2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were held from April 4 to April 13 2008 in Harbin, People's Republic of China.

It was be the 11th event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Promotions and relegations reflect the results of the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

For the eleventh straight tournament, Canada met the United States in the gold-medal match and, for only the second time out of 11, the American team defeated the Canadians for the gold medal. Interestingly, this tournament is the only IIHF Women's tournament in which the host nation (in this case, China) failed to medal.

Pool A

Preliminary Round

Group A

All times local (GMT+8)hockeybox
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 4, 2008
19:00
team1 = ihw-rt|JPN
score = 0 – 5
team2 = ihw|SWE
goals1 =
goals2 = A. Lorsell 02:51
K. Myren 17:04
K. Myren 30:18
M. Rooth 37:01 (PP)
M. Rooth 48:23
stadium = Baqu Arenahockeybox
bg = #ffffff
date = April 5, 2008
19:00
team1 = ihw-rt|FIN
score = 6 – 1
team2 = ihw|JPN
goals1 = A. Helin 23:55
H. Pelttari 28:05
K. Kovalainen 44:23 (PP)
A. Helin 44:42 (PP)
M. Saarinen 50:00 (PP)
A. Helin 52:02 (PP)
goals2 = E. Wada 26:35 (PP)
stadium = Baqu Arenahockeybox
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 6, 2008
19:00
team1 = ihw-rt|SWE
score = 2 – 3
team2 = ihw|FIN
goals1 = K. Timglas 07:02 (PP)
E. Eliasson 50:56
goals2 = M. Voutilainen 05:11 (PP)
M. Saarinen 42:01
M. Pehkonen 63:00 (PP)
stadium = Baqu Arena

Qualifying Round

Group D

All times local (GMT+8)hockeybox
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 8, 2008
19:00
team1 = ihw-rt|GER
score = 2 – 1
team2 = ihw|JPN
goals1 = B. Evers 2:47
M. Anwander 3:32
goals2 = Y. Adachi 10:36 (PP)
stadium = Hongbo Arenahockeybox
bg = #ffffff
date = April 9, 2008
19:00
team1 = ihw-rt|JPN
score = 3 – 1
team2 = ihw|CHN
goals1 = Y. Adachi 17:42 (PP)
Y. Hirano 57:04 (PP)
A. Fujii 59:20
goals2 = Sun R. 41:47
stadium = Hongbo Arenahockeybox
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 10, 2008
19:00
team1 = ihw-rt|CHN
score = 4 – 2
team2 = ihw|GER
goals1 = Jin F. 12:32
Wang L. 57:58 (PP)
Sun R. 58:43
Zhang S. 59:20
goals2 = S. Gotz 10:23 (PP)
N. Ritter 23:46 (PP)
stadium = Hongbo Arena

"ihw|GER will be relegated to Division I for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships."

Medal Round

Bronze Medal Game

All times local (GMT+8)hockeybox
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 12, 2008
15:30
team1 = ihw-rt|FIN
score = 4 – 1
team2 = ihw|SUI
goals1 = M. Pehkonen 25:05
M. Saarinen 41:09
N. Tikkinen 46:25
J. Hiirikoski 55:00 (PP)
goals2 = K. Lehmann 5:18
stadium = Hongbo Arena

Gold/Silver Medal Game

All times local (GMT+8)hockeybox
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 12, 2008
19:00
team1 = ihw-rt|USA
score = 4 – 3
team2 = ihw|CAN
goals1 = J. Potter 8:08 (PP)
N. Darwitz 17:41
J. Potter 30:54 (PP)
N. Darwitz 38:30
goals2 = S. Vaillancourt 1:57
K. Weatherston 48:38
J. Botterill 49:48 (PP)
stadium = Hongbo Arena

Division I

The following teams took part of the Division I tournament, which was played in Ventspils, Latvia at Ventspils OC Ice Hall from March 10 through March 16 2008.

"ihw|AUT is promoted to Division I and ihw|AUS is relegated to Division III for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships"

"ihw|Iceland is promoted to Division III for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships" . [ [http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/icelands-women-celebrating-promotion.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=6df521902b Iceland’s women celebrating promotion ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.iihf.com IIHF Official Site]
* [http://rubaisport.com/more/ice_hockey/15020/ Women's Ice Hockey World Championship at RubaiSport]