# 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kazan, Russia. The championships began on April 13, 2008, and finished on April 23, 2008. Games were played at TatNeft Arena and Arena Kazan in Kazan. Canada defeated Russia 8–0 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the United States defeated Sweden 6–3 to capture the bronze medal.

## Top Division
### Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | +17 | 12 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 4 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Denmark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 23 | −19 | 0 | Relegation round |
Game reference :
| M. Viedenský (SH) 08:30 M. Preisinger (PP) 47:30 T. Hričina (ES) 55:35 T. Hričina (PP) 59:44 | Goals | 08:52 (PP) A. Loktionov 17:09 (PP) K. Petrov 21:31 (ES) A. Lazarev 41:53 (ES) I. Golovkov 48:21 (PP) M. Chudinov 56:34 (ES) V. Kulemin |
Game reference :
| T. Hričina (ES) 29:09 M. Šiška (PP) 35:45 P. Slimák (ES) 46:05 M. Lisoň (ES) 46:33 M. Štajnoch (PP) 54:16 | Goals | 43:44 (PP) A. Jensen 54:43 (ES) A. Jensen |
Game reference :
| M. Forster (PP) 13:39 T. Ritter (ES) 41:54 | Goals | 26:03 (PP) K. Petrov 33:09 (ES) N. Filatov 35:03 (PP) D. Kugryshev 49:17 (ES) A. Loktionov 50:55 (SH) N. Filatov 55:27 (ES) E. Grachev |
Game reference :
| K. Christensen (PP) 36:07 | Goals | 15:30 (ES) M. Scandella 23:36 (ES) C. Trivino 28:27 (ES) C. Trivino 50:47 (ES) C. Trivino |
Game reference :
| M. Forster (ES) 00:09 M. El-Sayed (SH) 11:40 T. Kimmel (ES) 30:40 J. Flaake (ES) 37:11 D. Weiss (SO) 65:00 | Goals | 07:21 (SH) M. Uhnák 20:39 (ES) T. Hričina 26:58 (PP) R. Pánik 28:41 (ES) M. Preisinger |
Game reference :
| D. Kugryshev (ES) 23:21 A. Loktionov (PP) 39:10 E. Grachev (ES) 47:43 P. Chernov (ES) 55:35 | Goals | 31:36 (PP) R. Ellis 33:44 (ES) M. Duchene |
Game reference :
| Goals | 11:06 (ES) M. Hofbauer 25:25 (ES) D. Weiss 36:59 (ES) T. Biersack 54:20 (ES) P. Pohl |
Game reference :
| C. Hodgson (ES) 00:40 M. Duchene (PP) 10:41 M. Duchene (PP) 31:51 J. Lagace (ES) 33:53 M. Duchene (PP) 54:17 G. Nemisz (ES) 55:09 | Goals |
Game reference :
| A. Lazarev (ES) 05:31 A. Yarchuk (ES) 11:03 K. Petrov (PP) 26:46 I. Biryukov (ES) 30:25 N. Filatov (SH) 36:26 A. Raisov (ES) 42:02 K. Petrov (PP) 43:42 A. Lazarev (ES) 50:02 P. Chernov (PP) 53:31 A. Yarchuk (PP) 54:47 | Goals | 32:35 (SH) S. Svendsen |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 12 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Finland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Belarus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 0 | Relegation round |
Game reference :
| J. Josefson (ES) 09:42 J. Mattsson (ES) 25:49 A. Petersson (PP) 40:20 J. Josefson (ES) 50:58 J. Josefson (PP) 54:09 M. Ekholm (ES) 55:57 | Goals | 12:32 (ES) A. Fomin 57:39 (PP) A. Fomin |
Game reference :
| P. Geering (ES) 14:41 M. Kampf (PP) 52:46 | Goals | 16:07 (PP) J. Florek 21:07 (ES) J. Morin 21:34 (ES) C. Moore 31:57 (ES) P. McRae 40:06 (ES) D. Kristo 54:40 (ES) P. McRae 59:08 (PP) J. Morin |
Game reference :
| A. Fomin (ES) 03:31 S. Sheleg (PP) 46:00 | Goals | 14:47 (ES) D. Wohlberg 18:15 (PP) P. McRae 33:17 (ES) J. Schroeder 38:03 (PP) J. Morin 58:09 (EN) J. Florek |
Game reference :
| P. Geering (ES) 25:15 S. Ryser (PP) 45:21 P. Gemperli (PP) 56:03 | Goals | 03:25 (ES) T. Rajala 18:45 (PP) J. Sallinen 20:20 (ES) M. Sointu 32:24 (PP) J. Nättinen 50:07 (ES) T. Rajala |
Game reference :
| J. Nättinen (PP) 04:08 M. Sointu (PP) 36:11 T. Hartikainen (ES) 49:51 | Goals | 23:46 (ES) H. Björklund 24:24 (ES) A. Petersson 30:59 (PP) M. Pääjärvi-Svensson 43:51 (ES) H. Eriksson 59:39 (EN) M. Johansson |
Game reference :
| S. Drozd (PP) 26:32 A. Fomin (ES) 52:08 | Goals | 02:03 (ES) M. Kampf 19:25 (ES) P. Geering 27:42 (ES) A. Berger 59:04 (EN) A. Kampf |
Game reference :
| J. Schroeder (ES) 19:21 C. Moore (ES) 23:26 J. Morin (ES) 34:29 D. Wohlberg (ES) 43:50 | Goals | 09:06 (PP) M. Tedenby 35:36 (ES) M. Tedenby 39:10 (PP) J. Josefson 50:10 (PP) D. Bozic 59:44 (ES) A. Petersson |
Game reference :
| T. Rajala (ES) 16:23 I. Pitkänen (PP) 37:12 M. Sointu (ES) 41:01 P. Jormakka (ES) 55:29 | Goals | 15:36 (PP) S. Sheleg 23:54 (ES) S. Drozd 34:24 (ES) A. Fomin |
Game reference :
| A. Petersson (PP) 02:58 L. Sandström (ES) 13:22 M. Johansson (ES) 26:46 M. Pääjärvi-Svensson (ES) 27:13 J. Mattsson (SH) 35:00 M. Johansson (PP) 38:13 M. Tedenby (ES) 57:53 | Goals |
Game reference :
| J. Schroeder (ES) 00:53 K. Palmieri (ES) 05:09 J. Florek (PP) 10:04 R. Grimshaw (ES) 41:16 | Goals | 04:19 (ES) J. Rask 31:08 (PP) T. Hartikainen 42:31 (PP) T. Kivistö |

### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 9 | |
| 8 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 6 | |
| 9 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 3 | 2009 Division I |
| 10 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 0 | 2009 Division I |
Game reference :
| I. Revenko (ES) 45:29 | Goals | 01:58 (ES) R. Pánik 14:13 (PP) R. Pánik 14:49 (ES) A. Lapšanský 27:26 (ES) R. Pánik 34:49 (ES) M. Preisinger 56:53 (ES) T. Hričina |
Game reference :
| N. Niederreiter (PP) 17:39 A. Berger (ES) 25:28 R. Jose (ES) 32:33 D. Schlumpf (PP) 34:13 S. Ryser (PP) 39:42 O. Baur (ES) 56:25 | Goals | 38:08 (PP) K. Christensen |
Game reference :
| N. Carlsen (PP) 37:56 S. Svendsen (ES) 57:59 | Goals | 05:50 (ES) Y. Solomonov 07:01 (PP) I. Revenko 32:03 (PP) Y. Stepanov 40:36 (PP) I. Revenko 48:12 (ES) A. Fomin 56:19 (ES) S. Korolik |
Game reference :
| M. Hrivík (PP) 41:39 A. Lapšanský (ES) 47:23 M. Uhnák (ES) 59:50 | Goals | 39:22 (ES) M. Kampf 52:07 (ES) S. Ryser |

### Final round
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B1 | Sweden | 2 | | | |
| A2 | Canada | 2 | A2 | Canada | 3 | | | |
| B3 | Finland | 1 | | | | A2 | Canada | 8 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Russia | 0 |
| | | | A1 | Russia | 3 |
| B2 | United States | 4 | B2 | United States | 1 |
| A3 | Germany | 1 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | B1 | Sweden | 3 |
| | | | | | | B2 | United States | 6 |

#### Quarterfinals

Game reference :
| T. Cuma (PP) 15:03 C. Hodgson (PP) 30:57 | Goals | 54:13 (SH) J. Lajunen |
Game reference :
| R. Czarnik (ES) 04:40 D. Wohlberg (ES) 24:38 C. Moore (ES) 30:35 K. Palmieri (ES) 51:36 | Goals | 21:56 (PP) D. Weiss |

