2009 IIHF World Championship
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2009 IIHF Weltmeisterschaft | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Switzerland |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 24 April – 10 May |
Teams | 16 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 36 |
Goals scored | 221 (6.14 per game) |
Attendance | 233,572 (6,488 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Martin St. Louis (11 pts) |
All statistics correct as of 2 May 2009. |
The 2009 IIHF World Championship will be held in Switzerland from 24 April – 10 May. The games will be played in the PostFinance Arena in Berne and Schluefweg in Kloten.
The PostFinance Arena in Berne 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. Switzerland gained the right to host the World Championship for the 10th time.
Participating teams
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Preliminary Round
Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group will advance to the Qualifying Round while the last team will compete in the Relegation Round.
Groups A and D will be played in Kloten, groups B and C in Berne.
Team advanced to the Qualifying Round | |
Team sent to compete in the Relegation Round |
Group A
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 9 |
Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 |
Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 |
Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 0 |
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 |
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Referees: Sami Partanen Jyri Rönn | |||||
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24 April 20:15 | Slovakia | 4 – 3 ( 1–0, 2–1, 1–2 ) | Hungary | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,773 |
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Referees: Brent Reiber Vladimir Sindler | |||||
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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 |
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Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Rafail Kadyrov | |||||
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26 April 20:15 | Canada | 9 – 0 ( 4–0, 2–0, 3–0 ) | Hungary | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,506 |
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Referees: Rick Looker Daniel Piechaczek | |||||
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28 April 16:15 | Hungary | 1 – 3 ( 0–1, 1–0, 0-2 ) | Belarus | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,710 |
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Referees: Ole Hansen Danny Kurmann | |||||
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28 April 20:15 | Canada | 7 – 3 ( 3–0, 3–1, 1–2 ) | Slovakia | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 6,300 |
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Referees: Thomas Sterns Marcus Vinnerborg | |||||
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Group B
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 9 |
Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 |
Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
All times are local (UTC+2).
24 April 16:15 | Germany | 0 – 5 ( 0–3, 0–0, 0–2 ) | Russia | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 10,570 |
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Referees: Sören Persson Marcus Vinnerborg | |||||
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24 April 20:15 | Switzerland | 1 – 0 ( 1–0, 0–0, 0–0 ) | France | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 10,570 |
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Referees: Rick Looker Thomas Sterns | |||||
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26 April 16:15 | Switzerland | 3 – 2 OT ( 1–1, 1–1, 0–0 ) ( OT: 1–0 ) | Germany | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 11,423 |
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Referees: Sami Partanen Jyri Rönn | |||||
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26 April 20:15 | Russia | 7 – 2 ( 5–1, 1–1, 1–0 ) | France | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 10,505 |
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Referees: Ole Hansen Peter Orszag | |||||
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28 April 16:15 | Russia | 4 – 2 ( 1–2, 1–0, 2–0 ) | Switzerland | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 11,479 |
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Referees: Vladimir Sindler Derek Zalaski | |||||
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28 April 20:15 | France | 2 – 1 ( 2–1, 0–0, 0–0 ) | Germany | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 9,956 |
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Referees: Vladimir Baluska Brent Reiber | |||||
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Group C
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 7 |
Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 |
Latvia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+2).
25 April 16:15 | United States | 4 – 2 ( 1–1, 2–1, 1–0 ) | Latvia | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 7,840 |
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Referees: Ole Hansen Danny Kurmann | |||||
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25 April 20:15 | Sweden | 7 – 1 ( 3–0, 0–1, 4–0 ) | Austria | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 6,175 |
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Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Rafail Kadyrov | |||||
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27 April 16:15 | United States | 6 – 1 ( 1–0, 1–1, 4–0 ) | Austria | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 3,779 |
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Referees: Vladimir Sindler Derek Zalaski | |||||
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27 April 20:15 | Latvia | 3 – 2 GWS ( 0–1, 2–0, 0–1 ) ( OT: 0–0 ) ( SO: 3–2 ) | Sweden | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 4,421 |
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Referees: Vladimir Baluska Brent Reiber | |||||
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29 April 16:15 | Austria | 0 – 2 ( 0–1, 0–0, 0–1 ) | Latvia | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 5,274 |
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Referees: Sami Partanen Daniel Piechaczek | |||||
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29 April 20:15 | Sweden | 6 – 5 OT ( 0–1, 2–2, 3–2 ) ( OT: 1–0 ) | United States | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 9,876 |
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Referees: Peter Orszag Jyri Rönn | |||||
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Group D
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 9 |
Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 6 |
Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 2 |
Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 1 |
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 |
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Referees: Vladimir Baluska Peter Orszag | |||||
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25 April 16:15 | Czech Republic | 5 – 0 ( 1–0, 3–0, 1–0 ) | Denmark | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,342 |
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Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Derek Zalaski | |||||
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27 April 16:15 | Czech Republic | 5 – 2 ( 3–0, 1–2, 1–0 ) | Norway | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,583 |
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Referees: Sören Persson Marcus Vinnerborg | |||||
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27 April 20:15 | Finland | 5 – 1 ( 1–1, 2–0, 2–0 ) | Denmark | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,929 |
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Referees: Danny Kurmann Thomas Sterns | |||||
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29 April 16:15 | Denmark | 4 – 5 OT ( 2–2, 1–1, 1–1 ) ( OT: 0–1 ) | Norway | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,496 |
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Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Rafail Kadyrov | |||||
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29 April 20:15 | Finland | 4 – 3 ( 1–2, 2–1, 1–0 ) | Czech Republic | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 6,456 |
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Referees: Rick Looker Sören Persson | |||||
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Qualifying Round
The top three teams in the standings of each group of the Preliminary Round advances to the Qualifying Round, and are placed in two groups: teams from Groups A and D compete in Group F, while teams from Groups B and C compete in Group E.
Each team is to play three games in this round, one against each of the three teams from the other group with which they have been paired. These three games, along with the two games already played against the other two advancing teams from the same group in the Preliminary Round, will count in the Qualifying Round standings.
The top four teams in both groups E and F will advance to the Playoff Round.
Team advanced to the Playoff Round | |
Team eliminated from advancing |
Group E
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 14 |
United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 7 |
Sweden | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 7 |
Latvia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 7 |
Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 |
France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 21 | −16 | 0 |
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, Berne Attendance: 7,465 |
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Referees: Danny Kurmann Brent Reiber | |||||
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30 April 20:15 | Switzerland | 1 – 2 GWS ( 0–1, 0–0, 1–0 ) ( OT: 0–0 ) ( SO: 1–2 ) | Latvia | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 9,771 |
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Referees: Vladimir Baluska Derek Zalaski | |||||
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1 May 20:15 | United States | 6 – 2 ( 2–0, 3–2, 1–0 ) | France | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 4,213 |
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Referees: Ole Hansen Sami Partanen | |||||
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2 May 16:15 | France | 1 – 7 ( 0–1, 0–2, 1–4 ) | Latvia | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 6,472 |
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Referees: Sami Partanen Vladimir Sindler | |||||
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2 May 20:15 | Russia | 4 – 1 ( 3–1, 1–0, 0–0 ) | United States | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 10,230 |
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Referees: Jyri Rönn Derek Zalaski | |||||
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3 May 16:15 | Switzerland | 1 – 4 ( 0–1, 0–1, 1–2 ) | Sweden | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 11,327 |
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Referees: Ole Hansen Jyri Rönn | |||||
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3 May 20:15 | Latvia | 1 – 6 | Russia | PostFinance Arena, Berne |
4 May 16:15 | Sweden | v | France | PostFinance Arena, Berne |
4 May 20:15 | United States | v | Switzerland | PostFinance Arena, Berne |
Group F
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | +17 | 12 |
Finland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 |
Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 9 |
Belarus | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 |
Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 2 |
Norway | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 1 |
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 |
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Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Thomas Sterns | |||||
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30 April 20:15 | Canada | 5 – 1 ( 3–0, 0–0, 2–1) | Czech Republic | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,967 |
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Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Marcus Vinnerborg | |||||
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1 May 20:15 | Finland | 2 – 1 OT ( 1–0, 0–1, 0–0) ( OT: 1–0 ) | Slovakia | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,444 |
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Referees: Rafail Kadyrov Sören Persson | |||||
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2 May 16:15 | Czech Republic | 8 – 0 ( 4–0, 4–0, 0–0) | Slovakia | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 5,165 |
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Referees: Brent Reiber Thomas Sterns | |||||
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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 |
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Referees: Danny Kurmann Marcus Vinnerborg | |||||
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3 May 16:15 | Norway | 1 – 5 ( 1–3, 0–2, 0–0 ) | Canada | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,023 |
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Referees: Rick Looker Sören Persson | |||||
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3 May 20:15 | Belarus | 0 – 3 | Czech Republic | Schluefweg, Kloten |
4 May 16:15 | Slovakia | v | Norway | Schluefweg, Kloten |
4 May 20:15 | Canada | v | Finland | Schluefweg, Kloten |
Relegation Round
The bottom team in the standings from each group of the Preliminary Round is placed in the Relegation Round. Germany, as hosts of the 2010 tournament, is certain to stay in the top division.[1] The best ranked team in the group from the other three teams will stay in the top division, and the other two will be relegated to Division I tournament in 2010.
