# 2009 IIHF World Championship Division I rosters

This page lists the rosters for the 2009 IIHF World Championship Division I.

## Division IA
### Australia

* Head coach: Steve McKenna
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
| GK | 1 | Stuart Denman | Melbourne Ice |
| GK | 29 | Matt Ezzy | Newcastle Northstars |
| D | 2 | David Huxley | Adelaide Adrenaline |
| D | 4 | Robert Starke | Newcastle Northstars |
| D | 5 | Joshua Harding | Adelaide Adrenaline |
| D | 16 | David Dunwoodie | West Sydney Ice Dogs |
| D | 17 | Andrew White | West Sydney Ice Dogs |
| D | 24 | Riccardo Del Basso | West Coast Flyers |
| D | 25 | Jarred Seymour | Stouffville Spirit |
| F | 6 | Roberto Franchini | Sydney Bears |
| F | 7 | Adrian Esposito | Sydney Bears |
| F | 8 | Casey Minson | Newcastle Northstars |
| F | 9 | Tomas Manco | West Sydney Ice Dogs |
| F | 10 | Greg Oddy | Adelaide Adrenaline |
| F | 11 | Vladan Stransky | Sydney Bears |
| F | 14 | Bradley Young | West Coast Avalanche |
| F | 15 | Mitchell Villani | Adelaide Adrenaline |
| F | 18 | Todd Stephenson | West Sydney Ice Dogs |
| F | 19 | Scott Stephenson | West Sydney Ice Dogs |
| F | 20 | Vlad Rubes | Sydney Bears |
| F | 22 | Lliam Webster | Melbourne Ice |
| F | 23 | David Upton | Brisbane Blue Tongues |

### Croatia

* Head coach: Pavle Kavčič
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
| GK | 1 | Nenad Škrapec | KHL Zagreb |
| GK | 30 | Vanja Belić | KHL Mladost |
| D | 4 | Miroslav Brumerčik | KHL Medveščak Zagreb |
| D | 6 | Marko Tadić | KHL Mladost |
| D | 10 | Igor Jačmenjak | KHL Mladost |
| D | 12 | Saša Belić | KHL Medveščak Zagreb |
| D | 16 | Luka Novosel | KHL Medveščak Zagreb |
| D | 24 | Nikša Trstenjak | KHL Mladost |
| D | 25 | Tomislav Šulevski | KHL Medveščak Zagreb |
| D | 26 | Mario Sertić | KHL Zagreb |
| F | 3 | Dominik Kanaet | MHC Martin |
| F | 8 | Petar Trstenjak | HC Slovan Bratislava |
| F | 11 | Viliam Chovanec | HC Sabinov |
| F | 14 | Mato Mlađenović | KHL Medveščak Zagreb |
| F | 15 | Mario Novak | KHL Mladost |
| F | 17 | Borna Rendulić | Ässät |
| F | 18 | Janko Kučera | KHL Mladost |
| F | 20 | Veljko Žibret | KHL Medveščak Zagreb |
| F | 22 | Tomislav Grozaj | KHL Mladost |
| F | 23 | Damir Jakovac | KHL Mladost |
| F | 27 | Kresimir Švigir | KHL Medveščak Zagreb |
| F | 28 | Matija Kopajtić | KHL Zagreb |

### Japan

* Head coach: Mark Mahon
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
| GK | 1 | Masahito Haruna | Oji Eagles |
| GK | 30 | Hisashi Ishikawa | Nippon Paper Cranes |
| D | 2 | Jun Tonosaki | Nippon Paper Cranes |
| D | 4 | Aaron Keller | Oji Eagles |
| D | 5 | Fumitaka Miyauchi | Seibu Prince Rabbits |
| D | 6 | Makoto Kawashima | Oji Eagles |
| D | 12 | Yōsuke Haga | Oji Eagles |
| D | 24 | Ryuichi Kawai | Seibu Prince Rabbits |
| D | 27 | Ryota Minami | Oji Eagles |
| F | 8 | Yōsuke Kon | Seibu Prince Rabbits |
| F | 9 | Sho Sato | Seibu Prince Rabbits |
| F | 10 | Toru Kamino | Seibu Prince Rabbits |
| F | 11 | Masahito Nishiwaki | Seibu Prince Rabbits |
| F | 13 | Masafumi Ogawa | Oji Eagles |
| F | 14 | Go Tanaka | Seibu Prince Rabbits |
| F | 15 | Shuhei Kuji | Waseda University |
| F | 16 | Daisuke Obara | Seibu Prince Rabbits |
| F | 17 | Yohinori Iimura | Nippon Paper Cranes |
| F | 18 | Takahito Suzuki | Seibu Prince Rabbits |
| F | 19 | Takeshi Saito | Oji Eagles |
| F | 25 | Shunsuke Shigeno | Chuo University |
| F | 26 | Tetsuya Saito | Oji Eagles |

### Kazakhstan

* Head coach: Andrei Shayanov
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
| GK | 29 | Ivan Poloshkov | Kazzinc-Torpedo |
| GK | 30 | Alexei Kuznetsov | Barys Astana |
| D | 3 | Yevgeni Mazunin | Yermak Angarsk |
| D | 4 | Sergei Yakovenko | Mechel Chelyabinsk |
| D | 5 | Vladislav Kolesnikov | Kazzinc-Torpedo |
| D | 6 | Artemi Lakiza | Barys Astana |
| D | 7 | Yevgeni Fadeyev | Barys Astana |
| D | 9 | Vladimir Antipin | Amur Khabarovsk |
| D | 11 | Roman Savchenko | Kazzinc-Torpedo |
| D | 20 | Georgi Petrov | Kazzinc-Torpedo |
| F | 10 | Maksim Belyayev | Lada Togliatti |
| F | 14 | Alexei Vorontsov | Kazzinc-Torpedo |
| F | 15 | Andrei Samokhvalov | Khimvolonko Mogilev |
| F | 16 | Alexander Shin | Kazzinc-Torpedo |
| F | 17 | Aleksandr Koreshkov | Barys Astana |
| F | 18 | Yevgeni Rymarev | Barys Astana |
| F | 22 | Roman Starchenko | Barys Astana |
| F | 23 | Andrei Spiridonov | Kazzinc-Torpedo |
| F | 24 | Sergey Alexandrov | Kazzinc-Torpedo |
| F | 25 | Ilya Solarev | Barys Astana |
| F | 26 | Vadim Krasnoslobotsev | Barys Astana |
| F | 28 | Andrei Gavrilin | Barys Astana |

### Lithuania

* Head coach: Dmitrij Medvedev
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
| GK | 29 | Emestas Kielius | Hvezda Prague |
| GK | 30 | Nerijus Dauksevicius | SC Energija |
| D | 3 | Mindaugas Kieras | SC Energija |
| D | 4 | Petras Nauseda | SC Energija |
| D | 5 | Justinas Vezelis | SC Energija |
| D | 6 | Arturas Katulis | Dizel Penza |
| D | 7 | Tomas Vysniauskas | SC Energija |
| D | 13 | Andrius Kaminskas | Bracknell Bees |
| D | 18 | Karolis Nekrasevicius | Lukko |
| D | 25 | Rolandas Aliukonis | SC Energija |
| F | 9 | Egidijus Bauba | DHK Latgale |
| F | 10 | Dmitrijus Bernatavicius | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil |
| F | 12 | Sergej Ivanuskin | HC Dmitrov |
| F | 15 | Arnoldas Bosas | HC Sparta Praha |
| F | 17 | Tadas Kumeliauskas | SC Energija |
| F | 19 | Donatas Kumeliauskas | DHK Latgale |
| F | 21 | Martynas Slikas | SC Energija |
| F | 22 | Dovydas Kulevicius | SC Energija |
| F | 23 | Serunas Kuliesius | SC Energija |
| F | 24 | Darius Lelenas | HK Liepājas Metalurgs |
| F | 27 | Povilas Verenis | SC Energija |
| F | 28 | Dalius Vaiciukevicius | SC Energija |

### Slovenia

* Head coach: John Harrington
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
| GK | 1 | Andrej Hocevar | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| GK | 30 | Ales Sila | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| D | 3 | Ziga Svete | Hokki |
| D | 4 | Andrej Tavzelj | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| D | 5 | Mitja Robar | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| D | 6 | Bostjan Groznik | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| D | 7 | Žiga Pavlin | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| D | 20 | Sabahudin Kovacevic | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| D | 27 | Jakob Molvanovic | Briançon Alpes Provence HC |
| F | 9 | Tomaz Razingar | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| F | 10 | Mitja Šivic | Brûleurs de Loups |
| F | 12 | David Rodman | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| F | 13 | Rok Tičar | Timrå IK |
| F | 14 | Matej Hocevar | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| F | 15 | Egon Muric | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| F | 16 | Alex Music | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| F | 17 | Jurij Goličič | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| F | 18 | Gregor Polončič | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| F | 19 | Ziga Pance | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| F | 21 | Andrej Hebar | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| F | 22 | Marcel Rodman | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| F | 24 | Anze Terlikar | HK Acroni Jesenice |

## Division IB
### Great Britain

* Head coach: Paul Thompson
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
| GK | 29 | Jody Lehman | Sheffield Steelers |
| GK | 30 | Stevie Lyle | Belfast Giants |
| D | 4 | Shane Johnson | Belfast Giants |
| D | 13 | David Phillips | Belfast Giants |
| D | 14 | Jonathan Weaver | Coventry Blaze |
| D | 15 | Tom Watkins | Coventry Blaze |
| D | 18 | Graeme Walton | Belfast Giants |
| D | 22 | Mark Thomas | Sheffield Steelers |
| D | 23 | Danny Meyers | Nottingham Panthers |
| D | 27 | Ben O'Connor | Coventry Blaze |
| F | 5 | David Clarke | Nottingham Panthers |
| F | 7 | Jason Hewitt | Sheffield Steelers |
| F | 8 | Matt Myers | Nottingham Panthers |
| F | 9 | Greg Owen | Briançon Alpes Provence HC |
| F | 10 | Mark Richardson | Nottingham Panthers |
| F | 11 | Phil Hill | Cardiff Devils |
| F | 12 | Robert Dowd | Sheffield Steelers |
| F | 17 | Russell Cowley | Coventry Blaze |
| F | 19 | Colin Shields | Belfast Giants |
| F | 21 | Ashley Tait | Sheffield Steelers |
| F | 24 | Greg Chambers | Basingstoke Bison |
| F | 25 | David Longstaff | Newcastle Vipers |

### Italy

* Head coach: Rick Cornacchia
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
| GK | 1 | Thomas Tragust | SHC Fassa |
| GK | 30 | Adam Russo | Diables Noirs de Tours |
| D | 4 | Christian Borgatello | HC Bolzano |
| D | 6 | Michele Strazzabosco | SG Cortina |
| D | 7 | Stefano Marchetti | SHC Fassa |
| D | 14 | Armin Hofer | HC Pustertal-Val Pusteria |
| D | 16 | Trevor Johnson | HC Asiago |
| D | 18 | Steven Gallace | SG Cortina |
| D | 26 | Armin Helfer | Kloten Flyers |
| F | 2 | Stefan Zisser | HC Bolzano |
| F | 5 | Diego Iori | SHC Fassa |
| F | 8 | John Parco | HC Asiago |
| F | 9 | Girogio de Bettin | SG Cortina |
| F | 11 | Roland Ramoser | HC Bolzano |
| F | 15 | Luca Felicetti | SHC Fassa |
| F | 17 | Luca Ansoldi | HC Bolzano |
| F | 21 | Thomas Pichler | HC Pustertal-Val Pusteria |
| F | 22 | Stefano Margoni | HC Pontebba |
| F | 23 | Patrick Iannone | HC Pustertal-Val Pusteria |
| F | 24 | Nicola Fontanive | HC Alleghe |
| F | 27 | Michael Souza | SG Cortina |
| F | 28 | Manuel de Toni | HC Alleghe |

### Netherlands

* Head coach: Tommie Hueartogs
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
| GK | 1 | Casper Swart | HYS The Hague |
| GK | 29 | Martijn Maghielse | Heerenveen Flyers |
| GK | 30 | Phil Groeneveld | HC Alleghe |
| D | 2 | Peinier Staats | Eindhoven Kemphanen |
| D | 4 | Nick Verbruggen | Eindhoven Kemphanen |
| D | 9 | Nicky de Jong | Heerenveen Flyers |
| D | 14 | Jordy van Oorschot | Amsterdam Tigers |
| D | 16 | Chad Euverman | Chamonix Hockey Club |
| D | 22 | Erik Tummers | Geleen Smoke Eaters |
| D | 25 | Bjorn Willemse | Tilburg Trappers |
| F | 5 | Diederick Hagmeijer | Eindhoven Kemphanen |
| F | 6 | Ivy van den Heuvel | Amsterdam Tigers |
| F | 8 | Antony Demelinne | HYS The Hague |
| F | 10 | Peter van Biezen | Tilburg Trappers |
| F | 15 | Mitch Bruijsten | Sioux City Musketeers |
| F | 17 | Bob Teunissen | Tilburg Trappers |
| F | 18 | Levi Houkes | Nijmegen Devils |
| F | 19 | Casey van Schagen | Tilburg Trappers |
| F | 20 | Mat Korthuis | HYS The Hague |
| F | 21 | Marcel Kars | Amsterdam Tigers |
| F | 24 | Akim Ramoul | Nijmegen Devils |
| F | 26 | Jamie Schaafsma | HC Bolzano |
| F | 28 | Macro Postma | Nijmegen Devils |

### Poland

* Head coach: Peter Ekroth
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
| GK | 1 | Krzysztof Zborowski | Podhale Nowy Targ |
| GK | 29 | Rafal Radziszewski | KS Cracovia Kraków |
| D | 6 | Andrzej Banaszczak | ZSME Zaglebie Sosnowiec |
| D | 19 | Patryk Noworyta | KS Cracovia Kraków |
| D | 20 | Adam Borzecki | EC Bad Tölz |
| D | 22 | Jarosław Klys | KS Cracovia Kraków |
| D | 23 | Grzegorz Piekarski | JKH Czarne Jastrzebie |
| D | 24 | Sebastian Gonera | GKS Tychy |
| D | 28 | Mateusz Rompkowski | GKS Stoczniowiec Gdańsk |
| F | 8 | Blaze Salamon | TMH Polonia Bytom |
| F | 9 | Damian Slabon | KS Cracovia Kraków |
| F | 10 | Krzysztof Zapala | Podhale Nowy Targ |
| F | 11 | Maciej Urbanowicz | GKS Stoczniowiec Gdańsk |
| F | 12 | Sebastian Kowalowka | KS Cracovia Kraków |
| F | 13 | Marcin Kolusz | Podhale Nowy Targ |
| F | 14 | Mariusz Jakubik | GKS Tychy |
| F | 15 | Leszek Laszkiwicz | KS Cracovia Kraków |
| F | 16 | Tomasz Malasinski | Podhale Nowy Targ |
| F | 18 | Krystian Dziubinski | Podhale Nowy Targ |
| F | 25 | Mikolaj Lopuski | GKS Stozniowiec Gdańsk |
| F | 26 | Mateusz Danieluk | JKH Czame Jastrzebie |
| F | 27 | Tomasz Proszkiewicz | GKS Tychy |

### Romania

* Head coach: Thomas Skinner
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
| GK | 29 | Istvan Cergo | Steaua București |
| GK | 30 | Szabolcs Molnar | Progym Gheorgheni |
| D | 2 | Istvan Sprencz | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| D | 3 | Szaboics Molnar | Sportul Studenţesc |
| D | 4 | Attila David | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| D | 10 | Istvan Antal | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| D | 16 | Szabolcs Tanko | Fenestela 68 Brașov |
| D | 18 | Endre Kosa | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| D | 25 | Csaba Nagy | Progym Gheorgheni |
| D | 28 | Szabolcs Papp | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| F | 6 | Tihamer Becze | Budapest Stars |
| F | 7 | Csanad Virag | HC Csíkszereda |
| F | 9 | Catalin Geru | Steaua București |
| F | 12 | Ciprian Tapu | Steaua București |
| F | 13 | Leonard Pascaru | Steaua București |
| F | 14 | Mihail Georgescu | Steaua București |
| F | 15 | Levente Zsok | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| F | 23 | Ervin Moldovan | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| F | 24 | Zsolt Molnar | HC Csíkszereda |
| F | 26 | Attila Imecs | Budapest Stars |
| F | 27 | Szabolcs Szocs | SC Miercurea Ciuc |

### Ukraine

* Head coach: Oleksandr Seukand
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
| GK | 1 | Igor Karpenko | Sokil Kyiv |
| GK | 29 | Kostiantyn Simchuk | Sibir Novosibirsk |
| D | 2 | Yuri Gunko | Sokil Kyiv |
| D | 3 | Serhiy Klymentiev | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
| D | 5 | Oleg Blagoi | Keramin Minsk |
| D | 6 | Andri Sriubko | Sokil Kyiv |
| D | 14 | Yuri Navarenko | Sokil Kyiv |
| D | 19 | Dmytro Yakushyn | Sokil Kyiv |
| D | 25 | Oleksandr Pobiedonostsev | Sokil Kyiv |
| D | 28 | Vitali Lyutkevych | Sokil Kyiv |
| F | 7 | Oleg Shafarenko | Sokil Kyiv |
| F | 8 | Andri Mikhnov | Lada Togliatti |
| F | 10 | Vadym Shakhraychuk | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| F | 11 | Sergi Kharchenko | Sokil Kyiv |
| F | 12 | Serhiy Varlamov | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| F | 13 | Artem Gnidenko | HK Vitebsk |
| F | 15 | Vitaliy Lytvynenko | Sokil Kyiv |
| F | 16 | Oleh Timchenko | Yunost Minsk |
| F | 17 | Yuri Dyachenko | Sokil Kyiv |
| F | 22 | Dmytro Tsyrul | Sokil Kyiv |
| F | 23 | Roman Salnikov | Sokil Kyiv |
| F | 24 | Oleksandr Matviychuk | Sokil Kyiv |