The 2011 IIHF World Championship is the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual men's world ice hockey tournament. The IIHF Championship 2011 is hosted by Slovakia for the first time in its history. It takes place between the 29th of April and the 15th of May 2011. The games are played in the Orange Arena in Bratislava and Steel Aréna in Košice.