# 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

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. 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.
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
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 11 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 27 | −14 | 3 | Relegation round |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Finland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Norway | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 0 | Relegation round |

### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 7 | |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 6 | |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 3 | Relegated to the 2010 Division I |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 2 | Relegated to the 2010 Division I |

#### Results

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
* April 10, 2009: Slovakia 5-2 Norway
* April 14, 2009: Switzerland 8–3 Germany

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B1 | Finland | 0 | | | |
| A2 | Sweden | 1 | B3 | Russia | 4 | | | |
| B3 | Russia | 4 | | | | B2 | United States | 5 |
| | | | | | | B3 | Russia | 0 |
| | | | A1 | Canada | 1 | | | |
| B2 | United States | 6 | B2 | United States | 2 | | | |
| A3 | Czech Republic | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5th place match | 5th place match | 5th place match | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | | A2 | Sweden | 4 | A1 | Canada | 4 |
| | | | A3 | Czech Republic | 2 | B1 | Finland (GWS) | 5 |

#### Gold medal game
### Final standings

| Rk. | Team |
| | United States |
| | Russia |
| | 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 |
| Michael Zador | 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
### Group A

The tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus between April 6 and April 12, 2009.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Belarus | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | +17 | 14 | Promoted to the 2010 Top Division |
| 2 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 10 | |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 10 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 7 | |
| 5 | Lithuania | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 4 | |
| 6 | Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 29 | −22 | 0 | Relegated to the 2010 Division II |

### Group B

The tournament was played in Asiago, Italy between March 29 and April 5, 2009.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Latvia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 12 | Promoted to the 2010 Top Division |
| 2 | Denmark | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 10 | |
| 3 | Austria | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 10 | |
| 4 | France | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 5 | |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 2 | Relegated to the 2010 Division II |

## Division II
### Group A

The tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia between March 22 and March 28, 2009.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | +26 | 15 | Promoted to the 2010 Division I |
| 2 | Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 5 | +37 | 12 | |
| 3 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 9 | |
| 4 | Croatia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 3 | |
| 6 | Mexico | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 50 | −47 | 0 | Relegated to the 2010 Division III |

### Group B

The tournament was played in Narva, Estonia between March 16 and March 22, 2009.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 11 | +35 | 15 | Promoted to the 2010 Division I |
| 2 | Estonia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 11 | |
| 3 | Belgium | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 8 | |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 7 | |
| 5 | Serbia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 4 | |
| 6 | China | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 49 | −40 | 0 | Relegated to the 2010 Division III |

## Division III
### Group A

The tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) between February 27 and March 5, 2009.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 3 | +60 | 12 | Promoted to the 2010 Division II |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 9 | |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 6 | |
| 4 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 3 | |
| 5 | Mongolia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 81 | −77 | 0 | |

### Group B

The tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey between March 9 and March 15, 2009.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Iceland | 15 | | | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | Iceland | 8 |
| | | | 2 | Turkey | 2 |
| 2 | Turkey | 9 | 2 | Turkey | 2 |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | | 3 | Ireland | 6 |
| | | | 4 | Bulgaria | 3 |
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Iceland |
| 2 | Turkey |
| 3 | Ireland |
| 4 | Bulgaria |
* Promoted to the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II