2011 IIHF World Championship
| Majstrovstvá sveta v ľadovom hokeji 2011 | |
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2011 IIHF World Championship official logo
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |
 Slovakia
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| Dates | 29 April – 15 May |
| Teams | 16 |
| Arena(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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 Finland (2nd title)
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Runner-up 
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 Sweden
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Third place 
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 Czech Republic
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| Fourth place |
 Russia
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 56 |
| Goals scored | 325 (5.8 per match) |
| Attendance | 406,804 (7,264 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Jarkko Immonen (12 points) |
| MVP |
Viktor Fasth
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The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international men's ice hockey tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia. The games were played in the Orange Arena in Bratislava, and the Steel Aréna in Košice. The 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.
Finland won the gold medal after beating Sweden in the final 6–1. This was the second title for Finland.
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.
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