2011 IIHF World Championship Division I
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Hungary Ukraine |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 17–23 April |
| Teams | 12 |
The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Budapest, Hungary, and Group B was contested in Kyiv, Ukraine, with both tournaments running from 17 to 23 April 2011.[1][2]
Participants
Group A
| Team | Qualification |
|---|---|
| Hungary | Host, Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year.[3] |
| Italy | Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2010.[4] |
| Japan | Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year.[5] |
| Netherlands | Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year.[5] |
| Spain | Placed 1st in Division II Group A and were promoted in 2010.[6] |
| South Korea | Placed 5th in Division I B last year.[3] |
- Japan withdrew due to many players and players' families being affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The IIHF decided that the 5th team in Group A would be relegated and Japan would retain their Division I place for the 2012 championship.[7]
Group B
| Team | Qualification |
|---|---|
| Estonia | Placed 1st in Division II Group B and were promoted in 2010.[8] |
| Great Britain | Placed 4th in Division I Group B last year.[3] |
| Kazakhstan | Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2010.[4] |
| Lithuania | Placed 5th in Division I A last year.[5] |
| Poland | Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.[3] |
| Ukraine | Host, Placed 2nd in Division I Group A last year.[5] |
Group A tournament
Standings
| Promoted to Elite Division for 2012 | |
| Relegated to Division II for 2012 |
| Rk | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 11 |
| 2 | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 10 |
| 3 | South Korea | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 4 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 3 |
| 5 | Spain | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 2 |
Fixtures
All times local.
| 17 April 16:00 | Spain | 0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1) | Italy | Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 2,900 |
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| Ander Alcaine | Goalies | Thomas Tragust | Referee: Peter Lokšík | |||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||
| 8 | Shots | 60 | ||||||
| 17 April 19:30 | Netherlands | 3–7 (0–4, 2–1, 1–2) | Hungary | Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 7,961 |
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| Phil Groeneveld | Goalies | Zoltán Hetényi | Referee: Harry Dumas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Shots | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 April 16:00 | Italy | 3–2 (2–1, 1–1, 0–0) | Netherlands | Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 2,820 |
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| Daniel Bellissimo | Goalies | Ian Meierdres | Referee: Jimmy Bergamelli | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
| 43 | Shots | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| 18 April 19:30 | Hungary | 6–3 (3–1, 0–0, 3–2) | South Korea | Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 7,366 |
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| Levente Szuper | Goalies | Hyun Seung Eum | Referee: Igor Dremelj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | Shots | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 April 16:00 | Spain | 2–8 (0–4, 0–2, 2–2) | Netherlands | Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 1,960 |
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| Ander Alcaine Jose Lois Alonso | Goalies | Phil Groeneveld | Referee: Peter Loksik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Shots | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 April 19:30 | Italy | 6–0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0) | South Korea | Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 2,650 |
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| Thomas Tragust | Goalies | Hyun Seung Eum | Referee: Harry Dumas | |||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 42 | Shots | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22 April 16:00 | Netherlands | 3–6 (1–1, 2–4, 0–1) | South Korea | Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 2,822 |
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| Ian Meierdres | Goalies | Hyun Seung Eum | Referee: Igor Dremelj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 24 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 April 19:30 | Hungary | 13–1 (5–1, 3–0, 5–1) | Spain | Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 8,479 |
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| Zoltán Hetényi | Goalies | Ander Alcaine Jose Lois Alonso | Referee: Jimmy Bergamelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 54 | Shots | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 April 16:00 | South Korea | 2–3 OT (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) ( OT: 0–1 ) | Spain | Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 2,996 |
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| Eum Hyun-Seung | Goalies | Ander Alcaine | Referee: Igor Dremelj | ||||||||||||||
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| 27 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||
| 59 | Shots | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| 23 April 19:30 | Italy | 4–3 OT (3–1, 0–1, 0–1) ( OT: 1–0 ) | Hungary | Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 8,723 |
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| Daniel Bellissimo | Goalies | Levente Szuper Zoltán Hetényi | Referee: Harry Dumas | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 57 | Shots | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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| Balázs Ladányi | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +7 | 0 |
| István Sofron | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +6 | 0 |
| András Horvath | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +6 | 4 |
| Márton Vas | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +6 | 4 |
| Giulio Scandella | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| Alexander Egger | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +5 | 2 |
| Diederick Hagemeijer | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
| Csaba Kovács | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 2 |
| Armin Helfer | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 0 |
| Ladislav Sikorcin | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 0 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
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| Thomas Tragust | 120:00 | 37 | 0 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 2 |
| Daniel Bellissimo | 120:56 | 75 | 5 | 2.48 | 93.33 | 0 |
| Levente Szuper | 110:56 | 70 | 5 | 2.70 | 92.86 | 0 |
| Ander Alcaine | 204:05 | 203 | 18 | 5.29 | 91.13 | 0 |
| Ian Meierdres | 118:50 | 84 | 9 | 4.54 | 89.29 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Tournament awards
- Best players selected by the directorate
- Best Goaltender: Eum Hyun-Seung (KOR)
- Best Forward: István Sofron (HUN)
- Best Defenseman: Armin Helfer (ITA)
Group B tournament
Standings
| Promoted to Elite Division for 2012 | |
| Relegated to Division II for 2012 |
| Rk | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
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| 1 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 14 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 12 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 10 |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 6 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 3 |
| 6 | Estonia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 30 | −22 | 0 |
Fixtures
All times local.
