2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
tourney_name =IIHF World U20 Championship
year = 2009
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country = Canada
dates = December 26 - January 5
num_teams = 10
venues = 2
cities = 1
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The 2009 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, is the 2009 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and will be hosted in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Games will be held at the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scotiabank Place.cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships.html |title=2009 World Championship Program |publisher=iihf.com |accessdate=2008-06-04 ]

Bid Process

Five potential bid groups formally submitted their bids before the March 31, 2006 deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee in Calgary on April 18, 2006: [cite web |url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/1/9/5/6/9/index1.shtml |title=Hockey Canada announces bid finalists for the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship |date=10 April 2006 |publisher=hockeycanada.ca |accessdate=2008-07-08]
*Joint bid from Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta;
*Montreal, Quebec;
*Ottawa, Ontario;
*Toronto, Ontario; and
*Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan

On May 3, 2006, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced that Ottawa was chosen to host the 2009 tournament. [cite web |url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/2/0/9/6/9/index1.shtml |title=Ottawa chosen to host 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship |date=03 May 2006 |publisher=hockeycanada.ca |accessdate=2008-07-08]

Top Division

Preliminary Round

Group A

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date = January 2, 2009
18:30
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stadium = Ottawa Civic Centre
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date = January 4, 2009
14:30
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Final Round

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RD1=Quarterfinals
RD2=Semifinals
RD3=Final
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date = January 2, 2009
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team1 = 2B
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team2 = 3A
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stadium = Scotiabank Place
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date = January 3, 2009
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team1 = 1A
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stadium = Scotiabank Place
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date = January 3, 2009
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date = January 4, 2009
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date = January 5, 2009
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date = January 5, 2009
19:30
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Division I

The following teams will take part in the Division I tournament. Group A will played in Switzerland between December 14 and December 20, 2008. Group B will be played in Aalborg, Denmark between December 15 and December 21, 2008:

Group A

Group B

Division III

The following teams will take part in the Division III tournament. The venue and dates for the tournament have not yet been announced.

References

External links

* [http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/21713/la_id/1.htm Hockey Canada 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship website]

ee also

* 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
* 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division I
* 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II
* 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division III