Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2009

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	Winner: Russia

The 73rd Men's A Ice Hockey World Championship in 2009 was awarded by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF to the founding member Switzerland and was held from April 24 to May 10, 2009 in Bern and Kloten .

The 2009 IIHF World Championship was the largest sporting event taking place in Switzerland. The organizing committee expected more than 300,000 visitors. Around 800 million viewers were able to watch more than 3,400 hours of World Cup ice hockey via 163 TV stations.

This is the tenth time that Switzerland has been awarded the contract to host an ice hockey world championship after 1928 , 1935 , 1939 , 1948 , 1953 , 1961 , 1971 , 1990 and 1998 . This gave the Swiss ice hockey association SEHV the opportunity to celebrate the association's 100th anniversary with a one-year delay. The host of the European Football Championship 2008 together with Austria and the 100th birthday of the Canadian ice hockey association, Hockey Canada , spoke against the event in the actual anniversary year of 2008 .

After beating Canada in the final , defending champions Russia became world champions again.

Overview men's world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Bern Kloten	Apr. 24 , 2009 - May 10, 2009	16	379.044	56	6,769
Division IA	Vilnius	Apr 11, 2009– Apr 17, 2009	6th	44,700	15th	2,980
Division IB	Toruń	Apr 11, 2009– Apr 17, 2009	6th	20,509	15th	1,367
Division II A	Novi Sad	0Apr 7, 2009– Apr 13, 2009	6th	4,985	15th	384
Division II B	Sofia	0Apr 6, 2009– Apr 12, 2009	6th	6,438	15th	429
Division III	Dunedin	Apr 10, 2009– Apr 16, 2009	6th	4,340	10	434

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: April 24 to May 10, 2009 in Bern and Kloten , Switzerland

  Participants: Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Canada , Latvia , Norway , Austria (promoted) , Russia (defending champion) , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , Czech Republic , Hungary (promoted) , United States , Belarus                   

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 11-17, 2009 in Vilnius , Lithuania

    Participants: Australia (promoted) , Japan , Kazakhstan , Croatia , Lithuania , Slovenia (relegated)       

  • Group B: April 11-17, 2009 in Toruń , Poland

    Participants: Great Britain , Italy (relegated) , Netherlands , Poland , Romania (promoted) , Ukraine        

• Division II
  • Group A: April 7-13, 2009 in Novi Sad , Serbia

    Participants: People's Republic of China , Estonia (relegated) , Iceland , Israel , North Korea (promoted) , Serbia        

  • Group B: April 6-12, 2009 in Sofia , Bulgaria

    Participants: Belgium , Bulgaria , Mexico , Spain , South Africa (promoted) , South Korea (relegated)       

• Division III
  • April 10-16, 2009 in Dunedin , New Zealand

    Participants: Greece , Ireland (relegated) , Luxembourg , New Zealand , Turkey      

Originally, that was Mongolia for the tournament of Division III provided. However, she did not receive an entry visa and so could not attend.  

Top division

2009 Men's World Cup
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Russia
silver	Canada
bronze	Sweden
Relegated	Austria Hungary
Venue (s)	Bern & Kloten , Switzerland
opening	April 24, 2009
Endgame	May 10, 2009
spectator	379,044 (6,768 per game)
Gates	333 (5.95 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Andrei Mesin
Best defender	Shea Weber
Best striker	Ilya Kovalchuk
MVP	Ilya Kovalchuk
Top scorer	Martin St. Louis (15 points)

The top division world championship was held from April 24th to May 10th, 2009 in the Swiss cities of Bern and Kloten . The game was played in the PostFinance Arena (11,421 places) in Bern and the Kolping Arena in Kloten with 6,851 places.

Venues

The PostFinance Arena in Bern was renovated from August 2007 until the start of the tournament in 2009 and actually offered 17,131 spectators instead of 16,789. Due to the installation of seats in the entire arena, only 11,421 seats were available. The Kolping Arena in Kloten - as part of the World Championships Arena Zurich-Kloten - was expanded to a higher audience capacity of 7,624 seats for the 2008/09 season. As part of the tournament, it offered space for a maximum of 6,851 spectators.

Venues
Bern	Bern Balls World Championship venues	Balls
PostFinance Arena Capacity: 11,421		Kolping Arena Arena Zurich-Kloten Capacity: 6,851

Mode changes

Compared to the previous World Cup in Canada , there were two changes to the mode of the event:

• the quarter-finals were played again between the two intermediate round groups due to the shorter distances between the venues, that is, the first of one group met fourth of the other group and the second of one group against the third of the other group;
• the relegation round of the fourth placed from the preliminary round was played again in the group system.

Attendees

The 14 best teams from last year's World Cup as well as the winners of the two tournaments in Division I last year took part in the tournament:

14 from Europe	Denmark	Germany	Finland	France
	Latvia	Norway	Austria (promoted from Division I)	Russia (defending champion)
	Sweden	Switzerland (host)	Slovakia	Czech Republic
	Hungary (promoted from Division I)		Belarus
2 from North America	Canada		United States

Grouping

The group division of the preliminary round was determined on the basis of the IIHF world rankings that were current after the 2008 World Cup :

Group A (Kloten)	Group B (Bern)	Group C (Bern)	Group D (Kloten)
Canada (1)	Russia (2)	Sweden (3)	Finland (4)
Slovakia (8)	Switzerland (7)	USA (6)	Czech Republic (5)
Belarus (9)	Germany (10)	Latvia (11)	Norway (12)
Hungary (19)	France (18)	Austria (14)	Denmark (13)

* The respective world ranking is given in brackets.

Preliminary round

Group A

April 24, 2009 4:15 p.m. (local time)

Belarus M. Hrabouski (52:44)

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

Canada S. Stamkos (1:05) S. Stamkos (14:29) J. Spezza (44:27) M. Fisher (46:01) D. Heatley (50:44) D. Heatley (54:05)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 5,232

April 24, 2009 8:15 p.m.

Slovakia Š. Ružička (1:46) Ľ. Bartečko (38:13) M. Hossa (39:04) Ľ. Bartečko (59:47)

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

Hungary R. Holéczy (22:01) I. Peterdi (42:52) T. Sille (54:04)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 4,773

April 26, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Slovakia M. Hossa (57:06)

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

Belarus A. Stas (33:17) A. Antonenka (PS)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 5,256

April 26, 2009 8:15 pm

Canada M. St. Louis (5:18) S. Weber (9:40) D. Roy (12:35) J. Neal (12:48) M. St. Louis (27:35) S. Weber (29 : 03) M. Fisher (41:06) M. St. Louis (44:51) J. Spezza (50:55)

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

Hungary

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten spectators: 5,506

April 28, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Hungary I. Peterdi (25:14)

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

Belarus A. Kaljuschny (3:18) A. Uharau (54:25) M. Hrabouski (59:10)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 4,710

April 28, 2009 8:15 pm

Canada D. Roy (4:50) S. Doan (6:54) J. Spezza (16:51) I. White (29:39) S. Weber (33:41) S. Stamkos (35:04) J . Spezza (42:04)

7: 3 (3: 0, 3: 1, 1: 2) game report

Slovakia T. Surový (26:05) M. Hossa (55:40) D. Graňák (58:48)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten spectators: 6,300

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	22: 04	9
2.	Belarus	3	1	1	0	1	06: 08	5
3.	Slovakia	3	1	0	1	1	08:12	4th
4th	Hungary	3	0	0	0	3	04:16	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: qualifier for the intermediate round , qualifier for the relegation round

Group B

April 24, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Germany

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

Russia O. Saprykin (8:14) I. Kovalchuk (9:37) S. Zinoviev (15:25) A. Kuryanow (42:53) D. Saripov (51:52)

PostFinance-Arena , Bern spectators: 10,570

April 24, 2009 8:15 p.m.

Switzerland M. Plüss (11:33)

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

France

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 11,417

April 26, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Switzerland R. Wick (8:36) M. Seger (23:25) M. Streit (61:18)

3: 2 a.d. (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Germany C. Ullmann (6:26) C. Schubert (33:02)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 11,423

April 26, 2009 8:15 pm

Russia A. Radulov (1:23) D. Saripov (7:06) A. Radulow (7:20) A. Pereshogin (8:01) A. Tereshchenko (15:00) A. Tereshchenko (27:23) I. Kovalchuk (49:20)

7: 2 (5: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

France K. Hecquefeuille (10:25) L. Tardif (39:31)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 10,505

April 28, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Russia W. Atjuschow (2:19) I. Kovalchuk (29:08) A. Morozov (48:28) A. Pereschogin (59:45)

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

Switzerland R. Gardner (9:46) M. Plüss (17:17)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 11,479

April 28, 2009 8:15 pm

France A. Lussier (3:50) L. Tardif (16:48)

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

Germany J. Hecht (4:22)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 9,956

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	3	3	0	0	0	16: 04	9
2.	Switzerland	3	1	1	0	1	06: 06	5
3.	France	3	1	0	0	2	04: 09	3
4th	Germany	3	0	0	1	2	03:10	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: qualifier for the intermediate round , qualifier for the relegation round

Group C

April 25, 2009 4:15 p.m.

USA J. Johnson (11:15) D. Stafford (31:13) J. Johnson (35:31) P. O'Sullivan (46:03)

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

Latvia H. Vasiļjevs (4:40) M. Karsums (26:39)

PostFinance-Arena , Bern spectators: 7,840

April 25, 2009 8:15 pm

Sweden K. Jönsson (1:37) M. Johansson (11:49) M. Nilson (12:46) M. Weinhandl (41:22) M. Weinhandl (47:00) J. Harju (49:04) L Eriksson (49:46)

7: 1 (3: 0, 0: 1, 4: 0) game report

Austria M. Oraže (31:55)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 6,175

April 27, 2009 4:15 p.m.

USA D. Brown (15:11) D. Stafford (31:04) P. O'Sullivan (40:25) J. Blake (47:56) L. Stempniak (52:06) M. Niskanen (55:55 )

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

Austria M. Peintner (34:26)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 3,779

April 27, 2009 8:15 pm

Latvia K. Rēdlihs (30:20) L. Dārziņš (39:15) A. Ņiživijs (PS)

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

Sweden L. Omark (15:26) M. Johansson (40:44)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 4,421

April 29, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Austria

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

Latvia M. Cipulis (19:15) G. Džeriņš (54:56)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 5,274

April 29, 2009 8:15 pm

Sweden M. Weinhandl (25:07) M. Nilson (26:42) M. Johansson (48:46) N. Persson (52:45) M. Weinhandl (56:19) K. Huselius (61:59)

6: 5 n.V. (0: 1, 2: 2, 3: 2, 1: 0) game report

USA P. O'Sullivan (14:11) J.-M. Liles (29:58) R. Shannon (37:26) R. Shannon (44:06) J. Johnson (48:20)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 9,876

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	3	2	0	1	0	15: 09	7th
2.	Sweden	3	1	1	1	0	15: 09	6th
3.	Latvia	3	1	1	0	1	07: 06	5
4th	Austria	3	0	0	0	3	02:15	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: qualifier for the intermediate round , qualifier for the relegation round

Group D

April 25, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Norway

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

Finland A. Miettinen (13:44) J. Immonen (16:19) N. Kapanen (19:58) M. Pyörälä (34:20) M. Lehtonen (44:10)

Arena Zurich-Kloten , Kloten Spectators: 5,269

April 25, 2009 8:15 pm

Czech Republic J. Hlinka (6:09) J. Marek (31:07) P. Čajánek (35:18) A. Hemský (37:24) J. Jágr (50:46)

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

Denmark

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 4,342

April 27, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Czech Republic J. Marek (5:20) P. Čajánek (9:35) J. Vašíček (12:19) M. Blaťák (32:34) J. Klepiš (51:14)

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

Norway T. Jakobsen (21:49) M. Zuccarello Aasen (39:52)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten spectators: 3,583

April 27, 2009 8:15 pm

Finland A. Miettinen (17:40) T. Pihlman (21:58) A. Miettinen (34:42) N. Kapanen (51:51) N. Kapanen (59:42)

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

Denmark J. Jakobsen (10:03)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 3,919

April 29, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Denmark A. Sundberg (4:56) J. Damgaard (9:33) M. Green (21:02) D. Nielsen (46:22)

4: 5 a.d. (2: 2, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Norway P. Thoresen (5:40) A. Bastiansen (13:50) T. Vikingstad (36:18) M. Zuccarello Aasen (44:51) T. Jacobsen (61:11)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 4,496

April 29, 2009 8:15 pm

Finland N. Kapanen (9:32) V. Koistinen (23:52) N. Kapanen (38:56) N. Hagman (51:59)

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

Czech Republic T. Rolinek (10:14) M. Blaťák (13:30) A. Kotalík (23:10)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 6,456

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	3	3	0	0	0	14: 04	9
2.	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	13: 06	6th
3.	Norway	3	0	1	0	2	07:14	2
4th	Denmark	3	0	0	1	2	05:15	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: qualifier for the intermediate round , qualifier for the relegation round

Intermediate round

Group E

April 30, 2009 4:15 p.m. (local time)

Russia I. Nikulin (11:56) O. Saprykin (14:10) D. Kalinin (27:16) S. Mosjakin (50:07) W. Proschkin (57:38) D. Kalinin (64:04)

6: 5 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 0) game report

Sweden R. Wallin (2:53) A. Strålman (18:15) N. Persson (23:27) K. Huselius (49:45) K. Huselius (58:46)

PostFinance-Arena , Bern spectators: 7,465

April 30, 2009 8:15 p.m.

Switzerland A. Ambühl (58:29)

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

Latvia M. Cipulis (15:30) A. Ņiživijs (PS)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 9,771

May 1, 2009 8:15 pm

USA K. Okposo (4:02) D. Backes (10:38) R. Shannon (24:51) K. Ballard (27:29) P. O'Sullivan (30:31) J. Johnson (49:55 )

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

France Y. Treille (29:41) P.-É. Bellemare (31:47)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern Spectators: 4,213

May 2, 2009 4:15 pm

France L. Tardif (51:38)

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

Latvia A. Ņiživijs (7:29) M. Cipulis (21:19) L. Dārziņš (23:55) K. Skrastiņš (46:39) A. Jerofejevs (48:18) Ģ. Ankipāns (52:24) M. Cipulis (52:39)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 6,472

May 2, 2009 8:15 pm

Russia O. Saprykin (5:01) A. Pereschogin (9:51) S. Mosjakin (17:06) A. Radulow (21:36)

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

USA L. Stempniak (3:16)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 10,230

May 3, 2009 4:15 pm

Switzerland R. Lemm (56:44)

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

Sweden J. Oduya (5:47) J. Harju (24:59) L. Omark (46:41) J. Andersson (55:06)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 11,327

May 3, 2009 8:15 pm

Latvia H. Vasiļjevs (36:05)

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

Russia A. Kurjanow (11:43) A. Tereschtschenko (21:01) O. Tverdowski (23:04) A. Kurjanow (23:50) A. Frolow (43:38) O. Tverdowski (46:28)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 7,228

May 4, 2009 4:15 pm

Sweden K. Huselius (1:33) M. Nilson (4:26) D. Tärnström (5:56) C. Gunnarsson (21:28) J. Oduya (30:55) K. Jönsson (45:40)

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

France A. Lussier (23:21) P.-É. Bellemare (29:25) S. Treille (36:41)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern Spectators: 5,051

May 4, 2009 8:15 pm

USA R. Hainsey (25:57) C. Higgins (35:08) R. Hainsey (39:48)

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

Switzerland A. Ambühl (9:42) R. Lemm (31:03) M. Plüss (49:42) R. Wick (60:13)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 10,317

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	5	4th	1	0	0	27:11	14th
2.	Sweden	5	2	1	2	0	23:18	10
3.	United States	5	2	0	2	1	19:18	8th
4th	Latvia	5	1	2	0	2	15:14	7th
5.	Switzerland	5	1	1	1	2	09:13	6th
6th	France	5	0	0	0	5	08:27	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after extra time ( overtime ) or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Quarter-final qualifier

Group F.

