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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. [1] [2] Games were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scotiabank Place. [3] The tournament set a record for WJC attendance at ...
Historically, the tournament has been dominated by Canada (20 gold medals) and the Soviet Union/CIS/Russia (13 gold medals). The USSR won the first four official tournaments, while the Canadians put together five straight championships between 1993 and 1997 , and another five straight from 2005 to 2009 .
There were 72 NHL-drafted prospects playing in the tournament. In addition, six of the top-ten ranked players in the 2009 draft participated. The Latvian and Kazakh teams did not have any NHL prospects on their rosters.
At the 2009 tournament in Ottawa, where Team Canada last captured gold, Canada faced defeat against Russia in the final seconds of their semi-final before Jordan Eberle scored the equalizing goal with 5.4 seconds remaining in the game, forcing overtime. Canada would win in a shootout and go on to rout Sweden 5–1 in the final.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK: Adam Street 7 July 1991 (aged 17) 0 0 West Ham United: 2 DF: Eddy Sidra 20 February 1989 (aged 20) 0 0 Energie Cottbus
The Canada U-20 women's national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the Canadian Soccer Association. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the full women's national team. Their most recent major competition was the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.
Canada has won more gold medals than any other nation and has had two five-year gold medal-winning streaks, during 1993–1997 and 2005–2009. [5] The Canadian team is usually composed mostly of players from the Canadian Hockey League , a major junior umbrella organization that consists of the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major Junior Hockey ...
Canada's most significant accomplishments at youth level are winning the CONCACAF U-20 Championship and Francophone Games twice, reaching quarterfinals of the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and defeating Brazil U-20 2-1 in a friendly on May 19, 2006, at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta.