2008 IIHF World Championship Division I

2008 IIHF World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Austria  Japan
Dates	April 13 – April 19
Teams	12 (two groups of 6)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Attendance	48,239 (1,608 per match)
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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, Austria and Hungary, advanced to the top-level championship in 2009. The bottom teams in each group, South Korea and Estonia, were 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.

Participants

Group A

Group A was contested in Innsbruck.

Team	Qualification
Austria	Host, Relegated from Elite Pool in 2007.
Great Britain	Placed fourth in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament.
Kazakhstan	Placed third in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
South Korea	Placed first in Division II tournament pool, Promoted to Division I.
Netherlands	Placed fifth in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
Poland	Placed second in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.

Group B

Group B was contested in Sapporo.

Team	Qualification
Croatia	Placed first in Division II tournament pool, Promoted to Division I.
Estonia	Placed fourth in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament.
Hungary	Placed second in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament.
Japan	Host, placed third in Group B at the 2007 Division I
Lithuania	Placed fifth in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament.
Ukraine	Relegated from Elite Pool at the 2007 tournament.

Tournament results

Group A

	Promoted to Elite Pool for 2009
	Relegated to Division II for 2009

Group A Final standings

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	Austria	5	5	0	0	0	34	12	22	15
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	1	0	1	21	12	9	11
3	Poland	5	2	1	1	1	18	17	1	9
4	Great Britain	5	2	0	1	2	19	17	2	7
5	Netherlands	5	0	1	0	4	15	30	−15	2
6	South Korea	5	0	0	1	4	8	27	−19	1

Results

All times local.

April 13, 2008 13:30

Netherlands

3–6 ( 1 – 3, 1 – 0, 1 – 3 )

Kazakhstan

TWK Arena Attendance: 1354

	James Schaafsma 13:31 (PP2), 28:52 (EQ) Bjorn Willemse 47:31 (EQ) Goals 3:52 (PP1) Alexei Savchenko, 9:57 (EQ) Ilya Solarev, 19:47 (PP2) Maxim Balyayev 41:59 (EQ), 45:07 (EQ) Lev Krutokhvostov 59:35 (EN) Alexey Vyatkin

April 13, 2008 16:30

Great Britain

1 – 2 (PS) ( 0 – 1, 1 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 1 )

Poland

TWK Arena Attendance: 2490

	Greg Chambers 26:14 (EQ) Goals 15:11 (EQ) Maciej Urbanowicz, 65:00 (PS) Krzysztof Zapała

April 13, 2008 20:30

South Korea

0–8 ( 0 – 3, 0 – 4, 0 – 1 )

Austria

TWK Arena Attendance: 3100

	Goals 01:48 (EQ), 32:59 (EQ) Christoph Brandner, 04:27 (EQ) Roland Kaspitz, 17:23 (PP1) Dieter Kalt, 24:23 (EQ) Thomas Koch, 28:17 (EQ) Thomas Raffl, 35:38 (EQ) Oliver Setzinger, 40:52 (PP1) Martin Oraze

April 14, 2008 13:30

Poland

6–4 ( 2 – 2, 1 – 1, 3 – 1 )

Netherlands

TWK Arena Attendance: 1090

	Leszek Laszkiewicz 03:35 (PP1), 24:25 (SH1), Marcin Kolusz 15:54 (EQ), Adrian Labryga 40:56 (EQ), Maciej Urbanowicz 42:09 (EQ), Adam Borzęcki 51:53 (PP1) Goals 10:29 (EQ) Nicky De Jong, 19:59 (PP1) Nathaniel Korthuis, 27:49 (PS) Douglas Stienstra, 59:55 (PS) Bradley Smulders

April 14, 2008 17:00

Kazakhstan

5–1 ( 2 – 0, 1 – 0, 2 – 1 )

South Korea

TWK Arena Attendance: 1270

	Artemiy Lakiza 02:04 (PP1), Andrey Gavrilin 15:37 (EQ), 44:09 (EQ), Yevgeniy Fadeyev 39:25 (EQ), Alexey Vorontsov 45:20 (EQ) Goals 52:54 (EQ) Kim Ki Sung

