2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2009 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	December 26 - January 5
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Scotiabank Place and Ottawa Civic Centre (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (15th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	241 (7.77 per match)
Attendance	453,282 (14,622 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Cody Hodgson (16 points)
MVP	John Tavares
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The 2009 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2009 WJHC), was the 33rd edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was hosted in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Games were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scotiabank Place. The tournament set a record for WJC attendance at 453,282. Canada won the gold medal for a record-tying fifth consecutive time.

Bid process

Five potential bid groups formally submitted their bids before the March 31, 2006, deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee in Calgary on April 18, 2006:

• Joint bid from Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta;
• Montreal, Quebec;
• Ottawa, Ontario;
• Toronto, Ontario; and
• Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan

On May 3, 2006, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced that Ottawa was chosen to host the 2009 tournament.

Venues

Scotiabank Place Capacity: 19,153	Ottawa Civic Centre Capacity: 9,862
Canada – Ottawa	Canada – Ottawa

Top division

Main article: 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Advance to...
Canada	4	4	0	0	0	35	6	12	Semifinals
United States	4	3	0	0	1	28	12	9	Quarterfinals
Czech Republic	4	2	0	0	2	21	14	6	Quarterfinals
Germany	4	1	0	0	3	12	19	3	Relegation round
Kazakhstan	4	0	0	0	4	2	46	0	Relegation round

Schedule

All times local (EST/UTC−5)

December 26, 2008 15:30

Germany

2 – 8

United States

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,795 (98.1%)

Game reference
	Toni Ritter 12:08 Patrick Pohl 53:51		08:23 (PP1) Colin Wilson 17:51 Drayson Bowman 20:20 Jordan Schroeder 32:43 (PP1) James van Riemsdyk 34:27 Tyler Johnson 40:35 James van Riemsdyk 46:26 Drayson Bowman 59:59 Matt Rust

December 26, 2008 19:30

Canada

8 – 1

Czech Republic

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 19,622 (102.4%)

Game reference
	John Tavares (J. Eberle, R. Ellis (PP1) – 19:56 J. Tavares (J. Eberle, C. Hodgson) (PP1) – 22:09 A. Esposito (J. Tavares) – 27:08 R. Ellis (Z. Boychuk, C. Hodgson) – 28:13 T. Ennis (B. Sonne) – 33:33 C. DiDomenico (T. Ennis, Z. Boychuk) – 42:08 Z. Boychuk – 48:18 A. Pietrangelo (R. Ellis, C. DiDomenico) – 51:51		58:00 – J. Káňa (O. Roman)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	22

December 27, 2008 15:30

Kazakhstan

0 – 9

Germany

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,305 (95.6%)

Game reference
			04:43 Simon Fischhaber 08:31 Jerome Flaake 18:45 André Huebscher 21:52 Daniel Weiß 22:06 Steven Rupprich 23:16 Gerrit Fauser 27:56 Marco Nowak 51:21 Jerome Flaake 57:15 Conor Morrison

December 28, 2008 15:30

Kazakhstan

0 – 15

Canada

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 19,176 (100.1%)

Game reference
			01:29 – J. Eberle (C. Hodgson) 08:48 – (PP1) J. Benn (A. Pietrangelo) 15:53 – (PP2) J. Benn (J. Tavares, C. Hodgson 17:26 – P. Subban (J. Tavares) 21:36 – C. Hodgson (P. Subban) 24:11 – (PP1) C. DiDomenico (T. Hickey, T. Ennis) 24:41 – J. Benn (P. Subban, T. Ennis) 32:32 – (PP1) T. Ennis (J. Benn, C. DiDomenico) 34:52 – (PP1) J. Tavares (C. Hodgson, J. Eberle) 40:50 – E. Kane (P. Cormier, K. Aulie) 51:29 – J. Tavares 52:15 – C. Hodgson (J. Eberle, Z. Boychuk) 54:17 – (PP1) P. Subban (C. Hodgson) 56:02 – (PP1) S. Della Rovere (E. Kane, T. Hickey) 59:17 – (PP2) T. Myers (J. Benn, C. Goloubef)
	43 min	Penalties	2 min
	11	Shots	69