| 17 April 13:30 | Estonia | 1–5 (0–2, 1–1, 0–2) | Kazakhstan | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,602 |
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| Villem-Henrik Koitmaa | Goalies | Vitaliy Yeremeyev | Referee: Ruud van Baast | |||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Shots | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 April 17:00 | Lithuania | 1–5 (1–2, 0–2, 0–1) | Poland | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,813 |
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| Nerijus Dauksevicius Mantas Armalis | Goalies | Rafal Radziszewski | Referee: Jan Hribik | |||||||||||||||||
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| 14 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Shots | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 April 20:30 | Great Britain | 5–3 (0–1, 3–2, 2–0) | Ukraine | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 6,213 |
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| Stephen Murphy | Goalies | Kostiantyn Simchuk | Referee: Richard Schütz | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 20 min | Penalties | 26 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Shots | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 April 13:30 | Poland | 8–3 (1–0, 2–1, 5–2) | Estonia | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 875 |
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| Rafal Radziszewski | Goalies | Villem-Henrik Koitmaa Aleksandr Kolossov | Referee: Richard Schütz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 39 | Shots | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 April 17:00 | Kazakhstan | 2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0) | Great Britain | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,119 |
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| Vitaliy Yeremeyev | Goalies | Stephen Murphy | Referee: Jan Hribik | ||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
| 32 | Shots | 14 | |||||||||
| 18 April 20:30 | Ukraine | 5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0) | Lithuania | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 3,675 |
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| Olexander Fedorov | Goalies | Mantas Armalis | Referee: David Lewis | |||||||||||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Shots | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20 April 13:30 | Kazakhstan | 7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0) | Lithuania | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,002 |
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| Vitali Kolesnik | Goalies | Nerius Dausevicius | Referee: Ruud van Baast | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | Shots | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 April 17:00 | Estonia | 0–7 (0–7, 0–0, 0–0) | Great Britain | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,248 |
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| Villem-Henrik Koitmaa Aleksandr Kolossov | Goalies | Stephen Murphy Nathan Craze | Referee: David Lewis | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Shots | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 April 20:30 | Ukraine | 4–1 (1–0, 3–1, 0–0) | Poland | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 6,676 |
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| Kostiantyn Simchuk | Goalies | Rafal Radziszewski Przemyslaw Odrobny | Referee: Jan Hribik | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||
| 33 | Shots | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| 21 April 13:30 | Great Britain | 5–2 (4–0, 1–1, 0–1) | Lithuania | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 714 |
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| Stephen Murphy | Goalies | Mantas Armalis | Referee: Richard Schütz | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 18 min | Penalties | 22 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Shots | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 April 17:00 | Poland | 2–4 (0–2, 0–1, 2–1) | Kazakhstan | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,538 |
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| Przemyslaw Odrobny | Goalies | Vitaliy Yeremeyev | Referee: David Lewis | |||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Shots | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21 April 20:30 | Ukraine | 5–2 (1–0, 4–2, 0–0) | Estonia | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 5,238 |
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| Olexander Fedorov | Goalies | Villem-Henrik Koitmaa | Referee: Ruud van Baast | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 47 | Shots | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 April 12:30 | Lithuania | 5–2 (2–1, 1–1, 2–0) | Estonia | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 892 |
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| Mantas Armalis | Goalies | Villem-Henrik Koitmaa | Referee: Richard Schütz | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 18 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | Shots | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 April 16:00 | Poland | 2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1) | Great Britain | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,754 |
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| Rafal Radziszewski | Goalies | Stephen Murphy | Referee: Jan Hribik | ||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
| 37 | Shots | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| 23 April 19:30 | Kazakhstan | 3–2 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) ( OT: 1–0 ) | Ukraine | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 6,837 |
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| Vitaliy Yeremeyev | Goalies | Kostiantyn Simchuk | Referee: David Lewis | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 26 min | |||||||||||||||
| 31 | Shots | 23 | |||||||||||||||
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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| Olexander Materukhin | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +6 | 12 |
| Oleg Shafarenko | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +6 | 16 |
| Jonathan Weaver | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +1 | 0 |
| David Clarke | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +4 | 4 |
| Oleg Tymchenko | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +6 | 4 |
| Vitaly Lyutkevych | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +7 | 0 |
| David Longstaff | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 0 |
| Marcin Kolusz | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| Andrei Makrov | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −4 | 4 |
| Olexander Pobyedonostsev | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +5 | 2 |
| Talgat Zhailauov | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 0 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
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| Stephen Murphy | 285:25 | 138 | 9 | 1.89 | 93.48 | 0 |
| Vitaly Yeremeyev | 242:01 | 80 | 6 | 1.49 | 92.50 | 0 |
| Kostiantyn Simchuk | 180:26 | 77 | 9 | 2.99 | 88.31 | 0 |
| Mantas Armalis | 200:00 | 104 | 13 | 3.90 | 87.50 | 0 |
| Rafal Radziszewski | 219:19 | 86 | 11 | 3.01 | 87.21 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Tournament awards
- Best players selected by the directorate
- Best Goaltender: Stephen Murphy (GBR)
- Best Forward: Olexander Materukhin (UKR)
- Best Defenseman: Roman Savchenko (KAZ)
IIHF broadcasting rights
| Country | Broadcaster |
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| Estonia | Viasat Sport Baltic |
| Hungary | Sport 1 |
| Italy | Rai Sport |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan |
| Lithuania | Viasat Sport Baltic |
| Poland | Polsat Sport |
| Ukraine | First National Channel |
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- ^ "2011 IIHF World Championship Div. II Group B". IIHF. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
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- ^ "2010 IIHF World Championship Div. II Group A". IIHF. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
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