2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft der U18-Juniorinnen 2009 (German)
Tournament details
Host country  Germany
Dates 5-10 January 2009
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   United States (2nd title)
Runner-up   Canada
Third place   Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 172 (8.6 per match)
Attendance 4,810 (241 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Amanda Kessel
(19 points)
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The 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the second junior female world ice hockey championships. It was held from January 5 through January 10, 2009, in Füssen, Germany. The championship is the Under-18 junior ice hockey edition of the women worlds, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Eight teams played in the top division,[1] and five teams played in the newly formed Division I.[2]

Top Division

Teams

The following teams participated in the championship:

Preliminary round

Teams proceed to Medal round
Teams sent to Placing round

Group A

Standings

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 United States 330003529
 Sweden 3200116116
 Russia 310026253
 Germany 300033240

Results
All times are local (CET – UTC+01).

January 5, 2009
19:30		 United States  12–0
(4-0, 4-0, 4-0)		  Russia Füssen Rink II
Attendance: 104
January 5, 2009
20:00		 Sweden  8–1
(1-1, 1-0, 6-0)		  Germany Füssen Arena
Attendance: 650
January 6, 2009
19:30		 Sweden  6–4
(1-1, 3-1, 2-2)		  Russia Füssen Rink II
Attendance: 53
January 6, 2009
20:00		 Germany  0–17
(0-4, 0-5, 0-8)		  United States Füssen Arena
Attendance: 550
January 7, 2009
19:30		 United States  9–2
(3-0, 2-1, 4-1)		  Sweden Füssen Rink II
Attendance: 201
January 7, 2009
20:00		 Russia  7–2
(1-0, 3-0, 3-2)		  Germany Füssen Arena
Attendance: 300

Group B

Standings

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Canada 330003519
 Czech Republic 310118184
  Switzerland 310028263
 Finland 301025112

Results
All times are local (CET – UTC+01).

January 5, 2009
16:00		 Czech Republic  1–2 GWS
(1-1, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)		  Finland Füssen Rink II
Attendance: 86
January 5, 2009
16:30		  Canada 13–1
(4-0, 3-1, 6-0)		   Switzerland Füssen Arena
Attendance: 166
January 6, 2009
16:00		 Czech Republic  4–3
(2-1, 1-0, 1-2)		   Switzerland Füssen Rink II
Attendance: 161
January 6, 2009
16:30		 Finland  0–6
(0-1, 0-3, 0-2)		  Canada Füssen Arena
Attendance: 310
January 7, 2009
16:00		 Switzerland   4–3
(0-1, 4-2, 0-0)		  Finland Füssen Rink II
Attendance: 78
January 7, 2009
16:30		  Canada 16–0
(4-0, 6-0, 6-0)		  Czech Republic Füssen Arena
Attendance: 150

Placement Round

January 9, 2009
16:00		 Switzerland   1–2 GWS
(0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)		  Germany Füssen Rink II
Attendance: 225
January 9, 2009
19:30		 Russia  1–2 OT
(1-0, 0-1, 0-0)
(0-1)		  Finland Füssen Rink II
Attendance: 85

7th/8th Place Game

January 10, 2009
12:00		 Switzerland   2–3 GWS
(1-2, 1-0, 0-0)
(0-0, 0-1)		  Russia Füssen Rink II
Attendance: 97

  Switzerland is relegated to the 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I.

5th/6th Place Game

January 10, 2009
15:30		 Germany  1–5
(1-0, 0-4, 0-1)		  Finland Füssen Rink II
Attendance: 274

Playoff Round

Bracket

  Semifinals     Final
                 
  A1   United States 18  
  B2   Czech Republic 0    
      A1   United States 3
      B1   Canada 2
  B1   Canada 6    
  A2   Sweden 1   Bronze medal game
 
A2   Sweden 9
  B2   Czech Republic 1

Semifinals

January 9, 2009
16:30		  Canada 6–1
(0-0, 3-1, 3-0)		  Sweden Füssen Arena
Attendance: 200
January 9, 2009
20:00		 United States  18–0
(8-0, 6-0, 4-0)		  Czech Republic Füssen Arena
Attendance: 300

Bronze medal game

January 10, 2009
14:00		 Sweden  9–1
(4-0, 3-0, 2-1)		  Czech Republic Füssen Arena
Attendance: 120

Final

January 10, 2009
17:30		 United States  3-2 OT
(1-0, 1-1, 0-1, 1-0)		  Canada Füssen Arena
Attendance: 700

Final standings

 United States
 Canada
 Sweden
4  Czech Republic
5  Finland
6  Germany
7  Russia
8   Switzerland
 2009 IIHF Women's U-18 World Champions 

United States
Second title

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
United States Amanda Kessel 5 6 13 19 +17 2 FW
United States Kendall Coyne 5 8 7 15 +14 2 FW
Canada Mélodie Daoust 5 6 6 12 +11 4 FW
Sweden Cecilia Ostberg 5 6 6 12 +8 4 FW
Canada Marie-Philip Poulin 5 5 7 12 +10 2 FW
Canada Jessica Wong 5 4 8 12 +10 0 FW
United States Madison Packer 5 6 5 11 +13 14 FW
United States Brittany Ammerman 5 5 5 10 +16 2 FW
Sweden Klara Myrén 5 2 8 10 +4 14 FW
United States Brianna Decker 5 8 1 9 +15 4 FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO
United States Alex Rigsby 186:47 72 4 1.28 94.74 1
Russia Anna Prugova 255:25 207 17 3.99 92.41 0
Canada Roxanne Douville 186:47 44 4 1.28 91.67 1
Finland Susanna Airaksinen 307:12 130 13 2.54 90.91 0
Germany Jule Flotgen 266:31 183 21 4.73 89.71 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate:[3]

Division I

The tournament was held in Chambéry, France, from December 28, 2008 to January 2, 2009.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
 Japan 4400018512
 France 42101978
 Slovakia 4201111147
 Austria 410038133
 Norway 400049160

 Japan is promoted to the Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

External links

See also

References

  1. ↑ Top Division Statistics
  2. ↑ Division I Statistics
  3. ↑ Best players selected by the directorate