2009 IIHF Women's World Championship



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]



Contents
[hide]  *1 Top Division  ==Top Division[edit] == ===Preliminary round[edit] === ====Group A[edit] ==== All times are local (UTC+3). ====Group B[edit] ==== All times are local (UTC+3). ====Group C[edit] ==== All times are local (UTC+3). ===Qualifying round[edit] === ====Group D (1st–3rd place)[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times are local (UTC+3). <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">United States and  Canada advance to the final. Finland plays in the bronze medal game. ====Group E (4th–6th place)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Sweden advances to the bronze medal game.
 * 1.1 Preliminary round
 * 1.1.1 Group A
 * 1.1.2 Group B
 * 1.1.3 Group C
 * 1.2 Qualifying round
 * 1.2.1 Group D (1st–3rd place)
 * 1.2.2 Group E (4th–6th place)
 * 1.3 Consolation round
 * 1.4 Group F (7th–9th place)
 * 1.5 Final round
 * 1.5.1 Match for third place
 * 1.5.2 Final
 * 2 Division I
 * 2.1 Directorate awards
 * 3 Division II
 * 4 Division III, Division IV and Division V
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times are local (UTC+3). ===Consolation round<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ===Group F (7th–9th place)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">China and  Japan are relegated to Division I for the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times are local (UTC+3). ===Final round<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ====Match for third place<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times are local (UTC+3). ====Final<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times are local (UTC+3). ==Division I<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The following teams took part in the Division I tournament which was held in Graz, Austria, from April 4 to April 10, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-groups_1-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[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. <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">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. ===Directorate awards<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] ==Division II<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The following teams took part in the Division II tournament which was held in Torre Pellice, Italy, from April 12 to April 18, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-groups_1-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[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. <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Latvia is promoted to the Division I for the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships. Netherlands is relegated to Division III. Denmark was to have been relegated but since Division II was not played, no one was promoted to take their place. ==Division III, Division IV and Division V<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The Division III, Division IV and Division V did not play this year. The respective tournaments were cancelled. The reasons seem to be multiple.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  No country wanted to assume the financial costs of the tournaments. The tournaments will be scheduled for 2011. It has the effect the following changes:
 * Best Goalkeeper: Charline Labonté, Canada
 * Best Defender: Jenni Hiirikoski, Finland
 * Best Forward, Hayley Wickenheiser, Canada


 * Iceland is not promoted to the Division III, but rest in the Division IV.
 * Turkey is not promoted to the Division IV, but rest in the new division V.
 * For the next tournament of 2011, the division V will consist of Turkey, Poland, Bulgaria, Spain and Ireland.