The 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2009 WJHC), was the 33rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was played in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, between December 26, 2008 and January 5, 2009.^[1][2] Games were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scotiabank Place.^[3] The tournament set a record for WJC attendance at 453,282. Canada won the gold medal for a record-tying fifth consecutive time. No country would win back-to-back gold until the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Canada won the 2022 and 2023 tournaments respectively.^[4][5]

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2009 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
City	Ottawa
Venue(s)	Scotiabank Place and Ottawa Civic Centre (in 1 host city)
Dates	December 26, 2008 – January 5, 2009
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (15th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	241 (7.77 per game)
Attendance	453,282 (14,622 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Cody Hodgson (16 points)
MVP	John Tavares
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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:^[6]

• 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.^[7]

The Division I Championships were played between December 14 and December 20, 2008 in Herisau, Switzerland (Group A),^[12] and between December 15 and December 21, 2008 in Aalborg, Denmark (Group B).^[13]

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Switzerland (H)	5	5	0	0	0	31	7	+24	15	Promoted to the 2010 Top Division
2	Belarus	5	4	0	0	1	39	7	+32	12
3	France	5	3	0	0	2	33	17	+16	9
4	Slovenia	5	2	0	0	3	31	17	+14	6
5	Poland	5	1	0	0	4	7	23	−16	3
6	Estonia	5	0	0	0	5	6	76	−70	0	Relegated to the 2010 Division II

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Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria	5	4	0	1	0	28	9	+19	13	Promoted to the 2010 Top Division
2	Denmark (H)	5	4	0	0	1	16	13	+3	12
3	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	14	17	−3	8
4	Italy	5	2	1	0	2	14	10	+4	8
5	Ukraine	5	1	0	0	4	10	16	−6	3
6	Hungary	5	0	0	1	4	11	28	−17	1	Relegated to the 2010 Division II

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The Division II Championships were played between December 15 and December 21, 2008 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania (Group A),^[14] and between January 10 and January 15, 2009 in Logroño, Spain (Group B).^[15]

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	45	11	+34	12	Promoted to the 2010 Division I
2	Lithuania	5	4	0	0	1	35	9	+26	12
3	South Korea	5	2	2	0	1	19	18	+1	10
4	Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	17	32	−15	6
5	Serbia	5	0	1	1	3	10	33	−23	3
6	Romania (H)	5	0	0	2	3	9	32	−23	2

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Group B

 China, having been relegated to Division III in 2008, was returned to Division II after  New Zealand forfeited due to finances.^[16]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Croatia	5	5	0	0	0	34	15	+19	15	Promoted to the 2010 Division I
2	Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	29	10	+19	12
3	Netherlands	5	3	0	0	2	28	12	+16	9
4	Mexico	5	2	0	0	3	11	27	−16	6
5	Spain (H)	5	1	0	0	4	12	19	−7	3
6	China	5	0	0	0	5	9	40	−31	0

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The Division III tournament was to have been played in North Korea, but was cancelled.^[16] The Division III was scheduled to include the following:^[17]

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Team	Qualification
Iceland	Placed 6th in Division II Group A last year and was relegated.
China	Placed 6th in Division II Group B last year and was relegated, but returned to Division II after  New Zealand forfeited.
Australia	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Turkey	Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Bulgaria	Placed 7th in Division III last year.
North Korea	Hosts, first appearance since 1993.

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