2009 IIHF World Championship explained

Year:	2009
Size:	180px
Country:	Switzerland
Dates:	24 April – 10 May
Num Teams:	16
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Type:	ih
Winners:	Russia
Count:	3
Second:	Canada
Third:	Sweden
Fourth:	United States
Games:	56
Goals:	323
Attendance:	379044
Points:	15
Nextseason:	2010

See also: 2009 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships.

The 2009 IIHF World Championship took place in Switzerland from 24 April to 10 May. 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

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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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

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group B

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group C

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group D

All times are local (UTC+2).

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

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group F

All times are local (UTC+2).

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

All times are local (UTC+2).

Playoff round

Gold Medal Game

See main article: 2009 IIHF World Championship Final.

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Andrei Mezin
  • Best Defenceman: Shea Weber
  • Best Forward: Ilya Kovalchuk
  • Most Valuable Player: Ilya Kovalchuk
• Media All-Star Team:
  • Goaltender: Andrei Mezin
  • Defence: Kenny Jönsson, Shea Weber
  • Forward: Ilya Kovalchuk, Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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• 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
	9	4	11	15	+8	2	FW
	9	5	9	14	+8	4	FW
Mattias Weinhandl	9	5	7	12	+1	8	FW
	9	4	8	12	+5	6	D
	9	7	4	11	+4	2	FW
	9	7	4	11	+9	6	FW
	7	7	3	10	+1	2	FW
	9	6	4	10	+3	8	FW
	7	5	5	10	+7	10	FW
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
	240:00	114	4	1.00	96.49	1
	314:05	172	9	1.72	94.77	0
	303:52	158	11	2.17	93.04	0
	404:04	198	14	2.08	92.93	1
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
align=left		ORF
align=left		BTRC
align=left rowspan="2"		TSN
RDS
	ČT
	TV2
align=left rowspan="3"		YLE
Viasat Sport
Urheilukanava
	Sport+
	DSF
	Sport1
align=left rowspan="4"		TV3
TV6
Viasat Sport Baltic
3+ Latvia
align=left rowspan="2"		NRK
SportN
	Polsat Sport
	Sport1
align=left		VGTRK
	STV
align=left rowspan="2"		TV6
Viasat Sport
align=left		SRG SSR idée suisse
align=left		Universal Sports

High Definition

Country	Broadcaster
align=left		ORF1 HD
align=left rowspan="2"		TSN HD
RDS HD
align=left		ČT HD
align=left		TV2 Sport HD
align=left		Viasat Sport HD
align=left		Viasat Sport HD
align=left		Viasat Sport HD
align=left		HD Suisse

See also

• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
• 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships
• 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russia beat Canada to retain world crown. France 24. May 11, 2009. France24.com. June 12, 2024.
2. Web site: Kovalchuk named MVP . https://web.archive.org/web/20090620034853/http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/news/news-singleview-world-championship-2009/article/kovalchuk-named-mvp.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2717&cHash=7a653aab05 . 20 June 2009 . dead . . 11 May 2009.
3. News: Armchair supporters . The Economist . 9 February 2010. 5 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100225070019/http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15491106. 25 February 2010. live.
4. Web site: France advances over Germany . 28 April 2009 . 28 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090430035115/http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/news/news-singleview-world-championship-2009/article/france-advances.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2717&cHash=7e5f8b91fc . 30 April 2009 . . dead.