The 2009 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 73rd such event hosted by the

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. Teams representing 46 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2010 competition. In the Division I Championship held in April,

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and

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were promoted to the Championship division, while

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and

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

were demoted to Division II. In the Division II competition,

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and

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

were promoted,

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and

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were relegated to Division III. In the

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competition,

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and

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were promoted to Division II for 2009. The

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was held in

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between April 24 and May 10, 2009 with events being held in both

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and

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won the championship with a 2–1 victory in the final against

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Championship

The Championship division was contested from April 24 to May 10, 2009. Participants in this tournament were placed into groups of four with the top three teams in each group advancing to the qualifying round. Teams which finished last in the group were sent to the relegation round where the top bottom teams were relegated to the 2010 Division I tournament. Within the qualifying round teams where split into two groups of six with the top four advancing to the playoff round and the bottom two eliminated from advancing. The playoff round was a knockout stage towards the gold medal game. The Championship was played in

and

won the gold medal game, defeating

2–1. Although

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and

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

were relegated to Division I for 2010. After being out of the Championship division for 70 years Hungary was promoted only to be demoted again for the 2010 competition. ;Final standings # # # # # # # # # # # # # # — ''relegated to Division I for 2010'' #* # — ''relegated to Division I for 2010'' * Hosts of the 2010 WC, therefore exempt from relegation.

Division I

Division I was contested from April 11 to April 17, 2009. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in

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. Group B's games were played in

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and

finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to the 2010 Championship division. Although

finished last in Group A and

last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2010. ;Final standings Group A # — ''promoted to Championship pool for 2010'' # # # # # — ''relegated to Division II for 2010'' Group B # — ''promoted to Championship pool for 2010'' # # # # # — ''relegated to Division II for 2010''

Division II

Division II was contested from April 6 to April 13, 2009. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in

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. Group B's games were played in

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and

finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2010. Although

finished last in Group A and

last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2010. ;Final standings Group A # — ''promoted to Division I for 2010'' # # # # # — ''relegated to Division III for 2010'' Group B # — ''promoted to Division I for 2010'' # # # # # — ''relegated to Division III for 2010''

Division III

Division III was contested from April 10 to April 16, 2009 in

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won the championship and gained promotion, along with

, into the 2010 Division II tournament. ;Final standings # — ''promoted to Division II for 2010'' # — ''promoted to Division II for 2010'' # # # #

References

External links

Ice Hockey World Championships 2009 official website

Ice Hockey World Championships 2009 Division 1 Group B official city website

POLAND - Ice Hockey World Championships 2009 Division 1 Group B
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Championship

Division I

Division II

Division III

See also

References

External links