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), was the 33rd 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. The tournament set a record for WJC attendance at 453,282. Canada won the gold medal for a record-tying fifth consecutive time.
== Top division ==
=== Preliminary round ===
==== Group A ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Advance to...
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	35	6 	12 	Semifinals
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	28	12	9 	Quarterfinals
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	21	14	6 	Quarterfinals
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	12	19	3 	Relegation round
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	2 	46	0 	Relegation round
;Schedule
All times local EST/UTC−5)
==== Group B ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Advance to...
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	21	3 	12 	Semifinals
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	17	9 	9 	Quarterfinals
 	4 	1	1 	0 	2	12	15	5 	Quarterfinals
 	4 	1	0 	1 	2	10	12	4 	Relegation round
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	5 	26	0 	Relegation round
;Schedule
All times local (EST/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 (EST/UTC−5)
 and are relegated to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
=== Final round ===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====5th place playoff====
====3rd place playoff====
====Final====
===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 Herisau, 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 took 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
 was promoted to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
=== Group B ===
, having been relegated to Division III in 2008, was returned to Division II after forfeited due to finances.
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
 was promoted to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
== Division III ==
The Division III tournament was to have been played in North Korea, but was cancelled. The division was scheduled to include the following:
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 6th in Division II Group A last year and was relegated.
 	Placed 6th in Division II Group B last year and was relegated,
but returned to Division II after forfeited.
 	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
 	Placed 6th in Division III last year.
 	Placed 7th in Division III last year.
 	Host, first appearance since 1993.
==References==
==External links==
* IIHF official tournament site
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