# 2009 IIHF World Championship

The 2009 IIHF World Championship took place from 24 April to 10 May 2009 in Switzerland. The games were played in the PostFinance Arena in Bern and Schluefweg in Kloten.
The PostFinance Arena in Bern was renovated and accommodates an attendance of 17,000. The Eishalle Schluefweg in Kloten was expanded for the 2008–09 season to a capacity of 9,000 people. Switzerland gained the right to host the World Championship for the 10th time. "Live for the Action" by Swiss hard rock veterans Krokus was named the official anthem of the tournament.
Russia won the championship, winning all its matches and defeating Canada in the final 2–1. Ilya Kovalchuk was named the best forward and the most valuable player of the tournament. Over 17 million people watched the televised final around the world.

## Participating teams
### Group A

* Belarus (roster)
* Canada (roster)
* Hungary (roster)
* Slovakia (roster)

### Group B

* France (roster)
* Germany (roster)
* Russia (roster)
* Switzerland (roster)

### Group C

* Austria (roster)
* Latvia (roster)
* Sweden (roster)
* United States (roster)

### Group D

* Czech Republic (roster)
* Denmark (roster)
* Finland (roster)
* Norway (roster)

## Venues

| PostFinance Arena Capacity: 12,000 | BernZürich | Arena Zürich-Kloten Capacity: 7,561 |
| Switzerland – Bern | BernZürich | Switzerland – Zürich |

## Preliminary round

Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the qualifying round. The last team in each group competed in the relegation round.
Groups A and D were played in Kloten, groups B and C in Bern.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 9 | Qualifying round |
| 2 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 | Qualifying round |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | Qualifying round |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 9 | Qualifying round |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Qualifying round |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | Qualifying round |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | Relegation round |
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 7 | Qualifying round |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 | Qualifying round |
| 3 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | Qualifying round |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 9 | Qualifying round |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 6 | Qualifying round |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 2 | Qualifying round |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 1 | Relegation round |
All times are local (UTC+2).

## Qualifying round

The top three teams in the standings of each group of the preliminary round advanced to the qualifying round, and were placed in two groups: teams from Groups A and D went to Group F, while teams from Groups B and C went to Group E.
Each team played three games in this round, one against each of the three teams from the other group paired with theirs. These three games, along with the two games already played against the other two advancing teams from the same group in the preliminary round, counted in the qualifying round standings.
The top four teams in both groups E and F advanced to the playoff round.

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 14 | Playoff round |
| 2 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 10 | Playoff round |
| 3 | United States | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 8 | Playoff round |
| 4 | Latvia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 7 | Playoff round |
| 5 | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 | |
| 6 | France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 27 | −19 | 0 | |
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 13 | Playoff round |
| 2 | Finland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 11 | Playoff round |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 9 | Playoff round |
| 4 | Belarus | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | Playoff round |
| 5 | Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 4 | |
| 6 | Norway | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 2 | |
All times are local (UTC+2).

## Relegation round

The bottom team in the standings from each group of the preliminary round played in the relegation round. Germany, as hosts of the 2010 tournament, were guaranteed to stay in the top division. Denmark, the best ranked team in the group from the other three teams, stayed in the top division for 2010, while Austria and Hungary were relegated to the Division I tournament.

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 9 | Qualified for the 2010 Top Division |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | Relegated to the 2010 Division I |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | Qualified for the 2010 Top Division as hosts |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | Relegated to the 2010 Division I |
All times are local (UTC+2).

## Playoff round
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| E1 | Russia | 4 | | | | | | |
| F4 | Belarus | 3 | | | | | | |
| F4 | Belarus | 3 | QF1 | Russia | 3 | | | |
| | | | QF2 | United States | 2 | | | |
| F2 | Finland | 2 | QF2 | United States | 2 | | | |
| E3 | United States | 3 | | | | | | |
| E3 | United States | 3 | | | | SF1 | Russia | 2 |
| | | | | | | SF2 | Canada | 1 |
| F1 | Canada | 4 | | | | | | | SF2 | Canada | 1 |
| E4 | Latvia | 2 | | | |
| E4 | Latvia | 2 | QF3 | Canada | 3 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | QF4 | Sweden | 1 |
| E2 | Sweden | 3 | QF4 | Sweden | 1 | SF1 | United States | 2 |
| F3 | Czech Republic | 1 | | | | SF2 | Sweden | 4 |

### Gold Medal Game
## Ranking and statistics

* 2009 IIHF World Championship winners
* Russia 2nd/25th title

### Tournament Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Andrei Mezin
** Best Defenceman: Shea Weber
** Best Forward: Ilya Kovalchuk
** Most Valuable Player: Ilya Kovalchuk
* Media All-Star Team:
** Goaltender: Andrei Mezin
** Defence: Kenny Jönsson, Shea Weber
** Forward: Ilya Kovalchuk, Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis

### Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
| | Russia |
| | Canada |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Finland |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | Latvia |
| 8 | Belarus |
| 9 | Switzerland |
| 10 | Slovakia |
| 11 | Norway |
| 12 | France |
| 13 | Denmark |
| 14 | Austria |
| 15 | Germany* |
| 16 | Hungary |
* Hosts of the 2010 WC, therefore exempt from relegation.

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Martin St. Louis | 9 | 4 | 11 | 15 | +8 | 2 | FW |
| Ilya Kovalchuk | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14 | +8 | 4 | FW |
| Mattias Weinhandl | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +1 | 8 | FW |
| Shea Weber | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +5 | 6 | D |
| Jason Spezza | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +4 | 2 | FW |
| Steven Stamkos | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +9 | 6 | FW |
| Niko Kapanen | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +1 | 2 | FW |
| Dany Heatley | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +3 | 8 | FW |
| Petr Čajánek | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +7 | 10 | FW |
| Alexander Radulov | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +7 | 10 | FW |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Chris Mason | 240:00 | 114 | 4 | 1.00 | 96.49 | 1 |
| Andrei Mezin | 314:05 | 172 | 9 | 1.72 | 94.77 | 0 |
| Dwayne Roloson | 303:52 | 158 | 11 | 2.17 | 93.04 | 0 |
| Ilya Bryzgalov | 404:04 | 198 | 14 | 2.08 | 92.93 | 1 |
| Edgars Masaļskis | 426:26 | 233 | 18 | 2.53 | 92.83 | 1 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

## IIHF Broadcasting rights

Standard Definition :
| Country | Broadcaster |
| Austria | ORF |
| Belarus | BTRC |
| Canada | TSN |
| Canada | RDS |
| Czech Republic | Czech Television |
| Denmark | TV2 |
| Finland | YLE |
| Finland | Viasat Sport |
| Finland | Urheilukanava |
| France | Sport+ |
| Germany | DSF |
| Hungary | Sport1 |
| Latvia | TV3 |
| Latvia | TV6 |
| Latvia | Viasat Sport Baltic |
| Latvia | 3+ Latvia |
| Norway | NRK |
| Norway | SportN |
| Poland | Polsat Sport |
| Romania | Sport1 |
| Russia | VGTRK |
| Slovakia | STV |
| Sweden | TV6 |
| Sweden | Viasat Sport |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR idée suisse |
| United States | Universal Sports |
High Definition :
| Country | Broadcaster |
| Austria | ORF1 HD |
| Canada | TSN HD |
| Canada | RDS HD |
| Czech Republic | ČT HD |
| Denmark | TV2 Sport HD |
| Finland | Viasat Sport HD |
| Norway | Viasat Sport HD |
| Sweden | Viasat Sport HD |
| Switzerland | HD Suisse |