2010 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Cities	Saskatoon,Regina
Venue(s)	Credit Union Centre and Brandt Centre (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 2009 – January 5, 2010
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	United States(2nd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	266 (8.58 per game)
Attendance	301,944 (9,740 per game)
Scoring leader	Derek Stepan (14 points)
Awards
MVP	Jordan Eberle
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The2010 World Junior Hockey Championships (2010 WJHC), was the 34th edition ofIce Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted bySaskatoon andRegina,Saskatchewan, Canada, from December 26, 2009, to January 5, 2010.^[1][2] Saskatoon had hosted the tournament once before, in 1991. The medal round, as well as all Canada's preliminary round games, took place in Saskatoon at theCredit Union Centre. The arena underwent renovations and upgrades before the 2010 tournament, including an increase in capacity.^[3] Other games were played at theBrandt Centre in Regina, which also received upgrades.^[4] In addition, pre-tournament exhibition games were held in other towns and cities throughout the province as well asCalgary,Alberta.^[5][6] In the gold medal match, theUnited States to win their second gold medal and first since 2004, after defeated the pre-tournament favourites and host countryCanada 6–5 in overtime on a goal byJohn Carlson.^[7]

Initially,Switzerland was chosen to host the tournament, but later withdrew.^[8]

Three bid groups submitted letters of intent to host the 2010 tournament prior to the February 1, 2008, deadline:^[9]

• Joint bid byHalifax,Nova Scotia, andMoncton,New Brunswick;
• Joint bid bySaskatoon andRegina, Saskatchewan; and
• Joint bid byWinnipeg andBrandon, Manitoba

All three bid groups formally placed their bids before the April 1, 2008, deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee inToronto on June 9–10, 2008.^[9]

On July 7, 2008,Hockey Canada and theCanadian Hockey League (CHL) announced Saskatoon and Regina have been chosen to host the tournament. This was Saskatchewan's first successful bid in five recent attempts, after failing to land the1999,2003,2006 and2009 tournaments.^[3]

Credit Union Centre Capacity: 14,705	Brandt Centre Capacity: 7,000
Canada –Saskatoon	Canada –Regina

The lowest-ranked teams in the top division arerelegated to Division I for the following year's tournament.

Ten teams were divided into two groups of five, each of which play in asingle round-robin format. The winner of each group proceeded directly to the tournament semifinals, with the second- and third-place finishers advancing to the quarterfinals. The remaining four teams participated in the relegation round to determine which teams will be relegated to Division I the following year.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	1	0	0	35	6	+29	11	Semifinals
2	United States	4	3	0	1	0	26	9	+17	10	Quarterfinals
3	Switzerland	4	2	0	0	2	11	15	−4	6
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	14	22	−8	3	Relegation round
5	Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	9	43	−34	0

All times are local (Central Time Zone –UTC−6).

December 26, 2009 15:00

Latvia

0 – 16 (0–5, 0–6, 0–5)

Canada

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,469 (84.8%)

Game reference
	Raimonds Ermics Jānis Kalniņš	Goalies	Jake Allen	Referees: Morgan Johansson Christier Larking Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Christian Tillerkvist-Jonsson
	0–1 00:36 –Bourque (Ellis,Cormier) 0–2 04:22 –Kadri (Pietrangelo,Hall) (PP) 0–3 06:39 – Bourque (Schenn) (PP) 0–4 11:43 –Adam (Della Rovere) 0–5 17:52 – Cormier (Hamonic, Bourque) 0–6 24:49 –Eberle (McMillan, Pietrangelo) 0–7 29:28 – Hamonic (Pietrangelo) 0–8 30:26 – Kadri (Hall) 0–9 38:10 –Kozun (Bourque, Schenn) (PP) 0–10 39:40 – Eberle (Pietrangelo) (PP) 0–11 39:57 –Henrique (Bourque) 0–12 41:33 – Cormier (Kozun) 0–13 44:35 – McMillan (Kozun, Adam) (PP) 0–14 49:19 – Kozun (Bourque, Cormier) 0–15 58:28 – Bourque (Kozun) (PP) 0–16 59:32 – Adam (Caron)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	10	Shots	67

December 26, 2009 19:00

Slovakia

3 – 7 (2–1, 1–4, 0–2)

United States

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 11,318 (77.0%)

