2009 Women's British Open
The 2009 Women's British Open was held 30 July – 2 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 33rd Women's British Open and the ninth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Catriona Matthew won her only  major, three strokes ahead of runner-up Karrie Webb.


2009 Women's British Open
It was the fourth Women's British Open at Royal Lytham and the third as an LPGA major, most recently in 2006. The course had also hosted ten Open Championships, most recently in 2001. The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union at 6,492 yards (5,936 m), 413 yards (378 m) shorter than the par-71 set-up for The Open Championship in 2001.


2009 Women's British Open
Matthew became the first Scot to win the title, just eleven weeks after giving birth to her second child in mid-May.


2009 Women's British Open, Course layout
Previous lengths of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):


2009 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 2009 Women's International Sport Group British Open Squash Championships were held at the National Squash Centre in Manchester from 9–14 September 2009. The event was won for the fourth time by Rachael Grinham who defeated Madeline Perry in the final. The British Open would not be held again until 2012 following sponsorship problems.


2009 Women's County Championship
The 2009 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 13th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to September and saw 30 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, going through the season unbeaten and winning their third title.


2009 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.


2009 Women's County Championship, Competition format
The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:


2009 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Win: 20 points. Tie:  15 points. Loss : Bonus points. Abandoned or No Result: 10 points. Cancelled No Play: 5 points.


2009 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Up to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing side only, or both sides in an incomplete match.


2009 Women's County Championship, Teams
The 2009 Championship was divided into five divisions: Divisions One to Four with six teams apiece and Division Five with 10 teams split across two regional groups.


2009 Women's County Championship, Teams
Teams in the top four Divisions played each other twice, and teams in Division Five played each other once.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup
The 2009 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held in Australia from 7 to 22 March 2009, using the sport's One Day International format.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Host selection and venues
The ICC, along with Cricket Australia, announced in July 2008 that six venues in New South Wales would host the tournament. The venues chosen were North Sydney Oval, Bankstown Oval and Drummoyne Oval (all in Sydney), Manuka Oval in Canberra, No. 1 Sports Ground in Newcastle and Bradman Oval in Bowral. In addition, four grounds in Sydney (Manly Oval, Old King's Oval, Raby Oval No. 1 and Village Green) hosted the nine warm-up matches for the tournament.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Qualification
Six of the eight teams involved in the tournament qualified through finishing in the top six in the previous tournament; Australia, India, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies therefore qualified automatically for the tournament. The final two places were awarded to Pakistan and South Africa; the two finalists of the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Rules and regulations, Matches
All matches started at 10am local time (UTC+11) and were played to standard One Day International playing conditions. All matches were to be 50 overs a side unless stated otherwise by the umpires or match referee, with each bowler entitled to bowl a maximum of 10 overs per match.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Rules and regulations, Matches
In the event of bad weather, the side batting second must have batted a minimum of 20 overs for a result to be declared (if the match was not otherwise won, for example if the team batting second was dismissed before the completion of 20 overs). In the event of interrupted matches (due to rain or some other factor), the Duckworth-Lewis method was applied to determine the result or revised target.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Rules and regulations, Tournament points and format
Throughout the group and Super Six stages, two points were awarded to teams for a win, one point for a tie or matches that ended with no result, and no points were awarded for a defeat.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Rules and regulations, Tournament points and format
At the conclusion of the group stage, the three teams in each group with the most points advanced to the Super Six stage of the tournament (the first time such a stage had been held), while the two teams eliminated played in a 7th/8th place playoff. Points from matches between teams both qualifying for the Super Six stage were carried forward, therefore all six teams to advance began the Super Sixes with two games played. Following the conclusion of the Super Sixes, the top two teams contested the final, third and fourth contested a third-place play-off, while fifth and sixth played each other for fifth place.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Results, Group Stage
The eight qualifying teams were split into two groups for the group stage, with traditional rivals Australia and New Zealand drawn together in Group A alongside South Africa and the West Indies, while India and Pakistan were drawn together in Group B along with England and Sri Lanka. The group stage took place between 7 and 12 March 2009.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Results, Super Sixes
The top three teams in each group moved on to the Super Six stage which is scored as a complete round-robin. But each of the six teams played only three new matches, rather than five—each group's three representatives carried forward their result against each other rather than play again. Thus the table, showing five matches for each team, covers all matches between the Super Six qualifiers, including those from the group stage.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Results, Super Sixes
The top two teams in the final table qualified for the final.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Results, Super Sixes
The Super Six stage of the tournament took place between 14 and 19 March 2009.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Awards, Team of the tournament
The day after the final, the ICC announced its World Cup XI, as selected by a panel led by Belinda Clark. The eleven included five members of England's tournament-winning squad, with three coming from India and two coming from runners-up New Zealand.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Awards, Team of the tournament
New Zealand's Sophie Devine was named as the side's twelfth man.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, Awards, Player of the tournament
The award for player of the tournament was selected by the same panel that chose the team of the tournament, and was awarded to the leading run-scorer Claire Taylor.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was a Women's One Day International cricket match between the England women's cricket team and the New Zealand women's national cricket team, played on 22 March 2009 at the North Sydney Oval in Australia. It was the culmination of the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, the ninth edition of the tournament. England won the final by four wickets, clinching their third World Cup title and their first outside England. It was the second time that the two teams had met at this stage of a World Cup – England won their previous final contest in 1993.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
Both teams were unbeaten in the first group stage. In the second, known as the Super Sixes, New Zealand and England finished first and second to qualify directly for the final; New Zealand had only lost to England, while England had already guaranteed their place in the final when they lost their last match to Australia. England were considered the favourites for the final. The New Zealand captain, Haidee Tiffen, won the toss, and opted to bat first. Her side were bowled out for 166 runs.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
The all-rounder Lucy Doolan, batting at number nine, was the highest scorer for New Zealand with 48. Nicky Shaw, one of England's bowlers, took a career-best four wickets for 34 runs. In their response, England built an opening partnership of 74 runs and continued to score steadily. Despite regularly losing wickets, they reached the winning total with 23 balls to spare, earning England their first World Cup title for 16 years. Shaw, who had initially not been in the England starting lineup, was named player of the match having replaced the injured Jenny Gunn minutes before the game started.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Background
The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the tournament, and the first to be organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The first had been held in 1973, pre-dating the first men's Cricket World Cup by two years. The 2009 tournament included eight teams; six of which (Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the West Indies) qualified automatically due to finishing as the top six teams at the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup, while the other two (Pakistan and South Africa) qualified through the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Matches, which consisted of 50 overs-per-side, took place at several cricket grounds in Australia between 7 and 22 March, featuring 25 matches over 16 days.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Background
Although the ICC had successfully developed and expanded the women's game, from 15 member countries in 2005 to 42 in 2007, there was a growing gap between the top four teams—Australia, England, India and New Zealand—and the rest. In 2008, England, and then Australia, became the first teams to introduce contracts for some of their women's players; Charlotte Edwards, England's captain, said that this allowed the players to "commit to training without worrying about our jobs outside cricket." Before the competition, Jenny Roesler of Cricinfo suggested England and New Zealand, along with Australia, as the favourites to win the competition.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Background
Haidee Tiffen, the captain of New Zealand, said that she thought "Australia, New Zealand, England and India are of equal strength and any team can beat the other on its day. It is an open tournament with no clear-cut favourites." England's Claire Taylor said that she thought that Australia might struggle after losing key members of their 2005 World Cup-winning squad.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
New Zealand were drawn in Group A of the competition, along with Australia, South Africa and the West Indies. They started their campaign against Australia. Tiffen scored a cautious half-century for New Zealand, but her dismissal triggered a collapse in which the team lost seven wickets for the addition of 34 runs. In their reply, Australia regularly lost wickets, and a six over bowling spell by medium pacer Kate Pulford, in which she took three wickets for 30 runs, slowed the run chase.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
After an initial rain delay held up the game, a second downpour finished the match, with Australia 13 runs short by the Duckworth–Lewis method. Tiffen missed New Zealand's second match, against the West Indies, with an injury, and Aimee Mason deputised as captain. For the second time in as many matches, New Zealand suffered a collapse, losing their first six wickets for 104 runs. A seventh-wicket partnership of 57 between Mason and Sarah Tsukigawa helped New Zealand to remain competitive in the match, and they completed their 50 overs with 192 runs.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
According to Cricinfo, the West Indian reply "was devoid of momentum". Spin bowlers Mason and Lucy Doolan took three wickets apiece to limit the West Indies to 136 runs for the loss of eight wickets from their overs. In their final group stage match, a win over South Africa ensured that New Zealand won the group. Amy Satterthwaite, Sara McGlashan and Nicola Browne all scored half-centuries as their team reached a total of 250 for five. South Africa struggled in their chase: only Cri-Zelda Brits reached double figures in an innings dominated by the bowling of Mason and Suzie Bates, who collected four wickets each, helping New Zealand earn a 199-run victory.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
England were placed in Group B, alongside India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In their first contest, against Sri Lanka, they scored 277 runs, aided by a 95-ball century from Claire Taylor, and a half-century by Caroline Atkins. Sri Lanka batted their full allocation of overs, but lost by 100 runs. Laura Marsh took three wickets, and three of the Sri Lankan batters were run out in their chase. Following the match, Jenny Gunn's bowling action was reported to the ICC as being potentially illegal, but she was cleared a few days later.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
England faced India in their second match, in a contest billed as the battle for top spot in the group. England won the match easily, bowling India out for 169: Gunn and Holly Colvin each took three wickets, while both Atkins and Claire Taylor scored unbeaten half-centuries. Another large win, over Pakistan, guaranteed that England finished as group winners. Marsh took a career-best five wickets to help bowl Pakistan out for just 78 runs, a total which her side reached in less than half of their allowed overs.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Super Sixes
After the initial league stage, the bottom team from each group was eliminated, and the remaining teams progressed into the Super Sixes. During this stage, results and points from matches between the teams that had qualified were carried over, and each team played a further three matches, against those teams that had advanced from the other group. England and New Zealand met each other in the first match of the Super Sixes.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Super Sixes
England batted first, and despite being 96 for four at one stage, 57 runs from Edwards, and a rapid 22 runs from Gunn, helped their side recover to post a total of 201 for five. In response, New Zealand began positively, and were boosted by a half-century from their captain, Tiffen, but the spin bowling of Edwards, Marsh and Colvin controlled the run rate, and New Zealand were eventually bowled out for 170, Edwards taking four wickets. England's following match was against the West Indies, and they once again surpassed 200 runs after batting first.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Super Sixes
Sarah Taylor, Claire Taylor and Atkins all scored half-centuries to propel England to their total of 236 for eight. The English bowlers then dismissed the West Indies for 90 runs, Marsh collecting three wickets. The win secured England a place in the final, irrespective of the result of their final Super Sixes match against Australia.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Super Sixes
After losing their first Super Sixes match to England, New Zealand faced an Indian side which had beaten Australia in their first Super Six contest. India batted first and scored 207, during an innings in which they lost four batters to run outs. New Zealand began their response well, putting on a partnership of 78 runs for the first wicket between Pulford and Tiffen. After Tiffen's dismissal, Bates supported Pulford, who eventually fell for 71 runs, and New Zealand reached their target with 14 balls to spare.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Super Sixes
New Zealand set a record partnership for the second wicket in women's ODIs in their final match: Bates scored 168 and Tiffen 100 as the pair put on 262 runs together. Bates played an aggressive innings, scoring her runs from 105 balls, including 6 sixes and 19 fours. New Zealand reached 373 from their overs, and bowled Pakistan out for 150, earning themselves a 223-run victory, and qualifying for the final.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Super Sixes
England were outplayed by Australia in their final Super Six match: Shelley Nitschke slowed the run rate during her bowling, taking two wickets and restricting England to just 14 runs from her 10 overs. England were bowled out for 161, a total Australia chased down within 34 overs. England's loss to Australia ended a 17-match unbeaten run.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Build-up
The final was a repeat of the 1993 tournament, when England won at Lord's. Both sides had won the World Cup previously, but only when hosting the tournament. New Zealand achieved the feat in 2000, while England were winners in both 1973 and 1993. As well as losing the 1993 final to England, New Zealand were also finalists in 1997, losing to Australia in India. England had contested five previous finals; losing to Australia in subsequent tournaments in 1978, 1982 and 1988.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Build-up
Huw Richards, writing for the International Herald Tribune, described both England and New Zealand as worthy finalists, and noted that he was disappointed with the performance of Australia, who finished fourth. Simon Wilde of The Times cited England as favourites: "In Edwards they have the ICC player of the year, in Claire Taylor the No 1-ranked batsman and in Isa Guha the No 1 bowler." The New Zealand Herald's Mark Geenty concurred that England were favourites, describing them as "the form side of recent years".


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Build-up
England had beaten New Zealand in their most recent four matches, including their victory over them during the Super Sixes stage of the competition. New Zealand's coach, Gary Stead, said that his team would aim to play their normal "aggressive style of play and although that may be a bit more high risk, I think it's the style that we play best."


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Build-up
After the Australian team was knocked out, local press coverage for the match diminished; only three journalists attended the pre-game press conference for the final. A reporter for the BBC, Alison Mitchell, said that in the Australian newspapers, "the nationals and even most of the locals I flicked through on Saturday carried nothing except one slim column". The 2009 World Cup was the first to be televised globally; ESPN Star Sports provided coverage from seven matches, including the final. As well as being available on television, the matches were streamed on the ESPN Star Sports website. The match was also broadcast on the radio; Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the BBC provided joint coverage.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Build-up
England all-rounder Gunn aggravated a calf-strain during the warm-up, and 10 minutes before the start was replaced by the team's vice-captain, Nicky Shaw.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
The final was played on a fine day at the North Sydney Oval, a multi-purpose stadium in North Sydney, New South Wales. The ground had hosted matches earlier in the tournament, and during the 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup, but, as of 2020, has not hosted men's international cricket. Played in front of a crowd of 2,300, the match began at 10:00 AEDT (23:00 GMT), with a scheduled lunch interval from 13:10 to 13:55. Steve Davis, of Australia, and the South African Brian Jerling were appointed as the on-field umpires for the match.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Davis was a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, the highest designation for an umpire, while Jerling was on the International Panel of Umpires and Referees, the next most senior designation. Tyron Wijewardene and Jeff Brookes fulfilled the off-field roles of third and fourth umpires respectively, and Brian Aldridge served as match referee. Aldridge had previously umpired the 1992 Cricket World Cup Final.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Despite conditions conducive to swing bowling, New Zealand's captain, Tiffen, chose to bat first after winning the toss. England opened the bowling with Katherine Brunt and Isa Guha. Brunt's bowling spell was described by the BBC's Aimee Lewis as "superb", and teammate Shaw credited her with putting the New Zealand batters under pressure. The New Zealand opening batters, Pulford and Tiffen, put on 26 runs together before Pulford was caught by Claire Taylor off the bowling of Guha, having scored 8 runs.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
According to Roesler, players on both teams showed some early nerves: Tiffen played some uncertain shots, while Guha bowled some wide deliveries. New Zealand progressed to 46 for one before England made their first bowling change. The England vice-captain, Shaw, was brought on, and made an immediate impact. In her first over, Bates attempted a loft over mid-on, and was caught by Atkins. The following ball, Satterthwaite fell for a duck, edging a delivery to the wicket-keeper, Sarah Taylor, leaving New Zealand 49 for three. Four overs later, Tiffen was also dismissed by Shaw, caught behind by Sarah Taylor.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
McGlashan was described by Lewis as looking "in fine touch", but after scoring 21 runs from 20 deliveries, she was caught at mid-wicket by Greenway off the bowling of Colvin. After 20 overs, New Zealand were 74 for five, their most prolific batters of the tournament having been dismissed. Marsh subsequently bowled Mason for 13, while Tsukigawa edged a delivery from Brunt for 2: New Zealand's innings collapsed to 101 for seven.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Doolan joined Browne at the crease, and the pair helped to recover the innings somewhat: Doolan scored 48 runs in a partnership of 63 to help New Zealand to their total of 166. After the dismissal of Doolan, who was stumped off a wide delivery, New Zealand subsided rapidly, losing their final two wickets for just two more runs. The New Zealand Herald criticised the batting as being "indifferent", while Richards credited England for their "tight bowling and fielding" to restrict New Zealand.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Simon Briggs of The Daily Telegraph described the start of England's chase as being "smooth and confident": opening batters Atkins and Sarah Taylor built a partnership larger than any managed by New Zealand, scoring 74 runs. Taylor was the first batter out, caught by Tiffen at mid-wicket from the off-spin bowling of Doolan for 39 runs. Claire Taylor came to the crease upon Sarah Taylor's dismissal and played with a similar attacking intent, striking four boundaries during her 21 runs before she was bowled by Mason, with England 109 for two.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Atkins played a patient innings, and scored the most runs for her side, accruing 40 from 85 balls, eventually being caught by Sophie Devine from the bowling of Dooley. England's middle order suffered their own collapse against the spin bowling of Doolan and Mason; their scoring rate slowing significantly from 4.78 runs per over at the end of the fourteenth over to 3.58 twenty overs later. Edwards became Dooley's third wicket when she was given out after being caught by wicket-keeper Rachel Priest for 10 runs, though Cricinfo suggested that she had not actually hit the ball.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Despite their struggles through the middle overs, Richards opined that "England never looked like losing." Greenway and Morgan were both dismissed for single-figure totals: Greenway had survived an early appeal when she was caught after the ball had hit her pads, but was later caught by Satterthwaite off the bowling of Mason for eight runs, to leave England on 139 for five; Morgan was the victim of a what Lewis described as a "sloppy run out" shortly thereafter, moving the score to 149 for six.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
It was Shaw who once again galvanised England, batting with a more attacking style than those that had struggled before her. Her score of 17 not out pushed England towards the winning target, and a single from Colvin secured victory for England with 23 balls remaining in the innings. Shaw's contribution earned her the player of the match accolade.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Aftermath
England received US$45,000 from the ICC for winning the tournament, while New Zealand received $25,000. Shaw, who had not expected to play, said after the match; "I started the day crying, I finished it crying, but we won a World Cup in between". New Zealand's captain, Tiffen, reflected after the match, "Maybe there were some nerves in amongst the camp. We didn't hype it up to be anything more than another day at the office, unfortunately it was a bad day at the office."


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Aftermath
The team of the tournament included seven finalists: England's Edwards was selected as captain, and was joined by teammates Brunt, Marsh, Claire Taylor and Sarah Taylor. Bates and Pulford represented New Zealand in the team, while Devine was named as the team's twelfth woman. Claire Taylor, who finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer, was named as the player of the tournament. The month after the final, Taylor became the first woman to be selected as one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year. Both Taylor and Edwards were awarded MBEs for their services to cricket; Edwards received hers in the 2009 Birthday Honours, while Taylor's came in the 2010 New Year Honours.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Aftermath
The England team flew back to the United Kingdom in economy class; Mitchell highlighted the contrast with the England men's team, who regularly flew business class. They held a reception at Lord's in London upon their return, but the former sports minister, Richard Caborn, lamented the low-key celebrations, saying that "I would have a Number 10 reception, a reception at the House of Commons, and, at the appropriate time, in the Lords."


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Aftermath
In her history of women's cricket, Rafaelle Nicholson was critical of some of the reporting on the final, saying that "coverage increasingly appears to compare women's cricket with the men's game, and to treat the male version as 'real cricket'". The English journalists Simon Wilde and Lawrence Booth credited the contracts introduced in 2008 as being critical to England's success. Booth highlighted the contrast with New Zealand's captain, Tiffin, who had retired after the World Cup, claiming: "If I was paid properly, I'd still be playing."


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Aftermath
The two sides met again three months later to contest the final of the 2009 Women's World Twenty20, which England also won. Each of the top four in the 2009 tournament automatically qualified for the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup. Neither England nor New Zealand reached the final of that tournament, but instead met in the third-place playoff, which England won by four wickets.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup squads
The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup squads consisted of 119 players from eight national women's cricket teams. Organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, held in Australia, was the ninth edition of the competition. England won the tournament for the second time, defeating New Zealand by four wickets in the final.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup squads
Each team selected a squad of up to 15 players, and any changes to that squad due to illness or injury had to be requested in writing and approved by the ICC's Event Technical Committee. Three such replacements were made to the squads, with South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies making a change. England entered the tournament with the top-ranked players in both the ICC's batting and bowling rankings, Claire Taylor and Isa Guha respectively, but Australia were commonly listed in the press as favourites to win the tournament. Taylor finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer, accumulating 324 runs, and her England teammate Laura Marsh was the most prolific wicket-taker, claiming 16 wickets.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup squads
At the conclusion of the tournament, an ICC panel selected their team of the tournament. The player of the tournament, England's Claire Taylor, was one of five English players, along with Katherine Brunt, Marsh, Sarah Taylor, and Charlotte Edwards, the last of whom was chosen as the team's captain. Finalists New Zealand had two representatives—Suzie Bates and Kate Pulford, and in addition, Sophie Devine was selected as the twelfth player. Three Indians were included—Mithali Raj, Amita Sharma and Priyanka Roy—as was Shelley Nitschke of Australia.


2009 Women's Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting, Highest partnerships of the tournament
The partnership of Bates/Tiffen is the highest partnership in all the world cups


2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I
The 2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I was the third edition of the Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, the third level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Olten, Switzerland from 9 to 15 August 2009.


2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I
The hosts Switzerland won its first EuroHockey Nations Challenge I title and were promoted to the 2011 EuroHockey Championship II.


2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The 2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 9th edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from August 22 to August 29, 2009 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.


2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Results, Classification Round, Fifth to eighth place classification
The third and fourth place team in each pool competed in a pool to determine the fifth to eighth-place winners. The last two placers will be relegated to EuroHockey Nations Trophy in 2011. Note that the match played against each other in pool A or B counts in the pool C classification.


2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Statistics, Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 86 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.3 goals per match.


2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
The 2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy was the third edition of the Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, the second level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 19 to 25 July 2009 in Rome, Italy.


2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
Belgium won its first EuroHockey Nations Trophy title and were promoted to the 2011 EuroHockey Championship together with the hosts Italy.


2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.


2009 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
The 7th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Mykolaiv, Ukraine from September 15 to 20, 2009. This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EUBC. 113 fighters representing 26 federations competed in 11 weight classes, the limits of which had changed since the previous edition of the championships.


2009 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
Russia topped the medals table (as they had done in the six  previous editions of these championships), although host country Ukraine won more medals in total including 5 bronzes. Featherweight (57kg) victor Sofia Ochigava was voted Best Boxer of the tournament.


2009 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2009 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria from June 24 to 28. The event, an annual competition, was the fourth since its conception. It was organised by the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) and 62 fighters from 12 federations participated in 11 weight divisions.


2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship
The 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 26th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. The cities that hosted matches were Bydgoszcz, Łódź, Katowice and Wrocław in Poland, from 25 September to 4 October 2009.


2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format
The tournament was played in three different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups (A, B, C and D) of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the second stage.


2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format
The second stage of the tournament consisted of two groups of six teams each. As the first stage match results amongst the teams which advanced to this stage also counted, the two groups have been predetermined, one group formed by groups A and C teams while the other was formed by groups B and D teams.


2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format
In each of the two groups, the teams played once against every opponent they haven not faced in the tournament (total of three matches each), adding that to the results obtained against the other two teams who also advanced from the first stage same group. The two group winners and two runners-up from this second stage advanced the third stage.


2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format
The third and final stage of the tournament was composed of the semifinals, third place match and final. A drawing of lots decided which winner played which runner-up in the semifinals.


2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Venues
The tournament was played at four venues in four cities throughout Poland. Each city hosted a group stage. Łódź and Katowice hosted the two Playoff Rounds. Łódź also concluded the Championship with the Semifinals & Final.


2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Final round
A drawing of lots determined, which group-winner plays which runner-up in the semifinals.


2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship, held in the Poland from 25 September to 4 October 2009.


