Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tū te whakataetae o te Rōpū I i te 17 o Aperira ki te 23 o Aperira 2011. Ko nga keemu o te Roopu A i purei ki Budapest, Hungary me te Roopu B i purei ki Kyiv, Ukraine. I mua i te tīmatanga o te whakataetae, ka whakapuaki te kapa ā-motu o Hapani ka wehe atu rātau, e kī ana i te
te ruu me te tsunami o nā tata nei. I pōti tahi te kaunihera IIHF kia whakaaetia a Japan ki te pupuri i to raatau turanga i roto i a raatau whakataetae mo te tau 2012, a ka heke te kapa tuarima.