2009 IIHF World Championship

2009 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates24 April – 10 May
Opened byHans-Rudolf Merz
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Russia (3rd title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played56
Goals scored323 (5.77 per game)
Attendance379,044 (6,769 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Martin St. Louis (15 points)
MVPRussia Ilya Kovalchuk
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See also: 2009 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2009 IIHF World Championship took place from 24 April to 10 May 2009 in Switzerland. The games were played in the PostFinance Arena in Bern and Schluefweg in Kloten.

The PostFinance Arena in Bern was renovated and accommodates an attendance of 17,000. The Eishalle Schluefweg in Kloten was expanded for the 2008–09 season to a capacity of 9,000 people. Switzerland gained the right to host the World Championship for the 10th time.
"Live for the Action" by Swiss hard rock veterans Krokus was named the official anthem of the tournament.

Russia won the championship, winning all its matches and defeating Canada in the final 2–1.[1] Ilya Kovalchuk was named the best forward and the most valuable player of the tournament.[2] Over 17 million people watched the televised final around the world.[3]

Participating teams

See also: 2009 IIHF World Championship rosters
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

Venues

PostFinance Arena
Capacity: 12,000
Arena Zürich-Kloten
Capacity: 7,561
  Switzerland – Bern   Switzerland – Zürich

Preliminary round

Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the qualifying round. The last team in each group competed in the relegation round.

Groups A and D were played in Kloten, groups B and C in Bern.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 0 22 4 +18 9 Qualifying round
2  Belarus 3 1 1 0 1 6 8 −2 5
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 1 1 8 12 −4 4
4  Hungary 3 0 0 0 3 4 16 −12 0 Relegation round
Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

24 April
16:15		Belarus 1–6
(0–2, 0–0, 1–4)		 CanadaSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 5,232
Game reference
Referees:
Finland Sami Partanen
Finland Jyri Rönn
M. Grabovski 52:44Goals01:05 S. Stamkos
14:29 (PP1) S. Stamkos
44:27 J. Spezza
46:01 M. Fisher
50:44 D. Heatley
54:05 D. Heatley
24 April
20:15		Slovakia 4–3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–2)		 HungarySchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,773
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Referees:
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Czech Republic Vladimír Šindler
S. Ružička (D. Granak, R. Vydareny) – 01:461–0
1–122:01 – R. Holéczy (A. Benk, B. Kangyal)
L. Bartečko (M. Hossa) – 38:132–1
M. Hossa 39:043–1
3–242:52 – I. Peterdi
3–354:04 (PP1) T. Sille
L. Bartečko 59:474–3
26 April
16:15		Slovakia 1–2 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–2)		 BelarusSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 5,256
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Referees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Russia Rafail Kadyrov
M. Hossa 57:06Goals33:17 A. Stas
65:00 (GWG) O. Antonenko
26 April
20:15		Canada 9–0
(4–0, 2–0, 3–0)		 HungarySchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 5,506
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Referees:
United States Rick Looker
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
M. St. Louis 05:18
S. Weber (PP1) 09:40
D. Roy 12:35
J. Neal 12:48
M. St. Louis 27:35
S. Weber (PP1) 29:03
M. Fisher (PP1) 41:06
M. St. Louis 44:51
J. Spezza 50:55		Goals
28 April
16:15		Hungary 1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2)		 BelarusSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,710
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Referees:
Norway Ole Hansen
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
I. Pererdi 25:14Goals03:18 (PP1) A. Kalyuzhny
54:25 A. Ugarov
59:10 (EN) M. Grabovski
28 April
20:15		Canada 7–3
(3–0, 3–1, 1–2)		 SlovakiaSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 6,300
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Referees:
United States Thomas Sterns
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg
D. Roy (PP1) 04:50
S. Doan (PP2) 06:54
J. Spezza (PP1) 16:51
I. White 29:39
S. Weber (PP2) 33:41
S. Stamkos (PP1) 35:04
J. Spezza 42:04		Goals26:05 T. Surový
55:40 (PP1) M. Hossa
58:48 (PP1) D. Graňák

Group B

Switzerland - Germany
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 3 0 0 0 16 4 +12 9 Qualifying round
2   Switzerland 3 1 1 0 1 6 6 0 5
3  France 3 1 0 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4  Germany 3 0 0 1 2 3 10 −7 1 Relegation round
Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

24 April
16:15		Germany 0–5
(0–3, 0–0, 0–2)		 RussiaPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 10,570
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Referees:
Sweden Sören Persson
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg
Goals08:14 O. Saprykin
09:37 I. Kovalchuk
15:25 S. Zinovjev
42:53 A. Kuryanov
51:52 D. Zaripov
24 April
20:15		Switzerland 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 FrancePostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 10,570
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Referees:
United States Rick Looker
United States Thomas Sterns
M. Plüss (PP1) 11:33Goals
26 April
16:15		Switzerland 3–2 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 GermanyPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 11,423
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Referees:
Finland Sami Partanen
Finland Jyri Rönn
R. Wick 08:36
M. Seger 23:25
M. Streit (PP1) 61:18		Goals06:26 (PP1) C. Ullmann
33:02 (SH1) C. Schubert
26 April
20:15		Russia 7–2
(5–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 FrancePostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 10,505
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Referees:
Norway Ole Hansen
Slovakia Peter Ország
A. Radulov 01:23
D. Zaripov (PP1) 07:06
A. Radulov 07:20
A. Perezhogin 08:01
A. Tereshchenko (PP1) 15:00
A. Tereshchenko (PP1) 27:23
I. Kovalchuk 49:20		Goals10:25 K. Hecquefeuille
39:31 L. Tardif
28 April
16:15		Russia 4–2
(1–2, 1–0, 2–0)		  SwitzerlandPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 11,479
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Referees:
Czech Republic Vladimir Sindler
Canada Derek Zalaski
V. Atyushov 02:19
I. Kovalchuk 29:08
A. Morozov 48:28
A. Perezhogin (EN) 59:45		Goals09:46 (PP1) R. Gardner
17:17 (PP1) M. Plüss
28 April
20:15		France 2–1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0)		 GermanyPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 9,956
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Referees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Switzerland Brent Reiber
A. Lussier 03:50
L. Tardif 16:48		Goals04:22 (PP1) J. Hecht

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 0 1 0 15 9 +6 7 Qualifying round
2  Sweden 3 1 1 1 0 15 9 +6 6
3  Latvia 3 1 1 0 1 7 6 +1 5
4  Austria 3 0 0 0 3 2 15 −13 0 Relegation round
Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 April
16:15		United States 4–2
(1–1, 2–1, 1–0)		 LatviaPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 7,840
Game reference
Referees:
Norway Ole Hansen
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
J. Johnson 11:15
D. Stafford 31:13
J. Johnson 35:31
P. O'Sullivan 46:03		Goals04:40 (PP1) H. Vasiļjevs
26:39 M. Karsums
25 April
20:15		Sweden 7–1
(3–0, 0–1, 4–0)		 AustriaPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 6,175
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Referees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Russia Rafail Kadyrov
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		Goals31:55 M. Oraze
27 April
16:15		United States 6–1
(1–0, 1–1, 4–0)		 AustriaPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 3,779
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Referees:
Czech Republic Vladimir Sindler
Canada Derek Zalaski
D. Brown 15:11
D. Stafford 31:04
P. O'Sullivan 40:25
J. Blake (PP2) 47:56
L. Stempniak (PP1) 52:06
M. Niskanen (PP2) 55:55		Goals34:26 M. Peintner
27 April
20:15		Latvia 3–2 GWS
(0–1, 2–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 3–2)		 SwedenPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 4,421
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Referees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Switzerland Brent Reiber
K. Rēdlihs (PP1) 30:20
L. Dārziņš 39:15
A. Ņiživijs (GWG) 65:00		Goals15:26 L. Omark
40:44 (PP1) M. Johansson
29 April
16:15		Austria 0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 LatviaPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 5,274
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Referees:
Finland Sami Partanen
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Goals19:15 M. Cipulis
54:56 G. Džeriņš
29 April
20:15		Sweden 6–5 OT
(0–1, 2–2, 3–2)
(OT: 1–0)		 United StatesPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 9,876
Game reference
Referees:
Slovakia Peter Ország
Finland Jyri Rönn
M. Weinhandl (PP1) 25:07
M. Nilson 26:42
M. Johansson 48:46
N. Persson (SH1) 52:45
M. Weinhandl 56:19
K. Huselius 61:59		Goals14:11 P. O'Sullivan
29:58 (PP2) J. Liles
37:26 (PP2) R. Shannon
44:06 R. Shannon
48:20 J. Johnson

Group D

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 3 3 0 0 0 14 4 +10 9 Qualifying round
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 13 6 +7 6
3  Norway 3 0 1 0 2 7 14 −7 2
4  Denmark 3 0 0 1 2 5 15 −10 1 Relegation round
Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 April
16:15		Norway 0–5
(0–3, 0–1, 0–1)		 FinlandSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 5,269
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Referees:
Slovakia Vladimir Baluska
Slovakia Peter Ország
Goals13:44 (PP1) A. Miettinen
16:19 (PP1) J. Immonen
19:58 (PP1) N. Kapanen
34:20 M. Pyörälä
44:10 (PP1) M. Lehtonen
25 April
16:15		Czech Republic 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 DenmarkSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,342
Game reference
Referees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Canada Derek Zalaski
J. Hlinka 06:09
J. Marek (PP1) 31:07
P. Čajánek (PP1) 35:18
A. Hemský (PP1) 37:24
J. Jágr (PP2) 50:46		Goals
27 April
16:15		Czech Republic 5–2
(3–0, 1–2, 1–0)		 NorwaySchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,583
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Referees:
Sweden Sören Persson
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg
J. Marek 05:20
P. Čajánek (PP1) 09:35
J. Vašíček 12:19
M. Blaťák 32:34
J. Klepiš 51:14		Goals21:49 T. Jakobsen
21:49 M. Zuccarello Aasen
27 April
20:15		Finland 5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)		 DenmarkSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,929
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Referees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
United States Thomas Sterns
A. Miettinen 17:40
T. Pihlman (PP1) 21:58
A. Miettinen 34:42
N. Kapanen (PP1) 51:51
N. Kapanen (PP1) 59:42		Goals10:03 J. Jakobsen
29 April
16:15		Denmark 4–5 OT
(2–2, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)		 NorwaySchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,496
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Referees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Russia Rafail Kadyrov
A. Sundberg 04:56
J. Damgaard 09:33
M. Green 21:02
D. Nielsen (PP1) 46:22		Goals05:40 P. Thoresen
13:50 (SH1) A. Bastiansen
36:18 (PP1) T. Vikingstad
44:51 (PP1) M. Zuccarello Aasen
61:11 T. Jakobsen
29 April
20:15		Finland 4–3
(1–2, 2–1, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 6,456
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Referees:
United States Rick Looker
Sweden Sören Persson
N. Kapanen 09:32
V. Koistinen (PP1) 23:52
N. Kapanen (PP2) 38:56
N. Hagman 51:39		Goals10:14 (SH1) T. Rolinek
13:30 M. Blaťák
23:10 (PP1) A. Kotalík

Qualifying round

The top three teams in the standings of each group of the preliminary round advanced to the qualifying round, and were placed in two groups: teams from Groups A and D went to Group F, while teams from Groups B and C went to Group E.

Each team played three games in this round, one against each of the three teams from the other group paired with theirs. These three games, along with the two games already played against the other two advancing teams from the same group in the preliminary round, counted in the qualifying round standings.

The top four teams in both groups E and F advanced to the playoff round.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 5 4 1 0 0 27 11 +16 14 Playoff round
2  Sweden 5 2 1 2 0 23 18 +5 10
3  United States 5 2 0 2 1 19 18 +1 8
4  Latvia 5 1 2 0 2 15 14 +1 7
5   Switzerland 5 1 1 1 2 9 13 −4 6
6  France 5 0 0 0 5 8 27 −19 0
Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

30 April
16:15		Russia 6–5 OT
(2–2, 1–1, 2–2)
(OT: 1–0)		 SwedenPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 7,465
Game reference
Referees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Switzerland Brent Reiber
I. Nikulin (PP1) 11:56
O. Saprykin 14:10
D. Kalinin 27:16
S. Mozyakin 50:07
V. Proshkin (PP1) 57:38
D. Kalinin 64:04		Goals02:53 R. Wallin
18:15 A. Strålman
23:27 N. Persson
49:45 K. Huselius
58:46 K. Huselius
30 April
20:15		Switzerland 1–2 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–2)		 LatviaPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 9,771
Game reference
Referees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Canada Derek Zalaski
A. Ambühl (PP1) 58:29Goals15:30 (PP1) M. Cipulis
65:00 (GWG) A. Ņiživijs
1 May
20:15		United States 6–2
(2–0, 3–2, 1–0)		 FrancePostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 4,213
Game reference
Referees:
Norway Ole Hansen
Finland Sami Partanen
K. Okposo (PP1) 04:02
D. Backes (PP2) 10:38
R. Shannon 24:51
K. Ballard 27:29
P. O'Sullivan 30:31
J. Johnson (PP2) 49:55		Goals29:41 (PP1) Y. Treille
31:47 (PP1) P. Bellemare
2 May
16:15		France 1–7
(0–1, 0–2, 1–4)		 LatviaPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 6,472
Game reference
Referees:
Finland Sami Partanen
Czech Republic Vladimir Sindler
L. Tardif 51:38Goals07:29 (PP1) A. Ņiživijs
21:19 M. Cipulis
23:55 L. Dārziņš
46:39 K. Skrastiņš
48:18 A. Jerofejevs
52:24 Ģ. Ankipāns
52:39 M. Cipulis
2 May
20:15		Russia 4–1
(3–1, 1–0, 0–0)		 United StatesPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 10,230
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Referees:
Finland Jyri Rönn
Canada Derek Zalaski
O. Saprykin (PP1) 05:01
A. Perezhogin (PP1) 09:51
S. Mozyakin 17:06
A. Radulov (PP1) 21:36		Goals03:16 L. Stempniak
3 May
16:15		Switzerland 1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)		 SwedenPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 11,327
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Referees:
Norway Ole Hansen
Finland Jyri Rönn
R. Lemm (PP1) 56:44Goals05:47 J. Oduya
24:59 (PP1) J. Harju
46:41 L. Omark
55:06 J. Andersson
3 May
20:15		Latvia 1–6
(0–1, 1–3, 0–2)		 RussiaPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 7,228
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Referees:
Slovakia Peter Ország
Switzerland Brent Reiber
H. Vasiļjevs (PP1) 36:05Goals11:43 (PP1) A. Kuryanov
21:01 A. Tereshchenko
23:04 (PP1) O. Tverdovsky
23:50 A. Kuryanov
43:38 A. Frolov
46:28 O. Tverdovsky
4 May
16:15		Sweden 6–3
(3–0, 2–3, 1–0)		 FrancePostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 5,051
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Referees:
Slovakia Vladimir Baluska
Czech Republic Vladimir Sindler
K. Huselius 01:33
M. Nilson 04:26
D. Tärnström (PP1) 05:56
C. Gunnarsson (PP1) 21:28
J. Oduya 30:55
K. Jönsson (PP1) 45:40		Goals23:21 A. Lussier
29:25 (PP1) P. Bellemare
36:41 (PP1) S. Treille
4 May
20:15		United States 3–4 OT
(0–1, 3–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)		  SwitzerlandPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 10,317
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Referees:
Slovakia Peter Ország
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
R. Hainsey (PP1) 25:57
C. Higgins 35:08
R. Hainsey (PP2) 39:48		Goals09:42 (PP2) A. Ambühl
31:03 R. Lemm
49:42 M. Plüss
60:13 R. Wick