April 14, 2008 20:30

Austria

10–5 ( 4 – 3, 3 – 0, 3 – 2 )

Great Britain

TWK Arena Attendance: 3100

	Marco Pewal 02:55 (EQ), Roland Kaspitz 08:23 (EQ), Gerd Gruber 13:21 (EQ), Oliver Setzinger 16:04 (PP1), 42:08 (EQ), Thomas Koch 23:38 (EQ), Gerhard Unterluggauer 25:59 (PP1), Thomas Vanek 33:33 (PP1), 41:07 (PP2), 49:46 (PP1) Goals 07:55 (PP1) Greg Chambers, 14:23 (PP1) Ashley Tait, 17:57 (EQ) Thomas Watkins, 42:52 (PP1) Jonathan Weaver, 56:17 (PP1) David Clarke

April 16, 2008 13:30

South Korea

1–4 ( 0 – 1, 0 – 1, 1 – 2 )

Great Britain

TWK Arena Attendance: 897

	Cho Min Ho 50:42 (EQ) Goals 01:29 (EQ) David Clarke, 31:39 (EQ) David Longstaff, 46:52 (EQ) Daniel Meyers, 58:13 (SH1) Ashley Tait

April 16, 2008 17:00

Poland

3 – 4 (PS) ( 0 – 1, 0 – 1, 3 – 1, 0 – 0, 0 – 1)

Kazakhstan

TWK Arena Attendance: 2132

	Krzysztof Zapała 40:49 (EQ), Leszek Laszkiewicz 48:27 (EQ), Marcin Jaros 56:30 (EQ) Goals 09:40 (PP1) Andrey Gavrilin, 22:17 (EQ) Andrei Spiridonov, 44:20 (EQ) Yevgeniy Ushkov, 65:00 (PS) Konstantin Kassatkin

April 16, 2008 20:30

Austria

5–1 ( 0 – 0, 1 – 1, 4 – 0 )

Netherlands

TWK Arena Attendance: 3100

	Philipp Lukas 20:57 (EQ), Christoph Brandner 43:58 (PP1), Dieter Kalt 47:01 (PP1), Thomas Vanek 52:48 (EQ), 54:08 (EQ) Goals 33:58 (EQ) Douglas Stienstra

April 18, 2008 13:30

Great Britain

8–1 ( 2 – 0, 4 – 0, 2 – 1 )

Netherlands

TWK Arena Attendance: 1249

	Gregory Owen 05:36 (EQ), 28:34 (PP1), 47:59 (EQ), Jonathan Phillips 11:15 (EQ), Jonathan Weaver 34:04 (EQ), Greg Chambers 36:25 (EQ), 40:36 (SH1), Thomas Watkins 37:45 (EQ) Goals 59:02 (PP2) Jacobus Teunissen

April 18, 2008 17:00

Poland

4–1 ( 0 – 0, 2 – 1, 2 – 0)

South Korea

TWK Arena Attendance: 2005

	Krzysztof Zapała 26:27 (PP1), Marcin Jaros 37:15 (EQ), Jarosław Różański 50:54 (EQ), Sebastian Kowalówka 56:30 (EQ) Goals 24:18 (EQ) Kim Kyu Hun

April 18, 2008 20:30

Kazakhstan

3–4 ( 1 – 1, 1 – 2, 1 – 1 )

Austria

TWK Arena Attendance: 3200

	Lev Krutokhvostov 13:34 (EQ), Andrei Ogorodnikov 30:50 (EQ), Vladislav Kolesnikov 46:59 (EQ) Goals 01:14 (EQ) Martin Ulrich, 30:07 (SH1) Dieter Kalt, 35:43 (SH1) Daniel Welser, 56:51 (PP1) Christoph Brandner

April 19, 2008 13:30

Netherlands

6 – 5 (OT) ( 2 – 1, 2 – 3, 1 – 1, 1 – 0 )

