The 2009 IIHF World Women's Championships was held in Hämeenlinna, Finland,^[where?] from 4 to 12 April 2009.^[1] This was the 12th women's ice hockey world 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.

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2009 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
City	Hämeenlinna
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–12 April 2009
Opened by	Tarja Halonen
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	140 (7 per game)
Attendance	28,614 (1,431 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Julie Chu (10 points)
MVP	Carla MacLeod
← 2008 2011 →

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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]

The Division I tournament was played in Graz, Austria, from 4 to 10 April 2009.^[4]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Slovakia	5	4	0	0	1	22	14	+8	12	Promoted to the 2011 Top Division
2	Germany	5	4	0	0	1	20	13	+7	12
3	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	18	18	0	8
4	Austria	5	2	0	1	2	16	16	0	7
5	Czech Republic	5	2	0	0	3	17	18	−1	6	Relegated to the 2011 Division II
6	France	5	0	0	0	5	10	24	−14	0

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All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

4 April 2009 13:30

Slovakia

9–4 (2–0, 1–2, 6–2)

Norway

Eishalle Liebenau

4 April 2009 17:00

Germany

5–3 (2–2, 2–1, 1–0)

France

Eishalle Liebenau

4 April 2009 20:30

Czech Republic

1–4 (1–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Austria

Eishalle Liebenau

6 April 2009 13:30

Germany

4–3 (3–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Norway

Eishalle Liebenau

6 April 2009 17:00

Slovakia

1–5 (1–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Eishalle Liebenau

6 April 2009 20:30

Austria

5–2 (3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

France

Eishalle Liebenau

7 April 2009 13:30

Czech Republic

2–4 (1–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Germany

Eishalle Liebenau

7 April 2009 17:00

France

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Norway

Eishalle Liebenau

7 April 2009 20:30

Slovakia

5–3 (2–2, 2–0, 1–1)

Austria

Eishalle Liebenau

9 April 2009 13:30

Czech Republic

5–4 (3–1, 1–2, 1–1)

France

Eishalle Liebenau

9 April 2009 17:00

Germany

1–2 (0–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Slovakia

Eishalle Liebenau

9 April 2009 20:30

Norway

2–1 (GWS) (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (0–0, 1–0)

Austria

Eishalle Liebenau

10 April 2009 13:30

France

1–5 (0–0, 1–1, 0–4)

Slovakia

Eishalle Liebenau

10 April 2009 17:00

Norway

5–4 (1–2, 1–0, 3–2)

Czech Republic

Eishalle Liebenau

10 April 2009 20:30

Austria

3–6 (2–1, 1–3, 0–2)

Germany

Eishalle Liebenau

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

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Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Line Øien	Norway	5	6	5	11	+5	2
2	Maritta Becker	Germany	4	3	6	9	+7	6
3	Petra Jurčová	Slovakia	5	7	1	8	+5	8
4	Denise Altmann	Austria	5	3	5	8	+3	4
4	Petra Pravlíková	Slovakia	5	3	5	8	+5	8
6	Eva-Maria Schwärzler	Austria	5	5	2	7	+3	4
7	Kateřina Mrázová	Czech Republic	5	4	3	7	0	0
8	Christina Fellner	Germany	5	3	4	7	+6	10
9	Marion Allemoz	France	5	1	6	7	–8	0
10	Martina Veličková	Slovakia	5	4	2	6	+7	4

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

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Christine Smestad	Norway	177:40	8	2.70	92.52	0
2	Sandra Borschke	Austria	125:00	4	1.92	92.45	0
3	Viona Harrer	Germany	180:12	7	2.33	92.22	0
4	Zuzana Tomčíková	Slovakia	300:00	14	2.80	91.76	0
5	Nina Geyer	Austria	179:43	11	3.67	91.20	0

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TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards

• Goaltender: Zuzana Tomčíková,  Slovakia
• Defenseman: Iveta Karafiátová,  Slovakia
• Forward: Maritta Becker,  Germany

Source: IIHF.com

The Division II tournament was played in Torre Pellice, Italy, from 12 to 18 April 2009.^[5]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Latvia	5	5	0	0	0	25	4	+21	15	Promoted to the 2011 Division I
2	North Korea	5	3	1	0	1	15	13	+2	11
3	Great Britain	5	3	0	0	2	11	11	0	9
4	Italy	5	1	1	0	3	15	18	−3	5
5	Denmark	5	0	1	2	2	10	17	−7	4
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	1	4	4	17	−13	1	Relegated to the 2011 Division III

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All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

12 April 2009 13:15

North Korea

1–6 (0–3, 1–1, 0–2)

Latvia

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

12 April 2009 16:45

Denmark

2–1 (GWS) (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (0–0, 1–0)

Netherlands

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

12 April 2009 20:15

Great Britain

5–3 (3–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Italy

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

13 April 2009 13:15

Netherlands

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Great Britain

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

13 April 2009 16:45

Denmark

3–4 (OT) (1–1, 2–2, 0–0) (0–1)

North Korea

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

13 April 2009 20:10

Latvia

5–1 (0–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Italy

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

15 April 2009 13:15

Latvia

5–0 (0–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Netherlands

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

15 April 2009 16:45

Denmark

1–3 (1–2, 0–1, 0–0)

Great Britain

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

15 April 2009 20:15

North Korea

4–2 (0–0, 1–2, 3–0)

Italy

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

16 April 2009 13:15

Netherlands

1–2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

North Korea

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

16 April 2009 16:45

Great Britain

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Latvia

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

16 April 2009 20:15

Italy

3–2 (GWS) (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (0–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

18 April 2009 13:15

North Korea

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Great Britain

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

18 April 2009 16:45

Latvia

6–2 (0–0, 2–1, 4–1)

Denmark

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

18 April 2009 20:15

Italy

6–2 (2–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Netherlands

Torre Pellice Ice Rink

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

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Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Iveta Koka	Latvia	5	6	14	20	+20	2
2	Inese Geca-Miljone	Latvia	5	8	7	15	+20	0
3	Ieva Petersone	Latvia	5	10	4	14	+17	8
4	Angela Taylor	Great Britain	5	6	0	6	+3	6
5	O Chol-ok	North Korea	5	5	0	5	0	2
6	Linda de Rocco	Italy	5	2	3	5	+2	12
7	Josefine Jakobsen	Denmark	5	4	0	4	+2	8
8	Ri Sol-gyong	North Korea	5	2	2	4	+2	8
9	Anna de la Forest de Divonne	Italy	5	3	0	3	–3	4
9	Sabrina Viel	Italy	5	3	0	3	–3	2

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

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Lolita Andrisevska	Latvia	240:00	2	0.50	98.44	2
2	Kelly Herring	Great Britain	239:23	7	1.75	93.91	1
3	Nanna Glaas	Denmark	250:59	11	2.63	90.43	0
4	Hong Kum-sil	North Korea	288:39	12	2.49	90.24	0
5	Claudia van Leeuwen	Netherlands	290:51	17	3.51	89.82	0

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TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards

• Goaltender: Lolita Andrisevska,  Latvia
• Defenseman: Linda de Rocco,  Italy
• Forward: Iveta Koka,  Latvia
• MVP  : Iveta Koka

Source: IIHF.com

The Division III, Division IV and Division V were not played this year. The respective tournaments were cancelled. The reasons seem to be multiple.^[6] 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: Bulgaria, Ireland, Poland and Spain.^[7]