2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

2009 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Dates April 9–19, 2009
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   United States (4th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 252 (8.13 per match)
Attendance 44,779 (1,444 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Finland Toni Rajala (19 points)
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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.[1] 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.[1]

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
 Canada 44000278+1912
 Sweden 43001258+179
 Czech Republic 410031217−53
  Switzerland 410031128–173
 Germany 410031327−143
April 9, 2009
16:00		Czech Republic 0 – 7
(0–3, 0–3, 0–1)		 SwedenMoorhead Sports Center
April 9, 2009
16:30		Germany 2 – 11
(1–1, 0–7, 1–3)		 CanadaUrban Plains Center
April 10, 2009
19:30		Switzerland  2 – 4
(0–0, 2–4, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicMoorhead Sports Center
April 11, 2009
16:00		Sweden 6 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 GermanyMoorhead Sports Center
April 11, 2009
16:00		Canada 8 – 1
(2–1, 3–0, 3–0)		  SwitzerlandUrban Plains Center
April 12, 2009
17:00		Germany 4 – 3
(2–0, 1–1, 1–2)		 Czech RepublicMoorhead Sports Center
April 13, 2009
16:00		Sweden 11 – 0
(3–0, 5–0, 3–0)		  SwitzerlandMoorhead Sports Center
April 13, 2009
16:00		Czech Republic 1 – 8
(1–4, 0–1, 0–3)		 CanadaUrban Plains Center
April 14, 2009
16:00		Switzerland  8 – 3
(1–0, 4–2, 3–1)		 GermanyMoorhead Sports Center
April 14, 2009
16:00		Canada 4 – 3
(2–0, 1–2, 1–1)		 SwedenUrban Plains Center

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff PTS
 Finland 43001279+189
 United States 43001299+209
 Russia 430012515+109
 Slovakia 41003728−213
 Norway 40004431−270
April 9, 2009
19:30		Finland 6 – 4
(2–2, 3–2, 1–0)		 RussiaMoorhead Sports Center
April 9, 2009
20:00		Norway 0 – 8
(0–2, 0–3, 0–3)		 United StatesUrban Plains Center
April 10, 2009
19:30		Slovakia 3 – 2
(0–0, 0–0, 3–2)		 NorwayUrban Plains Center
April 11, 2009
19:30		Russia 7 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 2–0)		 SlovakiaMoorhead Sports Center
April 11, 2009
19:30		United States 4 – 3
(2–0, 2–0, 0–3)		 FinlandUrban Plains Center
April 12, 2009
17:00		Norway 1 - 8
(0-4, 0-1, 1-3)		 RussiaUrban Plains Center
April 13, 2009
19:30		Finland 10 - 1
(3-0, 6-1, 1-0)		 NorwayMoorhead Sports Center
April 13, 2009
19:30		United States 12 - 0
(3-0, 4-0, 5-0)		 SlovakiaUrban Plains Center
April 14, 2009
19:30		Slovakia 0 - 7
(0-3, 0-2, 0-2)		 FinlandMoorhead Sports Center
April 14, 2009
19:30		Russia 6 - 5
(0-2, 3-1, 3-2)		 United StatesUrban Plains Center

Relegation round

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff PTS
 Slovakia 32010139+47
  Switzerland 320011710+76
 Norway 310021014−43
 Germany 301021017−72

Results

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

April 16, 2009
19:30		Switzerland  7 – 3
(3–1, 4–1, 0–1)		 NorwayMoorhead Sports Center
April 17, 2009
19:30		Slovakia 4 - 5 PS
(0-2, 1-2, 3-0 - 0-0, 0-1)		 GermanyMoorhead Sports Center
April 18, 2009
16:00		Switzerland  3 - 4
(1-0, 2-2, 0-2)		 SlovakiaMoorhead Sports Center
April 18, 2009
19:30		Germany 3 - 5
(1-1, 1-2, 1-2		 NorwayMoorhead Sports Center

Final round

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
      B1   Finland 3  
  A2   Sweden 1     B3   Russia 4    
  B3   Russia 2         B2   United States 5
      B3   Russia 1
      A1   Canada 1    
  B2   United States 8     B2   United States 2   Third place
  A3   Czech Republic 0   A1   Canada 4
  B1   Finland 5

Quarterfinals

April 16, 2009
16:00		Sweden 1 – 2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–2)		 RussiaUrban Plains Center
April 16, 2009
19:30		United States 8 – 0
(2–0, 4–0, 2–0)		 Czech RepublicUrban Plains Center

Semifinals

April 17, 2009
16:00		Finland 3 - 4 GWS
(0–0, 0–2, 3–1, 0-1)		 RussiaUrban Plains Center
April 17, 2009
19:30		Canada 1 - 2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)		 United StatesUrban Plains Center

Fifth place game

April 18, 2009
19:30		Sweden 6 - 1
(2–0, 3–0, 1–1)		 Czech RepublicUrban Plains Center

Bronze medal game

April 19, 2009
15:00		Canada 4 - 5 PS
(3–1, 1–1, 0–2, 0-0, 0-1)		 FinlandUrban Plains Center

Gold medal game

April 19, 2009
19:00		United States 5 - 1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 RussiaUrban Plains Center

Final standings

Rk. Team
1st, gold medalist(s) United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A was played in Minsk, Belarus between April 6 and April 12, 2009. Group B was played in Asiago, Italy between March 29 and April 5, 2009.[2]

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Belarus 5 4 1 0 0 23 6 +17 14
 Poland 5 2 2 0 1 25 13 +12 10
 Hungary 5 3 0 1 1 19 18 +1 10
 Kazakhstan 5 2 0 1 2 16 21 −5 7
 Lithuania 5 1 0 1 3 13 16 −3 4
 Ukraine 5 0 0 0 5 7 29 −22 0

 Belarus is promoted to Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.
 Ukraine is relegated to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Latvia 5 4 0 0 1 18 10 +8 12
 Denmark 5 3 0 1 1 15 7 +8 10
 Austria 5 2 1 0 1 21 20 +1 10
 France 5 1 1 1 2 15 17 −2 6
 Japan 5 0 2 1 2 13 16 −3 5
 Italy 5 0 0 2 3 8 20 −12 2

 Latvia is promoted to Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.
 Italy is relegated to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played in Maribor, Slovenia between March 22 and March 28, 2009. Group B was played in Narva, Estonia between March 16 and March 22, 2009:[2]

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 South Korea 5 5 0 0 0 30 4 26 15
 Slovenia 5 4 0 0 1 42 5 37 12
 Romania 5 3 0 0 2 23 20 3 9
 Croatia 5 2 0 0 3 23 27 -4 6
 Spain 5 1 0 0 4 12 27 -15 3
 Mexico 5 0 0 0 5 3 50 -47 0

 South Korea is promoted to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.
 Mexico is relegated to Division III for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD PTS
 Great Britain 5500046113515
 Estonia 531012214811
 Belgium 51211231948
 Netherlands 520123422127
 Serbia 510131635-194
 China 50005949-400

 Great Britain is promoted to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.
 China is relegated to Division III for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament. Group A was played in Taipei, Chinese Taipei (Republic of China) between February 27 and March 5, 2009. Group B was played in Erzurum, Turkey between March 9 and March 15, 2009:[2]

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Australia 4 4 0 0 0 63 3 60 12
 New Zealand 4 3 0 0 1 28 12 16 9
 Chinese Taipei 4 2 0 0 2 28 14 14 6
 South Africa 4 1 0 0 3 19 32 -13 3
 Mongolia 4 0 0 0 4 4 81 -77 0

 Australia is promoted to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Iceland 3 3 0 0 0 48 1 47 9
 Turkey 3 2 0 0 1 25 26 -1 6
 Ireland 3 1 0 0 2 9 39 -30 3
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 8 24 -16 0
  Semifinals     Final
                 
  1   Iceland 15  
  4   Bulgaria 2    
      1   Iceland 8
      2   Turkey 2
  2   Turkey 9    
  4   Ireland 3   Third place
 
4   Bulgaria 3
  3   Ireland 6

 Iceland is promoted to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2009 IIHF Under-18 Worlds hosts named" (Press release). USA Hockey. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  2. 1 2 3 2009 World Championship Program iihf.com. Retrieved on June 4, 2008.

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