Team qualified for the 2010 IIHF World Championship | |
Team qualified for the 2010 IIHF World Championship as hosts | |
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Group G
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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Austria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 |
Denmark | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 |
Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Hungary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+2).
1 May 16:15 | Germany | 1 – 3 ( 1–1, 0–0, 0–2 ) | Denmark | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 4,241 |
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Referees: Peter Orszag Vladimir Sindler | |||||
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1 May 16:15 | Austria | 6 – 0 ( 1–0, 3–0, 2–0 ) | Hungary | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 4,042 |
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Referees: Rick Looker Jyri Rönn | |||||
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3 May 12:15 | Germany | 0 – 1 ( 0–0, 0–1, 0–0 ) | Austria | PostFinance Arena, Berne Attendance: 3,828 |
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Referees: Vladimir Baluska Vyacheslav Bulanov | |||||
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3 May 12:15 | Hungary | 1 – 5 ( 1–0, 0–2, 0–3 ) | Denmark | Schluefweg, Kloten Attendance: 3,672 |
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Referees: Rafail Kadyrov Derek Zalaski | |||||
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4 May 12:15 | Hungary | v | Germany | PostFinance Arena, Berne |
4 May 12:15 | Denmark | v | Austria | Schluefweg, Kloten |
Playoff Round
Bracket
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Quarter-finals
6 May 16:15 | TBD | v | TBD | PostFinance Arena, Berne |
6 May 20:15 | TBD | v | TBD | PostFinance Arena, Berne |
7 May 16:15 | TBD | v | TBD | PostFinance Arena, Berne |
7 May 20:15 | TBD | v | TBD | PostFinance Arena, Berne |
Semi-finals
8 May 16:15 | Winner QF1 | v | Winner QF4 | PostFinance Arena, Berne |
8 May 20:15 | Winner QF2 | v | Winner QF3 | PostFinance Arena, Berne |
Bronze Medal Game
10 May 16:00 | Loser SF1 | v | Loser SF2 | PostFinance Arena, Berne |
Gold Medal Game
10 May 20:30 | Winner SF1 | v | Winner SF2 | PostFinance Arena, Berne |
Ranking and Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top 10 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 |
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Martin St. Louis | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +6 | 2 | FW |
Linus Omark | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +7 | 10 | FW |
Ilya Kovalchuk | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +4 | 2 | FW |
Niko Kapanen | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +2 | 2 | FW |
Jaromír Jágr | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +3 | 4 | FW |
Steven Stamkos | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +6 | 2 | FW |
Jason Spezza | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +5 | 2 | FW |
Shea Weber | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +3 | 6 | DF |
Aleksandrs Ņiživijs | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +2 | 2 | FW |
Petr Čajánek | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +4 | 8 | FW |
John-Michael Liles | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +3 | 2 | DF |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
Last updated: 2 May
Source: IIHF.com
Leading goaltenders
Only the top 5 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 |
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Chris Mason | 180:00 | 91 | 2 | 0.67 | 97.80 | 1 |
Andrei Mezin | 254:35 | 140 | 5 | 1.18 | 96.43 | 0 |
Edgars Masaļskis | 310:00 | 166 | 8 | 1.55 | 95.18 | 1 |
Pekka Rinne | 248:39 | 96 | 6 | 1.45 | 93.75 | 1 |
Ilya Bryzgalov | 244:04 | 124 | 8 | 1.97 | 93.55 | 1 |
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Last updated: 2 May
Source: IIHF.com
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References
- ^ "France advances over Germany". IIHF.com. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.