2009 IIHF World Championship

The 2009 IIHF World Championship took place from 24 April to 10 May 2009 in Switzerland. The games were played in the PostFinance Arena in Bern and Schluefweg in Kloten.

2009 IIHF World Championship

Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft der Herren 2009 (in German) Championnat du monde de hockey sur glace 2009 (in French) Campionato mondiale di hockey su ghiaccio maschile 2009 (in Italian)
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	24 April – 10 May
Opened by	Hans-Rudolf Merz
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	56
Goals scored	323 (5.77 per game)
Attendance	379,044 (6,769 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Martin St. Louis (15 points)
Awards
MVP	Ilya Kovalchuk
← 2008 2010 →

See also: 2009 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The PostFinance Arena in Bern was renovated and accommodates an attendance of 17,000. The Eishalle Schluefweg in Kloten was expanded for the 2008–09 season to a capacity of 9,000 people. Switzerland gained the right to host the World Championship for the 10th time.
"Live for the Action" by Swiss hard rock veterans Krokus was named the official anthem of the tournament.

Russia won the championship, winning all its matches and defeating Canada in the final 2–1.^[1] Ilya Kovalchuk was named the best forward and the most valuable player of the tournament.^[2] Over 17 million people watched the televised final around the world.^[3]

Participating teams

See also: 2009 IIHF World Championship rosters

Group A

•  Belarus (roster)
•  Canada (roster)
•  Hungary (roster)
•  Slovakia (roster)

Group B

•  France (roster)
•  Germany (roster)
•  Russia (roster)
•   Switzerland (roster)

Group C

•  Austria (roster)
•  Latvia (roster)
•  Sweden (roster)
•  United States (roster)

Group D

•  Czech Republic (roster)
•  Denmark (roster)
•  Finland (roster)
•  Norway (roster)

Venues

PostFinance Arena Capacity: 12,000	Bern Zürich	Arena Zürich-Kloten Capacity: 7,561
Switzerland – Bern		Switzerland – Zürich

Preliminary round

Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the qualifying round. The last team in each group competed in the relegation round.

Groups A and D were played in Kloten, groups B and C in Bern.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	22	4	+18	9	Qualifying round
2	Belarus	3	1	1	0	1	6	8	−2	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	1	1	8	12	−4	4
4	Hungary	3	0	0	0	3	4	16	−12	0	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

24 April 16:15

Belarus

1–6 (0–2, 0–0, 1–4)

Canada

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,232

Game reference
				Referees: Sami Partanen Jyri Rönn
	M. Grabovski 52:44 Goals 01:05 S. Stamkos 14:29 (PP1) S. Stamkos 44:27 J. Spezza 46:01 M. Fisher 50:44 D. Heatley 54:05 D. Heatley

24 April 20:15

Slovakia

4–3 (1–0, 2–1, 1–2)

Hungary

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,773

Game reference
				Referees: Brent Reiber Vladimír Šindler
	S. Ružička (D. Granak, R. Vydareny) – 01:46 1–0 1–1 22:01 – R. Holéczy (A. Benk, B. Kangyal) L. Bartečko (M. Hossa) – 38:13 2–1 M. Hossa 39:04 3–1 3–2 42:52 – I. Peterdi 3–3 54:04 (PP1) T. Sille L. Bartečko 59:47 4–3

26 April 16:15

Slovakia

1–2 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

Belarus

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,256

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Rafail Kadyrov
	M. Hossa 57:06 Goals 33:17 A. Stas 65:00 (GWG) O. Antonenko

26 April 20:15

Canada

9–0 (4–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Hungary

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,506

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker Daniel Piechaczek
	M. St. Louis 05:18 S. Weber (PP1) 09:40 D. Roy 12:35 J. Neal 12:48 M. St. Louis 27:35 S. Weber (PP1) 29:03 M. Fisher (PP1) 41:06 M. St. Louis 44:51 J. Spezza 50:55 Goals

28 April 16:15

Hungary

1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Belarus

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,710

Game reference
				Referees: Ole Hansen Danny Kurmann
	I. Pererdi 25:14 Goals 03:18 (PP1) A. Kalyuzhny 54:25 A. Ugarov 59:10 (EN) M. Grabovski

28 April 20:15

Canada

7–3 (3–0, 3–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 6,300

Game reference
				Referees: Thomas Sterns Marcus Vinnerborg
	D. Roy (PP1) 04:50 S. Doan (PP2) 06:54 J. Spezza (PP1) 16:51 I. White 29:39 S. Weber (PP2) 33:41 S. Stamkos (PP1) 35:04 J. Spezza 42:04 Goals 26:05 T. Surový 55:40 (PP1) M. Hossa 58:48 (PP1) D. Graňák

Group B

Switzerland - Germany

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	0	16	4	+12	9	Qualifying round
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	0	1	6	6	0	5
3	France	3	1	0	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Germany	3	0	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

24 April 16:15

Germany

0–5 (0–3, 0–0, 0–2)

Russia

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 10,570

Game reference
				Referees: Sören Persson Marcus Vinnerborg
	Goals 08:14 O. Saprykin 09:37 I. Kovalchuk 15:25 S. Zinovjev 42:53 A. Kuryanov 51:52 D. Zaripov

24 April 20:15

Switzerland

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

France

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 10,570

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker Thomas Sterns
	M. Plüss (PP1) 11:33 Goals

26 April 16:15

Switzerland

3–2 OT (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Germany

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,423

Game reference
				Referees: Sami Partanen Jyri Rönn
	R. Wick 08:36 M. Seger 23:25 M. Streit (PP1) 61:18 Goals 06:26 (PP1) C. Ullmann 33:02 (SH1) C. Schubert

26 April 20:15

Russia

7–2 (5–1, 1–1, 1–0)

France

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 10,505

Game reference
				Referees: Ole Hansen Peter Ország
	A. Radulov 01:23 D. Zaripov (PP1) 07:06 A. Radulov 07:20 A. Perezhogin 08:01 A. Tereshchenko (PP1) 15:00 A. Tereshchenko (PP1) 27:23 I. Kovalchuk 49:20 Goals 10:25 K. Hecquefeuille 39:31 L. Tardif

28 April 16:15

Russia

4–2 (1–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,479

Game reference
				Referees: Vladimir Sindler Derek Zalaski
	V. Atyushov 02:19 I. Kovalchuk 29:08 A. Morozov 48:28 A. Perezhogin (EN) 59:45 Goals 09:46 (PP1) R. Gardner 17:17 (PP1) M. Plüss

28 April 20:15

France

2–1 (2–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Germany

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 9,956

Game reference
				Referees: Vladimír Baluška Brent Reiber
	A. Lussier 03:50 L. Tardif 16:48 Goals 04:22 (PP1) J. Hecht

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	0	1	0	15	9	+6	7	Qualifying round
2	Sweden	3	1	1	1	0	15	9	+6	6
3	Latvia	3	1	1	0	1	7	6	+1	5
4	Austria	3	0	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 April 16:15

United States

4–2 (1–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Latvia

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 7,840

Game reference
				Referees: Ole Hansen Danny Kurmann
	J. Johnson 11:15 D. Stafford 31:13 J. Johnson 35:31 P. O'Sullivan 46:03 Goals 04:40 (PP1) H. Vasiļjevs 26:39 M. Karsums

25 April 20:15

Sweden

7–1 (3–0, 0–1, 4–0)

Austria

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 6,175

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Rafail Kadyrov
	K. Jönsson 1:37 M. Johansson 11:49 M. Nilson 12:46 M. Weinhandl 41:22 M. Weinhandl 47:00 J. Harju 49:04 L. Eriksson 49:46 Goals 31:55 M. Oraze

27 April 16:15

United States

6–1 (1–0, 1–1, 4–0)

Austria

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 3,779

Game reference
				Referees: Vladimir Sindler Derek Zalaski
	D. Brown 15:11 D. Stafford 31:04 P. O'Sullivan 40:25 J. Blake (PP2) 47:56 L. Stempniak (PP1) 52:06 M. Niskanen (PP2) 55:55 Goals 34:26 M. Peintner

27 April 20:15

Latvia

3–2 GWS (0–1, 2–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 3–2)

Sweden

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 4,421

Game reference
				Referees: Vladimír Baluška Brent Reiber
	K. Rēdlihs (PP1) 30:20 L. Dārziņš 39:15 A. Ņiživijs (GWG) 65:00 Goals 15:26 L. Omark 40:44 (PP1) M. Johansson

29 April 16:15

Austria

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Latvia

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 5,274

Game reference
				Referees: Sami Partanen Daniel Piechaczek
	Goals 19:15 M. Cipulis 54:56 G. Džeriņš

29 April 20:15

Sweden

6–5 OT (0–1, 2–2, 3–2) (OT: 1–0)

United States

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 9,876

Game reference
				Referees: Peter Ország Jyri Rönn
	M. Weinhandl (PP1) 25:07 M. Nilson 26:42 M. Johansson 48:46 N. Persson (SH1) 52:45 M. Weinhandl 56:19 K. Huselius 61:59 Goals 14:11 P. O'Sullivan 29:58 (PP2) J. Liles 37:26 (PP2) R. Shannon 44:06 R. Shannon 48:20 J. Johnson

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	0	14	4	+10	9	Qualifying round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	13	6	+7	6
3	Norway	3	0	1	0	2	7	14	−7	2
4	Denmark	3	0	0	1	2	5	15	−10	1	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 April 16:15

Norway

0–5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,269

Game reference
				Referees: Vladimir Baluska Peter Ország
	Goals 13:44 (PP1) A. Miettinen 16:19 (PP1) J. Immonen 19:58 (PP1) N. Kapanen 34:20 M. Pyörälä 44:10 (PP1) M. Lehtonen

25 April 16:15

Czech Republic

5–0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,342

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Derek Zalaski
	J. Hlinka 06:09 J. Marek (PP1) 31:07 P. Čajánek (PP1) 35:18 A. Hemský (PP1) 37:24 J. Jágr (PP2) 50:46 Goals

27 April 16:15

Czech Republic

5–2 (3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Norway

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,583

Game reference
				Referees: Sören Persson Marcus Vinnerborg
	J. Marek 05:20 P. Čajánek (PP1) 09:35 J. Vašíček 12:19 M. Blaťák 32:34 J. Klepiš 51:14 Goals 21:49 T. Jakobsen 21:49 M. Zuccarello Aasen

27 April 20:15

Finland

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,929

Game reference
				Referees: Danny Kurmann Thomas Sterns
	A. Miettinen 17:40 T. Pihlman (PP1) 21:58 A. Miettinen 34:42 N. Kapanen (PP1) 51:51 N. Kapanen (PP1) 59:42 Goals 10:03 J. Jakobsen

29 April 16:15

Denmark

4–5 OT (2–2, 1–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Norway

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,496

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Rafail Kadyrov
	A. Sundberg 04:56 J. Damgaard 09:33 M. Green 21:02 D. Nielsen (PP1) 46:22 Goals 05:40 P. Thoresen 13:50 (SH1) A. Bastiansen 36:18 (PP1) T. Vikingstad 44:51 (PP1) M. Zuccarello Aasen 61:11 T. Jakobsen

29 April 20:15

Finland

4–3 (1–2, 2–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 6,456

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker Sören Persson
	N. Kapanen 09:32 V. Koistinen (PP1) 23:52 N. Kapanen (PP2) 38:56 N. Hagman 51:39 Goals 10:14 (SH1) T. Rolinek 13:30 M. Blaťák 23:10 (PP1) A. Kotalík

Qualifying round

The top three teams in the standings of each group of the preliminary round advanced to the qualifying round, and were placed in two groups: teams from Groups A and D went to Group F, while teams from Groups B and C went to Group E.

Each team played three games in this round, one against each of the three teams from the other group paired with theirs. These three games, along with the two games already played against the other two advancing teams from the same group in the preliminary round, counted in the qualifying round standings.

