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2008 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Czech Republic
City Pardubice, Liberec
Venue(s) ČEZ Arena and
Tipsport Arena (in 2 host cities)
Dates26 December 2007 –
5 January 2008
Teams10
Final positions
Champions    Canada (14th title)
Runner-up    Sweden
Third place    Russia
Fourth place  United States
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored197 (6.35 per game)
Attendance103,179 (3,328 per game)
Scoring leader(s) United States James van Riemsdyk
(11 points)
MVP Canada Steve Mason
←  2007
2009 →

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. [1] [2] 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
Game reference
Robin Figren 10:20 (SH)
Patrik Berglund 16:14 (PP)
Robin Figren 48:05 (PP)
Johan Alcén 55:03 (PP)		Goals Milan Bališ 02:10 (PP2)
Ivan Roháč 48:56
Tomáš Marcinko 50:15
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)
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
Game reference
Michael Frolík 00:22, 03:26 (PP), 13:09
Jakub Sklenář 23:30
Petr Strapáč 51:41 (PP)		Goals Kevin Leder 28:00
Sune Hjulmand 33:09 (PP)
28 December 2007
18:00		 Denmark 1–10
(1–2, 0–4, 0–4)		  Sweden ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 654
Game reference
Morten Poulsen 01:06Goals Oscar Möller 07:19
Tobias Forsberg 09:56
Mikael Backlund 26:20 (SH), 32:43 (SH)
Tony Lagerström 30:12, 46:29
Robin Figren 34:20
Patrik Berglund 51:58
Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 52:30
Patrik Lundh 54:25
29 December 2007
16:00		 Slovakia 2–5
(0–2, 1–2, 1–1)		  Czech Republic ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 10,194
Game reference
Oliver Ďuriš 38:17
Erik Čaládi (PP2) 52:20		Goals Jakub Sklenář 7:11, 26:10
Michael Frolík 19:59
Daniel Bártek 24:45
Martin Látal 54:27 (SH)
29 December 2007
20:00		 Canada 3–4
(1–0, 0–0, 2–4)		  Sweden ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 8,547
Game reference
Brad Marchand 19:05
Shawn Matthias 42:17
Claude Giroux 56:18 (PP2)		Goals Eric Moe 45:14 (PP)
Tony Lagerström 46:45
Oscar Möller 49:09 (PP)
Tobias Forsberg 59:53
30 December 2007
18:00		 Denmark 3–4
(0–1, 0–2, 3–1)		  Slovakia ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 468
Game reference
Mikkel Bødker 43:36 (PP)
Nichlas Hardt 48:01
Morten Poulsen 59:35 (PP)		Goals Ivan Roháč 8:25 (PP)
Matej Češík 27:43
Erik Čaládi 31:06 (PP2)
Marek Slovák 48:24
31 December 2007
14:00		 Sweden 4–2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–2)		  Czech Republic ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 6,272
Game reference
Oscar Möller 4:11
Patrik Berglund 23:37 (PP2)
Thomas Larsson 24:42
Robin Figren 41:26		Goals Antonín Bořuta 40:44 (PP)
Jakub Sklenář 50:10
31 December 2007
18:00		 Canada 4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)		  Denmark ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 1,158
Game reference
Shawn Matthias 12:44 (PP)
John Tavares 18:08
Kyle Turris 28:18, 54:42 (PP)		Goals Mikkel Bødker 49:36 (PP2)

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
Game reference
James van Riemsdyk 19:57
Rhett Rakhshani 24:58
Mike Carman 26:23
Colin Wilson 44:11 (PP)
Kyle Okposo 57:43		Goals Alexandr Kurshuk 14:46 (PP)
26 December 2007
20:00		 Finland 4–7
(2–1, 0–4, 2–2)		  Russia Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 1,720
Game reference
Nico Aaltonen 07:20 (PP)
Joonas Jalvanti 15:02 (PP)
Juuso Puustinen 43:33
Max Wärn 43:59		Goals Marat Kalimulin 11:47 (PP)
Yevgeni Bodrov 26:26
Vadim Golubtsov 27:32 (PP)
Artem Anisimov 32:34
Anton Korolev 34:32
Viktor Tikhonov 40:25 (PP)
Dmitri Kugryshev 56:22
27 December 2007
16:00		 Kazakhstan 4–5
(2–0, 1–4, 1–1)		  Russia Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 796
Game reference
Evgeny Rymarev 03:58
Konstantin Savenkov 14:21
Yakov Vorobyov 35:47 (PP)
Mikhail Kachulin 53:10		Goals Viktor Tikhonov 20:25 (PP)
Alexei Cherepanov 21:19
Evgenij Kurbatov 31:37
Artyom Gordeyev 36:27
Yuri Alexandrov 53:30
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
Game reference
Juuso Puustinen 17:36 (PP)
Harri Pesonen 22:45
Jarkko Malinen 43:05
Sakari Salminen GWG		Goals Kevin Lotscher 09:37
Reto Suri 14:47
Gregory Sciaroni 59:14
28 December 2007
18:00		 Switzerland 2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)		  United States Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 1,222
Game reference
Andrej Bykov 24:17
Arnaud Jacquemet 55:45 (PP)		Goals Colin Wilson 05:08 (PP), 49:30 (PP2)
Bobby Sanguinetti 22:57(PP)
James van Riemsdyk 42:27 (PP2)
29 December 2007
16:00		 Kazakhstan 0–5
(0–1, 0–2, 0–2)		  Finland Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 1,354
Game reference
Goals Nico Aaltonen 02:59
Joonas Kemppainen 23:37 (PP), 26:37
Niclas Lucenius 46:17 (PP2)
Juuso Puustinen 48:30
29 December 2007
20:00		 Russia 2–3
(0–1, 1–0, 1–2)		  United States Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 4,654
Game reference
Alexei Cherepanov 28:36
Viktor Tikhonov 54:36		GoalsTyler Ruegsegger 11:31 (PP2)
James van Riemsdyk 43:01 (PP)
Mike Carman 47:44
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
31 December 2007
14:00		 Russia 4–3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1)		   Switzerland Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 551
Game reference
Anton Korolev 1:31
Dmitri Sayustov 20:46 (PP2)
Artyom Gordeyev 37:49
Viktor Tikhonov 55:31		Goals Arnauld Jacquemet 9:41 (PP)
Dino Wieser 28:45
Marco Maurer 57:40
31 December 2007
18:00		 United States 5–3
(2–0, 3–0, 0–3)		  Finland Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 1,133
Game reference
Colin Wilson 9:29, 13:20 (PP), 21:43
Tyler Ruegsegger 24:44
James van Riemsdyk 29:14		Goals Nico Aaltonen 50:52 (PP)
Mikko Kousa 55:21 (PP)
Niclas Lucenius 59:14

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 Relegated to the 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
Game reference
Marek Slovák 5:50 (PP)
Dalibor Jančovič 31:13
Tomáš Marcinko 39:48
Erik Čaládi 58:54 (ENG)
Juraj Mikuš 59:51 (ENG)		Goals Étienne Froidevaux 40:40
Aurelio Lemm 46:07 (PP)
2 January 2008
20:00		 Kazakhstan 6–3
(1–0, 2–2, 3–1)		  Denmark Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 149
Game reference
Evgeny Gasnikov 08:53 (PP)
Yakov Vorobiev 33:42
Evgeny Rymarev 38:36 (SH), 52:08 (PP), 59:11 (ENG), 59:25 (ENG)		Goals Lars Eller 22:38 (PP), 38:59 (PP)
Nichlas Hardt 43:43 (PP)
3 January 2008
16:00		 Switzerland 5–2
(1–1, 2–1, 2–0)		  Denmark Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 251
Game reference
Yannick Weber 15:31
Aurelio Lemm 32:36, 39:29 (PP)
Reto Suri 43:12
Roman Schlagenhauf 58:37 (PP)		Goals Lars Eller 04:38
Philip Larsen 26:57 (PP)
3 January 2008
20:00		 Slovakia 8–0
(4–0, 3–0, 1–0)		  Kazakhstan Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 359
Game reference
Oliver Ďuriš 6:40
Dávid Skokan 14:00 (PP), 19:39 (PP2)
Ivan Roháč 15:45
Erik Čaládi 32:33 (PP)
Patrik Lušňák 35:13 (PP), 37:32
Dalibor Jančovič 50:05		Goals

Final round

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
4 January
 
 
  Sweden ( OT)2
 
2 January
 
  Russia1
 
  Russia4
 
5 January
 
  Czech Republic1
 
  Sweden2
 
 
  Canada ( OT)3
 
 
4 January
 
 
  United States1
 
2 January
 
  Canada4 Third place
 
  Canada4
 
5 January
 
  Finland2
 
  United States2
 
 
  Russia4
 

Quarterfinals

2 January 2008
16:00		 Canada 4–2
(0–1, 1–0, 3–1)		  Finland ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 5,187
Game reference
John Tavares 27:23 (PP)
Steven Stamkos 42:20
Brad Marchand 50:32
Stefan Legein 59:30 (ENG)		Goals Juuso Puustinen 7:23
Jan-Mikael Juutilainen 45:42
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 BobrovskyGoalies Michal NeuvirthReferees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
United States Thomas Stearns
Linesmen:
United States Peter Feola
Germany Felix Winnekens
Seleznev ( Filatov, Mamin) – 27:581–0
Tikhonov ( Golubtsov) (PP) – 35:042–0
Filatov ( Anisimov, Kugryshev) – 36:573–0
3–137:20 – Meidl ( Voráček)
Korolev ( Bodrov) – 50:104–1
14 minPenalties16 min
25Shots13

Fifth place game

3 January 2008
18:00		 Czech Republic 5–1
(0–1, 3–0, 2–0)		  Finland ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 483
Game reference
Daniel Bártek 26:44
Michael Frolík 27:59
Tomáš Kundrátek 39:20 (PP)
Zbyněk Hampl 47:46
Martin Látal 57:07 (ENG)		Goals Harri Pesonen

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 EnrothGoalies Sergei BobrovskyReferees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Czech Republic Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blümel
Canada Jeff Jobson
0–138:27 – Filatov ( Cherepanov)
Figren ( Andersson, Moe) (PP) – 51:501–1
Backlund ( Pääjärvi, Moe) – 66:182–1
8 minPenalties12 min
38Shots24
4 January 2008
20:00		 United States 1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)		  Canada ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 5,621
Game reference
James van Riemsdyk 53:26Goals Shawn Matthias 22:46
Karl Alzner 30:00 (PP)
Colton Gillies 47:04
Brad Marchand 47:24

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 BobrovskyReferees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Finland Jyri Petteri Ronn
Linesmen:
Canada Jeff Jobson
Germany Felix Winnekens
0–103:59 – Cherepanov ( Filatov, Mamin)
0–211:04 – Kurbatov ( Tikhonov) (PP)
0–316:57 – Filatov (Cherepanov)
0–421:30 – Filatov (Mamin, Cherepanov) (PP)
Rakhshani ( Okposo) – 30:471–4
Schroeder ( Sanguinetti) (PP2) – 53:392–4
24 minPenalties12 min
21Shots25

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 EnrothGoalies Steve MasonReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Czech Republic Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
United States Peter Feola
Slovakia Milan Mášik
0–101:27 – Marchand
0–217:01 – Giroux (Marchand, Turris) (PP)
Carlsson ( Alcén, P. Berglund) (PP) – 45:131–2
Larsson (EA) – 59:222–2
2–363:36 – Halischuk
10 minPenalties8 min
28Shots21

Statistics

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

Source: IIHF

Source: IIHF

Final standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)   Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Russia
4th   United States
5th   Czech Republic
6th   Finland
7th   Slovakia
8th   Kazakhstan
9th    Switzerland
10th   Denmark
Relegated to the 2009 Division I

Division I

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The Division I Championships were played from 9 to 15 December 2007 in Bad Tölz, Germany (Group A), [3] and from 12 to 18 December 2007 in Riga, Latvia (Group B). [4]

Group A

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

Group B

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

Division II

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The Division II Championships were played from 9 to 15 December 2007 in Canazei, Italy (Group A), [5] and from 10 to 16 December 2007 in Tallinn, Estonia (Group B). [6]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Italy (H) 5 5 0 0 0 37 8 +29 15 Promoted to the 2009 Division I
2   Japan 5 4 0 0 1 37 7 +30 12
3   South Korea 5 3 0 0 2 18 11 +7 9
4   Belgium 5 1 1 0 3 12 21 −9 5
5   Romania 5 1 0 1 3 13 30 −17 4
6   Iceland 5 0 0 0 5 7 47 −40 0 Relegated to the 2009 Division III
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Estonia (H) 5 4 1 0 0 35 8 +27 14 Promoted to the 2009 Division I
2   Netherlands 5 4 0 1 0 36 5 +31 13
3   Croatia 5 3 0 0 2 24 19 +5 9
4   Spain 5 2 0 0 3 24 27 −3 6
5   Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 8 27 −19 3
6   China 5 0 0 0 5 8 49 −41 0 Relegated to the 2009 Division III
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division III

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The Division III Championship was played from 16 to 24 January 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. [7]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   New Zealand 6 6 0 0 0 66 15 +51 18 Promoted to the 2009 Division II
2   Serbia (H) 6 5 0 0 1 55 7 +48 15
3   Armenia 6 4 0 0 2 47 23 +24 12
4   Australia 6 3 0 0 3 44 23 +21 9
5   South Africa 6 2 0 0 4 26 52 −26 6
6   Turkey 6 1 0 0 5 18 62 −44 3
7   Bulgaria 6 0 0 0 6 10 84 −74 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

See also

References

  1. ^ "2008 IIHF World U20 Championship official website". Archived from the original on 2008-01-14.
  2. ^ Top Division statistics
  3. ^ Division I Group A statistics
  4. ^ Division I Group B statistics
  5. ^ Division II Group A statistics
  6. ^ Division II Group B statistics
  7. ^ Division III statistics

External links

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See also: 2008 World Championships 		Succeeded by
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