2008 IIHF World Championship Division I

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2008 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Austria
 Japan
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates13–19 April 2008
Teams12
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See also: 2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I was two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I represents the second level of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The best team in each tournament, Austria and Hungary, advanced to the Top Division championship for 2009. The bottom teams in each group, South Korea and Estonia, were relegated to the lower-level Division II.

Group A tournament[edit]

The Group A tournament was played in Innsbruck, Austria, from 13 to 19 April 2008.[1]

Participating teams[edit]

Team Qualification
 Austria Hosts; placed 15th in Top Division last year and were relegated
 Poland Placed 2nd in Division I Group A last year
 Kazakhstan Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year
 Great Britain Placed 4th in Division I Group B last year
 Netherlands Placed 5th in Division I Group A last year
 South Korea Placed 1st in Division II Group B last year and were promoted

Final standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Austria (H) 5 5 0 0 0 34 12 +22 15 Promoted to the 2009 Top Division
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 Relegated to the 2009 Division II
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results[edit]

All times are local.

13 April 2008
13:30		Netherlands 3–6
(1–3, 1–0, 1–3)		 KazakhstanTWK Arena
Attendance: 1,354
Game reference
James Schaafsma 13:31 (PP2), 28:52 (EQ)
Bjorn Willemse 47:31 (EQ)		Goals3:52 (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
13 April 2008
17:00		Great Britain 1–2 (GWS)
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(0–0, 0–1)		 PolandTWK Arena
Attendance: 2,490
Game reference
Greg Chambers 26:14 (EQ)Goals15:11 (EQ) Maciej Urbanowicz,
65:00 (GWS) Krzysztof Zapała
13 April 2008
20:30		South Korea 0–8
(0–3, 0–4, 0–1)		 AustriaTWK Arena
Attendance: 3,100
Game reference
Goals01:48 (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
14 April 2008
13:30		Poland 6–4
(2–2, 1–1, 3–1)		 NetherlandsTWK Arena
Attendance: 1,090
Game reference
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)		Goals10:29 (EQ) Nicky De Jong,
19:59 (PP1) Nathaniel Korthuis,
27:49 (PS) Douglas Stienstra,
59:55 (PS) Bradley Smulders
14 April 2008
17:00		Kazakhstan 5–1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 South KoreaTWK Arena
Attendance: 1,270
Game reference
Artemiy Lakiza 02:04 (PP1),
Andrey Gavrilin 15:37 (EQ), 44:09 (EQ),
Yevgeniy Fadeyev 39:25 (EQ),
