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2009 IIHF World Women's Championship
2009 naisten jääkiekon maailmanmestaruuskilpailut (Finnish)
2009 kvinnors ishockey VM (Swedish)
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Finland Finland
Dates April 4 - April 12
Teams 9
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   United States of America (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 140 (7 per match)
Attendance 28,614 (1,431 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of the United States Julie Chu (10 points)
Flag of the United States Natalie Darwitz (10 points)
MVP Flag of Canada Carla MacLeod

The 2009 IIHF World Women's Championships was held in Hämeenlinna, Finland, between April 4 and April 12, 2009.[1] This was the 12th women's championship run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The defending champions United States defeated Canada 4–1 in the final match to win the gold medal and retain their top standing another year.

This was the last world championships with nine teams in the Top Division. Two teams—Japan and China—were relegated to Division I, replaced by only one—Slovakia—promoted from there. Division I also relegated two, Czech Republic and France, while receiving only one team through promotion, Latvia, along with the two from the top division. Division II only relegated one team, the Netherlands, but did not receive any promoted teams from the lower divisions. Those lower divisions were canceled for the 2009 cycle, with the lowest seeded team in each to be dropped down one division. The final result was that the Top Division will be reduced in size by one team for 2011, while the lowest division (Division V) will increase by one team.[2]

Top Division[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 United States of America 2 2 0 0 0 16 0 6
 Russia 2 1 0 0 1 3 9 3
 Japan 2 0 0 0 2 1 11 0

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 4, 2009
17:00
Japan  0 – 8
( 0 - 4, 0 - 1, 0 - 3 )
 United States of America Arena 2, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 347
April 5, 2009
15:00
Russia  3 – 1
( 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 3 - 1 )
 Japan Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
April 6, 2009
12:00
United States of America  8 – 0
( 1 - 0, 5 - 0, 2 - 0 )
 Russia Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 1629

Group B[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Canada 2 2 0 0 0 20 1 6
 Sweden 2 1 0 0 1 6 8 3
 China 2 0 0 0 2 2 19 0

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 4, 2009
15:00
China  1 – 13
( 1 - 5, 0 - 4, 0 - 4 )
 Canada Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 625
April 5, 2009
19:00
Sweden  6 – 1
( 2 - 0, 3 - 0, 1 - 1 )
 China Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 1,737
April 6, 2009
15:30
Canada  7 – 0
( 2 - 0, 1 - 0, 4 - 0 )
 Sweden Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 1403

Group C[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Finland 2 2 0 0 0 13 3 6
 Kazakhstan 2 0 1 0 1 2 8 2
 Switzerland 2 0 0 1 1 4 8 1

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 4, 2009
19:00
Kazakhstan  0 – 7
( 0 - 2, 0 - 3, 0 - 2 )
 Finland Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,241
April 5, 2009
17:00
Switzerland  1 – 2 (SO)
( 0 - 0, 0 - 1, 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )
 Kazakhstan Arena 2, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 215
April 6, 2009
19:00
Finland  6 – 3
( 4 - 1, 1 - 0, 1 - 2 )
 Switzerland Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3201

Qualifying round[]

Group D (1-3 Place)[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Canada 2 2 0 0 0 10 1 6
 United States of America 2 1 0 0 1 8 2 3
 Finland 2 0 0 0 2 0 15 0

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 8, 2009
19:00
Canada  8 – 0
( 2 - 0, 2 - 0, 4 - 0 )
 Finland Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 2032
April 9, 2009
19:00
Finland  0 – 7
( 0 - 2, 0 - 3, 0 - 2 )
 United States of America Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 2038
April 10, 2009
19:00
United States of America  1 – 2
( 0 - 0, 0 - 2, 1 - 0 )
 Canada Arena 1, Hämeenlinna

 United States of America and  Canada advance to the final.  Finland plays in the bronze medal game.

Group E (4-6 Place)[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Sweden 2 2 0 0 0 17 0 6
 Russia 2 1 0 0 1 9 10 3
 Kazakhstan 2 0 0 0 2 2 18 0

 Sweden advances to the bronze medal game.

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 8, 2009
15:00
Sweden  9 – 0
( 2 - 0, 3 - 0, 4 - 0 )
 Kazakhstan Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 2058
April 9, 2009
15:00
Kazakhstan  2 – 9
( 1 - 3, 0 - 3, 1 - 3 )
 Russia Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 374
April 10, 2009
15:00
Russia  0 – 8
( 0 - 1, 0 - 4, 0 - 3 )
 Sweden Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 425

Consolation round[]

Group F (7-9 Place)[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Switzerland 2 1 1 0 0 8 6 5
 Japan 2 1 0 0 1 4 4 3
 China 2 0 0 1 1 5 7 1

 China and  Japan are relegated to Division I for the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 8, 2009
17:00
China  4 – 5 (SO)
( 2 - 1, 2 - 0, 0 - 3, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )
 Switzerland Arena 2, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 379
April 9, 2009
17:00
Switzerland  3 – 2
( 0 - 0, 2 - 1, 1 - 1 )
 Japan Arena 2, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 247
April 10, 2009
17:00
Japan  2 – 1
( 0 - 0, 2 - 0, 0 - 1 )
 China Arena 2, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 256

Final round[]

Match for third place[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 12, 2009
15:00
Finland  4 – 1
( 1 - 0, 1 - 1, 2 - 0 )
 Sweden Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3027

Final[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

April 12, 2009
19:00
United States of America  4 – 1
( 1 - 0, 1 - 1, 2 - 0 )
 Canada Arena 1, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3046

Division I[]

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament which was held in Graz, Austria, from April 4 to April 10, 2009.[1] The winner of the group gets promoted to the Top Division for the 2011 championships, while the two bottom teams in the group are relegated to Division II.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
 Slovakia 5 4 0 0 1 22 14 +8 12
 Germany 5 4 0 0 1 20 13 +7 12
 Norway 5 2 1 0 2 18 18 0 8
 Austria 5 2 0 1 2 16 16 0 7
 Czech Republic 5 2 0 0 3 17 18 −1 6
 France 5 0 0 0 5 10 24 −14 0

 Slovakia is promoted to the Top Division for the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, winning the head-to-head tie-breaker over  Germany.  Czech Republic and  France are relegated to Division II.

04 April 2009
Slovakia  9-4  Norway
04 April 2009
Germany  5-3  France
04 April 2009
Czech Republic  1-4  Austria
06 April 2009
Germany  4-3  Norway
06 April 2009
Slovakia  1-5  Czech Republic
06 April 2009
Austria  5-2  France
07 April 2009
Czech Republic  2-4  Germany
07 April 2009
France  0-4  Norway
07 April 2009
Slovakia  5-3  Austria
09 April 2009
Czech Republic  5-4  France
09 April 2009
Germany  1-2  Slovakia
09 April 2009
Norway  2-1 (OT)  Austria
10 April 2009
France  1-5  Slovakia
10 April 2009
Norway  5-4  Czech Republic
10 April 2009
Austria  3-6  Germany

Division II[]

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament which was held in Torre Pelice, Italy, from April 12 to April 18, 2009.[1] The winner of the group gets promoted to Division I for the 2011 championships, while the last-placed team in the group are relegated to Division III.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD PTS
 Latvia 5 5 0 0 0 25 4 21 15
 North Korea 5 3 1 0 1 15 13 2 11
 United Kingdom 5 3 0 0 2 11 11 0 9
 Italy 5 1 1 0 3 15 18 -3 5
 Denmark 5 0 1 2 2 10 17 -7 4
 Netherlands 5 0 0 1 4 4 17 -13 1

 Latvia is promoted to the Division I for the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.  Netherlands is relegated to Division III.

12 April 2009
North Korea  1-6  Latvia
12 April 2009
Denmark  2-1 (OT)  Netherlands
12 April 2009
United Kingdom  5-3  Italy
13 April 2009
Denmark  3-4 (OT)  North Korea
13 April 2009
Netherlands  0-2  United Kingdom
13 April 2009
Latvia  5-1  Italy
15 April 2009
Latvia  5-0  Netherlands
15 April 2009
Denmark  1-3  United Kingdom
15 April 2009
North Korea  4-2  Italy
16 April 2009
Netherlands  1-2  North Korea
16 April 2009
United Kingdom  0-3  Latvia
16 April 2009
Italy  3-2 (OT)  Denmark
18 April 2009
North Korea  4-1  United Kingdom
18 April 2009
Latvia  6-2  Denmark
18 April 2009
Italy  6-2  Netherlands

Division III[]

Not held.

Division IV[]

Not held.

2010 IIHF Women's World Ranking[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD WR
 Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 1260
 Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 1235
 Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0720
 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0535
 Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0485
 Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0470
 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0455
 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0415
 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0415
 Romania 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0410
 South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0400
 Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0390
 Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0360

Directorate awards[]

[3]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 2009 IIHF Championship Program iihf.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2008.
  2. World Women’s back to eight teams. IIHF (24 March 2009). Retrieved on 6 April 2009.
  3. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/178/IHW178000_85I_1_0.pdf

External links[]

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