Group F

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 5 4 0 1 0 26 10 +16 13 Playoff round
2  Finland 5 2 2 1 0 16 9 +7 11
3  Czech Republic 5 3 0 0 2 20 11 +9 9
4  Belarus 5 0 3 0 2 8 13 −5 6
5  Slovakia 5 0 1 2 2 8 21 −13 4
6  Norway 5 0 0 2 3 7 21 −14 2
Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

30 April
16:15		Belarus 3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 NorwaySchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,374
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Referees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
United States Thomas Sterns
A. Ugarov (PP1) 22:45
M. Grabovski (PP1) 41:51
R. Salei 64:35		Goals06:15 P. Thoresen
20:38 (PP1) M. Trygg
30 April
20:15		Canada 5–1
(3–0, 0–0, 2–1)		 Czech RepublicSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 5,967
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Referees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg
S. Stamkos (PP1) 07:20
S. Stamkos (PP1) 13:40
S. Weber (PP1) 17:05
D. Heatley 40:22
M. St. Louis 49:55		Goals57:20 A. Hemský
1 May
20:15		Finland 2–1 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 SlovakiaSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,444
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Referees:
Russia Rafail Kadyrov
Sweden Sören Persson
S. Kapanen (SH1) 15:05
S. Kapanen 63:39		Goals22:01 L. Bartečko
2 May
16:15		Czech Republic 8–0
(4–0, 4–0, 0–0)		 SlovakiaSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 5,165
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Referees:
Switzerland Brent Reiber
United States Thomas Sterns
J. Jágr 06:35
J. Jágr 09:08
M. Blaťák (PP2) 12:48
R. Červenka 15:25
A. Kotalík 25:07
R. Červenka 29:08
M. Michálek 30:12
P. Eliáš 38:14		Goals
2 May
20:15		Finland 1–2 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–3)		 BelarusSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 5,621
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Referees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg
J. Niskala (PP1) 33:22Goals00:05 S. Demagin
65:00 (GWS) O. Antonenko
3 May
16:15		Norway 1–5
(1–3, 0–2, 0–0)		 CanadaSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,023
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Referees:
United States Rick Looker
Sweden Sören Persson
M. Zuccarello Aasen (PP1) 12:53Goals04:40 (PP1) M. Lombardi
17:08 D. Hamhuis
18:03 S. Stamkos
20:37 J. Spezza
32:07 D. Doughty
3 May
20:15		Belarus 0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)		 Czech RepublicSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,495
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Referees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Goals30:02 (SH1) P. Čajánek
39:03 (PP1) P. Eliáš
55:52 P. Čajánek
4 May
16:15		Slovakia 3–2 OT
(2–0, 0–1, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)		 NorwaySchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 2,901
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Referees:
Russia Rafail Kadyrov
United States Rick Looker
Š. Ružička (PP1) 07:22
P. Smrek 09:09
L. Nagy (PP1) 62:07		Goals27:21 (PP1) A. Bastiansen
45:27 (PP1) L. E. Lund
4 May
20:15		Canada 3–4 GWS
(1–2, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–3)		 FinlandSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 5,970
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Referees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Sweden Marcus Vinneborg
J. Spezza (PP1) 16:02
D. Heatley (PP1) 38:16
D. Heatley (PP1) 49:20		Goals04:02 T. Pihlman
07:54 A. Salmela
37:22 (PP1) N. Kapanen
65:00 (GWS) H. Hyvönen

Relegation round

The bottom team in the standings from each group of the preliminary round played in the relegation round. Germany, as hosts of the 2010 tournament, were guaranteed to stay in the top division.[4] Denmark, the best ranked team in the group from the other three teams, stayed in the top division for 2010, while Austria and Hungary were relegated to the Division I tournament.

