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 Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. Group B's games were played in Newcastle, Australia.

2008 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Romania
 Australia
DatesApril 7 - April 13
Teams12 (two groups of 6)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2007
2009 →
Main article: 2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

Groupings

Group A

Group A was contested in Miercurea Ciuc:

Team 2007 Result
 Belgium Placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2007.
 Bulgaria Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2007.
 Ireland Placed 2nd in Division III in 2007.
 Israel Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2007.
 Romania Host, Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2007.
 Serbia Placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2007.

Group B

Group B was contested in Newcastle:

Team 2007 Result
 Australia Host, Placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2007.
 China Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2007.
 Spain Placed 3rd in Division II- Group A in 2007.
 Iceland Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2007.
 Mexico Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2007.
 New Zealand Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2007.

Group A Tournament

Fixtures

All times local.

April 7, 2008
13:30		Ireland 1–13 SerbiaVakar Lajos Icerink
April 7, 2008
17:00		Belgium 8–1 BulgariaVakar Lajos Icerink
April 7, 2008
20:30		Israel 0–13 RomaniaVakar Lajos Icerink
April 8, 2008
13:30		Bulgaria 7–4 IrelandVakar Lajos Icerink
April 8, 2008
17:00		Romania 10–0 SerbiaVakar Lajos Icerink
April 8, 2008
20:30		Belgium 6–3 IsraelVakar Lajos Icerink
April 10, 2008
13:30		Belgium 9–1 IrelandVakar Lajos Icerink
April 10, 2008
17:30		Israel 1–4 SerbiaVakar Lajos Icerink
April 10, 2008
20:30		Romania 16–0 BulgariaVakar Lajos Icerink
April 11, 2008
13:30		Serbia 4–5 (OT) BelgiumVakar Lajos Icerink
April 11, 2008
17:00		Bulgaria 4–5 (OT) IsraelVakar Lajos Icerink
April 11, 2008
20:30		Ireland 1–21 RomaniaVakar Lajos Icerink
April 13, 2008
13:30		Serbia 11–2 BulgariaVakar Lajos Icerink
April 13, 2008
17:00		Israel 7–1 IrelandVakar Lajos Icerink
April 13, 2008
20:30		Romania 5–1 BelgiumVakar Lajos Icerink

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  Romania 5 5 0 0 0 65 2 63 15
2  Belgium 5 3 1 0 1 29 14 15 11
3  Serbia 5 3 0 1 1 32 19 13 10
4  Israel 5 1 1 0 3 16 28 -12 5
5  Bulgaria 5 1 0 1 3 14 44 -30 4
6  Ireland 5 0 0 0 5 8 57 -49 0

Group B Tournament

Fixtures

All times local.

April 7, 2008
13:00		Spain 4–5 (OT) ChinaNewcastle HISS Arena
April 7, 2008
16:30		New Zealand 3–6 IcelandNewcastle HISS Arena
April 7, 2008
20:00		Australia 7–1 MexicoNewcastle HISS Arena
April 9, 2008
13:00		China 5–4 (OT) IcelandNewcastle HISS Arena
April 9, 2008
16:30		Mexico 2–0 New ZealandNewcastle HISS Arena
April 9, 2008
20:00		Australia 5–3 SpainNewcastle HISS Arena
April 10, 2008
13:00		China 5–3 MexicoNewcastle HISS Arena
April 10, 2008
16:30		Spain 4–3 IcelandNewcastle HISS Arena
April 10, 2008
20:00		Australia 4–2 New ZealandNewcastle HISS Arena
April 12, 2008
13:00		Mexico 2–4 SpainNewcastle HISS Arena
April 12, 2008
16:30		New Zealand 2–6 ChinaNewcastle HISS Arena
April 12, 2008
20:00		Iceland 0–3 AustraliaNewcastle HISS Arena
April 13, 2008
13:00		Iceland 4–6 MexicoNewcastle HISS Arena
April 13, 2008
16:30		Spain 5–4 New ZealandNewcastle HISS Arena
April 13, 2008
20:00		China 0–1 AustraliaNewcastle HISS Arena

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  Australia 5 5 0 0 0 20 6 14 15
2  China 5 2 2 0 1 21 14 7 10
3  Spain 5 3 0 1 1 20 19 1 10
4  Mexico 5 2 0 0 3 14 20 -6 6
5  Iceland 5 1 0 1 3 17 21 -4 4
6  New Zealand 5 0 0 0 5 11 23 -12 0
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