Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2008

	U20 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Canada

The 32nd ice hockey world championships of the U20 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of the year 2008 in the age group of the under-20s (U20). Between December 9, 2007 and January 24, 2008, a total of 41 national teams took part in the six tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III.

The world champion was for the fourth time in a row and for the 14th time overall the team of Canada , which defeated Sweden 3-2 after extra time in the final . The German team was able with the victory in Group A of Division I secure the direct promotion to the top division, Switzerland finished in ninth place in the top division and put up at the Division I. Austria finished second behind Germany in Group A of Division I and thus missed promotion to the top division.

Overview U20 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Pardubice , Liberec	Dec 26, 2007 - Jan 5, 2008 0	10	103.179	31	3,328
Division IA	Bad Tölz	0Dec 9, 2007 - Dec 15, 2007	6th	6.219	15th	414
Division IB	Riga	Dec 12, 2007 - Dec 18, 2007	6th	33,320	15th	2,221
Division II A	Canazei	0Dec 9, 2007 - Dec 15, 2007	6th	3,549	15th	236
Division II B	Tallinn	Dec 10, 2007 - Dec 16, 2007	6th	2,439	15th	162
Division III	Belgrade	Jan 16, 2008 - Jan 24, 2008	7th	2,429	21st	115

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: December 26, 2007 to January 5, 2008 in Pardubice and Liberec , Czech Republic

  Participants: Denmark (promoted) , Finland , Canada (defending champion) , Kazakhstan (promoted) , Russia , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , Czech Republic , USA             

• Division I.
  • Group A: December 9th to 15th, 2007 in Bad Tölz , Germany

    Participants: Germany (relegated) , Lithuania (promoted) , Norway , Austria , Poland , Ukraine        

  • Group B: December 12-18, 2007 in Riga , Latvia

    Participants: France , Great Britain , Latvia , Slovenia , Hungary (promoted) , Belarus (relegated)       

• Division II
  • Group A: December 9-15 , 2007 in Canazei , Italy

    Participants: Belgium (promoted) , Iceland , Japan , Italy (relegated) , Romania , South Korea        

  • Group B: December 10-16, 2007 in Tallinn , Estonia

    Participants: People's Republic of China (promoted) , Estonia (relegated) , Croatia , Mexico , Netherlands , Spain        

• Division III: January 16 to 24, 2008 in Belgrade , Serbia

  Participants: Armenia , Australia (relegated) , Bulgaria , New Zealand , Serbia (relegated) , South Africa (first participation since 2005) , Turkey          

Top division

World Cup 2008 of the U20 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Canada
silver	Sweden
bronze	Russia
Relegated	Denmark Switzerland
Venue (s)	Pardubice & Liberec , Czech Republic
opening	December 26, 2007
Endgame	January 5, 2008
spectator	103,179 (3,328 per game)
Gates	197 (6.35 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Steve Mason
Best defender	Drew Doughty
Best striker	Viktor Tikhonov
MVP	Steve Mason
Top scorer	James van Riemsdyk (11 points)

The U20 World Cup was held from December 26, 2007 to January 5, 2008 in Pardubice and Liberec in the Czech Republic . The games took place in the ČEZ Aréna (10,300 places) and in the Tipsport Arena (7,250 places).

Ten national teams took part, playing in two groups of five teams each. The Canadian team became world champions for the fourth time in a row and a total of 14th world champions with a 3-2 final win after extra time over Sweden, after they were surprisingly inferior to the Swedes in the preliminary round.

Group A	Group B
Canada	Russia
Sweden	United States
Czech Republic	Finland
Slovakia	Switzerland
Denmark	Kazakhstan

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

Pardubice	Pardubice Liberec World Championship venues	Liberec
ČEZ Aréna Capacity: 10,300		Tipsport Arena Capacity: 7,250

Preliminary round

Group A

December 26, 2007 4:00 p.m. (local time)

Sweden R. Figren (10:20) P. Berglund (16:14) R. Figren (48:05) J. Alcén (55:03)

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

Slovakia M. Bališ (2:10) I. Roháč (48:56) T. Marcinko (50:15)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice spectators: 7,692

December 26, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2) game report

Canada J. Tavares (31:21) M. Halischuk (43:57) J. Tavares (51:53)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 10,057

December 27, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Slovakia

0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Canada K. Turris (20:54) K. Turris (53:20)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 3,657

December 27, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Czech Republic M. Frolík (0:22) M. Frolík (3:26) M. Frolík (13:09) J. Sklenář (23:30) P. Strapáč (51:41)

5: 2 (3: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0) game report

Denmark K. Leder (28:00) S. Hjulmand (33:09)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 3,260

December 28, 2007 6:00 p.m.

Denmark M. Poulsen (1:06)

1:10 (1: 2, 0: 4, 0: 4) match report

Sweden O. Möller (7:19) T. Forsberg (9:56) M. Backlund (26:20) T. Lagerström (30:12) M. Backlund (32:43) R. Figren (34:20) T . Lagerström (46:29) P. Berglund (51:58) M. Pääjärvi-Svensson (52:30) P. Lundh (54:25)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 654

December 29, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Slovakia O. Ďuriš (38:17) E. Čaládi (52:20)

2: 5 (0: 2, 1: 2, 1: 1) game report

Czech Republic J. Sklenář (7:11) M. Frolík (19:59) D. Bártek (24:45) J. Sklenář (26:10) M. Látal (54:27)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 10,194

December 29, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Canada B. Marchand (19:05) S. Matthias (42:17) C. Giroux (56:18)

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

Sweden E. Moe (45:14) T. Lagerström (46:45) O. Möller (49:09) T. Forsberg (59:53)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 8,547

December 30, 2007 6:00 p.m.

Denmark M. Bødker (43:36) N. Hardt (48:01) M. Poulsen (59:35)

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

Slovakia I. Roháč (8:25) M. Češík (27:43) E. Čaládi (31:06) M. Slovák (48:24)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 468

December 31, 2007 2:00 p.m.

Sweden O. Möller (4:11) P. Berglund (23:37) T. Larsson (24:42) R. Figren (41:26)

4: 2 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 2) game report

Czech Republic A. Bořuta (40:44) J. Sklenář (50:10)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 6,272

December 31, 2007 6:00 p.m.

Canada S. Matthias (12:44) J. Tavares (18:08) K. Turris (28:18) K. Turris (54:42)

4: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report

Denmark M. Bødker (49:36)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 1,158

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	4th	4th	0	0	0	22: 09	12
2.	Canada	4th	3	0	0	1	12: 05	9
3.	Czech Republic	4th	2	0	0	2	12:11	6th
4th	Slovakia	4th	1	0	0	3	09:14	3
5.	Denmark	4th	0	0	0	4th	07:23	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

December 26, 2007 4:00 p.m. (local time)

USA J. van Riemsdyk (19:57) R. Rakhshani (24:58) M. Carman (26:23) C. Wilson (44:11) K. Okposo (57:43)

5: 1 (1: 1, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

Kazakhstan A. Kurschuk (14:46)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 1,029

December 26, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Finland N. Aaltonen (7:20) J. Jalvanti (15:02) J. Puustinen (43:33) M. Wärn (43:59)

4: 7 (2: 1, 0: 4, 2: 2) game report

Russia M. Kalimulin (11:47) J. Bodrov (26:26) W. Golubzow (27:32) A. Anissimow (32:34) A. Korolev (34:32) W. Tikhonow (40:25) D. Kugryshev (56:22)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 1,720

December 27, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan J. Rymarew (3:58) K. Sawenkow (14:21) J. Vorobyov (35:47) M. Katschulin (53:10)

4: 5 (2: 0, 1: 4, 1: 1) game report

Russia W. Tichonow (20:25) A. Tscherepanow (21:19) J. Kurbatow (31:37) A. Gordejew (36:27) J. Alexandrov (53:30)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 796

December 27, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Finland J. Puustinen (17:36) H. Pesonen (22:45) J. Malinen (43:05) S. Salminen (PS)

4: 3 n.P. (1: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Switzerland K. Lötscher (9:37) R. Suri (14:47) G. Sciaroni (59:14)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 980

December 28, 2007 6:00 p.m.

Switzerland A. Bykov (24:17) A. Jacquemet (55:45)

2: 4 (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2) game report

USA C. Wilson (5:08) B. Sanguinetti (22:57) J. van Riemsdyk (42:27) C. Wilson (49:30)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 1,222

December 29, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

0: 5 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 2) game report

Finland N. Aaltonen (2:59) J. Kemppainen (23:37) J. Kemppainen (26:37) N. Lucenius (46:17) J. Puustinen (48:30)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 1,354

December 29, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Russia A. Tscherepanow (28:36) W. Tichonow (54:36)

2: 3 (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 2) game report

USA T. Ruegsegger (11:31) J. van Riemsdyk (43:01) M. Carman (47:44)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 4,654

December 30, 2007 6:00 p.m.

Switzerland Y. Weber (53:49)

1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1) game report

Kazakhstan J. Vorobyov (7:39) J. Vorobyov (28:19) J. Rymarew (59:07)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 513

December 31, 2007 2:00 p.m.

Russia A. Koroljow (1:31) D. Sajustow (20:46) A. Gordejew (37:49) W. Tichonow (55:31)

4: 3 (1: 1, 2: 1, 1: 1) game report

Switzerland A. Jacquemet (9:41) D. Wieser (28:45) M. Maurer (57:40)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 551

December 31, 2007 6:00 p.m.

USA C. Wilson (9:29) C. Wilson (13:20) C. Wilson (21:43) T. Ruegsegger (24:44) J. van Riemsdyk (29:14)

5: 3 (2: 0, 3: 0, 0: 3) game report

Finland N. Aaltonen (50:52) M. Kousa (55:21) N. Lucenius (59:14)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 1,133

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	4th	4th	0	0	0	17: 08	12
2.	Russia	4th	3	0	0	1	18:14	9
3.	Finland	4th	1	1	0	2	16:15	5
4th	Kazakhstan	4th	1	0	0	3	08:15	3
5.	Switzerland	4th	0	0	1	3	09:15	1

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

January 2, 2008 4:00 p.m. (local time)

Slovakia M. Slovák (5:50) D. Jančovič (31:13) T. Marcinko (39:48) E. Čaládi (58:54) J. Mikúš (59:51)

5: 2 (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 2) game report

Switzerland E. Froidevaux (40:40) A. Lemm (46:07)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 564

January 2, 2008 8:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan J. Gasnikov (8:53) J. Vorobyov (33:42) J. Rymarew (38:36) J. Rymarew (52:08) J. Rymarew (59:11) J. Rymarew (59:25)

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

Denmark L. Eller (22:38) L. Eller (38:59) N. Hardt (43:43)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 149

January 3, 2008 4:00 p.m.

Switzerland Y. Weber (15:31) A. Lemm (32:36) A. Lemm (39:29) R. Suri (43:12) R. Schlagenhauf (58:37)

5: 2 (1: 1, 2: 1, 2: 0) game report

Denmark L. Eller (4:38) M. Bødker (26:57)

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 251

January 3, 2008 8:00 p.m.

