Host country Canada Champions Canada (15th title) | Teams 10 Runner-up Sweden | |
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Dates December 26 – January 5 Venue(s) Scotiabank Place and
Ottawa Civic Centre (in 1 host city) | ||
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 IIHF World U20 Championship 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.
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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:
On May 3, 2006, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced that Ottawa was chosen to host the 2009 tournament.
Group A
All times local (EST/UTC−5)
Group B
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Relegation round
The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.
Schedule
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Germany and Kazakhstan are relegated to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Top 10 scorers
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)
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
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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
Switzerland is promoted to the Top Division and Estonia is relegated to Division II for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Group B
Austria is promoted to the Top Division and Hungary is relegated to Division II for the 2010 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
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.
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: