The 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2009 WJHC), was the 33rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was played in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, between December 26, 2008, and January 5, 2009. Games were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scotiabank Place. The tournament set a record for WJC attendance at 453,282. Canada won the gold medal for a record-tying fifth consecutive time. No country would win back-to-back gold until the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Canada won the 2022 and 2023 tournaments respectively.

Bid process

Five potential bid groups formally submitted their bids before the March 31, 2006, deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee in Calgary on April 18, 2006: On May 3, 2006, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced that Ottawa was chosen to host the 2009 tournament.

Venues

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).

Group B

All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).

Relegation round

The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.

Results

All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

5th place playoff

3rd place playoff

Final

Top 10 scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source:

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: 09:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Tournament awards

Source:

Final standings

Division I

The Division I Championships were played between December 14 and December 20, 2008, in Herisau, Switzerland (Group A), and between December 15 and December 21, 2008 in Aalborg, Denmark (Group B).

Group A

Group B

Division II

The Division II Championships were played between December 15 and December 21, 2008, in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania (Group A), and between January 10 and January 15, 2009 in Logroño, Spain (Group B).

Group A

Group B

, having been relegated to Division III in 2008, was returned to Division II after forfeited due to finances.

Division III

The Division III tournament was to have been played in North Korea, but was cancelled. The Division III was scheduled to include the following: