2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, or, as it is commonly referred to as in Canada as the 2008 World Juniors and the United States, the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2008 WJHC) is the 2008 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. 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. Canada won the gold medal.
==Rosters==
==Top Division==
=== Preliminary Round ===
==== Group A ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	22	9 	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	12	5 	9
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	12	11	6
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	9 	14	3
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	7 	23	0
;Schedule
All times local (Central European Time/UTC +1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==== Group B ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	17	8 	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	18	14	9
 	4 	1	1 	0 	2	16	15	5
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	8 	16	3
 	4 	0	0 	1 	3	9 	15	1
;Schedule
All times local (Central European Time/UTC +1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== Relegation Round ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	17	4 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	9 	13	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	8 	10	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	8 	15	0
Note: Matches 3–4 and 1–3 from the Preliminary Round (both on Dec 30th, 2007) are included as well since these results carry forward 
;Schedule
All times local (Central European Time/UTC +1)
 and are relegated to Division I for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
=== Final Round ===
;Quarter Finals
;5th Place Playoff
;Semi Finals 
;Bronze Medal Game
;Gold Medal Game
=== Scoring leaders ===
Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
James van Riemsdyk	 	6 	5	6	11 	+4 	2
Nikita Filatov 	 	7 	4	5	9 	+7 	10
Marek Slovák 	 	6 	2	7	9 	+2 	12
Kyle Turris 	 	7 	4	4	8 	+3 	2
Arnaud Jacquemet 	 	6 	2	6	8 	+1 	4
David Skokan 	 	6 	2	6	8 	+1 	6
Jordan Schroeder 	 	6 	1	7	8 	+1 	2
Yevgeni Rymarev 	 	6 	6	1	7 	+2 	0
Colin Wilson 	 	5 	6	1	7 	+2 	4
Robin Figren 	 	6 	5	2	7 	+4 	2
=== Goaltending leaders ===
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Player 	Country	MINS	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
Steve Mason 	 	303 	6 	.951	1.19	1
Július Hudáček 	 	359 	16	.921	2.67	1
Sergei Bobrovsky	 	366 	15	.916	2.46	0
Michal Neuvirth 	 	240 	10	.910	2.50	0
Jhonas Enroth 	 	309 	12	.905	2.33	0
===Tournament awards===
;Most Valuable Player
* Steve Mason
;All-star team
*Goaltender: Steve Mason
*Defencemen: Drew Doughty, Victor Hedman
*Forwards: Viktor Tikhonov, James van Riemsdyk, Patrik Berglund
;IIHF best player awards
*Goaltender: Steve Mason
*Defenceman: Drew Doughty
*Forward: Viktor Tikhonov
===Final standings===
 	Team
 	Canada
 	
 	
4th 	
5th 	
6th 	
7th 	
8th 	
9th 	
10th	
===Winning team roster===
Roster of the winning Canadian team.
Pos.	No.	Player 	Team 	Age↑
GK 	1 	Jonathan Bernier	Lewiston Maineiacs 	19
GK 	30 	Steve Mason 	London Knights/Kitchener Rangers	19
D 	27 	Karl Alzner 	Calgary Hitmen 	19
D 	8 	Drew Doughty 	Guelph Storm 	18
D 	2 	Josh Godfrey 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 	19
D 	4 	Thomas Hickey 	Seattle Thunderbirds 	18
D 	3 	Logan Pyett 	Regina Pats 	19
D 	23 	P. K. Subban 	Belleville Bulls 	18
D 	15 	Luke Schenn 	Kelowna Rockets 	18
F 	11 	Zach Boychuk 	Lethbridge Hurricanes 	18
F 	18 	Colton Gillies 	Saskatoon Blades 	18
F 	28 	Claude Giroux 	Gatineau Olympiques 	19
F 	32 	Matt Halischuk 	Kitchener Rangers 	19
F 	21 	Riley Holzapfel 	Moose Jaw Warriors 	19
F 	7 	Stefan Legein 	Niagara IceDogs 	18
F 	17 	Brad Marchand 	Halifax Mooseheads 	19
F 	22 	Shawn Matthias 	Belleville Bulls 	19
F 	34 	Wayne Simmonds 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 	19
F 	10 	Steven Stamkos 	Sarnia Sting 	17
F 	12 	Brandon Sutter 	Red Deer Rebels 	18
F 	20 	John Tavares 	Oshawa Generals 	17
F 	19 	Kyle Turris 	University of Wisconsin 	18
* ↑ Age on first day of tournament.
== Division I ==
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 18, 2007. Group A was played at Bad Tölz, Germany. Group B was played at Riga, Latvia:
=== Group A ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	42	6 	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	36	11	12
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	19	16	9
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	7 	24	4
 	5 	0	1 	1 	3	10	26	3
 	5 	0	1 	0 	4	8 	39	2
 is promoted to Pool A and is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
=== Group B ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	28	9 	12
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	21	8 	12
 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	17	8 	11
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	17	21	6
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	14	29	3
 	5 	0	0 	1 	4	8 	30	1
 is promoted to Pool A and is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
== Division II ==
The following teams took part in the Division II tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 16, 2007. Group A was played at Canazei, Italy. Group B was played at Tallinn, Estonia:
=== Group A ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	37	8 	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	37	7 	12
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	18	11	9
 	5 	1	1 	0 	3	12	21	5
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	13	30	4
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	7 	47	0
 is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
=== Group B ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	1 	0 	0	35	8 	14
 	5 	4	0 	1 	0	36	5 	13
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	24	19	9
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	24	27	6
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	8 	27	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	8 	49	0
 is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
== Division III ==
The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, that was held from January 16 through January 24 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	6 	6	0 	0 	0	66	15	18
 	6 	5	0 	0 	1	55	7 	15
 	6 	4	0 	0 	2	47	23	12
 	6 	3	0 	0 	3	44	23	9
 	6 	2	0 	0 	4	26	52	6
 	6 	1	0 	0 	5	18	62	3
 	6 	0	0 	0 	6	10	84	0
 and were promoted to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
==External links==
* IIHF Official Site
* Official Site
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