Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2008

	U18 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Canada

The 10th ice hockey world championships of the U18 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2008 in the age group of under-eighteen year olds (U18). A total of 44 national teams took part in the seven tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III between March 2 and April 23, 2008 .

The world champion was for the second time the team from Canada , which defeated arch-rivals Russia 8-0 in the final . The German team was able to secure one of the best results ever with fifth place in the top division, while Switzerland took eighth place in the top division and thus prevented relegation. Austria was third in Group B of Division I.

Overview U18 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Kazan	Apr 13, 2008 - Apr 23, 2008	10	66,839	31	2.156
Division IA	Toruń	0Apr 2, 2008 - Apr 8, 2008 0	6th	3,290	15th	253
Division IB	Riga	0Apr 2, 2008 - Apr 8, 2008 0	6th	17,633	15th	1,176
Division II A	Méribel Courchevel	30th Mar 2008 - Apr 5, 2008 0	6th	4,091	15th	273
Division II B	Tallinn	23 Mar 2008 - March 29th 2008	6th	3,094	15th	206
Division III A	Mexico city	02nd Mar 2008 - March 8th 2008 0	5	4,279	10	428
Division III B	İzmit	03rd Mar 2008 - March 9th 2008 0	5	1,715	10	172

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: April 13-23, 2008 in Kazan , Russia

  Participants: Denmark (promoted) , Germany, Finland, Canada, Russia (defending champion) , Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, USA, Belarus (promoted)

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 2-8 , 2008 in Toruń , Poland

    Participants: Kazakhstan, Lithuania (promoted) , Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic (relegated) , Ukraine

  • Group B: April 2-8, 2008 in Riga , Latvia

    Participants: Italy, Japan, Latvia (relegated) , Netherlands (promoted) , Norway, Austria

• Division II
  • Group A: March 30th to April 5th, 2008 in Méribel and Courchevel , France

    Participants: Australia, Belgium, People's Republic of China (promoted) , France (relegated) , Croatia, South Korea

  • Group B: March 23-29, 2008 in Tallinn , Estonia

    Participants: Estonia, Great Britain (relegated) , Israel, Romania, Spain (promoted) , Hungary

• Division III
  • Group A: March 2-8, 2008 in Mexico City , Mexico

    Participants: Republic of China (Taiwan) (newcomer) , Mexico (relegated) , Mongolia (newcomer) , New Zealand, South Africa

  • Group B: March 3-9 , 2008 in İzmit , Turkey

    Participants: Armenia (first participation since 2005) , Bulgaria (first participation since 2006) , Iceland, Serbia (relegated) , Turkey

Top division

World Cup 2008 of the U18 juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Canada
silver	Russia
bronze	United States
Relegated	Denmark Belarus
Venue (s)	Kazan , Russia
opening	April 13, 2008
Endgame	April 23, 2008
spectator	66,839 (2,156 per game)
Gates	221 (7.13 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Jake Allen
Best defender	Erik Karlsson
Best striker	Kirill Petrov
MVP	Jake Allen
Top scorer	Cody Hodgson (12 points)

The World Cup took place from April 13 to 23, 2008 in the Russian city ​​of Kazan . The games were played on the one hand in the Tatneft arena , which offers space for 10,000 spectators, and on the other hand in the Kazan Sports Palace with 3,845 seats.

Ten teams took part in the tournament, which were divided into two groups. Canada secured the world championship title, which clearly beat Russia 8-0 in the final. It was the second title for the Canadians.

Group A	Group B
Russia	United States
Canada	Sweden
Slovakia	Switzerland
Germany	Finland
Denmark	Belarus

mode

After the group games in the preliminary round, the two group winners qualified directly for the semi-finals. The runners-up and thirds in the group each played a qualifying game for participation in the semi-finals. The fourth and fifth of the group games contested - taking the result of the direct encounter from the preliminary round with them - the relegation round and determined two relegated to Division I.

Venues

Kazan
Tatneft Arena Capacity: 10,000	Kazan World championship venue	Kazan Sports Palace Capacity: 3,845

Preliminary round

Group A

April 13, 2008 1 p.m.	Canada	9: 2 (2: 0, 4: 1, 3: 1)	Germany	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 1,100
April 13, 2008 5:00 p.m.	Slovakia	4: 6 (1: 2, 0: 1, 3: 3)	Russia	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 7,400
April 14, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Slovakia	5: 2 (0: 0, 2: 0, 3: 2)	Denmark	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 700
April 14, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Germany	2: 6 (1: 0, 0: 3, 1: 3)	Russia	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 5,600
April 15, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Denmark	1: 4 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1)	Canada	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 1,100
April 16, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Germany	5: 4 n.P. (2: 1, 2: 3, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	Slovakia	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 600
April 16, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Russia	4: 2 (0: 0, 2: 2, 2: 0)	Canada	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 10,000
April 17, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Denmark	0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1)	Germany	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 500
April 18, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Canada	6: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0)	Slovakia	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 1,000
April 18, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Russia	10: 1 (2: 0, 3: 1, 5: 0)	Denmark	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 6,400

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	4th	4th	0	0	0	26: 09	12
2.	Canada	4th	3	0	0	1	21: 07	9
3.	Germany	4th	1	1	0	2	13:19	5
4th	Slovakia	4th	1	0	1	2	13:19	4th
5.	Denmark	4th	0	0	0	4th	04:23	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Group B

April 13, 2008 3:00 p.m.	Sweden	6: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 4: 1)	Belarus	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 650
April 13, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Switzerland	2: 7 (1: 1, 0: 3, 1: 3)	United States	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 630
April 14, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Belarus	2: 5 (1: 2, 0: 2, 1: 1)	United States	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 700
April 14, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Switzerland	3: 5 (0: 2, 1: 2, 2: 1)	Finland	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 650
April 15, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Finland	3: 5 (1: 0, 1: 3, 1: 2)	Sweden	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 860
April 16, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Belarus	2: 4 (0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 1)	Switzerland	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 300
April 16, 2008 7:00 p.m.	United States	4: 5 (1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 2)	Sweden	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 550
April 17, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Finland	4: 3 (1: 1, 1: 2, 2: 0)	Belarus	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 639
April 18, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Sweden	7: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 1: 0)	Switzerland	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 300
April 18, 2008 7:00 p.m.	United States	4: 3 (3: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1)	Finland	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 770

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	4th	4th	0	0	0	23: 09	12
2.	United States	4th	3	0	0	1	20:12	9
3.	Finland	4th	2	0	0	2	15:15	6th
4th	Switzerland	4th	1	0	0	3	09:21	3
5.	Belarus	4th	0	0	0	4th	09:19	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

April 20, 2008 1:30 p.m.	Belarus	1: 6 (0: 3, 0: 2, 1: 1)	Slovakia	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 125
April 20, 2008 5:00 p.m.	Switzerland	6: 1 (1: 0, 4: 1, 1: 0)	Denmark	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 195
April 21, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Denmark	2: 6 (0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 3)	Belarus	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 200
April 21, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Slovakia	3: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 3: 1)	Switzerland	Kazan Sports Palace, Kazan Spectators: 120

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	0	14: 05	9
2.	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	12: 06	6th
3.	Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	09:12	3
4th	Denmark	3	0	0	0	3	05:17	0

Note: The preliminary round matches Slovakia - Denmark (5: 2) and Belarus - Switzerland (2: 4) are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Relegated to Division I.

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

B1

Sweden

2

A2

Canada

2

A2

Canada

3

B3

Finland

1

A2

Canada

8th

A1

Russia

0

A1

Russia

3

B2

United States

4th

B2

United States

1

3rd place match

A3

Germany

1

B1

Sweden

3

B2

United States

6th

Play for 5th place

B3

Finland

3

A3

Germany

4th

Quarter finals

April 20, 2008 1:00 p.m.	Canada	2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)	Finland	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 1,600
April 20, 2008 5:00 p.m.	United States	4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0)	Germany	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 1,700

Semifinals

April 21, 2008 3:00 p.m.	Sweden	2: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1)	Canada	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 1,500
April 21, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Russia	3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1)	United States	Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 9,500

Play for 5th place

April 22, 2008 7:00 p.m.

Finland

3: 4 (1: 1, 0: 2, 2: 1)

Germany

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 350

3rd place match

April 23, 2008 3:00 p.m.

Sweden

3: 6 (1: 2, 2: 3, 0: 1)

United States

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 1,100

final

April 23, 2008 7:00 p.m.

Canada

8: 0 (5: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)

Russia

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Spectators: 10,000

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	+/-	PIM
Cody Hodgson	Canada	7th	2	10	12	+2	8th
Ihar Rawenka	Belarus	6th	3	8th	11	−1	6th
Richard Pánik	Slovakia	6th	4th	6th	10	+4	0
Jordan Eberle	Canada	7th	4th	6th	10	+2	0
Taylor Hall	Canada	7th	4th	5	9	+4	4th
Nikita Filatov	Russia	6th	3	6th	9	+1	29
Aljaksandr Famin	Belarus	6th	6th	2	8th	± 0	0
Jeremy Morin	United States	7th	6th	2	8th	+6	6th
Matt Duchene	Canada	7th	5	3	8th	+6	6th
André Petersson	Sweden	6th	4th	4th	8th	+4	2
Mattias Tedenby	Sweden	6th	4th	4th	8th	+1	2

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice time (in minutes), GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Fat: tournament best

player	team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Jake Allen	Canada	7th	420: 00	10	2	94.79	1.43
Brandon Maxwell	United States	5	298: 23	11	0	92.57	2.21
Marek Čiliak	Slovakia	3	180: 00	9	0	90.62	3.00
Alexander Pechursky	Russia	5	215: 55	11	0	88.54	3.06
Nikolaj Nørbak	Denmark	5	274: 13	23	0	88.08	5.03

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Canada
2	Russia
3	United States
4th	Sweden
5	Germany
6th	Finland
7th	Slovakia
8th	Switzerland
9	Belarus
10	Denmark

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada	Jake Allen , Josh Brittain , Christopher Carrozzi , Tyler Cuma , Nicolas Deschamps , Matt Duchene , Jordan Eberle , Ryan Ellis , Taylor Hall , Travis Hamonic , Cody Hodgson , Jakob Lagacé , Tyler Myers , Brandon McMillan , Greg Nemisz , Eric O'Dell , Colby Robak , Maxime Sauvé , Marco Scandella , Brayden Schenn , Colten Teubert , Corey Trivino Trainer: Pat Quinn
Silver Russia	Danila Alistratow , Igor Biryukov , Nikita Filatov , Mikhail Fissenko , Igor Golowkow , Evgeny Grachev , Artem Jartschuk , Asat Kalimullin , Dmitri Kostromitin , Dmitri Kugryschew , Dmitri Kulikov , Vyacheslav Kuljomin , Anton Lazarev , Andrei Loktionow , Dmitri Orlov , Kirill Petrov , Alexander Petschurski , Aslan Raissow , Pavel Chernov , Maxim Chudinov , Valeri Vasilyev , Vyacheslav Voinov coaching staff: Alexander Biryukov , Sergei Gimajew
Bronze USA	Ryan Bourque , Joe Cannata , Robbie Czarnik , Justin Florek , Patrick Gaul , Ryan Grimshaw , Ryan Hegarty , Danny Kristo , Sam Lofquist , Sean Lorenz , Brandon Maxwell , Kevin McCarey , Philip McRae , Colin Moore , Jeremy Morin , Aaron Ness , Kyle Palmieri , Nick Pryor , Vinny Saponari , Jordan Schroeder , David Warsofsky , David Wohlberg Trainers: John Hynes

Relegated to Division I:	Denmark, Belarus
Promoted to the top division:	Norway, Czech Republic

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Jake Allen	Canada
Best goalkeeper	Jake Allen	Canada
Best defender	Erik Karlsson	Sweden
Best striker	Kirill Petrov	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Nikita Filatow - Kirill Petrow - Mattias Tedenby
Defense:	Victor Hedman - Vyacheslav Voinov
Goal:	Jake Allen

Division I.

Group A in Toruń, Poland

World Cup 2008 of the U18 juniors of Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Czech Republic
Relegated	Slovenia
Venue (s)	Toruń , Poland
opening	April 2, 2008
Final day	April 8, 2008
spectator	3,290 (219 per game)
Gates	98 (6.53 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Dominik Furch
Best defender	Michal Jordan
Best striker	Tomáš Vincour
Top scorer	Tomáš Vincour (13 points)

From April 2nd to 8th, 2008 the World Cup of Group A of Division I took place in Toruń , Poland . All games were played in the Lodowisko Tor-Tor with 3,200 places.

venue

Toruń , Poland

Toruń World championship venue

Venue

Lodowisko Gate-Gate Capacity: 3,200

Exterior view of the Lodowisko Gate gate

April 2, 2008 1 p.m.	Ukraine	0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Kazakhstan	Lodowisko Tor-Tor, Toruń Spectators: k. A.
April 2, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Lithuania	1: 7 (1: 2, 0: 2, 0: 3)	Czech Republic	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 180
April 2, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Poland	0: 5 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 1)	Slovenia	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 400
April 3, 2008 1:00 p.m.	Kazakhstan	9: 0 (3: 0, 4: 0, 2: 0)	Lithuania	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 50
April 3, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Slovenia	1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 1: 0)	Ukraine	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 100
April 3, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	9: 0 (3: 0, 4: 0, 2: 0)	Poland	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 800
April 5, 2008 1 p.m.	Slovenia	2: 7 (1: 1, 1: 4, 0: 2)	Kazakhstan	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 100
April 5, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Lithuania	2: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1)	Poland	Lodowisko Tor-Tor, Toruń Spectators: k. A.
April 5, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	5: 2 (1: 0, 2: 2, 2: 0)	Ukraine	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 300
April 6, 2008 1 p.m.	Slovenia	5: 6 (1: 2, 4: 1, 0: 3)	Lithuania	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 100
April 6, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Poland	0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Ukraine	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 500
April 6, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Kazakhstan	0: 7 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 5)	Czech Republic	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 200
April 8, 2008 1 p.m.	Ukraine	2: 4 (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 2)	Lithuania	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 110
April 8, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Czech Republic	8: 2 (2: 0, 5: 1, 1: 1)	Slovenia	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 100
April 8, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Kazakhstan	1: 4 (0: 2, 1: 2, 0: 0)	Poland	Lodowisko goal gate, Toruń spectators: 350

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	0	36: 05	15th
2.	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	0	2	19:13	9
3.	Lithuania	5	2	0	0	3	13:26	6th
4th	Poland	5	2	0	0	3	07:18	6th
5.	Ukraine	5	2	0	0	3	08:12	6th
6th	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4th	15:24	3

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: promoted to the top division , relegated to the division II

Division IA winning team

Division IA Czech Republic

Pavel Francouz , Dominik Furch - Milan Dóczy , Radko Gudas , Michal Jordán , Michal Kempný , Martin Rohan , January rutta , Matej Stříteský , Tomáš Doležal - Jaroslav Hafenrichter , Roman Horak , Aleš Ježek , Robert Kousal , Jan Kovář , Tomáš Kubalík , Zdeněk Okál , Dominik Pacovský , Ondřej Palát , Filip Stoklasa , Jan Stránský , Tomáš Vincour Coaching staff: Marek Sykora , Zdenek Motak , Ladislav Gula

