2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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Tournament details | |
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Host country |
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Dates | December 26 – January 5 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) |
ČEZ Arena and Tipsport Arena (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runner-up |
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Third place |
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Fourth place |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 197 (6.35 per match) |
Attendance | 103,179 (3,328 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) |
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MVP |
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Website | http://www.worldjuniors2008.com |
← 2007 2009 → |
The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2008 WJHC), was the 32nd 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. Sweden earned its first World Junior medal since 1996 by reaching the final.
Venues
ČEZ Aréna Capacity: 10,194 |
Tipsport Arena Capacity: 7,500 |
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Rosters
Top Division
Preliminary round
Group A
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | PTS |
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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 (CET/UTC +1)
December 26, 2007 16:00 | Sweden | 4–3 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 7,692 |
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December 26, 2007 20:00 | Czech Republic | 0–3 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 10,057 |
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December 27, 2007 16:00 | Slovakia | 0–2 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 3,657 |
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December 27, 2007 20:00 | Czech Republic | 5–2 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 3,260 |
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December 28, 2007 18:00 | Denmark | 1–10 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 654 |
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December 29, 2007 16:00 | Slovakia | 2–5 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 10,194 |
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December 29, 2007 20:00 | Canada | 3–4 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 8,547 |
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December 30, 2007 18:00 | Denmark | 3–4 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 468 |
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December 31, 2007 14:00 | Sweden | 4–2 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 6,272 |
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December 31, 2007 18:00 | Canada | 4–1 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 1,158 |
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Group B
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | PTS |
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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)
December 26, 2007 16:00 | United States | 5–1 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 1,029 |
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December 26, 2007 20:00 | Finland | 4–7 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 1,720 |
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December 27, 2007 16:00 | Kazakhstan | 4–5 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 796 |
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December 27, 2007 20:00 | Finland | 4–3 OT | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 980 |
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December 28, 2007 18:00 | Switzerland | 2–4 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 1,222 |
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December 29, 2007 16:00 | Kazakhstan | 0–5 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 1,354 |
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December 29, 2007 20:00 | Russia | 2–3 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 4,654 |
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December 30, 2007 18:00 | Switzerland | 1–3 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 513 |
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December 31, 2007 14:00 | Russia | 4–3 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 551 |
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December 31, 2007 18:00 | United States | 5–3 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 1,133 |
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Relegation round
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | PTS |
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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
- Schedule
All times local (CET/UTC +1)
January 2, 2008 16:00 | Slovakia | 5–2 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 564 |
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January 2, 2008 20:00 | Kazakhstan | 6–3 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 149 |
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January 3, 2008 16:00 | Switzerland | 5–2 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 251 |
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January 3, 2008 20:00 | Slovakia | 8–0 | Tipsport Arena Attendance: 564 |
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Final round
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
QF1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
A2 | 4 | B1 | 1 | ||||||||||
B3 | 2 | SF1 | 2 | ||||||||||
SF2 | 3 (OT) | ||||||||||||
QF2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
B2 | 4 | A1 | 2 (OT) | Third place | |||||||||
A3 | 1 | QF1 | 2 | ||||||||||
QF2 | 4 |
- Quarter-finals
January 2, 2008 16:00 | Canada | 4–2 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 5,187 |
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January 2, 2008 20:00 | Russia | 4–1 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 8,420 |
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- 5th place playoff
January 3, 2008 18:00 | Czech Republic | 5–1 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 483 |
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- Semi-finals
January 4, 2008 16:00 | Sweden | 2–1 OT | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 3,286 |
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January 4, 2008 20:00 | United States | 1–4 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 5,621 |
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- Bronze medal game
January 5, 2008 16:00 | United States | 2–4 | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 5,468 |
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- Gold medal game
January 5, 2008 20:00 | Sweden | 2–3 OT | ČEZ Arena Attendance: 7,480 |
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Scoring leaders
Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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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 | |
Dávid 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 |
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Steve Mason | 303 | 6 | .951 | 1.19 | 2 | |
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[1]
- All-star team[2]
- Goaltender:
Steve Mason - Defencemen:
Drew Doughty, Victor Hedman - Forwards:
Viktor Tikhonov, James van Riemsdyk, Patrik Berglund
- IIHF best player awards[1]
- Goaltender:
Steve Mason - Defenceman:
Drew Doughty - Forward:
Viktor Tikhonov
Final standings
Team | |
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4th | |
5th | |
6th | |
7th | |
8th | |
9th | |
10th |
Winning team roster
Roster of the winning Canadian team.
Pos. | No. | Player | Team | Age↑ |
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GK | 1 | Jonathan Bernier | 19 | |
GK | 30 | Steve Mason | 19 | |
D | 27 | Karl Alzner | 19 | |
D | 8 | Drew Doughty | 18 | |
D | 2 | Josh Godfrey | 19 | |
D | 4 | Thomas Hickey | 18 | |
D | 3 | Logan Pyett | 19 | |
D | 23 | P. K. Subban | 18 | |
D | 15 | Luke Schenn | 18 | |
F | 11 | Zach Boychuk | 18 | |
F | 18 | Colton Gillies | 18 | |
F | 28 | Claude Giroux | 19 | |
F | 32 | Matthew Halischuk | 19 | |
F | 21 | Riley Holzapfel | 19 | |
F | 7 | Stefan Legein | 18 | |
F | 17 | Brad Marchand | 19 | |
F | 22 | Shawn Matthias | 19 | |
F | 34 | Wayne Simmonds | 19 | |
F | 10 | Steven Stamkos | 17 | |
F | 12 | Brandon Sutter | 18 | |
F | 20 | John Tavares | 17 | |
F | 19 | Kyle Turris | 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 Toelz, Germany. Group B was played at Riga, Latvia:
Group A
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | PTS |
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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 |
Group B
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | PTS |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Group B
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | PTS |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
See also
References
- 1 2 Best players selected by the directorate and MVP IIHF.com. Retrieved on May 19, 2008.
- ↑ Media all stars IIHF.com. Retrieved on May 19, 2008.
External links
Preceded by 2007 World Juniors |
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2008 World Championships |
Succeeded by 2009 World Juniors |