2009 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2009 IIHF World Championship Division II was two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II was played in two separate groups. The Group A tournament was held in Novi Sad, Serbia and the Group B tournament was hosted by Sofia, Bulgaria. Division II represents the third level of the Ice Hockey World Championships.

2009 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Serbia
 Bulgaria
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates7–13 April 2009 (A)
6–12 April 2009 (B)
Teams12
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Group A

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The Group A tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 7 to 13 April 2009.[1]

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
  Estonia Placed 6th in Division I Group B last year and were relegated
  China Placed 2nd in Division II Group B last year
  Serbia Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II Group A last year
  Israel Placed 4th in Division II Group A last year
  Iceland Placed 5th in Division II Group B last year
  North Korea Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Serbia (H) 5 4 1 0 0 40 11 +29 14 Promoted to the 2010 Division I
2   Estonia 5 4 0 1 0 68 12 +56 13
3   China 5 2 1 0 2 21 29 −8 8
4   Iceland 5 2 0 1 2 11 30 −19 7
5   Israel 5 1 0 0 4 9 38 −29 3
6   North Korea 5 0 0 0 5 11 40 −29 0 Relegated to the 2010 Division III
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

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All times are local.

7 April 2009
13:30
China  3–2 (OT)
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1)
(1–0)
  IcelandNovi Sad Arena
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7 April 2009
17:00
North Korea  1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)
  IsraelNovi Sad Arena
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7 April 2009
20:30
Serbia  5–4 (GWS)
(1–0, 1–4, 2–0)
(0–0, 1–0)
  EstoniaNovi Sad Arena
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8 April 2009
13:30
Iceland  3–2
(1–2, 1–0, 1–0)
  North KoreaNovi Sad Arena
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8 April 2009
17:00
Estonia  16–2
(6–1, 7–1, 3–0)
  IsraelNovi Sad Arena
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8 April 2009
20:30
China  3–5
(2–1, 1–3, 0–1)
  SerbiaNovi Sad Arena
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10 April 2009
13:30
China  7–5
(2–1, 4–1, 1–3)
  North KoreaNovi Sad Arena
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10 April 2009
17:00
Estonia  16–1
(4–1, 5–0, 7–0)
  IcelandNovi Sad Arena
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10 April 2009
20:30
Serbia  12–1
(4–0, 5–0, 3–1)
  IsraelNovi Sad Arena
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11 April 2009
13:30
North Korea  1–16
(1–5, 0–5, 0–6)
  EstoniaNovi Sad Arena
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11 April 2009
17:00
Israel  1–5
(1–0, 0–3, 0–2)
  ChinaNovi Sad Arena
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11 April 2009
20:30
Iceland  1–6
(0–3, 1–1, 0–2)
  SerbiaNovi Sad Arena
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13 April 2009
13:30
Estonia  16–3
(2–0, 9–1, 5–2)
  ChinaNovi Sad Arena
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13 April 2009
17:00
Israel  3–4
(0–2, 1–1, 2–1)
  IcelandNovi Sad Arena
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13 April 2009
20:30
Serbia  12–2
(8–0, 2–2, 2–0)
  North KoreaNovi Sad Arena
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Group B

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The Group B tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 6 to 12 April 2009.[2]

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
  South Korea Placed 6th in Division I Group A last year and were relegated
  Belgium Placed 2nd in Division II Group A last year
  Spain Placed 3rd in Division II Group B last year
  Mexico Placed 4th in Division II Group B last year
  Bulgaria Hosts; placed 5th in Division II Group A last year
  South Africa Placed 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   South Korea 5 5 0 0 0 48 10 +38 15 Promoted to the 2010 Division I
2   Belgium 5 4 0 0 1 31 11 +20 12
3   Spain 5 3 0 0 2 28 15 +13 9
4   Bulgaria (H) 5 2 0 0 3 30 33 −3 6
5   Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 11 33 −22 3
6   South Africa 5 0 0 0 5 8 54 −46 0 Relegated to the 2010 Division III
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

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All times are local.

6 April 2009
12:00
Spain  4–6
(0–2, 1–1, 3–3)
  South KoreaWinter Sports Palace
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6 April 2009
15:30
South Africa  2–4
(0–2, 1–0, 1–2)
  MexicoWinter Sports Palace
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6 April 2009
19:00
Belgium  6–3
(3–2, 3–1, 0–0)
  BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
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7 April 2009
12:00
South Korea  8–2
(1–0, 2–0, 5–2)
  MexicoWinter Sports Palace
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7 April 2009
15:30
Belgium  3–1
(1–0, 2–0, 0–1)
  SpainWinter Sports Palace
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7 April 2009
19:00
Bulgaria  12–3
(2–0, 4–3, 6–0)
  South AfricaWinter Sports Palace
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9 April 2009
12:00
Belgium  11–1
(5–0, 2–1, 4–0)
  South AfricaWinter Sports Palace
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9 April 2009
15:30
Spain  4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
  MexicoWinter Sports Palace
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9 April 2009
19:00
South Korea  14–2
(3–1, 4–0, 7–1)
  BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
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10 April 2009
12:00
Mexico  1–9
(0–2, 1–5, 0–2)
  BelgiumWinter Sports Palace
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10 April 2009
15:30
South Africa  0–15
(0–7, 0–4, 0–4)
  South KoreaWinter Sports Palace
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10 April 2009
19:00
Bulgaria  3–7
(1–1, 1–2, 1–4)
  SpainWinter Sports Palace
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12 April 2009
12:00
Spain  12–2
(4–1, 3–0, 5–1)
  South AfricaWinter Sports Palace
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12 April 2009
15:30
South Korea  5–2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–1)
  BelgiumWinter Sports Palace
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12 April 2009
19:00
Mexico  3–10
(1–1, 0–3, 2–6)
  BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
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References

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