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2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

2009 IIHF World Women's Championship
2009 naisten jääkiekon maailmanmestaruuskilpailut (Finnish)
2009 kvinnors ishockey VM (Swedish)
2009 IIHF Women's World Championship.png
Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Dates April 4–12, 2009
Teams 9
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  United States (3rd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg  Canada
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg  Finland
Fourth place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 140 (7 per match)
Attendance 28,614 (1,431 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Julie Chu
(10 points)
MVP Canada Carla MacLeod
2008
2011

The 2009 IIHF World Women's Championships was held in Hämeenlinna, Finland, between April 4 and April 12, 2009. This was the 12th women's championship run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The defending champions United States defeated Canada 4–1 in the final match to win the gold medal and retain their top standing another year.

This was the last world championships with nine teams in the Top Division. Two teams—Japan and China—were relegated to Division I, replaced by only one—Slovakia—promoted from there. Division I also relegated two, Czech Republic and France, while receiving only one team through promotion, Latvia, along with the two from the top division. Division II only relegated one team, the Netherlands, but did not receive any promoted teams from the lower divisions. Those lower divisions were canceled for the 2009 cycle, with the lowest seeded team in each to be dropped down one division. The final result was that the Top Division will be reduced in size by one team for 2011, while the lowest division (Division V) will increase by one team.

All times are local (UTC+3).

All times are local (UTC+3).

All times are local (UTC+3).


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