The 2011 Ball Hockey World Championship was the ninth Ball Hockey World Championship held by ISBHF in Bratislava, Slovakia. 2009 champions the Czech Republic defended their title and won the championship for the third time, beating Canada in the final.
Ten teams formed two groups of five. Group A contained the Czech Republic, Canada, Portugal, Germany and Finland. Group B consisted of Slovakia, the United States, Austria, Greece and Switzerland. Group winners advanced to the semifinals, while teams finishing second and third played a knockout match (A2 versus B3 and A3 versus B2) to determine the other two semifinalists. At the quarterfinal stage, the Czech Republic conceded the first goal against Greece before taking a come-from-behind 5âÂÂ1 win. In the semifinals, held at the Ondrej Nepela Arena on 25 June 2011, the Czech Republic beat Slovakia 2âÂÂ0, while Canada defeated the United States 6âÂÂ5. Slovakia won the bronze medal game against the United States, to extend their record of winning a medal in every edition of the championship. In the final the Czech Republic scored the only goal of the first period after 5 minutes. They scored twice more in the second period, either side of a Canada goal, for a 3âÂÂ1 scoreline. A goalless final period confirmed their eighth medal in the world championship and third gold. Further down the rankings, Finland beat Germany 4âÂÂ3 for 7th place, while Austria defeated Switzerland in overtime for 9th place.
Pool B was also held in Bratislava. Two groups of four teams played a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals. Winners of the semifinals, France and Pakistan, each secured progress to the 2013 Ball Hockey World Championship. Pakistan defeated France in the Pool B final 6âÂÂ5 in overtime.