2009 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Switzerland |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 24 April – 10 May |
Opened by | Hans-Rudolf Merz |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Russia (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Canada |
Third place | Sweden |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 56 |
Goals scored | 323 (5.77 per game) |
Attendance | 379,044 (6,769 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Martin St. Louis (15 points) |
MVP | Ilya Kovalchuk |
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
[edit]Venues
[edit]PostFinance Arena Capacity: 12,000 |
Arena Zürich-Kloten Capacity: 7,561 | |
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Switzerland – Bern | Switzerland – Zürich |
Preliminary round
[edit]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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 9 | Qualifying round |
2 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 | |
3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | |
4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times are local (UTC+2).
24 April 16:15 | Belarus | 1–6 (0–2, 0–0, 1–4) | Canada | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,232 |
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Referees: Sami Partanen Jyri Rönn | |||||
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24 April 20:15 | Slovakia | 4–3 (1–0, 2–1, 1–2) | Hungary | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,773 |
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26 April 16:15 | Slovakia | 1–2 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–2) | Belarus | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,256 |
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Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Rafail Kadyrov | |||||
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26 April 20:15 | Canada | 9–0 (4–0, 2–0, 3–0) | Hungary | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,506 |
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Referees: Rick Looker Daniel Piechaczek | |||||
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28 April 16:15 | Hungary | 1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2) | Belarus | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,710 |
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Referees: Ole Hansen Danny Kurmann | |||||
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28 April 20:15 | Canada | 7–3 (3–0, 3–1, 1–2) | Slovakia | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 6,300 |
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Referees: Thomas Sterns Marcus Vinnerborg | |||||
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Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 9 | Qualifying round |
2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | Relegation round |
All times are local (UTC+2).
24 April 16:15 | Germany | 0–5 (0–3, 0–0, 0–2) | Russia | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 10,570 |
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Referees: Sören Persson Marcus Vinnerborg | |||||
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24 April 20:15 | Switzerland | 1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0) | France | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 10,570 |
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Referees: Rick Looker Thomas Sterns | |||||
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26 April 16:15 | Switzerland | 3–2 OT (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0) | Germany | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,423 |
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Referees: Sami Partanen Jyri Rönn | |||||
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26 April 20:15 | Russia | 7–2 (5–1, 1–1, 1–0) | France | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 10,505 |
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Referees: Ole Hansen Peter Ország | |||||
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28 April 16:15 | Russia | 4–2 (1–2, 1–0, 2–0) | Switzerland | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,479 |
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Referees: Vladimir Sindler Derek Zalaski | |||||
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28 April 20:15 | France | 2–1 (2–1, 0–0, 0–0) | Germany | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 9,956 |
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Referees: Vladimír Baluška Brent Reiber | |||||
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Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 7 | Qualifying round |
2 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | |
4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times are local (UTC+2).
25 April 16:15 | United States | 4–2 (1–1, 2–1, 1–0) | Latvia | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 7,840 |
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Referees: Ole Hansen Danny Kurmann | |||||
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25 April 20:15 | Sweden | 7–1 (3–0, 0–1, 4–0) | Austria | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 6,175 |
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Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Rafail Kadyrov | |||||
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27 April 16:15 | United States | 6–1 (1–0, 1–1, 4–0) | Austria | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 3,779 |
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Referees: Vladimir Sindler Derek Zalaski | |||||
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27 April 20:15 | Latvia | 3–2 GWS (0–1, 2–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 3–2) | Sweden | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 4,421 |
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Referees: Vladimír Baluška Brent Reiber | |||||
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29 April 16:15 | Austria | 0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1) | Latvia | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 5,274 |
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Referees: Sami Partanen Daniel Piechaczek | |||||
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29 April 20:15 | Sweden | 6–5 OT (0–1, 2–2, 3–2) (OT: 1–0) | United States | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 9,876 |
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Referees: Peter Ország Jyri Rönn | |||||
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Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 9 | Qualifying round |
2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 6 | |
3 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 2 | |
4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 1 | Relegation round |
All times are local (UTC+2).
25 April 16:15 | Norway | 0–5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1) | Finland | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,269 |
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Referees: Vladimir Baluska Peter Ország | |||||
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25 April 16:15 | Czech Republic | 5–0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0) | Denmark | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,342 |
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Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Derek Zalaski | |||||
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27 April 16:15 | Czech Republic | 5–2 (3–0, 1–2, 1–0) | Norway | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,583 |
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Referees: Sören Persson Marcus Vinnerborg | |||||
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27 April 20:15 | Finland | 5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0) | Denmark | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,929 |
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Referees: Danny Kurmann Thomas Sterns | |||||
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29 April 16:15 | Denmark | 4–5 OT (2–2, 1–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–1) | Norway | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,496 |
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Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Rafail Kadyrov | |||||
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29 April 20:15 | Finland | 4–3 (1–2, 2–1, 1–0) | Czech Republic | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 6,456 |
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Referees: Rick Looker Sören Persson | |||||
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Qualifying round
[edit]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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 14 | Playoff round |
2 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 10 | |
3 | United States | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 8 | |
4 | Latvia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 7 | |
5 | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 | |
6 | France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 27 | −19 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+2).
30 April 16:15 | Russia | 6–5 OT (2–2, 1–1, 2–2) (OT: 1–0) | Sweden | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 7,465 |
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Referees: Danny Kurmann Brent Reiber | |||||
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30 April 20:15 | Switzerland | 1–2 GWS (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–2) | Latvia | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 9,771 |
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Referees: Vladimír Baluška Derek Zalaski | |||||
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1 May 20:15 | United States | 6–2 (2–0, 3–2, 1–0) | France | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 4,213 |
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Referees: Ole Hansen Sami Partanen | |||||
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2 May 16:15 | France | 1–7 (0–1, 0–2, 1–4) | Latvia | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 6,472 |
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Referees: Sami Partanen Vladimir Sindler | |||||
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2 May 20:15 | Russia | 4–1 (3–1, 1–0, 0–0) | United States | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 10,230 |
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Referees: Jyri Rönn Derek Zalaski | |||||
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3 May 16:15 | Switzerland | 1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2) | Sweden | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,327 |
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Referees: Ole Hansen Jyri Rönn | |||||
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3 May 20:15 | Latvia | 1–6 (0–1, 1–3, 0–2) | Russia | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 7,228 |
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Referees: Peter Ország Brent Reiber | |||||
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4 May 16:15 | Sweden | 6–3 (3–0, 2–3, 1–0) | France | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 5,051 |
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Referees: Vladimir Baluska Vladimir Sindler | |||||
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4 May 20:15 | United States | 3–4 OT (0–1, 3–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–1) | Switzerland | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 10,317 |
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Referees: Peter Ország Daniel Piechaczek | |||||
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Group F
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Canada | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 13 | Playoff round |
2 | Finland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 11 | |
3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 9 | |
4 | Belarus | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | |
5 | Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 4 | |
6 | Norway | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 2 |
All times are local (UTC+2).
30 April 16:15 | Belarus | 3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0) | Norway | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,374 |
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Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Thomas Sterns | |||||
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30 April 20:15 | Canada | 5–1 (3–0, 0–0, 2–1) | Czech Republic | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,967 |
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Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Marcus Vinnerborg | |||||
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1 May 20:15 | Finland | 2–1 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0) | Slovakia | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,444 |
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Referees: Rafail Kadyrov Sören Persson | |||||
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2 May 16:15 | Czech Republic | 8–0 (4–0, 4–0, 0–0) | Slovakia | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,165 |
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Referees: Brent Reiber Thomas Sterns | |||||
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2 May 20:15 | Finland | 1–2 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–3) | Belarus | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,621 |
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Referees: Danny Kurmann Marcus Vinnerborg | |||||
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3 May 16:15 | Norway | 1–5 (1–3, 0–2, 0–0) | Canada | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,023 |
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Referees: Rick Looker Sören Persson | |||||
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3 May 20:15 | Belarus | 0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1) | Czech Republic | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,495 |
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Referees: Danny Kurmann Daniel Piechaczek | |||||
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4 May 16:15 | Slovakia | 3–2 OT (2–0, 0–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0) | Norway | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 2,901 |
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Referees: Rafail Kadyrov Rick Looker | |||||
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4 May 20:15 | Canada | 3–4 GWS (1–2, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–3) | Finland | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,970 |
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Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Marcus Vinneborg | |||||
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Relegation round
[edit]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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 9 | Qualified for the 2010 Top Division |
2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | Relegated to the 2010 Division I |
3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | Qualified for the 2010 Top Division as hosts |
4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | Relegated to the 2010 Division I |
All times are local (UTC+2).
1 May 16:15 | Germany | 1–3 (1–1, 0–0, 0–2) | Denmark | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 4,241 |
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Referees: Peter Ország Vladimir Sindler | |||||
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1 May 16:15 | Austria | 6–0 (1–0, 3–0, 2–0) | Hungary | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,042 |
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Referees: Rick Looker Jyri Rönn | |||||
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3 May 12:15 | Germany | 0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0) | Austria | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 3,828 |
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Referees: Vladimir Baluska Vyacheslav Bulanov | |||||
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3 May 12:15 | Hungary | 1–5 (1–0, 0–2, 0–3) | Denmark | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,672 |
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Referees: Rafail Kadyrov Derek Zalaski | |||||
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4 May 12:15 | Hungary | 1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0) | Germany | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 3,497 |
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Referees: Ole Hansen Thomas Sterns | |||||
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4 May 12:15 | Denmark | 5–2 (1–2, 1–0, 3–0) | Austria | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 2,798 |
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Referees: Sami Partanen Sören Persson | |||||
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Playoff round
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
E1 | Russia | 4 | ||||||||||||
F4 | Belarus | 3 | ||||||||||||
QF1 | Russia | 3 | ||||||||||||
QF2 | United States | 2 | ||||||||||||
F2 | Finland | 2 | ||||||||||||
E3 | United States | 3 | ||||||||||||
SF1 | Russia | 2 | ||||||||||||
SF2 | Canada | 1 | ||||||||||||
F1 | Canada | 4 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Latvia | 2 | ||||||||||||
QF3 | Canada | 3 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
QF4 | Sweden | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Sweden | 3 | SF1 | United States | 2 | |||||||||
F3 | Czech Republic | 1 | SF2 | Sweden | 4 |
Quarter-finals
[edit]6 May 16:15 | Russia | 4–3 (0–0, 3–3, 1–0) | Belarus | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 8,337 |
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Referees: Jyri Rönn Derek Zalaski | |||||
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6 May 20:15 | Finland | 2–3 (0–0, 2–3, 0–0) | United States | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 9,334 |
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Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Brent Reiber | |||||
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7 May 16:15 | Canada | 4–2 (0–0, 3–1, 1–1) | Latvia | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 8,042 |
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Referees: Danny Kurmann Peter Ország | |||||
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7 May 20:15 | Sweden | 3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1) | Czech Republic | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 10,415 |
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Referees: Rick Looker Thomas Sterns | |||||
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Semi-finals
[edit]8 May 16:15 | Russia | 3–2 (0–0, 2–2, 1–0) | United States | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,057 |
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Referees: Brent Reiber Marcus Vinnerborg | |||||
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8 May 20:15 | Canada | 3–1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1) | Sweden | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,477 |
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Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Danny Kurmann | |||||
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Bronze Medal Game
[edit]10 May 16:00 | Sweden | 4–2 (0–0, 2–1, 2–1) | United States | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,249 |
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Referees: Rafail Kadyrov Brent Reiber | |||||
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Gold Medal Game
[edit]10 May 20:30 | Russia | 2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0) | Canada | PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,454 |
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Referees: Peter Ország Jyri Rönn | |||||
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Ranking and statistics
[edit]
2009 IIHF World Championship winners |
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Russia 2nd/25rd[5] title |
Tournament Awards
[edit]- 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
[edit]The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
Russia | |
Canada | |
Sweden | |
4 | United States |
5 | Finland |
6 | Czech Republic |
7 | Latvia |
8 | Belarus |
9 | Switzerland |
10 | Slovakia |
11 | Norway |
12 | France |
13 | Denmark |
14 | Austria |
15 | Germany* |
16 | Hungary |
* Hosts of the 2010 WC, therefore exempt from relegation.
Scoring leaders
[edit]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 |
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Martin St. Louis | 9 | 4 | 11 | 15 | +8 | 2 | FW |
Ilya Kovalchuk | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14 | +8 | 4 | FW |
Mattias Weinhandl | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +1 | 8 | FW |
Shea Weber | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +5 | 6 | D |
Jason Spezza | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +4 | 2 | FW |
Steven Stamkos | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +9 | 6 | FW |
Niko Kapanen | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +1 | 2 | FW |
Dany Heatley | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +3 | 8 | FW |
Petr Čajánek | 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
[edit]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 |
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Chris Mason | 240:00 | 114 | 4 | 1.00 | 96.49 | 1 |
Andrei Mezin | 314:05 | 172 | 9 | 1.72 | 94.77 | 0 |
Dwayne Roloson | 303:52 | 158 | 11 | 2.17 | 93.04 | 0 |
Ilya Bryzgalov | 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
[edit]Country | Broadcaster |
---|---|
Austria | ORF |
Belarus | BTRC |
Canada | TSN |
RDS | |
Czech Republic | Czech Television |
Denmark | TV2 |
Finland | YLE |
Viasat Sport | |
Urheilukanava | |
France | Sport+ |
Germany | DSF |
Hungary | Sport1 |
Latvia | TV3 |
TV6 | |
Viasat Sport Baltic | |
3+ Latvia | |
Norway | NRK |
SportN | |
Poland | Polsat Sport |
Romania | Sport1 |
Russia | VGTRK |
Slovakia | STV |
Sweden | TV6 |
Viasat Sport | |
Switzerland | SRG SSR idée suisse |
United States | Universal Sports |
Country | Broadcaster |
---|---|
Austria | ORF1 HD |
Canada | TSN HD |
RDS HD | |
Czech Republic | ČT HD |
Denmark | TV2 Sport HD |
Finland | Viasat Sport HD |
Norway | Viasat Sport HD |
Sweden | Viasat Sport HD |
Switzerland | HD Suisse |
See also
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ "Russia beat Canada to retain world crown". France24.com. France 24. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Kovalchuk named MVP". IIHF. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ^ "Armchair supporters". The Economist. 9 February 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ "France advances over Germany". IIHF. 28 April 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ If 22 World Championship titles won by the Soviet Union are included, this total comes to 25.
External links
[edit]- 2009 IIHF World Championship
- IIHF World Championship
- 2009 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
- International ice hockey competitions hosted by Switzerland
- 2009 in ice hockey
- 2008–09 in Swiss ice hockey
- April 2009 sports events in Europe
- May 2009 sports events in Europe
- 21st century in Bern
- Sports competitions in Bern
- Sport in Kloten