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 junior

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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 rankings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. ''TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate: *Best

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: Alex Rigsby *Best

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: Alev Kelter *Best Forward: Amanda Kessel

Division I

The tournament was held in

, France, from 28 December 2008 to 2 January 2009. '' is promoted to the Top Division for the

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References

External links

Official site of the IIHF
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