Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I whakahaerehia te whakataetae Division I i te Paenga-whāwhā 17 ki te Paenga-whāwhā 23, 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 rātou, nā te ruu me te tsunami i pā tata nei.
He aha? 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.