2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2008 IIHF World U20 Championship
	Tipsport Arena (in 2 host cities)
Dates	26 December 2007 –; 5 January 2008
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (14th title)
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 game)
Scoring leader(s)	James van Riemsdyk; (11 points)
MVP	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

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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

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

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 01:06

Goals

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

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

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	Quarterfinals
4	Kazakhstan	4	1	0	0	3	8	16	−8	3	Relegation round
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	1	3	9	15	−6	1	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

26 December 2007
16:00

Mike Carman 26:23
Colin Wilson 44:11 (PP)
Kyle Okposo 57:43

Goals

Alexandr Kurshuk 14:46 (PP)

26 December 2007
20:00

Viktor Tikhonov 40:25 (PP)
Dmitri Kugryshev

56:22

27 December 2007
16:00

Artyom Gordeyev 36:27
Yuri Alexandrov

53:30

27 December 2007
20:00

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

Mike Carman

47:44

30 December 2007
18:00

Evgeny Rymarev

59:07

31 December 2007
14:00

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Slovakia	3	3	0	17	5	+12	9
8	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	9	12	−3	6
9	Switzerland	3	1	2	8	10	−2	3	Relegated to the 2009 Division I
10	Denmark	3	0	3	8	15	−7	0	Relegated to the 2009 Division I

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

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

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

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

Korolev (Bodrov
) – 50:10

4–1

14 minPenalties16 min25Shots13

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

Goalies

Referees:

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

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 53:26

Goals

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	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 minPenalties12 min21Shots25

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

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

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

Source: IIHF

Media All-Stars:
- Goaltender: Steve Mason
- Defencemen: Victor Hedman / Drew Doughty
- Forwards:
  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

Relegated to the 2009 Division I

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

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

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

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

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

References

^ "2008 IIHF World U20 Championship official website". Archived from the original on 2008-01-14.
^ Top Division statistics
^ Division I Group A statistics
^ Division I Group B statistics
^ Division II Group A statistics
^ Division II Group B statistics
^ Division III statistics

External links

Official website of IIHF

Preceded by 2007 World Juniors	2008 World Championships	Succeeded by 2009 World Juniors

[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

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Top Division

Venues

Rosters

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Relegation round

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

Awards

Final standings

Division I

Group A

Group B

Division II

Group A

Group B

Division III

See also

References

External links