2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were held from April 4 to April 13, 2008, in Harbin, People's Republic of China.
It was be the 11th event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
Promotions and relegations reflect the results of the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.
For the eleventh straight tournament, Canada met the United States in the gold-medal match and, for only the second time out of 11, the American team defeated the Canadians for the gold medal. This tournament is the only IIHF Women's tournament in which the host nation (in this case, China) failed to medal.
==Top Division==
=== Preliminary round ===
====Group A====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	2	0 	0 	0	19	1 	6
 	2 	1	0 	0 	1	6 	11	3
 	2 	0	0 	0 	2	3 	16	0
All times local (GMT+8).
====Group B====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	2	0 	0 	0	15	2 	6
 	2 	1	0 	0 	1	4 	7 	3
 	2 	0	0 	0 	2	1 	11	0
All times local (GMT+8).
====Group C====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	1	1 	0 	0	9 	3 	5
 	2 	1	0 	1 	0	7 	3 	4
 	2 	0	0 	0 	2	1 	11	0
All times local (GMT+8).
===Qualifying round===
==== Group D (1-3 Place) ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	1	0 	1 	0	4 	3 	4
 	2 	1	0 	0 	1	6 	6 	3
 	2 	0	1 	0 	1	3 	4 	2
All times local (GMT+8).
====Group E (4-6 Place)====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	1	1 	0 	0	6 	4 	5
 	2 	1	0 	1 	0	6 	5 	4
 	2 	0	0 	0 	2	2 	5 	0
All times local (GMT+8).
===Consolation round===
==== Group F (7-9 Place) ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	1	0 	0 	1	4 	3 	3
 	2 	1	0 	0 	1	5 	5 	3
 	2 	1	0 	0 	1	4 	5 	3
All times local (GMT+8).
 is relegated to Division I for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.
===Final round===
==== Match for third place ====
All times local (GMT+8).
====Final====
All times local (GMT+8).
==Division I==
The following teams took part of the Division I tournament, which was played in Ventspils, Latvia, at Ventspils OC Ice Hall from March 10 through March 16, 2008.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	14	8 	12
 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	14	11	11
 	5 	2	1 	0 	2	12	11	8
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	7 	12	6
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	11	13	4
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	9 	12	4
 is promoted to the main tournament and is relegated to Division II for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.Statistics
==Division II==
:The following teams took part in the Division II tournament, held in Vierumäki, Finland, at Vierumäki Ice Rink from March 25 to March 30, 2008.''
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	22	10	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	25	7 	12
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	21	10	9
 	5 	1	1 	0 	3	15	17	5
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	10	15	4
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	5 	39	0
 is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.
==Division III==
:The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, held in Miskolc, Hungary, from April 6 to April 12, 2008.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	1 	0 	0	29	7 	14
 	5 	4	0 	1 	0	27	6 	13
 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	12	20	7
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	12	16	6
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	4 	20	3
 	5 	0	1 	0 	4	7 	22	2
 is promoted to Division II and is relegated to Division IV for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.
==Division IV==
:The following teams took part in the Division IV tournament, held in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania, at Vakar Lajos Icerink from March 23 to March 29, 2008.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	30	5 	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	37	9 	12
 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	25	16	7
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	11	17	6
 	5 	1	1 	0 	3	15	24	5
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	3 	50	0
 is promoted to Division III for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.Iceland’s women celebrating promotion
==Awards and honors==
===Directorate awards===
*Goalie: Noora Räty, (Finland)
*Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
*Forward: Natalie Darwitz, (United States)
*Most Valuable Player: Noora Räty, (Finland)Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p. 546, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6.
===All-Star team===
*Goaltender: Noora Räty, (Finland)
*Defender: Julie Chu, (United States)
*Defender: Emma Laaksonen, (Finland)
*Forward: Natalie Darwitz, (United States)
*Forward: Jayna Hefford, (Canada) 
*Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser, (Canada) 
==References==
==External links==
* IIHF official site
Category:IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
Women's World Championships