2009 Women's European Volleyball League
The 2009 Women's European Volleyball League was the first edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by eight European countries from May 22 to June 28, 2009. The Final Four was held in Kayseri, Turkey from July 11 to July 12.


2009 Women's Ford National Hockey League
The 2009 Women's Ford National Hockey League was the 11th edition of the women's field hockey tournament in New Zealand. The competition was held in five cities across the country, from 12 to 27 September.


2009 Women's Ford National Hockey League
Central won the title for the second time, defeating Midlands 4–3 in the final. North Harbour finished in third place after winning the bronze medal match 2–1 over Auckland.


2009 Women's Ford National Hockey League, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 136 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 4.25 goals per match.


2009 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
The 2009 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations was the fifth edition of the Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of Africa organised by the African Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the men's tournament in Accra, Ghana from 11 to 16 July 2009.


2009 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations
The winner qualified for the 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup.


2009 Women's Hockey Asia Cup
The 2009 Women's Hockey Asia Cup was the seventh edition of the women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Bangkok  from 29 October to 8 November 2009.


2009 Women's Hockey Asia Cup
China won the tournament for the second time, defeating India 5–3 in the final. South Korea finished in third place after defeating Japan 4–3 in the third place playoff.


2009 Women's Hockey Asia Cup
The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2010 FIH World Cup, with the top two teams qualifying.


2009 Women's Hockey Asia Cup, Competition format
The teams were divided into Pool A and Pool B. The competition comprised a single round-robin format in each pool, with each team playing each other once. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams advanced to the medal round, while the remaining teams played off for classifications.


2009 Women's Hockey Asia Cup, Officials
The following umpires were appointed by the Asian Hockey Federation and the FIH to officiate the tournament:


2009 Women's Hockey Asia Cup, Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2009 Women's Hockey Asia Cup, Goalscorers
There were 237 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 6.77 goals per match.


2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I
The 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I is the fifth tournament of the field hockey championship for women. It was held from October 11 to October 18, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. The tournament was won by New Zealand and promoted to the Champions Trophy in 2011.


2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 50 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.


2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge II
The 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge II was held from June 21 to June 27, 2009 in Kazan, Russia.


2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge II
India won the tournament after defeating Belgium 6–3 in the final, gaining qualification to the 2011 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I.


2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge II, Statistics, Final ranking
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 17th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 11 and 19 July 2009 in Sydney, Australia.


2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
Argentina won the tournament for the third time after defeating Australia 4–3 in the final on penalty strokes after a 0–0 draw.


2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
Despite finishing runner-up, Australia were relegated from next year's tournament instead of the sixth-placed team England, due to England being the host of the 2010 edition. Relegation was decided based on rankings from the 2008 Olympics. Australian coach Frank Murray strongly criticised the rule, calling it "a ridiculous qualification process", upon discovering prior to the final that Australia would have to win the tournament to avoid relegation. He stated that the tournament's lowest-placed team bar the next hosts should instead be relegated, and noted that the rule incentivised Australia to deliberately lose to England, to help England to finish higher than sixth.


2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Teams
The International Hockey Federation announced the qualified teams for this event:


2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Umpires
Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:


2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 59 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.28 goals per match.


2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
The 2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the sixth tournament of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from August 3 to August 16, 2009 in Boston, United States.


2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
The Netherlands won the tournament for the second time after defeating Argentina 3–0 in the final. Defending champions South Korea won the third-place match by defeating England 2–1.


2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, Qualification
Each continental federation got a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Along with the host nation, 16 teams competed in the tournament.


2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, Statistics, Final ranking
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 255 goals scored in 58 matches, for an average of 4.4 goals per match.


2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup squads
This article lists the confirmed squads for the 2009 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup tournament held in Boston, United States between 3 and 16 August 2009.


2009 Women's Hockey Spar Cup
The 2009 Women's Hockey SPAR Cup was an invitational international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. The event, organised by the South African Hockey Association, was hosted in Durban from 2–6 June 2009, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.


2009 Women's Hockey Spar Cup
Australia won the tournament after defeating Argentina 3–1 in final.


2009 Women's Hockey Spar Cup, Competition format
The tournament featured the national teams of Argentina, Australia, India, and the hosts, South Africa, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points will be awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.


2009 Women's Hockey Spar Cup, Statistics, Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2009 Women's Hockey Spar Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 40 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.


2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup
The 2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, the eighth World Cup played, is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament was held at SK Slavia Praha Sport Centre in Prague, Czech Republic from June 17 to June 27, 2009. USA defeated Australia in the finals to win the tournament.


2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, Sponsoring organizations
The event is sponsored by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) and the Czech Women’s Lacrosse (CWL). This tournament was first held in 1982 and is held every four years. It is the first major event to be sponsored by the FIL. In August 2008, the men's international governing body International Lacrosse Federation merged with the former governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, to form the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL).


2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, Sponsoring organizations
The CWL also sponsors the 12th annual Prague Cup as an associated event. This tournament, held at the same venue as the World Cup, allows international club teams to compete at the same time in the open event.


2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, Teams
Sixteen teams, the most ever, competed in the 2009 World Cup tournament. New entries include: Austria, Denmark, Haudenosaunee, Ireland, South Korea, and the Netherlands. The Haudenosaunee is the first team of women to represent the indigenous peoples of the Americas in the Women's World Cup. Lacrosse is seen as a sacred sport to the Iroquois and was traditionally a sport reserved for only men. In earlier tournaments, clan mothers protested the women's team playing the sacred sport and threatened to lay down on the field to prevent them from playing.


2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, Teams
The tournament saw the return of defending gold medal winners Australia, as well as Canada, England, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, United States, Wales and the Czech Republic.


2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, Teams
Teams were split into three separate pools. Pool A (Australia, United States, England, Canada, and Japan) and Pool B (Wales, Scotland, Czech Republic, Germany and New Zealand) played round robins games against each team in their pool seeding for the quarterfinals. Pool C (Austria, Denmark, Haudenosaunee, Ireland, Korea and Netherlands) played in two mini-pools ((I)& (II)) to determine who will advance to the next round of play. The quarterfinals were followed by consolation games, the semifinals, and the bronze and gold medal games.


2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, Round Robin results
WPct. = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, P.I.M. = Penalty Minutes, PPG= Points per Game


2009 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
The 2009 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, there eight countries competed from September 22 to September 27, 2009 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The top finisher qualified for the 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup in Japan.


2009 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2009 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, held from September 22 to September 27, 2009 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.


2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The 2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. It was won by South Florida. The 41st annual tournament was played from March 18, 2009 to April 4, 2009, entirely on campus sites. The highest ranked team in each conference that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the WNIT Selection Committee.


2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament
South Florida beat Kansas 75–71 in the championship game to win the WNIT. This was the first postseason championship of any kind for the Bulls women's basketball team.


2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament, Seeding
Teams are not seeded in the WNIT. Rather, teams are placed into one of three tiers. Teams in the upper tier are spread around the bracket as best as possible, although not every upper tier team receives a first round bye. Lower tier and middle tier teams tend to meet in the first round, while upper tier teams will usually play winners of first-round games in the second round. The organizers attempt to bracket the first two rounds based on geography. The location of games is determined in part by seed, but also by facility availability and other factors.


2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament, Final Four
Kansas took on Illinois State in the first semifinal, held at Allen Fieldhouse. The first half was a back-and-forth battle, featuring three ties and nine lead changes. Kansas held a small six point lead at halftime. In the second half Kansas appeared to take charge, opening up a 17 point lead 48–31 with just over 13 minutes to go. The Redbirds did not go away, and chipped away at the lead, cutting it to single digits just after midway through the half, and down to a single point with three seconds to go in the game.


2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament, Final Four
With two seconds left, Danielle McCray was fouled and went to the line eating both free throws. Illinois State needed a three pointer to tie but turned it over with one second left in the game, leaving Kansas to take the win and head to the championship game. McCray led all scorers with 31 points.


2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament, Final Four
South Florida took on Boston College in the other semifinal, held in Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The game was very close for the first three quarters of the game with neither team holding more than a six point lead. Boston College hit a three-point jumper to make it a one point game midway through the second half, but did not score another field goal for over six minutes, allowing the Bulls to open up a 15 point lead. South Florida ended up with the win 82–65. Carolyn Swords led all scorers with 22 points in the losing effort, while Jasmine Wynne finished with 19 points for the Bulls.


