2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

2009 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Romania
 Spain
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates15–21 December 2008
10–15 January 2009
Teams12
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The 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II represents the third level of the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. 12 participating teams were divided into two groups, with Group A playing in Romania, and Group B playing in Spain. The winner of each group was promoted to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship, while the last-placed teams in each group were saved from relegation to Division III for the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship due to 2009's Division III tournament being cancelled.

Group A

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The Group A tournament was played in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, from 15 to 21 December 2008.[1]

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
 Lithuania Placed 6th in Division I (Group A) last year and were relegated.
 Japan Placed 2nd in Division II (Group A) last year.
 South Korea Placed 3rd in Division II (Group A) last year.
 Belgium Placed 4th in Division II (Group A) last year.
 Romania Hosts; placed 5th in Division II (Group A) last year.
 Serbia Placed 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted.

Final standings

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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
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

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All times are local (Eastern European TimeUTC+2).

15 December 2008
13:30
South Korea 1–4
(0–2, 1–0, 0–2)
 LithuaniaLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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15 December 2008
17:00
Serbia 2–6
(1–2, 1–1, 0–3)
 BelgiumLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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15 December 2008
20:30
Japan 12–0
(1–0, 3–0, 8–0)
 RomaniaLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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16 December 2008
13:30
Lithuania 9–1
(2–0, 2–1, 5–0)
 BelgiumLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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16 December 2008
17:00
Japan 4–5
(1–1, 1–3, 2–1)
 South KoreaLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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16 December 2008
20:30
Romania 2–3 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(0–1)
 SerbiaLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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18 December 2008
13:30
Japan 11–1
(4–0, 3–1, 4–0)
 SerbiaLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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18 December 2008
17:00
South Korea 5–4
(0–1, 3–2, 2–1)
 BelgiumLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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18 December 2008
20:30
Lithuania 8–1
(2–1, 4–0, 2–0)
 RomaniaLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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19 December 2008
13:30
Belgium 1–13
(0–3, 0–5, 1–5)
 JapanLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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19 December 2008
17:00
Serbia 1–10
(0–3, 1–3, 0–4)
 LithuaniaLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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19 December 2008
20:30
Romania 3–4 GWS
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1)
(0–0, 0–1)
 South KoreaLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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21 December 2008
13:30
South Korea 4–3 GWS
(1–2, 0–1, 2–0)
(0–0, 1–0)
 SerbiaLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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21 December 2008
17:00
Lithuania 4–5
(1–3, 1–0, 2–2)
 JapanLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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21 December 2008
20:30
Belgium 5–3
(2–2, 2–0, 1–1)
 RomaniaLajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc
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Group B

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The Group B tournament was played in Logroño, Spain, from 10 to 15 January 2009.[2]

Opening ceremony in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Croatian national team, winners of Group B

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
 Great Britain Placed 6th in Division I (Group B) last year and were relegated.
 Netherlands Placed 2nd in Division II (Group B) last year.
 Croatia Placed 3rd in Division II (Group B) last year.
 Spain Hosts; placed 4th in Division II (Group B) last year.
 Mexico Placed 5th in Division II (Group B) last year.
 China Placed 6th in Division II (Group B) last year.*

* Note: China, though demoted last year, took New Zealand's place in this tournament because of financing issues with the NZ team's travel.[3]

Final standings

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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
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

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All times are local (Central European TimeUTC+1).

10 January 2009
13:00
Croatia 3–2
(2–0, 0–0, 1–2)
 Great BritainLogroño Arena, Logroño
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10 January 2009
16:30
Netherlands 7–1
(4–1, 2–0, 1–0)
 MexicoLogroño Arena, Logroño
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10 January 2009
20:30
China 1–5
(1–2, 0–3, 0–0)
 SpainLogroño Arena, Logroño
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11 January 2009
13:00
Netherlands 3–4
(1–2, 2–1, 0–1)
 CroatiaLogroño Arena, Logroño
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11 January 2009
16:30
Mexico 4–2
(2–1, 0–0, 2–1)
 ChinaLogroño Arena, Logroño
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11 January 2009
20:00
Great Britain 6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 SpainLogroño Arena, Logroño
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12 January 2009
13:00
Netherlands 10–0
(6–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 ChinaLogroño Arena, Logroño
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12 January 2009
16:30
Great Britain 7–1
(3–0, 3–1, 1–0)
 MexicoLogroño Arena, Logroño
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12 January 2009
20:00
Croatia 5–4
(1–1, 2–2, 2–1)
 SpainLogroño Arena, Logroño
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14 January 2009
13:00
China 2–9
(0–3, 1–5, 1–1)
 Great BritainLogroño Arena, Logroño
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14 January 2009
16:30
Mexico 2–10
(0–1, 0–4, 2–5)
 CroatiaLogroño Arena, Logroño
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14 January 2009
20:00
Spain 2–4
(1–0, 1–4, 0–0)
 NetherlandsLogroño Arena, Logroño
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15 January 2009
13:00
Croatia 12–4
(6–2, 2–2, 4–0)
 ChinaLogroño Arena, Logroño
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15 January 2009
16:30
Great Britain 5–4
(2–0, 2–2, 1–2)
 NetherlandsLogroño Arena, Logroño
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15 January 2009
20:00
Spain 1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)
 MexicoLogroño Arena, Logroño
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 2009 Division II Group A statistics
  2. ^ 2009 Division II Group B statistics
  3. ^ "Championnat du monde des moins de 20 ans 2008/09".
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