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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
 | tourney_name = IIHF World Championship<br>Division I
 | year = 2009
 | image = 2009 IIHF World Championship Division I Logo.png
 | size = 
 | caption = 
 | country = Lithuania
 | country2 = Poland
 | dates = April 11 - April 17
 | num_teams = 12 (two groups of 6)
 | venues = 2
 | cities = 2
 | games = 30
 | goals = 194
 | attendance = 65209
 | prevseason = [[2008 IIHF World Championship Division I|2008]]
 | nextseason = [[2010 IIHF World Championship Division I|2010]]
}}

The '''2009 IIHF Division I World Championship''' was an [[ice hockey]] tournament under the authority of the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]. It was contested from April 11–17, 2009. The tournament was played amongst two separate groups. Group A's tournament was held in [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]]. The Group B games was hosted by [[Toruń]], [[Poland]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Hokejowe MŚ: Co, gdzie, kiedy i za ile? | language = Polish | publisher = Gazeta.pl | date = 2009-04-06 | url = http://www.sport.pl/hokej/1,64952,6463876,Hokejowe_MS__Co__gdzie__kiedy_i_za_ile_.html | accessdate = 2009-04-11 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5hmhoLhLj|archivedate=2009-06-24|deadurl=no}}</ref>

== Participants ==

=== Group A ===
Group A was contested in {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Vilnius]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team || Qualification
|-
| {{ih|SVN}} || Relegated from Elite Pool in 2008.
|-
| {{ih|KAZ}} || Placed second in Group A at the 2008 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|JPN}} || Placed third in Group B at the 2008 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|LTU}} || '''Host''', Placed fourth in Group B at the 2008 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|CRO}} || Placed in fifth Group B at the 2008 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|AUS}} || Placed first in Division II tournament pool, Promoted to Division I.
|}

=== Group B ===
Group B was contested in {{flagicon|POL}} [[Toruń]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team || Qualification
|-
| {{ih|ITA}} || Relegated from Elite Pool at the 2008 tournament.
|-
| {{ih|UKR}} || Placed second in Group B at the 2008 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|POL}} || '''Host''', placed third in Group A at the 2008 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|GBR}} || Placed fourth in Group A at the 2008 Division I 
|-
| {{ih|NED}} || Placed fifth in Group A at the 2008 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|ROM}} || Placed first in Division II tournament pool, Promoted to Division I.
|}

==Group A Tournament==
===Fixtures===
<small>All times local.</small>
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|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 11, 2009<br>13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|CRO}}
|score = 1&ndash;7
|team2 = {{ih|JPN}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Siemens Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 11, 2009<br>16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|AUS}}
|score = 0&ndash;6
|team2 = {{ih|SLO}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 11, 2009<br>20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|LTU}}
|score = 1&ndash;5
|team2 = {{ih|KAZ}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 12, 2009<br>13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|JPN}}
|score = 7&ndash;1
|team2 = {{ih|AUS}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 12, 2009<br>16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|KAZ}}
|score = 6&ndash;1
|team2 = {{ih|CRO}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 12, 2009<br>20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|SLO}}
|score = 8&ndash;2
|team2 = {{ih|LTU}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 14, 2009<br>13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|KAZ}}
|score = 3&ndash;1
|team2 = {{ih|JPN}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 14, 2009<br>16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|SLO}}
|score = 4&ndash;2
|team2 = {{ih|CRO}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 14, 2009<br>20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|AUS}}
|score = 3&ndash;9
|team2 = {{ih|LTU}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 15, 2009<br>13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|JPN}}
|score = 1&ndash;2
|team2 = {{ih|SLO}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 15, 2009<br>16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|KAZ}}
|score = 13&ndash;2
|team2 = {{ih|AUS}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 15, 2009<br>20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|LTU}}
|score = 7&ndash;2
|team2 = {{ih|CRO}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 17, 2009<br>13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|CRO}}
|score = 5&ndash;1
|team2 = {{ih|AUS}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 17, 2009<br>16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|SLO}}
|score = 1&ndash;2
|team2 = {{ih|KAZ}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 17, 2009<br>20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|JPN}}
|score = 5&ndash;1
|team2 = {{ih|LTU}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Siemens Arena
}}

===Standings===
{| class="infobox bordered"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Promoted to Elite Pool for 2010
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ffccff"| ||Relegated to Division II for 2010
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rk || Team || GP || W || OTW || OTL || L || GF || GA || DIF || PTS
|-align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
| '''1''' ||align=left| {{ih|KAZ}} ||5  ||5  ||0  ||0  ||0  ||29  ||6  ||+23  || '''15'''
|-align=center
| '''2''' ||align=left| {{ih|SLO}} ||5  ||4  ||0  ||0  ||1  ||21  ||7  ||+14  || '''12'''
|-align=center
| '''3''' ||align=left| {{ih|JPN}} ||5  ||3  ||0  ||0  ||2  ||21  ||8  ||+13  || '''9'''
|-align=center
| '''4''' ||align=left| {{ih|LTU}} ||5  ||2  ||0  ||0  ||3  ||20  ||23  ||-3  || '''6'''
|-align=center
| '''5''' ||align=left| {{ih|CRO}} ||5  ||1  ||0  ||0  ||4  ||11  ||25  ||-14  || '''3'''
|-align=center style="background:#ffccff;"
| '''6''' ||align=left| {{ih|AUS}} ||5  ||0  ||0  ||0  ||5  ||7  ||40  ||-33  || '''0'''
|}

==Group B Tournament==
===Fixtures===
<small>All times local.</small>
{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 11, 2009<br>13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|GBR}}
|score = 2&ndash;4
|team2 = {{ih|UKR}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Arena Toruń]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 11, 2009<br>16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ROU}}
|score = 0&ndash;11
|team2 = {{ih|ITA}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 11, 2009<br>20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|NED}}
|score = 1&ndash;3
|team2 = {{ih|POL}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 13, 2009<br>13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ITA}}
|score = 5&ndash;2
|team2 = {{ih|GBR}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 13, 2009<br>16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|UKR}}
|score = 5&ndash;1
|team2 = {{ih|NED}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 13, 2009<br>20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|POL}}
|score = 7&ndash;0
|team2 = {{ih|ROU}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 14, 2009<br>13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ITA}}
|score = 4&ndash;0
|team2 = {{ih|NED}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 14, 2009<br>16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ROU}}
|score = 0&ndash;8
|team2 = {{ih|GBR}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 14, 2009<br>20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|UKR}}
|score = 2&ndash;1 SO
|team2 = {{ih|POL}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 16, 2009<br>13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|GBR}}
|score = 3&ndash;2
|team2 = {{ih|NED}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 16, 2009<br>16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|UKR}}
|score = 7&ndash;0
|team2 = {{ih|ROU}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 16, 2009<br>20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|POL}}
|score = 2&ndash;4
|team2 = {{ih|ITA}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 17, 2009<br>13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|NED}}
|score = 5&ndash;1
|team2 = {{ih|ROU}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 17, 2009<br>16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ITA}}
|score = 2&ndash;0
|team2 = {{ih|UKR}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}

{{IceHockeybox 
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 17, 2009<br>20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|POL}}
|score = 1&ndash;2 OT
|team2 = {{ih|GBR}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Arena Toruń
}}
<small>Note: OT indicates that the game was won in overtime. SO indicates that the game was won through a shootout.</small>

===Standings===
{| class="infobox bordered"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Promoted to Elite Pool for 2010
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ffccff"| ||Relegated to Division II for 2010
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rk || Team || GP || W || OTW || OTL || L || GF || GA || DIF || PTS
|-align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
| '''1''' ||align=left| {{ih|ITA}} ||5  ||5  ||0  ||0  ||0  ||26  ||4  ||+22  || '''15'''
|-align=center
| '''2''' ||align=left| {{ih|UKR}} ||5  ||3  ||1  ||0  ||1  ||18  ||6  ||+12  || '''11'''
|-align=center
| '''3''' ||align=left| {{ih|GBR}} ||5  ||2  ||1  ||0  ||2  ||17  ||12  ||+5  || '''8'''
|-align=center
| '''4''' ||align=left| {{ih|POL}} ||5  ||2  ||0  ||2  ||1  ||14  ||9  ||+5  || '''8'''
|-align=center
| '''5''' ||align=left| {{ih|NED}} ||5  ||1  ||0  ||0  ||4  ||9  ||16  ||-7  || '''3'''
|-align=center style="background:#ffccff;"
| '''6''' ||align=left| {{ih|ROU}} ||5  ||0  ||0  ||0  ||5  ||1  ||38  ||-37  || '''0'''
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/division-i/group-a-statistics.html Group A fixtures and statistics] at the [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]
*[http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/division-i/group-b-statistics.html Group B fixtures and statistics] at the [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]

{{Ice Hockey World Championships}}

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