2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament, Final Four
South Florida faced Kansas in the championship game held at Allen Fieldhouse. The attendance was 16,113, representing not just a Kansas record but the largest home attendance for a women's game in Big 12 history. the Bulls opened up an early 10 point lead, but Kansas responded by taking back a small lead late in the first half. South Florida held Kansas scoreless for a four minute stretch allowing them to open up a 12 point lead early in the second half.


2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament, Final Four
Kansas cut the lead briefly to five points before the Bulls open the lead back up to double digits. The Jayhawks then held the Bulls scoreless for nearly three minutes and cut the lead to 67–66. The Bulls hit a bucket and a free throw to extend their lead to four, then Kansas turned it over when attempting to cut into the lead. South Florida ran out much of the remaining time and hit a shot from baseline to increase the margin to five points with less than 30 seconds to play. The Bulls ended up winning the championship 75–71. It was the first postseason championship for South Florida. Danielle McCray led all scorers with 24 points for Kansas.


2009 Women's Oceania Cup
The 2009 Women's Oceania Cup was the sixth edition of the women's field hockey tournament. It was held from 25 to 29 August in Invercargill.


2009 Women's Oceania Cup
The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2010 FIH World Cup.


2009 Women's Oceania Cup
New Zealand won the tournament for the second time, defeating Australia 4–3 in penalties after the final finished as a 2–2 draw.


2009 Women's Oceania Cup, Statistics, Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2009 Women's Oceania Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 40 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 10 goals per match.


2009 Women's Oceania Handball Championship
The 2009 Oceania Women's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the Oceania Handball Nations Cup, which took place in Brisbane, Australia from 25 to 30 May 2009. Australia won the right represent Oceania in the World Cup.


2009 Women's Pan American Cup
The 2009 Women's Pan American Cup was the 3rd edition of the Women's Pan American Cup, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of the Americas organised by the Pan American Hockey Federation. It was held between 7 and 15 February 2009 in Hamilton, Bermuda.


2009 Women's Pan American Cup
The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2010 World Cup to be held in Rosario, Argentina. The winner would qualify directly while teams ranked between second and sixth would have the chance to obtain one of three berths at the World Cup Qualifiers. The top six teams also qualified for the 2013 Women's Pan American Cup.


2009 Women's Pan American Cup
Argentina won the tournament for the third consecutive time after defeating the United States 7–6 in the final on penalty strokes after a 2–2 draw. The United States made a protest against the result of the sudden death penalty stroke alleging irregularities before the shot performed by Noel Barrionuevo but were overruled by the tournament director. After submitting an appeal to the said decision, it was overruled by the Jury of Appeal. As the protest was made right after the match finished, only the bronze medals were given to the players. The trophy and gold and silver medals were awarded at the airport, just before both teams took their flights returning to their countries.


2009 Women's Pan American Cup
As future hosts of the 2010 World Cup, Argentina had a berth to participate at it regardless of their ranking in this tournament. By winning it, the European confederation received an extra quota.


2009 Women's Pan American Cup, Umpires
Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the Pan American Hockey Federation:


2009 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2009 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the eighth edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by eleven countries from June 24 to July 5, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The intercontinental event served as a qualifier for the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2009 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2009 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, held from June 24 to July 5, 2009 in Miami, Florida.


2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs
The 2009 WPS Playoffs were the postseason to Women's Professional Soccer's 2009 Season, that started on August 15 and culminated on August 22 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.


2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs, Format
The top four WPS teams, based on their regular season finishes, qualified for the playoffs. In the First Round, the third-ranked team hosted the fourth-ranked team. The winner of that match advances to the Super Semifinal, where they traveled to the second-ranked team. Finally, the regular season first-ranked team hosted the winner of the Super Semifinal in the WPS Championship match.


2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs, Format
This format, fairly unusual in the American sports landscape, preserves the knockout-style postseason most American sports fans are familiar with, while also highly favoring the regular season first-ranked team.


2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs, Media coverage
Both the First Round and the WPS Championship was viewable on Fox Sports Network, while the Super Semifinal was on Fox Soccer Channel. Also, all three matches were webcast on the .


2009 Women's Professional Soccer season
The 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season served as the inaugural season for WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on March 29 and ended on August 9, with the postseason being held between August 15 and 21.


2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, Related Competitions, All-Star Game
WPS All-Star 2009 was played on August 30 at Soccer Park in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri, with the WPS All-Stars defeating Swedish powerhouse Umeå IK of Damallsvenskan 4–2. The match was televised in the US on Fox Soccer Channel.


2009 Women's Six Nations Championship
The 2009 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2009 RBS Women's 6 Nations, was the eighth series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship, due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland.


2009 Women's Six Nations Championship
England comfortably won a third successive Grand Slam in 2008 and were favourites to make the four in 2009. However, though England did retain the title, it was only on points difference. The loss of key players to the World Cup Sevens was significant in making this an extraordinary championship full of remarkable results such as:


2009 Women's Six Nations Championship
The fixtures for the Women's Six Nations ran parallel those of the men's tournament.


2009 Women's South American Volleyball Championship
The 2009 Women's South American Volleyball Championship was the 28th edition of the Women's South American Volleyball Championship, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was held in Porto Alegre, Brazil from September 30 to October 4, 2009.


2009 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship
The 2009 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship was the 2009 annual edition of the women's volleyball tournament, played by six teams from 3 countries over October 14–18, 2009 in Lima, Peru.


2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup
The 2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the inaugural cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July, with 32 teams taking part: 30 county teams plus Wales and Scotland. Surrey Women won the Twenty20 Cup, as champions of Division One. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2009 Women's County Championship.


2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Competition Format
Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned the Champions. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.


2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Competition Format
The championship worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:


2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Competition Format
Win: 2 points. Tie: 1 point. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.


2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Teams
The 2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into eight divisions, Division One to Division Eight. Teams played each other once.


2009 Women's World Floorball Championships
The 2009 Women's World Floorball Championships were the seventh world championships in women's floorball. The tournament was held from December 5 to 12, 2009 in Västerås, Sweden. Matches took place in the Bombardier Arena and ABB Arena Nord. Sweden won the tournament defeating Switzerland, 6-2, in the final-game while Finland defeated the Czech Republic, 3-1, in the bronze medal game.


2009 Women's World Floorball Championships, Championship results, Playoffs, World Championship match
0:3 Emelie Lindström - 23.521:4 Malin Dalbjer - 25.451:5 Hermine Dahlerus - 25.592:6 Victoria Wikström - 48.44


2009 Women's World Open Squash Championship
The 2009 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The championship is part of the WISPA Platinum series of the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA) World Tour. The event took place in Amsterdam in the Netherlands from 20 to 27 September 2009.


2009 Women's World Open Squash Championship, Draw and results
Note: * Q = Qualifier, * WC = Wild Card, * w/o = Walkover, * r = Retired


2009 Worcestershire County Council election
An election to Worcestershire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections, alongside the 31 other County Councils, five of which are unitary, and a few other areas. The election had been delayed from 7 May, to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. 57 councillors were elected from 53 wards, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The wards were unchanged from the previous election in 2005. The election saw the Conservative Party retain overall control of the council with a majority of 14 seats, up from a majority of just 2 seats.


2009 Worcestershire County Council election
All locally registered electors (British, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections.


2009 Worcestershire County Council election
It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.


2009 Workers' Party (Brazil) leadership election
The 2009 Workers' Party Leadership Election was held on November 22 in order to renew all leaderships of the party (regional, municipal, state and national). On December 6, a second round will be held to determine the new presidents of the party on the states of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte, and Amapá, and several municipalities. On the party's fourth direct election process (Portuguese: processo de eleição direta - PED), 1,3 million members were able to vote. The first round results were officially released on November 26, with former Petrobras president José Eduardo Dutra being elected the national president of the Workers' Party with over 58% of the vote.


