2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Pairs
Defending champions, Pang Qing / Tong Jian, were first after the short program, with Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy in second, and new Russian team, Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov, in third. Savchenko and Szolkowy then won the free skating to win their third World title, reclaiming the crown they lost in 2010 and setting a new record score in the free skating and overall. They became Germany's second most successful pair at the event after Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier who won four World titles in the 1930s. Volosozhar and Trankov medaled after only a year together and at their first major international competition. Pang and Tong took the bronze.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Pairs
In the short program, Eric Radford's nose was broken when Meagan Duhamel's elbow hit him on the descent from a twist, their first element, but they completed the program without a break; the pair were able to compete in the free skating, and finished seventh overall.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ice dancing
The 2010 Olympic and World Champions, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, set a new world record score in the short dance, while Grand Prix Final champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White were second and European champions, Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat, were third. Davis and White won the free dance to become the first ice dancers from the United States to win the World title. Virtue and Moir took the silver while Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani won the bronze medal in their first trip to the senior World Championships.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ice dancing
It was the first North American sweep of the World ice dancing podium. All three medal-winning teams were led by Russian-born, American-based coaches, Igor Sphilband and Marina Zueva. The rest of the top ten was also dominated by Russian coaches: Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat (Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov), Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje (Anjelika Krylova), Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev (Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva), Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov (Zhulin and Volkov), Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte (had gone to Nikolai Morozov a few months earlier) and Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein (Shpilband / Zueva). Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier had one Canadian coach, Carol Lane, and one Soviet-born, Yuri Razguliaiev.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2011 World Financial Group Classic
The 2011 World Financial Group Classic was held from November 11 to 13 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was CAD$24,000, and the event was held in a round robin format.


2011 World Football Challenge
The 2011 World Football Challenge was the second World Football Challenge event, a series of friendly football matches played in the United States and Canada in July and August.


2011 World Football Challenge, Participants
The 2011 tournament increased in scale from the 2009 incarnation, bringing in thirteen teams from seven different countries. All the teams were either a member of the UEFA or CONCACAF federations. The field was highlighted by Spanish league and European champions Barcelona and English champion Manchester United. Club América was the only team that returned from the 2009 competition.


2011 World Football Challenge, Participants
This tournament for the first time also included five teams from Major League Soccer, the top-flight league for the host countries, United States and Canada. As another first, there were games played outside the United States, at Empire Field in Vancouver and BMO Field in Toronto.


2011 World Football Challenge, Participants
North American clubs that competed in 2011 included Chicago Fire, Guadalajara, Club América, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, Philadelphia Union, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.


2011 World Football Challenge, Participants
Four representatives from Europe's top leagues of England and Spain, all of whom won their country's blue ribbon competitions in the 2010–11 season joined the North American clubs, those being: Spanish and European champions Barcelona, FA Cup winners Manchester City, Premier League champions Manchester United and Copa del Rey winners Real Madrid.


2011 World Football Challenge, Event rules
The event rules differed considerably from the 2009 event, due to differences in the number of teams.


2011 World Football Challenge, Event rules, Match rules
Match rules followed the Laws of the Game, with a few notable exceptions.


2011 World Football Challenge, Event rules, Table setup
The format was a single table, accruing points as follows:


2011 World Football Challenge, Event rules, Table setup
Sporting CP, who played only one game, did not accrue points, but their opponent, Juventus, were able to in their matchup. The five Major League Soccer teams were split up into two different "clubs" for the purposes of the table, the MLS Eastern Conference (containing the Chicago Fire, New England Revolution, and Philadelphia Union), and the MLS Western Conference (containing the Los Angeles Galaxy, who played two games, and the Vancouver Whitecaps). Each of the other seven clubs played three games and accrued points as normal.


2011 World Football Challenge, Event rules, Table tiebreakers
In the event of a tie in the final table standings, the following tiebreakers were used in order:


2011 World Freestyle Skating Championships
The 5th World Freestyle Skating Championships were held in Geisingen, Germany from October 21 to October 23, 2011. 27 countries took part in the competition.


2011 World Grand Prix (darts)
The 2011 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the fourteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 3–9 October 2011 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.


2011 World Grand Prix (darts)
James Wade was the defending champion, however, he lost in the semi-finals to Brendan Dolan who had the unique achievement of becoming the first player to achieve a televised nine-dart finish during a leg in which the players had to start on a double. However, he lost the final to Phil Taylor, who won the World Grand Prix for the tenth time.


2011 World Grand Prix (darts), Prize money
The total prize fund was £350,000. This was the same for the third World Grand Prix tournament. The following was the breakdown of the fund:


2011 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification
The field of 32 players were mostly made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit on September 19, two weeks after the two Players Championships in Derby. The top 8 from these rankings were also the seeded players.


2011 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification
The remaining 16 places went to the top 14 non-qualified players from the Players Championship Order of Merit (which was increased by two,) and then to the top 2 non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2011 Players Championship Order of Merit who competed in at least six Players Championship events (reduced by two).


2011 World Grand Prix (darts), Television coverage and sponsorship
The tournament was screened by Sky Sports in high definition.


2011 World Grand Prix (darts), Television coverage and sponsorship
PartyPoker.com sponsored the event for the first time, taking over from Bodog after just one year.


2011 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 2011 World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 5 to 23 January 2011.


2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
The 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was the third World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, an international box lacrosse tournament organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse every four years. It took place between 21 and 28 May 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic at the 4,900 seat Eden Arena, an Olympic-sized rink. The Canadian team was the defending champion and for the third time defeated the Iroquois Nationals in the finals, 13–6. The United States defeated the host Czech Republic 16–7 in the bronze medal game.


2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Pool play
Eight participating teams were placed in two pools. After playing a round-robin, the first place team in each pool advanced to the semi-finals, the second and third placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals, and the fourth place teams advanced to the 7th place games.


2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Pool play
Canada cruised through pool play with three easy victories. The Iroquois Nationals beat Ireland and the host Czech Republic by wide margins, but just edged the United States 11–10.


2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Championship bracket
Goaltender Matt Vinc made 23 saves in the gold medal game, helping Canada to a 13-6 win and earning game MVP honors.


2011 World Interuniversity Games
The 2011 World Interuniversity Games were the 13th edition of the Games (organised by IFIUS, and were held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from October 10 to October 14, 2011.


2011 World Interuniversity Games, Competitions
Football Men: 1. University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt (Wiener Neustadt, Austria) 2. Moscow State ESI University (Moscow, Russia) 3. ASE Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania) and University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria)


2011 World Interuniversity Games, Competitions
Football Women : University Abderrahmane Mira de Bejaia (Algeria) (Béjaïa, Algeria) Futsal Men : Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch (Karaj, Iran) Basketball Men : Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch (Karaj, Iran) Basketball Women : Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Rome, Italy) Volleyball Men : Antwerp University Association (Antwerp, Belgium) Volleyball Women : University of Bacău (Bacău, Romania) Golf and Pitch & Putt : Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology (Moscow, Russia) Individual golf : Volkov Roman, Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology (Moscow, Russia) Individual pitch & putt: Grajdianu Ilia, Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology (Moscow, Russia)


2011 World Judo Championships
The 2011 World Judo Championships were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from 23 to 28 August.


2011 World Judo Championships – Men's +100 kg
The men's +100 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 27.


2011 World Judo Championships – Men's 100 kg
The men's 100 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 27.


2011 World Judo Championships – Men's 60 kg
The men's 60 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 23.


2011 World Judo Championships – Men's 66 kg
The men's 66 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 23.


2011 World Judo Championships – Men's 73 kg
The men's 73 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 24.


2011 World Judo Championships – Men's 81 kg
The men's 81 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 25.


2011 World Judo Championships – Men's 90 kg
The men's 90 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 26.


2011 World Judo Championships – Men's team
The men's team competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 28. Each team consists of five competitors, one each from the –66, –73, –81, –90 and +90 kg categories.


2011 World Judo Championships – Women's +78 kg
The women's +78 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 27.


2011 World Judo Championships – Women's 48 kg
The women's 48 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 23.


2011 World Judo Championships – Women's 52 kg
The women's 52 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 24.


2011 World Judo Championships – Women's 57 kg
The women's 57 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 24.


2011 World Judo Championships – Women's 63 kg
The women's 63 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 25.


2011 World Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg
The women's 70 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 26.


2011 World Judo Championships – Women's 78 kg
The women's 78 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 26. it was won by the French athlete Audrey Tcheuméo.


2011 World Judo Championships – Women's team
The women's team competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 28 at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris. Each team consists of five competitors, one each from the –52, –57, –63, –70 and +70 kg categories.


2011 World Judo Open Championships
The 2011 World Judo Open Championships were held at  in Tyumen, Russia, 29–30 October, 2011. The IJF jury accorded the Ippon award to Keiji Suzuki(Japan) and Megumi Tachimoto(Japan), for their spectacular techniques.。


2011 World Junior A Challenge
The 2011 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Langley, British Columbia, from November 7–13, 2011, at the Langley Events Centre. The event included the 7th annual Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game Challenge, marking the first time the two events had been paired together.


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Background
Canada East, Canada West, Russia, Sweden and the United States returned, while the Czech Republic replaces Switzerland. Canada East comprised Canadian players from the Northern Ontario, Ontario, Central Canada, Quebec, and Maritime Junior A Leagues, while Canada West comprised Canadian players from the British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Superior International Junior A Leagues. The United States, with players from the United States Hockey League, aimed for a record fourth-straight WJAC victory.


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East
Players: Jason Pucciarelli, Adrian Ignagni, MacKenzie Weegar, Paul Geiger, Aidan Wright, Phil Hampton, Ben Hutton, Kevin Lough, Randy Gazzola, Daniel Milne, Kyle Dutra, David Friedmann, Tylor Spink, Patrick Megannety, Tyson Spink, Braedan Russell, Justin Danforth, Michael Neville, Drake Caggiula, Devin Shore, Jeff DiNallo, Daniel Leavens


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East
Staff: Curtis Hodgins, Jason Nobili, Greg Walters, Pierre Menard, Robb Crawford, Amanda Gilroy, Derek Blais


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West
Players: Tyler Briggs, Sean Maguire, Troy Stecher, Luke Juha, Sam Jardine, Brett Corkey, Reece Willcox, Rhett Holland, Colton Parayko, Carson Cooper, Connor Hoekstra, Alexander Kerfoot, Aaron Hadley, Brandon Morley, Riley Kieser, Peter Quenneville, Wesley Myron, Michael Stenerson, Evan Richardson, Curtis Loik, Jujhar Khaira, Travis St. Denis


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West
Staff: Kent Lewis, Andrew Milne, Dean Brockman, Jeff Battah, Jeff Woods, Erin Berkowski, Shawn Bullock


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Russia
Players: Igor Ustinski, Ivan Nalimov, Andrei Vasilevski, Andrei Ermakov, Stanislav Garyeyev, Ilya Lyubushkin, Valeri Vasiliev, Egor Malenkikh, Damir Galin, Nikita Lisov, Damir Musin, Arseni Erokhin, Arseni Khatsei, Bogdan Yakimov, Alexei Filippov, Ivan Petrakov, Anatoli Ryabov, Alexei Kudreman, Ilya Yamkin, Leonid Avtomov, Vyacheslav Osnovin, Damir Zhafyarov, Daniil Yunyshev, Alexander Timirev, Alexander Barabanov, Valentin Zykov, Valeri Nichushkin


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Russia
Staff: Andrei Parfenov, Igor Semenov, Ruslan Suleymanov, Sergey Fedotov, Oleg Norchenko


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Sweden
Players: Oscar Dansk, Mathias Israelsson, Robert Hägg, Ludvig Byström, Calle Andersson, Linus Arnesson, Jesper Pettersson, Tommy Stenqvist, Hampus Lindholm, Frederic Anderberg, Jesper Fröden, Tobias Törnkvist, Mattias Kalin, Ludvig Nilsson, Anton Brehmer, Victor  Gustavsson, Jacob de la Rose, Gustav Possler, Filip Sandberg, Elias Lindholm, Erik Karlsson, Alexander Wennberg


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Sweden
Staff: Rikard Gronborg, Anders Johansson, Nizze Landén, Adam Andersson, Mikael Persson, Frederik Carls, Jan Johansson


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Czech Republic
Players: Patrik Polívka, Marek Langhamer, Vojtěch Zadražil, Lukáš Buchta, Jan Košťálek, Ronald Knot, Adam Hawlik, Karel Plašil, Štěpán Jeník, Pavel Sedláček, Martin Matejček, Ondřej Slováček, Petr Koblasa, Michal Švihálek, Matěj Zadražil, Martin Procházka, Euvstathio Soumelidis, Dominik Simon, Vojtěch Tomeček, Jan Hudeček, Tomáš Rousek, Tomáš Franek


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Czech Republic
Staff: Jakub Petr, Jiří Veber, Klas Ostman, Marek Novotný, Jaroslav Brabec, Daniel Waciakowski


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, United States
Players: Ryan McKay, Zane Gothberg, Chris Bradley, Brian Cooper, Ian McCoshen, Ethan Prow, Mike Reilly, Jordan Schmaltz, Andy Welinski, Riley Bourbonnais, Alex Broadhurst, Tony Cameranesi, Austin Cangelosi, Sam Herr, Vince Hinostroza, Kevin Irwin, Sean Kuraly, Mario Lucia, A. J. Michaelson, Brett Patterson, Ray Pigozzi, Austyn Young


2011 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, United States
Staff: Regg Simon, Shane Fukushima, Bliss Littler, Darrin Flinchem, Todd Klein, Dr. Alan Ashare, Marc Boxer


2011 World Junior A Challenge, CJHL Prospects Game
For the first time in its history, the Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game was a part of the WJAC festivities. Just like the previous two Prospects Games, the event is actually two "prospect" games with the President's Cup going to the winning goal aggregate.


2011 World Junior A Challenge, CJHL Prospects Game, Summary, Game One
West Prospects' Adam Tambellini scored a rebound goal in overtime on East's Brock Crossthwaite to give the West the come-from-behind victory. Despite being outshot 44-30 by the East, the West goes into Game Two with a one-goal lead in the goal-aggregate two-game series.


2011 World Junior A Challenge, CJHL Prospects Game, Summary, Game Two
Again, the West Prospects come back from a deficit (3–2 midway through the game) with a tying goal from Sean McGovern late in the second, Justin Lund scored the winning goal only 28 seconds into the third, and Chase McMurphy scored the insurance marker only 61 seconds later to clinch game two of the Prospects Games. The 5–3 victory gave the West a 9–6 aggregate victory over the East for the series and their fourth Presidents Cup in 7 years.


2011 World Junior A Challenge, CJHL Prospects Game, Rosters, East Prospects
Players: Simon Lemieux, Brock Crossthwaite, Zachary Borsoi, James De Haas, Chad Duchesne, Fraser Turner, Patrick Piacentini, Mitch Eden, Patrick McCarron, Deric Boudreau, Stephen Anderson, Dalen Hedges, Jordan Delaurier, Joe Sullivan, Chris King, Ben Dalpe, Ross Johnston, Dany Boyer, Cooper Richards, Matt Buckles


2011 World Junior A Challenge, CJHL Prospects Game, Rosters, West Prospects
Players: Dawson MacAuley, Matt Tomkins, David Iacono, Devon Toews, Tyler Mueller, Tanner Jago, Braxton Bilous, Brendan Dusik, T. J. Reeve, Adam Tambellini, Ryan Berlin, Austin Plevy, Corey Petrash, Jared Iron, Sean McGovern, Wade Murphy, Morgan Zulinick, Justin Lund, Chase McMurphy, Jordan Larson


2011 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2011 World Junior Curling Championships were held from 5 to 13 March at the Dewars Centre in Perth, Scotland. In the men's tournament, Sweden's Oskar Eriksson won the final 6-5 over Switzerland's Peter de Cruz, while Scotland's Eve Muirhead won 10-3 in the final over Canada's Trish Paulsen in the women's tournament.


2011 World Junior Curling Championships, Men, Challenge Game
Winner advances to 2012 World Junior Curling Championships; Loser relegated to 2012 European Junior Curling Challenge.


2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition during the 2010–11 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event crowned the World Junior Champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The event took place in Gangneung, South Korea from 28 February to 6 March 2011. It was a qualification event for the figure skating events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.


2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
The competition was open to skaters from ISU Member Nations who were at least 13 but not 19—or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers—before July 1, 2010 in their place of birth. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria.


2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
The term "Junior" in ISU competition refers to age, not skill level. Skaters may remain age-eligible for Junior Worlds even after competing nationally and internationally at the senior level. At junior events, the ISU requires that all programs conform to junior-specific rules regarding program length, jumping passes, types of elements, etc.


2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2010 World Junior Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline. Countries which qualified more than one entry in a discipline:


2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Overview
China's Sui Wenjing / Han Cong won the pairs' title for the second year in a row. Switching their 2010 placements, Russia's Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov took the silver medal and Japan's Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran the bronze.


2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Overview
Andrei Rogozine became the first Canadian men's skater to win the World Junior title since 1978. Japan's Keiji Tanaka took the silver medal and Alexander Majorov took the bronze, becoming the first Swedish men's skater to step on the podium at Junior Worlds.


2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Overview
Bronze medalists in 2010, Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin of Russia won gold in 2011. The silver went to another Russian team, Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro, and bronze to Americans Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely.


2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Overview
In the ladies' event, Adelina Sotnikova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva won gold and silver for Russia and American Agnes Zawadzki took the bronze medal.


