2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2009 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2009 WJHC), is the 2009 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was hosted in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Games were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scotiabank Place.
==Bid process==
Five potential bid groups formally submitted their bids before the March 31, 2006, deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee in Calgary on April 18, 2006:
*Joint bid from Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta;
*Montreal, Quebec;
*Ottawa, Ontario;
*Toronto, Ontario; and
*Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan
On May 3, 2006, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced that Ottawa was chosen to host the 2009 tournament.
== Top division ==
=== Preliminary round ===
==== Group A ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	35	6 	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	28	12	9
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	21	14	6
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	12	19	3
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	2 	47	0
 
;Schedule
All times local (Eastern Time Zone/UTC-5)
==== Group B ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	21	3 	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	17	9 	9
 	4 	1	1 	0 	2	12	15	5
 	4 	1	0 	1 	2	10	12	4
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	5 	26	0
;Schedule
All times local (Eastern Time Zone/UTC-5)
=== Relegation round ===
The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	15	3 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	15	7 	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	11	10	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	2 	23	0
====Schedule====
All times local (Eastern Time Zone/UTC-5)
 and are relegated to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
=== Final round ===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====5th place playoff====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Top 10 scorers===
Player 	Country	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM
Cody Hodgson 	 	6 	5	11	16 	+8 	2
John Tavares 	 	6 	8	7 	15 	+7 	0
Jordan Eberle 	 	6 	6	7 	13 	+9 	2
Nikita Filatov 	 	7 	8	3 	11 	+3 	6
Tomáš Tatar 	 	7 	7	4 	11 	-2 	4
Jordan Schroeder 	 	6 	3	8 	11 	+1 	2
James van Riemsdyk	 	6 	6	4 	10 	+1 	4
Jan Káňa 	 	6 	6	3 	9 	+2 	0
Teemu Hartikainen 	 	6 	3	6 	9 	+4 	4
P. K. Subban 	 	6 	3	6 	9 	+12	6
Colin Wilson 	 	6 	3	6 	9 	+1 	4
Erik Karlsson 	 	6 	2	7 	9 	+6 	0
Kevin Shattenkirk 	 	6 	1	8 	9 	+5 	4
=== Goaltending leaders ===
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Player 	Country	MINS	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
Jacob Markström 	 	298 	8 	.943	1.61	1
Juha Metsola 	 	245 	6 	.939	1.47	0
Vadim Zhelobnyuk	 	292 	11	.925	2.26	0
Dustin Tokarski 	 	248 	11	.906	2.65	0
Nauris Enkuzens 	 	346 	25	.903	4.33	0
===Tournament awards===
;Most Valuable Player
* John Tavares
;All-star team
*Goaltender: Jaroslav Janus
*Defencemen: P. K. Subban, Erik Karlsson
*Forwards: John Tavares, Cody Hodgson, Nikita Filatov
;IIHF best player awards
*Goaltender: Jacob Markström
*Defenceman: Erik Karlsson
*Forward: John Tavares
===Final standings===
 	Team
 	
 	
 	
4th 	
5th 	
6th 	
7th 	
8th 	
9th 	
10th	
== Division I ==
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A was played in Switzerland between December 14 and December 20, 2008. Group B was played in Aalborg, Denmark between December 15 and December 21, 2008:
=== Group A ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	31	7 	24 	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	39	7 	32 	12
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	33	17	16 	9
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	31	17	14 	6
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	7 	23	-16	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	6 	76	-70	0
 is promoted to the Top Division and is relegated to Division II for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
=== Group B ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
 	5 	4	0 	1 	0	28	9 	19 	13
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	16	13	3 	12
 	5 	2	1 	0 	2	14	17	-3 	8
 	5 	2	1 	0 	2	14	10	4 	8
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	10	16	-6 	3
 	5 	0	0 	1 	4	11	28	-17	1
 is promoted to the Top Division and is relegated to Division II for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
== Division II ==
The following teams will take part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania between December 15 and December 21, 2008. Group B was played in Logroño, Spain between January 10 and January 15, 2009:
=== Group A ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	45	11	34 	12
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	35	9 	26 	12
 	5 	2	2 	0 	1	19	18	1 	10
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	17	32	-15	6
 	5 	0	1 	1 	3	10	33	-23	3
 	5 	0	0 	2 	3	9 	32	-23	2
 is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
=== Group B ===
250px|thumb|Croatian national team, winners of Group B.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	34	15	19 	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	29	10	19 	12
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	28	12	16 	9
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	11	27	-16	6
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	12	19	-7 	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	9 	40	-31	0
 is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
== Division III ==
The following teams were going to take part in the Division III tournament.
The tournament, to be held in North Korea was cancelled.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	Pts
 	0 	0	0 	0 	0	0 	0 	0 	0
 	0 	0	0 	0 	0	0 	0 	0 	0
 	0 	0	0 	0 	0	0 	0 	0 	0
 	0 	0	0 	0 	0	0 	0 	0 	0
 	0 	0	0 	0 	0	0 	0 	0 	0
==External links==
* IIHF official tournament site
==See also==
* 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division I
* 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II
* 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division III
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