2009 IIHF Women's World Championship

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2009 IIHF World Women's Championship
2009 naisten jääkiekon maailmanmestaruuskilpailut (Finnish)
2009 kvinnors ishockey VM (Swedish)
2009 IIHF Women's World Championship.png
Tournament details
Host country Finland
DatesApril 4–12, 2009
Officially opened byTarja Halonen
Teams9
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg United States (3rd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Canada
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Finland
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored140 (7 per match)
Attendance28,614 (1,431 per match)
Scoring leader(s)United States Julie Chu
(10 points)
MVPCanada Carla MacLeod
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2011 →

The 2009 IIHF World Women's Championships was held in Hämeenlinna, Finland, from April 4 to 12, 2009.[1] This was the 12th women's championship run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The defending champions United States defeated Canada 4–1 in the final match to win the gold medal and retain their top standing another year.

This was the last world championships with nine teams in the Top Division. Two teams—Japan and China—were relegated to Division I, replaced by only one—Slovakia—promoted from there. Division I also relegated two, Czech Republic and France, while receiving only one team through promotion, Latvia, along with the two from the top division. Division II only relegated one team, the Netherlands, but did not receive any promoted teams from the lower divisions. The lower divisions of III, IV, and V, were canceled for the 2009 cycle, with the lowest seeded team in each to be dropped down one division. The final result was that the Top Division will be reduced in size by one team for 2011, while the lowest division (Division V) will increase by one team. [2]

Top Division[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 United States 2 2 0 0 0 16 0 6
 Russia 2 1 0 0 1 3 9 3
 Japan 2 0 0 0 2 1 11 0

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 4, 2009
17:00		Japan 0–8
(0–4, 0–1, 0–3)		 United States, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 347
April 5, 2009
15:00		Russia 3–1
(0–0, 0–0, 3–1)		 Japan, Hämeenlinna
April 6, 2009
12:00		United States 8–0
(1–0, 5–0, 2–0)		 Russia, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 1629

Group B[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Canada 2 2 0 0 0 20 1 6
 Sweden 2 1 0 0 1 6 8 3
 China 2 0 0 0 2 2 19 0

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 4, 2009
15:00		China 1–13
(1–5, 0–4, 0–4)		 Canada, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 625
April 5, 2009
19:00		Sweden 6–1
(2–0, 3–0, 1–1)		 China, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 1,737
April 6, 2009
15:30		Canada 7–0
(2–0, 1–0, 4–0)		 Sweden, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 1403

Group C[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Finland 2 2 0 0 0 13 3 6
 Kazakhstan 2 0 1 0 1 2 8 2
  Switzerland 2 0 0 1 1 4 8 1

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 4, 2009
19:00		Kazakhstan 0–7
(0–2, 0–3, 0–2)		 Finland, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,241
April 5, 2009
17:00		Switzerland  1–2 (SO)
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 Kazakhstan, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 215
April 6, 2009
19:00		Finland 6–3
(4–1, 1–0, 1–2)		  Switzerland, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3201

Qualifying round[]

Group D (1st–3rd place)[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Canada 2 2 0 0 0 10 1 6
 United States 2 1 0 0 1 8 2 3
 Finland 2 0 0 0 2 0 15 0

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 8, 2009
19:00		Canada 8–0
(2–0, 2–0, 4–0)		 Finland, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 2032
April 9, 2009
19:00		Finland 0–7
(0–2, 0–3, 0–2)		 United States, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 2038
April 10, 2009
19:00		United States 1–2
(0–0, 0–2, 1–0)		 Canada, Hämeenlinna

 United States and  Canada advance to the final.  Finland plays in the bronze medal game.

Group E (4th–6th place)[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Sweden 2 2 0 0 0 17 0 6
 Russia 2 1 0 0 1 9 10 3
 Kazakhstan 2 0 0 0 2 2 18 0

 Sweden advances to the bronze medal game.

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 8, 2009
15:00		Sweden 9–0
(2–0, 3–0, 4–0)		 Kazakhstan, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 2058
April 9, 2009
15:00		Kazakhstan 2–9
(1–3, 0–3, 1–3)		 Russia, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 374
April 10, 2009
15:00		Russia 0–8
(0–1, 0–4, 0–3)		 Sweden, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 425

Consolation round[]

Group F (7th–9th place)[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
  Switzerland 2 1 1 0 0 8 6 5
 Japan 2 1 0 0 1 4 4 3
 China 2 0 0 1 1 5 7 1

 China and  Japan are relegated to Division I for the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 8, 2009
17:00		China 4–5 (SO)
(2–1, 2–0, 0–3, 0–0, 0–1)		  Switzerland, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 379
April 9, 2009
17:00		Switzerland  3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 Japan, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 247
April 10, 2009
17:00		Japan 2–1
(0–0, 2–0, 0–1)		 China, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 256

Final round[]

Match for third place[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 12, 2009
15:00		Finland 4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 Sweden, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3027

Final[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 12, 2009
19:00		United States 4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 Canada, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3046

Awards and Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Julie Chu  United States 5 5 5 10 +8 0
2 Natalie Darwitz  United States 5 3 7 10 +8 2
3 Hilary Knight  United States 5 7 2 9 +5 4
4 Erika Holst  Sweden 5 4 5 9 +5 4
5 Elin Holmlöv  Sweden 5 6 2 8 +5 2
6 Jennifer Botterill  Canada 5 5 3 8 +5 2
7 Hayley Wickenheiser  Canada 5 4 4 8 +6 4
8 Caroline Ouellette  Canada 5 3 5 8 +7 6
9 Carla MacLeod  Canada 5 2 6 8 +9 4
10 Michelle Karvinen  Finland 5 5 2 7 +3 6

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

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Kim St-Pierre  Canada 120:00 0 0.00 100.00 2
2 Jessie Vetter  United States 120:00 1 0.50 98.21 1
3 Valentina Lizana  Sweden 240:00 5 1.25 93.33 2
4 Azusa Nakaoku  Japan 208:10 11 3.17 92.47 0
5 Charline Labonté  Canada 179:04 5 1.68 91.23 2

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards[]

Source: IIHF.com Archived 2018-01-18 at the Wayback Machine

Media All-Stars[]

Source:[3]

Division I[]

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament which was held in Graz, Austria, from April 4 to April 10, 2009.[1] The winner of the group gets promoted to the Top Division for the 2011 championships, while the two bottom teams in the group are relegated to Division II.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
 Slovakia 5 4 0 0 1 22 14 +8 12
 Germany 5 4 0 0 1 20 13 +7 12
 Norway 5 2 1 0 2 18 18 0 8
 Austria 5 2 0 1 2 16 16 0 7
 Czech Republic 5 2 0 0 3 17 18 −1 6
 France 5 0 0 0 5 10 24 −14 0

 Slovakia is promoted to the Top Division for the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, winning the head-to-head tie-breaker over  Germany.  Czech Republic and  France are relegated to Division II.

04 April 2009Slovakia 9-4 Norway
04 April 2009Germany 5-3 France
04 April 2009Czech Republic 1-4 Austria
06 April 2009Germany 4-3 Norway
06 April 2009Slovakia 1-5 Czech Republic
06 April 2009Austria 5-2 France
07 April 2009Czech Republic 2-4 Germany
07 April 2009France 0-4 Norway
07 April 2009Slovakia 5-3 Austria
09 April 2009Czech Republic 5-4 France
09 April 2009Germany 1-2 Slovakia
09 April 2009Norway 2-1 (OT) Austria
10 April 2009France 1-5 Slovakia
10 April 2009Norway 5-4 Czech Republic
10 April 2009Austria 3-6 Germany

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1  Norway 5 6 5 11 +5 2
2 Maritta Becker  Germany 4 3 6 9 +7 6
3 Petra Jurčová  Slovakia 5 7 1 8 +5 8
4 Denise Altmann  Austria 5 3 5 8 +3 4
4 Petra Pravlíková  Slovakia 5 3 5 8 +5 8
6  Austria 5 5 2 7 +3 4
7 Kateřina Mrázová  Czech Republic 5 4 3 7 0 0
8 Christina Fellner  Germany 5 3 4 7 +6 10
9 Marion Allemoz  France 5 1 6 7 –8 0
10 Martina Veličkov��  Slovakia 5 4 2 6 +7 4

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

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1  Norway 177:40 8 2.70 92.52 0
2  Austria 125:00 4 1.92 92.45 0
3 Viona Harrer  Germany 180:12 7 2.33 92.22 0
4 Zuzana Tomčíková  Slovakia 300:00 14 2.80 91.76 0
5  Austria 179:43 11 3.67 91.20 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards[]

Source: IIHF.com

Division II[]

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament which was held in Torre Pellice, Italy, from April 12 to April 18, 2009.[1] The winner of the group was promoted to Division I for the 2011 championships, while the last-placed team in the group was relegated to Division III.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD PTS
 Latvia 5 5 0 0 0 25 4 21 15
 North Korea 5 3 1 0 1 15 13 2 11
 Great Britain 5 3 0 0 2 11 11 0 9
 Italy 5 1 1 0 3 15 18 -3 5
 Denmark 5 0 1 2 2 10 17 -7 4
 Netherlands 5 0 0 1 4 4 17 -13 1

 Latvia was promoted to the Division I for the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.  Netherlands was relegated to Division III.  Denmark was to have been relegated but since Division III was not played, no one was promoted to take their place.

12 April 2009North Korea 1-6 Latvia
12 April 2009Denmark 2-1 (OT) Netherlands
12 April 2009Great Britain 5-3 Italy
13 April 2009Denmark 3-4 (OT) North Korea
13 April 2009Netherlands 0-2 Great Britain
13 April 2009Latvia 5-1 Italy
15 April 2009Latvia 5-0 Netherlands
15 April 2009Denmark 1-3 Great Britain
15 April 2009North Korea 4-2 Italy
16 April 2009Netherlands 1-2 North Korea
16 April 2009Great Britain 0-3 Latvia
16 April 2009Italy 3-2 (OT) Denmark
18 April 2009North Korea 4-1 Great Britain
18 April 2009Latvia 6-2 Denmark
18 April 2009Italy 6-2 Netherlands

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Iveta Koka  Latvia 5 6 14 20 +20 2
2 Inese Geca-Miljone  Latvia 5 8 7 15 +20 0
3  Latvia 5 10 4 14 +17 8
4 Angela Taylor  Great Britain 5 6 0 6 +3 6
5  North Korea 5 5 0 5 0 2
6 Linda de Rocco  Italy 5 2 3 5 +2 12
7 Josefine Jakobsen  Denmark 5 4 0 4 +2 8
8  North Korea 5 2 2 4 +2 8
9 Anna de la Forest de Divonne  Italy 5 3 0 3 –3 4
9 Sabrina Viel  Italy 5 3 0 3 –3 2

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

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1  Latvia 240:00 2 0.50 98.44 2
2  Great Britain 239:23 7 1.75 93.91 1
3  Denmark 250:59 11 2.63 90.43 0
4  North Korea 288:39 12 2.49 90.24 0
5  Netherlands 290:51 17 3.51 89.82 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards[]

  • Goaltender: ,  Latvia
  • Defenseman: Linda de Rocco,  Italy
  • Forward: Iveta Koka,  Latvia
  • MVP  : Iveta Koka

Source: IIHF.com

Division III, Division IV and Division V[]

The Division III, Division IV and Division V did not play this year. The respective tournaments were cancelled. The reasons seem to be multiple.[4] No country wanted to assume the financial costs of the tournaments. The tournaments will be scheduled for 2011. It has the effect the following changes:

  • Iceland is not promoted to the Division III, but stay in the Division IV.
  • Turkey is now relegated from Division IV to the new division V.
  • Division V will then consist of Turkey, and the four new nations who were to play in 2009: Poland, Bulgaria, Spain and Ireland.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c 2009 IIHF Championship Program iihf.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2008.
  2. ^ "World Women's back to eight teams". iihf.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. ^ Podnieks p. 36
  4. ^ "2009 Women's Division III, IV and V all Cancelled". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  5. ^ planned tournaments (archived)

External links[]

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