2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:


2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships (2011 WJHC), was the 35th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was hosted by the United States. The games were played in Western New York, at HSBC Arena in Buffalo and Niagara University's Dwyer Arena in Lewiston.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Russia won the gold medal with a 5–3 victory over Canada in the championship game, after completing the biggest comeback in the WJHC history; being down 3–0 after two periods, the Russians scored five goals in the third period to capture their first WJHC gold medal since 2003. The host team, the United States, won the bronze medal with a 4–2 win over Sweden.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Bid process
Co-host of the 2005 tournament, Grand Forks, North Dakota, also submitted a bid to host the 2011 tournament. In addition, Detroit was mentioned as a possible host city.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Summary, Exhibition games
A series of five exhibition games were held between several of the teams at Sports Centre at MCC in Brighton, New York and the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena in Jamestown, New York in conjunction with, and immediately prior to, the tournament.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Summary, Preliminary round
The Preliminary Round robin consisted of two pools of five teams each, played in a round robin format. The United States (Pool A) and Sweden (Pool B) went undefeated to finish first in their respective pools and earn an automatic berth in the semifinals. To qualify for the quarterfinals, Canada and Russia finished second and third in Pool B while Finland and Switzerland did likewise in Pool A. The remaining teams, Slovakia, Germany, Czech Republic and Norway, were sent to the relegation round.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Summary, Relegation round
In the relegation round, Slovakia and Norway played in the first game, with Slovakia winning 5–0. The Czech Republic defeated Germany 3–2 in the second game. After the first day of action, the final results were decided and the remaining games were meaningless. Germany lost to Norway 3–1 and the Czech Republic defeated Slovakia 5–2 in the final relegation games. Norway and Germany were relegated to Division I for the 2012 tournament.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Summary, Medal round, Quarterfinals
The first quarterfinal game saw Russia take on Finland. Russia trailed by two goals late in the game, but scored twice to tie and send it to overtime. Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the game-winning goal in overtime. In the other quarterfinal, Canada easily defeated Switzerland 4–1.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Summary, Medal round, Semifinals
The first semi-final featured Russia and Sweden. Controversy erupted in the second period as an apparent icing call on Russia was waved off by the on-ice officials, allowing the Russians to score and take a 2–0 lead. The Swedish team protested the non-call, but the goal stood. The Swedes did forge a comeback and took a 3–2 lead in the third period, but the Russians scored late to force overtime for the second consecutive game. The game went to a shootout with Russia winning, 4–3.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Summary, Medal round, Semifinals
The second semifinal was a highly anticipated rematch of the previous year's gold medal game between Canada and the United States, the defending champions. In front of a mainly Canadian crowd that made the trip to Buffalo, Canada earned a berth in the final with a 4–1 victory over their American rivals.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Summary, Medal round, Fifth place game
The fifth place game featured the losing teams of the quarter-final games. Switzerland defeated Finland 3–2 in a shootout to take fifth place.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Summary, Medal round, Bronze medal game
The United States defeated Sweden 4–2 to win the bronze medal, its first ever WJHC medal on home ice.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Summary, Medal round, Gold medal game
The gold medal game was between Canada and Russia. The game marked Canada's tenth consecutive appearance in the final. The Russians had lost their three previous gold medal games to Canada. Canada led 3-0 after two periods. However, the Russians scored five unanswered goals in the third period, including two in a span of 13 seconds, to win the game 5–3 and capture the gold medal. It was Russia's first gold medal since 2003 and Canada's second straight silver medal finish. Brayden Schenn of Canada was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Summary, Medal round, Gold medal game
The game delivered one of the largest television audiences in Canadian history, with an average of 6.88 million viewers watching on TSN and another 652,000 watching the French-language broadcast on RDS. An estimated half of Canadians watched a portion or all of the game.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top division, Relegation round
The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round were carried forward to this round.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top division, Relegation round
Norway and  Germany were relegated to Division I for the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top division, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top division, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A was played in Babruysk, Belarus, between December 13 and December 19, 2010. Group B was played in Bled, Slovenia, between December 12 and December 18, 2010.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II
The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played in Tallinn, Estonia. Group B was played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania, between December 13 and December 19, 2010.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III
The following teams took part in the Division III tournament. This group played in Mexico City, Mexico, between January 9 to 18, 2011. The two teams with the best records, Mexico and Serbia, were promoted to Division II for the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters
This page describes the rosters for the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
The 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I was hosted in two groups of six teams each between December 12 and 19, 2010. Group A was played in Babruysk, Belarus between December 13 and December 19, 2010. Group B was played in Bled, Slovenia between December 12 and December 18, 2010. In addition to the usual promotion and relegation, the format (following this year) changed from two parallel tournaments, to two tiered tournaments. This means that the teams who finished 2nd and 3rd will be grouped together with the two relegated teams from the top division, and the teams who finished 4th and 5th will be grouped with the two promoted teams from Division II.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
The following teams participated in the Division II tournament. Group A played in Tallinn, Estonia. Group B played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania between December 13 and December 19, 2010.


2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
The following teams took part in the Division III tournament. This group played in Mexico City, Mexico, between January 9 to 18, 2011. The two teams with the best records, Mexico and Serbia, were promoted to Division II for the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 25 and 27 February 2011 in Courmayeur, Italy at the Forum Sport Center ice rink. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.


2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
This event was a qualification for the short track speed skating events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.


2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships – Men's 3000 metre relay
The Men's 3000 metre relay at the 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships will begin on 25 February, and are scheduled to end on 27 February at the Forum Sport Center ice rink.


2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The Women's 1500 metres at the 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships will be held on February 25 at the Forum Sport Center ice rink.


2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships – Women's 3000 metre relay
The Women's 3000 metre relay at the 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships will begin on 25 February, and are scheduled to end on 27 February at the Forum Sport Center ice rink.


2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships – Women's 3000 metre relay, Results
Top 2 Relays from each heat and the next 2 fastest thirds qualify for Semifinals.


2011 World Junior Table Tennis Championships
The Volkswagen 2011 World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Manama, Bahrain, from 13 to 20 November 2011. It was organised by the Bahrain Table Tennis Association under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).


2011 World Ladies Snooker Championship
The 2011 World Ladies Snooker Championship was the 2011 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976, and was played at the Pot Black Sports Bar, Bury St Edmonds, from 8 to 13 April. The tournament was won by Reanne Evans, who achieved her seventh consecutive world title by defeating Emma Bonney 5–1 in the final. It was Evans' 88th consecutive match win in women's snooker events. Evans received £1,000 prize money for her win. Bonney made the highest break of the tournament, 67.


2011 World Ladies Snooker Championship
There were four round-robin qualifying groups, each of five players, with the top two players in each group progressing into the knockout stage to play one of the top eight seeds. Hannah Jones, aged 14, won the under-21 title for the fourth consecutive year in an event run alongside the main tournament.


2011 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge
The 2011 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge was the 8th edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.


2011 World Marathon Cup
The 2011 World Marathon Cup was the 14th edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Daegu, South Korea, inside of the 2011 World Championships.


2011 World Masters (darts)
The 2011 Winmau World Masters was a major televised tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2011. It took place from 1–4 September in the Hull Arena, which hosted the event for the first time, taking over from the nearby Hull City Hall.


2011 World Masters (darts)
Defending men's champion Martin Adams lost in the semi finals to Scott Waites, who went on to win his first World Masters title beating Dean Winstanley by 7 sets to 2 in the final. Defending women's Master Julie Gore lost in the semi finals to Trina Gulliver.


2011 World Masters (darts), Seeds
These were finalised on completion of the 2011 Swedish Open on 19–21 August. The men's seeds were exempt until the Last 16 stage and could not play each other until the quarter final stage.


2011 World Masters (darts), Seeds
These were finalised on completion of the 2011 Swedish Open on 19–21 August. The ladies seeds entered at the start of the competition however could not play each other until the quarter final stage. Francis Hoenselaar was scheduled to be the number 8 seed, but pulled out for personal reasons.


2011 World Masters (darts), Seeds
There were no seedings in the boys or girls events.


2011 World Masters (darts), Ladies Draw
Last 8 onwards. The Semi Finals and Final were televised.


2011 World Masters (darts), Television coverage
The tournament was shown in the UK by sports subscription channel ESPN who took over from the BBC who broadcast the last ten World Masters. ESPN broadcast the last three days of the tournament. The tournament was shown in the USA for the very first time with ESPN3 broadcasting it. The event was also shown on Eurosport and Eurosport Asia.


2011 World Masters Athletics Championships
The nineteenth World Masters Athletics Championships were held in Sacramento, United States, from July 6–17, 2011. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as Masters athletics.


2011 World Masters Athletics Championships
A full range of track and field events were held, along with a marathon.


2011 World Masters Athletics Championships
The primary stadium was Hornet Stadium on the campus of Sacramento State University. Supplemental venues included Charles C. Hughes Stadium, American River College, William Land Park and the marathon on the American River Parkway.


2011 World Masters Athletics Championships, Results, 200 meters, M50 200 meters
Note: Willie Gault fell while leading the race, tackled by the 90 meter line, finished last in 27.46


2011 World Masters Athletics Championships, Results, 5000 meters, M50 5000 meters
53 athletes, 3 heats, timed final, all medalists in Heat 1


2011 World Matchplay
The 2011 Skybet World Matchplay was the 18th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 16–24 July 2011. It was sponsored by Skybet (who had previously sponsored the UK Open and the World Grand Prix) who took over from Stan James after 10 years.


2011 World Matchplay
Phil Taylor successfully defended his title, defeating James Wade 18–8 in the final to win his twelfth World Matchplay crown and his fourth in successive years.


2011 World Matchplay
In the quarter-final, Andy Hamilton produced a remarkable comeback. Trailing 8–15 to Simon Whitlock and only one leg from defeat, Hamilton won nine consecutive legs to advance to the semi-finals.


2011 World Matchplay
The 2011 World Matchplay is notable for being the last darts tournament on Sky Sports where long-time commentator, Sid Waddell, commentated full-time. He was diagnosed with bowel cancer in September 2011, underwent treatment, and made a brief return to the commentary box during the 2012 Premier League Darts. Waddell died from the bowel cancer on the 11 August 2012, the day after his 72nd birthday.


2011 World Matchplay, Prize money
For the third consecutive World Matchplay, the prize fund was £400,000.


2011 World Matchplay, Qualification
The top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit qualified automatically and were also seeded players. The other 16 places went to the top 16 non-qualified players from the Players Championships Order of Merit.


2011 World Matchplay, Draw
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)


2011 World Matchplay, Broadcasters
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the tournament was broadcast by Sky Sports for the 18th consecutive time. In the Netherlands, RTL7 broadcast the tournament for the very first time through an internet livestream, and in highlights on Friday, Saturday and Sunday on television. The tournament was broadcast in Australia for the first time with Fox Sports.


2011 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2011 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2011 presented by Richardson for sponsorship reasons) was held in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada from April 2–10, 2011. In the final, Jeff Stoughton skipped the Canadian rink to a 6–5 victory over Scotland's Tom Brewster. The gold medal was Stoughton's second and Canada's 33rd gold medal at the world.


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jeff StoughtonThird: Jon MeadSecond: Reid CarruthersLead: Steve Gould Alternate: Garth Smith


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Chen Lu'an Third: Li Guangxu Second: Ji Yansong Lead: Guo Wenli Alternate: Ba Dexin


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jiri Snítil Third: Martin Snítil Second: Jindřich Kitzberger Lead: Marek Vydra Alternate: Jakub Bares


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Tommy Stjerne Third: Per Berg Second: Peter Andersen Lead: Anders Søderblom Alternate: Jan Nebelong


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Tony Angiboust Skip: Thomas Dufour Second: Lionel Roux Lead: Wilfrid Coulot Alternate: Jan Ducroz


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andy Kapp Third: Andreas Lang Second: Daniel Herberg Lead: Markus Messenzehl Alternate: Holger Höhne


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Thomas UlsrudThird: Torger NergårdSecond: Christoffer SvaeLead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Markus Snøve Høiberg


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Tom Brewster Third: Greg Drummond Second: Scott Andrews Lead: Michael Goodfellow Alternate: Duncan Fernie


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Lee Dong-keun Third: Kim Soo-hyuk Second: Kim Tae-hwan Lead: Nam Yoon-ho Alternate: Lee Ye-jun


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Niklas Edin Third: Sebastian Kraupp Second: Fredrik Lindberg Lead: Viktor Kjäll Alternate: Oskar Eriksson


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Christof Schwaller Third: Marco Ramstein Second: Robert Hürlimann Lead: Urs Eichhorn Alternate: Sven Michel


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Pete Fenson Third: Shawn Rojeski Second: Joe Polo Lead: Ryan Brunt Alternate: Scott Baird


2011 World Men's Curling Championship, Round robin standings
Sweden placed third by virtue of a pre-event draw challenge used to rank teams in case round-robin results failed to provide separation.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Sweden from 13–30 January, 2011. All matches were played in Malmö, Lund, Kristianstad, Gothenburg, Skövde, Jönköping, Linköping and Norrköping.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship
In the preliminary round, 24 teams from all the world's continents were split into 4 groups, with the first-placed 3 teams advancing through the main round in two groups, carrying the previously won points against the remaining teams. France won the tournament after defeating Denmark in the final, while Spain won the bronze medal after defeating Sweden in the third-place match. Thus, France has qualified for the tournament at the London Olympics. The teams that finished in 2nd–7th place will play Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship
The host broadcaster was the Swedish commercial network TV4 Sport and the television rights were sold to other countries.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship
One of the objectives of the championship was to create a multicultural party that extends far outside the handball arenas.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, List of qualified teams
Bahrain and Chile qualified for their first ever handball World Championship. Austria qualified for the first time since 1993, which, coincidentally, was also hosted by Sweden.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 9 July 2010 at the Scandinavium at Gothenburg, Sweden.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Squads
Each nation had to submit a squad of 16 players.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Match officials
On 25 October 2010, the match officials for the tournament were confirmed.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round
Twenty-four participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Main Round. The last three teams in each group played placement matches.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Tie-breaking criteria
For the three game group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Main round
The top three teams of every preliminary group advanced to the Main round. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. In the main round every team had 3 games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. The top two of every group advanced to the Semifinals, the other teams played placement matches.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Final round (Kristianstad/Malmö), Final
The final was played at a sold-out Malmö Arena in Malmö between France and Denmark, and was followed by 12,462 spectators. In addition, the match was aired on both major Danish public television channels DR1 and TV 2 with 2,670,000 viewers, making it the most watched sport event in Denmark ever.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Final round (Kristianstad/Malmö), Final, First half
The French team started the match with a 2–0 lead, and maintained a lead until the 17th minute, where Denmark started a 3–0 run and equalised at 9–9 with a penalty shot by Anders Eggert. On the next attack, Mikkel Hansen received the Danes' first two-minute suspension, allowing France to open another three-goal lead. The half time score was 15–12 in favor of France.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Final round (Kristianstad/Malmö), Final, Second half
The second half started with France maintaining a lead of at least two goals in the first 15 minutes. But a couple of saves in a row by the well-tempered Niklas Landin Jacobsen, meant that Mikkel Hansen could equalise to 24–24 with 11 minutes to play. Still, France took the lead once again, but with five minutes remaining and the French lead at 29–27, Jérôme Fernandez was penalized with a 2-minute suspension. Denmark took advantage, scoring two goals and making it 29–29 with 3:30 remaining. In the last minute, the French found themselves one goal ahead, 31–30.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Final round (Kristianstad/Malmö), Final, Second half
The Danish coach Ulrik Wilbek used a team timeout with 25 seconds to go to prepare the team for the last attack. Three seconds were left, when the Dane Bo Spellerberg scored from left back a positional shot in the bottom of the goal for 31–31, deferring the match to overtime.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Final round (Kristianstad/Malmö), Final, Overtime
In the 64th minute, the Danes recorded their first lead in the match when scoring 33–32, but within the next minute the French scored two goals overturning the result. The first half of the overtime ended with a French lead of 34–33.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Final round (Kristianstad/Malmö), Final, Overtime
The second half of overtime began with veteran Lars Christiansen scoring a penalty and evening the score at 34–34. The French took the lead from there, though, and secured the win at 36–34 when Thierry Omeyer saved a Mikkel Hansen 9m shot with just over one minute to go. Michael Guigou scored the last goal of the game with one second to go to the final score 37–35. The match ended 37–35 in favor of France. Nikola Karabatić and Mikkel Hansen, both scored 10 goals in the final, with Karabatić chosen the MVP of the championship, and Hansen the best goalscorer.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship, Ranking and statistics, Top goalscorers
Jérôme Fernandez, Didier Dinart, Xavier Barachet, Bertrand Gille, Guillaume Joli, Samuel Honrubia, Daouda Karaboué, Nikola Karabatić, Franck Junillon, Thierry Omeyer, William Accambray, Luc Abalo, Cédric Sorhaindo, Michaël Guigou, Bertrand Roine, Sébastien Bosquet, and Arnaud Bingo. Head Coach: Claude Onesta.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship squads
This article displays the squads for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consisted of 16 players.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship squads
Appearances, goals and ages as of tournament start, 13 January 2011.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification
This page describes the European zone qualifying procedure for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Qualification system, Seeding
The draw for the qualification round was held on 6 August 2009 at the EHF headquarters, in Vienna. Sweden (host nation), and France (defending champion), are directly qualified. The top 3 participants at the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship, excluding Sweden and France will also qualify for the final tournament, while the other 11 participants are guaranteed a place in the Play-Off Round. The remaining 23 teams were divided into several pots according to their positions in the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship qualification, and were successfully drawn so that each qualification group contained one team from pots 1 to 3. Groups 1 and 2 will also comprise one team from pot 4.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Qualification system, Tiebreakers
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Qualification Round
Each group will take place on the court of the third seeded team. In case the third seeded team can't organize the qualification tournament, the first seed will take its place. The winner of each group qualifies for the play-off matches, which will be played on 12/13 June and 19/20 June 2010.


2011 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Play-Off Round
Will take place on the 12/13 June and 19/20 June 2010. It will comprise 18 teams overall:


2011 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Play-Off Round
The draw for the Play-Off Round will take place on 31 January 2010, in Vienna. Seeding will be based on teams appearance and record on 2010 European Men's Handball Championship.


2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held at the Saint Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States from April 15 to 24, 2011. The event was held in conjunction with the 2011 World Senior Curling Championships.


2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Switzerland won its third mixed doubles gold in four years by defeating the Russians in a six-end final with a final score of 11–2.


2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC-06).


2011 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 2011 World Modern Penthathlon Championship was held in Moscow, Russia from September 8 to September 14, 2011. The event was supposed to take place in Cairo but because of the 2011 Egyptian revolution it was moved to avoid any further political instability. The event includes pistol shooting, fencing, 200m swimming, show jumping and a 3 km run. For the first time laser pistols were used.


2011 World Mountain Running Championships
The 27th World Mountain Running Championships were held in Tirana, Albania on September 11, 2011. Around 400 athletes from 5 continents were present.


2011 World Netball Championships
The 2011 World Netball Championships was the 13th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Singapore from 3–10 July. All 48 matches were played at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Singapore was chosen as the host nation at the 2007 IFNA Congress in Auckland.


2011 World Netball Championships
Sixteen nations contested the week-long tournament. Ten nations gained selection for the World Championships in five regional qualifying tournaments held from 2010–11; the top five national teams from the 2007 tournament also qualified, along with host nation Singapore. The teams were divided into four pools, in which teams played every other team once. The two highest teams in each pool progressed to the quarter-finals, while the remaining teams played in classification matches to determine the 9th–16th placings.


2011 World Netball Championships
Among the eight nations to qualify for the quarter-finals, Northern Ireland debuted entering in the finals stages. New Zealand advanced to the gold medal playoff by defeating South Africa and England, while Australia joined their Antipodean rivals after victories over Malawi and Jamaica. Medal matches were played on 10 July. England and Jamaica contested the bronze medal match, which England won 70–49. A closely fought gold medal match between Australia and New Zealand was tied at the end of four-quarters of regular time. Australia defended its 2007 title scoring the winning goal in the dying seconds of extra time, defeating New Zealand 58–57 to claim their tenth title.


2011 World Netball Championships, Organisation, Bids
Bidding to host the 13th World Championships began in 2006. The final vote for hosting the 2011 tournament was held at the 2007 IFNA Congress in Auckland, New Zealand. Delegates at the Congress chose between Singapore and Melbourne, Australia. In a unanimous decision, Singapore was selected to host the 2011 event. The successful Singapore delegation included team co-captains Pearline Chan and Jean Ng. The 2011 tournament was the second time that Singapore has hosted a World Championship, the first being in 1983.


2011 World Netball Championships, Organisation, Host venue
All 48 matches were held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, located 4 km from the city centre along the Kallang waterfront. The venue was built in 1989 at a cost of S$90 million. It was designed by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange and features an iconic cone-shaped roof. Recently, it has hosted events for the 2009 Asian Youth Games and the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. It is also set to be part of the new Singapore Sports Hub, which will be built on the site of the nearby Singapore National Stadium.


2011 World Netball Championships, Organisation, Host venue
For the World Netball Championships, the venue contained two adjacent playing courts and an overall seating capacity of 8,000. Singapore has an average temperature of 31 °C in July; however, the venue was kept air-conditioned at a constant temperature of 20 °C throughout the tournament.


2011 World Netball Championships, Organisation, Sponsors and partners
The 2011 World Championships was administered by the International Federation of Netball Associations and Netball Singapore. Mission Foods were the title sponsors for the event, which became known as the 2011 Mission Foods World Netball Championship. Swissôtel The Stamford and Fairmont Singapore are the official hotels for the Championship, where all teams stayed for the duration of the tournament.


2011 World Netball Championships, Umpires
The IFNA announced on 24 March 2011 that seventeen umpires from seven countries would officiate matches at the tournament, with two more umpires later added.


2011 World Netball Championships, Teams, Qualification
The top five teams from the 2007 tournament also qualified:


2011 World Netball Championships, Teams, Qualification
The remaining ten teams qualified through five regional tournaments, from each of which two teams progressed to the World Championships.


2011 World Netball Championships, Teams, Draw
The draw for the 2011 tournament was determined on 12 December 2010 in Singapore.


2011 World Netball Championships, Teams, Draw
No more than two teams from the same region could have been drawn into the same group. Teams are listed with their IFNA ranking (as of 17 June 2011) in parentheses.


2011 World Netball Championships, Teams, Draw
Australia (2) Sri Lanka (18) Northern Ireland (12) Samoa (10)


2011 World Netball Championships, Teams, Draw
New Zealand (1) Trinidad and Tobago (8) Fiji (5) Wales (13)


2011 World Netball Championships, Format
The 2011 tournament comprised 48 matches played over eight days from 3–10 July. The 16 participating teams were initially divided into four pools of four teams. During the preliminary pool stage, teams in each pool played each other once. In every pool match, two points were awarded to a winning team, while no points are given to a losing team.


2011 World Netball Championships, Format
At the end of the preliminary matches, the two teams with the highest number of points in each pool progressed to the finals, ultimately contesting the 1st–8th final placings. The remaining two teams from each pool entered classification matches, which determined the 9th–16th final placings.


2011 World Netball Championships, Format
Eight teams contested the finals matches, each playing one quarter-final and one semi-final. The four teams that won their quarter-finals contested the medal matches. Of these four teams, the two semi-final winners advanced to the gold medal match, while the other two teams played for bronze. The medal matches were scheduled for the last day of the tournament, on 10 July.


2011 World Netball Championships, Finals matches
Following the pool play, Australia, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, England and Malawi advanced to the quarter-finals. England overwhelmed Northern Ireland to meet New Zealand, who beat South Africa, in one semi-final. Australia had a hard-fought victory over Malawi to meet Jamaica, who defeated the other Caribbean contender Trinidad and Tobago, in the other semi. New Zealand (49–34) and Australia (82–46) won their semi-finals leaving England and Jamaica to contest the bronze medal match, which England won 70–49.


2011 World Netball Championships, Finals matches
The final between the Antipodean rivals was locked at 46 all after the regulation 60 minutes of playing time. New Zealand had dominated the first two quarters to open up a six-goal lead. Australia whittled the lead down and with a minute left New Zealand led by one, just needing to retain possession to win. However, Australia stole the ball and levelled the scores, and would have won had their next shot in the last play been successful. With the scores tied at the end of regulation time, two seven-minute periods of extra time were played. It was still even after the first half of extra time, with Australia eventually winning 58–57 in the dying seconds of extra time to claim their tenth World Championship title.


2011 World Netball Championships squads
Sixteen nations qualified for the 2011 World Netball Championships, to be held in Singapore from 3–10 July. Participating nations have sent representative netball teams each comprising 12 players. Player rosters for all 16 teams were submitted to tournament organisers, and published on the WNC2011 website two days before the start of the tournament. Teams were divided into four groups for the initial pool stage.


2011 World Netball Series
The 2011 World Netball Series was the third edition of the World Netball Series, an annual international netball competition held under fastnet rules. The 2011 event was held in Liverpool, England, which also hosted the event in 2010. The tournament was contested by the top six national netball teams from the previous year, according to the IFNA World Rankings.


2011 World Netball Series
At the end of the preliminary round-robin matches, Australia, England, Jamaica and New Zealand progressed to the semi-finals, while South Africa and Fiji contested the 5th/6th place playoff match. England and New Zealand advanced to the final, with Australia eventually finishing third. In the final match of the tournament, England defeated New Zealand by 33–26 to claim their first gold medal in a major netball tournament.


2011 World Netball Series, Overview, Date and venue
The 2011 World Netball Series was played in Liverpool over three days, from 25–27 November. All matches were held at the Echo Arena Liverpool, which has a seating capacity of 7,500 for sporting events.


2011 World Netball Series, Overview, Format
The tournament comprised 20 matches played over three days. The six teams played each other once during the first two days in a round-robin format. At the end of two days, the four highest-ranked teams from this stage progressed to the finals, played on the final day of competition, in which the 1st-ranked team played the 4th-ranked team, while 2nd played 3rd. The winners of these two matches contested the Grand Final; the remaining teams competed in third- and fifth-place playoffs.


2011 World Netball Series, Teams
The top six international netball teams contest the World Netball Series each year. Five teams returned from the previous tournament; Malawi were replaced by Fiji in 2011.


2011 World Orienteering Championships
The 2011 World Orienteering Championships, the 28th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Savoie, France, 13 –20 August 2011.


2011 World Orienteering Championships
The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.


2011 World Polo Championship
The 2011 World Polo Championship was played in Estancia Grande Argentina during October 2011 and was won by Argentina. This event brought together ten teams from around the world.


2011 World Pool Masters
The 2011 World Pool Masters, also known as World Pool Masters XIX, was a nine-ball pool tournament that took place in Quezon City, Philippines, between 3–5 September 2011. It was the 19th edition of the invitational tournament organised by Matchroom Sport.


2011 World Pool Masters
Germany's Ralf Souquet won the event, defeating Dennis Orcollo in the final 8–5. In winning the event, Ralf Souquet won his sixth World Pool Masters title.


2011 World Port Tournament
The 2011 World Port Tournament was an international baseball competition held at the Neptunus Family Stadium in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from June 23 to July 3, 2011. It was the 13th edition of the tournament.


2011 World Port Tournament
In the end, Chinese Taipei won its first title, after beating Cuba in an 11-inning game.


2011 World Rally Championship
The 2011 World Rally Championship was the 39th season of the FIA World Rally Championship in automobile racing. The season consisted of 13 rallies, beginning with Rally Sweden on 10 February and ended with Wales Rally GB on 13 November.


2011 World Rally Championship
Sébastien Loeb claimed his eighth consecutive World Championship title at the Wales Rally of Great Britain when title rival Mikko Hirvonen retired on the first day with an engine that was too damaged to restart.


2011 World Rally Championship, Calendar
The 2011 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America and Oceania.


2011 World Rally Championship, Calendar
Following a fax vote by the members of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC), the following calendar had been agreed for the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship.


2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships was held in Montpellier, France, from September 19–25, 2011 at the Arena Montpellier. Only the top 24 groups from the 2010 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were allowed to take part in the group competition this time. These championships were the first qualifying event for the 2012 Olympics which will be held in London.


2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
In the group all-around competition, the top 6 teams qualified directly for the Group Competition at the 2012 Olympics, while teams placed 7th to 12th will get a second chance to qualify at the London test event in January 2012 for additional four spots. In Individual all-around, the top 15 gymnasts in the World Championships earned a place in the Olympic competition for their respective countries (subject to a maximum of two per country) with further 5 places to be decided at the test event (maximum one per country).


2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Individual, Teams Competition and Individual Qualification
The competition was held from September 19 to September 22.


2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Individual, Hoop
The final was held on Tuesday, 20 September at 20:00 local time.


2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Individual, Ball
The final was held on Tuesday, 20 September at 20:30 local time.


2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Individual, Clubs
The final was held on Thursday, 22 September at 20:00 local time.


2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Individual, Ribbon
The final was held on Thursday, 22 September at 20:30 local time.


2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Individual, All-around
The final was held on Friday, 23 September at 16:30 local time. The top 15 gymnasts earned a quota place for their respective countries at the 2012 Olympics.


2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Groups, All-around
The competition was held on Saturday, 24 September at 15:00 local time. The top 6 teams qualified for the 2012 Olympics. The teams ranked 7th-12th qualified for the test event.


2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Groups, 5 Balls
The final will be held on Sunday, 25 September at 14:00 local time.


2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Groups, 3 Ribbons + 2 Hoops
The final will be held on Sunday, 25 September at 15:00 local time.


2011 World Rowing Championships
The 2011 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 28 August to 4 September 2011 at Lake Bled in the Slovenian city of Bled. The annual week-long rowing regatta is organized by World Rowing Federation (FISA), and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer. In non-Olympic Games years the regatta is the highlight of the international rowing calendar, and in the year prior to the Olympics it is the main qualification event for the following year's Olympics.


2011 World Sambo Championships
The 2011 World Sambo Championships were held in Vilnius, Lithuania on November 11 to 13 for men's and women's sport Sambo and the Combat Sambo championships was held in Siemens Arena.


2011 World Senior Curling Championships
The 2011 World Senior Curling Championships were held at the Saint Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States from April 15 to 24, 2011. The event was held in conjunction with the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.


2011 World Senior Curling Championships
Canada swept the seniors event, winning both the men's and women's championships. Canada's Mark Johnson defeated the American hosts skipped by Geoff Goodland in an extra end, stealing a point to win 5-4, while Canada's Christine Jurgenson won a six-end game 9-2 over former world senior champion Ingrid Meldahl and her Swedish rink.


2011 World Senior Curling Championships
The Australian rink under Hugh Millikin won their second consecutive bronze medal by defeating Denmark's Bent Kristoffersen with a tally of 8-5, while the Swiss rink under Chantal Forrer took the bronze medal with a 5-4 after a single in the last end to wrap up a tight game against the American hosts under Margie Smith.


2011 World Senior Curling Championships, Men
The men's tournament consisted of 21 teams playing in three groups of seven, an increase from last year's tournament, which consisted of 12 teams in two groups of six. The groups played a round-robin tournament within their own groups, and the top eight teams advanced to the quarterfinals and played a single-knockout round to determine the winner. The top eight teams included the top two teams from each group and two of the third-ranked teams among the groups.


2011 World Senior Curling Championships, Women
The women's tournament consisted of eleven teams playing a round robin tournament. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals and play a single-knockout round to determine the winner.


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of the 2011 World Senior Curling Championships was held from April 15 to 24, 2011.


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament
21 teams participated in three groups. The teams played a round robin within their groups, and the top two teams from each group automatically qualified for the quarterfinals. The third-ranked teams among the groups used a draw stone challenge to determine which group took the seventh spot in the quarterfinals. The remaining two third-ranked teams then played a qualification game to determine the last qualifying spot.


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Blue Group
Third: Tommy Campbell Second: John Summers Lead: Phil Barton Alternate: John Brown


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Blue Group
Third: Cyril Vigneau Second: Yvon Lebailly Lead: Joseph Chartier Alternate: Pierre Perrin


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Blue Group
Third: Junichi Ishida Second: Keiji Kakuta Lead: Hisashi Ikuta Alternate: Hiroshi Hasegawa


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Blue Group
Third: Tim Solin Second: Pete Westberg Lead: Ken Olson Alternate: Philip DeVore


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Red Group
Third: Marvin Wirth Second: Ken McLean Lead: Millard Evans Alternate: Brad Hannah


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Red Group
Third: John Hansen Second: Hans Anton Jørgensen Lead: Kurt Holm


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Red Group
Third: Jorma Venäläinen Second: Yrjö Franssila Lead: Juhani Heinonen Alternate: Seppo Malinen


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Red Group
Third: Lenard Schulze Second: Charlie Kapp Lead: Andreas Helwig Alternate: Karl Dieter Schäfer


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Red Group
Third: Mats Nyberg Second: Stefan Larsson Lead: Dan Carlsén Alternate: Claes-Göran Höglund


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Green Group
Third: John Theriault Second: Jim Allan Lead: Dave Thomas Alternate: Tom Kidd


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Green Group
Third: David Whyte Second: Tony Tierney Lead: David Hume Alternate: Gerry O'Kane


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Green Group
Third: Richard Morgan Second: Nelson Ede Lead: David Greer Alternate: John Sanders


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Green Group
Third: Peter Kröger Second: Hansjörg Andres Lead: Micky Leopri Alternate: Bruno Mahler


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Green Group
Skip : Chris Wells Second: Michael Yuille Lead: Stewart Cairns Alternate: Andy Carr


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC-06).


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament
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2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament
The women's tournament of the 2011 World Senior Curling Championships was held from April 15 to 24, 2011. Eleven women's teams played in a round-robin, and the top four teams will advance to the semifinals, where they played a single-knockout round to determine the winner.


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams
Third: Cheryl Noble Second: Pat Sanders Lead: Roselyn Craig Alternate: Lena West


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams
Third: Carolyn Hibberd Second: Louise Kerr Lead: Gillian Drury Alternate: Christina Graham


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams
Third: Elizabeth Matthews Second: Carolyn Cooney Lead: Christine Bewick Alternate: Pauline Farra


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams
Third: Liubov Ozerova Skip: Liudmila Murova Lead: Larisa Pismenova Alternate: Natalia Ilyenkova


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams
Third: Maggie Scott Second: Hazel Swankie Lead: Fiona de Vries Alternate: Liz Horton


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams
Third: Ann-Catrin Kjerr Second: Birgitta Törn Lead: Sylvia Liljefors Alternate: Gunilla Bergman


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams
Third: Silvia Schrader Second: Rita Joller Lead: Ursula Miller Alternate: Esther Gemperli


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams
Third: Debbie Dexter Second: Rachel Orvik Lead: Sally Barry Alternate: Shelly Kosal


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC-06).


2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Round robin results, Draw 9
*A member of the Scottish rink sustained an injury during play, so the Irish rink opted to forfeit the game.


2011 World Seniors Championship
The 2011 World Seniors Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship) was a  professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–6 November 2011 at the East of England Showground in Peterborough, England. The age criterion was raised from 40 to 45 compared to 2010.


2011 World Seniors Championship
Jimmy White was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 0–2 against Darren Morgan.


2011 World Seniors Championship
Darren Morgan won in the final 2–1 against Steve Davis. During the final Morgan also made the highest break of the tournament, an 86 in the penultimate frame.


2011 World Seniors Championship, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Winner: £18,000 Runner-up: £8,000Semi-finalist: £4,000Quarter-finalist: £2,000Last 16: £1,000Round 3: £750


2011 World Seniors Championship, Main draw
The draw for the last 16 was made on the evening of 1 September 2011 at the Guildford Spectrum during the Premier League. The draw for quarter-finals and semi-finals were made on a random basis. All matches were best of 3 frames. Matches were played on a roll on/roll off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15-minute interval between matches, except the final after a 20-minute interval. The evening session didn't start before the time indicated on the format. All frames were subjected to a 30-second shot clock after ten minutes of play and the miss rule was altered so "ball-in-hand" anywhere on the table was awarded after the third miss. All times are GMT.


2011 World Seniors Championship, Qualifying
These matches took place on 10 October 2011 at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester, England. There was only one century break during the qualifying. Tony Chappel made a 101 break against David Taylor.


2011 World Series
The 2011 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2011 season. The 107th edition of World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Texas Rangers and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; the Cardinals defeated the Rangers in 7 games to win their 11th World Series championship and their first since 2006.


2011 World Series
The Series was noted for its back-and-forth Game 6, in which the Cardinals erased a two-run deficit in the bottom of the 9th inning, then did it again in the 10th. In both innings, the Rangers were one strike away from their first World Series championship. The Cardinals won the game in the 11th inning on a walk-off home run by David Freese.


2011 World Series
The Series was also known for the blowout Game 3, in which Cardinals player Albert Pujols hit 3 home runs, a World Series feat previously accomplished only by Reggie Jackson,  Babe Ruth, and subsequently by Pablo Sandoval (in 2012). In 2020, ESPN named the 2011 World Series the fifth greatest of all-time.


2011 World Series
The Series began on October 19, earlier than the previous season so that no games would be played in November. The Cardinals enjoyed home-field advantage for the series because the NL won the 2011 All-Star Game 5–1 on July 12. The 2011 World Series was the first World Series to go all 7 games since the 2002 Series.


2011 World Series, Background
The Rangers appeared in their second consecutive World Series; they lost the 2010 Series to the San Francisco Giants in 5 games. They were the first American League team to play in consecutive World Series since the New York Yankees did it from 1998 to 2001. They earned their postseason berth by winning the American League West division, and defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Division Series and the Detroit Tigers in the American League Championship Series to earn their World Series berth.


2011 World Series, Background
The Cardinals appeared in their 18th World Series, and third in 8 years. They lost to the Boston Red Sox in 2004, but won in 2006 against the Detroit Tigers. The Cardinals earned their postseason berth by winning the National League Wild Card on the last day of the regular season, and defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Division Series and the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series to earn their World Series berth.


2011 World Series, Background
This Series was only the second time the Rangers and the Cardinals played each other; they met in regular-season interleague play in 2004, where the Cardinals won 2/3-game series in Texas. This was the first World Series assignment for umpires Greg Gibson and Ron Kulpa. Each of the other umpires had previously worked one World Series.


2011 World Series, Background
The Cardinals were supported by fans brandishing Rally Squirrel memorabilia to celebrate their new impromptu mascot acquired during the playoff run which they credited with turning the Cardinals' fortunes around.


2011 World Series, Background, Texas Rangers
This was the Rangers' second appearance in the World Series. Heading into 2010, their 50th season as a franchise (counting its time as the Washington Senators), the team was the only one in Major League Baseball to never win a postseason series, and was 1 of 3 teams (along with the Seattle Mariners and the Washington Nationals) to never appear in the World Series. However, that season, the Rangers won their first postseason series and made their first appearance in the World Series, only to lose to the San Francisco Giants in 5 games.


2011 World Series, Background, Texas Rangers
During the offseason, Chuck Greenberg, who purchased the Rangers from Tom Hicks during the 2010 season along with Nolan Ryan, sold his interest in the team to Ryan, making him the Rangers' principal owner. Notable player departures during the offseason included pitcher Cliff Lee and outfielder/designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero (both to free agency) and catcher Bengie Molina, who retired. Notable free agent additions during the offseason included pitchers Yoshinori Tateyama and Brandon Webb, catcher Yorvit Torrealba, and third-baseman Adrián Beltré.


2011 World Series, Background, Texas Rangers
In January 2011, as part of a three-way trade with the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the Rangers acquired catcher Mike Napoli in exchange for pitcher Frank Francisco. During the season, the team acquired pitcher Koji Uehara from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for infielder Chris Davis, and Mike Adams from the San Diego Padres in exchange for two minor-league pitchers. Pitcher Arthur Rhodes was released and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals days later; as a result, Rhodes would have been entitled to receive a World Series ring regardless of which team won.


2011 World Series, Background, Texas Rangers
With the exception of one day in late April and a brief stretch in early May, the Rangers led the American League West for most of the season. They finished the season with a franchise record 96–66 (.593 winning percentage) and won their second consecutive and 5th overall division title, 10 games ahead of the second-place Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. They also set a franchise record for home attendance of 2,946,949. Texas also earned the most shutouts in the American League. All 5 members of the opening day starting rotation stayed in the rotation for the entire year.


2011 World Series, Background, Texas Rangers
C. J. Wilson tied for the league lead in starts with 34 while Derek Holland tied for second in shutouts with 4 (tied for first in the American League), with each pitcher racking up at least 13 wins. The offense also had another good year with 3 players getting 30-plus home runs for the first time in team history, and Ian Kinsler completing his second 30–30 season.


2011 World Series, Background, Texas Rangers
The Rangers then defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3 games to 1 in the American League Division Series before beating the Detroit Tigers 4 games to 2 in the American League Championship Series.


2011 World Series, Background, Texas Rangers
The Rangers lost home-field advantage in the World Series as a result of the AL team, managed by Rangers manager Ron Washington, losing the 2011 All-Star Game, when Ranger ace C. J. Wilson surrendered the game-winning three-run homer to Prince Fielder.


2011 World Series, Background, St. Louis Cardinals
The Cardinals made their first World Series appearance since 2006, when they defeated the Detroit Tigers 4 games to 1 to win their National League-leading 10th World Series title. This was manager Tony La Russa's 6th World Series appearance as manager and his third with the Cardinals. The Cardinals' last postseason appearance was in 2009, where they were swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series. They finished the 2010 season with a record of 86–76 (.531), finishing in second place in the National League Central standings, 5 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.


2011 World Series, Background, St. Louis Cardinals
During the 2010 offseason, the team signed new contracts with manager Tony La Russa and picked up All-Star slugger Albert Pujols' club option. Notable offseason departures included shortstop Brendan Ryan (traded to the Seattle Mariners) and relief pitcher Blake Hawksworth (traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers). Additionally, during the offseason the team announced that ace pitcher Adam Wainwright would miss the entire season due to Tommy John surgery. Notable offseason additions included shortstop Ryan Theriot, outfielder Lance Berkman, catcher Gerald Laird, and infielder Nick Punto.


2011 World Series, Background, St. Louis Cardinals
In late April, after a number of blown saves, the Cardinals removed pitcher Ryan Franklin from the closer role, and released him on June 29. On July 27, the Cardinals sent outfielder Colby Rasmus and pitchers Trever Miller, Brian Tallet, and P. J. Walters to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for pitchers Edwin Jackson, Marc Rzepczynski, and Octavio Dotel, and outfielder Corey Patterson. They then acquired Rafael Furcal from the Dodgers in exchange for Alex Castellanos, a minor-league outfielder. On August 11, the team signed free agent pitcher Arthur Rhodes, who had been released by the Texas Rangers days earlier.


2011 World Series, Background, St. Louis Cardinals
The Cardinals spent much of the early part of the 2011 season in first place in the NL Central standings but dropped to second place for good on July 27. On August 25, the team trailed the Atlanta Braves in the NL wild card standings by 10+1⁄2 games. The Cardinals amassed a 21–9 record from August 26 to September 27, while the Braves were 10–19 over that same interval. Meanwhile, on September 23, the Milwaukee Brewers clinched the NL Central division title.


2011 World Series, Background, St. Louis Cardinals
On September 28, with the Cardinals and Braves tied atop the Wild Card standings on the last day of the regular season, the Cardinals routed the Houston Astros 8–0 in Houston, while the Braves lost at home to the Philadelphia Phillies 4–3 in 13 innings, securing the Cardinals' second wild card postseason berth in franchise history. St. Louis finished with a record of 90–72, 6 games behind the Brewers in the NL Central but one ahead of the Braves in the Wild Card.


2011 World Series, Background, St. Louis Cardinals
They defeated the Phillies in the National League Division Series 3 games to 2, and then defeated the Brewers (who were the first team in history to reach both NLCS and ALCS and the team the Cardinals faced in the 1982 World Series) in the National League Championship Series 4 games to 2.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Aces were on the mound for Game 1 as C. J. Wilson faced Chris Carpenter. Both starters kept the game scoreless through the first three innings. In the fourth, Albert Pujols was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. After a double by Matt Holliday, Lance Berkman hit a single to drive both runners in. The lead wouldn't last long. Mike Napoli hit a two-run home run to tie the game in the very next inning. David Freese doubled in the sixth with one out, and moved to third on a wild pitch.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
After Yadier Molina struck out, and Nick Punto walked, Allen Craig entered the game, pinch-hitting for Carpenter. Alexi Ogando relieved Wilson, and tried to finish off the inning. Craig hit a 1–2 pitch down the right field line that was just out of reach of a sliding Nelson Cruz. Freese scored to give St. Louis the lead. In the seventh, the Cardinals ran into trouble as Cruz singled and Napoli walked to put two on with one out. Marc Rzepczynski came on to face pinch-hitter Craig Gentry and struck him out. Pinch-hitter Esteban Germán was the next batter.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Rzepczynski struck him out as well. In the ninth, closer Jason Motte pitched an easy 1–2–3 inning to give St. Louis the win. Controversy surrounded the inning, as Adrián Beltré was the victim of a blown call. Beltré grounded a ball to third, and Descalso threw the ball to first for the out, but replays showed he fouled the ball off his foot.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Game 2 saw a pitchers' duel between Jaime García and Colby Lewis. Both starters kept the game scoreless through the first six innings. A pair of excellent defensive plays by Elvis Andrus stopped a couple of Cardinals rallies. In the seventh, David Freese again started a rally for St. Louis, much like in Game 1. He singled with one out, and moved to third on a single by Nick Punto with two outs. Allen Craig pinch-hit for García to face Alexi Ogando, setting up almost the same exact situation from the previous night.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Again, Craig beat Ogando with a single to right field to drive in Freese. Jason Motte was brought in to save the game in the ninth. Ian Kinsler led off with a bloop single, and stole second with Andrus batting. Andrus singled into center field, and moved to second on the throw home, which got by Albert Pujols for an error. With runners on second and third, and none out, Tony La Russa switched in Arthur Rhodes for Motte. Consecutive sacrifice flies from Josh Hamilton and Michael Young gave Texas the lead. Neftalí Feliz came on in the ninth, and allowed a leadoff walk to Yadier Molina, but retired the next three batters in order to end the game and tie the Series at one game apiece.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
After a total of just eight runs scored in the first two games in St. Louis, the offense of the two lineups scored a combined 23 runs on a historic night in Arlington in which Albert Pujols had what was described as "the greatest individual hitting performance in World Series history".


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Allen Craig hit a home run in the first to put the Cardinals up 1–0. In the fourth after a controversial call at first base by umpire Ron Kulpa on a force play and subsequent single put runners on first and second with one out, David Freese's RBI double made it 2–0 Cardinals. After an intentional walk loaded the bases, two runs scored on a throwing error by Mike Napoli before Ryan Theriot's RBI single made it 5–0 Cardinals. Starter Matt Harrison was pulled from the game after the inning's second out.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the bottom of the inning, a lead-off home run by Michael Young and, two batters later, a two-run home run by Nelson Cruz, made it 5–3 Cardinals. Napoli then singled to knock starter Kyle Lohse out of the game. Napoli moved to third on a groundout and single, but was tagged out at home trying to score on Ian Kinsler's fly out to end the inning.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the fifth, the Cardinals loaded the bases with no outs on a single and two walks off of Scott Feldman before Freese's groundout scored a run, then a two-run double by Yadier Molina made the score 8–3 Cardinals. In the bottom of the inning, Texas got two leadoff singles off of Fernando Salas before Young drove in a run with a double. Lance Lynn relieved Salas and allowed an RBI single to Adrian Beltre, then, one out later, a sacrifice fly to Napoli to make it 8–6 Cardinals.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Albert Pujols, who had been hitless through the first two games, then hit a 423 ft (129 m) home run off Alexi Ogando in the sixth inning after a leadoff single and walk to make it 11–6 Cardinals. An error, single and walk loaded the bases before Mike Gonzalez relieved Ogando and allowed a sacrifice fly to Molina. Next inning, Pujols's two-run home run after a two-out walk off of Gonzalez made it 14–6 Cardinals. The Rangers scored their last run of the game in the bottom of the inning when Beltre hit a leadoff double off of Lynn, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Napoli's sacrifice fly off of Octavio Dotel.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Cardinals added to their lead in the eighth when Freese singled with one out off of Mark Lowe and pinch-runner Daniel Descalso scored on Molina's double. Then in the ninth, Pujols hit his third home run of the game, giving him six RBIs, off of Darren Oliver. Mitchell Boggs retired Texas in order in the bottom of the ninth as the Cardinals won 16–7, leading the Series by 2–1.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Albert Pujols joined Babe Ruth (1926, 1928) and Reggie Jackson (1977) as the only players in baseball history up to that time to hit three home runs in a World Series game. (Pablo Sandoval would also accomplish the feat the following year.) Pujols was 5-for-6 with two singles, three HRs, four runs scored, and six RBIs. Yadier Molina added two doubles, driving in four runs. David Freese continued his postseason 13-game hitting streak getting two hits (one double), driving in two runs.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Pujols became the first player in World Series history to get hits in four consecutive innings: fourth (single), fifth (single), sixth (HR, three RBIs), and seventh (HR, two RBIs). He tied records for most HRs (3), most hits (5), and most RBIs (6) in a World Series game, and established a new record with 14 total bases.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The 16 runs scored by the Cardinals were the most runs scored in a World Series game since 2002, when the San Francisco Giants scored 16 against the Anaheim Angels in Game 5.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
After a high-scoring affair the night before, Derek Holland quieted the Cardinals' bats as he pitched 8+1⁄3 innings of two-hit baseball. Lance Berkman had both of the Cardinals' two hits. Josh Hamilton's first-inning RBI double put the Rangers in front for only the second time in the Series. A three-run home run by Mike Napoli provided Holland a comfortable 4–0 lead. The Cardinals managed a small rally in the ninth, but were unable to score against closer Neftalí Feliz.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Coincidentally, this game was one of two major DFW vs. St. Louis sporting events taking place in Arlington on that day, as the NFL's Dallas Cowboys and St. Louis Rams had played at nearby Cowboys Stadium that afternoon; during the opening coin toss, Berkman and Hamilton, in uniform, had each served as honorary captains for their city's team.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Game 1 starters C. J. Wilson and Chris Carpenter faced off again. Wilson walked two batters, Matt Holliday and Lance Berkman, in the second inning and both came in to score, aided in part by an error by David Murphy. However, despite the Rangers walking nine batters in the game (including Albert Pujols three times intentionally), the Cardinals did not score again, leaving 12 runners on base. Mitch Moreland hit a home run in the third, and Adrián Beltré hit one in the sixth, to tie the score at 2–2.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The Rangers' half of the eighth featured a series of bullpen mix-ups by the Cardinals, leaving Tony La Russa without closer Jason Motte in a crucial situation. After Michael Young led off the inning with a double, La Russa sent both Motte (a right-hander) and left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski to begin warmups. However, Cardinals bullpen coach Derek Lilliquist later stated that he only heard Rzepczynski's name called. When La Russa saw that Motte was not warming up, he made a second call to the bullpen, but this time Lilliquist thought he heard La Russa call for reliever Lance Lynn, who was supposedly unavailable for the game due to throwing 47 pitches in Game 3.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Dotel intentionally walked Nelson Cruz, whereupon La Russa summoned Rzepczynski to face the left-handed hitting Murphy. Usually, the Rangers would counter with a right-handed pinch-hitter, such as Craig Gentry or Yorvit Torrealba. However, Murphy stayed in the game, and hit a grounder off Rzepczynski, loading the bases. With Motte not yet available (La Russa thought he was warming up, but he was not yet ready), La Russa was forced to match Rzepczynski against the right-handed hitting Mike Napoli, who hit a two-run double scoring Young and Cruz.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
After a Moreland strikeout, La Russa called for Motte from the bullpen, only to be surprised to see Lynn coming out (it was then when he learned of the mix-ups). Lynn then was asked to intentionally walk Ian Kinsler, making him only the third pitcher in World Series history to make a relief appearance solely to serve an intentional walk.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Neftalí Feliz came in to save the game in the ninth, his second save of the Series.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Game 6, moved from October 26 to 27 due to rain and because the stadium was not domed, was a rematch of Game 2's starters: Cardinals lefty Jaime García and Rangers starter Colby Lewis. Texas jumped on top immediately, with Josh Hamilton driving in Ian Kinsler in the top of the first. The Cardinals responded quickly with a two-run Lance Berkman home run in the bottom half. Kinsler tied the game in the top of the second with a ground-rule double, scoring Craig Gentry. García was pulled after only three innings (and 59 pitches) and replaced with Fernando Salas. Leading off the top of the fourth, Matt Holliday misplayed a Nelson Cruz pop fly, putting Cruz at second. Mike Napoli singled him home to once again give Texas the lead.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
The Cardinals jumped right back in the game, taking advantage of a Michael Young error and scoring on a Yadier Molina groundout to knot the game at three. David Freese started off the top of the fifth by dropping a routine pop fly (the third consecutive half-inning to begin with an error), which immediately turned into the go-ahead run for Texas on Young's double. Colby Lewis was cruising for the Rangers until the bottom of the sixth. After an Albert Pujols strikeout, Berkman singled to third.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Matt Holliday grounded into a possible double play which was mishandled at first by Michael Young (his second error of the game), leaving all runners safe. Lewis walked the bases loaded and was pulled for Alexi Ogando, who promptly walked Yadier Molina to force in a run. With the Cardinals in a prime position to rally ahead, Matt Holliday, standing 90 feet (27 m) away as the possible go-ahead run, was picked off at third by catcher Mike Napoli. Holliday injured his finger sliding in on the play and was forced to leave the game. After Ogando walked Nick Punto, Derek Holland came in to pitch and the Rangers were able to slip out of the inning with the score still tied.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Lance Lynn came on to pitch for the Cardinals in the top of the seventh and was promptly greeted with back-to-back home runs by Adrián Beltré and Nelson Cruz to put Texas up by two. Ian Kinsler added his second RBI later in the inning to make the score 7–4 Rangers. In the bottom of the eighth, Allen Craig (who entered the game as Holliday's replacement) hit a home run to pull the Cardinals within two. Rangers closer Neftalí Feliz entered in the bottom of the ninth to deliver the Rangers their first ever World Series Championship.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
After striking out Ryan Theriot, Feliz faced Albert Pujols. Facing possibly his last at-bat as a Cardinal, Pujols hit Feliz's first pitch into left field for a double. Feliz walked Lance Berkman to put the tying run on first, but got Craig to take a called third strike. The Rangers were one out away from a championship as David Freese stepped to the plate. Down in the count 1–2 and down to the last strike, Freese hit Feliz's pitch past a leaping Nelson Cruz off the right field wall for a triple, tying the game at seven.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Sent into extra innings, Jason Motte went out for his second inning of work. Elvis Andrus singled, then the Rangers' MVP candidate Josh Hamilton put Texas up again with a towering two-run home run. Down 9–7, and out of bench players, the Cardinals once again faced only three outs until elimination. Left-hander Darren Oliver came in to pitch for the Rangers. St. Louis players Daniel Descalso and Jon Jay hit back-to-back singles, and starting pitcher Kyle Lohse was called to bunt. Lohse's sacrifice bunt put the tying run in scoring position.


2011 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
With right-handers coming up, right-hander Scott Feldman replaced Oliver on the mound. Ryan Theriot grounded out, scoring Descalso, and following an intentional walk to  Pujols, Berkman stepped up to the plate. Feldman got ahead on the count 1–2 on a foul ball. Berkman worked the count to 2–2, and again the Rangers were one strike away from their first championship. Berkman took Scott Feldman's next pitch into center field for a single, scoring Jon Jay and tying the game once again.