The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international

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tournament run by the

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. The tournament was contested between 11–17 April 2011 in

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. Prior to the start of the tournament, the Mongolian national team announced they would withdraw, citing financial reasons. All games against them were counted as a forfeit, with a score of 5–0 for the opposing team. The UAE decided to withdraw from the 2011 Division III tournament in

because they refused to compete against

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, who was also in the tournament. Israel won all five of its games by a combined score of 57-9, and was promoted to the

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. Israel's

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led the tournament in points, goals, assists, and +/-, earning 26 points (14 goals + 12 assists) in four games. He was named the best forward of the tournament.

Participants

Tournament

Standings

Fixtures

All times local.

Officials

The IIHF selected 4 referees and 7 linesmen to work the 2011 IIHF World Championship Div III. They were the following: ;Referees * Maksym Urda * Claudio Pianezze * Chris Deweerdt * Mikhal Buturlin ;Linesmen * Jos Korte * Arkadiy Subbotin * Ulrich Pardatscher * Jacques Riisom-Birker * Nickolas Beukes * Seung Won Jung * Mikulash Furnadziev

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''
Source
IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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Source
IIHF.com

Awards

; Best players selected by the directorate: *Best

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: David Berger *Best

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*Best

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; Best players Best player of each team selected by the coaches. * Kyriakos Adamidis * Tal Avneri *

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* Ian Ashworth *

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References

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