April 30, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Belarus A. Uharau (22:45) M. Hrabouski (41:51) R. Salej (64:35)

3: 2 a.d. (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Norway P. Thoresen (6:15) M. Trygg (20:38)

Arena Zurich-Kloten , Kloten spectators: 3,374

April 30, 2009 8:15 p.m.

Canada S. Stamkos (7:20) S. Stamkos (13:40) S. Weber (17:05) D. Heatley (40:22) M. St. Louis (49:55)

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

Czech Republic A. Hemský (57:20)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 5,967

May 1, 2009 8:15 pm

Finland S. Kapanen (15:05) S. Kapanen (63:39)

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

Slovakia Ľ. Bartečko (22:01)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 4,444

May 2, 2009 4:15 pm

Czech Republic J. Jágr (6:35) J. Jágr (9:08) M. Blaťák (12:48) R. Červenka (15:25) A. Kotalík (25:07) R. Červenka (29:08) M. Michálek (30:12) P. Eliáš (38:14)

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

Slovakia

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 5,165

May 2, 2009 8:15 pm

Finland J. Niskala (33:22)

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

Belarus S. Djamahin (0:05) A. Antonenka (PS)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten spectators: 5,621

May 3, 2009 4:15 pm

Norway M. Zuccarello Aasen (12:53)

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

Canada M. Lombardi (4:40) D. Hamhuis (17:08) S. Stamkos (18:03) J. Spezza (20:37) D. Doughty (32:07)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 4,023

May 3, 2009 8:15 pm

Belarus

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

Czech Republic P. Čajánek (30:02) P. Eliáš (39:03) P. Čajánek (55:52)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 3,495

May 4, 2009 4:15 pm

Slovakia Š. Ružička (7:22) P. Smrek (9:09) L. Nagy (62:07)

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

Norway A. Bastiansen (27:21) L. Lund (45:27)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 2,901

May 4, 2009 8:15 pm

Canada J. Spezza (16:02) D. Heatley (38:16) D. Heatley (49:20)

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

Finland T. Pihlman (4:02) A. Salmela (7:54) N. Kapanen (37:22) H. Hyvönen (PS)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 5,970

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	5	4th	0	1	0	26:10	13
2.	Finland	5	2	2	1	0	16: 09	11
3.	Czech Republic	5	3	0	0	2	20:11	9
4th	Belarus	5	0	3	0	2	08:13	6th
5.	Slovakia	5	0	1	2	2	08:21	4th
6th	Norway	5	0	0	2	3	07:21	2

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after extra time ( overtime ) or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Quarter-final qualifier

Relegation round

Group G

May 1, 2009 4:15 p.m. (local time)

Germany C. Schubert (13:23)

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

Denmark M. Bødker (10:27) P. Regin (49:52) N. Hardt (53:27)

PostFinance-Arena , Bern spectators: 4,241

May 1, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Austria T. Koch (19:13) T. Koch (20:43) O. Setzinger (23:56) T. Vanek (33:27) T. Koch (58:48) R. Kaspitz (59:36)

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

Hungary

Arena Zurich-Kloten , Kloten Spectators: 4,042

May 3, 2009 12:15 pm

Germany

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

Austria T. Koch (27:41)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 3,828

May 3, 2009 12:15 pm

Hungary K. Palkovics (15:10)

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

Denmark K. Staal (28:34) M. Christensen (38:35) M. Green (48:25) M. Madsen (52:48) N. Hardt (55:19)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 3,672

May 4, 2009 12:15 pm

Hungary A. Horváth (17:09)

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

Germany M. Müller (3:11) M. Bakos (33:23)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 3,497

May 4, 2009 12:15 pm

Denmark J. Jakobsen (15:14) M. Bødker (27:51) M. Christensen (45:46) K. Degn (51:10) M. Bødker (59:23)

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

Austria R. Kaspitz (0:48) O. Setzinger (2:30)

Arena Zurich-Kloten, Kloten Spectators: 2,798

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Denmark	3	3	0	0	0	13: 04	9
2.	Austria	3	2	0	0	1	09: 05	6th
3.	Germany	3	1	0	0	2	03: 05	3
4th	Hungary	3	0	0	0	3	02:13	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: Relegated to Division I.

Note: Germany, as the host of the A-World Cup 2010, could not relegate to Division I. Since Germany was in third place, the runner-up in the group was automatically relegated to Division I.

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

E1

Russia

4th

F4

Belarus

3

E1

Russia

3

E3

United States

2

F2

Finland

2

E3

United States

3

E1

Russia

2

F1

Canada

1

F1

Canada

4th

E4

Latvia

2

F1

Canada

3

3rd place match

E2

Sweden

1

E2

Sweden

3

E2

Sweden

4th

F3

Czech Republic

1

E3

United States

2

Quarter finals

May 6, 2009 4:15 p.m. (local time)

Russia W. Proshkin (25:18) W. Atjuschow (36:39) A. Frolow (37:02) I. Kovalchuk (47:22)

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

Belarus K. Kalzou (22:39) A. Antonenka (33:52) R. Salej (39:22)

PostFinance-Arena , Bern spectators: 8,337

May 6, 2009 8:15 pm

Finland N. Kapanen (20:57) H. Hyvönen (37:50)

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

USA D. Brown (30:31) TJ Oshie (32:11) R. Suter (34:19)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 9,334

May 7, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Canada D. Heatley (26:37) D. Hamhuis (34:03) S. Stamkos (37:47) M. Lombardi (43:07)

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

Latvia G. Galviņš (37:30) H. Vasiļjevs (41:27)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 8,042

May 7, 2009 8:15 pm

Sweden M. Weinhandl (23:53) D. Tärnström (38:49) K. Jönsson (57:46)

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

Czech Republic P. Čajánek (48:48)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 10,415

Semifinals

May 8, 2009 4:15 p.m.

Russia I. Kovalchuk (31:20) A. Frolow (34:25) K. Gorowikow (58:13)

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

USA D. Brown (23:46) K. Okposo (38:03)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 11,057

May 8, 2009 8:15 pm

Canada D. Roy (6:51) S. Horcoff (29:53) D. Roy (30:38)

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

Sweden L. Eriksson (46:14)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 11,477

3rd place match

May 10, 2009 4:00 p.m.

Sweden L. Eriksson (33:24) T. Mårtensson (35:57) C. Gunnarsson (49:00) J. Oduya (59:59)

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

USA J. Johnson (25:14) J. Pavelski (42:15)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 11,249

final

May 10, 2009 8:30 p.m.

Russia O. Saprykin (12:59) A. Radulow (34:30)

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

Canada J. Spezza (5:37)

PostFinance-Arena, Bern spectators: 11,454

statistics

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Martin St. Louis	Canada	9	4th	11	15th	+8	2
Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia	9	5	9	14th	+8	4th
Mattias Weinhandl	Sweden	9	5	7th	12	+1	8th
Shea Weber	Canada	9	4th	8th	11	+5	6th
Jason Spezza	Canada	9	7th	4th	11	+4	2
Steven Stamkos	Canada	9	7th	4th	11	+9	6th
Niko Kapanen	Finland	7th	7th	3	10	+1	2
Dany Heatley	Canada	9	6th	4th	10	+3	8th
Petr Čajánek	Czech Republic	7th	5	5	10	+7	10
Alexander Radulov	Russia	9	4th	6th	10	+7	10

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GAA = goals conceded , Sv% = catch quota ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	ATM	Sv%
Chris Mason	Canada	4th	240: 00	4th	1	1.00	96.49
Andrei Mesin	Belarus	5	314: 05	9	0	1.72	94.77
Dwayne Roloson	Canada	5	303: 52	11	0	2.17	93.04
Ilya Brysgalov	Russia	7th	404: 04	14th	1	2.08	92.93
Edgars Masaļskis	Latvia	7th	426: 26	18th	1	2.53	92.83

Final placements

The placements are based on the following criteria:

