2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2009 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  United States
Dates April 9–19, 2009
Teams 10
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Champions  United States (4 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 252  (8.13 per game)
Attendance 44,779  (1,444 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Finland Toni Rajala (19 points)

The 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. The championships ran from April 9 to April 19, 2009.[1] Games were played at the Urban Plains Center in Fargo and the Moorhead Sports Center in Moorhead. Fargo-Moorhead defeated Providence, Rhode Island and St. Cloud, Minnesota for the rights to host the event.[1]

The United States, as the host country, won their third gold medal in five years, defeating Russia 5–0 in the final. Finland rounded out the podium with a 5–4 shootout win over Canada in the bronze medal game.

Top Division

Preliminary Round

     1st place: Team qualifies to Semifinals
     2nd-3rd place: Teams qualify to Quarterfinals
     4th-5th place: Teams play in Relegation Round

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff PTS
 Canada 4 4 0 0 0 27 8 +19 12
 Sweden 4 3 0 0 1 25 8 +17 9
 Czech Republic 4 1 0 0 3 12 17 −5 3
 Switzerland 4 1 0 0 3 11 28 –17 3
 Germany 4 1 0 0 3 13 27 −14 3
April 9, 2009
16:00
Czech Republic  0 – 7
(0–3, 0–3, 0–1)
 Sweden Moorhead Sports Center
April 9, 2009
16:30
Germany  2 – 11
(1–1, 0–7, 1–3)
 Canada Urban Plains Center
April 10, 2009
19:30
Switzerland  2 – 4
(0–0, 2–4, 0–0)
 Czech Republic Moorhead Sports Center
April 11, 2009
16:00
Sweden  6 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 Germany Moorhead Sports Center
April 11, 2009
16:00
Canada  8 – 1
(2–1, 3–0, 3–0)
 Switzerland Urban Plains Center
April 12, 2009
17:00
Germany  4 – 3
(2–0, 1–1, 1–2)
 Czech Republic Moorhead Sports Center
April 13, 2009
16:00
Sweden  11 – 0
(3–0, 5–0, 3–0)
 Switzerland Moorhead Sports Center
April 13, 2009
16:00
Czech Republic  1 – 8
(1–4, 0–1, 0–3)
 Canada Urban Plains Center
April 14, 2009
16:00
Switzerland  8 – 3
(1–0, 4–2, 3–1)
 Germany Moorhead Sports Center
April 14, 2009
16:00
Canada  4 – 3
(2–0, 1–2, 1–1)
 Sweden Urban Plains Center

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff PTS
 Finland 4 3 0 0 1 27 9 +18 9
 United States 4 3 0 0 1 29 9 +20 9
 Russia 4 3 0 0 1 25 15 +10 9
 Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 7 28 −21 3
 Norway 4 0 0 0 4 4 31 −27 0
April 9, 2009
19:30
Finland  6 – 4
(2–2, 3–2, 1–0)
 Russia Moorhead Sports Center
April 9, 2009
20:00
Norway  0 – 8
(0–2, 0–3, 0–3)
 United States Urban Plains Center
April 10, 2009
19:30
Slovakia  3 – 2
(0–0, 0–0, 3–2)
 Norway Urban Plains Center
April 11, 2009
19:30
Russia  7 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 2–0)
 Slovakia Moorhead Sports Center
April 11, 2009
19:30
United States  4 – 3
(2–0, 2–0, 0–3)
 Finland Urban Plains Center
April 12, 2009
17:00
Norway  1 - 8
(0-4, 0-1, 1-3)
 Russia Urban Plains Center
April 13, 2009
19:30
Finland  10 - 1
(3-0, 6-1, 1-0)
 Norway Moorhead Sports Center
April 13, 2009
19:30
United States  12 - 0
(3-0, 4-0, 5-0)
 Slovakia Urban Plains Center
April 14, 2009
19:30
Slovakia  0 - 7
(0-3, 0-2, 0-2)
 Finland Moorhead Sports Center
April 14, 2009
19:30
Russia  6 - 5
(0-2, 3-1, 3-2)
 United States Urban Plains Center

Relegation round

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff PTS
 Slovakia 3 2 0 1 0 13 9 +4 7
 Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 17 10 +7 6
 Norway 3 1 0 0 2 10 14 −4 3
 Germany 3 0 1 0 2 10 17 −7 2

Results

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

April 16, 2009
19:30
Switzerland  7 – 3
(3–1, 4–1, 0–1)
 Norway Moorhead Sports Center
April 17, 2009
19:30
Slovakia  4 - 5 PS
(0-2, 1-2, 3-0 - 0-0, 0-1)
 Germany Moorhead Sports Center
April 18, 2009
16:00
Switzerland  3 - 4
(1-0, 2-2, 0-2)
 Slovakia Moorhead Sports Center
April 18, 2009
19:30
Germany  3 - 5
(1-1, 1-2, 1-2
 Norway Moorhead Sports Center

Final round

Quarterfinals

April 16, 2009
16:00
Sweden  1 – 2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–2)
 Russia Urban Plains Center
April 16, 2009
19:30
United States  8 – 0
(2–0, 4–0, 2–0)
 Czech Republic Urban Plains Center

Semifinals

April 17, 2009
16:00
Finland  3 - 4 GWS
(0–0, 0–2, 3–1, 0-1)
 Russia Urban Plains Center
April 17, 2009
19:30
Canada  1 - 2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)
 United States Urban Plains Center

Fifth place game

April 18, 2009
19:30
Sweden  6 - 1
(2–0, 3–0, 1–1)
 Czech Republic Urban Plains Center

