The 2009 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 12th edition of the Top Division of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship (the 13th edition overall, if the season when only the lower divisions were played is also counted), organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
The Top Division tournament was held in Hämeenlinna, Finland, from 4 to 12 April 2009.2009 Top Division statistics The defending champions United States to win the gold medal and retain their top standing another year, after defeated Canada 4–1 in the final match.
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.
Top Division
Preliminary round All times are local (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Qualifying round All times are local (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3).
Group D (1st–3rd place)
Group E (4th–6th place)
Relegation round All times are local (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3).
Group F (7th–9th place)
Final round
3rd place match
Final
Final standings
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 Relegated to the 2011 Division I
Awards and statistics
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Julie Chu 5 5 5 10 +8 0 2 Natalie Darwitz 5 3 7 10 +8 2 3 Hilary Knight 5 7 2 9 +5 4 4 Erika Holst 5 4 5 9 +5 4 5 Elin Holmlöv 5 6 2 8 +5 2 6 Jennifer Botterill 5 5 3 8 +5 2 7 Hayley Wickenheiser 5 4 4 8 +6 4 8 Caroline Ouellette 5 3 5 8 +7 6 9 Carla MacLeod 5 2 6 8 +9 4 10 Michelle Karvinen 5 5 2 7 +3 6GP = 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)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Kim St-Pierre 120:00 0 0.00 100.00 2 2 Jessie Vetter 120:00 1 0.50 98.21 1 3 Valentina Lizana 240:00 5 1.25 93.33 2 4 Azusa Nakaoku 208:10 11 3.17 92.47 0 5 Charline Labonté 179:04 5 1.68 91.23 2 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Directorate Awards Goaltender: Charline Labonté, Defenseman: Jenni Hiirikoski, Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser, Source: IIHF.com
Media All-Stars Goaltender: Jessie Vetter, Defensemen: Angela Ruggiero, ; Carla MacLeod, Forwards: Julie Chu, ; Michelle Karvinen, ; Natalie Darwitz, MVP: Carla MacLeod, Source:Podnieks p. 36
Division I The Division I tournament was played in Graz, Austria, from 4 to 10 April 2009.2009 Division I statistics
All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).
Awards and statistics
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Line Øien 5 6 5 11 +5 2 2 Maritta Becker 4 3 6 9 +7 6 3 Petra Jurčová 5 7 1 8 +5 8 4 Denise Altmann 5 3 5 8 +3 4 4 Petra Pravlíková 5 3 5 8 +5 8 6 Eva-Maria Schwärzler 5 5 2 7 +3 4 7 Kateřina Mrázová 5 4 3 7 0 0 8 Christina Fellner 5 3 4 7 +6 10 9 Marion Allemoz 5 1 6 7 –8 0 10 Martina Veličková 5 4 2 6 +7 4GP = 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)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Christine Smestad 177:40 8 2.70 92.52 0 2 Sandra Borschke 125:00 4 1.92 92.45 0 3 Viona Harrer 180:12 7 2.33 92.22 0 4 Zuzana Tomčíková 300:00 14 2.80 91.76 0 5 Nina Geyer 179:43 11 3.67 91.20 0TOI = 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, Defenseman: Iveta Karafiátová, Forward: Maritta Becker,
Source: IIHF.com
Division II The Division II tournament was played in Torre Pellice, Italy, from 12 to 18 April 2009.2009 Division II statistics
All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).
Awards and statistics
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Iveta Koka 5 6 14 20 +20 2 2 Inese Geca-Miljone 5 8 7 15 +20 0 3 Ieva Petersone 5 10 4 14 +17 8 4 Angela Taylor 5 6 0 6 +3 6 5 O Chol-ok 5 5 0 5 0 2 6 Linda de Rocco 5 2 3 5 +2 12 7 Josefine Jakobsen 5 4 0 4 +2 8 8 Ri Sol-gyong 5 2 2 4 +2 8 9 Anna de la Forest de Divonne 5 3 0 3 –3 4 9 Sabrina Viel 5 3 0 3 –3 2GP = 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)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Lolita Andrisevska 240:00 2 0.50 98.44 2 2 Kelly Herring 239:23 7 1.75 93.91 1 3 Nanna Glaas 250:59 11 2.63 90.43 0 4 Hong Kum-sil 288:39 12 2.49 90.24 0 5 Claudia van Leeuwen 290:51 17 3.51 89.82 0TOI = 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, Defenseman: Linda de Rocco, Forward: Iveta Koka, MVP : Iveta Koka Source: IIHF.com
Division III, Division IV and Division V The Division III, Division IV and Division V were not played this year. The respective tournaments were cancelled. The reasons seem to be multiple. 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.planned tournaments (archived)
References
External links Official website of IIHF Complete results
IIHF results index for 2009