2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. The championships ran from April 9 to April 19, 2009. Games were played at the Urban Plains Center in Fargo and the Moorhead Sports Center in Moorhead. Fargo-Moorhead defeated Providence, Rhode Island and St. Cloud, Minnesota for the rights to host the event.

The United States, as the host country, won their third gold medal in five years, defeating Russia 5–0 in the final. Finland rounded out the podium with a 5–4 shootout win over Canada in the bronze medal game.

All 17 games played at the Urban Plains Center in Fargo were broadcast live by USA Hockey partner FASTHockey.com. The gold medal game featuring the United States versus Russia was broadcast for free.

Results
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
 * April 10, 2009: 🇸🇰 5-2 🇳🇴
 * April 14, 2009: 8–3 🇩🇪

Final standings
🇳🇴 and 🇩🇪 are relegated to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division I
The following teams will take part in the Division I tournament. Group A will played in Minsk, Belarus between April 6 and April 12, 2009. Group B will be played in Asiago, Italy between March 29 and April 5, 2009:

Group A
 is promoted to Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

 is relegated to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

Group B
 is promoted to Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

 is relegated to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

Division II
The following teams will take part in the Division II tournament. Group A will played in Maribor, Slovenia between March 22 and March 28, 2009. Group B will be played in Narva, Estonia between March 16 and March 22, 2009:

Group A
 is promoted to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

 is relegated to Division III for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

Group B
 is promoted to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

 is relegated to Division III for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

Division III
The following teams will take part in the Division III tournament. Group A will played in Taipei, Chinese Taipei (Republic of China) between February 27 and March 5, 2009. Group B will be played in Erzurum, Turkey between March 9 and March 15, 2009:

Group A
 is promoted to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

Group B
 is promoted to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

Related Websites

 * 2009 IIHF U18 Hockey Championship - Fargo-Moorhead Official Website
 * Fast Hockey, broadcasting the games from the Urban Plains Center on the Internet