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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name =IIHF World U20 Championship
| year = 2008
| other_titles =
| image = 2008_WJHC_logo.gif
| size = 200px
| caption =
| country = Czech Republic
| dates = December 26 - January 5
| num_teams = 10
| venues = [[ČEZ Arena (Pardubice)|ČEZ Arena]] and [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]]
| cities = 2
| winners = Canada
| count = 14
| second = Sweden
| third = Russia
| fourth = United States
| games = 31
| goals = 197
| attendance = 103179
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|USA}} James van Riemsdyk (11 points)
| mvp = {{flagicon|CAN}} Steve Mason
| website = http://www.worldjuniors2008.com
| prevseason = [[2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2007]]
| nextseason = [[2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2009]]
}}

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 ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|OTW
!width=20|OTL
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|SWE}}
|4||4||0||0||0||22||9||'''12'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|CAN}}
|4||3||0||0||1||12||5||'''9'''
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|CZE}}
|4||2||0||0||2||12||11||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|SVK}}
|4||1||0||0||3||9||14||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|DNK}}
|4||0||0||0||4||7||23||'''0'''
|}

;Schedule
All times local (CET/UTC +1)

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = December 26, 2007 16:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}} |
score = 4–3 |
team2 = {{ihj|SVK}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 7,692 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = December 26, 2007 20:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}} |
score = 0–3 |
team2 = {{ihj|CAN}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 10,057 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = December 27, 2007 16:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}} |
score = 0–2 |
team2 = {{ihj|CAN}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 3,657 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = December 27, 2007 20:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}} |
score = 5–2|
team2 = {{ihj|DNK}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 3,260 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = December 28, 2007 18:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|DNK}} |
score = 1–10|
team2 = {{ihj|SWE}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 654 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = December 29, 2007 16:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}} |
score = 2–5|
team2 = {{ihj|CZE}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 10,194 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = December 29, 2007 20:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}} |
score = 3–4|
team2 = {{ihj|SWE}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 8,547 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = December 30, 2007 18:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|DNK}} |
score = 3–4||
team2 = {{ihj|SVK}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 468 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = December 31, 2007 14:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}} |
score = 4–2|| |
team2 = {{ihj|CZE}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 6,272 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = December 31, 2007 18:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}} |
score = 4-1 |
team2 = {{ihj|DNK}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 1,158 }}

==== Group B ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|OTW
!width=20|OTL
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|USA}}
|4||4||0||0||0||17||8||'''12'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|RUS}}
|4||3||0||0||1||18||14||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|FIN}}
|4||1||1||0||2||16||15||'''5'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|KAZ}}
|4||1||0||0||3||8||16||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|CHE}}
|4||0||0||1||3||9||15||'''1'''
|}

;Schedule
All times local (CET/UTC +1)

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = December 26, 2007 16:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}} |
score = 5–1 |
team2 = {{ihj|KAZ}} |
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 1,029
}}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = December 26, 2007 20:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}} |
score = 4–7|
team2 = {{ihj|RUS}} |
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 1,720
}}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = December 27, 2007 16:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|KAZ}} |
score = 4–5|
team2 = {{ihj|RUS}}
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 796
}}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = December 27, 2007 20:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}} |
score = 4–3 OT|
team2 = {{ihj|CHE}}
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 980
}}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = December 28, 2007 18:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|CHE}} |
score = 2–4|
team2 = {{ihj|USA}} |
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 1,222
}}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = December 29, 2007 16:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|KAZ}} |
score = 0–5|
team2 = {{ihj|FIN}} |
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 1,354
}}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = December 29, 2007 20:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}} |
score = 2–3|
team2 = {{ihj|USA}} |
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 4,654
}}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = December 30, 2007 18:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|CHE}} |
score = 1–3||
team2 = {{ihj|KAZ}} |
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 513
}}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = December 31, 2007 14:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}} |
score = 4–3|
team2 = {{ihj|CHE}} |
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 551
}}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = December 31, 2007 18:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}} |
score = 5–3|
team2 = {{ihj|FIN}} |
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 1,133
}}

=== Relegation Round ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|OTW
!width=20|OTL
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|SVK}}
|3||3||0||0||0||17||5||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|KAZ}}
|3||2||0||0||1||9||12||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|CHE}}
|3||1||0||0||2||8||10||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|DNK}}
|3||0||0||0||3||8||15||'''0'''
|}

''Note: Matches'' '''{{ihj|DNK}} 3–4 {{ihj|SVK}}''' ''and'' '''{{ihj|CHE}} 1–3 {{ihj|KAZ}}''' ''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)

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = January 2, 2008 16:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}} |
score = 5–2 |
team2 = {{ihj|CHE}} |
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 564 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = January 2, 2008 20:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|KAZ}} |
score = 6–3 |
team2 = {{ihj|DNK}} |
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 149 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = January 3, 2008 16:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|CHE}} |
score = 5–2 |
team2 = {{ihj|DNK}} |
|
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 251 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = January 3, 2008 20:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}} |
score = 8–0 |
team2 = {{ihj|KAZ}} |
|
goals2 = |
stadium = [[Tipsport Arena (built 2005)|Tipsport Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 564 }}

''{{ihj|DNK}} and {{ihj|CHE}} are relegated to Division I for the [[2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]''

