# 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I was two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I represents the second level of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The best team in each tournament, Austria and Hungary, advanced to the Top Division championship for 2009. The bottom teams in each group, South Korea and Estonia, were relegated to the lower-level Division II.

## Group A tournament

The Group A tournament was played in Innsbruck, Austria, from 13 to 19 April 2008.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Austria | Hosts; placed 15th in Top Division last year and were relegated |
| Poland | Placed 2nd in Division I Group A last year |
| Kazakhstan | Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year |
| Great Britain | Placed 4th in Division I Group B last year |
| Netherlands | Placed 5th in Division I Group A last year |
| South Korea | Placed 1st in Division II Group B last year and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Austria (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 12 | +22 | 15 | Promoted to the 2009 Top Division |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 11 | |
| 3 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 9 | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 7 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 2 | |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 27 | −19 | 1 | Relegated to the 2009 Division II |

### Match results

All times are local.
Game reference :
| James Schaafsma 13:31 (PP2), 28:52 (EQ) Bjorn Willemse 47:31 (EQ) | Goals | 3:52 (PP1) Alexei Savchenko, 9:57 (EQ) Ilya Solarev, 19:47 (PP2) Maxim Balyayev 41:59 (EQ), 45:07 (EQ) Lev Krutokhvostov 59:35 (EN) Alexey Vyatkin |
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| Greg Chambers 26:14 (EQ) | Goals | 15:11 (EQ) Maciej Urbanowicz, 65:00 (GWS) Krzysztof Zapała |
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| Goals | 01:48 (EQ), 32:59 (EQ) Christoph Brandner, 04:27 (EQ) Roland Kaspitz, 17:23 (PP1) Dieter Kalt, 24:23 (EQ) Thomas Koch, 28:17 (EQ) Thomas Raffl, 35:38 (EQ) Oliver Setzinger, 40:52 (PP1) Martin Oraze |
Game reference :
| Leszek Laszkiewicz 03:35 (PP1), 24:25 (SH1), Marcin Kolusz 15:54 (EQ), Adrian Labryga 40:56 (EQ), Maciej Urbanowicz 42:09 (EQ), Adam Borzęcki 51:53 (PP1) | Goals | 10:29 (EQ) Nicky De Jong, 19:59 (PP1) Nathaniel Korthuis, 27:49 (PS) Douglas Stienstra, 59:55 (PS) Bradley Smulders |
Game reference :
| Artemiy Lakiza 02:04 (PP1), Andrey Gavrilin 15:37 (EQ), 44:09 (EQ), Yevgeniy Fadeyev 39:25 (EQ), Alexey Vorontsov 45:20 (EQ) | Goals | 52:54 (EQ) Kim Ki Sung |
Game reference :
| Marco Pewal 02:55 (EQ), Roland Kaspitz 08:23 (EQ), Gerd Gruber 13:21 (EQ), Oliver Setzinger 16:04 (PP1), 42:08 (EQ), Thomas Koch 23:38 (EQ), Gerhard Unterluggauer 25:59 (PP1), Thomas Vanek 33:33 (PP1), 41:07 (PP2), 49:46 (PP1) | Goals | 07:55 (PP1) Greg Chambers, 14:23 (PP1) Ashley Tait, 17:57 (EQ) Thomas Watkins, 42:52 (PP1) Jonathan Weaver, 56:17 (PP1) David Clarke |
Game reference :
| Cho Min Ho 50:42 (EQ) | Goals | 01:29 (EQ) David Clarke, 31:39 (EQ) David Longstaff, 46:52 (EQ) Daniel Meyers, 58:13 (SH1) Ashley Tait |
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| Krzysztof Zapała 40:49 (EQ), Leszek Laszkiewicz 48:27 (EQ), Marcin Jaros 56:30 (EQ) | Goals | 09:40 (PP1) Andrey Gavrilin, 22:17 (EQ) Andrei Spiridonov, 44:20 (EQ) Yevgeniy Ushkov, 65:00 (GWS) Konstantin Kassatkin |
Game reference :
| Philipp Lukas 20:57 (EQ), Christoph Brandner 43:58 (PP1), Dieter Kalt 47:01 (PP1), Thomas Vanek 52:48 (EQ), 54:08 (EQ) | Goals | 33:58 (EQ) Douglas Stienstra |
Game reference :
| Gregory Owen 05:36 (EQ), 28:34 (PP1), 47:59 (EQ), Jonathan Phillips 11:15 (EQ), Jonathan Weaver 34:04 (EQ), Greg Chambers 36:25 (EQ), 40:36 (SH1), Thomas Watkins 37:45 (EQ) | Goals | 59:02 (PP2) Jacobus Teunissen |
Game reference :
| Krzysztof Zapała 26:27 (PP1), Marcin Jaros 37:15 (EQ), Jarosław Różański 50:54 (EQ), Sebastian Kowalówka 56:30 (EQ) | Goals | 24:18 (EQ) Kim Kyu Hun |
Game reference :
| Lev Krutokhvostov 13:34 (EQ), Andrei Ogorodnikov 30:50 (EQ), Vladislav Kolesnikov 46:59 (EQ) | Goals | 01:14 (EQ) Martin Ulrich, 30:07 (SH1) Dieter Kalt, 35:43 (SH1) Daniel Welser, 56:51 (PP1) Christoph Brandner |
Game reference :
| Casey van Schagen 03:56 (EQ), Marcel Kars 15:43 (EQ), Jamie Schaafsma 46:59 (EQ), 64:23 (EQ) Bradley Smulders 30:18 (EQ), Doug Stienstra 58:59 (EQ) | Goals | 02:52 (EQ), 33:30 (PP1) Min Ho Cho, 28:07 (EQ) Woo Sang Park, 37:11 (EQ) Yong Jun Lee, 53:05 (EQ) Ki Sung Kim |
Game reference :
| Andrey Spiridonov 12:34 (EQ), 54:42 (EQ) Alexey Vyatkin 55:14 (EQ) | Goals | 06:28 (PP1) David Clarke |
Game reference :
| Jeremy Rebek 11:31 (EQ), Dieter Kalt 23:13 (PP2), 26:45 (EQ), Gerhard Unterluggauer 23:36 (PP1), 50:04 (PP1), Daniel Welser 31:55 (EQ), Philipp Lukas 39:10 (EQ), | Goals | 13:00 (EQ) Marcin Kolusz, 45:00 (EQ) Maciej Urbanowicz, 51:53 (EQ) Adrian Labryga |