• Places 1 to 4: Results in the final and in the game for 3rd place
• Places 5 to 8 (losers in the quarter-finals): according to placement - then points, then goal difference in the intermediate round
• Places 9 to 12 (5th and 6th in the intermediate round): according to placement - then points, then goal difference in the intermediate round
• Places 13 to 16 (relegation round): according to placement in the relegation round

RF	team
1	Russia
2	Canada
3	Sweden
4th	United States
5	Finland
6th	Czech Republic
7th	Latvia
8th	Belarus
9	Switzerland
10	Slovakia
11	Norway
12	France
13	Denmark
14th	Austria
15th	Germany
16	Hungary

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Russia

Vitaly Atjuschow , Ilya Brysgalow , Alexander Frolov , Konstantin Gorowikow , Denis Grebeschkow , Alexander Eremenko , Dmitri Kalinin , Konstantin Kornejew , Vasily Koschetschkin , Ilya Kovalchuk , Anton Kurjanow , Alexei Morozov , Sergei Mosjakin , Ilya Nikulin , Alexander Pereschogin , Vitaly Proshkin , Alexander Radulow , Oleg Saprykin , Danis Saripow , Nikolai Scherdew , Sergei Zinoviev , Alexei Tereschtschenko , Oleg Tverdowski , Vitali Vishnevsky , Anton Woltschenkow Coach: Vyacheslav Bykow

Silver Canada

Colby Armstrong , Braydon Coburn , Shane Doan , Drew Doughty , Mike Fisher , Dan Hamhuis , Josh Harding , Dany Heatley , Shawn Horcoff , Joel Kwiatkowski , Matthew Lombardi , Chris Mason , James Neal , Chris Phillips , Dwayne Roloson , Derek Roy , Martin St . Louis , Luke Schenn , Jason Spezza , Steven Stamkos , Scottie Upshall , Marc-Édouard Vlasic , Shea Weber , Ian White , Travis Zajac Trainers: Lindy Ruff

Bronze Sweden

Johan Åkerman , Johan Andersson , Patrik Berglund , Tobias Enström , Loui Eriksson , Nicklas Grossmann , Carl Gunnarsson , Jonas Gustavsson , Johan Harju , Johan Holmqvist , Kristian Huselius , Magnus Johansson , Kenny Jönsson , Stefan Liv , Joel Lundqvist , Tony Mårtensson , Marcus Nilson , Johnny Oduya , Linus Omark , Niklas Persson , Anton Strålman , Dick Tärnström , Martin Thörnberg , Rickard Wallin , Mattias Weinhandl Trainer: Bengt-Åke Gustafsson

Relegated to Division I:	Austria, Hungary
Promoted to the top division:	Italy, Kazakhstan

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia
Best goalkeeper	Andrei Mesin	Belarus
Best defender	Shea Weber	Canada
Best striker	Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Ilya Kovalchuk - Steven Stamkos - Martin St. Louis
Defense:	Shea Weber - Kenny Jönsson
Goal:	Andrei Mesin

Division I.

Group A in Vilnius, Lithuania

World Cup 2009 Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Kazakhstan
Relegated	Australia
Venue (s)	Vilnius , Lithuania
opening	April 11, 2009
Final day	April 17, 2009
spectator	44,700 (2,980 per game)
Gates	109 (7.27 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Andrej Hočevar
Best defender	Aaron Keller
Best striker	Vadim Krasnoslobodzew
Top scorer	Takeshi Saitō (9 points)

The World Cup tournament of Group A of Division I took place from April 11th to 17th, 2009 in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius . The games were played in the Siemens Arena , which offers space for 8,750 spectators for ice hockey games. Kazakhstan managed to return to the elite class three years after relegating from the top division with five wins from five games, including a 2-1 win against their direct competitor and last year's relegated Slovenia . Promoted Australia finished its first foray into Division I pointless as bottom of the table and had to accept the immediate relegation. A total of 44,700 spectators attended the 15 games.

The tournament's best goalkeeper was awarded to Andrej Hočevar from Slovenia , the Canadian-born Aaron Keller , who plays for Japan, was named the best defender, and Wadim Krasnoslobodzew from Kazakhstan was named the best striker.

venue

Vilnius , Lithuania

Vilnius World championship venue

Venue

Siemens Arena Capacity: 8,750

Exterior view of the Siemens Arena

April 11, 2009 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Croatia K. Švigir (4:49)

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

Japan S. Satō (12:44) Y. Iimura (21:54) T. Saitō (33:48) T. Suzuki (35:20) D. Obara (39:57) T. Saitō (45:32) S. Satō (51:40)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 300

April 11, 2009 4:30 p.m.

Australia

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

Slovenia A. Hebar (00:35) M. Šivic (11:59) S. Kovačevič (16:02) M. Hočevar (25:20) T. Razingar (26:06) M. Šivic (28:54)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 1,000

April 11, 2009 8:00 p.m.

Lithuania D. Kumeliauskas (46:25)

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

Kazakhstan S. Jakowenko (02:37) J. Rymarew (3:57) I. Solarev (25:29) R. Savchenko (53:14) A. Koreschkow (54:29)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 7,300

April 12, 2009 1 p.m.

Japan S. Kuji (5:32) T. Saitō (18:51) S. Satō (19:44) D. Obara (28:48) M. Nishiwaki (29:19) T. Saitō (35:35) M . Kawashima (57:15)

7: 1 (3: 0, 3: 1, 1: 0) game report

Australia J. Seymour (37:28)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 250

April 12, 2009 4:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan A. Samokhvalov (7:06) J. Rymarew (7:44) A. Gavrilin (11:46) J. Masunin (25:06) R. Startchenko (32:41) R. Startchenko (36:08)

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

Croatia M. Mlađenović (34:57)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 1,200

April 12, 2009 8:00 p.m.

Slovenia J. Milovanovič (24:47) M. Hočevar (27:48) M. Šivic (32:46) M. Robar (38:42) D. Rodman (43:24) M. Šivic (46:49) T Razingar (51:39) A. Hebar (58:40)

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

Lithuania A. Katulis (40:33) A. Bosas (56:37)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 5,400

April 14, 2009 1:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan A. Vorontsov (18:36) A. Gavrilin (30:46) J. Rymarew (57:03)

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

Japan T. Saitō (27:32)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 300

April 14, 2009 4:30 p.m.

Slovenia T. Razingar (17:28) J. Milovanovič (34:08) T. Razingar (41:30) M. Robar (44:15)

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

Croatia N. Trstenjak (22:31) D. Jakovac (23:00)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 600

April 14, 2009 8:00 p.m.

Australia V. Stransky (32:24) R. Franchini (51:49) D. Upton (56:48)

3: 9 (0: 5, 1: 2, 2: 2) game report

Lithuania Š. Kuliešius (4:12) S. Ivanuskin (07:49) Š. Kuliešius (13:17) A. Katulis (14:10) D. Lelėnas (15:06) S. Ivanuskin (31:15) D. Kumeliauskas (39:11) P. Verenis (45:08) A. Katulis ( 49:07)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 6,400

April 15, 2009 1:00 p.m.

Japan A. Keller (23:05)

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

Slovenia A. Hebar (05:59) A. Mušič (24:04)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 300

April 15, 2009 4:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan R. Savchenko (3:51) J. Rymarew (4:35) W. Krasnoslobodzew (7:29) R. Startschenko (12:47) M. Belyayev (19:34) A. Vorontsov (36:46) J. Rymarev (39:50) A. Gavrilin (40:27) M. Belyayev (50:11) W. Krasnoslobodzew (52:26) R. Startchenko (53:51) W. Krasnoslobodzew (55:38) M. Belyayev (56:46)

13: 2 (5: 0, 2: 0, 6: 2) game report

Australia M. Villani (46:59) D. Upton (55:00)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 400

April 15, 2009 8:00 p.m.

Lithuania Š. Kuliešius (3:45) D. Vaiciukevičius (13:57) P. Nausėda (30:47) D. Lelėnas (42:50) D. Lelėnas (53:59) M. Šlikas (59:24) D. Lelėnas ( 59:59)

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

Croatia D. Kanaet (7:53) B. Rendulić (57:37)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 7,400

April 17, 2009 1 p.m.

