Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Makwikwi eDivision I akaitika Kubvumbi 17 kusvika Kubvumbi 23, 2011. Mitambo yeBoka A yakatambwa muBudapest, Hungary uye Boka B rakatambwa muKyiv, Ukraine. Pamberi pokutanga kwemakwikwi chikwata chenyika yeJapan chakazivisa kuti chaizobvisa, chichiti kudengenyeka kwenyika uye tsunami zvaitika munguva pfupi yapfuura
. Dare reIIHF rakasarudza pamwe chete kubvumira Japan kuti ichengetedze nzvimbo yayo yakasarudzwa mumakwikwi avo e2012, uye boka rechishanu rakaiswa raizobviswa.