The 75th IIHF World Championship will take place for the first time on Slovak ice where the worlds best ice hockey nations will face each other for declaring the best team. Sixteen teams will play a total of 56 games between April 29 and May 15, 2011. The tournament is set to start off with a preliminary round of four groups, each containing four teams.

The groups will be playing in Bratislava and Kosice.

Group A (Bratislava): Russia, Slovakia, Germany, Slovenia.
Group B (Kosice): Canada, Switzerland, Belarus, France.
Group C (Kosice): Sweden, United States, Norway, Austria.
Group D (Bratislava): Finland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Denmark.

GROUP A - matches will take place at the winter stadium of Ondrej Nepela in Bratislava.

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS OF MATCHES - GROUP "A"
29.04.2011 - Friday 16 : 15 Germany - Russia 2 - 0
29.04.2011 - Friday 20:15 Slovakia - Slovenia 3 - 1
01.05.2011 - Sunday 16:15 Russia - Slovenia 6 - 4
01.05.2011 - Sunday 20:15 Slovakia - Germany 3 - 4
03.05.2011 - Tuesday 16:15 Slovenia - Germany 2 - 3
03.05.2011 - Tuesday 20:15 Russia - Slovakia 4 - 3


GROUP D - matches will take place at the winter stadium of Ondrej Nepela in Bratislava.

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS OF MATCHES - GROUP "D"

30.04.2011 - Saturday 16:15 Finland - Denmark 5 - 1
30.04.2011 - Saturday 20:15 Czech - Latvia 4 - 2
02.05.2011 - Monday 16:15 Czech - Denmark 6 - 0
02.05.2011 - Monday 20:15 Latvia - Finland 2 - 3
04.05.2011 - Wednesday 16:15 Denmark - Latvia 3 - 2
04.05.2011 - Wednesday 20:15 Finland - Czech 1 - 2


GROUP E - matches will take place at the winter stadium of Ondrej Nepela in Bratislava.

* 1A, 2A, 3A, 1D, 2D, 3D

05.05.2011 - Thursday 20:15 2A - 3D Russia - Denmark 4 - 3
06.05.2011 - Friday 16:15 1A - 2D Germany - Finland 4 - 5
06.05.2011 - Friday 20:15 1D - 3A Czech Republic - Slovakia 3 - 2
07.05.2011 - Saturday 16:15 3D - 1A Denmark - Germany 4 - 3
07.05.2011 - Saturday 20:15 2D - 3A Finland - Slovakia 2 - 1
08.05.2011 - Sunday 16:15 1D - 2A Czech Republic - Russia 3 - 2
09.05.2011 - Monday 12:15 3A - 3D Slovakia - Denmark4 - 1
09.05.2011 - Monday 16:15 2A - 2D Russia - Finland2 - 3 Extra time
09.05.2011 - Monday 20:15 1A - 1D Germany - Czech Republic2 - 5


GROUP G - some matches will take place at the winter stadium of Ondrej Nepela in Bratislava and some at the Steel Arena in Kosice.

* A4, B4, C4, D4

05.05.2011 - Thursday 16:15 4A - 4D Slovenia - Latvia 5 - 2
07.05.2011 - Saturday 12:15 4C - 4A Austria - Slovenia 3 - 2
08.05.2011 - Sunday 20:15 4A - 4B Slovenia - Belarus 1 - 7


QUARTER FINALS - matches will take place at the winter stadium of Ondrej Nepela in Bratislava.

11.05.2011 - Wednesday 16:15 quarterfinal 1 Czech Republic - United States 4 - 0
11.05.2011 - Wednesday 20:15 quarterfinal 2 Sweden - Germany 5 - 2
12.05.2011 - Thursday 16:15 quarterfinal 3 Finland - Norway 4 - 1
12.05.2011 - Thursday 20:15 quarterfinal 4 Canada - Russia 1 - 2

SEMI FINALS - matches will take place at the winter stadium of Ondrej Nepela in Bratislava.

13.05.2011 - Friday 16:15 semi-final 1 Czech Republic - Sweden 2 - 5

13.05.2011 - Friday 20:15 semi-final 2 Finland - Russia 3 - 0


FINALS - matches will take place at the winter stadium of Ondrej Nepela in Bratislava.

15.05.2011 - Sunday 16:00 bronze-medal game Czech Republic - Russia -
15.05.2011 - Sunday 20:30 final Finland - Sweden -