Croatia V. Žibret (12:04) V. Žibret (20:16) V. Žibret (34:13) J. Kučera (52:44) M. Mlađenović (54:02)

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

Australia R. Strong (39:35)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 350

April 17, 2009 4:30 p.m.

Slovenia M. Šivic (56:11)

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

Kazakhstan I. Solarev (8:24) I. Solarev (29:56)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 4,800

April 17, 2009 8:00 p.m.

Japan T. Kamino (6:40) S. Kuji (26:47) M. Kawashima (33:38) D. Obara (36:22) T. Saitō (48:03)

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

Lithuania P. Verenis (38:09)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 8,700

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Takeshi Saitō	5	5	4th	9	+7	27
Vadim Krasnoslobodzew	5	3	6th	9	+9	0
Mitja Šivic	5	5	3	8th	+5	2
Tomaž Razingar	5	4th	4th	8th	+6	0
Yevgeny Rymarev	5	5	2	7th	+5	6th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Alexei Kuznetsov	3	180: 00	3	0	95.08	1.00
Andrej Hočevar	5	299: 15	7th	1	93.40	1.40
Masahito Haruna	4th	239: 02	7th	0	92.22	1.76

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kazakhstan	5	5	0	0	0	29: 06	15th
2.	Slovenia	5	4th	0	0	1	21: 07	12
3.	Japan	5	3	0	0	2	21: 08	9
4th	Lithuania	5	2	0	0	3	20:23	6th
5.	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4th	11:25	3
6th	Australia	5	0	0	0	5	07:40	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

Division I winning team: Kazakhstan

Division I promoted Kazakhstan

Sergei Alexandrov , Vladimir Antipin , Maxim Belyayev , Yevgeny Fadeev , Andrei Gawrilin , Sergei Yakovenko , Vladislav Kolesnikov , Alexander Koreshkov , Vadim Krasnoslobodzew , Alexei Kuznetsov , Artemi Lakisa , Yevgeny Masunin , Georgi Petrov , Ivan Poloschkow , Yevgeny Rymarew , Andrei Samochwalow , Roman Savchenko , Alexander Schin , Ilya Solarev , Andrei Spiridonow , Roman Startschenko , Alexei Voronzow Trainer: Andrei Schajanow

Group B in Toruń, Poland

World Cup 2009 Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Italy
Relegated	Romania
Venue (s)	Toruń , Poland
opening	April 11, 2009
Final day	April 17, 2009
spectator	20,509 (1,367 per game)
Gates	85 (5.67 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Thomas Tragust
Best defender	Trevor Johnson
Best striker	Andrij Michnow
Top scorer	Roland Ramoser (8 points)
All-Star Team
Roland Ramoser - Mikołaj Łopuski - Oleh Schafarenko
Trevor Johnson - Adam Borzęcki
Thomas Tragust

The tournament Group B in the Division I is from 11 to 17 April 2009 at the Polish Toruń held. All matches in the tournament were played in the Lodowisko Tor-Tor arena, which can seat 3,200 spectators.

The Italian Thomas Tragust was named the best goalkeeper of the tournament, the Canadian-born Trevor Johnson , who plays for Italy, was named the best defender, and Andrij Michnow from Ukraine was named the best striker. In addition to Tragust as goalkeeper and Johnson as defender, the All-Star Team consisted of Polish defender Adam Borzęcki , Italian striker Roland Ramoser , Ukrainian striker Oleh Schafarenko and Poland's Mikołaj Łopuski .

venue

Toruń , Poland

Toruń World championship venue

Venue

Lodowisko Gate-Gate Capacity: 3,200

Exterior view of the Lodowisko Gate gate

April 11, 2009 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Great Britain D. Clarke (28:43) D. Meyers (48:41)

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

Ukraine O. Schafarenko (38:46) W. Lytwynenko (47:51) S. Varlamow (56:33) W. Lytwynenko (57:49)

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 508

April 11, 2009 4:30 p.m.

Romania

0:11 (0: 5, 0: 4, 0: 2) game report

Italy J. Parco (2:05) L. Ansoldi (9:12) G. De Bettin (9:48) S. Margoni (11:23) R. Ramoser (11:56) S. Zisser (27:44) P. Iannone (30:51) R. Ramoser (37:20) S. Zisser (38:15) J. Parco (47:44) M. Souza (49:59)

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 403

April 11, 2009 4:30 p.m.

Netherlands A. Ramoul (30:46)

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

Poland M. Urbanowicz (3:07) T. Malasiński (37:56) M. Łopuski (42:28)

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 2,995

April 13, 2009 1 p.m.

Italy T. Johnson (9:37) S. Marchetti (10:52) D. Iori (19:33) S. Margoni (29:58) P. Iannone (34:12)

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

Great Britain C. Shields (38:55) R. Dowd (46:00)

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 709

April 13, 2009 4:30 p.m.

Ukraine O. Tymchenko (5:52) S. Klymentjew (31:16) O. Schafarenko (34:06) A. Srjubko (36:55) O. Schafarenko (45:45)

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

Netherlands J. Schaafsma (48:14)

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 709

April 13, 2009 8:00 p.m.

Poland M. Łopuski (2:06) M. Kolusz (17:18) M. Kolusz (31:06) M. Kolusz (33:59) M. Łopuski (35:49) S. Kowalówka (37:11) T . Malasiński (55:14)

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

Romania

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 2,611

April 14, 2009 1:00 p.m.

Italy T. Johnson (1:53) T. Johnson (8:39) N. Fontanive (11:33) M. De Toni (44:27)

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

Netherlands

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 402

April 14, 2009 4:30 p.m.

Romania

0: 8 (0: 0, 0: 3, 0: 5) game report

Great Britain G. Chambers (23:30) J. Weaver (30:42) C. Shields (39:16) M. Myers (44:11) D. Phillips (50:12) B. O'Connor (52:24 ) D. Clarke (58:47) D. Clarke (59:23)

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 532

April 14, 2009 8:00 p.m.

Ukraine A. Srjubko (13:29) S. Varlamow (PS)

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

Poland A. Borzęcki (6:27)

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 3,215

April 16, 2009 1:00 p.m.

Great Britain P. Hill (8:34) D. Longstaff (15:41) A. Tait (17:26)

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

Netherlands J. Schaafsma (22:54) J. Schaafsma (57:28)

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 694

April 16, 2009 4:30 p.m.

Ukraine O. Tymchenko (2:40) A. Hnidenko (5:41) D. Zyrul (31:33) A. Michnow (36:53) S. Klymentjew (39:50) O. Schafarenko (46:29) S. . Chartschenko (55:56)

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

Romania

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 452

April 16, 2009 8:00 p.m.

Poland M. Łopuski (8:23) M. Kolusz (57:53)

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

Italy C. Borgatello (23:04) R. Ramoser (37:31) R. Ramoser (55:10) N. Fontanive (57:19)

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 3,248

April 17, 2009 1 p.m.

Netherlands T. Demelinne (18:10) B. Willemse (32:41) J. Schaafsma (33:32) J. Schaafsma (46:51) M. Korthuis (49:51)

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

Romania T. Becze (48:50)

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 406

April 17, 2009 4:30 p.m.

Italy R. Ramoser (34:01) N. Fontanive (58:36)

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

Ukraine

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 1,118

April 17, 2009 8:00 p.m.

Poland M. Łopuski (44:08)

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

Great Britain D. Longstaff (30:58) A. Tait (61:54)

Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 2,704

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Roland Ramoser	5	5	3	8th	+7	6th
Trevor Johnson	5	3	5	8th	+7	2
Jamie Schaafsma	5	5	2	7th	± 0	0
Greg Chambers	5	1	6th	7th	+1	4th
Nicola Fontanive	5	3	3	6th	+6	12
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Thomas Tragust	4th	240: 00	2	3	98.15	0.50
Kostantyn Symchuk	3	183: 51	4th	0	95.00	1.31
Krzysztof Zborowski	2	121: 54	2	1	94.74	0.98

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Italy	5	5	0	0	0	26: 04	15th
2.	Ukraine	5	3	1	0	1	18: 06	11
3.	Great Britain	5	2	1	0	2	17:12	8th
4th	Poland	5	2	0	2	1	14: 09	8th
5.	Netherlands	5	1	0	0	4th	09:16	3
6th	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	01:38	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

Division I winning team: Italy

Division I promoted Italy

Luca Ansoldi , Giorgio De Bettin , Christian Borgatello , Luca Felicetti , Nicola Fontanive , Steve Gallace , Armin Helfer , Armin Hofer , Patrick Iannone , Diego Iori , Trevor Johnson , Stefano Marchetti , Stefano Margoni , John Parco , Thomas Pichler , Roland Ramoser , Adam Russo , Mike Souza , Michele Strazzabosco , Manuel De Toni , Thomas Tragust , Stefan Zisser Trainer: Rick Cornacchia

Ascent and descent

Relegated from the top division:	Austria, Hungary
Promoted to the top division:	Italy, Kazakhstan
Relegated to Division II:	Australia, Romania
Promoted from Division II:	Serbia, South Korea

Division II

Group A in Novi Sad, Serbia

World Cup 2009 of Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Serbia
Relegated	North Korea
Venue (s)	Novi Sad , Serbia
opening	April 7, 2009
Final day	April 13, 2009
spectator	4,985 (332 per game)
Gates	160 (10.67 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Milan Luković
Best defender	Dimitri Suur
Best striker	Aleksandr Petrov
Top scorer	Aleksandr Petrov (19 points)

The World Championship tournament of Group A of Division II took place from April 7th to 13th, 2009 in Novi Sad , Serbia . All games took place in the ice rink of the SPENS sports center , which can seat up to 3,000 spectators.

venue

Novi Sad , Serbia

Novi Sad World championship venue

Venue

Ledena dvorana SPENS Capacity: 1,623

Exterior view of the SPENS

April 7, 2009 1:30 p.m. (local time)

People's Republic of China Fu N. (17:49) Du C. (42:45) Zhang W. (64:30)

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

Iceland G. Thormodsson (10:50) E. Thormodsson (58:17)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 100

April 7, 2009 5:00 p.m.

North Korea Kim M.-c. (3:33)

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

Israel D. Spivak (1:55) S. Frenkel (22:32)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 40

April 7, 2009 8:30 p.m.

Serbia B. Janković (8:48) M. Kovačević (39:42) B. Janković (42:55) M. Kovačević (51:34) M.-A. Fournier (PS)

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

Estonia O. Sildre (21:02) M. Semjonov (32:41) M. Semjonov (35:11) A. Kuznetsov (36:10)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad spectators: 1,000

April 8, 2009 1:30 p.m.

Iceland E. Alengård (18:04) B. Jakobsson (25:22) A. Mikaelsson (49:27)

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

North Korea Om S.-c. (10:23) Om S.-c. (12:53)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 20

April 8, 2009 5:00 p.m.

Estonia O. Sildre (4:04) M. Semjonov (7:17) M. Ivanov (7:47) K. Kaljuste (8:27) V. Titarenko (12:22) A. Petrov (14:03) A. Jastrebov (23:10) A. Petrov (25:10) A. Nekrassov (25:47) M. Semjonov (27:00) V. Titarenko (33:03) A. Petrov (36:51) D. Suur (39:50) M. Ivanov (49:25) A. Petrov (50:08) A. Sibirtsev (59:52)

16: 2 (6: 1, 7: 1, 3: 0) game report

Israel S. Frenkel (9:47) N. Butbull (38:30)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 100

April 8, 2009 8:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China Wang D. (5:07) Fu N. (12:42) Du C. (23:58)

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

Serbia M. Kovačević (5:43) B. Gabrić (21:14) M. Kovačević (26:45) C. Prokec (30:23) F. Perowne (57:06)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 450

April 10, 2009 1:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China Lang B. (7:06) Liu H. (10:50) Fu N. (21:14) Dong L. (28:03) Fu N. (33:57) Meng Q. (37:04) Liu H. (52:04)

7: 5 (2: 1, 4: 1, 1: 3) game report

North Korea Ri S.-g. (8:04) Ri C.-m. (34:42) Ri C.-m. (42:18) Ku S.-m. (46:40) Kim K.-h. (47:14)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad viewer: unknown

April 10, 2009 5:00 p.m.

Estonia A. Sibirtsev (6:57) V. Titarenko (9:43) K. Kolpakov (13:22) V. Titarenko (14:39) A. Jastrebov (21:39) A. Sibirtsev (26:31) V. Titarenko (35:04) M. Ivanov (37:42) V. Titarenko (39:00) A. Sibirtsev (41:06) A. Ossipov (44:12) D. Konoshev (45:54) A. Petrov (47:57) A. Smetanin (51:31) A. Petrov (57:16) A. Petrov (58:08)

16: 1 (4: 1, 5: 0, 7: 0) game report

Iceland S. Grettisson (4:46)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 25

April 10, 2009 8:30 p.m.

Serbia M.-A. Fournier (4:49) D. Jacob (7:46) B. Gabrić (11:15) B. Mamić (15:38) M. Babić (26:26) F. Perowne (28:09) A. Košić ( 31:51) B. Mamić (36:50) M. Babić (39:22) B. Mamić (46:10) M. Babić (55:30) M. Kovačević (57:08)

12: 1 (4: 0, 5: 0, 3: 1) game report

Israel A. Geller (47:56)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad spectators: 1,000

April 11, 2009 1:30 p.m.

North Korea Ju S.-h. (12:24)

1:16 (1: 5, 0: 5, 0: 6) match report

Estonia D. Konoshev (3:49) A. Petrov (4:32) O. Sildre (11:38) A. Nekrassov (12:48) D. Konoshev (18:34) K. Kolpakov (21:17) D. Suur (24:19) D. Konoshev (28:12) K. Karik (34:23) A. Kuznetsov (38:01) K. Kaljuste (42:22) O. Sildre (44:44) V. Titarenko (45:12) M. Ivanov (51:29) A. Petrov (57:03) V. Titarenko (59:39)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad viewer: unknown

April 11, 2009 5:00 p.m.

Israel S. Frenkel (4:47)

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

People's Republic of China Chen L. (27:27) Liu H. (32:05) Wang X. (37:40) Fu N. (46:05) Wang X. (47:15)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 100

April 11, 2009 8:30 p.m.

Iceland R. Hedström (27:27)

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

Serbia M.-A. Fournier (15:00) M. Kovačević (18:56) F. Perowne (19:59) M. Kovačević (27:42) M.-A. Fournier (55:57) B. Mamić (57:19)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad Spectators: 730

April 13, 2009 1:30 p.m.

Estonia A. Jastrebov (9:27) K. Kaljuste (18:56) O. Sildre (25:03) D. Suur (25:51) M. Ivanov (26:03) A. Nekrassov (26:21) V. Titarenko (27:14) A. Kuznetsov (29:05) K. Kaljuste (30:41) A. Jastrebov (31:34) A. Nekrassov (37:33) D. Konoshev (41:37) A. Kuznetsov (47:49) A. Kuznetsov (48:17) K. Kaljuste (50:07) A. Sibirtsev (53:02)

16: 3 (2: 0, 9: 1, 5: 2) game report

People's Republic of China Cui Z. (29:22) Fu N. (50:32) Liu H. (59:36)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 100

April 13, 2009 5:00 p.m.

Israel E. Oosterhuis (35:00) S. Frenkel (47:23) E. Revniaga (54:49)

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

Iceland E. Alengård (2:08) S. Hrafnsson (11:39) E. Thormodsson (22:04) S. Grettisson (47:23)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 20

April 13, 2009 8:30 p.m.

Serbia B. Janković (1:13) F. Perowne (7:28) M. Babić (8:19) B. Janković (11:01) F. Perowne (16:25) A. Košić (17:19) A. . Košić (18:02) M. Sretović (19:06) M. Kovačević (27:55) B. Gabrić (32:21) F. Mirković (44:22) B. Gabrić (48:55)

12: 2 (8: 0, 2: 2, 2: 0) game report

North Korea Mun C. (20:16) Mun C. (34:59)

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad spectators: 1,300

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Aleksandr Petrov	5	9	10	19th	+15	8th
Aleksei Sibirtsev	5	5	12	17th	+15	0
Maksim Ivanov	5	5	10	15th	+15	0
Marko Kovačević	5	8th	6th	14th	+13	0
Vassili Titarenko	5	9	4th	13	+10	6th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Dennis Hedström	4th	244: 03	14th	0	91.30	3.44
Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	4th	212: 25	7th	0	89.55	1.98
Milan Luković	5	305: 00	11	0	89.11	2.16

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Serbia	5	4th	1	0	0	40:11	14th
2.	Estonia	5	4th	0	1	0	68:12	13
3.	People's Republic of China	5	2	1	0	2	21:29	8th
4th	Iceland	5	2	0	1	2	11:30	7th
5.	Israel	5	1	0	0	4th	09:38	3
6th	North Korea	5	0	0	0	5	11:40	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 Division I , relegated to Division III

Division II winning team: Serbia

Division II promoted Serbia

Fedor Aranicki , Milos Babic , Uros Brestovac , Marc-André Fournier , Boris Gabrić , Stefan Ilic , Daniel Jacob , Bogdan Janković , Bojan Jankovic , Aleksandar Košić , Marko Kovacevic , Milan Luković , Branko Mamić , Marko Milovanovic , Filip Mirkovic , Dejan Pajić , Fred Perowne , Csaba Prokec , Marko Prokić , Goran Ristić , Marko Sretović , Ivan Tumbas Trainer: Dave Hyrsky

Group B in Sofia, Bulgaria

World Cup 2009 Division II, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	South Korea
Relegated	South Africa
Venue (s)	Sofia , Bulgaria
opening	April 6, 2009
Final day	April 12, 2009
spectator	6,438 (429 per game)
Gates	156 (10.40 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Son Ho-sung
Best defender	Eduardo Paz
Best striker	Kwon Tae-an
Most valuable player	Alexei Jotov
Top scorer	Alexej Jotow (17 points)

From April 6th to 12th, 2009 the World Championship tournament of Group B of Division II was held in the Bulgarian capital Sofia . All games took place in the 4600-seat Winter Sports Palace.

venue

Sofia , Bulgaria

Sofia World championship venue

Venue

Winter Sports Palace Capacity: 4,600

Exterior view of the Winter Sports Palace (on the right in the picture)

April 6, 2009 12:00 p.m. (local time)

Spain I. Gracia (38:56) A. Roshchyn (45:12) J. Muñoz (47:21) A. Pedraz (58:36)

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

South Korea Jung B.-c. (3:02) Kim G.-h. (12:08) Kwon T.-a. (21:09) Kwon T.-a. (41:22) Song D.-h. (51:01) Song D.-h. (59:59)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 125

April 6, 2009 3:30 p.m.

South Africa

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

Mexico S. Ortega (7:29) B. Arroyo (19:30)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 115

April 6, 2009 7:00 p.m.

Belgium N. de Herdt (4:27) V. Camelbeeck (11:40) B. Nuyts (19:43) N. de Herdt (31:10) K. van Looy (36:56) S. van Buren (38 : 37)

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

Bulgaria M. Bojadschiew (17:07) S. Muchachev (18:07) A. Jotow (29:15)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 950

April 7, 2009 12:00 p.m.

South Korea Song D.-h. (12:45) Kim K.-s. (22:12) Kim K.-s. (25:05) Kwon T.-a. (42:35) Kwon T.-a. (43:26) Kim W.-ja. (51:33) Ahn H.-m. (54:33) Kim H.-s. (57:20)

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

Mexico J. Canseco (45:57) F. Ugarte (56:09)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 125

April 7, 2009 3:30 p.m.

Belgium V. Morgan (17:36) D. Steijnen (22:20) J. Peusens (31:10)

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

Spain D. Coscojuela (57:20)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 189

April 7, 2009 7:00 p.m.

Bulgaria P. Hajitonev (9:54) S. Muchachev (11:50) R. Stefanow (22:25) A. Jotow (29:50) S. Muchachev (32:11) S. Muchachev (36:41) p Batschwarow (43:46) S. Muchachev (45:20) W. Wassilew (48:11) S. Batschwarow (56:01) M. Milanow (59:31) S. Batschwarow (59:46)

12: 3 (2: 0, 4: 3, 6: 0) game report

South Africa D. Watson (27:24) J. Valadas (33:14) A. Marais (33:58)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 720

April 9, 2009 12:00 p.m.

Belgium V. Camelbeeck (5:58) V. Camelbeeck (9:01) N. de Herdt (11:02) V. Morgan (18:29) M. Morgan (19:47) B. Nuyts (24:07) V. Morgan (36:20) J. Engelen (43:17) B. Nuyts (48:05) K. van Looy (51:07) D. Steijnen (58:24)

11: 1 (5: 0, 2: 1, 4: 0) game report

South Africa M. Giot (21:16)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 65

April 9, 2009 3:30 p.m.

Spain S. Barnola (0:21) P. Muñoz (15:06) S. Barnola (23:49) A. Betran (55:56)

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

Mexico Ad. Cervantes (49:14)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 152

April 9, 2009 7:00 p.m.

South Korea Kim D.-h. (4:44) Lee Y.-w. (8:32) Choi J.-s. (14:39) Lee Y.-w. (21:29) Kim W.-ju. (21:37) Ahn H.-m. (26:30) Song D.-h. (29:23) Choi J.-s. (43:27) Lee Y.-j. (45:18) Kim K.-s. (45:41) Kim W.-ju. (47:49) Ahn H.-m. (51:37) Song D.-h. (56:30) Kim G.-h. (56:43)

14: 2 (3: 1, 4: 0, 7: 1) game report

Bulgaria P. Hajitonev (15:19) S. Muchachev (54:21)

Winter Sports Palace , Sofia Spectators: 1,055

April 10, 2009 12:00 p.m.

Mexico B. Arroyo (39:13)

1: 9 (0: 2, 1: 5, 0: 2) game report

Belgium V. Morgan (4:38) J. Peusens (18:14) T. Vos (23:50) T. Vos (26:11) V. Camelbeeck (27:31) T. Vos (31:25) B. . Nuyts (39:59) V. Morgan (52:11) B. Kolodziejczyk (54:45)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 112

April 10, 2009 3:30 p.m.

South Africa

0:15 (0: 7, 0: 4, 0: 4) game report

South Korea Kwon T.-a. (2:43) Jung B.-c. (3:35) Kim G.-h. (7:02) Jung B.-c. (8:44) Kim G.-h. (16:04) Lee D.-k. (16:51) Kim K.-s. (18:49) Kwon T.-a. (22:38) Kim K.-s. (25:24) Kwon T.-a. (32:10) Song D.-h. (35:06) Jung B.-c. (44:36) Kim K.-s. (48:20) Park S.-m. (49:33) Kim K.-s. (56:51)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 123

April 10, 2009 7:00 p.m.

Bulgaria S. Muchachev (6:46) R. Stefanow (36:56) R. Morgunow (45:48)

3: 7 (1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 4) match report

Spain I. Gracia (12:51) A. Betran (28:09) J. Muñoz (37:59) J. Muñoz (45:26) P. Muñoz (46:24) G. Betran (54:40) J Muñoz (58:41)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 827

April 12, 2009 12:00 p.m.

Spain A. Betran (6:09) J. Bernet (10:22) De. Pérez (12:47) A. Roshchyn (18:57) A. Gavilánes (22:31) I. Codina (26:02) A. Pedraz (27:51) P. Muñoz (47:19) S. Barnola ( 48:26) A. Vea (54:26) J. Muñoz (58:35) S. Barnola (59:22)

12: 2 (4: 1, 3: 0, 5: 1) match report

South Africa M. Giot (2:07) B. Stevens (50:19)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 75

April 12, 2009 3:30 p.m.

