2008 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2008 IIHF Division I World Championship was an ice hockey tournament under the authority of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested from April 13-19, 2008. The tournament was played amongst two separate groups, with the best team in each group, and , advanced to the top-level championship in 2009. The bottom team in each group, and , was relegated to the lower-level Division II.
Group A's tournament was held in Innsbruck, Austria. The Group B games was hosted by Sapporo, Japan
== Paricipants ==
=== Group A ===
Group A was contested in Innsbruck.
Team	Qualification
 	Host, Relegated from Elite Pool in 2007.
 	Placed fourth in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament.
 	Placed third in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
 	Placed first in Division II tournament pool, Promoted to Division I.
 	Placed fifth in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
 	Placed second in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
=== Group B ===
Group B was contested in Sapporo.
Team	Qualification
 	Placed first in Division II tournament pool, Promoted to Division I.
 	Placed fourth in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
 	Placed second in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament.
 	Host, placed third in Group B at the 2007 Division I
 	Placed fifth in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament.
 	Relegated from Elite Pool at the 2007 tournament.
== Tournament results ==
=== Group A ===
	Elite Pool for 2009
	2009
; Group A Final standings
Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1 	 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	34	12	22 	15
2 	 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	21	12	9 	11
3 	 	5 	2	1 	1 	1	18	17	1 	9
4 	 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	19	17	2 	7
5 	 	5 	0	1 	0 	4	15	30	-15	2
6 	 	5 	0	0 	1 	4	8 	27	-19	1
;Results
All times local.
=== Group B ===
	Elite Pool for 2009
	2009
; Group B Final standings 
Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1 	 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	22	7 	15 	15
2 	 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	18	8 	10 	11
3 	 	5 	3	0 	1 	1	19	10	9 	10
4 	 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	9 	21	-12	6
5 	 	5 	0	1 	0 	4	5 	15	-10	2
6 	 	5 	0	0 	1 	4	9 	21	-12	1
;Results
All times local.
== External links ==
*Group A at the IIHF
*Group B at the IIHF
Category:2008 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Championships