Alexey Vorontsov 45:20 (EQ)		Goals52:54 (EQ) Kim Ki Sung
14 April 2008
20:30		Austria 10–5
(4–3, 3–0, 3–2)		 Great BritainTWK Arena
Attendance: 3,100
Game reference
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)		Goals07:55 (PP1) Greg Chambers,
14:23 (PP1) Ashley Tait,
17:57 (EQ) Thomas Watkins,
42:52 (PP1) Jonathan Weaver,
56:17 (PP1) David Clarke
16 April 2008
13:30		South Korea 1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)		 Great BritainTWK Arena
Attendance: 897
Game reference
Cho Min Ho 50:42 (EQ)Goals01:29 (EQ) David Clarke,
31:39 (EQ) David Longstaff,
46:52 (EQ) Daniel Meyers,
58:13 (SH1) Ashley Tait
16 April 2008
17:00		Poland 3–4 (GWS)
(0–1, 0–1, 3–1)
(0–0, 0–1)		 KazakhstanTWK Arena
Attendance: 2,132
Game reference
Krzysztof Zapała 40:49 (EQ),
Leszek Laszkiewicz 48:27 (EQ),
Marcin Jaros 56:30 (EQ)		Goals09:40 (PP1) Andrey Gavrilin,
22:17 (EQ) Andrei Spiridonov,
44:20 (EQ) Yevgeniy Ushkov,
65:00 (GWS) Konstantin Kassatkin
16 April 2008
20:30		Austria 5–1
(0–0, 1–1, 4–0)		 NetherlandsTWK Arena
Attendance: 3,100
Game reference
Philipp Lukas 20:57 (EQ),
Christoph Brandner 43:58 (PP1),
Dieter Kalt 47:01 (PP1),
Thomas Vanek 52:48 (EQ), 54:08 (EQ)		Goals33:58 (EQ) Douglas Stienstra
18 April 2008
13:30		Great Britain 8–1
(2–0, 4–0, 2–1)		 NetherlandsTWK Arena
Attendance: 1,249
Game reference
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)		Goals59:02 (PP2) Jacobus Teunissen
18 April 2008
17:00		Poland 4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 South KoreaTWK Arena
Attendance: 2,005
Game reference
Krzysztof Zapała 26:27 (PP1),
Marcin Jaros 37:15 (EQ),
Jarosław Różański 50:54 (EQ),
Sebastian Kowalówka 56:30 (EQ)		Goals24:18 (EQ) Kim Kyu Hun
18 April 2008
20:30		Kazakhstan 3–4
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1)		 AustriaTWK Arena
Attendance: 3,200
Game reference
Lev Krutokhvostov 13:34 (EQ),
Andrei Ogorodnikov 30:50 (EQ),
Vladislav Kolesnikov 46:59 (EQ)		Goals01:14 (EQ) Martin Ulrich,
30:07 (SH1) Dieter Kalt,
35:43 (SH1) Daniel Welser,
56:51 (PP1) Christoph Brandner
19 April 2008
13:30		Netherlands 6–5 (OT)
(2–1, 2–3, 1–1)
(1–0)		 South KoreaTWK Arena
Attendance: 1,890
Game reference
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)		Goals02:52 (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
19 April 2008
17:00		Kazakhstan 3–1
(1–1, 0–0, 2–0)		 Great BritainTWK Arena
Attendance: 2,400
Game reference
Andrey Spiridonov 12:34 (EQ), 54:42 (EQ)
Alexey Vyatkin 55:14 (EQ)		Goals06:28 (PP1) David Clarke
19 April 2008
20:30		Austria 7–3
(1–1, 5–0, 1–2)		 PolandTWK Arena
Attendance: 3,200
Game reference
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),		Goals13:00 (EQ) Marcin Kolusz,
45:00 (EQ) Maciej Urbanowicz,
51:53 (EQ) Adrian Labryga

Group B tournament[edit]

The Group B tournament was played in Sapporo, Japan, from 13 to 19 April 2008.[2]

Participating teams[edit]

Team Qualification
 Ukraine Placed 16th in Top Division last year and were relegated
 Hungary Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year
 Japan Hosts; placed 3rd in Division I Group B last year
 Estonia Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year
 Lithuania Placed 5th in Division I Group B last year
 Croatia Placed 1st in Division II Group A last year and were promoted

Final standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Hungary 5 5 0 0 0 22 7 +15 15 Promoted to the 2009 Top Division
2  Ukraine 5 3 1 0 1 18 8 +10 11
3  Japan (H) 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 Relegated to the 2009 Division II
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results[edit]

All times are local.

13 April 2008
13:00		Croatia 0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)		 UkraineTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 593
Game reference
Goals8:42 (EQ) Yuri Dyachenko
33:48 (PP2) Dmytro Tsuryl
52:06 (EQ) Vadym Shakhraychuk
52:27 (EQ) Oleksandr Karaulshchuk
13 April 2008
16:30		Estonia 3–5
(1–2, 2–1, 0–2)		 HungaryTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 978
Game reference
Maksim Ivanov 3:05 (PP1)
Andrei Makrov 24:36 (PP2)
Aleksander Polozov 34:03 (EQ)		Goals7:48 (EQ), 11:10 (PP1) Márton Vas
39:04 (EQ), 45:30 (EQ) Csaba Kovács
51:03 (EQ) Dániel Fekete
13 April 2008
20:00		Lithuania 0–5
(0–4, 0–0, 0–1)		 JapanTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 708
Game reference
Goals4:23 (PP1) Yosuke Kon
9:09 (PP1) Masahito Nishiwaki
12:55 (PP1) Sho Sato
18:02 (EQ) Darcy Mitani
41:28 (EQ) Ryuichi Kawai
14 April 2008
13:00		Ukraine 3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 EstoniaTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 195
Game reference
Dmytro Tsyrul 28:58 (EQ)
Yuri Navarenko 37:39 (SH1)
Roman Salnikov 59:27 (ENG)		Goals22:15 (PP1) Andrei Makrov
14 April 2008
16:30		Hungary 6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 LithuaniaTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 708
Game reference
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
14 April 2008
20:00		Japan 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 CroatiaTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 1,145
Game reference
Darcy Mitani 8:34 (PP1)
Daisuke Obara 41:05 (PP1)
Takahito Suzuki 56:24 (PP1)		Goals
16 April 2008
13:00		Croatia 2–1 (GWS)
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(0–0, 1–0)		 EstoniaTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 153
Game reference
Marko Lovrenčić 39:01 (PP1)
Mario Novak 65:00 (GWS)		Goals13:30 (PP1) Ilja Urusev
16 April 2008
16:30		Ukraine 6–1
(4–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 LithuaniaTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 438
Game reference
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)		Goals35:47 (EQ) Tadas Kumeliauskas
16 April 2008
20:00		Hungary 4–2
(0–0, 3–1, 1–1)		 JapanTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 1,363
Game reference
Balázs Ladányi 26:45 (EQ)
Krisztián Palkovics 27:46 (EQ), 59:25 (ENG)
Gábor Ocskay 33:50 (SH1)		Goals37:37 (EQ) Sho Sato
45:59 (EQ) Masahito Nishiwaki
18 April 2008
13:00		Estonia 1–4
(0–1, 1–1, 0–2)		 LithuaniaTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 238
Game reference
Maksim Ivanov 38:00 (PP2)Goals18:41 (EQ) Mindaugas Kieras
22:00 (PP1) Darius Lelėnas
44:08 (PP1) Dalius Vaiciukevičius
59:47 (ENG) Egidijus Bauba
18 April 2008
16:30		Hungary 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 CroatiaTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 541
Game reference
Imre Peterdi 35:01 (EQ)
Krisztián Palkovics 46:01 (EQ), 49:45 (PP1)		Goals
18 April 2008
20:00		Japan 2–3 (GWS)
(0–0, 2–2, 0–0)
(0–0, 0–1)		 UkraineTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 1,879
Game reference
Suzuki Takahito 24:59 (EQ)
Kamino Toru 36:49 (EQ)		GoalsKostiantyn Kasianchuk 20:42 (PP1)
Sergii Varlamov 39:09 (PP1)
Dmytro Tsyrul 65:00 (GWS)
19 April 2008
13:00		Lithuania 4–3
(0–2, 1–0, 3–1)		 CroatiaTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 989
Game reference
Dovydas Kulevičius 21:13 (PP1), 45:40 (EQ)
Mindaugas Kieras 44:10 (PP2)
Darius Lelėnas 58:18 (EQ)		GoalsTomislav Čunko 14:35 (EQ)
Veljko Žibret 15:20 (EQ)
Krešimir Švigir 47:17 (EQ)
19 April 2008
16:30		Japan 7–3
(4–2, 1–0, 2–1)		 EstoniaTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 2,386
Game reference
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)		GoalsMaksim Ivanov 0:36 (EQ)
Andrei Makrov 9:44 (EQ)
Aleksei Sibirtsev 48:57 (PP1)
19 April 2008
20:00		Ukraine 2–4
(0–2, 2–1, 0–1)		 HungaryTsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 2,544
Game reference
Oleg Blagoi 37:04 (EQ)
Vitaliy Semenchenko 37:39 (SH1)		Goals10:27 (EQ) János Vas
19:32 (PP1) Krisztián Palkovics
21:46 (EQ) Imre Peterdi
59:19 (SH1) Márton Vas

References[edit]

  1. ^ Division I Group A statistics
  2. ^ Division I Group B statistics
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