#### Semifinals

Game reference :
| M. Tedenby (ES) 05:51 J. Silfverberg (ES) 21:08 | Goals | 06:28 (ES) M. Duchene 28:46 (PP) T. Hall 46:52 (PP) T. Hall |

#### Fifth place game

Game reference :
| J. Sallinen (ES) 10:15 E. Haula (SH) 44:43 P. Jormakka (PP) 53:04 | Goals | 19:58 (ES) S. Hanusch 27:31 (PP) T. Kimmel 35:34 (ES) T. Ritter 59:23 (SH) F. Strobl |

#### Bronze medal game

Game reference :
| V. Hedman (PP) 14:23 H. Björklund (ES) 30:39 M. Lundberg (ES) 34:22 | Goals | 19:10 (ES) R. Bourque 19:26 (ES) R. Czarnik 25:12 (ES) R. Czarnik 27:34 (ES) J. Morin 39:20 (ES) D. Kristo 55:37 (ES) J. Morin |

#### Final
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Canada |
| | Russia |
| | United States |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Germany |
| 6 | Finland |
| 7 | Slovakia |
| 8 | Switzerland |
| 9 | Belarus |
| 10 | Denmark |
Belarus and Denmark are relegated to Division I for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Cody Hodgson | Canada | 7 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +2 | 8 |
| 2 | Igor Revenko | Belarus | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −1 | 6 |
| 3 | Richard Pánik | Slovakia | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +4 | 0 |
| 3 | Jordan Eberle | Canada | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +2 | 0 |
| 5 | Taylor Hall | Canada | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +4 | 4 |
| 6 | Nikita Filatov | Russia | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +1 | 29 |
| 7 | Alexander Fomin | Belarus | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jeremy Morin | United States | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +6 | 6 |
| 9 | Matt Duchene | Canada | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 6 |
| 10 | André Petersson | Sweden | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 2 |
| 10 | Mattias Tedenby | Sweden | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +1 | 35 |
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 | Jake Allen | Canada | 420:00 | 10 | 1.43 | 192 | 94.79 | 2 |
| 2 | Brandon Maxwell | United States | 298:23 | 11 | 2.21 | 148 | 92.57 | 0 |
| 3 | Marek Čiliak | Slovakia | 180:00 | 9 | 3.00 | 96 | 90.62 | 0 |
| 4 | Alexander Pechursky | Russia | 215:55 | 11 | 3.06 | 96 | 88.54 | 0 |
| 5 | Nikolaj Nørbak | Denmark | 274:13 | 23 | 5.03 | 193 | 88.08 | 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: Jake Allen
** Best Defenceman: Erik Karlsson
** Best Forward: Kirill Petrov
** MVP: Jake Allen
Source: IIHF
* Media All-Stars:
* Goaltender: Jake Allen
* Defensemen: Vyacheslav Voinov / Victor Hedman
* Forwards: Kirill Petrov / Mattias Tedenby / Nikita Filatov
Source: IIHF

## Division I
### Group A

The tournament was played in Toruń, Poland, from 2 to 8 April 2008.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5 | +31 | 15 | Promoted to the 2009 Top Division |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 9 | |
| 3 | Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 6 | |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 6 | |
| 5 | Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 6 | |
| 6 | Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 3 | Relegated to the 2009 Division II |

### Group B

The tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2008.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Norway | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 15 | Promoted to the 2009 Top Division |
| 2 | Latvia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 12 | |
| 3 | Austria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 8 | |
| 4 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 7 | |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 3 | |
| 6 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 33 | −29 | 0 | Relegated to the 2009 Division II |

## Division II
### Group A

The tournament was played in Méribel and Courchevel, France, from 30 March to 5 April 2008.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

### Group B

The tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 23 to 29 March 2008.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

## Division III
### Group A

The tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 2 to 8 March 2008.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Mexico | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | +30 | 12 | Promoted to the 2009 Division II |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 9 | |
| 3 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 18 | +27 | 6 | |
| 4 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 3 | |
| 5 | Mongolia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 64 | −57 | 0 | |

### Group B

The tournament was played in İzmit, Turkey, from 3 to 9 March 2008.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Serbia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | +45 | 12 | Promoted to the 2009 Division II |
| 2 | Iceland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 7 | +41 | 9 | |
| 3 | Turkey | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 6 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 3 | |
| 5 | Armenia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 87 | −86 | 0 | |