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. Games were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scotiabank Place. 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.
Bid process
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: 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.
Venues
Top Division
Preliminary round
Group A
Schedule
All times local (EST/UTC−5)
Group B
Schedule
All times local (EST/UTC−5)
Relegation round
The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.
Results
All times local (EST/UTC−5)
Final round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
5th place playoff
3rd place playoff
Final
Top 10 scorers
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: 09:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
Tournament awards
Source:
Most Valuable Player
John Tavares
All-star team
Goaltender: Jaroslav Janus
Defencemen: P. K. Subban, Erik Karlsson
Forwards: John Tavares, Cody Hodgson, Nikita Filatov
IIHF best player awards
Goaltender: Jacob Markström
Defenceman: Erik Karlsson
Forward: John Tavares
Final standings
Division I
The Division I Championships were played between December 14 and December 20, 2008 in Herisau, Switzerland (Group A), and between December 15 and December 21, 2008 in Aalborg, Denmark (Group B).
Group A
Group B
Division II
The Division II Championships were played between December 15 and December 21, 2008 in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania (Group A), and between January 10 and January 15, 2009 in Logroño, Spain (Group B).
Group A
Group B
, having been relegated to Division III in 2008, was returned to Division II after forfeited due to finances.
Division III
The Division III tournament was to have been played in North Korea, but was cancelled. The Division III was scheduled to include the following: