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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division I
| year = 2008
| image = 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I Logo.png
| size =
| caption =
| country = Austria
| country2 = Japan
| dates = April 13 - April 19
| num_teams = 12 (two groups of 6)
| venues = [[OlympiaWorld Innsbruck]] [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]]
| cities = 2
| games = 30
| attendance = 48239
| prevseason = [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division I|2007]]
| nextseason = [[2009 IIHF World Championship Division I|2009]]
}}

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, ''{{ih|AUT}}'' and ''{{ih|HUN}}'', advanced to the top-level championship in 2009. The bottom team in each group, ''{{ih|KOR}}'' and ''{{ih|EST}}'', was relegated to the lower-level [[IIHF World Championship Division II|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 {{flagicon|Austria}} Innsbruck.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
| {{ih|AUT}}
| Host, Relegated from Elite Pool in 2007.
|-
| {{ih|GBR}}
| Placed fourth in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|KAZ}}
| Placed third in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|KOR}}
| Placed first in Division II tournament pool, Promoted to Division I.
|-
| {{ih|NED}}
| Placed fifth in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|POL}}
| Placed second in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
|}

=== Group B ===
Group B was contested in {{flagicon|Japan}} Sapporo.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
| {{ih|CRO}}
| Placed first in Division II tournament pool, Promoted to Division I.
|-
| {{ih|EST}}
| Placed fourth in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|HUN}}
| Placed second in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|JPN}}
| Host, placed third in Group B at the 2007 Division I
|-
| {{ih|LTU}}
| Placed fifth in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament.
|-
| {{ih|UKR}}
| Relegated from Elite Pool at the 2007 tournament.
|}

== Tournament results ==
=== Group A ===
{| class="infobox bordered"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Promoted to [[2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|Elite Pool for 2009]]
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ffccff"| ||Relegated to Division II for [[2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2009]]
|}

; Group A Final standings
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rk
! Team
! GP
! W
! OTW
! OTL
! L
! GF
! GA
! DIF
! PTS
|-
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| '''1'''
| {{ih|AUT}}
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 12
| 22
| '''15'''
|-
|''' 2'''
| {{ih|KAZ}}
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 21
| 12
| 9
| '''11'''
|-
| '''3'''
| {{ih|POL}}
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 18
| 17
| 1
| '''9'''
|-
| '''4'''
| {{ih|GBR}}
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 19
| 17
| 2
| '''7'''
|-
| '''5'''
| {{ih|NED}}
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 15
| 30
| -15
| '''2'''
|-
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
| '''6'''
| {{ih|KOR}}
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 8
| 27
| -19
| '''1'''
|}

;Results
All times local.

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 13, 2008
|time = 13:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|NED}}
|score = 3 – 6
|periods = ( 1 - 3, 1 - 0, 1 - 3 )
|team2 = '''{{ih|KAZ}}'''
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 1354
|referee = Christian Oswald {{GER}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 13, 2008
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|GBR}}
|score = 1 – 2 (PS)
|periods = ( 0 - 1, 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )
|team2 = '''{{ih|POL}}'''
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 2490
|referee = Miroslav Jabavy {{CZE}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 13, 2008
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|KOR}}
|score = 0 – 8
|periods = ( 0 - 3, 0 - 4, 0 - 1 )
|team2 = '''{{ih|AUT}}'''
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 3100
|referee = Tommy Soestumoen {{NOR}}
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 14, 2008
|time = 13:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|POL}}'''
|score = 6 – 4
|periods = ( 2 - 2, 1 - 1, 3 - 1 )
|team2 = {{ih|NED}}
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 1090
|referee = Tommy Soestumoen {{NOR}}
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 14, 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|KAZ}}'''
|score = 5 – 1
|periods = ( 2 - 0, 1 - 0, 2 - 1 )
|team2 = {{ih|KOR}}
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 1270
|referee = Igor Dremelj {{SLO}}
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 14, 2008
|time = 20:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|AUT}}'''
|score = 10 – 5
|periods = ( 4 - 3, 3 - 0, 3 - 2 )
|team2 = {{ih|GBR}}
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 3100
|referee = Christian Oswald {{GER}}
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 16, 2008
|time = 13:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|KOR}}
|score = 1 – 4
|periods = ( 0 - 1, 0 - 1, 1 - 2 )
|team2 = '''{{ih|GBR}}'''
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 897
|referee = Igor Dremelj {{SLO}}
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 16, 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|POL}}
|score = 3 – 4 (PS)
|periods = ( 0 - 1, 0 - 1, 3 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 1)
|team2 = '''{{ih|KAZ}}'''
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 2132
|referee = Tommy Soestumoen {{NOR}}
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 16, 2008
|time = 20:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|AUT}}'''
|score = 5 – 1
|periods = ( 0 - 0, 1 - 1, 4 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ih|NED}}
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 3100
|referee = Miroslav Jabavy {{CZE}}
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 18, 2008
|time = 13:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|GBR}}'''
|score = 8 – 1
|periods = ( 2 - 0, 4 - 0, 2 - 1 )
|team2 = {{ih|NED}}
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 1249
|referee = Igor Dremelj {{SLO}}
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 18, 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|POL}}'''
|score = 4 – 1
|periods = ( 0 - 0, 2 - 1, 2 - 0)
|team2 = {{ih|KOR}}
|attendance = 2005
|referee = Christian Oswald {{GER}}
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 18, 2008
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|KAZ}}
|score = 3 – 4
|periods = ( 1 - 1, 1 - 2, 1 - 1 )
|team2 = '''{{ih|AUT}}'''
|attendance = 3200
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 19, 2008
|time = 13:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|NED}}'''
|score = 6 – 5 (OT)
|periods = ( 2 - 1, 2 - 3, 1 - 1, 1 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ih|KOR}}
|attendance = 1890
|referee = Miroslav Jebavy {{CZE}}
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 19, 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|KAZ}}'''
|score = 3 – 1
|periods = ( 1 - 1, 0 - 0, 2 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ih|GBR}}
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 2400
|referee = Christian Oswald {{GER}}
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 19, 2008
|time = 20:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|AUT}}'''
|score = 7 – 3
|periods = ( 1 - 1, 5 - 0, 1 - 2 )
|team2 = {{ih|POL}}
|stadium = [[TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 3200
|referee = Tommy Soestumoen {{NOR}}
}}

=== Group B ===
{| class="infobox bordered"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Promoted to [[2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|Elite Pool for 2009]]
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ffccff"| ||Relegated to Division II for [[2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2009]]
|}

; Group B Final standings
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rk
! Team
! GP
! W
! OTW
! OTL
! L
! GF
! GA
! DIF
! PTS
|-
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| '''1'''
| {{ih|HUN}}
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 7
| 15
| '''15'''
|-
| '''2'''
| {{ih|UKR}}
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 18
| 8
| 10
| '''11'''
|-
| '''3'''
| {{ih|JPN}}
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 19
| 10
| 9
| '''10'''
|-
| '''4'''
| {{ih|LTU}}
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 21
| -12
| '''6'''
|-
| '''5'''
| {{ih|CRO}}
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 15
| -10
| '''2'''
|-
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
| '''6'''
| {{ih|EST}}
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 9
| 21
| -12
| '''1'''
|}

;Results
All times local.

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 13, 2008
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|CRO}}
|score = 0 – 4
|periods = ( 0 - 1, 0 - 1, 0 - 2 )
|team2 = '''{{ih|UKR}}'''
|attendance = 593
|referee = Sean Reid {{CAN}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 13, 2008
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|EST}}
|score = 3 – 5
|periods = ( 1 - 2, 2 - 1, 0 - 2 )
|team2 = '''{{ih|HUN}}'''
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 978
|referee = Pawel Meszynski {{POL}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 13, 2008
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|LTU}}
|score = 0 – 5
|periods = ( 0 - 4, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )
|team2 = '''{{ih|JPN}}'''
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 708
|referee = Nigel Boniface {{GBR}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 14, 2008
|time = 13:00
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|UKR}}'''
|score = 3 – 1
|periods = ( 0 - 0, 2 - 1, 1 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ih|EST}}
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 195
|referee = Nigel Boniface {{GBR}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 14, 2008
|time = 16:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|HUN}}'''
|score = 6 – 0
|periods = ( 2 - 0, 2 - 0, 2 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ih|LTU}}
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 708
|referee = Sean Reid {{CAN}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 14, 2008
|time = 20:00
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|JPN}}'''
|score = 3 – 0
|periods = ( 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 2 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ih|CRO}}
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 1145
|referee = Vladimir Baluska {{SVK}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 16, 2008
|time = 13:00
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|CRO}}'''
|score = 2 – 1 (PS)
|periods = ( 0 - 1, 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 1 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ih|EST}}
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 153
|referee = Nigel Boniface {{GBR}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 16, 2008
|time = 16:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|UKR}}'''
|score = 6 – 1
|periods = ( 4 - 0, 1 - 1, 1 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ih|LTU}}
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 438
|referee = Vladimir Baluska {{SVK}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 16, 2008
|time = 20:00
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|HUN}}'''
|score = 4 – 2
|periods = ( 0 - 0, 3 - 1, 1 - 1 )
|team2 = {{ih|JPN}}
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 1363
|referee = Pawel Meszynski {{POL}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 18, 2008
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|EST}}
|score = 1 – 4
|periods = ( 0 - 1, 1 - 1, 0 - 2 )
|team2 = '''{{ih|LTU}}'''
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 238
|referee = Pawel Meszynski {{POL}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 18, 2008
|time = 16:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|HUN}}'''
|score = 3 – 0
|periods = ( 0 - 0, 1 - 0, 2 - 0 )
|team2 = {{ih|CRO}}
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 541
|referee = Vladimir Baluska {{SVK}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 18, 2008
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|JPN}}
|score = 2 – 3 (PS)
|periods = ( 0 - 0, 2 - 2, 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )
|team2 = '''{{ih|UKR}}'''
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 1879
|referee = Sean Reid {{CAN}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 19, 2008
|time = 13:00
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|LTU}}'''
|score = 4 – 3
|periods = ( 0 - 2, 1 - 0, 3 - 1)
|team2 = {{ih|CRO}}
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 989
|referee = Meszynski Pawel {{POL}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 19, 2008
|time = 16:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|JPN}}'''
|score = 7 – 3
|periods = ( 4 - 2, 1 - 0, 2 - 1)
|team2 = {{ih|EST}}
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance =
|referee = Vladimir Baluska {{SVK}}
}}

{{Hockeybox2
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 19, 2008
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|UKR}}
|score = 2 – 4
|periods = ( 0 - 2, 2 - 1, 0 - 1)
|team2 = '''{{ih|HUN}}'''
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 2544
|referee = Sean Reid {{CAN}}
}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.iihf.com/index.php?id=1414 Group A] at the [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]
*[http://www.iihf.com/index.php?id=1460 Group B] at the [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]

{{Ice Hockey World Championships}}
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