2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Belarus  Italy
Dates	29 March – 4 April 2009 6–12 April 2009
Teams	12
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The 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I was an international under-18 ice hockey competition organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Both Division I tournaments made up the second level of the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, and the Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy. Belarus and Latvia won the Group A and B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Top Division of the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Group A[]

The Group A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus at the Ice Palace from 6 to 12 April 2009.

Final Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Belarus	5	4	1	0	0	23	6	17	14
Poland	5	2	2	0	1	25	15	10	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

Results

All times local

April 6, 2009 12:00

Ukraine

1–5

Lithuania

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,900

				Referee:
	(EQ) 36:48 Goals (EQ) 05:03 (EQ) 05:50 (EQ) 07:16 (PP) 39:49 (EQ) 52:17

April 6, 2009 15:30

Poland

4–3 (OT)

Kazakhstan

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,500

				Referee:
	(EQ) 02:03 (EQ) 08:58 (EQ) 26:49 (EQ) 61:28 Goals (PP) 11:11 (EQ) 22:13 (EQ) 45:12

April 6, 2009 19:00

Hungary

4–5 (SO)

Belarus

Ice Palace Attendance: 3,700

				Referee:
	(PP) 10:52 (PP) 13:56 J Hari (EQ) 42:17 J Hari (EQ) 59:02 Goals (EQ) 17:55 (SH) 25:05 (EQ) 37:01 (PP) 59:44 (GWS) 65:00

April 7, 2009 15:30

Lithuania

3–4

Hungary

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,500

				Referee:
	(EQ) 09:03 (PP) 32:39 (PP) 41:09 Goals (PP) 16:49 (SH) 35:56 (EQ) 36:45 (PP) 38:39

April 7, 2009 19:00

Belarus

4–1

Poland

Ice Palace Attendance: 3,900

				Referee:
	K Gotovets (PP) 11:59 (EQ) 19:57 (EQ) 48:08 (PP) 59:59 Goals (PP) 56:55

April 8, 2009 15:30

Kazakhstan

7–3

Ukraine

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,900

				Referee:
	(EQ) 01:06 (EQ) 03:24 (EQ) 24:07 (EQ) 33:27 (EQ) 38:14 (EQ) 49:30 (EQ) 56:37 Goals (PP) 08:06 (EQ) 39:32 (PP) 43:31

April 9, 2009 12:00

Hungary

0–9

Poland

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,900

				Referee:
	Goals (EQ) 06:56 (EQ) 09:36 (PP) 15:52 (EQ) 20:19 (PP) 33:15 (EQ) 46:06 (EQ) 48:04 (EQ) 51:32 (EQ) 54:43

April 9, 2009 15:30

Kazakhstan

4–2

Lithuania

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,000

				Referee:
	M Rakhmanov (PP) 14:15 (EQ) 17:18 (EQ) 53:03 (ENG) 59:44 Goals (PP) 27:31 (EQ) 54:59

April 9, 2009 19:00

Belarus

5–0

Ukraine

Ice Palace Attendance: 3,900

				Referee:
	(EQ) 03:26 (PP) 07:58 (EQ) 13:52 (EQ) 56:29 (EQ) 56:46 Goals

April 10, 2009 15:30

Lithuania

0–3

Belarus

Ice Palace Attendance: 3,900

				Referee:
	Goals (EQ) 03:13 (EQ) 33:25 (PP) 53:06

April 11, 2009 12:00

Poland

7–3

Ukraine

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,000

				Referee:
	(PP) 14:08 (EQ) 25:36 (EQ) 32:11 (EQ) 40:31 (EQ) 49:42 (EQ) 54:13 (EQ) 59:05 Goals (PP) 19:07 (PP) 23:09 (PP) 48:54

April 11, 2009 15:30

Kazakhstan

1–6

Hungary

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,000

				Referee:
	(PP) 47:46 Goals Tamas Erdelyi (EQ) 10:18 (EQ) 10:45 (PP) 31:52 (EQ) 57:08 (EQ) 59:13 Tamas Erdelyi (PP) 59:49

April 12, 2009 12:00

Lithuania

3–4 (OT)

Poland

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,000

				Referee:
	(PP) 05:33 (PP) 34:12 (EQ) 47:45 Goals (PP) 15:57 (PP) 18:07 (PP) 25:16 (EQ) 60:56

April 12, 2009 15:30

Ukraine

0–5

Hungary

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,000

				Referee:
	Goals J Hari (EQ) 22:01 (PP) 28:06 (PP) 41:17 (PP) 43:48 (PP) 51:09

April 12, 2009 19:00

Belarus

6–1

Kazakhstan

Ice Palace Attendance: 4,100

				Referee:
	(EQ) 06:24 (EQ) 09:45 (PP) 25:11 (SH) 27:40 (EQ) 38:33 (EQ) 59:56 Goals M Rakhmanov (EQ) 47:43

Group B[]

The Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy at from 29 March to 4 April 2009.

Final Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Latvia	5	4	0	0	1	18	10	8	12
Denmark	5	3	0	1	1	15	7	8	10
Austria	5	2	2	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

Results

All times local

March 29, 2009 13:30

Japan

5–6 (OT)

Austria

Attendance: 200

				Referee:
	(EQ) 12:21 (SH) 16:39 (PP) 47:21 (PS) 56:24 (EQ) 59:43 Goals (PP) 17:27 P Schneider (EQ) 38:17 (PP) 43:04 P Schneider (EQ) 53:21 (EQ) 59:27 (PP) 64:00

March 29, 2009 17:00

France

4–3 (SO)

Denmark

Attendance: 600

				Referee:
	(PP) 32:12 (PP) 41:00 (EQ) 55:29 (GWS) 65:00 Goals (EQ) 02:45 P Bjorkstrand (PP) 24:22 (EQ) 58:40

March 29, 2009 20:30

Italy

3–5

Latvia

Attendance: 1,700

				Referee:
	(PP) 04:40 (EQ) 11:29 (EQ) 24:43 Goals (EQ) 06:13 (EQ) 22:57 E Biezais (PP) 28:03 (EQ) 30:47 N Kolesnikovs (PP) 45:41

March 30, 2009 13:30

Austria

6–5

France

Attendance: 410

				Referee:
	(EQ) 05:02 (PS) 27:20 (EQ) 37:40 (PP) 39:43 (EQ) 44:01 (EQ) 57:43 Goals V Claireaux (EQ) 21:04 N Ritz (EQ) 25:40 C Betrand (EQ) 27:57 (EQ) 36:28 (PP) 47:01

March 30, 2009 17:00

Latvia

5–2

Japan

Attendance: 520

				Referee:
	(PP) 18:31 (PP) 25:58 J Upitis (EQ) 28:39 (PP) 36:49 V Dobrenkijs (PS) 43:18 Goals H Satoh (EQ) 55:23 H Satoh (PP) 57:26

March 30, 2009 20:30

Denmark

7–0

Italy

Attendance: 1,450

				Referee:
	(EQ) 02:27 (PP) 05:41 (EQ) 06:47 (EQ) 28:11 P Bjorkstrand (EQ) 41:13 A Poulsen (PP) 44:05 J Jensen (EQ) 57:35 Goals

April 1, 2009 13:30

Denmark

1–0

Japan

Attendance: 310

				Referee:
	A Poulsen (EQ) 12:11 Goals

April 1, 2009 17:30

Latvia

3–4

Austria

Attendance: 360

				Referee:
	(PP) 11:53 (PP) 21:41 R. Ķēniņš (EQ) 25:33 Goals (PP) 31:43 (PP) 32:26 (PP) 43:42 (PP) 49:14

April 1, 2009 20:30

France

2–1

Italy

Attendance: 1,150

				Referee:
	(EQ) 14:22 N Ritz (EQ) 21:23 Goals (SH) 52:39

April 2, 2009 13:30

Austria

1–4

Denmark

Attendance: 480

				Referee:
	(EQ) 47:28 Goals S Pedersen (PP) 34:31 (EQ) 35:43 A Poulsen (EQ) 58:26

April 2, 2009 17:00

Latvia

3–1

France

Attendance: 440

				Referee:
	M Bicevskis (EQ) 03:28 R. Ķēniņš (EQ) 35:50 (ENG) 59:40 Goals (PP) 06:43

April 2, 2009 20:30

Italy

1–2 (SO)

Japan

Attendance: 1550

				Referee:
	A Frei (EQ) 18:38 Goals (EQ) 09:40 (GWS) 65:00

April 4, 2009 13:30

Denmark

0–2

Latvia

Attendance: 800

				Referee:
	Goals E Biezais (EQ) 10:44 R. Ķēniņš (ENG) 59:47

April 4, 2009 17:00

Japan

4–3 (SO)

France

Attendance: 570

				Referee:
	(EQ) 16:07 (EQ) 30:58 (PP) 47:22 (GWS) 65:00 Goals A Rech (EQ) 13:27 (SH) 21:34 (PP) 42:27

April 4, 2009 20:30

Austria

4–3 (SO)

Italy

Attendance: 2,250

				Referee:
	K Komarek (EQ) 03:29 P Schneider (EQ) 04:46 (PP) 41:03 P Schneider (GWS) 65:00 Goals (PP) 02:19 (EQ) (EQ) 50:28

Leading scorers[]

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
	Poland	5	5	6	11	+8	6
	Poland	5	6	4	10	+7	35
	Hungary	5	5	4	9	+1	0
	Poland	5	3	6	9	+8	2
	Austria	5	4	4	8	+0	4
	Hungary	5	2	6	8	+0	4
Janos Hari	Hungary	5	3	4	7	+3	6
	Lithuania	5	2	5	7	+0	10
	France	5	5	1	6	−1	6
	Belarus	5	3	3	6	+5	6

Top goaltenders[]

Player	Country	GP	Min	GAA	SV%	SO
	Denmark	4	230:48	0.50	.980	2
	Belarus	3	150:19	0.80	.956	2
	Poland	3	181:28	1.98	.934	1
Jānis Kalniņš	Latvia	3	144:43	1.66	.933	1
	Japan	4	253:45	2.60	.929	0

See also[]

• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships
• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

External links[]

• Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
  • Division I – Group A
  • Division I – Group B