View source for 2011 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name   = IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
| year           = 2011
| other_titles   = 
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| country        = Latvia
| country2       = Slovenia
| dates          = 11–17 April 2011<br />10–16 April 2011
| num_teams      = 11
| venues         = 
| cities         = 
| winners_other  = 
| count          = 
| second_other   = 
| third_other    = 
| games          = 
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| attendance     = 
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| prevseason     = [[2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I|2010]]
| nextseason     = [[2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I|2012]]
}}
The '''2011 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I''' was hosted in two groups of six teams each between April 10 and 17, 2011. Group A was played in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]] between April 11 and April 17, 2011.<ref>http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/wm18-ia</ref> Group B was played in [[Maribor]], [[Slovenia]] between April 10 and April 16, 2011.<ref>http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/wm18-ib</ref> On March 29, 2011 Japan withdrew from the tournament due to the 2011 Japan earthquake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/japan-withdraws-from-events.html|title=Japan withdraws from events|publisher=[[IIHF]]|date=29 March 2011|accessdate=29 March 2011}}</ref>

==Group A==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|GP
!width=40|W
!width=40|OTW
!width=40|OTL
!width=40|L
!width=40|GF
!width=40|GA
!width=40|DIF
!width=40|Pts
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|LAT}}
| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 21 || 2 || +19 || '''12'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|ITA}}
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 16 || 9 || +7 || '''9'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|KAZ}}
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 12 || 19 || –7 || '''5'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|HUN}}
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 10 || 16 || –6 || '''4'''
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|GBR}}
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 12 || 25 || –13 || '''0'''
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|style="background-color: #ccffcc;"|<small>promoted to Top Division</small> 
|style="background-color: #ffcccc;"|<small>relegated to Division II</small> 
|}

All times local (EEST/UTC+3)

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = 
| date = April 11, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|KAZ}}
| score = 3 – 2 (OT)
| team2 = {{ih18|HUN}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Arena Riga]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 11, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|ITA}}
| score = 0 – 3
| team2 = {{ih18|LAT}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Arena Riga]]
}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = 
| date = April 12, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|HUN}}
| score = 7 – 3  
| team2 = {{ih18|GBR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Arena Riga]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = 
| date = April 12, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LAT}}
| score =  8 – 1
| team2 = {{ih18|KAZ}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Arena Riga]]
}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 14, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|ITA}}
| score = 4 – 2
| team2 = {{ih18|KAZ}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Arena Riga]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 14, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LAT}}
| score = 5 – 1
| team2 = {{ih18|GBR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Arena Riga]]
}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = 
| date = April 15, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|HUN}}
| score = 1 – 5
| team2 = {{ih18|ITA}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Arena Riga]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 15, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|KAZ}}
| score = 6 – 5
| team2 = {{ih18|GBR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Arena Riga]]
}}

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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 17, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|GBR}}
| score = 3 – 7
| team2 = {{ih18|ITA}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Arena Riga]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 17, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LAT}}
| score = 5 – 0
| team2 = {{ih18|HUN}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Arena Riga]]
}}

==Group B==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|GP
!width=40|W
!width=40|OTW
!width=40|OTL
!width=40|L
!width=40|GF
!width=40|GA
!width=40|DIF
!width=40|Pts
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|DEN}}
| 5 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 31 || 10 || +21 || '''12'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|SLO}}
| 5 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 18 || 14 || +4 || '''12'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|FRA}}
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 19 || 11 || +8 || '''8'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|BLR}}
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 25 || 13 || +12 || '''7'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|POL}}
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 12 || 20 || –8 || '''6'''
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|KOR}}
| 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 11 || 48 || –37 || '''0'''
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|style="background-color: #ccffcc;"|<small>promoted to Top Division</small> 
|style="background-color: #ffcccc;"|<small>relegated to Division II</small> 
|}

All times local (EEST/UTC+3)

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 10, 2011
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|KOR}}
| score = 3 – 7
| team2 = {{ih18|POL}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = 
| date = April 10, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|FRA}}
| score = 2 – 1
| team2 = {{ih18|DEN}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 10, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SLO}}
| score = 4 – 3
| team2 = {{ih18|BLR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = 
| date = April 11, 2011
| time = 15:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|BLR}}
| score = 3 – 4 (SO)
| team2 = {{ih18|FRA}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 11, 2011
| time = 18:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|DEN}}
| score = 16 – 2
| team2 = {{ih18|KOR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = 
| date = April 12, 2011
| time = 18:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|POL}}
| score = 0 – 2
| team2 = {{ih18|SLO}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 13, 2011
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|BLR}}
| score = 8 – 0
| team2 = {{ih18|KOR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = 
| date = April 13, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|DEN}}
| score = 6 – 2
| team2 = {{ih18|POL}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 13, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SLO}}
| score = 4 – 2
| team2 = {{ih18|FRA}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = 
| date = April 14, 2011
| time = 18:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|FRA}}
| score = 10 – 1
| team2 = {{ih18|KOR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 15, 2011
| time = 15:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|POL}}
| score = 1 – 8
| team2 = {{ih18|BLR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = 
| date = April 15, 2011
| time = 18:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|DEN}}
| score = 4 – 1
| team2 = {{ih18|SLO}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 16, 2011
| time = 12:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|POL}}
| score = 2 – 1
| team2 = {{ih18|FRA}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = 
| date = April 16, 2011
| time = 15:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|BLR}}
| score = 3 – 4
| team2 = {{ih18|DEN}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 16, 2011
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|KOR}}
| score = 5 – 7
| team2 = {{ih18|SLO}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena]]
}}

==See also==
*[[2011 IIHF World U18 Championships]]
*[[2011 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II]]
*[[2011 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.iihf.com/ IIHF.com]

{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:2011 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:IIHF World U18 Championships]]