The top four teams in both groups E and F advanced to the playoff round.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	4	1	0	0	27	11	+16	14	Playoff round
2	Sweden	5	2	1	2	0	23	18	+5	10
3	United States	5	2	0	2	1	19	18	+1	8
4	Latvia	5	1	2	0	2	15	14	+1	7
5	Switzerland	5	1	1	1	2	9	13	−4	6
6	France	5	0	0	0	5	8	27	−19	0

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

30 April 16:15

Russia

6–5 OT (2–2, 1–1, 2–2) (OT: 1–0)

Sweden

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 7,465

Game reference
				Referees: Danny Kurmann Brent Reiber
	I. Nikulin (PP1) 11:56 O. Saprykin 14:10 D. Kalinin 27:16 S. Mozyakin 50:07 V. Proshkin (PP1) 57:38 D. Kalinin 64:04 Goals 02:53 R. Wallin 18:15 A. Strålman 23:27 N. Persson 49:45 K. Huselius 58:46 K. Huselius

30 April 20:15

Switzerland

1–2 GWS (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

Latvia

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 9,771

Game reference
				Referees: Vladimír Baluška Derek Zalaski
	A. Ambühl (PP1) 58:29 Goals 15:30 (PP1) M. Cipulis 65:00 (GWG) A. Ņiživijs

1 May 20:15

United States

6–2 (2–0, 3–2, 1–0)

France

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 4,213

Game reference
				Referees: Ole Hansen Sami Partanen
	K. Okposo (PP1) 04:02 D. Backes (PP2) 10:38 R. Shannon 24:51 K. Ballard 27:29 P. O'Sullivan 30:31 J. Johnson (PP2) 49:55 Goals 29:41 (PP1) Y. Treille 31:47 (PP1) P. Bellemare

2 May 16:15

France

1–7 (0–1, 0–2, 1–4)

Latvia

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 6,472

Game reference
				Referees: Sami Partanen Vladimir Sindler
	L. Tardif 51:38 Goals 07:29 (PP1) A. Ņiživijs 21:19 M. Cipulis 23:55 L. Dārziņš 46:39 K. Skrastiņš 48:18 A. Jerofejevs 52:24 Ģ. Ankipāns 52:39 M. Cipulis

2 May 20:15

Russia

4–1 (3–1, 1–0, 0–0)

United States

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 10,230

Game reference
				Referees: Jyri Rönn Derek Zalaski
	O. Saprykin (PP1) 05:01 A. Perezhogin (PP1) 09:51 S. Mozyakin 17:06 A. Radulov (PP1) 21:36 Goals 03:16 L. Stempniak

3 May 16:15

Switzerland

1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Sweden

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,327

Game reference
				Referees: Ole Hansen Jyri Rönn
	R. Lemm (PP1) 56:44 Goals 05:47 J. Oduya 24:59 (PP1) J. Harju 46:41 L. Omark 55:06 J. Andersson

3 May 20:15

Latvia

1–6 (0–1, 1–3, 0–2)

Russia

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 7,228

Game reference
				Referees: Peter Ország Brent Reiber
	H. Vasiļjevs (PP1) 36:05 Goals 11:43 (PP1) A. Kuryanov 21:01 A. Tereshchenko 23:04 (PP1) O. Tverdovsky 23:50 A. Kuryanov 43:38 A. Frolov 46:28 O. Tverdovsky

4 May 16:15

Sweden

6–3 (3–0, 2–3, 1–0)

France

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 5,051

Game reference
				Referees: Vladimir Baluska Vladimir Sindler
	K. Huselius 01:33 M. Nilson 04:26 D. Tärnström (PP1) 05:56 C. Gunnarsson (PP1) 21:28 J. Oduya 30:55 K. Jönsson (PP1) 45:40 Goals 23:21 A. Lussier 29:25 (PP1) P. Bellemare 36:41 (PP1) S. Treille

4 May 20:15

United States

3–4 OT (0–1, 3–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Switzerland

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 10,317

Game reference
				Referees: Peter Ország Daniel Piechaczek
	R. Hainsey (PP1) 25:57 C. Higgins 35:08 R. Hainsey (PP2) 39:48 Goals 09:42 (PP2) A. Ambühl 31:03 R. Lemm 49:42 M. Plüss 60:13 R. Wick

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	5	4	0	1	0	26	10	+16	13	Playoff round
2	Finland	5	2	2	1	0	16	9	+7	11
3	Czech Republic	5	3	0	0	2	20	11	+9	9
4	Belarus	5	0	3	0	2	8	13	−5	6
5	Slovakia	5	0	1	2	2	8	21	−13	4
6	Norway	5	0	0	2	3	7	21	−14	2

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

30 April 16:15

Belarus

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Norway

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,374

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Thomas Sterns
	A. Ugarov (PP1) 22:45 M. Grabovski (PP1) 41:51 R. Salei 64:35 Goals 06:15 P. Thoresen 20:38 (PP1) M. Trygg

30 April 20:15

Canada

5–1 (3–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,967

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Marcus Vinnerborg
	S. Stamkos (PP1) 07:20 S. Stamkos (PP1) 13:40 S. Weber (PP1) 17:05 D. Heatley 40:22 M. St. Louis 49:55 Goals 57:20 A. Hemský

1 May 20:15

Finland

2–1 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Slovakia

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,444

Game reference
				Referees: Rafail Kadyrov Sören Persson
	S. Kapanen (SH1) 15:05 S. Kapanen 63:39 Goals 22:01 L. Bartečko

2 May 16:15

Czech Republic

8–0 (4–0, 4–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,165

Game reference
				Referees: Brent Reiber Thomas Sterns
	J. Jágr 06:35 J. Jágr 09:08 M. Blaťák (PP2) 12:48 R. Červenka 15:25 A. Kotalík 25:07 R. Červenka 29:08 M. Michálek 30:12 P. Eliáš 38:14 Goals

2 May 20:15

Finland

1–2 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–3)

Belarus

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,621

Game reference
				Referees: Danny Kurmann Marcus Vinnerborg
	J. Niskala (PP1) 33:22 Goals 00:05 S. Demagin 65:00 (GWS) O. Antonenko

3 May 16:15

Norway

1–5 (1–3, 0–2, 0–0)

Canada

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,023

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker Sören Persson
	M. Zuccarello Aasen (PP1) 12:53 Goals 04:40 (PP1) M. Lombardi 17:08 D. Hamhuis 18:03 S. Stamkos 20:37 J. Spezza 32:07 D. Doughty

3 May 20:15

Belarus

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,495

Game reference
				Referees: Danny Kurmann Daniel Piechaczek
	Goals 30:02 (SH1) P. Čajánek 39:03 (PP1) P. Eliáš 55:52 P. Čajánek

4 May 16:15

Slovakia

3–2 OT (2–0, 0–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Norway

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 2,901

Game reference
				Referees: Rafail Kadyrov Rick Looker
	Š. Ružička (PP1) 07:22 P. Smrek 09:09 L. Nagy (PP1) 62:07 Goals 27:21 (PP1) A. Bastiansen 45:27 (PP1) L. E. Lund

4 May 20:15

Canada

3–4 GWS (1–2, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–3)

Finland

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,970

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Marcus Vinneborg
	J. Spezza (PP1) 16:02 D. Heatley (PP1) 38:16 D. Heatley (PP1) 49:20 Goals 04:02 T. Pihlman 07:54 A. Salmela 37:22 (PP1) N. Kapanen 65:00 (GWS) H. Hyvönen

Relegation round

The bottom team in the standings from each group of the preliminary round played in the relegation round. Germany, as hosts of the 2010 tournament, were guaranteed to stay in the top division.^[4] Denmark, the best ranked team in the group from the other three teams, stayed in the top division for 2010, while Austria and Hungary were relegated to the Division I tournament.

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	0	13	4	+9	9	Qualified for the 2010 Top Division
2	Austria	3	2	0	0	1	9	5	+4	6	Relegated to the 2010 Division I
3	Germany	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	−2	3	Qualified for the 2010 Top Division as hosts
4	Hungary	3	0	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0	Relegated to the 2010 Division I

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC+2).

