2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I represents the second level of the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

2008 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Germany
 Latvia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates9–15 December 2007
12–18 December 2007
Teams12
← 2007
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Group A edit

The Group A tournament was played in Bad Tölz, Germany, from 9 to 15 December 2007.[1]

Participating teams edit

Team Qualification
  Germany Hosts; placed 9th in Top Division last year and were relegated.
  Austria Placed 2nd in Division I (Group B) last year.
  Ukraine Placed 3rd in Division I (Group A) last year.
  Poland Placed 4th in Division I (Group A) last year.
  Norway Placed 5th in Division I (Group B) last year.
  Lithuania Placed 1st in Division II (Group B) last year and were promoted.

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Germany (H) 5 5 0 0 0 42 6 +36 15 Promoted to the 2009 Top Division
2   Austria 5 4 0 0 1 36 11 +25 12
3   Norway 5 3 0 0 2 19 16 +3 9
4   Poland 5 1 0 1 3 7 24 −17 4
5   Ukraine 5 0 1 1 3 10 26 −16 3
6   Lithuania 5 0 1 0 4 8 39 −31 2 Relegated to the 2009 Division II
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results edit

All times are local (Central European TimeUTC+1).

9 December 2007
13:00
Norway  3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
  UkraineHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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9 December 2007
16:30
Lithuania  1–7
(1–3, 0–0, 0–4)
  GermanyHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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9 December 2007
20:00
Poland  1–6
(0–2, 0–1, 1–3)
  AustriaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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10 December 2007
13:00
Ukraine  3–4 GWS
(2–2, 1–1, 0–0)
OT: 0–0, GWS: 0–1
  LithuaniaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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10 December 2007
16:30
Austria  5–0
(1–0, 4–0, 0–0)
  NorwayHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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10 December 2007
20:00
Germany  11–0
(5–0, 3–0, 3–0)
  PolandHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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12 December 2007
13:00
Lithuania  1–3
(0–0, 1–3, 0–0)
  PolandHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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12 December 2007
16:30
Austria  7–4
(1–1, 0–3, 6–0)
  UkraineHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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12 December 2007
20:00
Germany  7–1
(1–0, 3–0, 3–1)
  NorwayHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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13 December 2007
13:00
Austria  15–0
(3–0, 8–0, 4–0)
  LithuaniaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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13 December 2007
16:30
Poland  2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1)
  NorwayHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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13 December 2007
20:00
Ukraine  1–11
(1–0, 0–3, 0–8)
  GermanyHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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15 December 2007
12:30
Norway  11–2
(4–0, 3–2, 4–0)
  LithuaniaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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15 December 2007
16:00
Ukraine  2–1 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
OT: 0–0, GWS: 1–0
  PolandHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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15 December 2007
19:30
Germany  6–3
(2–0, 1–0, 3–3)
  AustriaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
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Group B edit

The Group B tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 12 to 18 December 2007.[2]

Participating teams edit

Team Qualification
  Belarus placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated.
  Latvia Hosts; placed 2nd in Division I (Group A) last year.
  Great Britain Placed 3rd in Division I (Group B) last year.
  France Placed 4th in Division I (Group B) last year.
  Slovenia Placed 5th in Division I (Group A) last year.
  Hungary Placed 1st in Division II (Group A) last year and were promoted.

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Latvia (H) 5 4 0 0 1 28 9 +19 12 Promoted to the 2009 Top Division
2   Belarus 5 4 0 0 1 21 8 +13 12
3   Slovenia 5 3 1 0 1 17 8 +9 11
4   Hungary 5 2 0 0 3 17 21 −4 6
5   France 5 1 0 0 4 14 29 −15 3
6   Great Britain 5 0 0 1 4 8 30 −22 1 Relegated to the 2009 Division II
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results edit

All times are local (Eastern European TimeUTC+2).

12 December 2007
13:00
Slovenia  4–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–3, 1–0)
OT: 0–0, GWS: 1–0
  Great BritainArena Riga, Riga
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12 December 2007
16:30
Hungary  2–3
(1–2, 0–0, 1–1)
  BelarusArena Riga, Riga
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12 December 2007
20:00
France  3–9
(2–1, 0–5, 1–3)
  LatviaArena Riga, Riga
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13 December 2007
13:00
Great Britain  2–5
(1–0, 1–3, 0–2)
  HungaryArena Riga, Riga
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13 December 2007
16:30
Belarus  6–1
(1–0, 3–1, 2–0)
  FranceArena Riga, Riga
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13 December 2007
20:00
Latvia  2–3
(0–0, 2–2, 0–1)
  SloveniaArena Riga, Riga
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15 December 2007
13:00
Hungary  7–4
(0–1, 2–0, 5–3)
  FranceArena Riga, Riga
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15 December 2007
16:30
Belarus  2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)
  SloveniaArena Riga, Riga
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15 December 2007
20:00
Latvia  6–0
(2–0, 3–0, 1–0)
  Great BritainArena Riga, Riga
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16 December 2007
13:00
France  0–5
(0–2, 0–3, 0–0)
  SloveniaArena Riga, Riga
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16 December 2007
16:30
Great Britain  1–9
(0–0, 0–8, 1–1)
  BelarusArena Riga, Riga
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16 December 2007
20:00
Latvia  8–2
(2–1, 2–0, 4–1)
  HungaryArena Riga, Riga
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18 December 2007
12:30
Slovenia  4–1
(0–1, 3–0, 1–0)
  HungaryArena Riga, Riga
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18 December 2007
16:00
Great Britain  2–6
(1–3, 1–1, 0–2)
  FranceArena Riga, Riga
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18 December 2007
19:30
Belarus  1–3
(0–0, 1–1, 0–2)
  LatviaArena Riga, Riga
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