South Korea Song D.-h. (5:23) Lee Y.-j. (14:02) Kim G.-h. (30:16) Ahn H.-m. (53:21) Kim D.h. (57:48)

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

Belgium D. Steijnen (17:03) D. Steijnen (55:56)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 425

April 12, 2009 7:00 p.m.

Mexico M. Ramos (12:36) F. Ugarte (42:26) Ad. Cervantes (52:16)

3:10 (1: 1, 0: 3, 2: 6) game report

Bulgaria M. Bojadschiew (15:07) S. Muchachev (29:33) A. Jotow (31:00) R. Stefanow (32:46) G. Mladenow (40:54) W. Vasilew (48:31) R . Morgunow (49:34) M. Milanow (54:26) A. Jotow (56:05) S. Muchachev (57:22)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 1,380

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Alexei Jotov	5	4th	13	17th	+8	8th
Stanislav Muchachev	5	9	5	14th	+4	10
Kwon Tae-an	5	7th	7th	14th	+11	4th
Kim Geun-ho	5	5	8th	13	+11	2
Song Dong-hwan	5	7th	4th	11	+6	4th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Björn Steijlen	5	249: 57	11	0	91.97	2.64
Son Ho-sung	4th	282: 14	5	0	91.07	1.65
Other Alcaine	4th	240: 00	13	0	90.15	3.25

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	48:10	15th
2.	Belgium	5	4th	0	0	1	31:11	12
3.	Spain	5	3	0	0	2	28:15	9
4th	Bulgaria	5	2	0	0	3	30:33	6th
5.	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4th	11:33	3
6th	South Africa	5	0	0	0	5	08:54	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 Division I , relegated to Division III

Division II winning team: South Korea

Division II promoted South Korea

Ahn Hyun-min , Choi Jung-sik , Eum Hyun-seung , Hwang Byung-wook , Jung Byung-cheon , Kim Dong-hwan , Kim Eun-joon , Kim Geun-ho , Kim Hyun-soo , Kim Ki-sung , Kim Won-jung , Kim Woo-jae , Kim Woo-young , Kim Yoon-hwan , Kwon Tae-an , Lee Don-ku , Lee Seung-jun , Lee Yong-jun , Lee Yu-won , Park Sung-min , Son Ho-sung , Song Dong-hwan Trainer: Kim Hee-woo

Ascent and descent

Relegated from Division I:	Australia, Romania
Promoted to Division I:	Serbia, South Korea
Relegated to Division III:	North Korea, South Africa
Promoted from Division III:	New Zealand, Turkey

Division III

World Cup 2009 of Division III
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	New Zealand Turkey
Venue (s)	Dunedin , New Zealand
opening	April 10, 2009
Final day	April 16, 2009
spectator	4,340 (434 per game)
Gates	91 (9.10 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Ntalimpor ploutsis
Best defender	Göktürk Taşdemir
Best striker	Brett Speirs
Top scorer	Robert Beran (12 points)

The Division III World Championship tournament was held from April 10-16, 2009 in Dunedin , New Zealand . The Mongolian team did not receive an entry visa to New Zealand. Their games were all rated as 5-0 defeats. The games were played at the Dunedin Ice Stadium , which seats 1,850 people.

venue

Dunedin , New Zealand

Dunedin World championship venue

Venue

Ice Stadium Capacity: 1,850

Interior view of the Ice Stadium

April 10, 2009 1:00 p.m. (local time)

April 10, 2009 3:00 a.m. ( CEST )

Mongolia

0: 5 (rating)

Turkey

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: -

April 10, 2009 4:30 p.m.

April 10, 2009 6:30 a.m.

Ireland

3: 7 (0: 2, 1: 2, 2: 3) game report

Greece

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: 200

April 10, 2009 8:00 p.m.

April 10, 2009 10:00 a.m.

Luxembourg

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

New Zealand

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: 780

April 11, 2009 1:00 p.m.

April 11, 2009 3:00 am

Greece

5: 0 (rating)

Mongolia

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: -

April 11, 2009 4:30 p.m.

April 11, 2009 6:30 am

Ireland

3: 8 (2: 2, 0: 5, 1: 1) game report

Luxembourg

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: 180

April 11, 2009 8:00 p.m.

April 11, 2009 10:00 am

New Zealand

8: 2 (2: 1, 4: 1, 2: 0) game report

Turkey

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: 560

April 13, 2009 1 p.m.

April 13, 2009 3:00 am

Ireland

5: 0 (rating)

Mongolia

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: -

April 13, 2009 4:30 p.m.

April 13, 2009 6:30 a.m.

Luxembourg

4: 7 (0: 1, 1: 4, 3: 2) game report

Turkey

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: 200

April 13, 2009 8:00 p.m.

April 13, 2009 10:00 a.m.

New Zealand

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

Greece

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: 610

April 15, 2009 1:00 p.m.

April 15, 2009 3:00 a.m.

Greece

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

Luxembourg

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: 180

April 15, 2009 4:30 p.m.

April 15, 2009 6:30 a.m.

Turkey

7: 1 (3: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1) game report

Ireland

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: 170

April 15, 2009 8:00 p.m.

April 15, 2009 10:00 a.m.

Mongolia

0: 5 (rating)

New Zealand

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: -

April 16, 2009 1:00 p.m.

April 16, 2009 3:00 am

Turkey

7: 1 (1: 1, 0: 0, 6: 0) game report

Greece

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: 250

April 16, 2009 4:30 p.m.

April 16, 2009 6:30 am

Luxembourg

5: 0 (rating)

Mongolia

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: -

April 16, 2009 8:00 p.m.

April 16, 2009 10:00 a.m.

New Zealand

9: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 5: 0) game report

Ireland

Ice Stadium, Dunedin Spectators: 1,210

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Robert Beran	4th	4th	8th	12	± 0	20th
Brett Speirs	4th	5	5	10	+5	0
Benny Welter	4th	6th	3	9	± 0	2
Braden Lee	4th	3	5	8th	+5	10
Emrah Ozmen	4th	5	2	7th	+6	18th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Richard Parry	2	120: 00	2	1	95.56	1.00
Eray Atalı	4th	209: 11	10	0	89.80	2.87
Ntalimpor ploutsis	4th	221: 07	19th	0	89.14	5.16

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	New Zealand	5	4th	1	0	0	32: 07	14th
2.	Turkey	5	4th	0	0	1	28:14	12
3.	Luxembourg	5	3	0	0	2	26:18	9
4th	Greece	5	2	0	1	2	18:21	7th
5.	Ireland	5	1	0	0	4th	12:31	3
6th	Mongolia	5	0	0	0	5	00:25	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 Division II

Division III promotion teams

Division III promoted New Zealand	Hayden Argyle , KC Ball , Jordan Challis , Corey Down , Chris Eaden , Dale Harrop , Andrew Hay , Joshua Hay , Lyle Idoine , Richard Idoine , Braden Lee , Daniel Nicholls , Zak Nothling , Mitchell Oak , Richard Parry , Stacey Rout , Daniel Smith , Adam Soffer , Brett Speirs , Damian Watson Trainers: Jeff Bonazzo
Division III promoted Turkey	Berat Aktepe , Eray Atali , Barış Bağcılar , Cüneyt Baykan , Gurkan Cetinkaya , Serkan Gümüş , Yusuf Halil , Galip Hamarat , Niyazi Karabulut , Yavuz Karakoç , Bāţin Kösemen , Emrah Ozmen , Gökhun Ozturk , Alper Solak , Mert Tahmazoğlu , Egemen Taşboğa , Göktürk Taşdemir , Volkan Toptaner , Barış Uçele , Serkan Yapıcılar Coach: Andrej Brodnik

Ascent and descent

Relegated from Division II:	North Korea, South Africa
Promoted to Division II:	New Zealand, Turkey

See also

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ iihf.com, Best Players selected by the directorate (PDF; 71 kB)
2. ↑ iihf.com, Media All-Stars (PDF; 71 kB)

Web links

Commons : 2009 IIHF World Championship  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the top division
• Official website of Division I, Group A.
• Official website of Division I, Group B