Slovakia O. Ďuriš (6:40) D. Skokan (14:00) I. Roháč (15:45) D. Skokan (19:39) E. Čaládi (32:33) P. Lušňák (35:13) P . Lušňák (37:32) D. Jančovič (50:05)

8: 0 (4: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Spectators: 359

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	0	17: 05	9
2.	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	09:12	6th
3.	Switzerland	3	1	0	0	2	08:10	3
4th	Denmark	3	0	0	0	3	08:15	0

Note: The preliminary round matches Denmark - Slovakia (3: 4) and Switzerland - Kazakhstan (1: 3) 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

A1

Sweden

2

B2

Russia

4th

B2

Russia

1

A3

Czech Republic

1

A1

Sweden

2

A2

Canada

3

B1

United States

1

A2

Canada

4th

A2

Canada

4th

3rd place match

B3

Finland

2

B1

United States

2

B2

Russia

4th

Play for 5th place

A3

Czech Republic

5

B3

Finland

1

Quarter finals

January 2, 2008 4:00 p.m. (local time)

Canada J. Tavares (27:23) S. Stamkos (42:20) B. Marchand (50:32) S. Legein (59:30)

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

Finland J. Puustinen (7:23) J.-M. Juutilainen (45:42)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 5,187

January 2, 2008 8:00 p.m.

Russia J. Selesnjow (27:58) W. Tichonow (35:04) N. Filatow (36:57) A. Koroljow (50:10)

4: 1 (0: 0, 3: 1, 1: 0) game report

Czech Republic R. Meidl (37:20)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 8,420

Play for 5th place

January 3, 2008 6:00 p.m.

Czech Republic D. Bártek (26:44) M. Frolík (27:59) T. Kundrátek (39:20) Z. Hampl (47:46) M. Látal (57:07)

5: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 2: 0) game report

Finland H. Pesonen (1:59)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 483

Semifinals

January 4, 2008 4:00 p.m.

Sweden R. Figren (51:50) M. Backlund (66:18)

2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Russia N. Filatow (38:27)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 3,286

January 4, 2008 8:00 p.m.

USA J. van Riemsdyk (53:26)

1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 2) game report

Canada S. Matthias (22:46) K. Alzner (30:00) C. Gillies (47:04) B. Marchand (47:24)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice spectators: 5,621

3rd place match

January 5, 2008 4:00 p.m.

USA R. Rakhshani (30:47) J. Schroeder (53:39)

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

Russia A. Tscherepanow (3:59) J. Kurbatow (11:04) N. Filatow (16:57) N. Filatow (21:30)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 5,468

final

January 5, 2008 8:00 p.m.

Sweden J. Carlsson (45:13) T. Larsson (59:22)

2: 3 n.V. (0: 2, 0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1) game report

Canada B. Marchand (1:27) C. Giroux (17:01) M. Halischuk (63:36)

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Spectators: 7,480

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
James van Riemsdyk	United States	6th	5	6th	11	+4	2
Nikita Filatov	Russia	7th	4th	5	9	+7	10
Marek Slovák	Slovakia	6th	2	7th	9	+2	12
Kyle Turris	Canada	7th	4th	4th	8th	+3	2
Arnaud Jacquemet	Switzerland	6th	2	6th	8th	+1	4th
David Skokan	Slovakia	6th	2	6th	8th	+1	4th
Jordan Schroeder	United States	6th	1	7th	8th	+1	2
Yevgeny Rymarev	Kazakhstan	6th	6th	1	7th	+2	0
Colin Wilson	United States	6th	6th	1	7th	+2	4th
Robin Figren	Sweden	6th	5	2	7th	+4	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
Steve Mason	Canada	5	303: 36	6th	1	95.12	1.19
Július Hudáček	Slovakia	6th	359: 08	16	1	92.08	2.67
Sergei Bobrovsky	Russia	6th	366: 07	15th	0	91.85	2.46
Michal Neuvirth	Czech Republic	4th	240: 00	10	0	90.99	2.50
Jhonas Enroth	Sweden	5	308: 56	12	0	90.48	2.33

Final placements

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada

Karl Alzner , Jonathan Bernier , Zach Boychuk , Drew Doughty , Colton Gillies , Claude Giroux , Josh Godfrey , Matthew Halischuk , Thomas Hickey , Riley Holzapfel , Stefan Legein , Brad Marchand , Steve Mason , Shawn Matthias , Logan Pyett , Luke Schenn , Wayne Simmonds , Steven Stamkos , PK Subban , Brandon Sutter , John Tavares , Kyle Turris Trainers: Craig Hartsburg

Silver Sweden

Johan Alcén , Niclas Andersén , Joakim Andersson , Mikael Backlund , Kristofer Berglund , Patrik Berglund , Jonathan Carlsson , Oscar Eklund , Jhonas Enroth , Robin Figren , Tobias Forsberg , Carl Hagelin , Victor Hedman , Mario Kempe , Tony Lagerström , Tomas Larsson , Patrik Lundh , Eric Moe , Oscar Möller , Johan Motin , Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson , Stefan Ridderwall Trainer: Pär Mårts

Bronze Russia

Yuri Alexandrov , Artem Anisimov , Sergei Bobrowski , Yevgeny Bodrov , Yevgeny Dadonow , Pavel Doronin , Nikita Filatov , Stanislav Galimov , Vadim Golubtsov , Artem Gordeyev , Marat Kalimulin , Anton Korolev , Dmitri Kugryschew , Yevgeny Kurbatov , Maxim Mamin , Mikhail Milechin , Dmitri Sajustow , Jakow Selesnjow , Viktor Tichonow , Alexei Tscherepanow , Maxim Tschudinow , Vyacheslav Woinow Trainer: Sergei Nemtschinow

Relegated to Division I:	Denmark, Switzerland
Promoted to the top division:	Germany, Latvia

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Steve Mason	Canada
Best goalkeeper	Steve Mason	Canada
Best defender	Drew Doughty	Canada
Best striker	Viktor Tikhonov	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	James van Riemsdyk - Patrik Berglund - Wiktor Tichonow
Defense:	Drew Doughty - Victor Hedman
Goal:	Steve Mason

Division I.

Group A in Bad Toelz, Germany

2008 World Cup for the U20 Juniors Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Germany
Relegated	Lithuania
Venue (s)	Bad Toelz , Germany
opening	December 9, 2007
Final day	December 15, 2007
spectator	6,219 (414 per game)
Gates	122 (8.13 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Timo Pielmeier
Best defender	Christopher Fischer
Best striker	Michael Raffl
Top scorer	Frank Mauer (13 points)

The World Cup of Group A of Division I was held from December 9th to 15th, 2007 in Bad Tölz , Germany . The games took place in the Hacker-Pschorr Arena , which can hold up to 4,115 spectators , and where EC Bad Tölz also plays its home games.

The German U20 national team made it back to the top division undefeated after winning the decisive final group game against Austria. The Lithuanians emerged from the tournament as relegated to Division II . The German Timo Pielmeier was honored as the best goalkeeper . The German defender Christopher Fischer and the Austrian striker Michael Raffl , who together with the German Frank Mauer topped the scorer list with 13 points each , received further awards .

venue

Bad Toelz , Germany

Bad Tölz World championship venue

Venue

Hacker-Pschorr Arena Capacity: 4,115

Exterior view of the Hacker-Pschorr Arena

December 9, 2007 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Norway K. A. Olimb (3:48) P. Nilsen (23:06) M. Frøshaug (56:24)

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Ukraine

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 98

December 9, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Lithuania A. Bosas (13:03)

1: 7 (1: 3, 0: 0, 0: 4) match report

Germany D. Weiß (3:58) A. Kruminsch (15:28) P. Hager (19:32) M. Brandl (40:19) J. Flaake (42:15) C. Braun (43:32) F. . Wall (47:39)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 750

December 9, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Poland K. Dziubiński (53:23)

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

Austria D. Oberkofler (7:02) K. Reinthaler (13:10) M. Raffl (32:23) R. Herburger (47:52) A. Reisinger (48:43) M. Schiechl (59:42)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 100

December 10, 2007 1 p.m.

Ukraine W. Aleksyuk (2:47) M. Buzenko (5:12) D. Nimenko (39:14)

3: 4 n.P. (2: 2, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Lithuania P. Verenis (2:26) K. Nekrasevicius (15:04) A. Bosas (25:48) A. Bosas (PS)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 50

December 10, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Austria S. Ulmer (17:03) M. Raffl (28:46) K. Reinthaler (33:08) M. Raffl (34:13) R. Herburger (39:37)

5: 0 (1: 0, 4: 0, 0: 0) game report

Norway

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 100

December 10, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Germany F. Mauer (7:42) A. Kruminsch (10:55) M. Müller (16:09) A. Kruminsch (19:35) M. Endraß (19:49) P. Hager (22:01) T . Oppenheimer (23:30) A. Kruminsch (30:58) S. Daschner (41:14) P. Hager (53:10) S. Daschner (54:37)

11: 0 (5: 0, 3: 0, 3: 0) game report

Poland

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz spectators: 550

December 12, 2007 1:00 p.m.

Lithuania J. Viknius (35:36)

1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 3, 0: 0) game report

Poland M. Wrobel (26:11) P. Połącarz (26:49) K. Kapica (32:28)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 30

December 12, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Austria D. Oberkofler (11:25) D. Oberkofler (42:47) D. Oberkofler (46:24) P. Divjak (49:55) M. Schiechl (51:13) P. Divjak (57:53) M . Fischer (59:49)

7: 4 (1: 1, 0: 3, 6: 0) game report

Ukraine D. Issajenko (5:36) H. Kitscha (28:04) D. Wowk (36:07) J. Sekirko (39:51)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 50

December 12, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Germany P. Hager (9:32) F. Mauer (24:46) E. Ostwald (27:52) C. Braun (39:22) F. Mauer (48:05) A. Kruminsch (54:40) F. . Wall (58:56)

7: 1 (1: 0, 3: 0, 3: 1) game report

Norway F. Rålm (46:26)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz spectators: 550

December 13, 2007 1 p.m.

Austria M. Schiechl (2:15) S. Geier (10:16) D. Oberkofler (14:35) K. Reinthaler (22:19) M. Fischer (22:37) M. Fischer (22:37) W Lanz (29:42) M. Raffl (35:00) S. Geier (35:48) P. Maier (36:21) R. Herburger (37:10) N. Toff (41:51) S. Geier (50:08) S. Geier (51:56) M. Ulmer (56:06)

15: 0 (3: 0, 8: 0, 4: 0) game report

Lithuania

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 40

December 13, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Poland M. Szewczyk (19:49) M. Szewczyk (21:20)

2: 4 (1: 2, 1: 1, 0: 1) match report

Norway R. Dahlstrøm (13:32) C. Waagenæs (14:39) T. Kristiansen (28:36) KA Olimb (52:04)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 96

December 13, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Ukraine H. Kitscha (19:47)

1:11 (1: 0, 0: 3, 0: 8) game report

Germany C. Braun (25:23) P. Hager (32:04) F. Mauer (36:45) D. Weiß (41:13) T. Ankert (44:05) A. Albanese (47:40) T . Oppenheimer (48:51) K. Holzer (51:52) J. Flaake (53:03) S. Daschner (55:04) S. Daschner (57:10)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 600

December 15, 2007 12:30 p.m.

Norway F. Lystad Jacobsen (1:36) M. Frøshaug (3:17) S. Espeland (15:06) E. Follestad Johansen (18:15) M. Laumann-Ylvén (36:01) M. Frøshaug (36 : 15) R. Dahlstrøm (39:56) P. Bovim (43:00) S. Espeland (43:15) M. Laumann-Ylvén (54:06) M. Frøshaug (58:36)

11: 2 (4: 0, 3: 2, 4: 0) match report

Lithuania P. Tamkevicius (20:43) P. Verenis (27:28)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 40

December 15, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Ukraine M. Buzenko (9:19) M. Buzenko (PS)

2: 1 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Poland K. Dziubiński (26:27)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 100

December 15, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Germany P. Hager (8:55) A. Albanese (9:37) F. Mauer (21:02) T. Oppenheimer (43:10) C. Braun (52:57) J. Flaake (58:08)

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

Austria M. Ulmer (44:55) R. Herburger (48:06) M. Raffl (55:28)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 3,065

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Frank Mauer	5	7th	6th	13	+8	6th
Michael Raffl	5	5	8th	13	+3	0
Patrick Hager	5	5	7th	12	+9	2
Arturs Kruminsch	5	5	5	10	+6	2
Nico Toff	5	1	9	10	+4	8th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Timo Pielmeier	4th	228: 18	5	1	91.53	1.31
René Swette	4th	238: 42	10	1	89.58	2.51
Yevhen Napnenko	4th	238: 51	15th	0	88.46	3.77

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Germany	5	5	0	0	0	42: 06	13
2.	Austria	5	4th	0	0	1	36:11	12
3.	Norway	5	3	0	0	2	19:16	9
4th	Poland	5	1	0	1	3	07:24	4th
5.	Ukraine	5	0	1	1	3	10:26	3
6th	Lithuania	5	0	1	0	4th	08:39	2

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 I winning team: Germany

Division I promoted Germany

Adrian Albanese , Torsten Ankert , Maximilian Brandl , Constantin Braun , Stephan Daschner , Michael Endraß , Christopher Fischer , Jerome Flaake , Patrick Hager , Korbinian Holzer , Florian Kirschbauer , Benedikt Kohl , Arturs Kruminsch , Frank Mauer , Marcel Müller , Thomas Oppenheimer , Elia Ostwald , Michael Pfaff , Timo Pielmeier , Toni Ritter , Sebastian Staudt , Daniel Weiß Trainer: Ernst Höfner

Group B in Riga, Latvia

World Cup 2008 of the U20 Juniors of Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Latvia
Relegated	Great Britain
Venue (s)	Riga , Latvia
opening	December 12, 2007
Final day	December 18, 2007
spectator	33,320 (2,221 per game)
Gates	105 (7.00 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Maksim Maljuzin
Best defender	Artūrs Kulda
Best striker	Jan Muršak
Top scorer	Stéphane Da Costa (10 points)

Group B of Division I held its World Championship from December 12th to 18th, 2007 in the Latvian capital Riga . The venue was the Arēna Rīga with 10,300 seats, which was built for the 2006 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship .

The Latvian U20 selection emerged as the tournament winner and thus promoted to the top division, celebrating a 3-1 victory in the decisive final game against the Belarusian representation. Latvian Kaspars Daugaviņš and French Stéphane Da Costa shared the top scorer crown, while Latvian Artūrs Kulda was voted best defender, Maksim Maljuzin from Belarus the best goalkeeper and Slovenian Jan Muršak was voted best striker.

venue

Riga , Latvia

Riga World championship venue

Venue

Arēna Rīga Capacity: 10,300

Exterior view of the Arēna Rīga

December 12, 2007 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Slovenia S. Rajsar (3:03) J. Urbas (39:32) B. Goličič (50:58) J. Muršak (PS)

4: 3 n.P. (1: 0, 1: 3, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Great Britain J. Lundin (23:16) R. Dowd (31:38) A. Nell (38:38)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 150

December 12, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Hungary B. Magosi (11:58) N. Galanisz (40:43)

2: 3 (1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 1) game report

Belarus J. Jelissejenka (4:55) M. Stefanowitsch (5:31) A. Kolassau (52:36)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 500

December 12, 2007 8:00 p.m.

France S. Da Costa (11:06) G. Beron (16:47) A. Guttig (49:04)

3: 9 (2: 1, 0: 5, 1: 3) match report

Latvia G. Gricinskis (0:55) A. Ozoliņš (20:31) R. Jekimovs (21:48) K. Daugaviņš (29:28) A. Džeriņš (33:06) J. Ozoliņš (33:12) R . Jekimovs (41:05) A. Ozoliņš (47:57) A. Džeriņš (58:54)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 5,000

December 13, 2007 1 p.m.

Great Britain A. Nell (15:16) C. Peacock (30:24)

2: 5 (1: 0, 1: 3, 0: 2) game report

Hungary P. Németh (25:29) I. Sofron (27:12) P. Erdélyi (29:57) P. Erdélyi (46:47) B. Magosi (59:08)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 200

December 13, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Belarus M. Kamarou (3:53) A. Dzjamkou (21:51) A. Dzjamkou (24:52) I. Waraschylau (28:24) A. Dzjamkou (50:57) A. Dzjamkou (58:33)

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

France S. Da Costa (26:07)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 500

December 13, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Latvia A. Ozoliņš (20:11) A. Džeriņš (35:16)

2: 3 (0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 1) game report

Slovenia A. Židan (24:55) B. Goličič (26:00) L. Tošič (53:50)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 4,800

December 15, 2007 1:00 p.m.

Hungary N. Galanisz (25:57) I. Sofron (31:28) G. Nagy (42:03) I. Sofron (43:06) N. Galanisz (45:43) D. Kóger (48:33) Á . Kiss (58:53)

7: 4 (0: 1, 2: 0, 5: 3) game report

France S. Da Costa (17:09) R. Rimann (46:14) S. Da Costa (51:51) G. Avenel (57:05)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 260

December 15, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Belarus I. Waraschylau (25:30) P. Raswadouski (44:26)

2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report

Slovenia S. Rajsar (43:05)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 1,450

December 15, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Latvia K. Grundmanis (3:10) M. Zembergs (4:41) M. Skuška (31:37) J. Ozoliņš (35:19) R. Jekimovs (37:50) M. Zembergs (49:19)

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

Great Britain

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 5,430

December 16, 2007 1:00 p.m.

France

0: 5 (0: 2, 0: 3, 0: 0) game report

Slovenia Ž. Jeglič (5:23) A. Židan (12:15) S. Rajsar (24:36) R. Tičar (27:10) M. Potočnik (28:17)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 130

December 16, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Great Britain S. Lee (51:30)

1: 9 (0: 0, 0: 8, 1: 1) game report

Belarus P. Daschkou (23:50) A. Dsjamkou (28:52) M. Stefanowitsch (29:15) A. Paulowitsch (30:06) M. Kamarou (30:33) I. Waraschylau (32:10) D. Korabau (37:53) M. Stefanowitsch (39:24) P. Raswadouski (52:33)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 800

December 16, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Latvia M. Zembergs (15:19) J. Straupe (18:02) G. Gricinskis (24:44) O. Cibuļskis (38:57) A. Džeriņš (42:20) M. Skuška (47:05) E. . Apelis (49:31) E. Uļeščenko (50:57)

8: 2 (2: 1, 2: 0, 4: 1) game report

Hungary B. Magosi (12:46) Á. Strausz (58:54)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 4,200

December 18, 2007 1:00 p.m.

Slovenia A. Židan (25:16) J. Ankerst (32:50) Ž. Oblak (38:09) Ž. Oblak (53:42)

4: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 1: 0) game report

Hungary I. Sofron (18:31)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 100

December 18, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Great Britain A. Nell (6:00) B. O'Connor (29:36)

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

France R. Rimann (2:43) R. Orset (8:56) R. Rimann (19:34) S. Da Costa (33:55) L. Lampérier (41:43) J. Romand (43:16)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 400

December 18, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Belarus J. Jelissejenka (36:00)

1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 2) game report

Latvia A. Kulda (27:49) J. Straupe (55:37) K. Daugaviņš (59:50)

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 9,400

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Stéphane Da Costa	5	5	5	10	−3	8th
Kaspars Daugaviņš	5	2	8th	10	+4	4th
Arzyom Djamkou	5	5	4th	9	+8	10
Nikandrosz Galanisz	5	3	5	8th	+5	4th
Roberts Jekimovs	5	3	5	8th	+5	2
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Matevž Grabnar	2	125: 00	3	1	95.24	1.44
Maksim Maljuzin	4th	237: 57	6th	0	94.96	1.51
Matija Pintarič	3	180: 00	5	0	93.24	1.67

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Latvia	5	4th	0	0	1	28: 09	12
2.	Belarus	5	4th	0	0	1	21: 08	12
3.	Slovenia	5	3	1	0	1	17: 08	11
4th	Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	17:21	6th
5.	France	5	1	0	0	3	14:29	3
6th	Great Britain	5	0	0	1	4th	08:30	1

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 I winning team: Latvia

Division I promoted Latvia

Edgars Apelis , Lauri Bajaruns , Oskars Cibuļskis , Kaspar Daugaviņš , Andris Džeriņš , Nauri Enkuzens , Aleksandrs Fadejevs , Gatis Gricinskis , Krišs Grundmanis , Alberts Iliško , Roberts Jekimovs , artūrs kulda , Artūrs Ozoliòš , Janis Ozoliòš , vitalijs pavlovs , Aldis Pizan , Mārtiņš skúška , Gunārs Skvorcovs , Jānis Straupe , Edgars Uļeščenko , Dainis Vasiļjevs , Mārcis Zembergs Trainer: Andrejs Maticins

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division I:	Denmark, Switzerland
Promoted to the top division:	Germany, Latvia
Relegated to Division II:	UK, Lithuania
Promoted to Division I:	Estonia, Italy

Division II

Group A in Canazei, Italy

2008 World Cup for the U20 Juniors Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Italy
Relegated	Iceland
Venue (s)	Canazei , Italy
opening	December 9, 2007
Final day	December 15, 2007
spectator	3,549 (236 per game)
Gates	124 (8.27 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Takumi Kamikawa
Best defender	Naoya Tsuchizuka
Best striker	Ivan Demetz
Top scorer	Teruyuki Tsuchiya and Ivan Demetz (14 points each)

From December 9th to 15th, 2007, the Group A tournament of Division II took place in Canazei , Italy . The games were played in the Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola with 3,500 seats.

venue

Canazei , Italy

Canazei World championship venue

Venue

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola Capacity: 3,500

December 9, 2007 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Romania

6: 4 (0: 1, 3: 1, 3: 2) game report

Iceland

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 80

December 9, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Belgium

0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 3) game report

South Korea

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 150

December 9, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Japan

1: 5 (0: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1) game report

Italy

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 820

December 10, 2007 1 p.m.

Iceland

1: 5 (1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 2) game report

Belgium

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 50

December 10, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Romania

0: 6 (0: 3, 0: 0, 0: 3) game report

Japan

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 50

December 10, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Italy

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

South Korea

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 640

December 12, 2007 1:00 p.m.

Romania

4: 5 n.P. (1: 1, 3: 3, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Belgium

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 70

December 12, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Japan

5: 1 (0: 0, 2: 1, 3: 0) game report

South Korea

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 54

December 12, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Italy

11: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 7: 1) game report

Iceland

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 440

December 13, 2007 1 p.m.

Iceland

1:17 (0: 3, 0: 5, 1: 9) match report

Japan

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 45

December 13, 2007 4:30 p.m.

South Korea

3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Romania

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 40

December 13, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Belgium

2: 5 (0: 2, 1: 2, 1: 1) game report

Italy

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 360

December 15, 2007 1:00 p.m.

Japan

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

Belgium

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 50

December 15, 2007 4:30 p.m.

South Korea

8: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0) game report

Iceland

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 50

December 15, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Italy

12: 1 (0: 0, 4: 0, 8: 1) game report

Romania

Stadio del ghiaccio Gianmario Scola, Canazei Spectators: 650

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Teruyuki Tsuchiya	5	6th	8th	14th	+10	6th
Ivan Demetz	5	5	9	14th	+8	4th
Marco Insam	5	8th	5	13	+8	4th
Kim Sang-wook	5	7th	6th	13	+4	0
Anton Bernard	5	8th	3	11	+8	6th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Takumi Kamikawa	3	180: 00	1	2	98.67	0.33
Martin Ausserhofer	3	180: 00	5	0	92.65	1.67
Park Sung-je	3	160: 00	5	1	91.94	1.88

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Italy	5	5	0	0	0	37: 08	15th
2.	Japan	5	4th	0	0	1	37: 07	12
3.	South Korea	5	3	0	0	2	18:11	9
4th	Belgium	5	1	1	0	3	12:21	5
5.	Romania	5	1	0	1	3	13:30	4th
6th	Iceland	5	0	0	0	5	07:47	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 U20 Juniors of Division II, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Estonia
Relegated	People's Republic of China
Venue (s)	Tallinn , Estonia
opening	December 10, 2007
Final day	December 16, 2007
spectator	2,439 (162 per game)
Gates	135 (7.00 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Tihomir Filipec
Best defender	Mike Dalhuisen
Best striker	Artur Minin
Top scorer	Maksim Brandis (16 points)

The Group B tournament in Division II was held from December 10 to 16, 2007 in the Estonian capital Tallinn . The games took place in the 750-seat Premia Jäähall .

venue

Tallinn , Estonia

Tallinn World championship venue

Venue

Premia Jäähall Capacity: 750

Exterior view of the Premia Jäähall

December 10, 2007 1:00 p.m. (local time)

People's Republic of China

3: 9 (0: 2, 2: 4, 1: 3) match report

Spain

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 40

December 10, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Netherlands

7: 0 (3: 0, 4: 0, 0: 0) game report

Mexico

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 89

December 10, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Croatia

2: 5 (1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 2) game report

Estonia

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 413

December 11, 2007 1 p.m.

Mexico

4: 1 (0: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) game report

People's Republic of China

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 30

December 11, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Netherlands

8: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0) game report

Croatia

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 77

December 11, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Estonia

13: 2 (4: 0, 5: 0, 4: 2) game report

Spain

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 341

December 13, 2007 1 p.m.

Netherlands

14: 1 (6: 0, 6: 1, 2: 0) game report

People's Republic of China

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 32

December 13, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Croatia

5: 2 (1: 0, 4: 1, 0: 1) game report

Spain

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 53

December 13, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Estonia

4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) game report

Mexico

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 338

December 14, 2007 1:00 p.m.

Mexico

2: 5 (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 3) game report

Croatia

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 34

December 14, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Spain

1: 5 (1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 2) game report

Netherlands

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 38

December 14, 2007 8:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China

1:10 (0: 2, 0: 4, 1: 4) game report

Estonia

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 306

December 16, 2007 1:00 p.m.

Spain

10: 1 (4: 0, 3: 1, 3: 0) game report

Mexico

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 54

December 16, 2007 4:30 p.m.

Croatia

12: 2 (1: 0, 4: 1, 7: 1) game report

People's Republic of China

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 74

December 16, 2007 8:00 p.m.

Estonia

3: 2 n.P. (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Netherlands

Premia Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 520

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Maksim Brandis	5	5	11	16	+9	4th
Anton Perov	5	9	5	14th	+9	8th
Juan Muñoz	5	7th	4th	11	+5	2
Mike Dalhuisen	5	4th	7th	11	+14	8th
Borna Rendulić	5	7th	3	10	+3	4th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Ian Meierdres	3	185: 00	4th	1	95.18	1.30
Mark Rajevski	3	185: 00	6th	0	94.96	1.95
Tihomir Filipec	5	290: 05	19th	0	88.82	3.92

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Estonia	5	4th	1	0	0	35: 08	14th
2.	Netherlands	5	4th	0	1	0	36: 05	13
3.	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	24:19	9
4th	Spain	5	2	0	0	3	24:27	6th
5.	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4th	08:27	3
6th	People's Republic of China	5	0	0	0	5	08:49	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:	UK, Lithuania
Promoted to Division I:	Estonia, Italy
Relegated to Division III:	People's Republic of China, Iceland
Promoted to Division II:	New Zealand, Serbia

Division III

World Cup 2008 of the U20 Juniors of Division III
Number of nations	7th
Climbers	New Zealand Serbia
Venue (s)	Belgrade , Serbia
opening	January 16, 2008
Final day	January 24, 2008
spectator	2,425 (115 per game)
Gates	266 (12.67 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Zak Nothling
Best defender	Petros Zhamkochyan
Best striker	Chris Eaden
Top scorer	Chris Eaden (28 points)

Division III held its world championship from January 16 to 24, 2008 in the Serbian capital Belgrade . The games took place in the Ledena dvorana Pionir with a capacity of 2,000 .

venue

Belgrade , Serbia

Belgrade World championship venue

Venue

Ledena dvorana Pionir Capacity: 2,000

Exterior view of the Ledena dvorana Pionir

January 16, 2008 2:00 p.m. (local time)

Australia

5: 3 (1: 1, 1: 0, 3: 2) game report

Turkey

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 60

January 16, 2008 5:30 p.m.

Armenia

13: 1 (4: 0, 4: 0, 5: 1) game report

South Africa

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 50

January 16, 2008 9:00 p.m.

Serbia

16: 0 (6: 0, 5: 0, 5: 0) game report

Bulgaria

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 340

January 17, 2008 2:00 p.m.

New Zealand

19: 1 (4: 0, 8: 0, 7: 1) game report

Bulgaria

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 10

January 17, 2008 5:30 p.m.

Australia

16: 2 (7: 0, 5: 1, 4: 1) game report

South Africa

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: no information

January 17, 2008 9:00 p.m.

Armenia

13: 1 (4: 0, 4: 1, 5: 0) game report

Turkey

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 20

January 18, 2008 2:00 p.m.

Bulgaria

0:16 (0: 5, 0: 7, 0: 4) game report

Australia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 32

January 18, 2008 5:30 p.m.

Turkey

1:20 (0: 7, 1: 7, 0: 6) game report

New Zealand

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 150

January 18, 2008 9:00 p.m.

Serbia

10: 1 (3: 1, 2: 0, 5: 0) game report

South Africa

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 250

January 20, 2008 2:00 p.m.

Turkey

9: 4 (4: 1, 3: 3, 2: 0) game report

Bulgaria

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 32

January 20, 2008 5:30 p.m.

New Zealand

8: 4 (4: 2, 2: 1, 2: 1) game report

Armenia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 150

January 20, 2008 9:00 p.m.

Serbia

5: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0) game report

Australia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 300

January 21, 2008 2:00 p.m.

Bulgaria

3:13 (1: 4, 2: 4, 0: 5) game report

South Africa

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 21

January 21, 2008 5:30 p.m.

Australia

2: 7 (2: 2, 0: 1, 0: 4) game report

New Zealand

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 58

January 21, 2008 9:00 p.m.

Serbia

6: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 4: 0) game report

Armenia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 400

January 23, 2008 2:00 p.m.

South Africa

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

Turkey

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 16

January 23, 2008 5:30 p.m.

Armenia

6: 5 (2: 3, 3: 0, 1: 2) game report

Australia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 50

January 23, 2008 9:00 p.m.

New Zealand

5: 4 (1: 1, 2: 1, 2: 2) game report

Serbia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 400

January 24, 2008 2:00 p.m.

South Africa

3: 7 (0: 3, 2: 3, 1: 1) game report

New Zealand

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 30

January 24, 2008 5:30 p.m.

Bulgaria

2:11 (1: 4, 0: 3, 1: 4) game report

Armenia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 40

January 24, 2008 9:00 p.m.

Turkey

1:14 (0: 5, 0: 5, 1: 4) game report

Serbia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: no information

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Chris Eaden	6th	16	12	28	+18	2
Michael Beaton	6th	12	9	21st	+9	10
Harutyun Qeshishyan	6th	9	11	20th	+5	12
Joshua Hay	6th	10	8th	18th	+12	6th
Dale Harrop	6th	7th	11	18th	+19	0
The Serbian Velimir Babić , who only had the seventh most scorer points, achieved the best plus / minus balance with +21.
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Zvezdan Vidaković	6th	299: 09	6th	3	94.12	1.20
Zak Nothling	6th	271: 03	11	0	93.08	2.43
Thomas Gouldstone	3	150: 23	8th	0	85.71	3.19

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	New Zealand	6th	6th	0	0	0	66:15	18th
2.	Serbia	6th	5	0	0	1	55: 07	15th
3.	Armenia	6th	4th	0	0	2	47:23	12
4th	Australia	6th	3	0	0	3	44:23	9
5.	South Africa	6th	2	0	0	4th	26:52	6th
6th	Turkey	6th	1	0	0	5	18:62	3
7th	Bulgaria	6th	0	0	0	6th	10:84	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:	People's Republic of China, Iceland
Promoted to Division II:	New Zealand, Serbia

See also

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ iihf.com, Best Players selected by the directorate (PDF; 9 kB)
2. ↑ iihf.com, Media All-Stars (PDF; 9 kB)
3. ↑ eurohockey.net, Team Latvia U20 promoted

Web links

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