The 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I was an international under-18 ice hockey competition organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Both Division I tournaments made up the second level of the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, and the Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy. Belarus and Latvia won the Group A and B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Top Division of the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.
Group A The Group A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus at the Ice Palace from 6 to 12 April 2009.Group A statistics
Final standings
Results All times are local.
Group B The Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy at PalaOdegar from 29 March to 4 April 2009.Group B statistics
Final standings
Results All times are local.
Leading scorers PlayerCountryGPGA Pts +/-PIM Bartlomiej Neupauer 5 5 6 11 +8 6 Kacper Guzik 5 6 4 10 +7 35 Benjamin Nemes 5 5 4 9 +1 0 Damian Kapica 5 3 6 9 +8 2 Kevin Puschnik 5 4 4 8 +0 4 Richard Hardi 5 2 6 8 +0 4 János Hári 5 3 4 7 +3 6 Dovydas Streckis 5 2 5 7 +0 10 Victor Barbero 5 5 1 6 −1 6 Nikolai Suslo 5 3 3 6 +5 6
Top goaltenders PlayerCountryGPMinGAASV%SO Lasse Jensen 4 230:48 0.50 .980 2 Andrei Novikov 3 150:19 0.80 .956 2 Bartlomiej Niesluchowski 3 181:28 1.98 .934 1 Jānis Kalniņš 3 144:43 1.66 .933 1 Ren Yamaguchi 4 253:45 2.60 .929 0
See also 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
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