}

=== Semifinals ===
<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 13 May
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|CZE}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|SWE}}'''
|score      = 2–5
|periods    = (0–0, 1–2, 1–3)
|progression= 1–0<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>1–4<br>2–4<br>2–5
|goalie1    = [[Ondřej Pavelec]]
|goalie2    = [[Viktor Fasth]]
|goals1     = [[Patrik Eliáš|P. Eliáš]] ([[Milan Michálek|M. Michálek]], [[Marek Židlický|M. Židlický]]) – 20:46<br><br><br><br><br>P. Eliáš ([[Jakub Voráček|J. Voráček]]) – 54:22
|goals2     = <br>24:34 – [[Patrik Berglund|P. Berglund]] ([[Oliver Ekman-Larsson|O. Ekman-Larsson]]) (PP)<br>35:10 – [[Mikael Backlund|M. Backlund]] ([[Mattias Sjögren|M. Sjögren]])<br>48:07 – [[Jimmie Ericsson|J. Ericsson]] (M. Backlund)<br>52:29 – [[Marcus Krüger|M. Krüger]] ([[Mattias Tedenby|M. Tedenby]])<br><br>59:13 – P. Berglund ([[David Petrasek|D. Petrasek]]) (ENG)
|attendance = 9,285
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Darcy Burchell
|official2  = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Brent Reiber]]
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261253_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 2
|shots1     = 37
|shots2     = 48
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 13 May
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|FIN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|RUS}}
|score      = 3–0
|periods    = (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0
|goalie1    = [[Petri Vehanen]]
|goalie2    = [[Konstantin Barulin]]
|goals1     = [[Mikael Granlund|M. Granlund]] ([[Jarkko Immonen|J. Immonen]]) – 25:13<br>[[Jani Lajunen|J. Lajunen]] – 47:40<br>J. Immonen (M. Granlund) – 49:15 (PP)
|goals2     = 
|attendance = 9,272
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Lärking
|official2  = {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Peter Ország]]
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261254_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 12
|shots1     = 29
|shots2     = 30
}}

=== Bronze medal game ===
<small>Time is local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #FFDAB9
|date       = 15 May
|time       = 16:00
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CZE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|RUS}}
|score      = 7–4
|periods    = (2–3, 3–1, 2–0)
|progression= 1–0<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>2–2<br>2–3<br>3–3<br>4–3<br>5–3<br>5–4<br>6–4<br>7–4
|goalie1    = [[Ondřej Pavelec]]
|goalie2    = [[Konstantin Barulin]]
|goals1     = [[Roman Červenka|R. Červenka]] – 03:33<br><br><br>[[Petr Průcha|P. Průcha]] ([[Tomáš Rolinek|T. Rolinek]], [[Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979)|J. Marek]]) – 10:22<br><br>P. Průcha – 22:11<br>R. Červenka (P. Průcha) – 30:45<br>R. Červenka ([[Tomáš Plekanec|T. Plekanec]]) – 35:10<br><br>J. Marek – 46:30<br>T. Plekanec ([[Jaromír Jágr|J. Jágr]], R. Červenka) (ENG) – 58:16
|goals2     = <br>09:25 – [[Ilya Kovalchuk|I. Kovalchuk]] ([[Alexander Radulov|A. Radulov]], [[Fedor Tyutin|F. Tyutin]])<br>09:40 – [[Dmitri Kulikov (ice hockey)|D. Kulikov]] ([[Maxim Afinogenov|M. Afinogenov]], [[Konstantin Gorovikov|K. Gorovikov]])<br><br>18:53 – I. Kovalchuk (A. Radulov, [[Sergei Zinovjev|S. Zinovjev]])<br><br><br><br>36:03 – [[Vladimir Tarasenko|V. Tarasenko]] (S. Zinovjev, [[Konstantin Korneyev|K. Korneyev]])
|attendance = 9,283
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|official   = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Danny Kurmann]]
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Lärking
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261155_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 4
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 28
|shots2     = 43
}}

=== Gold medal game ===
<small>Time is local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
{{main|2011 IIHF World Championship final}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #F7F6A8
|date       = 15 May
|time       = 20:30
|team1      = {{ih-rt|SWE}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|FIN}}'''
|score      = 1–6
|periods    = (0–0, 1–1, 0–5)
|progression= 1–0<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>1–4<br>1–5<br>1–6
|goalie1    = [[Viktor Fasth]]
|goalie2    = [[Petri Vehanen]]
|goals1     = [[Magnus Pääjärvi|M. Pääjärvi-Svensson]] – 27:40
|goals2     = <br>[[Jarkko Immonen|J. Immonen]] ([[Janne Pesonen|J. Pesonen]], [[Mikko Koivu|M. Koivu]]) (PP) – 39:53<br>[[Petteri Nokelainen|P. Nokelainen]] ([[Antti Pihlström|A. Pihlström]]) – 42:35<br>[[Niko Kapanen|N. Kapanen]] ([[Juhamatti Aaltonen|J. Aaltonen]], [[Leo Komarov|L. Komarov]]) – 43:21<br>J. Pesonen ([[Mikael Granlund|M. Granlund]]) – 56:41<br>[[Mika Pyörälä|M. Pyörälä]] (M. Koivu, [[Anssi Salmela|A. Salmela]]) – 57:16<br>A. Pihlström ([[Jani Lajunen|J. Lajunen]]) – 59:05
|attendance = 9,166
|stadium    = [[Ondrej Nepela Arena|Orange Arena]], [[Bratislava]]
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Darcy Burchell
|official2  = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Brent Reiber]]
|reference  = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/261/IHM261156_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 4
|shots1   = 33
|shots2   = 32
}}

==Ranking and statistics==
<!-- {{Main|2011 IIHF World Championship statistics}} -->
{{stack begin}}
<br />
{{winners|ih|2011 IIHF World Championship winners|FIN|2nd}}

===Tournament awards===
*'''Best players selected by the directorate:'''
** '''Best [[Goaltender]]:''' {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Viktor Fasth]]
**'''Best [[Defenceman]]:''' {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Alex Pietrangelo]]
**'''Best [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]]:''' {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jaromír Jágr]]
**'''Most Valuable Player:''' {{flagicon|SWE}} Viktor Fasth
*'''Media All-Star Team:'''
**'''Goaltender:''' {{flagicon|SWE}} Viktor Fasth
**'''Defence:''' {{flagicon|SWE}} [[David Petrasek]], {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Marek Židlický]]
**'''Forwards:''' {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Patrik Berglund]], {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jarkko Immonen]], {{flagicon|CZE}} Jaromír Jágr,
{{stack end}}

===Final standings===
[[File:Ice Hockey celebration Helsinki 2011.jpg|thumb|right|Ice hockey championship celebration in [[Helsinki]], Finland]]
The final standings of the tournament according to [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]:
{| class="wikitable" 
|- style="background:gold;"
| align=center | {{gold1}} || {{ih|FIN}}
|- style="background:silver;"
| align=center | {{silver2}} || {{ih|SWE}}
|- style="background:peru;"
| align=center | {{bronze3}} || {{ih|CZE}}
|-
| align=center | 4 || {{ih|RUS}}
|-
| align=center | 5 || {{ih|CAN}}
|-
| align=center | 6 || {{ih|NOR}}
|-
| align=center | 7 || {{ih|GER}}
|-
| align=center | 8 || {{ih|USA}}
|-
| align=center | 9 || {{ih|SUI}}
|-
| align=center | 10 || {{ih|SVK}}
|-
| align=center | 11 || {{ih|DEN}}
|-
| align=center | 12 || {{ih|FRA}}
|-
| align=center | 13 || {{ih|LAT}}
|-
| align=center | 14 || {{ih|BLR|1995}}
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| align=center | 15 || {{ih|AUT}}
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| align=center | 16 || {{ih|SLO}}
|}

===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="width:225px;"| Player
! style="width:50px;"| GP
! style="width:50px;"| G
! style="width:50px;"| A
! style="width:60px;"| Pts
! style="width:60px;"| +/−
! style="width:50px;"| PIM
! style="width:60px;"| POS
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jarkko Immonen]] || 9 || 9 || 3 || '''12''' || +2 || 2 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Patrik Berglund]] || 9 || 8 || 2 || '''10''' || +6 || 8 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Plekanec]] || 8 || 6 || 4 || '''10''' || +3 || 6 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Roman Červenka]] || 9 || 4 || 6 || '''10''' || +7 || 4 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[John Tavares (ice hockey)|John Tavares]] || 7 || 5 || 4 || '''9''' || +6 || 12 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jaromír Jágr]] || 9 || 5 || 4 || '''9''' || +5 || 4 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Patrik Eliáš]] || 9 || 4 || 5 || '''9''' || +4 || 6 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Mikael Granlund]] || 9 || 2 || 7 || '''9''' || +3 || 2 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Mathis Olimb]] || 7 || 1 || 8 || '''9''' || 0 || 4 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Marius Holtet]] || 7 || 6 || 2 || '''8''' || +6 || 4 || FW
|}<small>''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = [[Plus-minus (ice hockey)|Plus/minus]]; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''<br>Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120912062700/http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261000_85B_17_0.pdf IIHF.com]</small>

===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.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="width:170px;"| Player
! style="width:60px;"| TOI
! style="width:50px;"| SA
! style="width:50px;"| GA
! style="width:60px;"| GAA
! style="width:60px;"| Sv%
! style="width:50px;"| SO
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Petri Vehanen]] || 388:13 || 175 ||  8 || 1.24 || '''95.43''' || 1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Viktor Fasth]] || 420:00 || 221 || 12 || 1.71 || '''94.57''' || 3
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ondřej Pavelec]] || 479:16 || 247 || 15 || 1.88 || '''93.93''' || 2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Tobias Stephan]] || 240:48 || 111 || 7 || 1.74 || '''93.69''' || 0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Lars Haugen]] || 422:18 || 257 ||  19 || 2.70 || '''92.61''' || 1
|}<small>''TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = [[Shutout]]s''<br>Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120912062351/http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/261/IHM261000_85A_15_0.pdf IIHF.com]</small>

==Officials==
The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the 2011 IIHF World Championship. They are the following:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/sport/officials/assignments.html#c8066 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |title=Referee Assignments |access-date=28 April 2011}}</ref>

{{col-float|style=width:18em}}
;Referees
*{{Flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
*{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Vyacheslav Bulanov]]
*{{Flagicon|CAN}} Darcy Burchell
*{{Flagicon|CZE}} Antonín Jeřábek
*{{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Danny Kurmann]]
*{{Flagicon|SWE}} Christer Lärking
*{{Flagicon|LAT}} Eduards Odiņš
*{{Flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
{{col-float-break|style=width:18em}}
;Referees
*{{Flagicon|SVK}} [[Peter Ország]]
*{{Flagicon|FIN}} Sami Partanen
*{{Flagicon|SWE}} Sören Persson
*{{Flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
*{{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Brent Reiber]]
*{{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Rönn]]
*{{Flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
*{{Flagicon|USA}} Thomas Sterns
{{col-float-break|style=width:18em}}
;Linesmen
*{{Flagicon|SUI}} Roger Arm
*{{Flagicon|CAN}} Chris Carlson
*{{Flagicon|USA}} Paul Carnathan
*{{Flagicon|BLR|1995}} Ivan Dedioulia
*{{Flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Gebauer
*{{Flagicon|AUT}} Manuel Hollenstein
*{{Flagicon|SVN}} Matjaž Hribar
*{{Flagicon|CAN}} Kiel Murchison
{{col-float-break|style=width:18em}}
;Linesmen
*{{Flagicon|SVK}} Milan Novák
*{{Flagicon|GER}} Andre Schrader
*{{Flagicon|GER}} Sirko Schulz
*{{Flagicon|EST}} Anton Semionov
*{{Flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Shelyanin
*{{Flagicon|FIN}} Jussi Terho
*{{Flagicon|SWE}} Christian Tillerkvist
*{{Flagicon|SVK}} Miroslav Valach
{{col-float-end}}

==IIHF broadcasting rights==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! align=center | Country
! align=center | Broadcaster
! align=center | HD (High Definition)
|-
| align=left | {{flag|Austria}} || [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] ||
|-
| align=left | {{flag|Belarus|1995}} || [[National State Teleradiocompany|BTRC]] ||
|-
| alight=left | {{flag|Bulgaria}} || [[Nova Sport (Bulgaria)|Nova Sport]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| {{flagu|Canada}} || [[The Sports Network|TSN]] || [[The Sports Network|TSN HD]]
|-
| [[Réseau des sports|RDS]] || [[Réseau des sports|RDS HD]]
|-
| align=left | {{flag|Croatia}} || [[Sportska televizija|Sportska]] ||
|-
| {{flag|Czech Republic}} || [[Česká televize|ČT]] || [[ČT HD]]
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}} || [[TV 2 Sport (Denmark)|TV2 Sport]] || [[TV2 Sport HD]]
|-
| {{flag|Finland}} || [[YLE]] || [[Viasat Sport#Finland|Viasat Sport HD]]
|-
| {{flagu|France}} || [[Sport+ (France)|Sport+]] ||
|-
| {{flagu|Germany}} || [[Sport1 (Germany)|SPORT1]] || [[Sport1 (Germany)|SPORT1 HD]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| {{flag|Hungary}} || [[Sport 1 (Europe)|Sport 1]] ||
|-
| Sport 2 ||
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| {{flag|Latvia}} || [[TV3 Latvia|TV3]] ||
|-
| [[TV6 Latvia|TV6]] ||
|-
| [[Viasat Sport Baltic]] ||
|-
| [[3+ Latvia|3+]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| {{flag|Norway}} || [[Viasat 4]] ||
|-
| [[Viasat Sport (Norway)|Viasat Sport]] || [[Viasat Sport#Norway|Viasat Sport HD]]
|-
| {{flag|Poland}} || [[Polsat Sport]] || [[Polsat Sport|Polsat Sport HD]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| {{flagu|Russia}} || [[Channel One (Russia)|C1R]] ||
|-
| [[Russia 2]] ||
|-
| || [[Sport 1 (Russian TV channel)|Sport 1]]
|-
| {{flag|Slovakia}} || [[Slovenská televízia|STV]] || [[Slovenská televízia|STV HD]]
|-
| {{flag|Slovenia}} || [[Šport TV (Slovenia)|Šport TV]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| {{flag|Sweden}} || [[TV3 (Sweden)|TV3]] || [[TV3 (Sweden)|TV3 HD]]
|-
| [[TV6 (Sweden)|TV6]] ||
|-
| [[TV10 (Sweden)|TV10]] ||
|-
| [[Viasat Hockey]] ||
|-
| {{flagu|Switzerland}} || [[SRG SSR]] ||
|-
| {{flagu|United States}} || [[Versus (TV channel)|Versus]] || Versus HD
|}

===Trailer===
A [[Trailer (film)|trailer]] was created for the World Championship which is entitled: '''Slovak Republic becomes the Hockey Republic!''' ({{lang-sk|Slovenská republika sa mení na hokejovú republiku!}}). The trailer starts with ice and snow gradually covering Slovakia and ends with Slovak hockey players jumping onto the ice and shooting a puck.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQWVH_osggY Official trailer of 2011 IIHF World Championship, Slovakia (long version)]. YouTube.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.</ref> The player who shoots has the number 38 on his [[hockey jersey]], the same as the Slovak legend [[Pavol Demitra]]. It features the Slovak countryside, and Trojične square, in [[Trnava]]. It took a 70-man film crew, more than 100 [[Extra (actor)|extras]], several 3D animators, and the support of the Slovak Tourist Board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/organizing-committee-2011-iihf-wm-presented-the-official-trailer.html?tx_ttnews|title=Slovak Republic becomes the Hockey Republic!|date=21 May 2010|access-date=21 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713012044/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/organizing-committee-2011-iihf-wm-presented-the-official-trailer.html?tx_ttnews|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=13 July 2011}}</ref>

===Online===
For the first time in an IIHF World Championship, a YouTube channel was created to promote the Slovakia 2011 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/iihfworlds2011 |title=Канал користувача iihfworlds2011 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> A video campaign was launched on this YouTube website which featured the christening of the mascot Goooly,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCBbqSkJ15M Christen of mascot Goooly]. YouTube.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.</ref> updates on the construction work of the arena's,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDlaaPL|title=- YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and the status of general preparations.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdQIqcMOaI0 Preparation for 2011 is underway]. YouTube.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.</ref>

An official Facebook page was also created for the championship, being only the second tournament to do so, after the [[2010 IIHF World Championship|previous championship]] in Germany.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/pages/2011-IIHF-World-Championship-Slovakia/335548627616 Official Facebook Page]. Facebook.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.</ref> Its 10,000th "fan" was awarded a prize by the tournaments organizing committee.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/prize-for-the-10-000th-2011wm-facebook-fan.html?tx_ttnews|title=Prize for the 10000th 2011 WM Facebook fan|date=14 July 2010|access-date=14 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713012128/http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/prize-for-the-10-000th-2011wm-facebook-fan.html?tx_ttnews|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|archive-date=13 July 2011}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Ice hockey|Slovakia}}
* [[2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]
* [[2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships]]
* [[2011 IIHF World U18 Championships]]
* [[2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship]]

== References ==
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==External links==
{{commons category|2011 IIHF World Championship}}
*[http://www.iihf.com/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/home.html Official website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/iihfworlds2011 Official Youtube channel of the 2011 IIHF World Championship] {{in lang|sk|en}}
*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/2011-IIHF-World-Championship-Slovakia/335548627616 Official Facebook page of the 2011 IIHF World Championship] {{in lang|sk|en}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100208100550/http://www.szlh.sk/ms2011/novinky Slovak Hockey Federation official 2011 website] {{in lang|sk}}

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