2011 IIHF World Championship rosters

Main article: 2011 IIHF World Championship
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Viktor Fasth of Sweden was named the tournament's most valuable player as well as top goaltender.

The 2011 IIHF World Championship rosters consisted of 397 players from 16 national ice hockey teams. Organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the 2011 IIHF World Championship, held in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia, was the 75th edition of the tournament. Finland won the tournament for the second time defeating Sweden 6–1 in the final.[1][2]

Before the start of the tournament, each participating nation had to submit a list of players for its roster. A minimum of 15 skaters and two goaltenders and a maximum of 20 skaters and three goaltenders had to be selected. After the start of the tournament, each team was allowed to add additional players to their roster, for a maximum of 25. Once players were registered to the team, they could not be removed from the roster.[3]

To have qualified for the national team under IIHF rules, a player must have met several criteria. He must be a citizen of the nation, and be under the jurisdiction of that national association. Players are allowed to change which national team they represent, providing they fulfill the IIHF criteria. If participating for the first time in an IIHF event, the player was required to have played two consecutive years in the national competition of the new country without playing in another country. If the player has already played for a national team before, he may switch countries if he is a citizen of the new country, and has played for four consecutive years in the national competition of the new country. This switch may happen only once in the player's life.[4]

Viktor Fasth of Sweden was named the tournament's most valuable player and top goaltender by the IIHF directorate.[5][6] Canadian Alex Pietrangelo was named the top defenceman and Jaromír Jágr of the Czech Republic was selected as the top forward.[6] Finland's Jarkko Immonen was the tournament's leading scorer with 12 points and Petri Vehanen was the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.954.[7][8]


Legend
Teams
Austria Belarus Canada Czech Republic
Denmark Finland France Germany
Latvia Norway Russia Slovakia
Slovenia Sweden Switzerland United States
References
  1. ^ "All Medallists – Men". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2007-12-07. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  2. ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (2011-05-15). "It's gold for Finland!". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  3. ^ "Player Entry Procedure". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
  4. ^ "IIHF Eligibility". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  5. ^ "Media All Stars" (PDF). IIHF. 2011-05-15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  6. ^ a b "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). IIHF. 2011-05-15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  7. ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). IIHF. 2011-05-15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  8. ^ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). IIHF. 2011-05-15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-04-09.