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Host countries | Romania Spain |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 15–21 December 2008 10–15 January 2009 |
Teams | 12 |
The 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II represents the third level of the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. 12 participating teams were divided into two groups, with Group A playing in Romania, and Group B playing in Spain. The winner of each group was promoted to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship, while the last-placed teams in each group were saved from relegation to Division III for the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship due to 2009's Division III tournament being cancelled.
The Group A tournament was played in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, from 15 to 21 December 2008. [1]
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Lithuania | Placed 6th in Division I (Group A) last year and were relegated. |
Japan | Placed 2nd in Division II (Group A) last year. |
South Korea | Placed 3rd in Division II (Group A) last year. |
Belgium | Placed 4th in Division II (Group A) last year. |
Romania | Hosts; placed 5th in Division II (Group A) last year. |
Serbia | Placed 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted. |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 11 | +34 | 12 | Promoted to the 2010 Division I |
2 | Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | +26 | 12 | |
3 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 10 | |
4 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 6 | |
5 | Serbia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 33 | −23 | 3 | |
6 | Romania (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 32 | −23 | 2 |
All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).
15 December 2008 13:30 | South Korea | 1–4 (0–2, 1–0, 0–2) | Lithuania | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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15 December 2008 17:00 | Serbia | 2–6 (1–2, 1–1, 0–3) | Belgium | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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15 December 2008 20:30 | Japan | 12–0 (1–0, 3–0, 8–0) | Romania | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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16 December 2008 13:30 | Lithuania | 9–1 (2–0, 2–1, 5–0) | Belgium | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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16 December 2008 17:00 | Japan | 4–5 (1–1, 1–3, 2–1) | South Korea | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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16 December 2008 20:30 | Romania | 2–3 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (0–1) | Serbia | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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18 December 2008 13:30 | Japan | 11–1 (4–0, 3–1, 4–0) | Serbia | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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18 December 2008 17:00 | South Korea | 5–4 (0–1, 3–2, 2–1) | Belgium | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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18 December 2008 20:30 | Lithuania | 8–1 (2–1, 4–0, 2–0) | Romania | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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19 December 2008 13:30 | Belgium | 1–13 (0–3, 0–5, 1–5) | Japan | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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19 December 2008 17:00 | Serbia | 1–10 (0–3, 1–3, 0–4) | Lithuania | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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19 December 2008 20:30 | Romania | 3–4 GWS (2–1, 1–1, 0–1) (0–0, 0–1) | South Korea | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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21 December 2008 13:30 | South Korea | 4–3 GWS (1–2, 0–1, 2–0) (0–0, 1–0) | Serbia | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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21 December 2008 17:00 | Lithuania | 4–5 (1–3, 1–0, 2–2) | Japan | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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21 December 2008 20:30 | Belgium | 5–3 (2–2, 2–0, 1–1) | Romania | Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, Miercurea Ciuc |
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The Group B tournament was played in Logroño, Spain, from 10 to 15 January 2009. [2]
Team | Qualification |
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Great Britain | Placed 6th in Division I (Group B) last year and were relegated. |
Netherlands | Placed 2nd in Division II (Group B) last year. |
Croatia | Placed 3rd in Division II (Group B) last year. |
Spain | Hosts; placed 4th in Division II (Group B) last year. |
Mexico | Placed 5th in Division II (Group B) last year. |
China | Placed 6th in Division II (Group B) last year.* |
* Note: China, though demoted last year, took New Zealand's place in this tournament because of financing issues with the NZ team's travel. [3]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Croatia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 15 | Promoted to the 2010 Division I |
2 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 12 | |
3 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 9 | |
4 | Mexico | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 6 | |
5 | Spain (H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 3 | |
6 | China | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 40 | −31 | 0 |
All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
10 January 2009 13:00 | Croatia | 3–2 (2–0, 0–0, 1–2) | Great Britain | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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10 January 2009 16:30 | Netherlands | 7–1 (4–1, 2–0, 1–0) | Mexico | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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10 January 2009 20:30 | China | 1–5 (1–2, 0–3, 0–0) | Spain | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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11 January 2009 13:00 | Netherlands | 3–4 (1–2, 2–1, 0–1) | Croatia | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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11 January 2009 16:30 | Mexico | 4–2 (2–1, 0–0, 2–1) | China | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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11 January 2009 20:00 | Great Britain | 6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0) | Spain | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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12 January 2009 13:00 | Netherlands | 10–0 (6–0, 2–0, 2–0) | China | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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12 January 2009 16:30 | Great Britain | 7–1 (3–0, 3–1, 1–0) | Mexico | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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12 January 2009 20:00 | Croatia | 5–4 (1–1, 2–2, 2–1) | Spain | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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14 January 2009 13:00 | China | 2–9 (0–3, 1–5, 1–1) | Great Britain | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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14 January 2009 16:30 | Mexico | 2–10 (0–1, 0–4, 2–5) | Croatia | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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14 January 2009 20:00 | Spain | 2–4 (1–0, 1–4, 0–0) | Netherlands | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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15 January 2009 13:00 | Croatia | 12–4 (6–2, 2–2, 4–0) | China | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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15 January 2009 16:30 | Great Britain | 5–4 (2–0, 2–2, 1–2) | Netherlands | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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15 January 2009 20:00 | Spain | 1–3 (0–0, 0–1, 1–2) | Mexico | Logroño Arena, Logroño |
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