Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2009

	U18 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: USA

The 11th ice hockey world championships of the U18 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2009 in the age group of under-eighteen year olds (U18). Between February 27 and April 19, 2009, a total of 44 national teams took part in the seven tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III.

The world champion was the fourth time the United States team , which defeated arch-rivals Russia 5-0 in the final . The German team rose by tenth and last place in the top division for the first time since 2004 in Division I, while Switzerland took eighth place in the top division and thus prevented relegation. Austria was third in Group B of Division I.

Overview U18 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Fargo Moorhead	0Apr 9, 2009 - Apr 19, 2009	10	44,779	31	1,445
Division IA	Minsk	0Apr 6, 2009 - Apr 12, 2009	6th	43,200	15th	2,880
Division IB	Asiago	29 Mar 2009 - Apr 5, 2009 0	6th	12,790	15th	853
Division II A	Maribor	22 Mar 2009 - Mar 28 2009	6th	5,666	15th	378
Division II B	Narva	16. Mar. 2009 - March 22nd 2009	6th	8,252	15th	550
Division III A	Taipei	Feb 27, 2009 - Mar 5 2009 0	5	5,090	10	509
Division III B	Erzurum	09 Mar 2009 - March 15 2009	5	12,637	10	1,264

Participants, venues and periods

• Top Division: April 9-19, 2009 in Fargo , North Dakota and Moorhead , Minnesota , USA

  Participants: Germany, Finland, Canada (defending champion) , Norway (promoted) , Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech Republic (promoted) , USA

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 6-12, 2009 in Minsk , Belarus

    Participants: Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary (promoted) , Belarus (relegated)

  • Group B: March 29 to April 5, 2009 in Asiago , Italy

    Participants: Denmark (relegated) , France (promoted) , Italy, Japan, Latvia, Austria

• Division II
  • Group A: March 22-28, 2009 in Maribor , Slovenia

    Participants: Croatia, Mexico (promoted) , Romania, Slovenia (relegated) , Spain, South Korea

• • Group B: March 16-22, 2009 in Narva , Estonia

    Participants: Belgium, People's Republic of China, Estonia, Great Britain, Netherlands (relegated) , Serbia (promoted)

• Division III
  • Group A: February 27 to March 5, 2009 in Taipei , Republic of China (Taiwan)

    Participants: Australia (relegated) , Republic of China (Taiwan), Mongolia, New Zealand, South Africa

  • Group B: March 9-15 , 2009 in Erzurum , Turkey

    Participants: Bulgaria, Ireland (first participation since 2000) , Iceland, Turkey

Israel renounced after relegation from Division II in the previous year to participate in the competitions of Division III.

Top division

2009 World Cup for U18 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	United States
silver	Russia
bronze	Finland
Relegated	Germany Norway
Venue (s)	Fargo , North Dakota & Moorhead , Minnesota , USA
opening	April 13, 2010
Endgame	April 23, 2010
spectator	44,779 (1,444 per game)
Gates	252 (8.13 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Igor Bobkov
Best defender	Cam Fowler
Best striker	Toni Rajala
Top scorer	Toni Rajala (19 points)

The U18 World Cup was from 9 to 19 April in the Midwest of the United States held. Fargo in the state of North Dakota and the neighboring Moorhead in the state of Minnesota acted as venues . In addition to the Moorhead Sports Center (3,300 seats), the newly built Urban Plains Center (5,000 seats) served as a venue.

Ten national teams took part, playing in two groups of five teams each. The United States secured the world championship title, which clearly beat Russia 5-0 in the final. It was the fourth title for the Americans.

Group A	Group B
Canada	Russia
Sweden	United States
Germany	Finland
Switzerland	Slovakia
Czech Republic	Norway

mode

After the group games in the preliminary round, the two group winners qualified directly for the semi-finals. The runners-up and thirds in the group each played a qualifying game for participation in the semi-finals. The fourth and fifth of the group games contested - taking the result of the direct encounter from the preliminary round with them - the relegation round and determined two relegated to Division I.

Venues

Fargo , North Dakota	Fargo Moorhead World Championship venues	Moorhead , Minnesota
Urban Plains Center Capacity: 5,000		Moorhead Sports Center Capacity: 3,300

Preliminary round

Group A

April 9, 2009 4:00 p.m. (local time)	April 9, 2009 11:00 PM ( CEST )	Czech Republic	0: 7 (0: 3, 0: 3, 0: 1)	Sweden	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 136
April 9, 2009 4:30 p.m.	April 9, 2009 11:30 p.m.	Germany	2:11 (1: 1, 0: 7, 1: 3)	Canada	Urban Plains Center, Fargo spectators: 1,389
April 10, 2009 7:30 p.m.	April 11, 2009 2:30 am	Switzerland	2: 6 (0: 1, 2: 4, 0: 1)	Czech Republic	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 623
April 11, 2009 4:00 p.m.	April 11, 2009 11:00 pm	Sweden	5: 4 (2: 1, 2: 1, 1: 2)	Germany	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 196
April 11, 2009 4:00 p.m.	April 11, 2009 11:00 pm	Canada	8: 1 (2: 1, 3: 0, 3: 0)	Switzerland	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 1,516
April 12, 2009 5:00 p.m.	April 13, 2009 00:00	Germany	4: 3 (2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2)	Czech Republic	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 156
April 13, 2009 4:00 p.m.	April 13, 2009 11:00 pm	Sweden	11: 0 (3: 0, 5: 0, 3: 0)	Switzerland	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 151
April 13, 2009 4:00 p.m.	April 13, 2009 11:00 pm	Czech Republic	3: 4 n.V. (1: 0, 2: 0, 0: 3, 0: 1)	Canada	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 1,307
April 14, 2009 4:00 p.m.	April 14, 2009 11:00 PM	Switzerland	8: 3 (1: 0, 4: 2, 3: 1)	Germany	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 99
April 14, 2009 4:00 p.m.	April 14, 2009 11:00 PM	Canada	4: 2 (2: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0)	Sweden	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 1,543

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	4th	3	1	0	0	27: 08	11
2.	Sweden	4th	3	0	0	1	25: 08	9
3.	Czech Republic	4th	1	0	1	2	12:17	4th
4th	Switzerland	4th	1	0	0	3	11:28	3
5.	Germany	4th	1	0	0	3	13:27	3

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: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Group B

April 9, 2009 7:30 p.m. (local time)	April 10, 2009 2:30 am ( CEST )	Finland	7: 4 (2: 2, 4: 2, 1: 0)	Russia	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 271
April 9, 2009 8:00 p.m.	April 10, 2009 3:00 a.m.	Norway	0: 8 (0: 2, 0: 3, 0: 3)	United States	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 2,678
April 10, 2009 7:30 p.m.	April 11, 2009 2:30 am	Slovakia	5: 2 (0: 0, 3: 0, 2: 2)	Norway	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 2,999
April 11, 2009 7:30 p.m.	April 12, 2009 2:30 am	Russia	7: 2 (1: 0, 4: 1, 2: 1)	Slovakia	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 249
April 11, 2009 7:30 p.m.	April 12, 2009 2:30 am	United States	4: 3 (2: 0, 2: 0, 0: 3)	Finland	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 3,166
April 12, 2009 5:00 p.m.	April 13, 2009 00:00	Norway	1: 8 (0: 4, 0: 1, 1: 3)	Russia	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 1,594
April 13, 2009 7:30 p.m.	April 14, 2009 2:30 am	Finland	10: 1 (3: 0, 6: 1, 1: 0)	Norway	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 154
April 13, 2009 7:30 p.m.	April 14, 2009 2:30 am	United States	12: 0 (3: 0, 4: 0, 5: 0)	Slovakia	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 2,040
April 14, 2009 7:30 p.m.	April 15, 2009 2:30 am	Slovakia	0: 7 (0: 3, 0: 2, 0: 2)	Finland	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 137
April 14, 2009 7:30 p.m.	April 15, 2009 2:30 am	Russia	6: 5 (0: 2, 3: 1, 3: 2)	United States	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 3,584

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	4th	3	0	0	1	27: 09	9
2.	United States	4th	3	0	0	1	29: 09	9
3.	Russia	4th	3	0	0	1	25:15	9
4th	Slovakia	4th	1	0	0	3	07:28	3
5.	Norway	4th	0	0	0	4th	04:31	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: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

April 16, 2009 7:30 p.m. (local time)	April 17, 2009 2:30 am ( CEST )	Switzerland	7: 3 (3: 1, 4: 1, 0: 1)	Norway	Moorhead Sports Center, | Moorhead Spectators: 94
April 17, 2009 7:30 p.m.	April 18, 2009 2:30 am	Slovakia	4: 5 n.P. (0: 2, 1: 2, 3: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Germany	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 93
April 18, 2009 4:00 p.m.	April 18, 2009 11:00 PM	Switzerland	2: 4 (0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 2)	Slovakia	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 82
April 18, 2009 7:30 p.m.	April 19, 2009 2:30 am	Germany	2: 5 (1: 1, 0: 2, 1: 2)	Norway	Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead Spectators: 105

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	0	13: 09	7th
2.	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	17:10	6th
3.	Norway	3	1	0	0	2	10:14	3
4th	Germany	3	0	1	0	2	10:17	2

Note: The preliminary round matches Switzerland - Germany (8: 3) and Slovakia - Norway (5: 2) are included in the table.
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.

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Canada

1

B2

United States

6th

B2

United States

2

A3

Czech Republic

2

B2

United States

5

B3

Russia

0

B1

Finland

0

A2

Sweden

1

B3

Russia

4th

3rd place match

B3

Russia

4th

A1

Canada

4th

B1

Finland

5

Play for 5th place

A2

Sweden

4th

A3

Czech Republic

2

Quarter finals

April 16, 2009 4:00 p.m. (local time)	April 16, 2009 11:00 PM ( CEST )	Sweden	1: 4 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 2)	Russia	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 1,456
April 16, 2009 7:30 p.m.	April 17, 2009 2:30 am	United States	6: 2 (2: 1, 4: 0, 0: 1)	Czech Republic	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 2,049

Play for 5th place

April 18, 2009 7:30 p.m.

April 19, 2009 2:30 am

Sweden

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

Czech Republic

Urban Plains Center, Fargo spectators: 1,672

Semifinals

April 17, 2009 4:00 p.m.	April 17, 2009 11:00 pm	Finland	0: 4 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 2)	Russia	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 1,551
April 17, 2009 7:30 p.m.	April 18, 2009 2:30 am	Canada	1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2)	United States	Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 4,906

3rd place match

April 19, 2009 3:00 p.m.

April 19, 2009 10:00 p.m.

Canada

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

Finland

Urban Plains Center, Fargo spectators: 3,860

final

April 19, 2009 7:00 p.m.

April 20, 2009 2:00 am

United States

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

Russia

Urban Plains Center, Fargo Spectators: 4,923

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
Toni Rajala	Finland	6th	10	9	19th	+10	6th
Vladimir Tarassenko	Russia	7th	8th	7th	15th	+7	6th
Teemu Pulkkinen	Finland	6th	7th	6th	13	+9	4th
Yevgeny Kuznetsov	Russia	7th	6th	7th	13	+7	10
Jerry D'Amigo	United States	7th	4th	9	13	+5	8th
Mikael Granlund	Finland	6th	2	11	13	+9	0
Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson	Sweden	6th	6th	6th	12	+6	0
Alexander Burmistrov	Russia	7th	4th	7th	11	+7	6th
Kirill Kabanov	Russia	7th	4th	7th	11	+5	18th
Jeremy Morin	United States	7th	6th	4th	10	+6	8th

Best goalkeeper

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	SO	Sv%	GTS
Jack Campbell	United States	5	240: 58	3	2	96.74	0.75
Michael Zador	Canada	6th	371: 10	15th	0	93.09	2.42
Igor Bobkov	Russia	6th	360: 00	20th	1	92.70	3.33
Robin Lehner	Sweden	4th	235: 42	11	1	91.60	2.80
Joni Ortio	Finland	5	308: 55	15th	1	90.26	2.91

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	United States
2	Russia
3	Finland
4th	Canada
5	Sweden
6th	Czech Republic
7th	Slovakia
8th	Switzerland
9	Norway
10	Germany

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion USA

Ryan Bourque , Chris Brown , Jack Campbell , Adam Clendening , Jerry D'Amigo , Cam Fowler , John Henrion , Kevin Lynch , Nick Mattson , Jon Merrill , Jeremy Morin , Adam Murray , Matt Nieto , John Ramage , Brendan Rempel , Kenny Ryan , Philip Samuelsson , Drew Shore , AJ Treais , David Valek , William Wrenn , Jason Zucker Trainers: Ron Rolston

Silver Russia

Andrei Ankudinov , Igor Bobkov , Konstantin Botschkarjow , Alexander Burmistrov , Nikita Dwuretschenski , Emil Garipov , Daniil Gubarev , Kirill Yuryev , Kirill Kabanov , Stanislav Kalashnikov , Alexander Karpuschkin , Maxim Kizyn , Yevgeny Kuznetsov , Vladimir Malinovsky , Dmitri Orlov , Nikita Piwzakin , Nikita Zaitsev , Andrei Sergejew , Stanislaw Solowjow , Pawel Sotow , Wladimir Tarassenko , Sergei Tschwanow Coach: Wladimir Pljuschtschew

Bronze Finland

Mikael Aaltonen , Mikael Granlund , Erik Haula , Joonas Hurricane , Ville Hyvärinen , lauric Kärmeniemi , Joni Karjalainen , Tommi Kivistö , Janne Kumpulainen , Jere Laaksonen , Jesse Mankinen , Joonas Nättinen , Joni Ortio , Iiro Pakarinen , Teemu Pulkkinen , Toni Rajala , Rasmus Rissanen , Erno Suomalainen , Teemu Tallberg , Jaakko Turtiainen , Sami Vatanen , Valtteri Virkkunen Trainers: Mika Marttila

Relegated to Division I:	Germany, Norway
Promoted to the top division:	Latvia, Belarus

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Igor Bobkov	Russia
Best defender	Cam Fowler	United States
Best striker	Toni Rajala	Finland

All-Star Team

Attack:	Toni Rajala - Jerry D'Amigo - Wladimir Tarassenko
Defense:	Tim Erixon - Cam Fowler
Goal:	Jack Campbell

Division I.

Group A in Minsk, Belarus

2009 World Cup for the U18 Juniors Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Belarus
Relegated	Ukraine
Venue (s)	Minsk , Belarus
opening	April 6, 2009
Final day	April 12, 2009
spectator	43,200 (2,880 per game)
Gates	103 (6.87 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Mantas Armalis
Best defender	Jauhen Nahatschou
Best striker	János Hári
Top scorer	Bartłomiej Neupauer (11 points)

From April 6 to 12, 2009, the Group A World Championship in Division I took place in the Belarusian capital Minsk . The Minsk Sports Palace acted as the venue, with space for 4,842 spectators.

venue

Minsk , Belarus

Minsk World championship venue

Venue

Minsk Sports Palace Capacity: 4,842

Exterior view of the Minsk Sports Palace

April 6, 2009 12:00 p.m.	Ukraine	1: 5 (0: 3, 1: 1, 0: 1)	Lithuania	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,900
April 6, 2009 3:30 p.m.	Poland	4: 3 n.V. (2: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0)	Kazakhstan	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,500
April 6, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Hungary	4: 5 n.P. (2: 1, 0: 2, 2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Belarus	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,700
April 7, 2009 3:30 p.m.	Lithuania	3: 4 (1: 1, 1: 3, 1: 0)	Hungary	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,500
April 7, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Belarus	4: 1 (2: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1)	Poland	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,900
April 8, 2009 3:30 p.m.	Kazakhstan	7: 3 (2: 1, 3: 1, 2: 1)	Ukraine	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,900
April 9, 2009 12:00 p.m.	Hungary	0: 9 (0: 3, 0: 2, 0: 4)	Poland	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,900
April 9, 2009 3:30 p.m.	Kazakhstan	4: 2 (2: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1)	Lithuania	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,000
April 9, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Belarus	5: 0 (3: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0)	Ukraine	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,900
April 10, 2009 3:30 p.m.	Lithuania	0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)	Belarus	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,900
April 11, 2009 12:00 p.m.	Poland	7: 3 (1: 1, 2: 1, 4: 1)	Ukraine	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,000
April 11, 2009 3:30 p.m.	Kazakhstan	1: 6 (0: 2, 0: 1, 1: 3)	Hungary	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,000
April 12, 2009 12:00 p.m.	Lithuania	3: 4 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1)	Poland	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,000
April 12, 2009 3:30 p.m.	Ukraine	0: 5 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 3)	Hungary	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,000
April 12, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Belarus	6: 1 (2: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1)	Kazakhstan	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 4,100

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Belarus	5	4th	1	0	0	23: 06	14th
2.	Poland	5	2	2	0	1	25:13	10
3.	Hungary	5	3	0	1	1	19:18	10
4th	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	1	2	16:21	7th
5.	Lithuania	5	1	0	1	3	13:16	4th
6th	Ukraine	5	0	0	0	5	07:29	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

Group B in Asiago, Italy

2009 World Cup for the U18 Juniors in Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Latvia
Relegated	Italy
Venue (s)	Asiago , Italy
opening	March 29, 2009
Final day	April 4, 2009
spectator	12,790 (852 per game)
Gates	90 (6.00 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Leave Jensen
Best defender	Edgars Dīķis
Best striker	Kevin Pushnik
Top scorer	Kevin Pushnik (8 points)

The Group B tournament in Division II was held from March 29 to April 4, 2009 in Asiago , Italy . The games took place in the Pala Hodegart (2,200 seats).

venue

Asiago , Italy

Asiago World championship venue

Venue

Pala Hodegart Capacity: 3,000

Interior view of the Pala Hodegart

March 29, 2009 1:30 p.m.	Japan	5: 6 n.V. (2: 1, 0: 1, 3: 3, 0: 1)	Austria	Pala Hodegart, Asiago spectators: 200
March 29, 2009 5:00 p.m.	France	4: 3 n.P. (0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)	Denmark	Pala Hodegart, Asiago Spectators: 600
March 29, 2009 8:30 p.m.	Italy	3: 5 (2: 1, 1: 3, 0: 1)	Latvia	Pala Hodegart, Asiago spectators: 1,500
March 30, 2009 1:30 p.m.	Austria	6: 5 (1: 0, 3: 4, 2: 1)	France	Pala Hodegart, Asiago Spectators: 410
March 30, 2009 5:00 p.m.	Latvia	5: 2 (1: 0, 3: 0, 1: 2)	Japan	Pala Hodegart, Asiago Spectators: 520
March 30, 2009 8:30 p.m.	Denmark	7: 0 (3: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0)	Italy	Pala Hodegart, Asiago spectators: 1,450
April 1, 2009 1:30 p.m.	Denmark	1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)	Japan	Pala Hodegart, Asiago Spectators: 310
April 1, 2009 5:00 p.m.	Latvia	3: 4 (1: 0, 2: 2, 0: 2)	Austria	Pala Hodegart, Asiago Spectators: 360
April 1, 2009 8:30 p.m.	France	2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)	Italy	Pala Hodegart, Asiago spectators: 1,150
April 2, 2009 1:30 p.m.	Austria	1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 3, 1: 1)	Denmark	Pala Hodegart, Asiago Spectators: 480
April 2, 2009 5:00 p.m.	Latvia	3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)	France	Pala Hodegart, Asiago Spectators: 440
April 2, 2009 8:30 p.m.	Italy	1: 2 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Japan	Pala Hodegart, Asiago spectators: 1,550
April 4, 2009 1:30 p.m.	Denmark	0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Latvia	Pala Hodegart, Asiago Spectators: 800
April 4, 2009 5:00 p.m.	Japan	4: 3 n.P. (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)	France	Pala Hodegart, Asiago Spectators: 570
April 4, 2009 8:30 p.m.	Austria	4: 3 n.P. (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)	Italy	Pala Hodegart, Asiago spectators: 1,750

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Latvia	5	4th	0	0	1	18:10	12
2.	Denmark	5	3	0	1	1	15: 07	10
3.	Austria	5	2	2	0	1	21:20	10
4th	France	5	1	1	1	2	15:17	6th
5.	Japan	5	0	2	1	2	13:16	5
6th	Italy	5	0	0	2	3	08:20	2

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:	Germany, Norway
Promoted to the top division:	Latvia, Belarus
Relegated to Division II:	Italy, Ukraine
Promoted to Division I:	UK, South Korea

Division II

Group A in Maribor, Slovenia

2009 World Cup for U18 Juniors Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	South Korea
Relegated	Mexico
Venue (s)	Maribor , Slovenia
opening	March 22, 2009
Final day	March 28, 2009
spectator	5,666 (377 per game)
Gates	133 (8.87 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Han Jae-ik
Best defender	Aleksandar Magovac
Best striker	Yoon Ji-man
Top scorer	Ken Ograjenšek (16 points)

From March 22 to 28, 2009, the Group A World Championship in Division II took place in Maribor, Slovenia . The Ledna dvorana Tabor acted as the venue and has a capacity of 3,000 seats.

venue

Maribor , Slovenia

Maribor World championship venue

Venue

Ledna dvorana Tabor Capacity: 3,000

Interior view of the Ledna dvorana Tabor

March 22, 2009 1:00 p.m.	South Korea	3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)	Spain	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 311
March 22, 2009 4:30 p.m.	Mexico	2:10 (1: 4, 0: 3, 1: 3)	Romania	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 303
March 22, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Croatia	1:14 (0: 5, 0: 6, 1: 3)	Slovenia	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 710
March 23, 2009 1:00 p.m.	South Korea	5: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 3: 1)	Croatia	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 275
March 23, 2009 4:30 p.m.	Spain	7: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0)	Mexico	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 256
March 23, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Slovenia	6: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0)	Romania	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 489
March 25, 2009 1:00 p.m.	Croatia	1: 6 (0: 1, 1: 3, 0: 2)	Romania	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 276
March 25, 2009 4:30 p.m.	South Korea	10: 0 (5: 0, 1: 0, 4: 0)	Mexico	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 248
March 25, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Slovenia	8: 0 (1: 0, 4: 0, 3: 0)	Spain	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 492
March 27, 2009 1:00 p.m.	Romania	0: 8 (0: 1, 0: 3, 0: 4)	South Korea	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 211
March 27, 2009 4:30 p.m.	Spain	1: 9 (0: 2, 1: 4, 0: 3)	Croatia	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 269
March 27, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Mexico	0:12 (0: 5, 0: 3, 0: 4)	Slovenia	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 410
March 28, 2009 1:00 p.m.	Romania	7: 3 (3: 1, 2: 2, 2: 0)	Spain	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 256
March 28, 2009 4:30 p.m.	Croatia	11: 1 (1: 0, 5: 0, 5: 1)	Mexico	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 271
March 28, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Slovenia	2: 4 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2)	South Korea	Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 589

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	30: 04	15th
2.	Slovenia	5	4th	0	0	1	42: 05	12
3.	Romania	5	3	0	0	2	23:20	9
4th	Croatia	5	2	0	0	3	23:27	6th
5.	Spain	5	1	0	0	4th	12:27	3
6th	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	03:50	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

Group B in Narva, Estonia

World Cup 2009 of the U18 juniors of Division II, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Great Britain
Relegated	People's Republic of China
Venue (s)	Narva , Estonia
opening	March 16, 2009
Final day	March 22, 2009
spectator	8,252 (550 per game)
Gates	150 (10.00 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Rauno Tikka
Best defender	John Connolly
Best striker	Benjamin Davies
Top scorer	Benjamin Davies (17 points)

The Group B tournament in Division II was held from March 16-22, 2009 in Narva , Estonia . All games took place in the Narva jäähall , which has 1,500 seats.

