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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name =IIHF World Championship Division III
| year = 2008
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Luxembourg
| dates = March 31 - April 6
| num_teams = 6
| venues = [[Kockelscheuer]]
| cities = 1
| winners = North Korea
| prevseason = [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division III|2007]]
| nextseason = [[2009 IIHF World Championship Division III|2009]]
}}

'''The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament''' was held from March 31 to April 4, 2008, in [[Luxembourg (city)|Luxembourg City]], [[Luxembourg]] at the [[Kockelscheuer]] ice rink. The tournament was contested by five nations who already qualified by way of last year's tournament and one nation which was determined after the conclusion of the [[2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification|Division III Qualification tournament]].

==Teams==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
|{{ih|TUR}}
|Placed 6th in Group A of [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division II|2007 Division II Championship]] and were relegated.
|-
|{{ih|PRK}}
|Withdrew from Group B of [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division II|2007 Division II Championship]] and were demoted to Division III.
|-
|{{ih|LUX}}
|'''Host''', placed 3rd in [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division III|2007 Division III Championship]].
|-
|{{ih|RSA}}
|Placed 4th in [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division III|2007 Division III Championship]].
|-
|{{ih|MGL}}
|Placed 5th in [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division III|2007 Division III Championship]].
|-
|{{ih|GRE}}
|Placed 1st in [[2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification|2008 Division III Qualification]].
|}

==Fixtures==
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|bg = #eee
|date = March 31, 2008 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|GRE}}
|score = 1 – 5
|team2 = {{ih|RSA}}
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|date = March 31, 2008 16:30
|bg = efefef
|team1 = {{ih-rt|PRK}}
|score = 17 – 0
|team2 = {{ih|MGL}}
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eee
|date = March 31, 2008 20:15
|team1 = {{ih-rt|LUX}}
|score = 5 – 4 (OT)
|team2 = {{ih|TUR}}
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = efefef
|date = April 1, 2008 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|MGL}}
|score = 4 – 10
|team2 = {{ih|GRE}}
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eee
|date = April 1, 2008 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|TUR}}
|score = 1 – 7
|team2 = {{ih|RSA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = efefef
|date = April 1, 2008 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|PRK}}
|score = 2 – 1
|team2 = {{ih|LUX}}
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eee
|date = April 3, 2008 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|TUR}}
|score = 11 – 3
|team2 = {{ih|MGL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = efefef
|date = April 3, 2008 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|PRK}}
|score = 7 – 3
|team2 = {{ih|GRE}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eee
|date = April 3, 2008 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|LUX}}
|score = 4 – 5
|team2 = {{ih|RSA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = efefef
|date = April 5, 2008 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|RSA}}
|score = 0 – 6
|team2 = {{ih|PRK}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eee
|date = April 5, 2008 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|GRE}}
|score = 1 – 9
|team2 = {{ih|TUR}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = efefef
|date = April 5, 2008 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|MGL}}
|score = 0 – 9
|team2 = {{ih|LUX}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eee
|date = April 6, 2008 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|RSA}}
|score = 12 – 4
|team2 = {{ih|MGL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = efefef
|date = April 6, 2008 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|TUR}}
|score = 2 – 8
|team2 = {{ih|PRK}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

{{hockeybox2
|bg = #eee
|date = April 6, 2008 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|LUX}}
|score = 3 – 2 (OT)
|team2 = {{ih|GRE}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Kockelscheuer Ice Rink]]
}}

==Standings==
{| class="infobox bordered"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Promoted to Division II for 2009
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=20|Rk.
!width=165|Team
!width=40|GP
!width=40|W
!width=40|OTW
!width=40|OTL
!width=40|L
!width=40|GF
!width=40|GA
!width=40|DIF
!width=40|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|PRK}}
|5||5||0||0||0||40||6||34||'''15'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|RSA}}
|5||4||0||0||1||29||16||13||'''12'''
|-
| 3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|LUX}}
|5||1||2||0||2||22||13||9||'''7'''
|-
| 4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|TUR}}
|5||2||0||1||2||27||24||3||'''7'''
|-
| 5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|GRE}}
| 5||1||0||1||3||17||28||-11||'''4'''
|-
| 6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|MGL}}
|5||0||0||0||5||11||59||-48||'''0'''
|}

==External links==
* [http://www.iihf.com/index.php?id=609 2008 Division III] at the [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]

{{Ice Hockey World Championships}}
{{Wikipedia}}

[[Category:2008 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]]

2008 IIHF World Championship Division III - Revision history

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