The 2009 FIG World Cup circuit in Rhythmic Gymnastics includes six category A events and two category B events. With stopovers in Europe only, the competitions took place on March 6âÂÂ8 in Budapest (HUN), April 4âÂÂ5 in Saint Petersburg (RUS), April 16âÂÂ19 in Portimão (POR), April 25âÂÂ26 in Maribor (SLO), April 30 â May 2 in Pesaro (ITA), May 8âÂÂ10 in Corbeil-Essonnes (FRA), August 15âÂÂ17 in Kyiv (UKR) and August 21âÂÂ23 in Minsk (BLR). Two events were open only to individual athletes (Maribor and Corbeil-Essonnes), while six were open to both individual athletes and groups. In all of the events, all-around competitions served as qualifications for the finals by apparatus. The world ranking points collected by the competitors at their best four World Cup events added up to a total, and the top scorers in each event were crowned winners of the overall series at the final event in Minsk, Belarus.