venue

Narva , Estonia

Narva World championship venue

Venue

Narva jäähall Capacity: 1,500

March 16, 2009 1:00 p.m.	Serbia	3: 4 n.P. (1: 2, 0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Belgium	Narva jäähall, Narva audience: 300
March 16, 2009 4:30 p.m.	Great Britain	16: 2 (4: 0, 6: 2, 6: 0)	People's Republic of China	Narva jäähall, Narva audience: 350
March 16, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Estonia	5: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 0: 0)	Netherlands	Narva jäähall, Narva viewers: 1,253
March 17, 2009 1:00 p.m.	People's Republic of China	1: 6 (0: 3, 0: 2, 1: 1)	Serbia	Narva jäähall, Narva viewers: 187
March 17, 2009 4:30 p.m.	Netherlands	4: 5 n.P. (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 3, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Belgium	Narva jäähall, Narva audience: 250
March 17, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Great Britain	5: 1 (1: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1)	Estonia	Narva jäähall, Narva viewers: 1,350
March 19, 2009 1:00 p.m.	Netherlands	11: 2 (2: 0, 3: 1, 6: 1)	People's Republic of China	Narva jäähall, Narva viewers: 57
March 19, 2009 4:30 p.m.	Great Britain	10: 2 (3: 0, 5: 2, 2: 0)	Serbia	Narva jäähall, Narva viewers: 467
March 19, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Estonia	4: 3 n.P. (0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)	Belgium	Narva jäähall, Narva viewers: 1,134
March 20, 2009 1:00 p.m.	Serbia	2:14 (1: 3, 1: 5, 0: 6)	Netherlands	Narva jäähall, Narva audience: 100
March 20, 2009 4:30 p.m.	Belgium	1: 7 (0: 2, 0: 2, 1: 3)	Great Britain	Narva jäähall, Narva viewers: 468
March 20, 2009 8:00 p.m.	People's Republic of China	3: 6 (0: 2, 2: 2, 1: 2)	Estonia	Narva jäähall, Narva viewers: 834
March 22, 2009 1:00 p.m.	Belgium	10: 1 (4: 1, 4: 0, 2: 0)	People's Republic of China	Narva jäähall, Narva viewers: 173
March 22, 2009 4:30 p.m.	Netherlands	5: 8 (1: 2, 2: 3, 2: 3)	Great Britain	Narva jäähall, Narva audience: 120
March 22, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Estonia	6: 3 (1: 0, 4: 0, 1: 3)	Serbia	Narva jäähall, Narva audience: 1,200

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Great Britain	5	5	0	0	0	46:11	15th
2.	Estonia	5	3	1	0	1	22:14	11
3.	Belgium	5	1	2	1	1	23:19	8th
4th	Netherlands	5	2	0	1	2	34:22	7th
5.	Serbia	5	1	0	1	3	16:35	4th
6th	People's Republic of China	5	0	0	0	5	09:49	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

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division II:	Italy, Ukraine
Promoted to Division I:	UK, South Korea
Relegated to Division III:	People's Republic of China, Mexico
Promoted to Division II:	Australia, Iceland

Division III

Group A in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan)

2009 World Cup for the U18 Juniors Division III, Group A.
Number of nations	5
Climbers	Australia
Venue (s)	Taipei , Republic of China (Taiwan)
opening	February 27, 2009
Final day	March 5, 2009
spectator	5,090 (509 per game)
Gates	142 (14.20 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Andre Dowman
Best defender	Shen Yen-Lin
Best striker	Woe to Darge
Top scorer	Wehebe Darge (27 points)

From February 27 to March 5, 2009, the Group A World Cup in Division III took place in Taipei , the capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan) . The venue was the Annex Ice Rink .

venue

Taipei , Republic of China (Taiwan)

Taipei World championship venue

Venue

Annex Ice Rink Capacity: 800

The Annex Ice Rink (left) is part of the Taipei Arena building complex

February 27, 2009 4:00 p.m.	New Zealand	0: 7 (0: 3, 0: 2, 0: 2)	Australia	Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 250
February 27, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Republic of China (Taiwan)	17: 0 (5: 0, 5: 0, 7: 0)	Mongolia	Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 730
February 28, 2009 4:00 p.m.	Australia	16: 1 (4: 0, 5: 1, 7: 0)	South Africa	Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 600
February 28, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Republic of China (Taiwan)	1: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 1: 1)	New Zealand	Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 1,000
March 2, 2009 4:00 p.m.	Australia	33: 0 (13: 0, 10: 0, 10: 0)	Mongolia	Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 150
March 2, 2009 7:00 p.m.	New Zealand	5: 3 (0: 0, 1: 2, 4: 1)	South Africa	Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 240
March 3, 2009 4:00 p.m.	Mongolia	1:19 (0: 3, 0:10, 1: 6)	New Zealand	Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 100
March 3, 2009 7:00 p.m.	South Africa	3: 8 (1: 2, 1: 5, 1: 1)	Republic of China (Taiwan)	Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 700
March 5, 2009 4:00 p.m.	South Africa	12: 3 (4: 0, 4: 2, 4: 1)	Mongolia	Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 120
March 5, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Australia	7: 2 (0: 2, 6: 0, 1: 0)	Republic of China (Taiwan)	Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 1,200

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Australia	4th	4th	0	0	0	63: 03	12
2.	New Zealand	4th	3	0	0	1	28:12	9
3.	Republic of China (Taiwan)	4th	2	0	0	2	28:14	6th
4th	South Africa	4th	1	0	0	3	19:32	3
5.	Mongolia	4th	0	0	0	4th	04:81	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

Group B in Erzurum, Turkey

World Cup 2009 of the U18 Juniors of Division III, Group B
Number of nations	4th
Climbers	Iceland
Venue (s)	Erzurum , Turkey
opening	March 9, 2009
Final day	March 15, 2009
spectator	12,637 (1,263 per game)
Gates	138 (13.80 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Snorri Sigurbergsson
Best defender	Serkan Gümüş
Best striker	Colin Grimason
Top scorer	Egill Thormodsson (29 points)

The Group B tournament in Division III was held from March 9th to 15th, 2009 in Erzurum , Turkey . The Israeli national team, relegated from Division II last year, decided not to take part, leaving only four teams in the tournament. Therefore, a qualification was played first and the promoted player was later determined in a knockout round. The games took place in the Erzurum Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü , which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators.

venue

Erzurum , Turkey

Erzurum World championship venue

Venue

Erzurum Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü Capacity: 3,000

Preliminary round

March 9, 2009 3:30 p.m.	Bulgaria	0:11 (0: 2, 0: 3, 0: 6)	Iceland	Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 200
March 9, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Turkey	16: 4 (7: 0, 6: 2, 3: 2)	Ireland	Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 2,200
March 10, 2009 3:30 p.m.	Iceland	19: 0 (7: 0, 5: 0, 7: 0)	Ireland	Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 225
March 10, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Turkey	8: 4 (3: 2, 2: 0, 3: 2)	Bulgaria	Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 2,100
March 12, 2009 3:30 p.m.	Ireland	5: 4 (0: 1, 2: 3, 3: 0)	Bulgaria	Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 573
March 12, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Iceland	18: 1 (6: 1, 6: 0, 6: 0)	Turkey	Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 2,350

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Iceland	3	3	0	0	0	48: 01	9
2.	Turkey	3	2	0	0	1	25:26	6th
3.	Ireland	3	1	0	0	2	09:39	3
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	0	0	3	08:24	0

Final round

	Semifinals					final
	1	Iceland	15th
	4th	Bulgaria	2
						1	Iceland	8th
						2	Turkey	2
	2	Turkey	9
	3	Ireland	3
						3rd place match
						3	Ireland	6th
						4th	Bulgaria	3

Semifinals

March 13, 2009 3:30 p.m.	Iceland	15: 2 (4: 1, 4: 1, 7: 0)	Bulgaria	Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 150
March 13, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Turkey	9: 3 (5: 1, 4: 1, 0: 1)	Ireland	Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 2,155

3rd place match

March 15, 2009 1:30 p.m.

Ireland

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

Bulgaria

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 187

final

March 15, 2009 5:30 p.m.

Iceland

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

Turkey

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 2,497

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Iceland
2	Turkey
3	Ireland
4th	Bulgaria

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	People's Republic of China, Mexico
Promoted to Division II:	Australia, Iceland

See also

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

Web links

• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship USA (Top Division) at webarchive.iihf.com
• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Div. I Group A Belarus at webarchive.iihf.com