Group B in Riga, Latvia

2008 World Cup for the U18 Juniors in Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Norway
Relegated	Netherlands
Venue (s)	Riga , Latvia
opening	April 2, 2008
Final day	April 8, 2008
spectator	17,633 (1,175 per game)
Gates	80 (5.33 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Emil Bariås
Best defender	Daniel Sørvik
Best striker	Miks Indrašis
Top scorer	Tommaso Traversa (8 points)

The World Championship of Group B of Division I was held from April 2nd to 8th, 2008 in the Latvian capital Riga . The games took place in the Arēna Rīga , which seats 10,300 spectators.

venue

Riga , Latvia

Riga World championship venue

Venue

Arēna Rīga Capacity: 10,300

Exterior view of the Arēna Rīga

April 2, 2008 1 p.m.	Austria	1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0)	Norway	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 100
April 2, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Italy	4: 3 (2: 0, 1: 2, 1: 1)	Japan	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 190
April 2, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Netherlands	0: 7 (0: 3, 0: 1, 0: 3)	Latvia	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 1,650
April 3, 2008 1:00 p.m.	Japan	1: 6 (0: 2, 0: 0, 1: 4)	Austria	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 86
April 3, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Norway	7: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 1: 0)	Netherlands	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 160
April 3, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Latvia	3: 1 (2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1)	Italy	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 1,330
April 5, 2008 1 p.m.	Netherlands	0:10 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 6)	Italy	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 180
April 5, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Japan	1: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2)	Norway	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 255
April 5, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Latvia	2: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)	Austria	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 2,000
April 6, 2008 1 p.m.	Japan	7: 4 (3: 0, 2: 0, 2: 4)	Netherlands	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 101
April 6, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Italy	1: 2 n.p. (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Austria	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 340
April 6, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)	Latvia	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 7,500
April 8, 2008 1 p.m.	Norway	2: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0)	Italy	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 87
April 6, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Austria	2: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)	Netherlands	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 114
April 8, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Latvia	9: 0 (1: 0, 5: 0, 3: 0)	Japan	Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 3,540

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Norway	5	5	0	0	0	15: 03	15th
2.	Latvia	5	4th	0	0	1	21: 02	12
3.	Austria	5	2	1	0	2	11: 06	8th
4th	Italy	5	2	0	1	2	17:10	7th
5.	Japan	5	1	0	0	4th	12:26	3
6th	Netherlands	5	0	0	0	5	04:33	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: promoted to the top division , relegated to the division II

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division I:	Denmark, Belarus
Promoted to the top division:	Norway, Czech Republic
Relegated from Division II:	Netherlands, Slovenia
Promoted to Division I:	France, Hungary

Division II

Group A in Méribel and Courchevel, France

World Cup 2008 of the U18 juniors of Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	France
Relegated	Australia
Venue (s)	Méribel & Courchevel , France
opening	March 30, 2008
Final day	April 5, 2008
spectator	4,091 (272 per game)
Gates	152 (10.13 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Hwang Hyun-ho
Best defender	Cho Hyung-gon
Best striker	Mathieu André
Most valuable player	Dominik Kanaet
Top scorer	Mathieu André (16 points)

From March 30 to April 5, 2008, the World Cup of Group A of Division II took place in Méribel and Courchevel in France . The venues were the Patinoire du Parc Olympique with 2,400 seats in Méribel and the Patinoire du Forum in Courchevel.