December 28, 2008 19:30

United States

4 – 3

Czech Republic

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 19,847 (103.6%)

Game reference
	J. Schroeder (K. Shattenkirk, C. Wilson) (PP1) – 13:00 M. Rust (J. Blum) – 31:46 J. van Riemsdyk (K. Shattenkirk, J. Schroeder) (PP1) – 38:34 J. Schroeder (J. van Riemsdyk) – 43:43		25:14 – O. Roman (Z. Okál, R. Gudas) 47:02 – M. Parýzek (R. Szturc, T. Kubalík) 56:43 – (PP1) J. Káňa (T. Kundrátek, O. Roman)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	27

December 29, 2008 19:30

Germany

1 – 5

Canada

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 19,326 (100.9%)

Game reference
	David Wolf (PP1) 28:40		07:21 (PP1) Zach Boychuk 25:57 (PP1) Jamie Benn 41:04 Evander Kane 51:25 (PP1) John Tavares 55:57 (PP1) Zach Boychuk

December 30, 2008 15:30

Czech Republic

6 – 0

Germany

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 17,976 (93.9%)

Game reference
	David Štich (PP1) 13:19 Zdeněk Okál (PP1) 15:23 Ondřej Roman 35:58 Tomáš Knotek 44:02 Radko Gudas (PP1) 47:56 Ondřej Roman 49:13

December 30, 2008 19:30

United States

12 – 0

Kazakhstan

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,288 (95.5%)

Game reference
	Ian Cole (PP1) 16:27 Aaron Palushaj 17:07 Drayson Bowman 18:59 Colin Wilson 20:52 Colin Wilson 21:11 James van Riemsdyk (PP1) 25:34 Danny Kristo 27:12 Aaron Palushaj (PP1) 32:28 Mike Hoeffel (PP2) 50:08 Jimmy Hayes 53:59 Mitch Wahl 55:02 Matt Rust 59:55

December 31, 2008 15:30

Czech Republic

10 – 2

Kazakhstan

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 17,664 (92.2%)

Game reference
	Tomáš Knotek 01:49 Roman Szturc 05:48 Jan Káňa 08:17 Vladimír Růžička 10:14 Vladimír Růžička 12:51 Tomáš Knotek (PP1) 15:51 Zdeněk Okál 25:55 Jan Káňa (PP1) 26:31 Jan Káňa 32:34 Jan Káňa (PP1) 36:00		07:17 Oleg Onichshenko 51:08 (SH1) Konstantin Savenkov

December 31, 2008 19:30

Canada

7 – 4

United States

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 20,223 (105.6%)

Game reference
	John Tavares (PP1) 14:55 John Tavares 15:43 Jordan Eberle (PP1) 18:10 Zach Boychuk (PP1) 20:37 Cody Hodgson (PP1) 26:56 John Tavares (ENG) 59:13 Tyler Ennis (ENG) 59:50		03:49 Kevin Shattenkirk 07:15 (PP2) Jimmy Hayes 12:35 Jim O'Brien 23:40 (PP1) Jonathon Blum

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Advance to...
Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	21	3	12	Semifinals
Russia	4	3	0	0	1	17	9	9	Quarterfinals
Slovakia	4	1	1	0	2	12	15	5	Quarterfinals
Finland	4	1	0	1	2	10	12	4	Relegation round
Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	5	26	0	Relegation round

Schedule

All times local (EST/UTC−5)

December 26, 2008 14:30

Latvia

1 – 4

Russia

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,441 (95.7%)

Game reference
	Jānis Ozoliņš 58:03		16:56 (PP1) Vyacheslav Voinov 31:38 Pavel Chernov 47:01 Maxim Goncharov 59:48 Dmitri Klopov

December 26, 2008 18:30

Finland

1 – 3

Sweden

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,658 (97.9%)

Game reference
	Toni Rajala 21:12		09:15 Marcus Johansson 12:38 David Rundblad 59:20 (ENG) Mikael Backlund

December 27, 2008 18:30

Slovakia

7 – 2

Latvia

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,370 (95.0%)

Game reference
	Radoslav Tybor (PP1) 01:54 Ondrej Rusnák (PP1) 16:26 Marek Hrivik 33:20 Ondrej Rusnák (PP1) 33:58 Radoslav Tybor 38:21 Tomáš Tatar 42:12 Adam Bezák (SH1) 47:34		07:29 Jānis Straupe 14:05 (PP1) Ronalds Cinks

December 28, 2008 14:30

Russia

5 – 2

Finland

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,715 (98.5%)

Game reference
	Nikita Filatov 07:56 Evgeni Dadonov 08:34 Dmitri Klopov 11:29 Nikita Filatov 29:56 Dmitri Klopov (PP1) 58:14		05:10 Jani Lajunen 23:55 (PP1) Joonas Nättinen

December 28, 2008 18:30

Sweden

3 – 1

Slovakia

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,726 (98.6%)

Game reference
	Simon Hjalmarsson 01:02 Mikael Backlund (PP1) 14:42 Erik Karlsson 33:30		45:33 (PP1) Martin Uhnák

December 29, 2008 14:30

Latvia

1 – 10

Sweden

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,622 (97.6%)

Game reference
	Roberts Jekimovs 19:53		02:13 (PP1) Mattias Tedenby 09:15 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 13:42 André Petersson 17:39 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 19:10 Nicklas Lasu 26:31 Simon Hjalmarsson 40:33 Joakim Andersson 41:33 (PP1) Erik Karlsson 48:31 (PP1) David Ullström 49:18 Nicklas Lasu

December 30, 2008 14:30

Russia

8 – 1

Slovakia

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,419 (95.5%)

Game reference
	Nikita Filatov 2:12 Maxim Goncharov (PP1) 18:34 Maxim Goncharov 21:05 Nikita Filatov (PP1) 24:29 Igor Golovkov 28:32 Nikita Filatov (PP1) 29:15 Sergei Andronov 55:37 Sergei Korostin 56:52		13:12 Adam Bezák

December 30, 2008 18:30

Finland

5 – 1

Latvia

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,376 (95.1%)

Game reference
	Tomi Sallinen (PP1) 02:03 Nestori Lähde 14:25 Mikael Granlund 23:58 Mikael Granlund (PP2) 27:17 Antti Roppo 30:34		34:03 (PP2) Roberts Jekimovs

December 31, 2008 14:30

Sweden

5 – 0

Russia

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,675 (98.1%)

Game reference
	André Petersson 05:01 Simon Hjalmarsson 10:00 André Petersson (PP1) 16:50 Mikael Backlund (PP1) 17:31 Marcus Johansson 43:55

December 31, 2008 18:30

Slovakia

3 – 2 GWS

Finland

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,312 (94.4%)

Game reference
	Richard Pánik (PP1) 30:36 Adam Bezák 48:32 Tomáš Tatar (GWG) 65:00		24:40 (PP2) Niclas Lucenius 37:37 Nestori Lähde

Relegation round

The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	3	3	0	0	0	15	3	9
Latvia	3	2	0	0	1	15	7	6
Germany	3	1	0	0	2	11	10	3
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	2	23	0

Schedule

All times local (EST/UTC−5)

January 2, 2009 18:30

Germany

1 – 7

Latvia

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,888 (100.2%)

Game reference
	Daniel Weiß 7:06		7:34 Roberts Bukarts 25:23 Roberts Bukarts 27:55 Jānis Straupe 28:57 Roberts Bukarts 29:28 (SH1) Vitālijs Pavlovs 36:01 Aldis Pizāns 44:44 Ronalds Cinks

January 3, 2009 18:30

Finland

7 – 1

Kazakhstan

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,180 (93.1%)

Game reference
	Jyri Niemi 00:22 Joonas Rask 06:29 Tomi Sallinen 16:32 Antti Roppo (SH1) 27:26 Teemu Hartikainen (PP1) 39:09 Toni Rajala (PP2) 44:33 Teemu Hartikainen (PP1) 54:13		21:03 Konstantin Savenkov

