2008 IIHF World Championship Division I

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, "ih|AUT" and "ih|HUN", advanced to the top-level championship in 2009. The bottom team in each group, "ih|KOR" and "ih|EST", was 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

Paricipants

Group A

Group A was contested in flagicon|Austria Innsbruck.

"ih|AUT is promoted to Main Championship 2009."

"ih|KOR is demoted to Division II for the 2009 Championships."

;ResultsAll times local.

Hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 13, 2008
time = 13:30
team1 = ih-rt|NED
score = 3 – 6
periods = ( 1 - 3, 1 - 0, 1 - 3 )
team2 = ih|KAZ
goals1 = James Schaafsma 13:31 (PP2), 28:52 (EQ)
Bjorn Willemse 47:31 (EQ)
goals2 = 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
stadium = TWK Arena
attendance = 1354
referee = Christian Oswald GER

Hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 13, 2008
time = 16:30
team1 = ih-rt|GBR
score = 1 – 2 (PS)
periods = ( 0 - 1, 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )
team2 = ih|POL
goals1 = Greg Chambers 26:14 (EQ)
goals2 = 15:11 (EQ) Maciej Urbanowicz,
65:00 (PS) Krzysztof Zapała
stadium = TWK Arena
attendance = 2490
referee = Miroslav Jabavy CZE

Hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 13, 2008
time = 20:30
team1 = ih-rt|KOR
score = 0 – 8
periods = ( 0 - 3, 0 - 4, 0 - 1 )
team2 = ih|AUT
goals1 =
goals2 = 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
stadium = TWK Arena
attendance = 3100
referee = Tommy Soestumoen NOR

hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 14, 2008
time = 13:30
team1 = ih-rt|POL
score = 6 – 4
periods = ( 2 - 2, 1 - 1, 3 - 1 )
team2 = ih|NED
goals1 = 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)
goals2 = 10:29 (EQ) Nicky De Jong,
19:59 (PP1) Nathaniel Korthuis,
27:49 (PS) Douglas Stienstra,
59:55 (PS) Bradley Smulders
stadium = TWK Arena
attendance = 1090
referee = Tommy Soestumoen NOR

hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 14, 2008
time = 17:00
team1 = ih-rt|KAZ
score = 5 – 1
periods = ( 2 - 0, 1 - 0, 2 - 1 )
team2 = ih|KOR
goals1 = Artemiy Lakiza 02:04 (PP1),
Andrey Gavrilin 15:37 (EQ), 44:09 (EQ),
Yevgeniy Fadeyev 39:25 (EQ),
Alexey Vorontsov 45:20 (EQ)
goals2 = 52:54 (EQ) Kim Ki Sung
stadium = TWK Arena
attendance = 1270
referee = Igor Dremelj SLO

hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 14, 2008
time = 20:30
team1 = ih-rt|AUT
score = 10 – 5
periods = ( 4 - 3, 3 - 0, 3 - 2 )
team2 = ih|GBR
goals1 = 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)
goals2 = 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
stadium = TWK Arena
attendance = 3100
referee = Christian Oswald GER

hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 16, 2008
time = 13:30
team1 = ih-rt|KOR
score = 1 – 4
periods = ( 0 - 1, 0 - 1, 1 - 2 )
team2 = ih|GBR
goals1 = Cho Min Ho 50:42 (EQ)
goals2 = 01:29 (EQ) David Clarke,
31:39 (EQ) David Longstaff,
46:52 (EQ) Daniel Meyers,
58:13 (SH1) Ashley Tait
stadium = TWK Arena
attendance = 897
referee = Igor Dremelj SLO

hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 16, 2008
time = 17:00
team1 = ih-rt|POL
score = 3 – 4 (PS)
periods = ( 0 - 1, 0 - 1, 3 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 1)
team2 = ih|KAZ
goals1 = Krzysztof Zapała 40:49 (EQ),
Leszek Laszkiewicz 48:27 (EQ),
Marcin Jaros 56:30 (EQ)
goals2 = 09:40 (PP1) Andrey Gavrilin,
22:17 (EQ) Andrei Spiridonov,
44:20 (EQ) Yevgeniy Ushkov,
65:00 (PS) Konstantin Kassatkin
stadium = TWK Arena
attendance = 2132
referee = Tommy Soestumoen NOR

hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 16, 2008
time = 20:30
team1 = ih-rt|AUT
score = 5 – 1
periods = ( 0 - 0, 1 - 1, 4 - 0 )
team2 = ih|NED
goals1 = Philipp Lukas 20:57 (EQ),
Christoph Brandner 43:58 (PP1),
Dieter Kalt 47:01 (PP1),
Thomas Vanek 52:48 (EQ), 54:08 (EQ)
goals2 = 33:58 (EQ) Douglas Stienstra
stadium = TWK Arena
attendance = 3100
referee = Miroslav Jabavy CZE

hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 18, 2008
time = 13:30
team1 = ih-rt|GBR
score = 8 – 1
periods = ( 2 - 0, 4 - 0, 2 - 1 )
team2 = ih|NED
goals1 = 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)
goals2 = 59:02 (PP2) Jacobus Teunissen
stadium = TWK Arena
attendance = 1249
referee = Igor Dremelj SLO

hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 18, 2008
time = 17:00
team1 = ih-rt|POL
score = 4 – 1
periods = ( 0 - 0, 2 - 1, 2 - 0)
team2 = ih|KOR
goals1 = Krzysztof Zapała 26:27 (PP1),
Marcin Jaros 37:15 (EQ),
Jarosław Różański 50:54 (EQ),
Sebastian Kowalówka 56:30 (EQ)
goals2 = 24:18 (EQ) Kim Kyu Hun
attendance = 2005
referee = Christian Oswald GER
stadium = TWK Arena

hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 18, 2008
time = 20:30
team1 = ih-rt|KAZ
score = 3 – 4
periods = ( 1 - 1, 1 - 2, 1 - 1 )
team2 = ih|AUT
goals1 = Lev Krutokhvostov 13:34 (EQ),
Andrei Ogorodnikov 30:50 (EQ),
Vladislav Kolesnikov 46:59 (EQ)
goals2 = 01:14 (EQ) Martin Ulrich,
30:07 (SH1) Dieter Kalt,
35:43 (SH1) Daniel Welser,
56:51 (PP1) Christoph Brandner
attendance = 3200
referee = Miroslav Jebavy CZE
stadium = TWK Arena

hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 19, 2008
time = 13:30
team1 = ih-rt|NED
score = 6 – 5 (OT)
periods = ( 2 - 1, 2 - 3, 1 - 1, 1 - 0 )
team2 = ih|KOR
goals1 = 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)
goals2 = 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
attendance = 1890
referee = Miroslav Jebavy CZE
stadium = TWK Arena

hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 19, 2008
time = 17:00
team1 = ih-rt|KAZ
score = 3 – 1
periods = ( 1 - 1, 0 - 0, 2 - 0 )
team2 = ih|GBR
goals1 = Andrey Spiridonov 12:34 (EQ), 54:42 (EQ)
Alexey Vyatkin 55:14 (EQ)
goals2 = 06:28 (PP1) David Clarke
stadium = TWK Arena
attendance = 2400
referee = Christian Oswald GER

hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 19, 2008
time = 20:30
team1 = ih-rt|AUT
score = 7 – 3
periods = ( 1 - 1, 5 - 0, 1 - 2 )
team2 = ih|POL
goals1 = 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),

goals2 = 13:00 (EQ) Marcin Kolusz,
45:00 (EQ) Maciej Urbanowicz,
51:53 (EQ) Adrian Labryga
stadium = TWK Arena
attendance = 3200
referee = Tommy Soestumoen NOR

Group B

; Group B Final standings

"ih|HUN is promoted to the Main Championship 2009."

"ih|EST is demoted to Division II for the 2009 Championships."

;ResultsAll times local.

Hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 13, 2008
time = 13:00
team1 = ih-rt|CRO
score = 0 – 4
periods = ( 0 - 1, 0 - 1, 0 - 2 )
team2 = ih|UKR
goals1 =
goals2 = 8:42 (EQ) Yuri Dyachenko
33:48 (PP2) Dmytro Tsuryl
52:06 (EQ) Vadym Shakhraichuk
52:27 (EQ) Oleksandr Karaulshchuk
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 593
referee = Sean Reid CAN

Hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 13, 2008
time = 16:30
team1 = ih-rt|EST
score = 3 – 5
periods = ( 1 - 2, 2 - 1, 0 - 2 )
team2 = ih|HUN
goals1 = Maksim Ivanov 3:05 (PP1)
Andrei Makrov 24:36 (PP2)
Aleksander Polozov 34:03 (EQ)
goals2 = 7:48 (EQ), 11:10 (PP1) Márton Vas
39:04 (EQ), 45:30 (EQ) Csaba Kovács
51:03 (EQ) Dániel Fekete

stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 978
referee = Pawel Meszynski POL

Hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 13, 2008
time = 20:00
team1 = ih-rt|LTU
score = 0 – 5
periods = ( 0 - 4, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )
team2 = ih|JPN
goals1 =
goals2 = 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
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 708
referee = Nigel Boniface GBR

Hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 14, 2008
time = 13:00
team1 = ih-rt|UKR
score = 3 – 1
periods = ( 0 - 0, 2 - 1, 1 - 0 )
team2 = ih|EST
goals1 = Dmytro Tsyrul 28:58 (EQ)
Yuri Navarenko 37:39 (SH1)
Roman Salnikov 59:27 (ENG)
goals2 = 22:15 (PP1) Andrei Makrov

stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 195
referee = Nigel Boniface GBR

Hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 14, 2008
time = 16:30
team1 = ih-rt|HUN
score = 6 – 0
periods = ( 2 - 0, 2 - 0, 2 - 0 )
team2 = ih|LTU
goals1 = 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)
goals2 =
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 708
referee = Sean Reid CAN

Hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 14, 2008
time = 20:00
team1 = ih-rt|JPN
score = 3 – 0
periods = ( 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 2 - 0 )
team2 = ih|CRO
goals1 = Darcy Mitani 8:34 (PP1)
Daisuke Obara 41:05 (PP1)
Takahito Suzuki 56:24 (PP1)

goals2 =
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 1145
referee = Vladimir Baluska SVK

Hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 16, 2008
time = 13:00
team1 = ih-rt|CRO
score = 2 – 1 (PS)
periods = ( 0 - 1, 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 1 - 0 )
team2 = ih|EST
goals1 = Marko Lovrenčić 39:01 (PP1)
Mario Novak 65:00 (GWG)

goals2 = 13:30 (PP1) Ilja Urusev
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 153
referee = Nigel Boniface GBR

Hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 16, 2008
time = 16:30
team1 = ih-rt|UKR
score = 6 – 1
periods = ( 4 - 0, 1 - 1, 1 - 0 )
team2 = ih|LTU
goals1 = Vadim Shakhrayhuk 0:47 (EQ)
Konstantin Kasianchuk 8:15 (EQ)
Andrei Sryubko 10:43 (PP1)
Aleksandr Materukhin 16:01 (PS)
Sergei Klimentiev 29:25 (EQ)
Roman Salnikov 51:37 (EQ)

goals2 = 35:47 (EQ) Tadas Kumeliauskas
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 438
referee = Vladimir Baluska SVK

Hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 16, 2008
time = 20:00
team1 = ih-rt|HUN
score = 4 – 2
periods = ( 0 - 0, 3 - 1, 1 - 1 )
team2 = ih|JPN
goals1 = Balázs Ladányi 26:45 (EQ)
Krisztián Palkovics 27:46 (EQ), 59:25 (ENG)
Gábor Ocskay 33:50 (SH1)

goals2 = 37:37 (EQ) Sho Sato
45:59 (EQ) Masahito Nishiwaki
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 1363
referee = Pawel Meszynski POL

Hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 18, 2008
time = 13:00
team1 = ih-rt|EST
score = 1 – 4
periods = ( 0 - 1, 1 - 1, 0 - 2 )
team2 = ih|LTU
goals1 = Maksim Ivanov 38:00 (PP2)

goals2 = 18:41 (EQ) Mindaugas Kieras
22:00 (PP1) Darius Lelėnas
44:08 (PP1) Dalius Vaiciukevičius
59:47 (ENG) Egidijus Bauba
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 238
referee = Pawel Meszynski POL

Hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 18, 2008
time = 16:30
team1 = ih-rt|HUN
score = 3 – 0
periods = ( 0 - 0, 1 - 0, 2 - 0 )
team2 = ih|CRO
goals1 = Imre Peterdi 35:01 (EQ)
Krisztián Palkovics 46:01 (EQ), 49:45 (PP1)

goals2 =
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 541
referee = Vladimir Baluska SVK

Hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 18, 2008
time = 20:00
team1 = ih-rt|JPN
score = 2 – 3 (PS)
periods = ( 0 - 0, 2 - 2, 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )
team2 = ih|UKR
goals1 = Suzuki Takahito 24:59 (EQ)
Kamino Toru 36:49 (EQ)
goals2 = Kostiantyn Kasianchuk 20:42 (PP1)
Sergii Varlamov 39:09 (PP1)
Dmytro Tsyrul 65:00 (GWG)
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 1879
referee = Sean Reid CAN

Hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 19, 2008
time = 13:00
team1 = ih-rt|LTU
score = 4 – 3
periods = ( 0 - 2, 1 - 0, 3 - 1)
team2 = ih|CRO
goals1 = Dovydas Kulevičius 21:13 (PP1), 45:40 (EQ)
Mindaugas Kireas 44:10 (PP2)
Darius Lelėnas 58:18 (EQ)
goals2 = Tomislav Čunko 14:35 (EQ)
Veljko Žibret 15:20 (EQ)
Krešimir Švigir 47:17 (EQ)
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 989
referee = Meszynski Pawel POL

Hockeybox2
bg = #eeeeee
date = April 19, 2008
time = 16:30
team1 = ih-rt|JPN
score = 7 – 3
periods = ( 4 - 2, 1 - 0, 2 - 1)
team2 = ih|EST
goals1 = 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)
goals2 = Maksim Ivanov 0:36 (EQ)
Andrei Makrov 9:44 (EQ)
Aleksei Sibirtsev 48:57 (PP1)
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance =
referee = Vladimir Baluska SVK

Hockeybox2
bg = #bbbbbb
date = April 19, 2008
time = 20:00
team1 = ih-rt|UKR
score = 2 – 4
periods = ( 0 - 2, 2 - 1, 0 - 1)
team2 = ih|HUN
goals1 = Oleg Blagoi 37:04 (EQ)
Vitaliy Semenchenko 37:39 (SH1)

goals2 = 10:27 (EQ), 59:19 (SH1) Márton Vas
19:32 (PP1) Krisztián Palkovics
21:46 (EQ) Imre Peterdi
stadium = Tsukisamu Sapporo Arena, Sapporo
attendance = 2544
referee = Sean Reid CAN

External links

* [http://www.iihf.com International Ice Hockey Federation]

ee also

*2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
*2008 IIHF World Championship
*2008 IIHF World Championship Division I
*2008 IIHF World Championship Division II
*2008 IIHF World Championship Division III
*2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification