2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2008 IIHF World U20 Championship

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Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	26 December 2007 – 5 January 2008
Teams	10
Venue(s)	ČEZ Arena and Tipsport Arena (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	197 (6.35 per game)
Attendance	103,179 (3,328 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	James van Riemsdyk (11 points)
MVP	Steve Mason

The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2008 WJHC), was the 32nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. 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. Sweden earned its first World Junior medal since 1996 by reaching the final.

Top Division

Venues

ČEZ Aréna Capacity: 10,194	Tipsport Arena Capacity: 7,500
Czech Republic – Pardubice	Czech Republic – Liberec

Rosters

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	22	9	+13	12	Semifinals
2	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	12	5	+7	9	Quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic (H)	4	2	0	0	2	12	11	+1	6
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	9	14	−5	3	Relegation round
5	Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	7	23	−16	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

26 December 2007 16:00

Sweden

4–3 (2–1, 0–0, 2–2)

Slovakia

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 7,692

26 December 2007 20:00

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 10,057

Game reference
	Goals John Tavares 31:21 (PP) Matthew Halischuk 43:57 John Tavares 51:53 (PP)

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27 December 2007 16:00

Slovakia

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 3,657

Game reference
	Goals Kyle Turris 20:54 (PP2), 53:20 (PP)

27 December 2007 20:00

Czech Republic

5–2 (3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Denmark

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 3,260

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28 December 2007 18:00

Denmark

1–10 (1–2, 0–4, 0–4)

Sweden

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 654

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29 December 2007 16:00

Slovakia

2–5 (0–2, 1–2, 1–1)

Czech Republic

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 10,194

29 December 2007 20:00

Canada

3–4 (1–0, 0–0, 2–4)

Sweden

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 8,547

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30 December 2007 18:00

Denmark

3–4 (0–1, 0–2, 3–1)

Slovakia

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 468

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31 December 2007 14:00

Sweden

4–2 (1–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Czech Republic

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 6,272

31 December 2007 18:00

Canada

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Denmark

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 1,158

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	17	8	+9	12	Semifinals
2	Russia	4	3	0	0	1	18	14	+4	9	Quarterfinals
3	Finland	4	1	1	0	2	16	15	+1	5
4	Kazakhstan	4	1	0	0	3	8	16	−8	3	Relegation round
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	1	3	9	15	−6	1

Source: IIHF

26 December 2007 16:00

United States

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,029

26 December 2007 20:00

Finland

4–7 (2–1, 0–4, 2–2)

Russia

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,720

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27 December 2007 16:00

Kazakhstan

4–5 (2–0, 1–4, 1–1)

Russia

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 796

27 December 2007 20:00

Finland

4–3 GWS (1–2, 1–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Switzerland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 980

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28 December 2007 18:00

Switzerland

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

United States

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,222

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29 December 2007 16:00

Kazakhstan

0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,354

29 December 2007 20:00

Russia

2–3 (0–1, 1–0, 1–2)

United States

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 4,654

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30 December 2007 18:00

Switzerland

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 513

Game reference
	Yannick Weber 53:49 (PP) Goals Yakov Vorobiev 7:39, 28;19 (PP) Evgeny Rymarev 59:07

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31 December 2007 14:00

Russia

4–3 (1–1, 2–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 551

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31 December 2007 18:00

United States

5–3 (2–0, 3–0, 0–3)

Finland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,133

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	0	17	5	+12	9
8	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	9	12	−3	6
9	Switzerland	3	1	0	0	2	8	10	−2	3	2009 Division I
10	Denmark	3	0	0	0	3	8	15	−7	0

Source: IIHF

2 January 2008 16:00

Slovakia

5–2 (1–0, 2–0, 2–2)

Switzerland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 564

2 January 2008 20:00

Kazakhstan

6–3 (1–0, 2–2, 3–1)

Denmark

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 149

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3 January 2008 16:00

Switzerland

5–2 (1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 251

3 January 2008 20:00

Slovakia

8–0 (4–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 359

Final round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					4 January
					Sweden (OT)	2
	2 January
					Russia	1
	Russia	4
									5 January
	Czech Republic	1
									Sweden	2
									Canada (OT)	3
					4 January
					United States	1
	2 January
					Canada	4			Third place
	Canada	4
									5 January
	Finland	2
									United States	2
									Russia	4

Quarterfinals

2 January 2008 16:00

Canada

4–2 (0–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Finland

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 5,187

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2 January 2008 20:00

Russia

4–1 (0–0, 3–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 8,420

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Michal Neuvirth	Referees: Danny Kurmann Thomas Stearns Linesmen: Peter Feola Felix Winnekens
	Seleznev (Filatov, Mamin) – 27:58 1–0 Tikhonov (Golubtsov) (PP) – 35:04 2–0 Filatov (Anisimov, Kugryshev) – 36:57 3–0 3–1 37:20 – Meidl (Voráček) Korolev (Bodrov) – 50:10 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	13

Fifth place game

3 January 2008 18:00

Czech Republic

5–1 (0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Finland

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 483

Semifinals

4 January 2008 16:00

Sweden

2–1 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Russia

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 3,286

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Danny Kurmann Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Petr Blümel Jeff Jobson
	0–1 38:27 – Filatov (Cherepanov) Figren (Andersson, Moe) (PP) – 51:50 1–1 Backlund (Pääjärvi, Moe) – 66:18 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	24

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4 January 2008 20:00

United States

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Canada

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 5,621

Bronze medal game

5 January 2008 16:00

United States

2–4 (0–3, 1–1, 1–0)

Russia

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 5,468

Game reference
	Jeremy Smith Joe Palmer	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Danny Kurmann Jyri Petteri Ronn Linesmen: Jeff Jobson Felix Winnekens
	0–1 03:59 – Cherepanov (Filatov, Mamin) 0–2 11:04 – Kurbatov (Tikhonov) (PP) 0–3 16:57 – Filatov (Cherepanov) 0–4 21:30 – Filatov (Mamin, Cherepanov) (PP) Rakhshani (Okposo) – 30:47 1–4 Schroeder (Sanguinetti) (PP2) – 53:39 2–4
	24 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	25

Final

5 January 2008 20:00

Sweden

2–3 OT (0–2, 0–0, 2–0) (OT: 0–1)

Canada

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 7,480

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Steve Mason	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Peter Feola Milan Mášik
	0–1 01:27 – Marchand 0–2 17:01 – Giroux (Marchand, Turris) (PP) Carlsson (Alcén, P. Berglund) (PP) – 45:13 1–2 Larsson (EA) – 59:22 2–2 2–3 63:36 – Halischuk
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	21

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	James van Riemsdyk	United States	6	5	6	11	+4	2
2	Nikita Filatov	Russia	7	4	5	9	+7	10
3	Marek Slovák	Slovakia	6	2	7	9	+2	12
4	Kyle Turris	Canada	7	4	4	8	+3	2
5	Arnaud Jacquemet	Switzerland	6	2	6	8	+1	4
5	Dávid Skokan	Slovakia	6	2	6	8	+1	6
7	Jordan Schroeder	United States	6	1	7	8	+1	2
8	Yevgeni Rymarev	Kazakhstan	6	6	1	7	+2	0
8	Colin Wilson	United States	5	6	1	7	+2	4
10	Robin Figren	Sweden	6	5	2	7	+4	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Steve Mason	Canada	303:36	6	1.19	123	95.12	1
2	Július Hudáček	Slovakia	359:08	16	2.67	202	92.08	1
3	Sergei Bobrovsky	Russia	366:07	15	2.46	184	91.85	0
4	Michal Neuvirth	Czech Republic	240:00	10	2.50	111	90.99	0
5	Jhonas Enroth	Sweden	308:56	12	2.33	126	90.48	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

• Best players selected by the Directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Steve Mason
  • Best Defenceman: Drew Doughty
  • Best Forward: Viktor Tikhonov
  • MVP: Steve Mason

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • Goaltender: Steve Mason
  • Defencemen: Victor Hedman / Drew Doughty
  • Forwards: Patrik Berglund / Viktor Tikhonov / James van Riemsdyk

Source: IIHF

Final standings

	Team
	Canada
	Sweden
	Russia
4th	United States
5th	Czech Republic
6th	Finland
7th	Slovakia
8th	Kazakhstan
9th	Switzerland
10th	Denmark

Division I

Main article: 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

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Germany	5	5	0	0	0	42	6	15
Austria	5	4	0	0	1	36	11	12
Norway	5	3	0	0	2	19	16	9
Poland	5	1	0	1	3	7	24	4
Ukraine	5	0	1	1	3	10	26	3
Lithuania	5	0	1	0	4	8	39	2

Germany is promoted to Pool A and Lithuania is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Latvia	5	4	0	0	1	28	9	12
Belarus	5	4	0	0	1	21	8	12
Slovenia	5	3	1	0	1	17	8	11
Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	17	21	6
France	5	1	0	0	4	14	29	3
Great Britain	5	0	0	1	4	8	30	1

Latvia is promoted to Pool A and Great Britain is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Division II

Main article: 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

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Italy	5	5	0	0	0	37	8	15
Japan	5	4	0	0	1	37	7	12
South Korea	5	3	0	0	2	18	11	9
Belgium	5	1	1	0	3	12	21	5
Romania	5	1	0	1	3	13	30	4
Iceland	5	0	0	0	5	7	47	0

Italy is promoted to Division I and Iceland is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Estonia	5	4	1	0	0	35	8	14
Netherlands	5	4	0	1	0	36	5	13
Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	24	19	9
Spain	5	2	0	0	3	24	27	6
Mexico	5	1	0	0	4	8	27	3
China	5	0	0	0	5	8	49	0

Estonia is promoted to Division I and China is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Division III

Main article: 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.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
New Zealand	6	6	0	0	0	66	15	18
Serbia	6	5	0	0	1	55	7	15
Armenia	6	4	0	0	2	47	23	12
Australia	6	3	0	0	3	44	23	9
South Africa	6	2	0	0	4	26	52	6
Turkey	6	1	0	0	5	18	62	3
Bulgaria	6	0	0	0	6	10	84	0

New Zealand and Serbia were promoted to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

See also

• 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
• 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division I
• 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II
• 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division III
• 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

External links

• IIHF Official Site
• Official Site