2008 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 7–13, 2008. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Braşov, Romania. Group B's games were played in Newcastle, Australia. 
==Groupings==
=== Group A ===
Group A was contested in Miercurea-Ciuc:
Team	2007 Result
 	Placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2007.
 	Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2007.
 	Placed 2nd in Division III in 2007.
 	Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2007.
 	Host, Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2007.
 	Placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2007.
===Group B===
Group B was contested in Newcastle:
Team	2007 Result
 	Host, Placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2007.
 	Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2007.
 	Placed 3rd in Division II- Group A in 2007.
 	Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2007.
 	Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2007.
 	Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2007.
==Group A Tournament==
=== Fixtures ===
All times local.
===Standings===
	Promoted to Division I for 2009
	Relegated to Division III for 2009
Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1 	 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	65	2 	63 	15
2 	 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	29	14	15 	11
3 	 	5 	3	0 	1 	1	32	19	13 	10
4 	 	5 	1	1 	0 	3	16	28	-12	5
5 	 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	14	44	-30	4
6 	 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	8 	57	-49	0
==Group B Tournament==
=== Fixtures ===
All times local.
===Standings===
	Promoted to Division I for 2009
	Relegated to Division III for 2009
Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1 	 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	20	6 	14 	15
2 	 	5 	2	2 	0 	1	21	14	7 	10
3 	 	5 	3	0 	1 	1	20	19	1 	10
4 	 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	14	20	-6 	6
5 	 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	17	21	-4 	4
6 	 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	11	23	-12	0
==Team Photos==
2008Ireland.jpg|Ireland
2008Spain.jpg|Spain
2008Australia.jpg|Australia
==External links==
*Group A at the IIHF
*Group B at the IIHF
Category:2008 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Championships