2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, or, as it is commonly referred to 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 for the fourth consecutive time.
== 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
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All times local (CET/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 (CET/UTC +1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== Relegation Round ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	17	5 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	9 	12	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 (CET/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
=== Final standings ===
 	Team
 	
 	
 	
4th 	
5th 	
6th 	
7th 	
8th 	
9th 	
10th	
== 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 Toelz, 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
== References ==
== External links ==
* IIHF Official Site
* Official Site
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