2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2008 IIHF World U20 Championship
2008 WJHC logo.gif
Tournament details
Host nation  Czech Republic
Dates December 26 - January 5
Teams 10
Venue(s) ČEZ Arena and
Tipsport Arena (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada (14 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 197  (6.35 per game)
Attendance 103,179  (3,328 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United States James van Riemsdyk (11 points)
MVP Flag of Canada Steve Mason

The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, or, as it is commonly referred to in Canada as the 2008 World Juniors and the United States, the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2008 WJHC) is the 2008 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The Elite group, what the IIHF refer to as the Top Division, was held in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, between 26 December 2007 and 5 January 2008. Canada won the gold medal for the fourth consecutive time.

Top Division

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 22 9 12
Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 4 3 0 0 1 12 5 9
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 4 2 0 0 2 12 11 6
Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 9 14 3
Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 4 0 0 0 4 7 23 0
Schedule

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

December 26, 2007
16:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 4–3
 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 7,692
December 26, 2007
20:00 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 0–3
 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 10,057
December 27, 2007
16:00 		Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 0–2
 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 3,657
December 27, 2007
20:00 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 5–2
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 3,260
December 28, 2007
18:00 		Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 1–10
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 654
December 29, 2007
16:00 		Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 2–5
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 10,194
December 29, 2007
20:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 3–4
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 8,547
December 30, 2007
18:00 		Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 3–4
 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 468
December 31, 2007
14:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 4–2
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 6,272
December 31, 2007
18:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4-1
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 1,158

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 4 4 0 0 0 17 8 12
Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 4 3 0 0 1 18 14 9
Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 4 1 1 0 2 16 15 5
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 4 1 0 0 3 8 16 3
Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 4 0 0 1 3 9 15 1
Schedule

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

December 26, 2007
16:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 5–1
 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 1,029
December 26, 2007
20:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 4–7
 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 1,720
December 27, 2007
16:00 		Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 4–5
 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 796
December 27, 2007
20:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 4–3 OT
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 980
December 28, 2007
18:00 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 2–4
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 1,222
December 29, 2007
16:00 		Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 0–5
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 1,354
December 29, 2007
20:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 2–3
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 4,654
December 30, 2007
18:00 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 1–3
 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 513
December 31, 2007
14:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 4–3
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 551
December 31, 2007
18:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 5–3
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 1,133

Relegation Round

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 3 3 0 0 0 17 5 9
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 3 2 0 0 1 9 12 6
Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 8 10 3
Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 3 0 0 0 3 8 15 0

Note: Matches Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 3–4 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia and Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 1–3 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan from the Preliminary Round (both on Dec 30th, 2007) are included as well since these results carry forward

Schedule

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

January 2, 2008
16:00 		Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 5–2
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 564
January 2, 2008
20:00 		Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 6–3
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 149
January 3, 2008
16:00 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 5–2
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 251
January 3, 2008
20:00 		Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 8–0
 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 564

Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark and Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland are relegated to Division I for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Final Round

Quarter Finals
January 2, 2008
16:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4–2
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 5,187
January 2, 2008
20:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 4–1
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 8,420
5th Place Playoff
January 3, 2008
18:00 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 5–1
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 483
Semi Finals
January 4, 2008
16:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 2–1 OT
 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 3,286
January 4, 2008
20:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 1–4
 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 5,621
Bronze Medal Game
January 5, 2008
16:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 2–4
 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 5,468
Gold Medal Game
January 5, 2008
20:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 2–3 OT
 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 7,480

Final standings

Team
Gold medal icon.png Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
Silver medal icon.png Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
Bronze medal icon.png Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
4th Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
5th Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic
6th Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
7th Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
8th Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan
9th Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
10th Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark

Division I

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 18, 2007. Group A was played at Bad Toelz, Germany. Group B was played at Riga, Latvia:

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 5 5 0 0 0 42 6 15
Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria 5 4 0 0 1 36 11 12
Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 5 3 0 0 2 19 16 9
Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland 5 1 0 1 3 7 24 4
Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine 5 0 1 1 3 10 26 3
Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania 5 0 1 0 4 8 39 2

Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany is promoted to Pool A and Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 5 4 0 0 1 28 9 12
Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus 5 4 0 0 1 21 8 12
Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia 5 3 1 0 1 17 8 11
Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary 5 2 0 0 3 17 21 6
Flag of France.svg.png France 5 1 0 0 4 14 29 3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain 5 0 0 1 4 8 30 1

Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia is promoted to Pool A and Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Division II

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 16, 2007. Group A was played at Canazei, Italy. Group B was played at Tallinn, Estonia:

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy 5 5 0 0 0 37 8 15
Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan 5 4 0 0 1 37 7 12
Flag of South Korea.svg.png South Korea 5 3 0 0 2 18 11 9
Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium 5 1 1 0 3 12 21 5
Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania 5 1 0 1 3 13 30 4
Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland 5 0 0 0 5 7 47 0

Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy is promoted to Division I and Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia 5 4 1 0 0 35 8 14
Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands 5 4 0 1 0 36 5 13
Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia 5 3 0 0 2 24 19 9
Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain 5 2 0 0 3 24 27 6
Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 8 27 3
Flag of China.svg.png China 5 0 0 0 5 8 49 0

Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia is promoted to Division I and Flag of China.svg.png China is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Division III

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, that was held from January 16 through January 24, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand 6 6 0 0 0 66 15 18
Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia 6 5 0 0 1 55 7 15
Flag of Armenia.svg.png Armenia 6 4 0 0 2 47 23 12
Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia 6 3 0 0 3 44 23 9
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa 6 2 0 0 4 26 52 6
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey 6 1 0 0 5 18 62 3
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria 6 0 0 0 6 10 84 0

Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand and Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia were promoted to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

References

External links

Preceded by
2007 World Juniors 		World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

See also: 2008 World Championships 		Succeeded by
2009 World Juniors
World Junior Championships
IIHF World U20 Championship (1974-)

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