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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division II
| year = 2008
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Romania
| country2 = Australia
| dates = April 7 - April 13
| num_teams = 12 (two groups of 6)
| venues = 2
| cities = 2
| prevseason = [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division II|2007]]
| nextseason = [[2009 IIHF World Championship Division II|2009]]
}}

'''The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II ''' was an international [[Ice hockey]] tournament run by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]. The tournament was contested from April 7–13, 2008. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in [[Miercurea Ciuc]], [[Romania]]. Group B's games were played in [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Australia]].

==Groupings==
=== Group A ===
'''Group A''' was contested in {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Miercurea Ciuc]]:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! 2007 Result
|-
| {{ih|BEL}}
| Placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]].
|-
| {{ih|BUL}}
| Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]].
|-
| {{ih|IRL}}
| Placed 2nd in Division III in [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]].
|-
| {{ih|ISR}}
| Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]].
|-
| {{ih|ROU}}
| '''Host''', Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]].
|-
| {{ih|SRB}}
| Placed 4th in Division II-Group A in [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]].
|}

===Group B===
'''Group B''' was contested in {{flagicon|Australia}} Newcastle:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! 2007 Result
|-
| {{ih|AUS}}
| '''Host''', Placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]].
|-
| {{ih|CHN}}
| Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]].
|-
| {{ih|ESP}}
| Placed 3rd in Division II- Group A in [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]].
|-
| {{ih|ISL}}
| Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]].
|-
| {{ih|MEX}}
| Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]].
|-
| {{ih|NZL}}
| Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]].
|}

==Group A Tournament==
=== Fixtures ===
All times local.
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|date = April 7, 2008 13:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|IRL}}
|score = 1–13
|team2 = {{ih|SRB}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

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|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 7, 2008 17:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|BEL}}
|score = 8–1
|team2 = {{ih|BUL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

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|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 7, 2008 20:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ISR}}
|score = 0–13
|team2 = {{ih|ROU}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 8, 2008 13:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|BUL}}
|score = 7–4
|team2 = {{ih|IRL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 8, 2008 17:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ROU}}
|score = 10–0
|team2 = {{ih|SRB}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 8, 2008 20:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|BEL}}
|score = 6–3
|team2 = {{ih|ISR}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 10, 2008 13:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|BEL}}
|score = 9–1
|team2 = {{ih|IRL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 10, 2008 17:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ISR}}
|score = 1–4
|team2 = {{ih|SRB}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 10, 2008 20:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ROU}}
|score = 16–0
|team2 = {{ih|BUL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 11, 2008 13:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|SRB}}
|score = 4–5 (OT)
|team2 = {{ih|BEL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 11, 2008 17:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|BUL}}
|score = 4–5 (OT)
|team2 = {{ih|ISR}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 11, 2008 20:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|IRL}}
|score = 1–21
|team2 = {{ih|ROU}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 13, 2008 13:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|SRB}}
|score = 11–2
|team2 = {{ih|BUL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 13, 2008 17:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ISR}}
|score = 7–1
|team2 = {{ih|IRL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 13, 2008 20:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ROU}}
|score = 5–1
|team2 = {{ih|BEL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Vákár Lajos Ice Hall|Vakar Lajos Icerink]]
}}

===Standings===
{| class="infobox bordered"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Promoted to Division I for 2009
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ffccff"| ||Relegated to Division III for 2009
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rk
! Team
! GP
! W
! OTW
! OTL
! L
! GF
! GA
! DIF
! PTS
|-
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
| {{ih|ROU}}
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 65
| 2
| 63
| 15
|-
| 2
| {{ih|BEL}}
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 29
| 14
| 15
| 11
|-
| 3
| {{ih|SRB}}
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 32
| 19
| 13
| 10
|-
| 4
| {{ih|ISR}}
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 28
| -12
| 5
|-
| 5
| {{ih|BUL}}
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 14
| 44
| -30
| 4
|-
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
| 6
| {{ih|IRL}}
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 57
| -49
| 0
|}

==Group B Tournament==
=== Fixtures ===
All times local.
{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 7, 2008 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ESP}}
|score = 4–5 (OT)
|team2 = {{ih|CHN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 7, 2008 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|NZL}}
|score = 3–6
|team2 = {{ih|ISL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 7, 2008 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|AUS}}
|score = 7–1
|team2 = {{ih|MEX}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 9, 2008 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|CHN}}
|score = 5–4 (OT)
|team2 = {{ih|ISL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 9, 2008 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|MEX}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{ih|NZL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 9, 2008 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|AUS}}
|score = 5–3
|team2 = {{ih|ESP}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 10, 2008 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|CHN}}
|score = 5–3
|team2 = {{ih|MEX}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 10, 2008 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ESP}}
|score = 4–3
|team2 = {{ih|ISL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 10, 2008 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|AUS}}
|score = 4–2
|team2 = {{ih|NZL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 12, 2008 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|MEX}}
|score = 2–4
|team2 = {{ih|ESP}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 12, 2008 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|NZL}}
|score = 2–6
|team2 = {{ih|CHN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 12, 2008 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ISL}}
|score = 0–3
|team2 = {{ih|AUS}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 13, 2008 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ISL}}
|score = 4–6
|team2 = {{ih|MEX}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = April 13, 2008 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ESP}}
|score = 5–4
|team2 = {{ih|NZL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
|bg = #bbbbbb
|date = April 13, 2008 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|CHN}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{ih|AUS}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Newcastle HISS Arena]]
}}

===Standings===
{| class="infobox bordered"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Promoted to Division I for 2009
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ffccff"| ||Relegated to Division III for 2009
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rk
! Team
! GP
! W
! OTW
! OTL
! L
! GF
! GA
! DIF
! PTS
|-
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
| {{ih|AUS}}
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 6
| 14
| 15
|-
| 2
| {{ih|CHN}}
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 21
| 14
| 7
| 10
|-
| 3
| {{ih|ESP}}
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 20
| 19
| 1
| 10
|-
| 4
| {{ih|MEX}}
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 14
| 20
| -6
| 6
|-
| 5
| {{ih|ISL}}
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 17
| 21
| -4
| 4
|-
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
| 6
| {{ih|NZL}}
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 11
| 23
| -12
| 0
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.iihf.com/index.php?id=576 Group A] at the [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]
*[http://www.iihf.com/index.php?id=587 Group B] at the [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]

{{Ice Hockey World Championships}}
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