2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships



The 2009 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2009 WJHC), is the 2009 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was hosted in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Games were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scotiabank Place.

Bid process
Five potential bid groups formally submitted their bids before the March 31, 2006, deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee in Calgary on April 18, 2006:
 * Joint bid from Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta;
 * Montreal, Quebec;
 * Ottawa, Ontario;
 * Toronto, Ontario; and
 * Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan

On May 3, 2006, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced that Ottawa was chosen to host the 2009 tournament.

Group A
All times local (Eastern Time Zone/UTC-5)
 * Schedule

Group B
All times local (Eastern Time Zone/UTC-5)
 * Schedule

Relegation round
The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.

Schedule
All times local (Eastern Time Zone/UTC-5)

 and are relegated to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Tournament awards

 * Most Valuable Player
 * 🇨🇦 John Tavares


 * All-star team


 * Goaltender:🇸🇰 Jaroslav Janus
 * Defencemen:🇨🇦 P. K. Subban, 🇸🇪 Erik Karlsson
 * Forwards:🇨🇦 John Tavares, 🇨🇦 Cody Hodgson, 🇷🇺 Nikita Filatov


 * IIHF best player awards


 * Goaltender:🇸🇪 Jacob Markström
 * Defenceman:🇸🇪 Erik Karlsson
 * Forward:🇨🇦 John Tavares

Division I
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A was played in Switzerland between December 14 and December 20, 2008. Group B was played in Aalborg, Denmark between December 15 and December 21, 2008:

Group A
 is promoted to the Top Division and is relegated to Division II for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group B
 is promoted to the Top Division and is relegated to Division II for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II
The following teams will take part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania between December 15 and December 21, 2008. Group B was played in Logroño, Spain between January 10 and January 15, 2009:

Group A
 is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group B


 is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III
The following teams were going to take part in the Division III tournament.

The tournament, to be held in North Korea was cancelled.