2011 IIHF World Championship Division I

2011 IIHF World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Hungary  Ukraine
Dates	April 17–23
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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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 April 17–23, 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.

April 17 16:00

Spain

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Italy

Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 2,900

Game reference
		Goalies	Thomas Tragust	Referee: Peter Lokšík
	0–1 29:05 – P. Iannone (M. de Marchi, N. Plastino) (PP) 0–2 49:53 – A. Helfer (A. Hofer, A. Egger) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	8	Shots	60

April 17 19:30

Netherlands

3–7 (0–4, 2–1, 1–2)

Hungary

Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 7,961

Game reference
	Phil Groeneveld	Goalies	Zoltán Hetényi	Referee: Harry Dumas
	0–1 13:53 – (K. Palkovics, C. Kovács) 0–2 15:56 – A. Horváth (M. Vas, ) (PP) 0–3 17:13 – C. Kovács 0–4 18:12 – I. Sofron (B. Ladányi) 0–5 28:35 – I. Sofron (A. Horváth, B. Ladányi) (PP) 31:07 – (PP) 1–5 32:05 – (, ) 2–5 2–6 43:59 – M. Vas (I. Sofron, B. Ladányi) 2–7 55:43 – J. Vas () 58:56 – (, ) 3–7
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	40

April 18 16:00

Italy

3–2 (2–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Netherlands

Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 2,820

Game reference
	Daniel Bellissimo	Goalies		Referee: Jimmy Bergamelli
	00:21 – L. Ansoldi (M. Souza, A. Hofer) 1–0 03:40 – G. Scandella (A. Egger) (SH) 2–0 2–1 16:56 – (, ) (PP) 2–2 24:11 – A. Demelinne (, ) 26:40 – P. Iannone (A. Helfer, A. Hofer) (PP) 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	25

April 18 19:30

Hungary

6–3 (3–1, 0–0, 3–2)

South Korea

Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 7,366

Game reference
	Levente Szuper	Goalies		Referee: Igor Dremelj
	05:08 – M. Vas (A. Horváth) 1–0 09:39 – (B. Magosi, A. Benk) 2–0 2–1 14:58 – Lee D.K. (Lee Y.J., ) 17:55 – I. Sofron (, M. Vas) 3–1 3–2 45:52 – Kim S.W. 3–3 49:04 – Sin S.W. (Kim W.J.) 55:17 – 4–3 55:24 – I. Sofron (M.Vas, B. Ladányi) 5–3 58:38 – I. Sofron (B. Ladányi, ) 6–3
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	18

April 20 16:00

Spain

2–8 (0–4, 0–2, 2–2)

Netherlands

Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 1,960

Game reference
		Goalies	Phil Groeneveld	Referee: Peter Loksik
	0–1 03:33 – () 0–2 07:10 – (, ) 0–3 09:31 – D. Hagemeijer (, P.Groeneveld) (SH) 0–4 10:43 – M. Kars (, ) 0–5 30:46 – (L. Houkes, M. Bastings) 0–6 35:14 – D. Hagemeijer (M. Kars, ) (PP) () – 44:25 1–6 1–7 45:57 – R. Wurm (M. Bastings, L. Houkes) 1–8 47:47 – M. Kars (, ) (PP) – 52:25 2–8
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	61

April 20 19:30

Italy

6–0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0)

South Korea

Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 2,650

Game reference
	Thomas Tragust	Goalies		Referee: Harry Dumas
	10:54 – M. Insam (A. Egger, G. Scandella) 1–0 24:28 – G. Scandella (PP) 2–0 35:55 – M. Insam (A. Egger, G. Scandella) 3–0 40:46 – A. Egger (A. Helfer, M. Souza) 4–0 52:07 – T. Larkin (P. Iannone, J. Pittis) (SH) 5–0 58:54 – P. Iannone (R. Watson) 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	29

April 22 16:00

Netherlands

3–6 (1–1, 2–4, 0–1)

South Korea

Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 2,822

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Igor Dremelj
	0–1 03:48 – Lee Y.J. () (SH) 18:00 – () 1–1 20:35 – (, ) 2–1 2–2 21:30 – Kim W.J. (Kim S.W., ) 2–3 30:19 – Kim G.H. (Kim W.J.) 2–4 32:30 – Park W.S. (, Lee Y.J.) 2–5 34:08 – Lee D.K. (Song D.H.) 36:00 – (, ) 3–5 3–6 58:04 – Kim G.H. (Cho M.H.)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	38

April 22 19:30

Hungary

13–1 (5–1, 3–0, 5–1)

Spain

Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 8,479

Game reference
	Zoltán Hetényi	Goalies		Referee: Jimmy Bergamelli
	9:15 – T. Pozsgai (, ) (PP) 1–0 10:32 – A. Benk (B. Magosi, ) 2–0 11:24 – A. Horváth (B. Ladányi, M. Vas) 3–0 15:41 – B. Ladányi (M. Vas, A. Horváth) (SH) 4–0 16:55 – B. Magosi (, R. Holéczy) 5–0 28:16 – A. Horváth (B. Ladányi, I. Sofron) (PP) 6–0 31:43 – K. Palkovics (J. Vas, Á. Hegyi) (PP) 7–0 35:20 – C. Kovács (D. Kóger, ) 8–0 8–1 46:20 – (, ) (PP) 47:42 – K. Palkovics (L. Sikorčin, Á. Hegyi) 9–1 48:37 – N. Galanisz (C. Kovács, D. Kóger) 10–1 51:35 – C. Kovács (N. Galanisz, D. Kóger) (PP) 11–1 52:53 – I. Bartalis (B. Ladányi, I. Sofron) 12–1 56:39 – I. Sofron (V. Tokaji, A. Horváth) (PP) 13–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	54	Shots	13

April 23 16:00

South Korea

2 – 3 OT (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) ( OT: 0–1 )

Spain

Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 2,996

Game reference
	Eum Hyun-Seung	Goalies		Referee: Igor Dremelj
	0–1 18:09 – () Kim W.J. (Kim G.H.) – 36:23 1–1 1–2 45:23 – () Kim W.J. – 52:55 2–2 2–3 64:05 – (, A. Pedraz) (PP)
	27 min	Penalties	12 min
	59	Shots	25

April 23 19:30

Italy

4 – 3 OT (3–1, 0–1, 0–1) ( OT: 1–0 )

Hungary

Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 8,723

Game reference
	Daniel Bellissimo	Goalies	Levente Szuper Zoltán Hetényi	Referee: Harry Dumas
	M. Souza (M. De Marchi) – 03:36 1–0 G. Scandella (A. Hofer, A. Egger) – 10:00 2–0 2–1 11:42 – B. Ladányi (A. Horváth, V. Tokaji) (PP2) G. Scandella (A. Hofer, A. Helfer) (PP) – 19:51 3–1 3–2 29:57 – (, J. Vas) 3–3 44:21 – M. Vas (B. Ladányi, I. Sofron) A. Helfer (PP) – 60:56 4–3
	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
Balázs Ladányi	4	2	10	12	+7	0
István Sofron	4	6	4	10	+6	0
	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
	4	3	2	5	−1	6
Csaba Kovács	4	3	2	5	+2	2
Armin Helfer	4	2	3	5	+3	0
	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^{[permanent dead link]}

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
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
	204:05	203	18	5.29	91.13	0
	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^{[permanent dead link]}

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
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.

April 17 13:30

Estonia

1–5 (0–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Kazakhstan

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,602

Game reference
		Goalies	Vitaliy Yeremeyev	Referee: Ruud van Baast
	0–1 07:58 – (D. Dudarev, M. Belyayev) 0–2 16:01 – V. Krasnoslabodtsev (T. Zhailauov, V. Vitali) (PP) 28:46 – A. Makrov (T. Suursoo, ) 1–2 1–3 39:18 – D. Dudarev (F. Polichshuk, V. Krasnoslobodtsev) 1–4 55:48 – T. Zhailauov (V. Krasnoslobodtsev, A. Gavrilin) 1–5 59:08 – R. Starchenko (Y. Bumagin)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	37

April 17 17:00

Lithuania

1–5 (1–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Poland

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,813

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies		Referee: Jan Hribik
	0–1 09:19 – () (PP) 12:21 – () (PP) 1–1 1–2 15:00 – () (PP) 1–3 38:38 – (P. Noworyta) (SH) 1–4 39:38 – (M. Kolusz) 1–5 51:02 – M. Kolusz (M. Kotlorz, ) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	31

April 17 20:30

Great Britain

5–3 (0–1, 3–2, 2–0)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 6,213

Game reference
	Stephen Murphy	Goalies	Kostiantyn Simchuk	Referee: Richard Schütz
	0–1 11:40 – (, O. Materukhin) (PP2) 24:15 – D. Clarke (, J. Hutchins) 1–1 1–2 26:12 – (O. Shafarenko, O. Materukhin) (PP) 31:11 – R. Dowd (A. Tait, J. Hewitt) 2–2 36:22 – D. Clarke (J. Hutchins, G. Owen) 3–2 3–3 38:03 – O. Pobyedonostsev (O. Materukhin, O. Tymchenko) 43:05 – C. Shields (J. Weaver, D. Longstaff) (PP) 4–3 52:24 – J. Phillips (R. Cowley, ) 5–3
	20 min	Penalties	26 min
	21	Shots	27

April 18 13:30

Poland

8–3 (1–0, 2–1, 5–2)

Estonia

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 875

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Richard Schütz
	05:47 – (, M. Kolusz) 1–0 1–1 21:00 – A. Petrov (, ) 23:58 – (M. Kolusz) 2–1 36:55 – 3–1 41:03 – M. Luposki (, K. Zapala) 4–1 42:37 – M. Kolusz (K. Zapala, P. Dronia) 5–1 49:18 – (M. Luposki) (SH) 6–1 52:39 – (L. Laszkiewicz, ) 7–1 54:42 – G. Pasiut (L. Laszkiewicz) 8–1 8–2 55:37 – 8–3 58:01 – D. Suur (A. Makrov)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	22

April 18 17:00

Kazakhstan

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Great Britain

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,119

Game reference
	Vitaliy Yeremeyev	Goalies	Stephen Murphy	Referee: Jan Hribik
	0–1 14:46 – D. Longstaff (P. Hill, C. Shields) 29:08 – A. Gavrilin (V. Novopashin, V. Krasnoslobodtsev) 1–1 54:34 – D. Dudarev (F. Polishuk) 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	14

April 18 20:30

Ukraine

5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Lithuania

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 3,675

Game reference
		Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referee: David Lewis
	02:33 – (A. Mikhnov) 1–0 14:28 – (, O. Shafarenko) (PP) 2–0 2–1 22:11 – () 37:33 – O. Materukhin (V. Lyutkevych, ) 3–1 44:43 – (D. Nimenko) 4–1 46:18 – O. Shafarenko (, O. Pobyedonostsev) 5–1
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	24

April 20 13:30

Kazakhstan

7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Lithuania

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,002

Game reference
	Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies		Referee: Ruud van Baast
	03:05 – T. Zhailauov (A. Gavrilin, V. Krasnoslobodtsev) 1–0 07:13 – Y. Bumagin (A. Vassilchenko, K. Pushkaryov) 2–0 26:54 – Y. Bumagin (A. Vassilchenko, K. Romanov) 3–0 30:26 – K. Romanov (K. Pushkaryov, A. Lakiza) 4–0 31:04 – R. Starchenko (T. Zhailauov, ) 5–0 53:45 – T. Zhailauov (A. Troshinski, A. Gavrilin) (PP) 6–0 55:58 – M. Khudyakov (R. Savchenko, Y. Fadeyev) 7–0
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	41	Shots	12

April 20 17:00

Estonia

0–7 (0–7, 0–0, 0–0)

Great Britain

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,248

Game reference
		Goalies	Stephen Murphy Nathan Craze	Referee: David Lewis
	0–1 03:06 – P. Hill (C. Shields, M. Richardson) (PP) 0–2 04:59 – A. Tait (R. Dowd) 0–3 08:19 – D. Longstaff (J. Weaver) 0–4 08:45 – D. Phillips (J. Hutchins, B. O'Connor) 0–5 10:41 – D. Clarke (R. Lachowicz, ) 0–6 18:17 – B. O'Connor (D. Clarke, G. Owen) 0–7 19:42 – R. Dowd (J. Weaver, S. Murphy) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	20

April 20 20:30

Ukraine

4–1 (1–0, 3–1, 0–0)

Poland

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 6,676

Game reference
	Kostiantyn Simchuk	Goalies		Referee: Jan Hribik
	14:47 – A. Mikhnov (V. Shakhraychuk, ) (PP) 1–0 23:54 – O. Shafarenko () 2–0 34:37 – (O. Shafarenko, O. Materukhin) 3–0 3–1 39:23 – (SH) 39:58 – O. Shafarenko (O. Materukhin, O. Tymchenko) (PP) 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	25

April 21 13:30

Great Britain

5–2 (4–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Lithuania

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 714

Game reference
	Stephen Murphy	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referee: Richard Schütz
	M. Myers (J. Hutchins, D. Phillips) – 02:31 1–0 (C. Neilson, J. Weaver) (PP) – 13:26 2–0 D. Longstaff (J. Weaver, C. Neilson) – 16:59 3–0 D. Clarke (PS) – 19:24 4–0 C. Neilson (D. Longstaff, R. Lachowicz) – 30:12 5–0 5–1 32:56 – () (SH) 5–2 50:14 – D. Pliskauskas (, )
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	30	Shots	24

April 21 17:00

Poland

2–4 (0–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Kazakhstan

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,538

Game reference
		Goalies	Vitaliy Yeremeyev	Referee: David Lewis
	0–1 05:57 – M. Belyayev (F. Polishuk, D. Dudarev) 0–2 11:37 – R. Savchenko (R. Starchenko, Y. Fadeyev) (PP) 0–3 34:58 – K. Pushkaryov (R. Starchenko, K. Romanov) () – 41:06 1–3 L. Laszkiewicz (, P. Noworyta) (PP) – 50:06 2–3 2–4 59:08 – M. Semyonov (SH, ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	27

April 21 20:30

Ukraine

5–2 (1–0, 4–2, 0–0)

Estonia

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 5,238

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ruud van Baast
	V. Shakhraychuk (A. Mikhnov, ) (PP) – 17:27 1–0 (O. Materukhin, ) – 23:15 2–0 2–1 24:21 – A. Makrov S. Klymentyev (, V. Shakhraychuk) – 24:59 3–1 O. Materukhin (O. Shafarenko, ) (PP) – 33:37 4–1 4–2 37:17 – A. Makrov (L. Lahesalu, A. Petrov) O. Materukhin (O. Shafarenko, V. Lyutkevych) (SH) – 39:06 5–2
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	47	Shots	14

April 23 12:30

Lithuania

5–2 (2–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Estonia

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 892

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies		Referee: Richard Schütz
	(E. Bauba, D. Kumeliauskas) (PP) – 05:12 1–0 A. Katulis (, D. Kumeliauskas) (PP) – 09:49 2–0 2–1 19:17 – (, ) () – 31:57 3–1 3–2 35:20 – T. Suursoo (A. Petrov, A. Makrov) D. Kumeliauskas (E. Bauba, P. Rulevičius) – 48:28 4–2 P. Verenis (A. Bosas) (ENG) – 58:58 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	35	Shots	31

April 23 16:00

Poland

2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Great Britain

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,754

Game reference
		Goalies	Stephen Murphy	Referee: Jan Hribik
	(, ) – 06:51 1–0 1–1 13:15 – J. Weaver (D. Longstaff, A. Tait) (PP) 1–2 13:55 – R. Cowley (D. Clarke, M. Myers) K. Dziubinski (, M. Kolusz) – 33:36 2–2 2–3 53:04 – (D. Clarke, J. Weaver) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	20

April 23 19:30

Kazakhstan

3 – 2 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) ( OT: 1–0 )

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 6,837

Game reference
	Vitaliy Yeremeyev	Goalies	Kostiantyn Simchuk	Referee: David Lewis
	M. Belyayev (PP) – 31:11 1–0 1–1 39:40 – (V. Shakhraychuk, A. Mikhnov) (PP) 1–2 45:08 – (, ) A. Gavrilin (, K. Pushkaryov) – 52:22 2–2 F. Polishuk (D. Dudarev, A. Koledayev) – 62:01 3–2
	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
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
	5	4	3	7	+6	4
	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
	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^{[permanent dead link]}

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
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
	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^{[permanent dead link]}

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[]