2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2009 WJHC), was the 33rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was played in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, between December 26, 2008, and January 5, 2009. 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. No country would win back-to-back gold until the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Canada won the 2022 and 2023 tournaments respectively.

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.

Venues

Scotiabank Place Capacity: 19,153	Ottawa Civic Centre Capacity: 9,862
File:Scotiabankplaceottawa.JPG	File:Ottawa Civic Centre sideview 2004.jpg
Template:Flagu – Ottawa	Template:Flagu – Ottawa

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Results

All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).

Group B

Results

All times are 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.

Results

All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Cody Hodgson	Template:Flagu	6	5	11	16	+8	2
2	John Tavares	Template:Flagu	6	8	7	15	+7	0
3	Jordan Eberle	Template:Flagu	6	6	7	13	+9	2
4	Nikita Filatov	Template:Flagu	7	8	3	11	+3	6
5	Tomáš Tatar	Template:Ihj	7	7	4	11	-2	4
6	Jordan Schroeder	Template:Flagu	6	3	8	11	+1	2
7	James van Riemsdyk	Template:Flagu	6	6	4	10	+1	4
8	Jan Káňa	Template:Ihj	6	6	3	9	+2	0
9	Teemu Hartikainen	Template:Ihj	6	3	6	9	+4	4
9	P. K. Subban	Template:Flagu	6	3	6	9	+12	6
9	Colin Wilson	Template:Flagu	6	3	6	9	+1	4

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Jacob Markström	Template:Flagu	298	8	.943	1.61	1
2	Juha Metsola	Template:Ihj	245	6	.939	1.47	0
3	Vadim Zhelobnyuk	Template:Flagu	292	11	.925	2.26	0
4	Dustin Tokarski	Template:Flagu	248	11	.906	2.65	1
5	Nauris Enkuzens	Template:Ihj	346	25	.903	4.33	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source:
09:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Tournament awards

Source:

Most Valuable Player

• Template:Flagicon John Tavares

All-star team

• Goaltender:Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Janus
• Defencemen:Template:Flagicon P. K. Subban, Template:Flagicon Erik Karlsson
• Forwards:Template:Flagicon John Tavares, Template:Flagicon Cody Hodgson, Template:Flagicon Nikita Filatov

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender:Template:Flagicon Jacob Markström
• Defenceman:Template:Flagicon Erik Karlsson
• Forward:Template:Flagicon John Tavares

Final standings

	Team
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4th	Template:Ihj
5th	Template:Ihj
6th	Template:Ihj
7th	Template:Ihj
8th	Template:Ihj
9th	Template:Ihj
10th	Template:Ihj

Relegated to the 2010 Division I

Division I

The Division I Championships were played between December 14 and December 20, 2008, in Herisau, Switzerland (Group A), and between December 15 and December 21, 2008 in Aalborg, Denmark (Group B).

Division II

The Division II Championships were played between December 15 and December 21, 2008, in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania (Group A), and between January 10 and January 15, 2009 in Logroño, Spain (Group B).

Group B

Template:Ihj, having been relegated to Division III in 2008, was returned to Division II after Template:Ihj forfeited due to finances.

File:2009 IIHF World U20 Championship Croatia team.JPG

Croatian national team, winners of Group B.

Division III

The Division III tournament was to have been played in North Korea, but was cancelled. The Division III was scheduled to include the following:

Team	Qualification
Template:Ihj	Placed 6th in Division II Group A last year and was relegated.
Template:Ihj	Placed 6th in Division II Group B last year and was relegated, but returned to Division II after Template:Ihj forfeited.
Template:Ihj	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Template:Ihj	Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Template:Ihj	Placed 7th in Division III last year.
Template:Ihj	Hosts, first appearance since 1993.

External links

• Official website of IIHF