Bronze medal game

April 19, 2009
15:00
Canada  4 - 5 PS
(3–1, 1–1, 0–2, 0-0, 0-1)
 Finland Urban Plains Center

Gold medal game

April 19, 2009
19:00
United States  5 - 1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
 Russia Urban Plains Center

Final standings

Rk. Team
Gold medal icon.png  United States
Silver medal icon.png  Russia
Bronze medal icon.png  Finland
4  Canada
5  Sweden
6  Czech Republic
7  Slovakia
8  Switzerland
9  Norway
10  Germany

 Norway and  Germany are relegated to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division I

Main article: 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A was played in Minsk, Belarus between April 6 and April 12, 2009. Group B was played in Asiago, Italy between March 29 and April 5, 2009.[2]

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Belarus 5 4 1 0 0 23 6 +17 14
 Poland 5 2 2 0 1 25 13 +12 10
 Hungary 5 3 0 1 1 19 18 +1 10
 Kazakhstan 5 2 0 1 2 16 21 −5 7
 Lithuania 5 1 0 1 3 13 16 −3 4
 Ukraine 5 0 0 0 5 7 29 −22 0

 Belarus is promoted to Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.
 Ukraine is relegated to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Latvia 5 4 0 0 1 18 10 +8 12
 Denmark 5 3 0 1 1 15 7 +8 10
 Austria 5 2 1 0 1 21 20 +1 10
 France 5 1 1 1 2 15 17 −2 6
 Japan 5 0 2 1 2 13 16 −3 5
 Italy 5 0 0 2 3 8 20 −12 2

 Latvia is promoted to Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.
 Italy is relegated to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division II

Main article: 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played in Maribor, Slovenia between March 22 and March 28, 2009. Group B was played in Narva, Estonia between March 16 and March 22, 2009:[2]

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 South Korea 5 5 0 0 0 30 4 26 15
 Slovenia 5 4 0 0 1 42 5 37 12
 Romania 5 3 0 0 2 23 20 3 9
 Croatia 5 2 0 0 3 23 27 -4 6
 Spain 5 1 0 0 4 12 27 -15 3
 Mexico 5 0 0 0 5 3 50 -47 0

 South Korea is promoted to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.
 Mexico is relegated to Division III for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD PTS
 Great Britain 5 5 0 0 0 46 11 35 15
 Estonia 5 3 1 0 1 22 14 8 11
 Belgium 5 1 2 1 1 23 19 4 8
 Netherlands 5 2 0 1 2 34 22 12 7
 Serbia 5 1 0 1 3 16 35 -19 4
 China 5 0 0 0 5 9 49 -40 0

 Great Britain is promoted to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.
 China is relegated to Division III for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division III

Main article: 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament. Group A was played in Taipei, Chinese Taipei (Republic of China) between February 27 and March 5, 2009. Group B was played in Erzurum, Turkey between March 9 and March 15, 2009:[2]

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Australia 4 4 0 0 0 63 3 60 12
 New Zealand 4 3 0 0 1 28 12 16 9
 Chinese Taipei 4 2 0 0 2 28 14 14 6
 South Africa 4 1 0 0 3 19 32 -13 3
 Mongolia 4 0 0 0 4 4 81 -77 0

 Australia is promoted to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Iceland 3 3 0 0 0 48 1 47 9
 Turkey 3 2 0 0 1 25 26 -1 6
 Ireland 3 1 0 0 2 9 39 -30 3
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 8 24 -16 0
  Semifinals     Finals
                 
  1   Iceland 15  
  4   Bulgaria 2    
      1   Iceland 8
      2   Turkey 2
  2   Turkey 9    
  4   Ireland 3   Third place
4   Bulgaria 3
  3   Ireland 6

 Iceland is promoted to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

See also

References


World Junior Championships
IIHF World U20 Championship (1974-)

Soviet Union 1974 - Canada 1975 - Finland 1976 - Czechoslovakia 1977 - Canada 1978 - Sweden 1979 - Finland 1980 - West Germany 1981 - United States 1982 - Soviet Union 1983 - Sweden 1984 - Finland 1985 - Canada 1986 - Czechoslovakia 1987 - Soviet Union 1988 - United States 1989 - Finland 1990 - Canada 1991 - Germany 1992 - Sweden 1993 - Czech Republic 1994 - Canada 1995 - United States 1996 - Switzerland 1997 - Finland 1998 - Canada 1999 - Sweden 2000 - Russia 2001 - Czech Republic 2002 - Canada 2003 - Finland 2004 - United States 2005 - Canada 2006 - Sweden 2007 - Czech Republic 2008 - Canada 2009 - Canada 2010 - United States 2011 - Canada 2012 - Russia 2013 - Sweden 2014 - Canada 2015 - Finland 2016 - Canada 2017 - United States 2018 - Canada 2019 - Czech Republic 2020 - Canada 2021 - Canada 2022 - Canada 2023

IIHF World U18 Championship (1999-)

Germany 1999 - Switzerland 2000 - Finland 2001 - Slovakia 2002 - Russia 2003 - Belarus 2004 - Czech Republic 2005 - Sweden 2006 - Finland 2007 - Russia 2008 - United States 2009 - Belarus 2010 - Germany 2011 - Czech Republic 2012 - Russia 2013 - Finland 2014 = Switzerland 2015 - United States 2016 - Slovakia 2017 - Russia 2018 - Sweden 2019 - United States 2020 - United States 2021 - Germany 2022 - Switzerland 2023

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