2011 Ball Hockey World Championship

2011 Ball Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Czech Republic (3rd title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader Denny Schlegel (10 goals)

The 2011 Ball Hockey World Championship was the ninth Ball Hockey World Championship held by ISBHF in Bratislava, Slovakia. 2009 champions the Czech Republic defended their title and won the championship for the third time, beating Canada in the final.

Elite Division

Ten teams formed two groups of five. Group A contained the Czech Republic, Canada, Portugal, Germany and Finland. Group B consisted of Slovakia, the United States, Austria, Greece and Switzerland. Group winners advanced to the semifinals, while teams finishing second and third played a knockout match (A2 versus B3 and A3 versus B2) to determine the other two semifinalists.[1] At the quarterfinal stage, the Czech Republic conceded the first goal against Greece before taking a come-from-behind 5–1 win.[2] In the semifinals, held at the Ondrej Nepela Arena on 25 June 2011, the Czech Republic beat Slovakia 2–0, while Canada defeated the United States 6–5.[3] Slovakia won the bronze medal game against the United States, to extend their record of winning a medal in every edition of the championship.[4] In the final the Czech Republic scored the only goal of the first period after 5 minutes. They scored twice more in the second period, either side of a Canada goal, for a 3–1 scoreline. A goalless final period confirmed their eighth medal in the world championship and third gold.[5] Further down the rankings, Finland beat Germany 4–3 for 7th place, while Austria defeated Switzerland in overtime for 9th place.[6]

Play off

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
B1 Slovakia 0
B2 Greece 1 A3 Czech Republic 2
A3 Czech Republic 5 A3 Czech Republic 3
A1 Canada 1
A1 Canada 6
A2 Portugal 2 B3 United States 5
B3 United States 5 Bronze medal game
B1 Slovakia 7
B3 United States 2

Match for 9th place

Austria5–4 OT
(0–1, 3–1, 1–2)
(OT: 1–0)		 Switzerland
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Match for 7th place

25 June 2011
15:00		 Finland4–3
(1–0, 0–3, 3–0)		 GermanyOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
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Quarterfinals

24 June 2011
18:00		 Czech Republic5–1
(0–1, 4–0, 1–0)		 GreeceOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava

Semifinals

25 June 2011 Slovakia0–2
(0–2, 0–0, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 2,000
25 June 2011 Canada6–5
(2–1, 3–2, 1–2)		 United StatesOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava

Bronze medal game

26 June 2011
15:00		 Slovakia7–2
(2–0, 3–1, 2–1)		 United StatesOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava

Final

26 June 2011
18:00		 Canada1–3
(0–1, 1–2, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,000

Pool B

Pool B was also held in Bratislava. Two groups of four teams played a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals. Winners of the semifinals, France and Pakistan, each secured progress to the 2013 Ball Hockey World Championship. Pakistan defeated France in the Pool B final 6–5 in overtime.[6]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Bermuda 3 2 1 0 18 2 +16 5
Great Britain 3 2 0 1 9 10 −1 4
Cayman Islands 3 1 1 1 9 3 +6 3
Hungary 3 0 0 3 3 24 −21 0
Source: bratislava2011.com
Great Britain5–2
(0–1, 1–1, 4–0)		 Hungary
Great Britain3–2
(2–0, 1–2, 0–0)		 Cayman Islands
21 June 2011 Bermuda6–1
(0–0, 4–1, 2–0)		 Great BritainOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Game reference
Cayman Islands7–0
(1–0, 3–0, 3–0)		 Hungary
22 June 2011 Bermuda12–1
(5–0, 3–1, 4–0)		 Hungary
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23 June 2011 Bermuda0–0
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 Cayman Islands
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Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France 3 3 0 0 17 11 +6 6
Pakistan 3 2 0 1 14 9 +5 4
Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 6 4 +2 2
Spain 3 0 0 3 5 18 −13 0
Source: bratislava2011.com
Pakistan7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 Spain
France2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 Hong Kong
France7–5
(3–0, 3–1, 1–4)		 Spain
Pakistan2–1
(0–0, 2–0, 0–1)		 Hong Kong
France8–5
(4–2, 2–3, 2–0)		 Pakistan
Hong Kong4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 Spain

Match for 7th place (Pool B)

Spain3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 Hungary

Match for 5th place (Pool B)

Cayman Islands2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 Hong Kong

Semifinals

Pakistan3–2
(0–1, 0–0, 3–1)		 Bermuda
France2–1
(0–0, 0–0, 2–1)		 Great Britain

Match for 3rd place (Pool B)

25 June 2011 Bermuda6–2
(2–0, 0–2, 4–0)		 Great Britain
Game reference

Final (Pool B)

Pakistan6–5 OT
(1–1, 2–1, 2–3)
(OT: 1–0)		 France
Game reference

Final standings

Team
1st Pakistan
2nd France
3rd Bermuda
4th Great Britain
5th Cayman Islands
6th Hong Kong
7th Spain
8th Hungary

References

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  3. ^ "HOKEJBAL-MS: Vo finále Česko proti Kanade". 24hod.sk (in Slovak). SITA. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Hokejbalisti získali na domácom šampionáte bronz". Sme (in Slovak). SITA. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
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