2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2009 IIHF World U18 Championship
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Tournament details
Host country United States
DatesApril 9–19, 2009
Teams10
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg United States (4th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored252 (8.13 per match)
Attendance44,779 (1,444 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Toni Rajala (19 points)
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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
April 9, 2009
16:30		Germany 2 – 11
(1–1, 0–7, 1–3)		 CanadaUrban Plains Center
April 10, 2009
19:30		Switzerland  2 – 4
(0–0, 2–4, 0–0)		 Czech Republic
April 11, 2009
16:00		Sweden 6 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 Germany
April 11, 2009
16:00		Canada 8 – 1
(2–1, 3–0, 3–0)		  SwitzerlandUrban Plains Center
April 12, 2009
17:00		Germany 4 – 3
(2–0, 1–1, 1–2)		 Czech Republic
April 13, 2009
16:00		Sweden 11 – 0
(3–0, 5–0, 3–0)		  Switzerland
April 13, 2009
16:00		Czech Republic 1 – 8
(1–4, 0–1, 0–3)		 CanadaUrban Plains Center
April 14, 2009
16:00		Switzerland  8 – 3
(1–0, 4–2, 3–1)		 Germany
April 14, 2009
16:00		Canada 4 – 3
(2–0, 1–2, 1–1)		 SwedenUrban 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
April 9, 2009
20:00		Norway 0 – 8
(0–2, 0–3, 0–3)		 United StatesUrban Plains Center
April 10, 2009
19:30		Slovakia 3 – 2
(0–0, 0–0, 3–2)		 NorwayUrban Plains Center
April 11, 2009
19:30		Russia 7 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 2–0)		 Slovakia
April 11, 2009
19:30		United States 4 – 3
(2–0, 2–0, 0–3)		 FinlandUrban Plains Center
April 12, 2009
17:00		Norway 1 – 8
(0-4, 0-1, 1-3)		 RussiaUrban Plains Center
April 13, 2009
19:30		Finland 10 – 1
(3-0, 6-1, 1-0)		 Norway
April 13, 2009
19:30		United States 12 – 0
(3-0, 4-0, 5-0)		 SlovakiaUrban Plains Center
April 14, 2009
19:30		Slovakia 0 – 7
(0-3, 0-2, 0-2)		 Finland
April 14, 2009
19:30		Russia 6 – 5
(0-2, 3-1, 3-2)		 United StatesUrban 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
April 17, 2009
19:30		Slovakia 4 – 5 PS
(0-2, 1-2, 3-0 – 0-0, 0-1)		 Germany
April 18, 2009
16:00		Switzerland  3 – 4
(1-0, 2-2, 0-2)		 Slovakia
April 18, 2009
19:30		Germany 3 – 5
(1-1, 1-2, 1-2		 Norway

Final round[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
B1  Finland 0
A2  Sweden 1 B3  Russia 4
B3  Russia 2 B2  United States 5
B3  Russia 1
A1  Canada 1
B2  United States 8 B2  United States 2
A3  Czech Republic 0 Third place
A1  Canada 4
B1  Finland 5

Quarterfinals[]

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

Semifinals[]

April 17, 2009
16:00		Finland 0 – 4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)		 RussiaUrban Plains Center
April 17, 2009
19:30		Canada 1 – 2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)		 United StatesUrban Plains Center

Fifth place game[]

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

Bronze medal game[]

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

Gold medal game[]

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

Final standings[]

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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.

Leading scorers[]

Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Toni Rajala  Finland 6 10 9 19 +10 6
Vladimir Tarasenko  Russia 7 8 7 15 +7 6
Teemu Pulkkinen  Finland 6 7 6 13 +9 4
Yevgeni Kuznetsov  Russia 7 6 7 13 +7 10
Jerry D'Amigo  United States 7 4 9 13 +5 8
Mikael Granlund  Finland 6 2 11 13 +9 0
Magnus Paajarvi Svensson  Sweden 6 6 6 12 +6 0
Alexander Burmistrov  Russia 7 4 7 11 +7 6
Kirill Kabanov  Russia 7 4 7 11 +5 18
Jeremy Morin  United States 7 6 4 10 +6 8

Top goaltenders[]

Player Country GP Min GAA SV% SO
Jack Campbell  United States 5 240:58 0.75 .967 2
 Canada 6 371:10 2.42 .931 0
Igor Bobkov  Russia 6 360:00 3.33 .927 1
Robin Lehner  Sweden 4 235:42 2.80 .916 1
Joni Ortio  Finland 5 308:55 2.91 .903 1

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, Taiwan (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     Final
                 
  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[]

  1. ^ a b "2009 IIHF Under-18 Worlds hosts named" (Press release). USA Hockey. 13 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  2. ^ a b c 2009 World Championship Program iihf.com. Retrieved on June 4, 2008.

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