Game reference
	Marek Čiliak	Goalies	Mike Lee	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Alexei Ravodin Linesmen: Vit Lederer Roman Shikhanov
	Gašparovič (Illo) (PP) – 02:15 1–0 Bakoš (Illo,Marinčin) (PP) – 05:33 2–0 2–1 09:34 –Carlson (Stepan) 2–2 22:50 –Morin 2–3 25:39 – Stepan (Carlson,Warsofsky) 2–4 26:36 –Donovan (Kreider,Fowler) (PP) Pánik (Šiška,Viedenský) (PP) – 33:14 3–4 3–5 33:54 –Kristo (Stepan,D'Amigo) 3–6 40:58 –Schroeder (Palmieri) 3–7 46:34 – D'Amigo (Kristo)
	16 min	Penalties	35 min
	20	Shots	46

December 27, 2009 15:00

United States

3 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,853 (87.4%)

Game reference
	Jack Campbell	Goalies	Benjamin Conz	Referees: Morgan Johansson Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Vit Lederer Sirko Schulz
	Kreider (Fowler,Stepan) (PP) – 25:27 1–0 Donovan (Bourque,Palmieri) – 52:35 2–0 Jenks (Warsofsky,Morin) – 56:36 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	49	Shots	22

December 27, 2009 19:00

Slovakia

8 – 3 (5–0, 2–2, 1–1)

Latvia

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,628 (85.9%)

Game reference
	Marek Čiliak	Goalies	Raimonds Ermics Jānis Kalniņš	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Tom Laaksonen Linesmen: Roman Shikhanov Sakari Suominen
	Pánik (Viedenský) – 00:33 1–0 Pánik (Viedenský) – 03:44 2–0 Viedenský (Pánik,Tatar) (PP) – 05:31 3–0 Tatar (Šiška, Viedenský) – 13:14 4–0 Gašparovič (Marinčin,Illo) – 17:06 5–0 Rais – 29:34 6–0 Tatar (Bakoš,Hudáček) – 33:00 7–0 7–1 33:27 –Lipsbergs (Vigners,Ķēniņš) 7–2 34:21 –Bukarts (Freibergs) (PP) Illo (Gašparovič,Mlynarovič) – 49:48 8–2 8–3 50:44 – Bukarts (Cinks,Vilkoits)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	41	Shots	29

December 28, 2009 15:00

Canada

6 – 0 (2–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 13,301 (90.5%)

Game reference
	Jake Allen	Goalies	Benjamin Conz	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Alexei Ravodin Linesmen: Sirko Schulz Christian Tillerkvist-Jonsson
	McMillan (Eberle,Schenn) – 00:23 1–0 Pietrangelo (Hall, Eberle) (PP) – 08:14 2–0 Kadri (Ellis,Hamonic) (PP) – 21:06 3–0 Eberle (Ellis, Kadri) (PP) – 21:26 4–0 McMillan (Eberle,de Hann) – 23:42 5–0 McMillan (Eberle,Cowen) (PP) – 59:23 6–0
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	54	Shots	15

December 29, 2009 15:00

Latvia

1 – 12 (0–6, 1–1, 0–5)

United States

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 11,494 (78.2%)

Game reference
	Jānis Kalniņš	Goalies	Mike Lee	Referees: Tom Laaksonen Christier Larking Linesmen: Vit Lederer Christian Tillerkvist-Jonsson
	0-1 02:30 –Kristo (McRae,Palmieri) 0-2 09:40 –Zucker (Bourque,Donovan) 0-3 11:12 – Kristo (McRae,D'Amigo (PP) 0-4 14:40 –Jenks (Lashoff,Morin) (PP) 0-5 19:02 –Kreider (Schroeder,Stepan) (PP) 0-6 19:38 –Johnson (Lashoff,Gardiner) Kauss (Bukrats,Cinks) (PP) – 27:00 1-6 1-7 29:38 – Kreider (Schroeder, Stepan) (PP) 1-8 41:22 – Stepan (Palmieri, Johnson) 1-9 47:49 – Zucker (Ramage, Gardiner) 1-10 49:42 – Stepan (D'Amigo, Palmieri) 1-11 58:46 – Kreider (PS) 1-12 59:30 – Morin (Palmieri, Ramage) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	19	Shots	62

December 29, 2009 19:00

Canada

8 – 2 (3–0, 4–1, 1–1)

Slovakia

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 13,232 (90.0%)

Game reference
	Martin Jones	Goalies	Marek Čiliak Tomáš Halász	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Sirko Schulz Sakari Suominen
	Hall (Ellis,Eberle) (PP) – 07:18 1–0 Pietrangelo (Cormier,Bourque) – 07:39 2–0 Hall – 10:43 3–0 Adam – 25:08 4–0 Ellis (Hall,Kadri) (PP) – 33:20 5–0 5–1 37:25 –Pánik (Hraško,Rais) (PP) Hall (Pietrangelo) – 37:41 6–1 Schenn (Kozun, Pietrangelo) – 38:39 7–1 Della Rovere (Schenn) (SH) – 52:41 8–1 8–2 53:43 –Bakoš (Šťastný)
	18 min	Penalties	18 min
	35	Shots	27

