The 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the second holding of the World Women's U18 Championships, the premier

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(IIHF) tournament for top division national women's

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teams. It was held from 5 January through 10 January 2009, in

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, Germany. Eight teams competed in the Top Division tournament.

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won the tournament for the second time and the Swiss national U18 team was

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to Division I.

Top Division

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. Five teams competed in the Division I tournament. The Japanese national U18 team won the tournament and gained promotion to the Top Division.

Teams

The following teams participated in the championship: * * * * * * * *

Preliminary round

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Group A

Group B

Placement Round

5–8th place semifinals

7th place game

'' is relegated to the 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I.''

5th place game

Playoff Round

Bracket

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Goaltending leaders

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Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate: *Best

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*Best

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: Alev Kelter *Best

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: Amanda Kessel

Division I

The tournament was held in

, France, from December 28, 2008 to January 2, 2009. '' is promoted to the Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.''

References

External links

Official site of the IIHF
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