2008 IIHF World Championship Division I

2008 IIHF World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host nations	Austria / Japan
Dates	April 13 - April 19
Teams	12 (two groups of 6)
Venue(s)	OlympiaWorld Innsbruck Tsukisamu Gymnasium (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Attendance	48,239  (1,608 per game)

The 2008 IIHF Division I World Championship was an ice hockey tournament under the authority of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested from April 13-19, 2008. The tournament was played amongst two separate groups, with the best team in each group, Austria and Hungary, advanced to the top-level championship in 2009. The bottom team in each group, South Korea and Estonia, was relegated to the lower-level Division II.

Group A's tournament was held in Innsbruck, Austria. The Group B games was hosted by Sapporo, Japan

Participants

Group A

Group A was contested in Innsbruck.

Team	Qualification
Austria	Host, Relegated from Elite Pool in 2007.
Great Britain	Placed fourth in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament.
Kazakhstan	Placed third in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
South Korea	Placed first in Division II tournament pool, Promoted to Division I.
Netherlands	Placed fifth in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
Poland	Placed second in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.

Group B

Group B was contested in Sapporo.

Team	Qualification
Croatia	Placed first in Division II tournament pool, Promoted to Division I.
Estonia	Placed fourth in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
Hungary	Placed second in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament.
Japan	Host, placed third in Group B at the 2007 Division I
Lithuania	Placed fifth in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament.
Ukraine	Relegated from Elite Pool at the 2007 tournament.

Tournament results

Group A

	Promoted to Elite Pool for 2009
	Relegated to Division II for 2009

Group A Final standings

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	Austria	5	5	0	0	0	34	12	22	15
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	1	0	1	21	12	9	11
3	Poland	5	2	1	1	1	18	17	1	9
4	Great Britain	5	2	0	1	2	19	17	2	7
5	Netherlands	5	0	1	0	4	15	30	-15	2
6	South Korea	5	0	0	1	4	8	27	-19	1

Results

All times local.

April 13, 2008 13:30

Netherlands

3 – 6 ( 1 - 3, 1 - 0, 1 - 3 )

Kazakhstan

TWK Arena Attendance: 1354

Game reference

April 13, 2008 16:30

Great Britain

1 – 2 (PS) ( 0 - 1, 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )

Poland

TWK Arena Attendance: 2490

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April 13, 2008 20:30

South Korea

0 – 8 ( 0 - 3, 0 - 4, 0 - 1 )

Austria

TWK Arena Attendance: 3100

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April 14, 2008 13:30

Poland

6 – 4 ( 2 - 2, 1 - 1, 3 - 1 )

Netherlands

TWK Arena Attendance: 1090

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April 14, 2008 17:00

Kazakhstan

5 – 1 ( 2 - 0, 1 - 0, 2 - 1 )

South Korea

TWK Arena Attendance: 1270

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April 14, 2008 20:30

Austria

10 – 5 ( 4 - 3, 3 - 0, 3 - 2 )

Great Britain

TWK Arena Attendance: 3100

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April 16, 2008 13:30

South Korea

1 – 4 ( 0 - 1, 0 - 1, 1 - 2 )

Great Britain

TWK Arena Attendance: 897

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April 16, 2008 17:00

Poland

3 – 4 (PS) ( 0 - 1, 0 - 1, 3 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 1)

Kazakhstan

TWK Arena Attendance: 2132

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April 16, 2008 20:30

Austria

5 – 1 ( 0 - 0, 1 - 1, 4 - 0 )

Netherlands

TWK Arena Attendance: 3100

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April 18, 2008 13:30

Great Britain

8 – 1 ( 2 - 0, 4 - 0, 2 - 1 )

Netherlands

TWK Arena Attendance: 1249

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April 18, 2008 17:00

Poland

4 – 1 ( 0 - 0, 2 - 1, 2 - 0)

South Korea

TWK Arena Attendance: 2005

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April 18, 2008 20:30

Kazakhstan

3 – 4 ( 1 - 1, 1 - 2, 1 - 1 )

Austria

TWK Arena Attendance: 3200

Game reference

April 19, 2008 13:30

Netherlands

6 – 5 (OT) ( 2 - 1, 2 - 3, 1 - 1, 1 - 0 )

South Korea

TWK Arena Attendance: 1890

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April 19, 2008 17:00

Kazakhstan

3 – 1 ( 1 - 1, 0 - 0, 2 - 0 )

Great Britain

TWK Arena Attendance: 2400

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April 19, 2008 20:30

Austria

7 – 3 ( 1 - 1, 5 - 0, 1 - 2 )

Poland

TWK Arena Attendance: 3200

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Group B

	Promoted to Elite Pool for 2009
	Relegated to Division II for 2009

Group B Final standings

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	22	7	15	15
2	Ukraine	5	3	1	0	1	18	8	10	11
3	Japan	5	3	0	1	1	19	10	9	10
4	Lithuania	5	2	0	0	3	9	21	-12	6
5	Croatia	5	0	1	0	4	5	15	-10	2
6	Estonia	5	0	0	1	4	9	21	-12	1

Results

All times local.

April 13, 2008 13:00

Croatia

0 – 4 ( 0 - 1, 0 - 1, 0 - 2 )

Ukraine

Attendance: 593

Game reference

April 13, 2008 16:30

Estonia

3 – 5 ( 1 - 2, 2 - 1, 0 - 2 )

Hungary

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 978

Game reference

April 13, 2008 20:00

Lithuania

0 – 5 ( 0 - 4, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )

Japan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 708

Game reference

April 14, 2008 13:00

Ukraine

3 – 1 ( 0 - 0, 2 - 1, 1 - 0 )

Estonia

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 195

Game reference

April 14, 2008 16:30

Hungary

6 – 0 ( 2 - 0, 2 - 0, 2 - 0 )

Lithuania

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 708

Game reference

April 14, 2008 20:00

Japan

3 – 0 ( 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 2 - 0 )

Croatia

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 1145

Game reference

April 16, 2008 13:00

Croatia

2 – 1 (PS) ( 0 - 1, 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 1 - 0 )

Estonia

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 153

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April 16, 2008 16:30

Ukraine

6 – 1 ( 4 - 0, 1 - 1, 1 - 0 )

Lithuania

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 438

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April 16, 2008 20:00

Hungary

4 – 2 ( 0 - 0, 3 - 1, 1 - 1 )

Japan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 1363

Game reference

April 18, 2008 13:00

Estonia

1 – 4 ( 0 - 1, 1 - 1, 0 - 2 )

Lithuania

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 238

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April 18, 2008 16:30

Hungary

3 – 0 ( 0 - 0, 1 - 0, 2 - 0 )

Croatia

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 541

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April 18, 2008 20:00

Japan

2 – 3 (PS) ( 0 - 0, 2 - 2, 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )

Ukraine

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 1879

Game reference

April 19, 2008 13:00

Lithuania

4 – 3 ( 0 - 2, 1 - 0, 3 - 1)

Croatia

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 989

Game reference

April 19, 2008 16:30

Japan

7 – 3 ( 4 - 2, 1 - 0, 2 - 1)

Estonia

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo

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April 19, 2008 20:00

Ukraine

2 – 4 ( 0 - 2, 2 - 1, 0 - 1)

Hungary

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 2544

Game reference

External links

• Group A at the IIHF
• Group B at the IIHF

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