## Group B tournament

The Group B tournament was played in Sapporo, Japan, from 13 to 19 April 2008.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Ukraine | Placed 16th in Top Division last year and were relegated |
| Hungary | Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year |
| Japan | Hosts; placed 3rd in Division I Group B last year |
| Estonia | Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year |
| Lithuania | Placed 5th in Division I Group B last year |
| Croatia | Placed 1st in Division II Group A last year and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Hungary | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 15 | Promoted to the 2009 Top Division |
| 2 | Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 11 | |
| 3 | Japan (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 10 | |
| 4 | Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 6 | |
| 5 | Croatia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 2 | |
| 6 | Estonia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 1 | Relegated to the 2009 Division II |

### Match results

All times are local.
Game reference :
| Goals | 8:42 (EQ) Yuri Dyachenko 33:48 (PP2) Dmytro Tsuryl 52:06 (EQ) Vadym Shakhraychuk 52:27 (EQ) Oleksandr Karaulshchuk |
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| Maksim Ivanov 3:05 (PP1) Andrei Makrov 24:36 (PP2) Aleksander Polozov 34:03 (EQ) | Goals | 7:48 (EQ), 11:10 (PP1) Márton Vas 39:04 (EQ), 45:30 (EQ) Csaba Kovács 51:03 (EQ) Dániel Fekete |
Game reference :
| Goals | 4:23 (PP1) Yosuke Kon 9:09 (PP1) Masahito Nishiwaki 12:55 (PP1) Sho Sato 18:02 (EQ) Darcy Mitani 41:28 (EQ) Ryuichi Kawai |
Game reference :
| Dmytro Tsyrul 28:58 (EQ) Yuri Navarenko 37:39 (SH1) Roman Salnikov 59:27 (ENG) | Goals | 22:15 (PP1) Andrei Makrov |
Game reference :
| Márton Vas 10:11 (PP1) Gábor Ocskay 11:31 (PP2), 58:37 (EQ) Krisztián Palkovics 29:22 (PP1) Csaba Kovács 36:31 (PS) Balázs Ladányi 59:31 (PP1) | Goals |
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| Darcy Mitani 8:34 (PP1) Daisuke Obara 41:05 (PP1) Takahito Suzuki 56:24 (PP1) | Goals |
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| Marko Lovrenčić 39:01 (PP1) Mario Novak 65:00 (GWS) | Goals | 13:30 (PP1) Ilja Urusev |
Game reference :
| Vadym Shakhraychuk 0:47 (EQ) Kostiantyn Kasianchuk 8:15 (EQ) Andrei Sryubko 10:43 (PP1) Aleksandr Materukhin 16:01 (PS) Sergei Klimentiev 29:25 (EQ) Roman Salnikov 51:37 (EQ) | Goals | 35:47 (EQ) Tadas Kumeliauskas |
Game reference :
| Balázs Ladányi 26:45 (EQ) Krisztián Palkovics 27:46 (EQ), 59:25 (ENG) Gábor Ocskay 33:50 (SH1) | Goals | 37:37 (EQ) Sho Sato 45:59 (EQ) Masahito Nishiwaki |
Game reference :
| Maksim Ivanov 38:00 (PP2) | Goals | 18:41 (EQ) Mindaugas Kieras 22:00 (PP1) Darius Lelėnas 44:08 (PP1) Dalius Vaiciukevičius 59:47 (ENG) Egidijus Bauba |
Game reference :
| Imre Peterdi 35:01 (EQ) Krisztián Palkovics 46:01 (EQ), 49:45 (PP1) | Goals |
Game reference :
| Suzuki Takahito 24:59 (EQ) Kamino Toru 36:49 (EQ) | Goals | Kostiantyn Kasianchuk 20:42 (PP1) Sergii Varlamov 39:09 (PP1) Dmytro Tsyrul 65:00 (GWS) |
Game reference :
| Dovydas Kulevičius 21:13 (PP1), 45:40 (EQ) Mindaugas Kieras 44:10 (PP2) Darius Lelėnas 58:18 (EQ) | Goals | Tomislav Čunko 14:35 (EQ) Veljko Žibret 15:20 (EQ) Krešimir Švigir 47:17 (EQ) |
Game reference :
| Saito Takeshi 2:14 (EQ), 41:43 (PP1) Aaron Keller 3:32 (EQ) Obara Daisuke 6:15 (PP1) Mitani Darcy 11:48 (EQ), 21:01 (PP1) Kon Yosuke 44:05 (EQ) | Goals | Maksim Ivanov 0:36 (EQ) Andrei Makrov 9:44 (EQ) Aleksei Sibirtsev 48:57 (PP1) |
Game reference :
| Oleg Blagoi 37:04 (EQ) Vitaliy Semenchenko 37:39 (SH1) | Goals | 10:27 (EQ) János Vas 19:32 (PP1) Krisztián Palkovics 21:46 (EQ) Imre Peterdi 59:19 (SH1) Márton Vas |