2009 Workers' Party (Brazil) leadership election, National results, President
Former Petrobras president José Eduardo Dutra, from the faction O Partido que Muda o Brasil (English: The Party that Changes Brazil), also known as the "Majority Field", was elected president on the first round with over 58% of the vote. His election is seen as favoring the party's alliance with the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party for the general election of 2010, in which he will be responsible for the party's presidential campaign. He was criticized by the press for having mensalão scandal figures, such as José Dirceu, on his coalition.


2009 Workers' Party (Brazil) leadership election, National results, President
This will be the first time since the corruption scheme was triggered that such names will return to the National Leadership of the party. The candidate for Mensagem ao Partido (English: Message to the Party), - a dissident faction from the "Majority Field" that arose after the scandal to ask for the expulsion of those involved -, José Eduardo Cardzo, a federal deputy for the State of São Paulo was the runner-up, having received almost 18% of the vote, a decrease from his 19% score in the last election.


2009 Workers' Party (Brazil) leadership election, National results, President
Nevertheless, he had almost 20,000 more votes, once the party membership grew significantly in the period. Geraldo Magela of Movimento Partido para Todos (English: Movement Party for All) had 12% of the vote, followed by Iriny Lopes of Esquerda Socialista (English: Socialist Left) with 9.9%, Markus Sokol of Terra, Trabalho e Soberania (English: Land, Labor and Sovereignty) with 1%, and Serge Goulart of Virar à Esquerda! Retornar ao Socialismo! (English: Turn to Left! Return to Socialism!) with 0.7%.


2009 Workers' Party (Brazil) leadership election, National results, National Leadership
The National Leadership of the Workers' Party is composed of 81 seats to be divided between the factions with the largest number of votes. O Partido que Muda o Brasil also scored the highest number of votes, in spite of having received nearly 20,000 fewer votes than in the presidential race.


2009 Workington floods
During the twenty-four hours before Friday 20 November 2009, rainfall of over 300 mm was recorded in Cumbria. Flooding along the Borrowdale and Derwent Valley meant that some areas were up to 8 feet (2.44 m) deep in water. The surge of water off the fells of the Lake District which flowed into Workington down the River Derwent washed away a road bridge and a footbridge. PC Bill Barker was killed when Northside Bridge collapsed. The cemetery at Camerton, historically the burial ground for the community of Seaton, was badly damaged with many gravestones being damaged or upturned.


2009 Workington floods
Shortly after the town was divided, Network Rail announced the construction of a new railway station, Workington North railway station, to be completed within a week on land owned by the local council, to enable access across the river for residents.


2009 Workington floods, Bridges damaged and destroyed, Workington (or Calva) Bridge
As a result of the floods the central arch of Workington (or Calva Bridge) (built 1840) was left unsound and ready to collapse. As a Grade II listed structure, the bridge was analysed by structural experts after the floods, with the aim of being able to repair and reopen the bridge. Workington Bridge reopened to pedestrians on 11 February 2011, Now the bridge is open to vehicles.


2009 Workington floods, Bridges damaged and destroyed, Workington (or Calva) Bridge, Navvies Bridge
Navvies Bridge, was a former railway bridge, built in 1878 by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway Company. After the railway line was closed, it was used as a footpath and cycle way, linking the Northside community on the north of the river, to Workington's town centre. Navvies Bridge collapsed in the early hours of 20 November 2009. Work on designing replacement bridge began in May 2011, and the new bridge was officially opened to the public, four months later on 10 September.


2009 Workington floods, Bridges damaged and destroyed, Workington (or Calva) Bridge, New, Northside, Cloffocks or County Bridge
New Bridge (built 1904) collapsed on the morning of 20 November 2009: it carried a major road from the Low Cloffocks to the north side of the river. PC Bill Barker was directing traffic away from the bridge when it collapsed into the river. The bridge had been the subject of a Local Government Board Inquiry in 1903, which raised issues relating to its construction.


2009 Workington floods, Bridges damaged and destroyed, Workington (or Calva) Bridge, New, Northside, Cloffocks or County Bridge
Work on a permanent replacement bridge began on 15 August 2011. After completion in October 2012, the bridge was opened by HRH Princess Anne on 22 October 2012.


2009 Workington floods, Bridges damaged and destroyed, Workington (or Calva) Bridge, Misers Bridge (or Camerton Bridge)
A road bridge over a disused railway line in the village of Camerton collapsed due to floodwaters on the railway line. The bridge was the only vehicular access to the church yard of St Peter's Church in Camerton. The bridge has not been replaced, instead the gap has been filled in and levelled up.


2009 Workington floods, Bridges damaged and destroyed, Workington (or Calva) Bridge, Dock or Harbour Bridge
Dock Bridge carried a single track railway and footpath linking the steelworks and the docks. It had two sections with one span over the South Gut from the South Quay to the Merchant's Quay and the other from Merchant's Quay over the River Derwent to the north side of the river. The end of Merchant's Quay, built of sandstone blocks, was swept away by the floods. The bridge was demolished.


2009 Workington floods, Bridges damaged and destroyed, Workington (or Calva) Bridge, Barker Crossing
Royal Engineers from 3 Armoured Squadron and 170 Infrastructure Support Group, Royal Engineers installed a footbridge (200 m) upstream of Calva Bridge. Seventeen pre-fabricated bridge sections were assembled and dropped into place on the newly established foundations. The 170 ft (52m) bridge across the River Derwent took a week to build, opening 7 December 2009 Barker Crossing was opened. It was named after Bill Barker who was killed when the flood washed the old bridge away.


2009 Workington floods, Bridges damaged and destroyed, Workington (or Calva) Bridge, Barker Crossing
The crossing was taken down in February 2011, after the nearby Calva bridge was repaired and reopened to pedestrians.


2009 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships
The 2009 World Aesthetic Gymnastics Championships, the 10th edition of the Aesthetic group gymnastics competition, was held in Moscow, Russia from June 04 to 06, at the Druzhba Multipurpose Arena.


2009 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships, Medal winners
Venla Haverinen, Ida Henritius, Elina Ikonen, Anni Lehtonen, Eeva-Leena Niemelä, Outi Saari, Iida Taari, Mila Tanttu, Johanna Vikkula


2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the indoor ice rink of the Vikingskipet Olympic Arena in Hamar (Norway) on 7 and 8 February 2009.


2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The Czech Martina Sáblíková and the Dutch Sven Kramer became world champion.


2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Sven Kramer won for the third time. He also won the Dutch Allround and European Allround three times


2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Other skaters who also won the World Allround Championships three times are:


2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women's championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = DisqualifiedNS = Not started


2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men's championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualifiedNS = Not started* Fall


2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:


2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Bantamweight
The bantamweight competition was the third-lowest weight class featured  at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Bantamweights were limited to a maximum of 54 kilograms in body mass.


2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Featherweight
The Featherweight competition was the fourth-lowest weight featured  at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Featherweights were limited to a maximum of 57 kilograms in body mass.


2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Flyweight
The Flyweight competition was the second-lowest weight featured  at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Flyweights were limited to a maximum of 51 kilograms in body mass.


2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Heavyweight
The Heavyweight competition was the second-highest weight class featured  at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Heavyweights were limited to a maximum of 91 kilograms in body mass.


2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Light flyweight
The Light flyweight competition was the lightest  class featured  at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Flyweights were limited to a maximum of 48 kilograms in body mass.


2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Light heavyweight
The Light heavyweight competition was the third-highest weight class featured  at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Heavyweights were limited to a maximum of 81 kilograms in body mass.


2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Light welterweight
The Light welterweight competition was the median weight class featured  at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Welterweights were limited to a maximum of 64 kilograms in body mass.


2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Lightweight
The Lightweight competition was the five-lowest weight featured  at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Lightweights were limited to a maximum of 60 kilograms in body mass.


2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Middleweight
The Middleweight competition was the fourth-highest weight class featured  at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Middleweights allowed in the competition were limited to a maximum of 75 kilograms in body mass.


2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Super heavyweight
The Super heavyweight competition is the heaviest class featured  at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Super heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing over 91 kilograms (200.6 pounds).


2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Welterweight
The Welterweight competition was the fifth-highest weight class featured  at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Welterweights were limited to a maximum of 69 kilograms in body mass.


2009 World Aquatics Championships
The 2009 World Aquatics Championships (Italian: Campionati mondiali di nuoto 2009) or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronised swimming and water polo.


2009 World Aquatics Championships
Rome won the right to stage the event on 16 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Rome defeated rival bids from Athens (Greece), Moscow (Russia) and Yokohama (Japan).


2009 World Aquatics Championships
FINA's decision to allow the use of polyurethane suits caused these Championships to be dubbed the "Plastic Games".


2009 World Aquatics Championships, FINA Congress 2009
As is customary with the World Championships, FINA held its biennial General Congress in Rome during the event, on July 24, 2009 beginning at 9:00 a.m. At this meeting, the 22-member FINA Bureau (the executive board of the IF) was for its 2009-2013 term. Per FINA rules, the Bureau then elected the Executive officers from its members (i.e. President, Treasurer and Secretary).


2009 World Aquatics Championships, FINA Congress 2009
In addition to the General Congress, Technical Congresses (TCs), or discipline-specific meetings, will be in each present discipline, as well as an Extraordinary Congress on Masters Rules. Dates for these meetings are:


2009 World Aquatics Championships, FINA Congress 2009
Note: The Technical Congresses were scheduled to be held prior to both the start of competition within the given disciple and before the General Congress. Also note: only swimming does not have competition on the date of the General Congress.


2009 World Aquatics Championships, Swimsuit controversy
In March 2009, based on urgings from its membership, FINA had begun an attempt to implement limits to high-tech swimsuit construction that were seen by members of the swimming community as adding buoyancy, stability, speed and endurance. These efforts began after suit introductions in early 2008, and led to a May 2009 declaration by FINA on limitations to suits and a list of approved suits for competition. Following this, suit manufactures were given time to adjust their various products which had not been initially approved.


2009 World Aquatics Championships, Swimsuit controversy
In June 2009, FINA ruled on these, and subsequently was forced into backing off the suit restrictions it had named in March presumably on fear of suit (although FINA still was sued by some manufacturers, such as TYR). The net effect was that leading into the 2009 World Championships, most restrictions on suit make-up were not in force. This situation also led to rule changes being passed by both FINA's Technical Swimming Committee (on July 23) and the General Congress (July 24) placing restrictions on suits.


2009 World Aquatics Championships, Swimsuit controversy
However, these rule changes were not to go into effect until 2010, and there had been some attempts to delay this implementation (the impression from the General Congress was that the rules would be in effect on January 1, 2010; however, the FINA Executive Director was quoted a few days later as say the date within 2010 was unclear and may mean April or May). Subsequently on July 31, 2009, the FINA Bureau (the Board of the organization), solidified the implementation date as January 1, 2010.


2009 World Aquatics Championships, Swimsuit controversy
As a result, due to the believed benefit from the suits, some called these Worlds the "Plastic Games". These materials, which include polyurethane, have been claimed by some quarters to be performance enhancing. This claim can be seen to be supported by the 43 World Records set in this meet and by the fact that meet records were lowered in 38 of 40 events, with the 2 events not with new meet records occurring on the last day (in the previous 2 Worlds, "Championships Records" were bettered in 24 (2007) and 19 (2003) events).


2009 World Aquatics Championships, Swimsuit controversy
In particular, the Arena X-Glide swimsuit, worn by German Paul Biedermann, has been largely pointed to as providing Biedermann a significant advantage and allowing him to break Ian Thorpe's 400m world record as well as in defeating Michael Phelps in the 200m freestyle. Michael Phelps' coach, Bob Bowman, pointed out, "It took me five years to get Michael from 1:46 to 1:42 and this guy has done it in 11 months. That's an amazing training performance. I'd like to know how to do that." In the previous year, Biederman was only ranked 9th in the world in the 200  m freestyle and 21st in the world in the 400 m freestyle.


2009 World Archery Championships
The 2009 World Archery Championships, the 45th edition of the World Archery Championships, were held in Ulsan, South Korea from September 1–9, 2009 and were organized by the World Archery Federation(FITA). The event was contested at the Ulsan Munsu International Archery Field.


2009 World Archery Championships
This was the last edition without a Mixed Team competition, which was included as a demonstration event.


2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Compound
The men's individual compound competition at the 2009 World Archery Championships took place from 2–9 September 2009 in Ulsan, South Korea. 113 archers entered the competition, with one withdrawal before the qualification round on 2 September. As there were fewer than 128 entrants, all archers qualified for the 7-round knockout round on 5 September which was drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 9 September.


2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Compound
First seed Reo Wilde beat Liam Grimwood in the final by two points.


2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Compound, Seeds
The top 16 qualifiers received byes to the second round.


2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve
The men's individual recurve competition at the 2009 World Archery Championships took place from 4–9 September 2009 in Ulsan, South Korea. 116 archers entered the competition, with one withdrawal before the qualification round on 4 September. As there were fewer than 128 entrants, all archers qualified for the 7-round knockout round on 6 September which was drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 9 September.


2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve
The final was an all-Korean affair, with second seed Lee Chang-Hwan defeating Im Dong-Hyun by five points. It marked the last World Archery Championships in which 12 arrow shoot-offs were used for the individual recurve competition elimination rounds; from 2011 the Olympic Round scoring system was adopted.


2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve
In the qualification round, first seed Oh Jin-Hyek set a new world record of 1386. Oh Kyo-Moon's record score of 1379 had stood since 2000.


2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve, Seeds
The top 13 qualifiers received byes to the second round.


2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Compound
The men's team compound competition at the 2009 World Archery Championships took place from 2–8 September 2009 in Ulsan, South Korea. 29 teams of 3 archers took part in the men's compound qualification round on 1 September. The 16 teams with the highest cumulative totals qualified for the 4-round knockout round on 7 September which was drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 8 September.


2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Compound, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve
The men's team recurve competition at the 2009 World Archery Championships took place from 4–9 September 2009 in Ulsan, South Korea. 33 teams of 3 archers took part in the men's recurve qualification round on 4 September. The 16 teams with the highest cumulative totals qualified for the 4-round knockout round on 7 September which was drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 8 September.


2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve
Hosts Korea continued their dominance of the recurve competition, winning the final against France by two points.


2009 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2009 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Compound
The men's individual compound competition at the 2009 World Archery Championships took place from 2–9 September 2009 in Ulsan, South Korea. 83 archers competed in the qualification round on 2 September. As there were fewer than 128 entrants, all archers qualified for the 7-round knockout round on 5 September which was drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 9 September.


2009 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Compound
Second seed Albina Loginova beat Jorina Coetzee in the final.


2009 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Compound, Seeds
The top 45 qualifiers all received byes to the second round.


2009 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Recurve
The women's individual recurve competition at the 2009 World Archery Championships took place from 3–9 September 2009 in Ulsan, South Korea. 97 archers took part in the qualification round on 3 September. As there were fewer than 128 entrants, all archers qualified for the 7-round knockout round on 6 September which was drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 9 September.


2009 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Recurve
Like the men's competition, the final was an all-Korean affair, with third seed Joo Hyun-Jung defeating first seeds Kwak Ye-Ji by just one point. It marked the last World Archery Championships in which 12 arrow shoot-offs were used for the individual recurve competition elimination rounds; from 2011 the Olympic Round scoring system was adopted.


2009 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Recurve, Seeds
The top 31 qualifiers received byes to the second round.


2009 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Compound
The women's team compound competition at the 2009 World Archery Championships took place from 2–8 September 2009 in Ulsan, South Korea. 21 teams of 3 archers took part in the women's compound qualification round on 1 September. The 16 teams with the highest cumulative totals qualified for the 4-round knockout round on 7 September which was drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 8 September.


2009 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Compound, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2009 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Recurve
The women's team recurve competition at the 2009 World Archery Championships took place from 3–9 September 2009 in Ulsan, South Korea. 25 teams of 3 archers took part in the men's recurve qualification round on 4 September. The 16 teams with the highest cumulative totals qualified for the 4-round knockout round on 7 September which was drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 8 September.


2009 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Recurve
Hosts Korea continued their dominance of the recurve competition, beating Japan in the final.


2009 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Recurve, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 41st World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at The O2 Arena in London from 12 to 18 October 2009. Similar to the 2005 World Championships, there were no team competitions. Individual all-around and event finals were contested.


2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Men's qualification
The men's qualifying round took place on 13 October 2009. There were 3 subdivisions


2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's qualification
The women's qualification took place at the O2 Arena on October 14, 2009.


2009 World Baseball Classic
The 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international baseball competition. It began on March 5 and finished March 23.


2009 World Baseball Classic
Unlike in 2006, when the round-robin format of the first two rounds led to some eliminations being decided by run-difference tiebreakers, the first two rounds of the 2009 edition were modified double-elimination format. The modification was that the final game of each bracket was winner-take-all, even if won by the team emerging from the loser's bracket, although that game only affected seeding, as two teams always advanced from each bracket.


2009 World Baseball Classic
The biggest surprise in the first round was the Netherlands, which twice defeated the Dominican Republic in Pool D to advance. The second round saw the two Pool A teams (South Korea and Japan) defeat the two Pool B teams (Cuba and Mexico) while the two Pool C teams (Venezuela and the United States) defeated the two Pool D teams (Puerto Rico and the Netherlands). South Korea and Japan then advanced to the final game, playing each other for the fifth time in the tournament (split 2–2 up to that time), and Japan emerged victorious for the second straight Classic, winning the final game 5–3 in 10 innings.


2009 World Baseball Classic
For the second straight Classic, Daisuke Matsuzaka was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Format
As was the case for the 2006 tournament, the sixteen teams were split into four pools of four teams each. Whereas previously the teams played in round-robin competition in the first two rounds, this time they took part in a double-elimination format, similar to the U.S. College World Series sponsored by the NCAA. Under the new format, teams were only guaranteed to play two games. This change was made to eliminate the complicated tiebreaking procedures, which were required for one of the pools in each of the first two rounds in 2006.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Format
After the first round, the tournament was held in the U.S. The top two teams from each of the four pools—seeded from the final game in their respective pools—went to the second round, with the teams from Pools A and B meeting at Petco Park in San Diego for Pool 1, and the teams in Pools C and D playing at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens for Pool 2. Again, both pools made use of double-elimination to determine the teams qualifying for the semifinals.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Format
In another change from 2006, the four qualifying teams crossed over for the semifinals, with the winner of each pool playing against the runner-up from the other pool. The championship round process was otherwise unchanged, with each semifinal being a single elimination match, the victors meeting in the final to determine the tournament champion. All three championship round games were held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Format
In the final, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If the teams competing in the final had identical winning percentages in the tournament, then World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) would conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Rosters
Each participating national federation had a deadline of January 19, 2009 to submit a 45-man provisional roster. Final rosters of 28 players, which was required to include a minimum of 13 pitchers and two catchers, were submitted on February 24. If a player on the submitted roster was unable to play, usually due to injury, he could be substituted at any time before the start of the tournament. While rosters could not be changed during a round of competition, a team that advanced to a later round could change its roster for the later round.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Pools composition
The 16 teams that participated in the 2006 World Baseball Classic were all invited back for the 2009 tournament. The World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) changed the members of each pool as compared with the 2006 Classic, however, except for Pool A. There was no official qualifying competition.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Final standings
Organizer WBCI has no interest in the final standings and did not compute. So, it was calculated by IBAF for the IBAF Men's Baseball World Rankings.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Final standings
In the final standings, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:


2009 World Baseball Classic, Statistics leaders, Pitching
* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game** González is tied with 17 others with a 0.00 ERA but he pitched the most innings with 9.2


2009 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
As was the case for the 2006 Classic, several rules were announced for the 2009 tournament that modified the existing rules for international baseball set out by the IBAF.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
Once again there were limits on the number of pitches thrown in a game, though the limits themselves were changed from the previous tournament:


2009 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
If a pitcher reached his limit during an at bat, he was allowed to finish pitching to the batter, but was removed from the game at the end of the at bat.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
A 30–pitch outing needed to be followed by one day off, and a 50–pitch outing by four days off. No one would be allowed to pitch on three consecutive days. As the championship round was played over three consecutive days, a so-called "pitcher rest equalization" rule was added: a pitcher making 30 or more pitches in a semifinal was ineligible to pitch in the final. This negated an advantage the winners of the first semifinal would have had in the final.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
A mercy rule came into effect when one team led by either fifteen runs after five innings, or ten runs after seven innings in the first two rounds.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
Instant replay was also available to umpires during the tournament. As was introduced in Major League Baseball during the 2008 season, replays were only used to adjudicate on home run decisions, to determine whether the ball was fair or foul, over the fence or not, and the impact of fan interference.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
An alternative version of the IBAF's extra inning rule was also introduced. If after 12 innings the score was still tied, each half inning thereafter would have started with runners on second and first base. The runners would have been the eighth and ninth hitters due in that inning respectively. For example, if the number five hitter was due to lead off the inning, the number three hitter would have been on second base, and the number four hitter on first base. However, this rule was never actually employed in this year's Classic, as the two extra-inning games in the tournament ended prior to a 13th inning.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
All base coaches were required to wear protective helmets, in the aftermath of the death of Mike Coolbaugh and participating teams were required to announce the next day's starting pitcher. Additionally, a modified early termination rule was in effect for the first two rounds; had a team been ahead by 15 or more runs after five innings or ten or more runs after seven or eight innings, the game ended at that point.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Media coverage
In the United States, ESPN and the MLB Network shared the rights, with ESPN broadcasting 23 of the games, including the Finals, while MLB Network showed the remaining 16. Spanish language telecasts in the U.S. were handled by ESPN Deportes telecasting all games. Internationally, it was broadcast to 167 countries by ESPN International.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Media coverage
In the Dominican Republic, CDN (Cadena de Noticias) and CDN2 broadcast all games live (except for games played in Tokyo, shown on tape delay)


2009 World Baseball Classic, Media coverage
In Japan, J Sports broadcast all 39 games. TV Asahi (Round 1) and TBS (Round 2 and Finals) broadcast all games featuring Japan. For all games featuring Japan, they gained viewing ratings of at least 20%. The final game gained ratings in the range 30-45%.


2009 World Baseball Classic, Video games
World Baseball Classic 2009 has licensed three video games, all made in Japan: Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6, Baseball Heroes 2009and Jikkyou Pawafuru Major League 2009


2009 World Baseball Classic Pool 1
Pool 1 of the Second Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Petco Park, San Diego, California, United States from March 15 to 19, 2009.


2009 World Baseball Classic Pool 1
Like the first round, Pool 1 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The final two teams played against each other for seeding and both advanced to the semifinals.


2009 World Baseball Classic Pool 2
Pool 2 of the Second Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, United States from March 14 to 18, 2009.


2009 World Baseball Classic Pool 2
Like the first round, Pool 2 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The final two teams played against each other for seeding and both advanced to the semifinals.


2009 World Baseball Classic Pool A
Pool A of the First Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan from March 5 to 9, 2009.


2009 World Baseball Classic Pool A
Pool A was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine seeding for the Pool 1.


2009 World Baseball Classic Pool B
Pool B of the First Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico from March 8 to 12, 2009.


2009 World Baseball Classic Pool B
Pool B was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine seeding for the Pool 1.


2009 World Baseball Classic Pool C
Pool C of the First Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Rogers Centre, Toronto, Canada from March 7 to 11, 2009.


2009 World Baseball Classic Pool C
Pool C was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine seeding for the Pool 2.


2009 World Baseball Classic Pool D
Pool D of the First Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 7 to 11, 2009.


2009 World Baseball Classic Pool D
Pool D was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine seeding for the Pool 2.


2009 World Baseball Classic championship
Championship Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California, United States, from March 21 to 23, 2009.


2009 World Baseball Classic championship
Championship round was a single-elimination tournament. In the final, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If the teams competing in the final had identical winning percentages in the tournament, then World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) would conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team.


2009 World Baseball Classic championship, Results, Final − Japan 5, South Korea 3
South Korea won the coin flip held after the second semifinal between Japan and the United States, designating them as the home team for the final.