Group G

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Denmark 3 3 0 0 0 13 4 +9 9 Qualified for the 2010 Top Division
2  Austria 3 2 0 0 1 9 5 +4 6 Relegated to the 2010 Division I
3  Germany 3 1 0 0 2 3 5 −2 3 Qualified for the 2010 Top Division as hosts
4  Hungary 3 0 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0 Relegated to the 2010 Division I
Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

1 May
16:15		Germany 1–3
(1–1, 0–0, 0–2)		 DenmarkPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 4,241
Game reference
Referees:
Slovakia Peter Ország
Czech Republic Vladimir Sindler
C. Schubert 13:23Goals10:27 M. Bødker
49:52 P. Regin
53:27 (PP1) N. Hardt
1 May
16:15		Austria 6–0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 HungarySchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,042
Game reference
Referees:
United States Rick Looker
Finland Jyri Rönn
T. Koch 19:13
T. Koch 20:43
O. Setzinger (PP1) 23:56
T. Vanek (PP1) 33:27
T. Koch (PP1) 58:48
R. Kaspitz 59:36		Goals
3 May
12:15		Germany 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		 AustriaPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 3,828
Game reference
Referees:
Slovakia Vladimir Baluska
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
GoalsT. Koch 27:41
3 May
12:15		Hungary 1–5
(1–0, 0–2, 0–3)		 DenmarkSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,672
Game reference
Referees:
Russia Rafail Kadyrov
Canada Derek Zalaski
K. Palkovics 15:10Goals28:34 (PP2) K. Staal
38:35 M. Christensen
48:25 (PP1) M. Green
52:48 M. Madsen
55:19 (PP1) N. Hardt
4 May
12:15		Hungary 1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)		 GermanyPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 3,497
Game reference
Referees:
Norway Ole Hansen
United States Thomas Sterns
A. Horváth (PP2) 17:09Goals03:11 (PP1) M. Müller
33:23 (PP1) M. Bakos
4 May
12:15		Denmark 5–2
(1–2, 1–0, 3–0)		 AustriaSchluefweg, Kloten
Attendance: 2,798
Game reference
Referees:
Finland Sami Partanen
Sweden Sören Persson
J. Jakobsen 15:14
M. Bødker (SH1) 27:51
M. Christensen 45:46
K. Degn 51:10
M. Bødker (EN) 59:23		Goals00:48 R. Kaspitz
02:30 (SH1) O. Setzinger

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
E1  Russia 4
F4  Belarus 3
QF1  Russia 3
QF2  United States 2
F2  Finland 2
E3  United States 3
SF1  Russia 2
SF2  Canada 1
F1  Canada 4
E4  Latvia 2
QF3  Canada 3 Bronze medal game
QF4  Sweden 1
E2  Sweden 3 SF1  United States 2
F3  Czech Republic 1 SF2  Sweden 4

Quarter-finals

6 May
16:15		Russia 4–3
(0–0, 3–3, 1–0)		 BelarusPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 8,337
Game reference
Referees:
Finland Jyri Rönn
Canada Derek Zalaski
V. Proshkin 25:18
V. Atyushov 36:39
A. Frolov 37:02
I. Kovalchuk 47:22 (PP1)		Goals22:39 (PP1) K. Koltsov
33:52 O. Antonenko
39:22 (PP2) R. Salei
6 May
20:15		Finland 2–3
(0–0, 2–3, 0–0)		 United StatesPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 9,334
Game reference
Referees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Switzerland Brent Reiber
N. Kapanen (PP1) 20:57
H. Hyvönen 37:50		Goals30:31 (PP1) D. Brown
32:11 T. J. Oshie
34:19 R. Suter
7 May
16:15		Canada 4–2
(0–0, 3–1, 1–1)		 LatviaPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 8,042
Game reference
Referees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Slovakia Peter Ország
D Heatley 26:37
D. Hamhuis (PP1) 34:03
S. Stamkos (PP1) 37:47
M. Lombardi 43:07		Goals37:30 (SH1) G. Galviņš
41:27 H. Vasiļjevs
7 May
20:15		Sweden 3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 Czech RepublicPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 10,415
Game reference
Referees:
United States Rick Looker
United States Thomas Sterns
M. Weinhandl (PP2) 23:53
D. Tärnström (PP1) 38:49
K. Jönsson 57:46		Goals48:48 (SH2) P. Čajánek