venue

Méribel & Courchevel , France

Meribel Courchevel World championship venue

Venues

Patinoire du Parc Olympique Capacity: 2,400

Patinoire du Forum Capacity: 950

March 30, 2008 3:00 p.m.	South Korea	10: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 5: 0)	Australia	Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 67
March 30, 2008 8:30 p.m.	People's Republic of China	4: 5 (1: 2, 3: 2, 0: 1)	Belgium	Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 123
March 30, 2008 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	1: 8 (0: 2, 1: 3, 0: 3)	France	Patinoire Olympique, Méribel Spectators: 305
March 31, 2008 3:00 p.m.	South Korea	6: 3 (3: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1)	Croatia	Patinoire Olympique, Méribel Spectators: 105
March 31, 2008 8:30 p.m.	Australia	4: 5 (0: 2, 0: 1, 4: 2)	People's Republic of China	Patinoire Olympique, Méribel Spectators: 112
March 31, 2008 8:30 p.m.	France	16: 0 (5: 0, 6: 0, 5: 0)	Belgium	Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 592
April 2, 2008 3:00 p.m.	Croatia	5: 4 (0: 1, 4: 1, 1: 2)	Belgium	Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 207
April 2, 2008 8:30 p.m.	South Korea	10: 0 (5: 0, 4: 0, 1: 0)	People's Republic of China	Patinoire Olympique, Méribel Spectators: 98
April 2, 2008 8:30 p.m.	France	10: 2 (2: 1, 4: 1, 4: 0)	Australia	Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 657
April 4, 2008 3:00 p.m.	Belgium	3: 4 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)	South Korea	Patinoire Olympique, Méribel Spectators: 95
April 4, 2008 8:30 p.m.	Australia	1: 6 (0: 3, 1: 2, 0: 1)	Croatia	Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 145
April 4, 2008 8:30 p.m.	People's Republic of China	0:16 (0: 4, 0: 5, 0: 7)	France	Patinoire Olympique, Méribel spectators: 515
April 5, 2008 3:00 p.m.	Belgium	2: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)	Australia	Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 95
April 5, 2008 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	17: 5 (3: 1, 6: 2, 8: 2)	People's Republic of China	Patinoire Olympique, Méribel Spectators: 35
April 5, 2008 8:30 p.m.	France	3: 1 (1: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0)	South Korea	Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 940

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	France	5	5	0	0	0	53: 04	15th
2.	South Korea	5	3	1	0	1	31: 09	11
3.	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	32:24	9
4th	Belgium	5	2	0	1	2	14:30	7th
5.	People's Republic of China	5	1	0	0	4th	14:52	3
6th	Australia	5	0	0	0	5	08:33	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division I , relegated to Division III

Group B in Tallinn, Estonia

World Cup 2008 of the U18 Juniors of Division II, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Hungary
Relegated	Israel
Venue (s)	Tallinn , Estonia
opening	March 23, 2008
Final day	March 30, 2008
spectator	3,094 (206 per game)
Gates	147 (9.80 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Other Alcaine
Best defender	Stephen Lee
Best striker	István Bartalis
Top scorer	Tihamér Becze (17 points)

The World Cup of Group B of Division II was held from March 23 to 30, 2008 in Tallinn , Estonia . The games took place in the Premia Jäähall with 750 seats.

venue

Tallinn , Estonia

Tallinn World championship venue

Venue

Premia Jäähall Capacity: 750

Exterior view of the Premia Jäähall

March 23, 2008 1 p.m.	Spain	1: 8 (1: 2, 0: 3, 0: 3)	Romania	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn spectators: 150
March 23, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Estonia	3: 5 (0: 0, 3: 4, 0: 1)	Great Britain	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 400
March 23, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Hungary	19: 1 (5: 0, 7: 1, 7: 0)	Israel	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn audience: 100
March 24, 2008 1:00 p.m.	Great Britain	5: 3 (0: 3, 3: 0, 2: 0)	Romania	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 80
March 24, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Israel	4:12 (1: 4, 3: 2, 0: 6)	Spain	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 156
March 24, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Hungary	3: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1)	Estonia	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 387
March 26, 2008 1 p.m.	Great Britain	12: 0 (4: 0, 4: 0, 4: 0)	Israel	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn audience: 56
March 26, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Hungary	3: 4 (2: 2, 0: 1, 1: 1)	Spain	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn audience: 123
March 26, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Estonia	3: 2 (2: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1)	Romania	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 310
March 27, 2008 1:00 p.m.	Spain	2: 4 (2: 0, 0: 3, 0: 1)	Great Britain	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 79
March 27, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Romania	4: 9 (0: 4, 2: 2, 2: 3)	Hungary	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 92
March 27, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Israel	3:10 (0: 5, 1: 3, 2: 2)	Estonia	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 356
March 29, 2008 1:00 p.m.	Romania	15: 3 (5: 0, 4: 2, 6: 1)	Israel	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 35
March 29, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Great Britain	1: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)	Hungary	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 320
March 29, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Estonia	2: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 2: 0)	Spain	Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 450

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Hungary	5	4th	0	0	1	37:12	12
2.	Great Britain	5	4th	0	0	1	27:11	12
3.	Estonia	5	3	0	0	2	20:14	9
4th	Romania	5	2	0	0	3	32:21	6th
5.	Spain	5	2	0	0	3	20:21	6th
6th	Israel	5	0	0	0	5	11:68	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division I , relegated to Division III

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division II:	Netherlands, Slovenia
Promoted to Division I:	France, Hungary
Relegated to Division III:	Australia, Israel
Promoted to Division II:	Mexico, Serbia

Division III

Group A in Mexico City, Mexico

World Cup 2008 of the U18 juniors of Division III, Group A.
Number of nations	5
Climbers	Mexico
Venue (s)	Mexico City , Mexico
opening	March 2, 2008
Final day	March 8, 2008
spectator	4,279 (427 per game)
Gates	128 (14.22 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Lin Tsung-han
Best defender	Manuel Escandón
Best striker	Chris Eaden
Top scorer	Chris Eaden (18 points)

From March 2 to 8, 2008, the Group A World Cup of Division III took place in Mexico City , Mexico . The games were played in the La Pista San Jerónimo arena , which can seat 3,000 spectators.

venue

Mexico City , Mexico

Mexico city Venue of the qualification

Venue

La Pista San Jerónimo Capacity: 3,000

March 2, 2008 4:00 p.m.	New Zealand	29: 0 (7: 0, 10: 0, 12: 0)	Mongolia	La Pista San Jerónimo, Mexico City Spectators: 550
March 2, 2008 7:30 p.m.	South Africa	0: 5 (evaluation) termination at 0:11 (0: 6, 0: 5)	Mexico	La Pista San Jerónimo, Mexico City Spectators: 800
March 5, 2008 4:00 p.m.	New Zealand	10: 3 (5: 0, 2: 2, 3: 1)	South Africa	La Pista San Jerónimo, Mexico City Spectators: 100
March 5, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Mexico	10: 1 (3: 0, 2: 0, 5: 1)	Republic of China (Taiwan)	La Pista San Jerónimo, Mexico City Spectators: 360
March 6, 2008 4:00 p.m.	South Africa	3: 9 (0: 3, 2: 5, 1: 1)	Republic of China (Taiwan)	La Pista San Jerónimo, Mexico City Spectators: 80
March 6, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Mexico	10: 1 (5: 0, 0: 1, 5: 0)	Mongolia	La Pista San Jerónimo, Mexico City Spectators: 326
March 7, 2008 4:00 p.m.	Mongolia	2:12 (1: 5, 0: 4, 1: 3)	South Africa	La Pista San Jerónimo, Mexico City Spectators: 145
March 7, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Republic of China (Taiwan)	8: 6 (2: 4, 3: 1, 3: 1)	New Zealand	La Pista San Jerónimo, Mexico City Spectators: 157
March 8, 2008 4:00 p.m.	Republic of China (Taiwan)	13: 4 (5: 0, 5: 0, 3: 4)	Mongolia	La Pista San Jerónimo, Mexico City Spectators: 375
March 8, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Mexico	7: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 1: 0)	New Zealand	La Pista San Jerónimo, Mexico City Spectators: 1,386