South Korea

TWK Arena Attendance: 1890

	Casey van Schagen 03:56 (EQ), Marcel Kars 15:43 (EQ), Jamie Schaafsma 46:59 (EQ), 64:23 (EQ) Bradley Smulders 30:18 (EQ), Doug Stienstra 58:59 (EQ) Goals 02:52 (EQ), 33:30 (PP1) Min Ho Cho, 28:07 (EQ) Woo Sang Park, 37:11 (EQ) Yong Jun Lee, 53:05 (EQ) Ki Sung Kim

April 19, 2008 17:00

Kazakhstan

3–1 ( 1 – 1, 0 – 0, 2 – 0 )

Great Britain

TWK Arena Attendance: 2400

	Andrey Spiridonov 12:34 (EQ), 54:42 (EQ) Alexey Vyatkin 55:14 (EQ) Goals 06:28 (PP1) David Clarke

April 19, 2008 20:30

Austria

7–3 ( 1 – 1, 5 – 0, 1 – 2 )

Poland

TWK Arena Attendance: 3200

	Jeremy Rebek 11:31 (EQ), Dieter Kalt 23:13 (PP2), 26:45 (EQ), Gerhard Unterluggauer 23:36 (PP1), 50:04 (PP1), Daniel Welser 31:55 (EQ), Philipp Lukas 39:10 (EQ), Goals 13:00 (EQ) Marcin Kolusz, 45:00 (EQ) Maciej Urbanowicz, 51:53 (EQ) Adrian Labryga

Group B

	Promoted to Elite Pool for 2009
	Relegated to Division II for 2009

Group B Final standings

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	22	7	15	15
2	Ukraine	5	3	1	0	1	18	8	10	11
3	Japan	5	3	0	1	1	19	10	9	10
4	Lithuania	5	2	0	0	3	9	21	−12	6
5	Croatia	5	0	1	0	4	5	15	−10	2
6	Estonia	5	0	0	1	4	9	21	−12	1

Results

All times local.

April 13, 2008 13:00

Croatia

0–4 ( 0 – 1, 0 – 1, 0 – 2 )

Ukraine

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 593

	Goals 8:42 (EQ) Yuri Dyachenko 33:48 (PP2) Dmytro Tsuryl 52:06 (EQ) Vadym Shakhraychuk 52:27 (EQ) Oleksandr Karaulshchuk

April 13, 2008 16:30

Estonia

3–5 ( 1 – 2, 2 – 1, 0 – 2 )

Hungary

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 978

	Maksim Ivanov 3:05 (PP1) Andrei Makrov 24:36 (PP2) Aleksander Polozov 34:03 (EQ) Goals 7:48 (EQ), 11:10 (PP1) Márton Vas 39:04 (EQ), 45:30 (EQ) Csaba Kovács 51:03 (EQ) Dániel Fekete

April 13, 2008 20:00

Lithuania

0–5 ( 0 – 4, 0 – 0, 0 – 1 )

Japan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 708

	Goals 4:23 (PP1) Yosuke Kon 9:09 (PP1) Masahito Nishiwaki 12:55 (PP1) Sho Sato 18:02 (EQ) Darcy Mitani 41:28 (EQ) Ryuichi Kawai

April 14, 2008 13:00

Ukraine

3–1 ( 0 – 0, 2 – 1, 1 – 0 )

Estonia

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 195

	Dmytro Tsyrul 28:58 (EQ) Yuri Navarenko 37:39 (SH1) Roman Salnikov 59:27 (ENG) Goals 22:15 (PP1) Andrei Makrov

April 14, 2008 16:30

Hungary

6–0 ( 2 – 0, 2 – 0, 2 – 0 )

Lithuania

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 708

	Márton Vas 10:11 (PP1) Gábor Ocskay 11:31 (PP2), 58:37 (EQ) Krisztián Palkovics 29:22 (PP1) Csaba Kovács 36:31 (PS) Balázs Ladányi 59:31 (PP1) Goals

April 14, 2008 20:00

Japan

3–0 ( 1 – 0, 0 – 0, 2 – 0 )

Croatia

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 1145

	Darcy Mitani 8:34 (PP1) Daisuke Obara 41:05 (PP1) Takahito Suzuki 56:24 (PP1) Goals

April 16, 2008 13:00

Croatia

2 – 1 (PS) ( 0 – 1, 1 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0, 1 – 0 )

Estonia

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 153

	Marko Lovrenčić 39:01 (PP1) Mario Novak 65:00 (GWG) Goals 13:30 (PP1) Ilja Urusev

April 16, 2008 16:30

Ukraine

6–1 ( 4 – 0, 1 – 1, 1 – 0 )

Lithuania

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 438

	Vadym Shakhraychuk 0:47 (EQ) Kostiantyn Kasianchuk 8:15 (EQ) Andrei Sryubko 10:43 (PP1) Aleksandr Materukhin 16:01 (PS) Sergei Klimentiev 29:25 (EQ) Roman Salnikov 51:37 (EQ) Goals 35:47 (EQ) Tadas Kumeliauskas

April 16, 2008 20:00

Hungary

4–2 ( 0 – 0, 3 – 1, 1 – 1 )

Japan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 1363

	Balázs Ladányi 26:45 (EQ) Krisztián Palkovics 27:46 (EQ), 59:25 (ENG) Gábor Ocskay 33:50 (SH1) Goals 37:37 (EQ) Sho Sato 45:59 (EQ) Masahito Nishiwaki

April 18, 2008 13:00

Estonia

1–4 ( 0 – 1, 1 – 1, 0 – 2 )

Lithuania

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 238

	Maksim Ivanov 38:00 (PP2) Goals 18:41 (EQ) Mindaugas Kieras 22:00 (PP1) Darius Lelėnas 44:08 (PP1) Dalius Vaiciukevičius 59:47 (ENG) Egidijus Bauba

April 18, 2008 16:30

Hungary

3–0 ( 0 – 0, 1 – 0, 2 – 0 )

Croatia

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 541

	Imre Peterdi 35:01 (EQ) Krisztián Palkovics 46:01 (EQ), 49:45 (PP1) Goals

April 18, 2008 20:00

Japan

2 – 3 (PS) ( 0 – 0, 2 – 2, 0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 1 )

Ukraine

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 1879

	Suzuki Takahito 24:59 (EQ) Kamino Toru 36:49 (EQ) Goals Kostiantyn Kasianchuk 20:42 (PP1) Sergii Varlamov 39:09 (PP1) Dmytro Tsyrul 65:00 (GWG)

April 19, 2008 13:00

Lithuania

4–3 ( 0 – 2, 1 – 0, 3 – 1)

Croatia

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 989

	Dovydas Kulevičius 21:13 (PP1), 45:40 (EQ) Mindaugas Kireas 44:10 (PP2) Darius Lelėnas 58:18 (EQ) Goals Tomislav Čunko 14:35 (EQ) Veljko Žibret 15:20 (EQ) Krešimir Švigir 47:17 (EQ)

April 19, 2008 16:30

Japan

7–3 ( 4 – 2, 1 – 0, 2 – 1)

Estonia

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo

	Saito Takeshi 2:14 (EQ), 41:43 (PP1) Aaron Keller 3:32 (EQ) Obara Daisuke 6:15 (PP1) Mitani Darcy 11:48 (EQ), 21:01 (PP1) Kon Yosuke 44:05 (EQ) Goals Maksim Ivanov 0:36 (EQ) Andrei Makrov 9:44 (EQ) Aleksei Sibirtsev 48:57 (PP1)

April 19, 2008 20:00

Ukraine

2–4 ( 0 – 2, 2 – 1, 0 – 1)

Hungary

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo Attendance: 2544

	Oleg Blagoi 37:04 (EQ) Vitaliy Semenchenko 37:39 (SH1) Goals 10:27 (EQ) János Vas 19:32 (PP1) Krisztián Palkovics 21:46 (EQ) Imre Peterdi 59:19 (SH1) Márton Vas

External links

• Group A at the IIHF
• Group B at the IIHF