2009 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2009 IIHF World Women's Championships was held in Hämeenlinna, Finland, from April 4 to 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.

2009 IIHF World Women's Championship
2009 naisten jääkiekon maailmanmestaruuskilpailut (Finnish)
2009 kvinnors ishockey VM (Swedish)
Tournament details
Host country Finland
DatesApril 4–12, 2009
Teams9
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  United States (3rd title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored140 (7 per match)
Attendance28,614 (1,431 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Julie Chu
(10 points)
MVP Carla MacLeod
← 2008
2011 →

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. The lower divisions of III, IV, and V, 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

Group A
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 United States 220001606
 Russia 21001393
 Japan 200021110

All times are local (UTC+3).

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

Group B
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Canada 220002016
 Sweden 21001683
 China 200022190

All times are local (UTC+3).

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

Group C
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Finland 220001336
 Kazakhstan 20101282
  Switzerland 20011481

All times are local (UTC+3).

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

Group D (1st–3rd place)
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Canada 220001016
 United States 21001823
 Finland 200020150

All times are local (UTC+3).

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

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

Group E (4th–6th place)
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Sweden 220001706
 Russia 210019103
 Kazakhstan 200022180

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

Group F (7th–9th place)
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
  Switzerland 21100865
 Japan 21001443
 China 20011571

 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)		  SwitzerlandArena 2, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 379
April 9, 2009
17:00		Switzerland  3 – 2
(0 - 0, 2 - 1, 1 - 1)		 JapanArena 2, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 247
April 10, 2009
17:00		Japan 2 – 1
(0 - 0, 2 - 0, 0 - 1)		 ChinaArena 2, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 256

Match for third place

All times are local (UTC+3).

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

Final

All times are local (UTC+3).

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

Awards and Statistics

Scoring leaders
Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1Julie Chu United States55510+80
2Natalie Darwitz United States53710+82
3Hilary Knight United States5729+54
4Erika Holst Sweden5459+54
5Elin Holmlöv Sweden5628+52
6Jennifer Botterill Canada5538+52
7Hayley Wickenheiser Canada5448+64
8Caroline Ouellette Canada5358+76
9Carla MacLeod Canada5268+94
10Michelle Karvinen Finland5527+36

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1Kim St-Pierre Canada120:0000.00100.002
2Jessie Vetter United States120:0010.5098.211
3Valentina Lizana Sweden240:0051.2593.332
4Azusa Nakaoku Japan208:10113.1792.470
5Charline Labonté Canada179:0451.6891.232

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Media All-Stars

Source:[3]

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 540012214+812
 Germany 540012013+712
 Norway 52102181808
 Austria 52012161607
 Czech Republic 520031718−16
 France 500051024−140

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

Scoring leaders
Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1Line Øien Norway56511+52
2Maritta Becker Germany4369+76
3Petra Jurčová Slovakia5718+58
4Denise Altmann Austria5358+34
4Petra Pravlíková Slovakia5358+58
6Eva-Maria Schwärzler Austria5527+34
7Kateřina Mrázová Czech Republic543700
8Christina Fellner Germany5347+610
9Marion Allemoz France5167–80
10Martina Veličková Slovakia5426+74

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1Christine Smestad Norway177:4082.7092.520
2Sandra Borschke Austria125:0041.9292.450
3Viona Harrer Germany180:1272.3392.220
4Zuzana Tomčíková Slovakia300:00142.8091.760
5Nina Geyer Austria179:43113.6791.200

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Division II

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

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD PTS
 Latvia 550002542115
 North Korea 531011513211
 Great Britain 53002111109
 Italy 511031518-35
 Denmark 501221017-74
 Netherlands 50014417-131

 Latvia was promoted to the Division I for the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.  Netherlands was relegated to Division III.  Denmark was to have been relegated but since Division III was not played, no one was promoted to take their place.

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

Scoring leaders
Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1Iveta Koka Latvia561420+202
2Inese Geca-Miljone Latvia58715+200
3Ieva Petersone Latvia510414+178
4Angela Taylor Great Britain5606+36
5O Chol-ok North Korea550502
6Linda de Rocco Italy5235+212
7Josefine Jakobsen Denmark5404+28
8Ri Sol-gyong North Korea5224+28
9Anna de la Forest de Divonne Italy5303–34
9Sabrina Viel Italy5303–32

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1Lolita Andrisevska Latvia240:0020.5098.442
2Kelly Herring Great Britain239:2371.7593.911
3Nanna Glaas Denmark250:59112.6390.430
4Hong Kum-sil North Korea288:39122.4990.240
5Claudia van Leeuwen Netherlands290:51173.5189.820

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Division III, Division IV and Division V

The Division III, Division IV and Division V did not play this year. The respective tournaments were cancelled. The reasons seem to be multiple.[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:

  • Iceland is not promoted to the Division III, but stay in the Division IV.
  • Turkey is now relegated from Division IV to the new division V.
  • Division V will then consist of Turkey, and the four new nations who were to play in 2009: Poland, Bulgaria, Spain and Ireland.[5]

References
  1. 2009 IIHF Championship Program iihf.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2008.
  2. "World Women's back to eight teams". iihf.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. Podnieks p. 36
  4. "2009 Women's Division III, IV and V all Cancelled". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  5. planned tournaments (archived)
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