2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

2009 IIHF World U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	April 9 – April 19, 2009
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (4th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	252 (8.13 per match)
Attendance	44,779 (1,444 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Toni Rajala (19 points)

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.

Top Division

Preliminary Round

	1st place: Team qualifies to Semifinals
	2nd-3rd place: Teams qualify to Quarterfinals
	4th-5th place: Teams play in Relegation Round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
Canada	4	3	1	0	0	27	8	+19	11
Sweden	4	3	0	0	1	25	8	+17	9
Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	2	12	17	−5	4
Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	11	28	–17	3
Germany	4	1	0	0	3	13	27	−14	3

April 9, 2009 16:00

Czech Republic

0 – 7 (0–3, 0–3, 0–1)

Sweden

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 9, 2009 16:30

Germany

2 – 11 (1–1, 0–7, 1–3)

Canada

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 10, 2009 19:30

Switzerland

2 – 6 (0–1, 2–4, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 11, 2009 16:00

Sweden

5 – 4 (2–1, 2–1, 1–2)

Germany

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 11, 2009 16:00

Canada

8 – 1 (2–1, 3–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 12, 2009 17:00

Germany

4 – 3 (2–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 13, 2009 16:00

Sweden

11 – 0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 13, 2009 16:00

Czech Republic

3 – 4 (1–0, 2–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Canada

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 14, 2009 16:00

Switzerland

8 – 3 (1–0, 4–2, 3–1)

Germany

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 14, 2009 16:00

Canada

4 – 2 (2–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
Finland	4	3	0	0	1	27	9	+18	9
United States of America	4	3	0	0	1	29	9	+20	9
Russia	4	3	0	0	1	25	15	+10	9
Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	7	28	−21	3
Norway	4	0	0	0	4	4	31	−27	0

April 9, 2009 19:30

Finland

7 – 4 (2–2, 4–2, 1–0)

Russia

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 9, 2009 20:00

Norway

0 – 8 (0–2, 0–3, 0–3)

United States of America

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 10, 2009 19:30

Slovakia

5 – 2 (0–0, 3–0, 2–2)

Norway

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 11, 2009 19:30

Russia

7 – 2 (1–0, 4–1, 2–1)

Slovakia

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 11, 2009 19:30

United States of America

4 – 3 (2–0, 2–0, 0–3)

Finland

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 12, 2009 17:00

Norway

1 - 8 (0-4, 0-1, 1-3)

Russia

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 13, 2009 19:30

Finland

10 - 1 (3-0, 6-1, 1-0)

Norway

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 13, 2009 19:30

United States of America

12 - 0 (3-0, 4-0, 5-0)

Slovakia

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 14, 2009 19:30

Slovakia

0 - 7 (0-3, 0-2, 0-2)

Finland

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 14, 2009 19:30

Russia

6 - 5 (0-2, 3-1, 3-2)

United States of America

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Relegation round

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	0	17	10	+7	6
Slovakia	3	2	0	1	0	13	9	+4	7
Norway	3	1	0	0	2	10	14	−4	3
Germany	3	0	1	0	1	10	17	−7	2

Results

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

• April 10, 2009:  Slovakia 5-2  Norway
• April 14, 2009:  Switzerland 8–3  Germany

April 16, 2009 19:30

Switzerland

7 – 3 (3–1, 4–1, 0–1)

Norway

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 17, 2009 19:30

Slovakia

4 - 5 PS (0-2, 1-2, 3-0 - 0-0, 0-1)

Germany

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 18, 2009 16:00

Switzerland

2 - 4 (0-0, 2-2, 0-2

Slovakia

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 18, 2009 19:30

Germany

2 - 5 (1-1, 0-2, 1-2

Norway

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Finland

0

A2

Sweden

1

B3

Russia

4

B3

Russia

4

B2

United States

5

B3

Russia

0

A1

Canada

1

B2

United States

6

B2

United States

2

Third place

A3

Czech Republic

2

A1

Canada

4

B1

Finland

5

Quarterfinals

April 16, 2009 16:00

Sweden

1 – 4 (1–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 16, 2009 19:30

United States

6 – 2 (2–1, 4–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Semifinals

April 17, 2009 16:00

Finland

0 - 4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 17, 2009 19:30

Canada

1 - 2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

United States

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Fifth place game

April 18, 2009 19:30

Sweden

4 - 2 (0–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Bronze medal game

April 19, 2009 15:00

Canada

4 - 5 PS (3–1, 1–1, 0–2, 0-0, 0-1)

Finland

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Gold medal game

April 19, 2009 19:00

United States

5 - 0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Russia

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Final standings

Rk.	Team
	United States
	Russia
	Finland
4	Canada
5	Sweden
6	Czech Republic
7	Slovakia
8	Switzerland
9	Norway
10	Germany

 Norway and  Germany are relegated to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Leading scorers

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Toni Rajala	Finland	6	10	9	19	+10	6
Vladimir Tarasenko	Russia	7	8	7	15	+7	6
Teemu Pulkkinen	Finland	6	7	6	13	+9	4
Yevgeni Kuznetsov	Russia	7	6	7	13	+7	10
Jerry D'Amigo	United States	7	4	9	13	+5	8
Mikael Granlund	Finland	6	2	11	13	+9	0
Magnus Paajarvi Svensson	Sweden	6	6	6	12	+6	0
Alexander Burmistrov	Russia	7	4	7	11	+7	6
Kirill Kabanov	Russia	7	4	7	11	+5	18
Jeremy Morin	United States	7	6	4	10	+6	8

Top goaltenders

Player	Country	GP	Min	GAA	SV%	SO
Jack Campbell	United States	5	240:58	0.75	.967	2
Michael Zador	Canada	6	371:10	2.42	.931	0
Igor Bobkov	Russia	6	360:00	3.33	.927	1
Robin Lehner	Sweden	4	235:42	2.80	.916	1
Joni Ortio	Finland	5	308:55	2.91	.903	1

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

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Belarus	5	4	1	0	0	23	6	+17	14
Poland	5	2	2	0	1	25	13	+12	10
Hungary	5	3	0	1	1	19	18	+1	10
Kazakhstan	5	2	0	1	2	16	21	−5	7
Lithuania	5	1	0	1	3	13	16	−3	4
Ukraine	5	0	0	0	5	7	29	−22	0

Belarus is promoted to Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
Ukraine is relegated to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Latvia	5	4	0	0	1	18	10	8	12
Denmark	5	3	0	1	1	15	7	8	10
Austria	5	2	1	0	1	21	20	1	10
France	5	1	1	1	2	15	17	-2	6
Japan	5	0	2	1	2	13	16	-3	5
Italy	5	0	0	2	3	8	20	-12	2

Latvia is promoted to Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
Italy 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

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	30	4	26	15
Slovenia	5	4	0	0	1	42	5	37	12
Romania	5	3	0	0	2	23	20	3	9
Croatia	5	2	0	0	3	23	27	-4	6
Spain	5	1	0	0	4	12	27	-15	3
Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	3	50	-47	0

South Korea is promoted to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
Mexico is relegated to Division III for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
United Kingdom	5	5	0	0	0	46	11	35	15
Estonia	5	3	1	0	1	22	14	8	11
Belgium	5	1	2	1	1	23	19	4	8
Netherlands	5	2	0	1	2	34	22	12	7
Serbia	5	1	0	1	3	16	35	-19	4
China	5	0	0	0	5	9	49	-40	0

United Kingdom is promoted to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
China 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

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Australia	4	4	0	0	0	63	3	60	12
New Zealand	4	3	0	0	1	28	12	16	9
Chinese Taipei	4	2	0	0	2	28	14	14	6
South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	19	32	-13	3
Mongolia	4	0	0	0	4	4	81	-77	0

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

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Iceland	3	3	0	0	0	48	1	47	9
Turkey	3	2	0	0	1	25	26	-1	6
Ireland	3	1	0	0	2	9	39	-30	3
Bulgaria	3	0	0	0	3	8	24	-16	0

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Iceland	15
	4	Bulgaria	2
						1	Iceland	8
						2	Turkey	2
	2	Turkey	9
	4	Ireland	3			Third place
						4	Bulgaria	3
						3	Ireland	6

Iceland 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

Preceded by 2008 World U18

IIHF World U18 Championships 2009

Succeeded by 2010 World U18