January 4, 2009 14:30

Finland

3 – 1

Germany

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,192 (93.2%)

Game reference
	Tommi Kivistö 12:40 Teemu Hartikainen 13:02 Jyri Niemi (PP1) 41:31		29:39 Jerome Flaake

January 4, 2009 18:30

Latvia

7 – 1

Kazakhstan

Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,173 (93.0%)

Game reference
	Roberts Jekimovs 12:53 Jānis Ozoliņš 29:10 Roberts Bukarts (SH1) 41:34 Artjoms Ogorodņikovs 48:43 Ralfs Freibergs 55:15 Artjoms Ogorodņikovs (PP1) 57:58 Roberts Jekimovs (PP1) 59:49		55:01 Konstantin Savenkov

Germany and Kazakhstan are relegated to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B3

Slovakia

3

A2

United States

3

B1

Sweden

5

B3

Slovakia

5

WSF1

Sweden

1

WSF2

Canada

5

B2

Russia

5

B2

Russia

5

A1

Canada

6 (GWS)

Third place

A3

Czech Republic

1

LSF1

Slovakia

2

LSF2

Russia

5

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2009 15:30

United States

3 – 5

Slovakia

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,042 (94.2%)

Game reference
	Ian Cole (PP1) 12:01 Jonathon Blum (PP1) 45:31 James van Riemsdyk 58:42		11:05 Adam Bezák 13:41 Tomáš Tatar 17:53 Jozef Molnár 51:38 Richard Pánik 57:46 (ENG) Tomáš Tatar

January 2, 2009 19:30

Russia

5 – 1

Czech Republic

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,753 (97.9%)

Game reference
	Sergei Andronov (PP1) 11:53 Nikita Filatov 41:25 Evgeny Grachev (SH2) 47:26 Evgeni Dadonov 54:02 Pavel Chernov (PP1) 59:29		48:01 (PP2) Radko Gudas

Semifinals

January 3, 2009 15:30

Sweden

5 – 3

Slovakia

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,112 (94.6%)

Game reference
	Mikael Backlund 30:19 Mikael Backlund (PP1) 47:04 David Ullström 48:52 Simon Hjalmarsson 51:42 Oscar Möller (ENG) 58:43		19:56 (PP1) Marek Mertel 35:47 Tomáš Tatar 55:58 Tomáš Tatar

January 3, 2009 19:30

Canada

6 – 5 GWS

Russia

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 19,327 (100.9%)

Game reference
	Brett Sonne 02:02 Patrice Cormier 07:04 Jordan Eberle (PP1) 36:40 Angelo Esposito (SH1) 45:44 Jordan Eberle 59:55 Jordan Eberle (GWG) 70:00		05:18 Maxim Goncharov 07:20 Dmitri Klopov 40:51 Evgeny Grachev 46:22 (PP2) Sergei Andronov 57:40 Dmitri Klopov

5th place playoff

January 4, 2009 19:30

United States

3 – 2 OT

Czech Republic

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 17,936 (93.6%)

3rd place playoff

January 5, 2009 15:30

Slovakia

2 – 5

Russia

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,763 (98.0%)

Game reference
	Martin Štajnoch 30:14 Tomáš Tatar (PP1) 57:01		04:30 Pavel Chernov 25:56 Maxim Goncharov 39:28 Nikita Filatov 51:11 Nikita Filatov 58:07 (ENG) Dmitri Kugryshev

Final

January 5, 2009 19:30

Sweden

1 – 5

Canada

Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 20,380 (106.4%)

Game reference
	Joakim Andersson 48:30		00:38 P. K. Subban (PP1) 24:06 Angelo Esposito 40:33 Cody Hodgson (PP1) 58:07 (ENG) Jordan Eberle 59:28 (ENG) Cody Hodgson

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Cody Hodgson	Canada	6	5	11	16	+8	2
2	John Tavares	Canada	6	8	7	15	+7	0
3	Jordan Eberle	Canada	6	6	7	13	+9	2
4	Nikita Filatov	Russia	7	8	3	11	+3	6
5	Tomáš Tatar	Slovakia	7	7	4	11	-2	4
6	Jordan Schroeder	United States	6	3	8	11	+1	2
7	James van Riemsdyk	United States	6	6	4	10	+1	4
8	Jan Káňa	Czech Republic	6	6	3	9	+2	0
9	Teemu Hartikainen	Finland	6	3	6	9	+4	4
9	P. K. Subban	Canada	6	3	6	9	+12	6
9	Colin Wilson	United States	6	3	6	9	+1	4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source:

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Jacob Markström	Sweden	298	8	.943	1.61	1
2	Juha Metsola	Finland	245	6	.939	1.47	0
3	Vadim Zhelobnyuk	Russia	292	11	.925	2.26	0
4	Dustin Tokarski	Canada	248	11	.906	2.65	1
5	Nauris Enkuzens	Latvia	346	25	.903	4.33	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source:
09:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Tournament awards

Source:

Most Valuable Player

• John Tavares

All-star team

• Goaltender: Jaroslav Janus
• Defencemen: P. K. Subban, Erik Karlsson
• Forwards: John Tavares, Cody Hodgson, Nikita Filatov

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Jacob Markström
• Defenceman: Erik Karlsson
• Forward: John Tavares

Final standings

	Team
	Canada
	Sweden
	Russia
4th	Slovakia
5th	United States
6th	Czech Republic
7th	Finland
8th	Latvia
9th	Germany
10th	Kazakhstan

Division I

Main article: 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A was played in Herisau, Switzerland between December 14 and December 20, 2008. Group B was played in Aalborg, Denmark between December 15 and December 21, 2008:

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
Switzerland	5	5	0	0	0	31	7	24	15
Belarus	5	4	0	0	1	39	7	32	12
France	5	3	0	0	2	33	17	16	9
Slovenia	5	2	0	0	3	31	17	14	6
Poland	5	1	0	0	4	7	23	-16	3
Estonia	5	0	0	0	5	6	76	-70	0

Switzerland is promoted to the Top Division and Estonia is relegated to Division II for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
Austria	5	4	0	1	0	28	9	19	13
Denmark	5	4	0	0	1	16	13	3	12
Norway	5	2	1	0	2	14	17	-3	8
Italy	5	2	1	0	2	14	10	4	8
Ukraine	5	1	0	0	4	10	16	-6	3
Hungary	5	0	0	1	4	11	28	-17	1

Austria is promoted to the Top Division and Hungary is relegated to Division II for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II

Main article: 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania between December 15 and December 21, 2008. Group B was played in Logroño, Spain between January 10 and January 15, 2009:

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
Japan	5	4	0	0	1	45	11	34	12
Lithuania	5	4	0	0	1	35	9	26	12
South Korea	5	2	2	0	1	19	18	1	10
Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	17	32	-15	6
Serbia	5	0	1	1	3	10	33	-23	3
Romania	5	0	0	2	3	9	32	-23	2

Japan was promoted to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group B

China, having been relegated to Division III in 2008, was returned to Division II after New Zealand forfeited due to finances.

File:2009 IIHF World U20 Championship Croatia team.JPG

Croatian national team, winners of Group B.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
Croatia	5	5	0	0	0	34	15	19	15
Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	29	10	19	12
Netherlands	5	3	0	0	2	28	12	16	9
Mexico	5	2	0	0	3	11	27	-16	6
Spain	5	1	0	0	4	12	19	-7	3
China	5	0	0	0	5	9	40	-31	0

Croatia was promoted to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III

The Division III tournament was to have been played in North Korea, but was cancelled. The division was scheduled to include the following:

Team	Qualification
Iceland	Placed 6th in Division II Group A last year and was relegated.
China	Placed 6th in Division II Group B last year and was relegated, but returned to Division II after New Zealand forfeited.
Australia	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Turkey	Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Bulgaria	Placed 7th in Division III last year.
North Korea	Host, first appearance since 1993.

See also

• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division I
• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II

External links

• IIHF official tournament site