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.
All 17 games played at the Urban Plains Center in Fargo were broadcast live by USA Hockey partner FASTHockey.com. The gold medal game featuring the United States versus Russia was broadcast for free.
== 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
 	4 	3	1 	0 	0	27	8 	+19 	11
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	25	8 	+17 	9
 	4 	1	0 	1 	2	12	17	−5 	4
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	11	28	–17 	3
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	13	27	−14 	3
==== Group B ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	27	9 	+18 	9
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	29	9 	+20 	9
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	25	15	+10 	9
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	7 	28	−21 	3
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	4 	31	−27 	0
===Relegation round===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
 	3 	2	1 	0 	0	17	10	+7 	6
 	3 	2	0 	1 	0	13	9 	+4 	7
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	10	14	−4 	3
 	3 	0	1 	0 	1	10	17	−7 	2
====Results====
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
*April 10, 2009: 5-2 
*April 14, 2009: 8–3 
===Final round===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Final standings===
Rk. 	Team
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 and are relegated to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.
===Leading scorers===
Player 	Country	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM
Toni Rajala 	 	6 	10	9 	19 	+10	6
Vladimir Tarasenko 	 	7 	8 	7 	15 	+7 	6
Teemu Pulkkinen 	 	6 	7 	6 	13 	+9 	4
Yevgeni Kuznetsov 	 	7 	6 	7 	13 	+7 	10
Jerry D'Amigo 	 	7 	4 	9 	13 	+5 	8
Mikael Granlund 	 	6 	2 	11	13 	+9 	0
Magnus Paajarvi Svensson	 	6 	6 	6 	12 	+6 	0
Alexander Burmistrov 	 	7 	4 	7 	11 	+7 	6
Kirill Kabanov 	 	7 	4 	7 	11 	+5 	18
Jeremy Morin 	 	7 	6 	4 	10 	+6 	8
===Top goaltenders===
Player 	Country	GP	Min 	GAA 	SV% 	SO
Jack Campbell	 	5 	240:58	0.75	.967	2
Michael Zador	 	6 	371:10	2.42	.931	0
Igor Bobkov 	 	6 	360:00	3.33	.927	1
Robin Lehner 	 	4 	235:42	2.80	.916	1
Joni Ortio 	 	5 	308:55	2.91	.903	1
== Division I ==
The following teams will take part in the Division I tournament. Group A will played in Minsk, Belarus between April 6 and April 12, 2009. Group B will be played in Asiago, Italy between March 29 and April 5, 2009:
=== Group A ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	5 	4	1 	0 	0	23	6 	+17	14
 	5 	2	2 	0 	1	25	13	+12	10
 	5 	3	0 	1 	1	19	18	+1 	10
 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	16	21	−5 	7
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	13	16	−3 	4
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	7 	29	−22	0
 is promoted to Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships 
 is relegated to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
=== Group B ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	18	10	8 	12
 	5 	3	0 	1 	1	15	7 	8 	10
 	5 	2	1 	0 	1	21	20	1 	10
 	5 	1	1 	1 	2	15	17	-2 	6
 	5 	0	2 	1 	2	13	16	-3 	5
 	5 	0	0 	2 	3	8 	20	-12	2
 is promoted to Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships 
 is relegated to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
== Division II ==
The following teams will take part in the Division II tournament. Group A will played in Maribor, Slovenia between March 22 and March 28, 2009. Group B will be played in Narva, Estonia between March 16 and March 22, 2009:
=== Group A ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	30	4 	26 	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	42	5 	37 	12
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	23	20	3 	9
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	23	27	-4 	6
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	12	27	-15	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	3 	50	-47	0
 is promoted to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships 
 is relegated to Division III for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
=== Group B ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	46	11	35 	15
 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	22	14	8 	11
 	5 	1	2 	1 	1	23	19	4 	8
 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	34	22	12 	7
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	16	35	-19	4
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	9 	49	-40	0
 is promoted to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships 
 is relegated to Division III for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
== Division III ==
The following teams will take part in the Division III tournament. Group A will played in Taipei, Chinese Taipei (Republic of China) between February 27 and March 5, 2009. Group B will be played in Erzurum, Turkey between March 9 and March 15, 2009:
=== Group A ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	63	3 	60 	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	28	12	16 	9
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	28	14	14 	6
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	19	32	-13	3
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	4 	81	-77	0
 is promoted to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
=== Group B ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	48	1 	47 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	25	26	-1 	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	9 	39	-30	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	8 	24	-16	0
 is promoted to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
== Related Websites ==
* 2009 IIHF U18 Hockey Championship - Fargo-Moorhead Official Website
* Fast Hockey, broadcasting the games from the Urban Plains Center on the Internet
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