The 2009 IIHF World Women's Championships was held in

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, from 4 to 12 April 2009. This was the 12th women's ice hockey world championship run by the

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(IIHF). The defending champions

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defeated

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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—

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and

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—were relegated to Division I, replaced by only one—

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—promoted from there. Division I also relegated two,

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and

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, while receiving only one team through promotion,

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, along with the two from the top division. Division II only relegated one team,

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, but did not receive any promoted teams from the lower divisions. The lower divisions of III, IV, and V, 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.

Top Division

Preliminary round

''All times are local (

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).''

Group A

Group B

Group C

Qualifying round

''All times are local (

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Group D (1st–3rd place)

Group E (4th–6th place)

Relegation round

''All times are local (

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Group F (7th–9th place)

Final round

3rd place match

Final

Final standings

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

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; PIM = Penalties In Minutes'' Source
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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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Directorate Awards

*Goaltender:

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, *Defenseman:

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, *Forward:

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, Source
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Media All-Stars

*Goaltender: Jessie Vetter, *Defensemen:

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, ; Carla MacLeod, *Forwards:

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, ;

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, ; Natalie Darwitz, *MVP: Carla MacLeod, Source:

Division I

The Division I tournament was played in

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, Austria, from 4 to 10 April 2009. ''All times are local (

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).''

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P

; PIM = Penalties In Minutes'' Source
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Goaltending leaders

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Directorate Awards

*Goaltender: Zuzana Tomčíková, *Defenseman: Iveta Karafiátová, *Forward: Maritta Becker, Source: IIHF.com
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Division II

The Division II tournament was played in

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, Italy, from 12 to 18 April 2009. ''All times are local (

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).''

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P

; PIM = Penalties In Minutes'' Source
IIHF.com
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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

s'' Source
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Directorate Awards

*Goaltender: Lolita Andrisevska, *Defenseman: Linda de Rocco, *Forward: Iveta Koka, *MVP : Iveta Koka Source: IIHF.com
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Division III, Division IV and Division V

The Division III, Division IV and Division V were not played this year. The respective tournaments were cancelled. The reasons seem to be multiple. No country wanted to assume the financial costs of the tournaments. The tournaments will be scheduled for

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. It has the effect the following changes: *Iceland is not promoted to the Division III, but stay in the Division IV. *Turkey is now relegated from Division IV to the new Division V. *Division V will then consist of Turkey, and the four new nations who were to play in 2009: Bulgaria, Ireland, Poland and Spain.planned tournaments (archived)
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References

External links

Official website of IIHF
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IIHF results index for 2009
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