1 May 16:15

Germany

1–3 (1–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Denmark

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 4,241

Game reference
				Referees: Peter Ország Vladimir Sindler
	C. Schubert 13:23 Goals 10:27 M. Bødker 49:52 P. Regin 53:27 (PP1) N. Hardt

1 May 16:15

Austria

6–0 (1–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Hungary

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,042

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker Jyri Rönn
	T. Koch 19:13 T. Koch 20:43 O. Setzinger (PP1) 23:56 T. Vanek (PP1) 33:27 T. Koch (PP1) 58:48 R. Kaspitz 59:36 Goals

3 May 12:15

Germany

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Austria

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 3,828

Game reference
				Referees: Vladimir Baluska Vyacheslav Bulanov
	Goals T. Koch 27:41

3 May 12:15

Hungary

1–5 (1–0, 0–2, 0–3)

Denmark

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,672

Game reference
				Referees: Rafail Kadyrov Derek Zalaski
	K. Palkovics 15:10 Goals 28:34 (PP2) K. Staal 38:35 M. Christensen 48:25 (PP1) M. Green 52:48 M. Madsen 55:19 (PP1) N. Hardt

4 May 12:15

Hungary

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Germany

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 3,497

Game reference
				Referees: Ole Hansen Thomas Sterns
	A. Horváth (PP2) 17:09 Goals 03:11 (PP1) M. Müller 33:23 (PP1) M. Bakos

4 May 12:15

Denmark

5–2 (1–2, 1–0, 3–0)

Austria

Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 2,798

Game reference
				Referees: Sami Partanen Sören Persson
	J. Jakobsen 15:14 M. Bødker (SH1) 27:51 M. Christensen 45:46 K. Degn 51:10 M. Bødker (EN) 59:23 Goals 00:48 R. Kaspitz 02:30 (SH1) O. Setzinger

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

E1

Russia

4

F4

Belarus

3

QF1

Russia

3

QF2

United States

2

F2

Finland

2

E3

United States

3

SF1

Russia

2

SF2

Canada

1

F1

Canada

4

E4

Latvia

2

QF3

Canada

3

Bronze medal game

QF4

Sweden

1

E2

Sweden

3

SF1

United States

2

F3

Czech Republic

1

SF2

Sweden

4

Quarter-finals

6 May 16:15

Russia

4–3 (0–0, 3–3, 1–0)

Belarus

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 8,337

Game reference
				Referees: Jyri Rönn Derek Zalaski
	V. Proshkin 25:18 V. Atyushov 36:39 A. Frolov 37:02 I. Kovalchuk 47:22 (PP1) Goals 22:39 (PP1) K. Koltsov 33:52 O. Antonenko 39:22 (PP2) R. Salei

6 May 20:15

Finland

2–3 (0–0, 2–3, 0–0)

United States

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 9,334

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Brent Reiber
	N. Kapanen (PP1) 20:57 H. Hyvönen 37:50 Goals 30:31 (PP1) D. Brown 32:11 T. J. Oshie 34:19 R. Suter

7 May 16:15

Canada

4–2 (0–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Latvia

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 8,042

Game reference
				Referees: Danny Kurmann Peter Ország
	D Heatley 26:37 D. Hamhuis (PP1) 34:03 S. Stamkos (PP1) 37:47 M. Lombardi 43:07 Goals 37:30 (SH1) G. Galviņš 41:27 H. Vasiļjevs

7 May 20:15

Sweden

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 10,415

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker Thomas Sterns
	M. Weinhandl (PP2) 23:53 D. Tärnström (PP1) 38:49 K. Jönsson 57:46 Goals 48:48 (SH2) P. Čajánek

Semi-finals

8 May 16:15

Russia

3–2 (0–0, 2–2, 1–0)

United States

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,057

Game reference
				Referees: Brent Reiber Marcus Vinnerborg
	I. Kovalchuk 31:20 A. Frolov 34:25 K. Gorovikov (PP1) 58:13 Goals 23:46 D. Brown 38:03 K. Okposo

8 May 20:15

Canada

3–1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Sweden

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,477

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Danny Kurmann
	D. Roy 06:51 S. Horcoff 29:53 D. Roy (PP1) 30:38 Goals 46:14 L. Eriksson

Bronze Medal Game

10 May 16:00

Sweden

4–2 (0–0, 2–1, 2–1)

United States

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,249

Game reference
				Referees: Rafail Kadyrov Brent Reiber
	L. Eriksson (PP1) 33:24 T. Mårtensson (PP2) 35:57 C. Gunnarsson (PP1) 49:00 J. Oduya (PP2) 59:59 (EN) Goals 25:14 (PP1) J. Johnson 42:15 J. Pavelski

Gold Medal Game

Main article: 2009 IIHF World Championship Final

10 May 20:30

Russia

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Canada

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 11,454

Game reference
				Referees: Peter Ország Jyri Rönn
	O. Saprykin (PP1) 12:59 A. Radulov 34:30 Goals 05:37 J. Spezza

Ranking and statistics

2009 IIHF World Championship winners
Russia 2nd/25th[5] title

Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Andrei Mezin
  • Best Defenceman: Shea Weber
  • Best Forward: Ilya Kovalchuk
  • Most Valuable Player: Ilya Kovalchuk
• Media All-Star Team:
  • Goaltender: Andrei Mezin
  • Defence: Kenny Jönsson, Shea Weber
  • Forward: Ilya Kovalchuk, Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Russia
	Canada
	Sweden
4	United States
5	Finland
6	Czech Republic
7	Latvia
8	Belarus
9	Switzerland
10	Slovakia
11	Norway
12	France
13	Denmark
14	Austria
15	Germany*
16	Hungary

* Hosts of the 2010 WC, therefore exempt from relegation.

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 left out.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Martin St. Louis	9	4	11	15	+8	2	FW
Ilya Kovalchuk	9	5	9	14	+8	4	FW
Mattias Weinhandl	9	5	7	12	+1	8	FW
Shea Weber	9	4	8	12	+5	6	D
Jason Spezza	9	7	4	11	+4	2	FW
Steven Stamkos	9	7	4	11	+9	6	FW
Niko Kapanen	7	7	3	10	+1	2	FW
Dany Heatley	9	6	4	10	+3	8	FW
Petr Čajánek	7	5	5	10	+7	10	FW
Alexander Radulov	9	4	6	10	+7	10	FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

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
Chris Mason	240:00	114	4	1.00	96.49	1
Andrei Mezin	314:05	172	9	1.72	94.77	0
Dwayne Roloson	303:52	158	11	2.17	93.04	0
Ilya Bryzgalov	404:04	198	14	2.08	92.93	1
Edgars Masaļskis	426:26	233	18	2.53	92.83	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

IIHF Broadcasting rights

Standard Definition

Country	Broadcaster
Austria	ORF
Belarus	BTRC
Canada	TSN
	RDS
Czech Republic	Czech Television
Denmark	TV2
Finland	YLE
	Viasat Sport
	Urheilukanava
France	Sport+
Germany	DSF
Hungary	Sport1
Latvia	TV3
	TV6
	Viasat Sport Baltic
	3+ Latvia
Norway	NRK
	SportN
Poland	Polsat Sport
Romania	Sport1
Russia	VGTRK
Slovakia	STV
Sweden	TV6
	Viasat Sport
Switzerland	SRG SSR idée suisse
United States	Universal Sports

High Definition

Country	Broadcaster
Austria	ORF1 HD
Canada	TSN HD
	RDS HD
Czech Republic	ČT HD
Denmark	TV2 Sport HD
Finland	Viasat Sport HD
Norway	Viasat Sport HD
Sweden	Viasat Sport HD
Switzerland	HD Suisse

IIHF honors and awards

The 2009 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Bern during the World Championships.^[6] Harald Griebel of Germany was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.^[7]

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

• Walter Bush, United States^[8]
• Rudi Hiti, Slovenia^[9]
• Alexei Kasatonov, Russia^[10]
• László Schell, Hungary^[11]
• Jan Suchý, Czech Republic^[12]

See also

• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
• 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships
• 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship