2009 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship

	Ice Hockey World Championship for women
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	Winner: United States

The 13th Women's Ice Hockey World Championships of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the Ice Hockey World Championships of 2009 . Between April 4 and 18, 2009, a total of 21 national teams took part in the three top division tournaments and divisions I and II. Division III and IV were not held this year.

The twelfth edition of the top division took place from April 4 to 12, 2009 in Hämeenlinna , Finland . The United States team was able to defend its title from the previous year and became world champions for the third time.

Overview of women's world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Hämeenlinna	0Apr 4, 2009 - Apr 12, 2009	9	28,614	20th	1,431
Division I.	Graz	0Apr 4, 2009 - Apr 10, 2009	6th	7,827	15th	486
Division II	Torre Pellice	Apr 12, 2009 - Apr 18, 2009	6th	7,855	15th	524

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: April 4-12, 2009 in Hämeenlinna , Finland

  • Participants: People's Republic of China , Finland , Japan , Canada , Kazakhstan (promoted) , Russia , Sweden , Switzerland , USA (defending champion)          

• Division I: April 4-10, 2009 in Graz , Austria

  • Participants: Germany (relegated) , France , Norway , Austria (promoted) , Slovakia , Czech Republic        

• Division II: April 12-18 , 2009 in Torre Pellice , Italy

  • Participants: Denmark , Great Britain (promoted) , Italy , Latvia (relegated) , Netherlands , North Korea        

Top division

2009 Women's World Cup
Number of nations	9
World Champion	United States
silver	Canada
bronze	Finland
Relegated	People's Republic of China Japan
Venue (s)	Hämeenlinna , Finland
opening	April 4, 2009
Endgame	April 12, 2009
spectator	28,614 (1,430 per game)
Gates	140 (7.00 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Charline Labonté
Best defender	Jenni Hiirikoski
Best striker	Hayley Wickenheiser
Most valuable player	Carla MacLeod
Top scorer	Julie Chu (10 points)

The top division women's world championship was held from April 4th to 12th, 2009 in Hämeenlinna , Finland . The games took place in the Patria-areena with 5,360 seats and the Metritiski-areenalla in the same complex with 700 seats.

Nine national teams took part in the tournament, playing in three groups of three teams each. The two groups were composed according to the positions of the national teams at the 2008 World Cup according to the following key:

Group A	Group B	Group C
USA (1)	Canada (2)	Finland (3)
Russia (6)	Sweden (5)	Switzerland (4)
Japan (7)	People's Republic of China (8)	Kazakhstan (10)

mode

As in previous years, nine teams took part in the world championship. These were initially divided into three preliminary round groups. The winners of the three preliminary round groups A, B and C played the two finalists in a further group (D), the second placed in group E played the second participant in the game for third place (against the third in group D). In the relegation group F, the third-placed players in the preliminary round groups A – C played against relegation. The last two placed are relegated to Division I.

Venues

Hämeenlinna
Patria-areena Capacity: 5,360	Hämeenlinna World championship venue
Metritiski-areenalla Capacity: 700
Interior view of the patria-areena

Preliminary round

Group A

April 4, 2009 5:00 p.m. (local time)

Japan

0: 8 (0: 4, 0: 1, 0: 3) game report

USA H. Knight (4:39) J. Chu (12:40) K. Stack (15:28) H. Knight (17:23) M. Lamoureux (39:55) J. Chu (40:45) H. Knight (44:27) J. Chu (58:51)

Metritiski-areenalla, Hämeenlinna spectators: 347

April 5, 2009 3:00 p.m.

Russia T. Burina (40:31) A. Shchukina (48:06) O. Sossina (58:10)

3: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 3: 1) game report

Japan T. Sakagami (49:23)

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna Spectators: 518

April 6, 2009 12:00 p.m.

USA M. Duggan (7:16) J. Potter (31:41) A. Ruggiero (32:12) K. Stack (37:32) L. Chesson (38:09) J. Chu (38:22) G. Marvin (47:25) J. Chu (52:39)

8: 0 (1: 0, 5: 0, 2: 0) game report

Russia

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna spectators: 1,629

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	2	2	0	0	0	16: 00	6th
2.	Russia	2	1	0	0	1	03: 09	3
3.	Japan	2	0	0	0	2	01:11	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: intermediate round qualifier group D , intermediate round qualifier group E , relegation round qualifier

Group B

April 4, 2009 3:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China Sun R. (14:06)

1:13 (1: 5, 0: 4, 0: 4) game report

Canada C. MacLeod (3:43) C. Ouellette (3:53) S. Vaillancourt (4:29) M.-P. Poulin (6:31) M. Agosta (14:21) R. Johnston (26:35) H. Wickenheiser (36:24) H. Irwin (37:11) R. Johnston (38:48) G. Apps ( 40:23) H. Wickenheiser (45:54) G. Apps (55:58) S. Vaillancourt (58:56)

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna Spectators: 625

April 5, 2009 7:00 p.m.

Sweden D. Rundqvist (6:15 am ) E. Holmlöv (7:50 pm) E. Holmlöv (23:50) E. Holst (30:37) K. Timglas (38:45) E. Holst (45:49)

6: 1 (2: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) game report

People's Republic of China Qi X. (55:04)

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna spectators: 1,737

April 6, 2009 3:30 p.m.

Canada C. Ouellette (2:22) C. MacLeod (10:53) C. Sostorics (32:26) M.-P. Poulin (41:38) H. Wickenheiser (43:14) R. Johnston (47:22) J. Botterill (59:24)

7: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 4: 0) game report

Sweden

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna spectators: 1,403

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	2	2	0	0	0	20: 01	6th
2.	Sweden	2	1	0	0	0	06: 08	3
3.	People's Republic of China	2	0	0	0	2	02:19	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: intermediate round qualifier group D , intermediate round qualifier group E , relegation round qualifier

Group C

April 4, 2009 7:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

0: 7 (0: 2, 0: 3, 0: 2) game report

Finland M. Karvinen (2:14) A. Helin (14:17) M. Pehkonen (21:22) N. Tikkinen (21:41) M. Karvinen (30:28) M. Pehkonen (42:37) M Voutilainen (58:22)

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna spectators: 3,241

April 5, 2009 5:00 p.m.

Switzerland K. Lehmann (54:50)

1: 2 n.P. (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Kazakhstan N. Jakowtschuk (37:19) A. Fux (PS)

Metritiski-areenalla, Hämeenlinna Spectators: 215

April 6, 2009 7:00 p.m.

Finland H. Pelttari (5:47) V. Heikkila (10:31) M. Karvinen (15:02) J. Hiirikoski (18:17) N. Tikkinen (37:52) N. Tikkinen (52:17)

6: 3 (4: 1, 1: 0, 1: 2) game report

Switzerland D. Leimgruber (19:27) N. Bullo (44:26) C. Meier (54:00)

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna Spectators: 3,201

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	2	2	0	0	0	13: 3	6th
2.	Kazakhstan	2	0	1	0	1	02: 8	2
3.	Switzerland	2	0	0	1	1	04: 8	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: intermediate round qualifier group D , intermediate round qualifier group E , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

Group F.

April 8, 2009 5:00 p.m. (local time)

People's Republic of China Sun R. (1:57) Sun R. (3:54) Sun R. (24:46) Jiang N. (26:26)

4: 5 n.P. (2: 1, 2: 0, 0: 3, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Switzerland C. Meier (17:11) D. Leimgruber (43:50) L. Nussbaum (51:39) D. Leimgruber (55:55) N. Bullo (PS)

Metritiski-areenalla, Hämeenlinna Spectators: 379

April 9, 2009 5:00 p.m.

Switzerland L. Benz (23:02) K. Lehmann (39:37) L. Ruhnke (54:12)

3: 2 (0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1) game report

Japan N. Fujimoto (27:41) C. Yamanaka (51:22)

Metritiski-areenalla, Hämeenlinna Spectators: 247

April 10, 2009 5:00 p.m.

Japan T. Sakagami (28:48) T. Sakagami (34:34)

2: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1) game report

People's Republic of China Sun R. (42:00)

Metritiski-areenalla, Hämeenlinna spectators: 256

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Switzerland	2	1	1	0	0	8: 6	5
2.	Japan	2	1	0	0	1	4: 4	3
3.	People's Republic of China	2	0	0	1	1	5: 7	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Relegated to Division I.

Qualifying round

Group D

April 8, 2009 7:00 p.m. (local time)

Canada G. Kingsbury (4:43) J. Botterill (6:39) S. Vaillancourt (22:10) M. Agosta (35:10) J. Botterill (41:17) H. Wickenheiser (49:22) J. Hefford (51:57) H. Irwin (57:06)

8: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0) game report

Finland

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna spectators: 2,032

April 9, 2009 7:00 p.m.

Finland

0: 7 (0: 2, 0: 3, 0: 2) game report

USA H. Knight (9:21) G. Marvin (15:33) N. Darwitz (32:36) N. Darwitz (36:01) H. Knight (39:11) N. Darwitz (51:32) H. Knight (55:26)

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna viewers: 2,038

April 10, 2009 7:00 p.m.

USA M. Lamoureux (58:02)

1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0) game report

Canada J. Botterill (20:26) C. Ouellette (29:05)

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna spectators: 1,816

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	2	2	0	0	0	10: 01	6th
2.	United States	2	1	0	0	1	08: 02	3
3.	Finland	2	0	0	0	2	00:15	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out , N = defeats
Explanations: Participants in the final , participants in the game for third place

Group E

April 8, 2009 3:00 p.m.

Sweden

9: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 4: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna viewers: 2,058

April 9, 2009 3:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

2: 9 (1: 3, 0: 3, 1: 3) match report

Russia

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna Spectators: 374

April 10, 2009 3:00 p.m.

Russia

0: 8 (0: 1, 0: 4, 0: 3) game report

Sweden

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna Spectators: 425

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	2	2	0	0	0	17: 00	6th
2.	Russia	2	1	0	0	1	09:10	3
3.	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	0	2	02:18	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out , N = defeats
Explanations: Participants in the game for 3rd place

Final round

3rd place match

April 12, 2009 3:00 p.m. (local time)

Finland M. Karvinen (12:36) M. Pehkonen (22:28) M. Saarinen (43:34) M. Karvinen (48:02)

4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) game report

Sweden D. Rundqvist (24:40)

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna spectators: 3,027

final

April 12, 2009 7:00 p.m.

Canada J. Botterill (25:11)

1: 4 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 2) game report

USA C. Cahow (0:24) M. Duggan (30:10) C. Cahow (47:09) H. Knight (59:51)

Patria-areena, Hämeenlinna spectators: 3,046

statistics

Best scorers

Source: IIHF; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Julie Chu	United States	5	5	5	10	+8	0
Natalie Darwitz	United States	5	3	7th	10	+8	2
Hilary Knight	United States	5	7th	2	9	+5	4th
Erika Holst	Sweden	5	4th	5	9	+5	4th
Elin Holmlöv	Sweden	5	6th	2	8th	+5	2
Jennifer Botterill	Canada	5	5	3	8th	+5	2
Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada	5	4th	4th	8th	+6	4th
Caroline Ouellette	Canada	5	3	5	8th	+7	6th
Carla MacLeod	Canada	5	2	6th	8th	+9	4th
Michelle Karvinen	Finland	5	5	2	7th	+3	6th

Best goalkeepers

Source: IIHF; Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	GTS	Sv%	SO
Kim St-Pierre	Canada	2	120: 00	0	0.00	100.00	2
Jessie cousin	United States	2	120: 00	1	0.50	98.21	1
Valentina Lizana	Sweden	4th	240: 00	5	1.25	93.33	2
Azusa Nakaoku	Japan	4th	208: 10	11	3.17	92.47	0
Charline Labonté	Canada	3	179: 04	5	1.68	91.23	2

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	United States
2	Canada
3	Finland
4th	Sweden
5	Russia
6th	Kazakhstan
7th	Switzerland
8th	Japan
9	People's Republic of China

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion USA

Kacey Bellamy , Megan van Beusekom , Caitlin Cahow , Lisa Chesson , Julie Chu , Natalie Darwitz , Meghan Duggan , Molly Engstrom , Hilary Knight , Jocelyne Lamoureux , Monique Lamoureux , Erika Lawler , Gigi Marvin , Jenny Potter , Helen Resor , Angela Ruggiero , Molly Schaus , Kelli Stack , Karen Thatcher , Jessie Vetter , Kerry Weiland Trainers : Mark Johnson

Silver Canada

Meghan Agosta , Gillian Apps , Tessa Bonhomme , Jennifer Botterill , Gillian Ferrari , Jayna Hefford , Haley Irwin , Rebecca Johnston , Becky Kellar , Gina Kingsbury , Charline Labonté , Carla MacLeod , Meaghan Mikkelson , Caroline Ouellette , Marie-Philip Poulin , Colleen Sostorics , Kim St-Pierre , Shannon Szabados , Sarah Vaillancourt , Catherine Ward , Hayley Wickenheiser Trainer : Melody Davidson

Bronze Finland

Maija Hassinen , Venla Heikkila , Anne Helin , Jenni Hiirikoski , Mira Jalosuo , Michelle Karvinen , Kati Kovalainen , Mira Kuisma , Emma Laaksonen , Piia Lallukka , Mari Pehkonen , Heidi Pelttari , Mariia Posa , Karoliina Rantamäki , Noora Raty , Mari Saarinen , Saija Sirviö , Nina Tikkinen , Saara Tuominen , Satu Tuominen , Marjo Voutilainen Trainer : Hannu Saintula

Relegated to Division I:	People's Republic of China, Japan
Promoted to the top division:	Slovakia

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Charline Labonté	Canada
Best defender	Jenni Hiirikoski	Finland
Best striker	Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada
Most valuable player	Carla MacLeod	Canada

All-Star Team

Attack:	Natalie Darwitz - Michelle Karvinen - Julie Chu
Defense:	Carla MacLeod - Angela Ruggiero
Goal:	Jessie cousin

Division I.

2009 Women's World Cup in Division I.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Slovakia
Relegated	France Czech Republic
Venue (s)	Graz , Austria
opening	April 4, 2009
Final day	April 10, 2009
spectator	7,287 (485 per game)
Gates	103 (6.87 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Zuzana Tomčíková
Best defender	Iveta Karafiátová
Best striker	Maritta Becker
Top scorer	Line Bialik (11 points)

From April 4th to 10th, 2009 the World Championship tournament of Division I took place in Graz , Austria . Six teams took part. All games were played in the Graz-Liebenau ice rink , which has space for 4,050 spectators.

venue

Graz , Austria

Graz World championship venue

Venue

Eisstadion Graz-Liebenau Capacity: 4,050

Exterior view of the ice rink Graz-Liebenau

April 4, 2009 1:30 p.m. (local time)

Slovakia

9: 4 (2: 0, 1: 2, 6: 2) game report

Norway

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 247

April 4, 2009 5:00 p.m.

Germany

5: 3 (2: 2, 2: 1, 1: 0) game report

France

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 360

April 4, 2009 8:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

1: 4 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 2) game report

Austria

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 800

April 6, 2009 1:30 p.m.

Germany

4: 3 (3: 1, 1: 0, 0: 2) game report

Norway

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 120

April 6, 2009 5:00 p.m.

Slovakia

1: 5 (1: 1, 0: 2, 0: 2) game report

Czech Republic

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 140

April 6, 2009 8:30 p.m.

Austria

5: 2 (3: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0) game report

France

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 1,060

April 7, 2009 1:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

2: 4 (1: 2, 0: 1, 1: 1) game report

Germany

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 100

April 7, 2009 5:00 p.m.

France

0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Norway

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 130

April 7, 2009 8:30 p.m.

Slovakia

5: 3 (2: 2, 2: 0, 1: 1) game report

Austria

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 950

April 9, 2009 1:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

5: 4 (3: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1) game report

France

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 100

April 9, 2009 5:00 p.m.

Germany

1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0) game report

Slovakia

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 200

April 9, 2009 8:30 p.m.

Norway

2: 1 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Austria

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz Spectators: 1,070

April 10, 2009 1:30 p.m.

France

1: 5 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 4) game report

Slovakia

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 120

April 10, 2009 5:00 p.m.

Norway

5: 4 (1: 2, 1: 0, 3: 2) game report

Czech Republic

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 190

April 10, 2009 8:30 p.m.

Austria

3: 6 (2: 1, 1: 3, 0: 2) game report

Germany

Ice stadium Graz-Liebenau, Graz spectators: 1,700

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovakia	5	4th	0	0	1	22:14	12
2.	Germany	5	4th	0	0	1	20:13	12
3.	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	18:18	8th
4th	Austria	5	2	0	1	2	16:16	7th
5.	Czech Republic	5	2	0	0	3	17:18	6th
6th	France	5	0	0	0	5	10:24	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: promoted to the top division , relegated to the division II

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division I:	Japan, People's Republic of China
Promoted to the top division:	Slovakia
Relegated to Division II:	France, Czech Republic
Promoted to Division I:	Latvia

Division II

2009 Women's World Cup, Division II
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Latvia
Relegated	Netherlands
Venue (s)	Torre Pellice , Italy
opening	April 12, 2009
Final day	April 18, 2009
spectator	7,855 (523 per game)
Gates	80 (5.33 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Lolita Andriševska
Best defender	Linda De Rocco
Best striker	Iveta Koka
Most valuable player	Iveta Koka
Top scorer	Iveta Koka (20 points)

From April 12 to 18, 2009, the Division II World Championship tournament was held in Torre Pellice , Italy . Six teams took part. The games took place in the Pala Cotta Morandini , which seats 2,440 spectators.

venue

Torre Pellice , Italy

Torre Pellice World championship venue

Venue

Pala Cotta Morandini Capacity: 2,440

Interior view of the Pala Cotta Morandini

April 12, 2009 1:15 p.m. (local time)

North Korea

1: 6 (0: 3, 1: 1, 0: 2) game report

Latvia

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 104

April 12, 2009 4:45 p.m.

Denmark

2: 1 n.P. (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Netherlands

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 323

April 12, 2009 8:15 p.m.

Great Britain

5: 3 (3: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1) game report

Italy

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 1,420

April 13, 2009 1:15 p.m.

Netherlands

0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Great Britain

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 137

April 13, 2009 4:45 p.m.

Denmark

3: 4 n.V. (1: 1, 2: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

North Korea

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 243

April 13, 2009 8:10 p.m.

Latvia

5: 1 (0: 0, 3: 0, 2: 1) game report

Italy

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 923

April 15, 2009 1:15 p.m.

Latvia

5: 0 (0: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0) game report

Netherlands

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 693

April 15, 2009 4:45 p.m.

Denmark

1: 3 (1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 0) match report

Great Britain

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 148

April 15, 2009 8:15 pm

North Korea

4: 2 (0: 0, 1: 2, 3: 0) game report

Italy

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 717

April 16, 2009 1:15 p.m.

Netherlands

1: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

North Korea

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 351

April 16, 2009 4:45 p.m.

Great Britain

0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Latvia

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 158

April 16, 2009 8:15 pm

Italy

3: 2 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Denmark

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 823

April 18, 2009 1:15 p.m.

North Korea

4: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report

Great Britain

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 158

April 18, 2009 4:45 p.m.

Latvia

6: 2 (0: 0, 2: 1, 4: 1) game report

Denmark

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 334

April 18, 2009 8:15 pm

Italy

6: 2 (2: 1, 3: 0, 1: 1) game report

Netherlands

Pala Cotta Morandini, Torre Pellice Spectators: 1,323

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Latvia	5	5	0	0	0	25: 04	15th
2.	North Korea	5	3	1	0	1	15:13	11
3.	Great Britain	5	3	0	0	2	11:11	9
4th	Italy	5	1	1	0	3	15:18	5
5.	Denmark	5	0	1	2	2	10:17	4th
6th	Netherlands	5	0	0	1	4th	04:17	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division I , relegated to Division III

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division II:	France, Czech Republic
Promoted to Division I:	Latvia
Relegated to Division III:	Netherlands

Division III and IV

Divisions III and IV were not played this year, but were included again in the program at the following World Cup in 2011 . Due to the format change of the competition, in that the top division played again with eight instead of nine teams from 2011 and two teams were relegated in the top division and division I, while only one rose, some teams rose automatically in 2011 a division.

• Iceland , which won Division IV in 2008, did not move up to Division III, but stayed in Division IV.
• The Turkey rose, after the sixth and last place in the Division IV in 2008, in the newly introduced Division V from.
• The newly introduced Division V was formed by Turkey and the four newcomers to the World Cup, Poland , Bulgaria , Spain and Ireland .

See also

• 2009 U18 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2009 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship
• Ice Hockey World Championships for U20 Juniors 2009
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2009

Web links

• Internet presence of the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ iihf.com, Leading Skaters ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
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3. ↑ World Women's back to eight teams. In: iihf.com. March 24, 2009, accessed July 10, 2017 .