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Mexico	4th	4th	0	0	0	32: 02	12
2.	Republic of China (Taiwan)	4th	3	0	0	1	31:23	9
3.	New Zealand	4th	2	0	0	2	45:18	6th
4th	South Africa	4th	1	0	0	3	18:26	3
5.	Mongolia	4th	0	0	0	4th	07:64	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division II

Group B in İzmit, Turkey

2008 World Cup for the U18 Juniors in Division III, Group B
Number of nations	5
Climbers	Serbia
Venue (s)	İzmit , Turkey
opening	March 3, 2008
Final day	March 9, 2008
spectator	1,715 (171 per game)
Gates	155 (15.50 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Arsenije Ranković
Best defender	Stefan Ilić
Best striker	Egill Thormodsson
Top scorer	Egill Thormodsson (18 points)

The Group B World Cup in Division II was held from March 3rd to 9th, 2008 in İzmit , Turkey . The games took place in the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Olimpik Buz Sporları Salonu (3,600 seats).

venue

İzmit , Turkey

İzmit World championship venue

Venue

Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Olimpik Buz Sporları Salonu Capacity: 3,600

Exterior view of the competition venue

March 3, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Bulgaria	24: 1 (7: 0, 6: 0, 11: 1)	Armenia	Kocaeli BB Olimpik Buz Sporları Salonu, İzmit Spectators: 50
March 3, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Serbia	12: 0 (5: 0, 3: 0, 4: 0)	Turkey	Kocaeli BB Olimpik Buz Sporları Salonu, İzmit Spectators: 400
March 4, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Bulgaria	0:13 (0: 4, 0: 3, 0: 6)	Serbia	Kocaeli BB Olimpik Buz Sporları Salonu, İzmit Spectators: 75
March 4, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Turkey	2:12 (1: 6, 1: 2, 0: 4)	Iceland	Kocaeli BB Olimpik Buz Sporları Salonu, İzmit Spectators: 250
March 6, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Serbia	4: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)	Iceland	Kocaeli BB Olimpik Buz Sporları Salonu, İzmit Spectators: 100
March 6, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Turkey	24: 0 (9: 0, 8: 0, 7: 0)	Armenia	Kocaeli BB Olimpik Buz Sporları Salonu, İzmit Spectators: 250
March 7, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Armenia	0:16 (0: 8, 0: 4, 0: 4)	Serbia	Kocaeli BB Olimpik Buz Sporları Salonu, İzmit Spectators: 45
March 7, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Iceland	13: 1 (2: 0, 6: 0, 5: 1)	Bulgaria	Kocaeli BB Olimpik Buz Sporları Salonu, İzmit Spectators: 50
March 9, 2008 3:30 p.m.	Iceland	23: 0 (8: 0, 7: 0, 8: 0)	Armenia	Kocaeli BB Olimpik Buz Sporları Salonu, İzmit Spectators: 45
March 9, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Turkey	8: 2 (2: 1, 1: 0, 5: 1)	Bulgaria	Kocaeli BB Olimpik Buz Sporları Salonu, İzmit Spectators: 450

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Serbia	4th	4th	0	0	0	45: 00	12
2.	Iceland	4th	3	0	0	1	48: 07	9
3.	Turkey	4th	2	0	0	2	34:26	6th
4th	Bulgaria	4th	1	0	0	3	27:35	3
5.	Armenia	4th	0	0	0	4th	01:87	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division II

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	Australia, Israel
Promoted to Division II:	Mexico, Serbia

See also

• Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2008
• Ice Hockey World Championship 2008 for the U20 juniors
• 2008 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2008 U18 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship

Web links

• Internet presence of the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) (English)