2011 IIHF Women's World Championship

2011 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
CityZürich, Winterthur
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesApril 16–25
Opened byMicheline Calmy-Rey
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  United States (4th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played21
Goals scored129 (6.14 per game)
Attendance28,437 (1,354 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Hilary Knight (14 points)
MVPSlovakia Zuzana Tomčíková
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The 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 13th edition of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was held from April 16 to 25, 2011 in Zürich and Winterthur, Switzerland, and took place at Hallenstadion and Deutweg rink.[1][2]

The United States were the defending champions and defended their title, capturing their third straight gold medal by defeating Canada 3–2 in overtime on a goal by Hilary Knight.[3] IIHF council member Monique Scheier-Schneider presided over the events.[4]

  1. ^ 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship Top Division statistics
  2. ^ 2010 IIHF Championship Program Archived 2010-07-15 at the Wayback Machine iihf.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2010.
  3. ^ "USA wins WW gold". IIHF. 2011-04-25. Archived from the original on 2011-04-30. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  4. ^ "Monique Scheier-Schneider enters the IIHF Hall of Fame". Embassy of Luxembourg in the Czech Republic, Estonia and Ukraine. 2015-05-18. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2019-05-17.