2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

2008 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Italy
 Estonia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates9–15 December 2007
10–16 December 2007
Teams12
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The 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II represents the third level of the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group A

The Group A tournament was played in Canazei, Italy, from 9 to 15 December 2007.[1]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Italy Hosts; placed 6th in Division I (Group B) last year and were relegated.
 Romania Placed 2nd in Division II (Group A) last year.
 Japan Placed 3rd in Division II (Group B) last year.
 South Korea Placed 4th in Division II (Group B) last year.
 Iceland Placed 5th in Division II (Group A) last year.
 Belgium Placed 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Italy (H) 5 5 0 0 0 37 8 +29 15 Promoted to the 2009 Division I
2  Japan 5 4 0 0 1 37 7 +30 12
3  South Korea 5 3 0 0 2 18 11 +7 9
4  Belgium 5 1 1 0 3 12 21 −9 5
5  Romania 5 1 0 1 3 13 30 −17 4
6  Iceland 5 0 0 0 5 7 47 −40 0 Relegated to the 2009 Division III
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

9 December 2007
13:00		Romania 6–4
(0–1, 3–1, 3–2)		 IcelandAlba di Canazei
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9 December 2007
16:30		Belgium 0–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3)		 South KoreaAlba di Canazei
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9 December 2007
20:00		Japan 1–5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1)		 ItalyAlba di Canazei
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10 December 2007
13:00		Iceland 1–5
(1–2, 0–1, 0–2)		 BelgiumAlba di Canazei
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10 December 2007
16:30		Romania 0–6
(0–3, 0–0, 0–3)		 JapanAlba di Canazei
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10 December 2007
20:00		Italy 4–3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–2)		 South KoreaAlba di Canazei
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12 December 2007
13:00		Romania 4–5 GWS
(1–1, 3–3, 0–0)
OT: 0–0, GWS: 0–1		 BelgiumAlba di Canazei
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12 December 2007
16:30		Japan 5–1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0)		 South KoreaAlba di Canazei
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12 December 2007
20:00		Italy 11–1
(2–0, 2–0, 7–1)		 IcelandAlba di Canazei
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13 December 2007
13:00		Iceland 1–17
(0–5, 0–3, 1–9)		 JapanAlba di Canazei
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13 December 2007
16:30		South Korea 3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 RomaniaAlba di Canazei
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13 December 2007
20:00		Belgium 2–5
(0–2, 1–2, 1–1)		 ItalyAlba di Canazei
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15 December 2007
13:00		Japan 8–0
(1–0, 5–0, 2–0)		 BelgiumAlba di Canazei
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15 December 2007
16:30		South Korea 8–0
(3–0, 2–0, 3–0)		 IcelandAlba di Canazei
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15 December 2007
20:00		Italy 12–1
(0–0, 4–0, 8–1)		 RomaniaAlba di Canazei
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Group B

The Group B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 10 to 16 December 2007.[2]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Estonia Hosts; placed 6th in Division I (Group A) last year and were relegated.
 Netherlands Placed 2nd in Division II (Group B) last year.
 Croatia Placed 3rd in Division II (Group A) last year.
 Spain Placed 4th in Division II (Group A) last year.
 Mexico Placed 5th in Division II (Group B) last year.
 China Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Estonia (H) 5 4 1 0 0 35 8 +27 14 Promoted to the 2009 Division I
2  Netherlands 5 4 0 1 0 36 5 +31 13
3  Croatia 5 3 0 0 2 24 19 +5 9
4  Spain 5 2 0 0 3 24 27 −3 6
5  Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 8 27 −19 3
6  China 5 0 0 0 5 8 49 −41 0 Relegated to the 2009 Division III
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

10 December 2007
13:00		China 3–9
(0–2, 2–4, 1–3)		 SpainArena Premia, Tallinn
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10 December 2007
16:30		Netherlands 7–0
(3–0, 4–0, 0–0)		 MexicoArena Premia, Tallinn
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10 December 2007
20:00		Croatia 2–5
(1–1, 1–2, 0–2)		 EstoniaArena Premia, Tallinn
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11 December 2007
13:00		Mexico 4–1
(0–0, 3–0, 1–1)		 ChinaArena Premia, Tallinn
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11 December 2007
16:30		Netherlands 8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 CroatiaArena Premia, Tallinn
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11 December 2007
20:00		Estonia 13–2
(4–0, 5–0, 4–2)		 SpainArena Premia, Tallinn
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13 December 2007
13:00		Netherlands 14–1
(6–0, 6–1, 2–0)		 ChinaArena Premia, Tallinn
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13 December 2007
16:30		Croatia 5–2
(1–0, 4–1, 0–1)		 SpainArena Premia, Tallinn
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13 December 2007
20:00		Estonia 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 MexicoArena Premia, Tallinn
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14 December 2007
13:00		Mexico 2–5
(0–1, 0–1, 2–3)		 CroatiaArena Premia, Tallinn
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14 December 2007
16:30		Spain 1–5
(1–2, 0–1, 0–2)		 NetherlandsArena Premia, Tallinn
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14 December 2007
20:00		China 1–10
(0–2, 0–4, 1–4)		 EstoniaArena Premia, Tallinn
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16 December 2007
12:30		Spain 10–1
(4–0, 3–1, 3–0)		 MexicoArena Premia, Tallinn
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16 December 2007
16:00		Croatia 12–2
(1–0, 4–1, 7–1)		 ChinaArena Premia, Tallinn
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16 December 2007
19:30		Estonia 3–2 GWS
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
OT: 0–0, GWS: 1–0		 NetherlandsArena Premia, Tallinn
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See also

References

  1. ^ 2008 Division II Group A statistics
  2. ^ 2008 Division II Group B statistics

External links

  • Official website of IIHF
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