December 30, 2009 15:00

Switzerland

7 – 5 (2–3, 1–1, 4–1)

Latvia

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 13,193 (89.7%)

Game reference
	Benjamin Conz	Goalies	Jānis Kalniņš Raimonds Ermics	Referees: Morgan Johansson Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Vit Lederer Roman Shikhanov
	Antonietti (Josi,Marlof) – 02:40 1–0 Fuglister (Niederreiter) (PP) – 04:59 2–0 2–1 06:15Ķēniņš (Freibergs) 2–2 09:24 – Ķēniņš (Freibergs) 2–3 10:58 –Bukarts (Cinks) (PP) Josi (McGregor) – 24:26 3–3 3–4 26:29 –Vigners (Vilkoits) Niederreiter (Josi,Scherwey) (PP) – 44:42 4–4 Webber (Schäppi,Geering) – 45:26 5–4 McGregor (Stoop,Antonietti) – 48:53 6–4 Jorg (Niederreiter) – 54:32 7–4 7–5 54:46 – Bukarts (Ķēniņš)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	29

December 31, 2009 15:00

Switzerland

4 – 1 (0–0, 1–0, 3–1

Slovakia

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 13,177 (89.6%)

Game reference
	Benjamin Conz Matthias Mischler	Goalies	Tomáš Halász	Referees: Alexei Volodin Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Roman Shikhanov Christian Tillerkvist-Jonsson
	Niederreiter (Fuglister,Geering) – 27:27 1–0 Niederreiter – 47:33 2–0 2–1 53:02 –Pánik (Rais,Hraško) Scherwey (Geering,Stoop) (PP) – 56:08 3–1 Jörg (Niederreiter) (ENG) – 57:33 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	41

December 31, 2009 19:00

United States

4 – 5GWS (1–1, 2–1, 1–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–3)

Canada

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 15,171 (103.2%)

Game reference
	Jack Campbell	Goalies	Jake Allen	Referees: Tom Laaksonen Christer Larking Linesmen: Sirko Schulz Sakari Suominen
	0–1 02:03 –Della Rovere (Adam,Caron) McRae (D'Amigo) (PP) – 03:40 1–1 Schroeder (Johnson) (SH) – 27:08 2–1 2–2 31:15 –Eberle (Schenn,Scandella) Johnson (D'Amigo) (SH) – 39:50 3–2 Kristo (Stepan) – 41:01 4–2 4–3 50:03 – Eberle (Schenn,McMillan) 4–4 55:45 –Pietrangelo (SH)
	Kristo Morin Schroeder	Shootout	Eberle Kadri Kozun
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	34

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	28	6	+22	12	Semifinals
2	Russia	4	3	0	0	1	14	8	+6	9	Quarterfinals
3	Finland	4	2	0	0	2	15	13	+2	6
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	0	3	13	20	−7	3	Relegation round
5	Austria	4	0	0	0	4	7	30	−23	0

All times are local (Central Time Zone –UTC−6).

December 26, 2009 13:00

Czech Republic

1 – 10 (0–4, 1–2, 0–4)

Sweden

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,191 (74.2%)

Game reference
	Jakub Sedláček Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Derek Zalaski Linesmen: Jeff Jobson Matt Traub
	0–1 07:42 –Petersson (Erixon,Pääjärvi-Svensson) 0–2 15:20 –Rödin (Ekman-Larsson) 0–3 17:25 –Tedenby (Krüger,Rundblad) 0–4 19:05 –Lander (Petersson, Pääjärvi-Svensson) 0–5 22:34 – Pääjärvi-Svensson (Erixon, Petersson) (PP) Káňa (Knotek,Vincour) (PP) – 25:01 1–5 1–6 25:22 –Klingberg (Lundberg) 1–7 40:51 – Erixon (Pääjärvi-Svensson,Johansson) (PP) 1–8 43:00 – Lander (Rödin) 1–9 51:21 –Silfverbeg (Rödin) 1–10 54:08 –Larsson (Pääjärvi-Svensson, Johansson) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	46

December 26, 2009 17:00

Russia

6 – 2 (4–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Austria

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 4,990 (71.3%)

Game reference
	Igor Bobkov	Goalies	Lorenz Hirn	Referees: Darcy Burchell Kaval Keith Linesmen: Paul Carnathan Jozef Tvrdoň
	Trunev (Khokhryakov) – 01:58 1–0 1–1 11:38 –Komarek (Wolf,Scholz) (PP) Chudinov (Petrov,Pivtsakin) (PP) – 14:32 2–1 Kuznetsov (Orlov,Timkin) – 18:26 3–1 Tarasenko (Orlov) (PP) – 19:54 4–1 Kuznetsov (Kulyomin) – 26:20 5–1 5–2 30:50 –Harlt (Maier) Petrov (Chudinov) (SH) – 52:00 6–2
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	33	Shots	16

December 27, 2009 13:00

Austria

3 – 7 (0–2, 3–2, 0–3)

Sweden

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,025 (71.8%)

Game reference
	Marco Wieser	Goalies	Anders Nilsson	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Matt Traub Jozef Tvrdoň
	0–1 00:41 –Josefson (Ekman-Larsson) 0–2 18:36 – Ekman-Larsson (Larsson, Josefson) (PP) 0–3 22:41 –Rödin (Silfverberg,Lander) Pallestrang (Hartl) (PP) – 26:54 1–3 Heinrich (Kristler,Ulmer) (PP) – 36:41 2–3 Komarek (Heinrich, Kristler) – 38:13 3–3 3–4 39:47 – Rödin (Larsson) 3–5 53:33 –Ekholm (Krüger, Josefson) 3–6 58:12 –Petersson (Andersson,Johansson) (PP) 3–7 59:22 – Ekman-Larsson (Lander, Rödin) (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	54

December 27, 2009 17:00

Czech Republic

3 – 4

Finland

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,572 (79.6%)

December 28, 2009 17:00

Finland

0 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Russia

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,675 (81.1%)

December 29, 2009 13:00

Austria

1 – 7

Czech Republic

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,334 (76.2%)

December 29, 2009 17:00

Sweden

4 – 1

Russia

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 6,234 (89.1%)

December 30, 2009 13:00

Finland

10 – 1

Austria

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,193 (74.2%)

December 31, 2009 13:00

Sweden

7 – 1

Finland

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,145 (73.5%)

December 31, 2009 17:00

Russia

5 – 2

Czech Republic

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,293 (75.6%)

Results from any games that were played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	0	22	5	+17	9
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	0	1	13	10	+3	6
3	Latvia	3	1	0	0	2	11	22	−11	3	Relegated to the2011 Division I
4	Austria	3	0	0	0	3	7	16	−9	0

All times are local (Central Time Zone –UTC−6).

January 2, 2010 12:00

Slovakia

3 – 2

Austria

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 8,634 (58.7%)

January 3, 2010 12:00

Czech Republic

10 – 2

Latvia

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 8,294 (56.4%)

January 4, 2010 12:00

Slovakia

2 – 5

Czech Republic

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 6,221 (42.3%)

January 4, 2010 16:00

Latvia

6 – 4

Austria

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 7,238 (49.2%)

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Sweden

2

A2

United States

6

A2

United States

5

B3

Finland

2

A2

United States (OT)

6

A1

Canada

5

A1

Canada

6

B2

Russia

2

A3

Switzerland

1

A3

Switzerland (OT)

3

Third place

B1

Sweden

11

A3

Switzerland

4

January 2, 2010 16:00

Russia

2 – 3OT

Switzerland

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,278 (83.5%)

January 2, 2010 20:00

United States

6 – 2

Finland

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,701 (86.4%)

January 3, 2010 16:00

Canada

6 – 1

Switzerland

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 13,427 (91.3%)

January 3, 2010 20:00

Sweden

2 – 5

United States

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,137 (82.5%)

January 4, 2010 20:00

Russia

3 – 4

Finland

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 11,214 (76.3%)

January 5, 2010 15:00

Switzerland

4 – 11

Sweden

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,121 (82.4%)

January 5, 2010 19:00

Canada

5 – 6OT (2–2, 1–1, 2–2, 0–1)

United States

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 15,171 (103.2%)

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Derek Stepan	United States	7	4	10	14	+9	4
2	Jordan Eberle	Canada	6	8	5	13	+3	4
3	Taylor Hall	Canada	6	6	6	12	+3	0
4	Jerry D'Amigo	United States	7	6	6	12	+7	0
5	Alex Pietrangelo	Canada	6	3	9	12	+9	14
6	André Petersson	Sweden	6	8	3	11	+8	4
7	Nino Niederreiter	Switzerland	7	6	4	10	-2	10
8	Kirill Petrov	Russia	6	4	6	10	+7	6
9	Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson	Sweden	6	3	7	10	+6	2
9	Anton Rödin	Sweden	6	3	7	10	+4	2

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	Shots	SG%	PPG	SHG
1	Jordan Eberle	Canada	6	8	25	32.00	4	0
1	André Petersson	Sweden	6	8	17	47.06	2	1
3	Roberts Bukarts	Latvia	6	6	25	24.00	3	0
3	Taylor Hall	Canada	6	6	21	28.57	2	0
3	Richard Pánik	Slovakia	6	6	32	18.75	3	0
6	Jerry D'Amigo	United States	7	6	23	26.09	0	1
6	Chris Kreider	United States	7	6	25	24.00	3	0
6	Nino Niederreiter	Switzerland	7	6	26	23.08	2	0
9	Konstantin Komarek	Austria	6	5	12	41.67	4	0
9	Anton Lander	Sweden	6	5	18	27.78	0	0

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Igor Bobkov	Russia	343:05	14	93.00	2.45	1
2	Jacob Markström	Sweden	298:50	11	92.72	2.21	0
3	Mike Lee	United States	263:56	11	90.76	2.50	0
4	Jake Allen	Canada	291:23	10	90.20	2.06	2
5	Benjamin Conz	Switzerland	428:10	34	89.31	4.76	0

Most Valuable Player

• Jordan Eberle

All-star team

• Goaltender:Benjamin Conz
• Defencemen:Alex Pietrangelo,John Carlson
• Forwards:Jordan Eberle,Derek Stepan,Nino Niederreiter

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender:Benjamin Conz
• Defenceman:Alex Pietrangelo
• Forward:Jordan Eberle

	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Sweden
4th	Switzerland
5th	Finland
6th	Russia
7th	Czech Republic
8th	Slovakia
9th	Latvia
10th	Austria

Country	Broadcaster
Canada	TSN*
	TSN2
	RDS
Czech Republic	Czech Television
France  Great Britain  Ireland  Italy  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Russia  Bulgaria  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Serbia  Turkey  Denmark  Ukraine	Eurosport 2
Finland	MTV3
Russia	NTV Plus Sport
Slovakia	STV
Sweden	SVT
United States	NHL Network

The Division I Group A tournament was played inMegève andSaint-Gervais-les-Bains, France, from December 14 to December 20, 2009.^[10]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany	5	5	0	0	0	27	3	+24	15	Promoted to the2011 Top Division
2	Denmark	5	4	0	0	1	21	9	+12	12
3	Slovenia	5	2	1	0	2	8	12	−4	8
4	Ukraine	5	1	0	1	3	15	23	−8	4
5	Japan	5	1	0	0	4	9	26	−17	3
6	France(H)	5	1	0	0	4	9	16	−7	3	Relegated to the2011 Division II

The Division I Group B tournament was played inGdańsk, Poland, from December 14 to December 20, 2009.^[11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Norway	5	4	1	0	0	33	8	+25	14	Promoted to the2011 Top Division
2	Belarus	5	3	0	2	0	30	12	+18	11
3	Italy	5	2	1	0	2	8	8	0	8
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	20	16	+4	6
5	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	14	51	−37	3
6	Poland(H)	5	1	0	0	4	12	22	−10	3	Relegated to the2011 Division II

The Division II Group A tournament was played inDebrecen, Hungary, from December 13 to December 19, 2009.^[12]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Great Britain	5	3	2	0	0	51	11	+40	13	Promoted to the2011 Division I
2	Hungary(H)	5	4	0	1	0	66	8	+58	13
3	Spain	5	3	0	1	1	30	17	+13	10
4	South Korea	5	2	0	0	3	20	18	+2	6
5	China	5	1	0	0	4	8	48	−40	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	4	77	−73	0	Relegated to the2011 Division III

The Division II Group B tournament was played inNarva, Estonia, from December 12 to December 18, 2009.^[13]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lithuania	5	5	0	0	0	34	12	+22	15	Promoted to the2011 Division I
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	0	1	26	19	+7	12
3	Romania	5	2	1	0	2	21	21	0	8
4	Belgium	5	1	1	0	3	15	24	−9	5
5	Estonia(H)	5	0	0	3	2	15	24	−9	3
6	Serbia	5	0	1	0	4	17	28	−11	2	Relegated to the2011 Division III

The Division III tournament was played inIstanbul, Turkey, from January 4 to January 10, 2010.

Rank	Team
1	Australia
2	Iceland
3	North Korea
4	New Zealand
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Turkey
7	Bulgaria

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