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2009 World Juniors December 26 - January 5 in Ottawa
Team Canada won their fifth consecutive gold medal at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa, defeating Sweden 5-1 in the final game. The event hosted 453,282 fans over 11 days, a World Junior attendance record. The event also set a record for the highest-attended single game, with 20,380 attending the Gold Medal game.
Ottawa’s world juniors and Hockey Country give back to hockey across the country
- With the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa coming to close today with the bronze- and gold-medal games at SBP Arena, the host organizing committee and Hockey Canada held a news conference this afternoon to recap the 11 days of the event. Read more...
About the World Juniors
The 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship comes to Ottawa from December 26, 2008 to January 5, 2009. The tournament will feature 10 countries competing in 31games. Games will take place at Scotiabank Place in Kanata, and the Ottawa Civic Centre in The Glebe.
The event will set a new World Junior attendance record. The previous recrod was set in 2006 in Vancouver-Kamloops, when 374,353 fans attended the games.
In the news
- Jan 5: Ottawa’s world juniors and Hockey Country give back to hockey across the country
- Jan 3: Ottawa’s world juniors set to break event attendance record today
- Dec 18: NCC and host organizing committee present the Samsung New Year’s Eve Celebration
- Dec 17: Tickets are still available for all 31 world junior championship matches, including Team Canada's round-robin games and all medal-round match-ups
- Dec 4: Fewer than 15,000 tickets available for 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship
- Nov 17: TEAM CANADA RED-AND-WHITE INTRA-SQUAD SET FOR SBP ARENA ON FRIDAY, DEC. 12
- Nov 16: 20,000
TICKETS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE
FOR 2009 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP - Sept 9: IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP PRE-COMPETITION GAMES
Participating teams
Ten teams are participating in the tournament, including:
- Latvia
- Russia
- Germany
- USA
- Finland
- Sweden
- Canada
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Kazakhstan
Related links
- TSN.ca coverage
- Ottawa Citizen coverage
- Official 2009 World Junior Hockey Championships web site
- Volunteer info
- Hockey Canada
- CapitalTickets.ca
- IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation)
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