=== Final Round ===

;Quarter Finals
{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = January 2, 2008 16:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}} |
score = 4–2 |
team2 = {{ihj|FIN}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 5,187 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = January 2, 2008 20:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}} |
score = 4–1 |
team2 = {{ihj|CZE}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 8,420 }}

;5th Place Playoff
{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = January 3, 2008 18:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}} |
score = 5–1 |
team2 = {{ihj|FIN}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 483 }}

;Semi Finals
{{IceHockeybox |
bg = |
date = January 4, 2008 16:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}} |
score = 2–1 OT|
team2 = {{ihj|RUS}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 3,286 }}

{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee|
date = January 4, 2008 20:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}} |
score = 1–4|
team2 = {{ihj|CAN}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 5,621 }}

;Bronze Medal Game
{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = January 5, 2008 16:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}} |
score = 2–4 |
team2 = {{ihj|RUS}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 5,468 }}

;Gold Medal Game
{{IceHockeybox |
bg = #eeeeee |
date = January 5, 2008 20:00 |
team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}} |
score = 2–3 OT |
team2 = {{ihj|CAN}} |
|
stadium = [[Pardubice Arena|ČEZ Arena]] '''Attendance:''' 7,480 }}

=== Final standings ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!width=15|
!width=120|Team
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{goca}} ||align=left| {{ihj|CAN}}
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{sica}} ||align=left| {{ihj|Sweden}}
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{Brca}} ||align=left| {{ihj|RUS}}
|-
| 4th ||align=left| {{ihj|USA}}
|-
| 5th ||align=left| {{ihj|CZE}}
|-
| 6th ||align=left| {{ihj|FIN}}
|-
| 7th ||align=left| {{ihj|SVK}}
|-
| 8th ||align=left| {{ihj|KAZ}}
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffccff"
| 9th ||align=left| {{ihj|SUI}}
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffccff"
| 10th ||align=left| {{ihj|DEN}}
|}

== Division I ==
{{main|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 ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|OTW
!width=20|OTL
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|GER}}
|5||5||0||0||0||42||6||'''15'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|AUT}}
|5||4||0||0||1||36||11||'''12'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|NOR}}
|5||3||0||0||2||19||16||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|POL}}
|5||1||0||1||3||7||24||'''4'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|UKR}}
|5||0||1||1||3||10||26||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|LTU}}
|5||0||1||0||4||8||39||'''2'''
|}

''{{ihj|DEU}} is promoted to Pool A and {{ihj|LTU}} is relegated to Division II for the [[2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]''

=== Group B ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|OTW
!width=20|OTL
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|LVA}}
|5||4||0||0||1||28||9||'''12'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|BLR}}
|5||4||0||0||1||21||8||'''12'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|SVN}}
|5||3||1||0||1||17||8||'''11'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|HUN}}
|5||2||0||0||3||17||21||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|FRA}}
|5||1||0||0||4||14||29||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|GBR}}
|5||0||0||1||4||8||30||'''1'''
|}

''{{ihj|LVA}} is promoted to Pool A and {{ihj|GBR}} is relegated to Division II for the [[2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]''

== Division II ==
{{main|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 ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|OTW
!width=20|OTL
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|ITA}}
|5||5||0||0||0||37||8||'''15'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|JPN}}
|5||4||0||0||1||37||7||'''12'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|KOR}}
|5||3||0||0||2||18||11||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|BEL}}
|5||1||1||0||3||12||21||'''5'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|ROM}}
|5||1||0||1||3||13||30||'''4'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|ISL}}
|5||0||0||0||5||7||47||'''0'''
|}

''{{ihj|ITA}} is promoted to Division I and {{ihj|ISL}} is relegated to Division III for the [[2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]''

=== Group B ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|OTW
!width=20|OTL
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|EST}}
|5||4||1||0||0||35||8||'''14'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|NED}}
|5||4||0||1||0||36||5||'''13'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|CRO}}
|5||3||0||0||2||24||19||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|ESP}}
|5||2||0||0||3||24||27||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|MEX}}
|5||1||0||0||4||8||27||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|CHN}}
|5||0||0||0||5||8||49||'''0'''
|}

''{{ihj|EST}} is promoted to Division I and {{ihj|CHN}} is relegated to Division III for the [[2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]''

== Division III ==
{{main|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]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|OTW
!width=20|OTL
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|NZL}}
|6||6||0||0||0||66||15||'''18'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|SRB}}
|6||5||0||0||1||55||7||'''15'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|ARM}}
|6||4||0||0||2||47||23||'''12'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|AUS}}
|6||3||0||0||3||44||23||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|RSA}}
|6||2||0||0||4||26||52||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|TUR}}
|6||1||0||0||5||18||62||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|BUL}}
|6||0||0||0||6||10||84||'''0'''
|}

''{{ihj|NZL}} and {{ihj|SRB}} were promoted to Division II for the [[2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]''

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-u20-championship IIHF Official Site]
* [http://www.worldjuniors2008.com/index.asp Official Site]

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{{succession box |
before = [[2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2007 World Juniors]] |
after = [[2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2009 World Juniors]] |
title = [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] |
years = See also: ''[[2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2008 World Championships]] ''
}}
{{s-end}}
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