2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

2009 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries  Switzerland
 Denmark
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates14–20 December 2008
15–21 December 2008
Teams12
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See also: 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I represents the second level of the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The winners of each group were promoted to the Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World U20 Championship, while the last-placed teams in each group were relegated to the 2010 Division II.

Group A

The Group A tournament was played in Herisau, Switzerland, from 14 to 20 December 2008.[1]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
  Switzerland Hosts; placed 9th in Top Division last year and were relegated.
 Belarus Placed 2nd in Division I (Group B) last year.
 Slovenia Placed 3rd in Division I (Group B) last year.
 Poland Placed 4th in Division I (Group A) last year.
 France Placed 5th in Division I (Group B) last year.
 Estonia Placed 1st in Division II (Group B) last year and were promoted.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Switzerland (H) 5 5 0 0 0 31 7 +24 15 Promoted to the 2010 Top Division
2  Belarus 5 4 0 0 1 39 7 +32 12
3  France 5 3 0 0 2 33 17 +16 9
4  Slovenia 5 2 0 0 3 31 17 +14 6
5  Poland 5 1 0 0 4 7 23 −16 3
6  Estonia 5 0 0 0 5 6 76 −70 0 Relegated to the 2010 Division II
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

14 December 2008
13:00		France 2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)		 SloveniaSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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14 December 2008
16:30		Estonia 1–12
(0–7, 1–2, 0–3)		  SwitzerlandSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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14 December 2008
20:00		Poland 0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)		 BelarusSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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15 December 2008
16:30		Slovenia 22–2
(9–1, 9–1, 4–0)		 EstoniaSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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15 December 2008
20:00		Switzerland 5–1
(3–1, 0–0, 2–0)		 PolandSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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16 December 2008
16:30		Belarus 8–2
(1–1, 3–0, 4–1)		 FranceSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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17 December 2008
13:00		Estonia 2–4
(0–0, 0–2, 2–2)		 PolandSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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17 December 2008
16:30		Belarus 7–2
(0–0, 4–1, 3–1)		 SloveniaSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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17 December 2008
20:00		Switzerland 6–2
(3–1, 1–1, 2–0)		 FranceSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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18 December 2008
20:00		Slovenia 2–6
(1–2, 1–1, 0–3)		  SwitzerlandSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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19 December 2008
16:30		Poland 2–8
(0–3, 0–4, 2–1)		 FranceSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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19 December 2008
20:00		Belarus 19–1
(5–1, 6–0, 8–0)		 EstoniaSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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20 December 2008
13:00		Slovenia 4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 PolandSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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20 December 2008
16:30		France 19–0
(5–0, 8–0, 6–0)		 EstoniaSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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20 December 2008
20:00		Switzerland 2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 BelarusSportzentrum Herisau, Herisau
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Group B

The Group B tournament was played in Aalborg, Denmark, from 15 to 21 December 2008.[2]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Denmark Hosts; placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated.
 Austria Placed 2nd in Division I (Group A) last year.
 Norway Placed 3rd in Division I (Group A) last year.
 Hungary Placed 4th in Division I (Group B) last year.
 Ukraine Placed 5th in Division I (Group A) last year.
 Italy Placed 1st in Division II (Group A) last year and were promoted.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Austria 5 4 0 1 0 28 9 +19 13 Promoted to the 2010 Top Division
2  Denmark (H) 5 4 0 0 1 16 13 +3 12
3  Norway 5 2 1 0 2 14 17 −3 8
4  Italy 5 2 1 0 2 14 10 +4 8
5  Ukraine 5 1 0 0 4 10 16 −6 3
6  Hungary 5 0 0 1 4 11 28 −17 1 Relegated to the 2010 Division II
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

15 December 2008
13:15		Ukraine 2–4
(0–1, 1–2, 1–1)		 NorwayAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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15 December 2008
16:45		Hungary 2–6
(2–1, 0–5, 0–0)		 AustriaAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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15 December 2008
20:15		Italy 1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 DenmarkAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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16 December 2008
13:15		Austria 6–2
(1–0, 2–2, 3–0)		 UkraineAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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16 December 2008
16:45		Norway 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 ItalyAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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16 December 2008
20:15		Denmark 5–2
(2–0, 1–1, 2–1)		 HungaryAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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18 December 2008
13:15		Italy 8–2
(2–1, 3–0, 3–1)		 HungaryAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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18 December 2008
16:45		Austria 7–0
(2–0, 2–0, 3–0)		 NorwayAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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18 December 2008
20:15		Denmark 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 UkraineAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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19 December 2008
13:15		Austria 1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
OT: 0–1		 ItalyAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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19 December 2008
16:45		Hungary 2–5
(0–1, 2–1, 0–3)		 UkraineAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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19 December 2008
20:15		Norway 2–4
(1–3, 0–0, 1–1)		 DenmarkAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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21 December 2008
13:15		Norway 4–3 GWS
(1–1, 1–2, 1–0)
OT: 0–0, GWS: 1–0		 HungaryAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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21 December 2008
16:45		Ukraine 1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)		 ItalyAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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21 December 2008
20:15		Denmark 3–8
(0–0, 2–3, 1–5)		 AustriaAalborg Arena, Aalborg
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See also

References

  1. ^ 2009 Division I Group A statistics
  2. ^ 2009 Division I Group B statistics