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2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries  France
  Estonia
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates30 March – 5 April 2008
23–29 March 2008
Teams12
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The 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II was an international under-18 ice hockey competition organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Both Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition of the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 30 March and 5 April 2008 in Méribel and Courchevel, France and the Group B tournament was played from 23 to 29 March 2008 in Tallinn, Estonia. France and Hungary won the Group A and B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Division I of the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Group A

The Group A tournament was played in Méribel and Courchevel, France, from 30 March to 5 April 2008. [1]

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   France 5 5 0 0 0 53 4 +49 15 Promoted to the 2009 Division I
2   South Korea 5 3 1 0 1 31 9 +22 11
3   Croatia 5 3 0 0 2 32 24 +8 9
4   Belgium 5 2 0 1 2 14 30 −16 7
5   China 5 1 0 0 4 14 52 −38 3
6   Australia 5 0 0 0 5 8 33 −25 0 Relegated to the 2009 Division III
Source: IIHF

Results

All times are local.

30 March 2008
15:00
South Korea 10–0
(2–0, 3–0, 5–0)
  AustraliaArena Courchevel
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30 March 2008
20:30
China 4–5
(1–2, 3–2, 0–1)
  BelgiumArena Courchevel
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30 March 2008
20:30
Croatia 1–8
(0–2, 1–3, 0–3)
  FranceArena Méribel
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31 March 2008
15:00
South Korea 6–3
(3–1, 1–1, 2–1)
  CroatiaArena Méribel
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31 March 2008
20:30
Australia 4–5
(0–2, 0–1, 4–2)
  ChinaArena Méribel
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31 March 2008
20:30
France 16–0
(5–0, 6–0, 5–0)
  BelgiumArena Courchevel
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2 April 2008
15:00
Croatia 5–4
(0–1, 4–1, 1–2)
  BelgiumArena Courchevel
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2 April 2008
20:30
South Korea 10–0
(5–0, 4–0, 1–0)
  ChinaArena Méribel
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2 April 2008
20:30
France 10–2
(2–1, 4–1, 4–0)
  AustraliaArena Courchevel
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4 April 2008
15:00
Belgium 3–4 OT
(2–2, 1–0, 0–1, 0–1)
  South KoreaArena Méribel
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4 April 2008
20:30
Australia 1–6
(0–3, 1–2, 0–1)
  CroatiaArena Courchevel
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4 April 2008
20:30
China 0–16
(0–4, 0–5, 0–7)
  FranceArena Méribel
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5 April 2008
15:00
Belgium 2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
  AustraliaArena Courchevel
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5 April 2008
18:00
Croatia 17–5
(3–1, 6–2, 8–2)
  ChinaArena Méribel
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5 April 2008
20:30
France 3–1
(1–1, 2–0, 0–0)
  South KoreaArena Courchevel
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Group B

The Group B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 23 to 29 March 2008. [2]

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Hungary 5 4 0 0 1 37 12 +25 12 Promoted to the 2009 Division I
2   Great Britain 5 4 0 0 1 27 11 +16 12
3   Estonia 5 3 0 0 2 20 14 +6 9
4   Romania 5 2 0 0 3 32 21 +11 6
5   Spain 5 2 0 0 3 20 21 −1 6
6   Israel 5 0 0 0 5 11 68 −57 0 Relegated to the 2009 Division III
Source: IIHF

Results

All times are local.

23 March 2008
13:00
Spain 1–8
(1–2, 0–3, 0–3)
  Romania Arena Premia, Tallinn
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23 March 2008
16:30
Estonia 3–5
(0–0, 3–4, 0–1)
  Great BritainArena Premia, Tallinn
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23 March 2008
20:00
Hungary 19–1
(5–0, 7–1, 7–0)
  IsraelArena Premia, Tallinn
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24 March 2008
13:00
Great Britain 5–3
(0–3, 3–0, 2–0)
  RomaniaArena Premia, Tallinn
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24 March 2008
16:30
Israel 4–12
(1–4, 3–2, 0–6)
  SpainArena Premia, Tallinn
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24 March 2008
20:00
Hungary 3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)
  EstoniaArena Premia, Tallinn
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26 March 2008
13:00
Great Britain 12–0
(4–0, 4–0, 4–0)
  IsraelArena Premia, Tallinn
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26 March 2008
16:30
Hungary 3–4
(2–2, 0–1, 1–1)
  SpainArena Premia, Tallinn
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26 March 2008
20:00
Estonia 3–2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1)
  RomaniaArena Premia, Tallinn
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27 March 2008
13:00
Spain 2–4
(2–0, 0–3, 0–1)
  Great BritainArena Premia, Tallinn
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27 March 2008
16:30
Romania 4–9
(0–4, 2–2, 2–3)
  HungaryArena Premia, Tallinn
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27 March 2008
20:00
Israel 3–10
(0–5, 1–3, 2–2)
  EstoniaArena Premia, Tallinn
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29 March 2008
13:00
Romania 15–3
(5–0, 4–2, 6–1)
  IsraelArena Premia, Tallinn
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29 March 2008
16:30
Great Britain 1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)
  HungaryArena Premia, Tallinn
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29 March 2008
20:00
Estonia 2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)
  SpainArena Premia, Tallinn
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