Semi-finals

8 May
16:15		Russia 3–2
(0–0, 2–2, 1–0)		 United StatesPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 11,057
Game reference
Referees:
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg
I. Kovalchuk 31:20
A. Frolov 34:25
K. Gorovikov (PP1) 58:13		Goals23:46 D. Brown
38:03 K. Okposo
8 May
20:15		Canada 3–1
(1–0, 2–0, 0–1)		 SwedenPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 11,477
Game reference
Referees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
D. Roy 06:51
S. Horcoff 29:53
D. Roy (PP1) 30:38		Goals46:14 L. Eriksson

Bronze Medal Game

10 May
16:00		Sweden 4–2
(0–0, 2–1, 2–1)		 United StatesPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 11,249
Game reference
Referees:
Russia Rafail Kadyrov
Switzerland Brent Reiber
L. Eriksson (PP1) 33:24
T. Mårtensson (PP2) 35:57
C. Gunnarsson (PP1) 49:00
J. Oduya (PP2) 59:59 (EN)		Goals25:14 (PP1) J. Johnson
42:15 J. Pavelski

Gold Medal Game

Main article: 2009 IIHF World Championship Final
10 May
20:30		Russia 2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)		 CanadaPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 11,454
Game reference
Referees:
Slovakia Peter Ország
Finland Jyri Rönn
O. Saprykin (PP1) 12:59
A. Radulov 34:30		Goals05:37 J. Spezza

Ranking and statistics


 2009 IIHF World Championship winners 

Russia
2nd/25rd[5] title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden
4  United States
5  Finland
6  Czech Republic
7  Latvia
8  Belarus
9   Switzerland
10  Slovakia
11  Norway
12  France
13  Denmark
14  Austria
15  Germany*
16  Hungary

* Hosts of the 2010 WC, therefore exempt from relegation.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Canada Martin St. Louis 9 4 11 15 +8 2 FW
Russia Ilya Kovalchuk 9 5 9 14 +8 4 FW
Sweden Mattias Weinhandl 9 5 7 12 +1 8 FW
Canada Shea Weber 9 4 8 12 +5 6 D
Canada Jason Spezza 9 7 4 11 +4 2 FW
Canada Steven Stamkos 9 7 4 11 +9 6 FW
Finland Niko Kapanen 7 7 3 10 +1 2 FW
Canada Dany Heatley 9 6 4 10 +3 8 FW
Czech Republic Petr Čajánek 7 5 5 10 +7 10 FW
Russia Alexander Radulov 9 4 6 10 +7 10 FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO
Canada Chris Mason 240:00 114 4 1.00 96.49 1
Belarus Andrei Mezin 314:05 172 9 1.72 94.77 0
Canada Dwayne Roloson 303:52 158 11 2.17 93.04 0
Russia Ilya Bryzgalov 404:04 198 14 2.08 92.93 1
Latvia Edgars Masaļskis 426:26 233 18 2.53 92.83 1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

IIHF Broadcasting rights

Standard Definition
Country Broadcaster
 Austria ORF
 Belarus BTRC
 Canada TSN
RDS
 Czech Republic Czech Television
 Denmark TV2
 Finland YLE
Viasat Sport
Urheilukanava
 France Sport+
 Germany DSF
 Hungary Sport1
 Latvia TV3
TV6
Viasat Sport Baltic
3+ Latvia
 Norway NRK
SportN
 Poland Polsat Sport
 Romania Sport1
 Russia VGTRK
 Slovakia STV
 Sweden TV6
Viasat Sport
  Switzerland SRG SSR idée suisse
 United States Universal Sports
High Definition
Country Broadcaster
 Austria ORF1 HD
 Canada TSN HD
RDS HD
 Czech Republic ČT HD
 Denmark TV2 Sport HD
 Finland Viasat Sport HD
 Norway Viasat Sport HD
 Sweden Viasat Sport HD
  Switzerland HD Suisse

See also

References

  1. ^ "Russia beat Canada to retain world crown". France24.com. France 24. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Kovalchuk named MVP". IIHF. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Armchair supporters". The Economist. 9 February 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  4. ^ "France advances over Germany". IIHF. 28 April 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ^ If 22 World Championship titles won by the Soviet Union are included, this total comes to 25.