2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Canada
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| Dates | December 26 – January 5 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Venue(s) |
Scotiabank Place and Ottawa Civic Centre (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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Canada (15th title)
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Runner-up 
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 Sweden
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Third place 
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 Russia
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| Fourth place |
 Slovakia
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 241 (7.77 per match) |
| Attendance | 453,282 (14,622 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Cody Hodgson (16 points) |
| MVP |
John Tavares
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The 2009 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2009 WJHC), was the 33rd edition of the IIHF World U20 Championship and was hosted in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 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.
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:
On May 3, 2006, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced that Ottawa was chosen to host the 2009 tournament.
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The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.
All times local (EST/UTC−5)
Germany and 
Kazakhstan are relegated to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
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