2008 IIHF World Championship

Main article: 2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2008 IIHF World Championship was played between May 2 and May 18, 2008 in the Canadian cities of Halifax (Nova Scotia) and Quebec City (Quebec). The two venues were the Halifax Metro Centre and the Colisée Pepsi. The tournament was won by Russia which claimed its first gold medal since 1993.

2008 IIHF World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	May 2–18
Officially opened by	Michaëlle Jean
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	54
Goals scored	357 (6.61 per game)
Attendance	477,040 (8,834 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Dany Heatley (20 points)
MVP	Dany Heatley
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A 2008 Russian stamp commemorating the championship team

It was the 72nd IIHF World Championship event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was the first time the final tournament is held in a non-European country since 1962, when it was held in Colorado, USA. The IIHF wanted to celebrate the federation's 100th anniversary by holding the tournament in the country where ice hockey was born. The tournament was also included as part of the celebrations of Quebec City's 400th anniversary.

The tournament featured many countries' elite stars, as it served as the last and most important stage in selecting nine automatic qualifiers for the men's hockey competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a process that uses the IIHF World Ranking standings after the tournament.^[1]

On May 8, 2007, the IIHF announced it "will also formalize the Triple Gold Club by awarding commemorative medals to the 19 players who have won the three most prestigious championships in world hockey: Olympic gold, Stanley Cup, and World Championship gold. The ceremony will take place in Canada during the 2008 World Championship."^[2]

There were two changes in the format compared to earlier years. Because of the distance between Halifax and Quebec City, the quarter-finals were played within the group, instead of crossing over which has happened since 2000. The relegation round was different too, as it consisted of two best-of-three series instead of a round robin series between four teams.

For the first time in 40 years, the matches were played on smaller, NHL size rinks, 200 ft × 85 ft (roughly 61 m × 26 m), compared to the IIHF standard which is roughly 200 ft × 98.5 ft (61 m × 30 m).

Participating teams

See also: 2008 IIHF World Championship rosters

Group A   Belarus (roster)   France (roster)   Sweden (roster)   Switzerland (roster)

Group B   Canada (roster)   Latvia (roster)   Slovenia (roster)   United States (roster)

Group C   Finland (roster)   Germany (roster)   Norway (roster)   Slovakia (roster)

Group D   Czech Republic (roster)   Denmark (roster)   Italy (roster)   Russia (roster)

Venues

Quebec	Quebec   Halifax class=notpageimage| Venues of the 2008 IIHF World Championship		Halifax
Colisée Pepsi			Halifax Metro Centre
46°49′51″N 71°14′47″W / 46.83083°N 71.24639°W / 46.83083; -71.24639 (Quebec)			44°38′54″N 63°34′36″W / 44.64833°N 63.57667°W / 44.64833; -63.57667 (Halifax)
Capacity: 13,400			Capacity: 10,595

Rules

For standing purposes, points shall be awarded as follows:

• 3 points for a win in regulation time
• 2 points for a win in overtime or in shootout
• 1 point for a loss in overtime or in shootout
• No points for a loss in regulation time

If a game is tied after regulation time, a five-minute four-on-four sudden-death overtime session is played followed by a three-player shootout if necessary. Exceptions: Quarter finals, Semi final and Bronze Medal overtime session are 10 minutes and Gold medal game overtime session is 20 minutes.

If teams are tied in a standing based on points, the following tie-breakers are applied: 1) The most points earned in direct games involving tied teams. 2) The best goal differential in direct games involving tied teams. 3) The most goals scored in direct games involving tied teams. 4) Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 with games involving the highest non-tied team in the same group. 5) Repeat step 4 with games involving the second highest non-tied team in the same group. 6) Continue this process with all non-tied team games.^[3]

This was also the first major IIHF championship that used the four-official system with two referees and two linesmen instead of standard three-official system with only one referee.^[4]

Preliminary round

Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups.^[5] After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Qualifying Round while the last team competed in the relegation round.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Switzerland	3	3	0	0	0	10	4	+6	9	Qualifying Round
Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	17	9	+8	6
Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	9	9	0	3
France	3	0	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0	Relegation Round

Source:^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC-4).

May 3, 2008 13:00

Belarus

5–6 (1–2, 3–2, 1–2)

Sweden

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 9,204

Game reference
				Referees: Sami Partanen   Jyri Rönn
	V. Kostyuchenok 18:32 S. Zadelenov 22:58 A. Ugarov 23:45 A. Zhurik (PP1) 35:57 D. Meleshko 41:18 Goals 03:59 M. Johansson 12:18 N. Bäckström 26:23 (PP2) P. Hörnqvist 37:51 R. Nilsson 43:41 P. Hörnqvist 50:32 R. Wallin

May 3, 2008 19:00

Switzerland

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

France

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 9,367

Game reference
				Referees: Guy Pellerin   Chris Savage
	R. Wick (PP1) 08:18 J. Sprunger (PP1) 16:54 P. Bärtschi 23:01 R. Sannitz 40:31 Goals 39:59 (PP1) J. Desrosiers

May 5, 2008 13:00

Switzerland

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Belarus

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 8,016

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker   Peter Ország
	J. Sprunger (PP1) 13:01 J. Sprunger (PP1) 34:36 Goals 27:34 K. Koltsov

May 5, 2008 19:00

Sweden

9–0 (0–0, 4–0, 5–0)

France

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 8,845

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Piechaczek   Thomas Sterns
	T. Mårtensson 28:46 P. Hörnqvist (PP1) 34:21 M. Weinhandl 36:16 N. Wallin 39:42 N. Bäckström 44:31 A. Edler (PP1) 47:36 R. Nilsson 49:22 K. Jönsson (PP2) 51:46 N. Bäckström 59:35 Goals

May 7, 2008 13:00

Sweden

2–4 (1–2, 0–0, 1–2)

Switzerland

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 7,939

Game reference
				Referees: Guy Pellerin   Jyri Rönn
	F. Warg 10:47 P. Hörnqvist (SH1) 59:01 Goals 00:48 T. Paterlini 16:35 A. Ambühl 45:23 T. Monnet 59:53 (ENG) B. Forster

May 7, 2008 19:00

France

1–3 (1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Belarus

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 8,880

Game reference
				Referees: Sami Partanen   Chris Savage
	O. Coqueux (SH1) 19:53 Goals 12:57 A. Kalyuzhny 27:48 A. Ugarov 59:15 A. Kostitsyn

Group B

 

USA against Slovenia

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	3	0	0	0	17	5	+12	9	Qualifying Round
United States	3	2	0	0	1	13	6	+7	6
Latvia	3	1	0	0	2	3	11	−8	3
Slovenia	3	0	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0	Relegation Round

Source:^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC-3).

May 2, 2008 16:30

Canada

5–1 (1–0, 3–1, 1–0)

Slovenia

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,921

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov   Alexander Poliakov
	D. Hamhuis 03:45 D. Heatley 20:41 M. St. Louis (PP1) 30:18 D. Heatley (PP1) 35:07 D. Heatley 50:25 Goals 32:19 (PP2) A. Kopitar

May 2, 2008 20:15

United States

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Latvia

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,360

Game reference
				Referees: Milan Minář   Richard Schütz
	D. Brown (PP1) 07:21 P. Kane (PP1) 28:44 Z. Parise (PP1) 47:09 P. O'Sullivan (PP1) 51:05 Goals

May 4, 2008 16:30

Latvia

0–7 (0–3, 0–4, 0–0)

Canada

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,831

Game reference
				Referees: Danny Kurmann   Christer Larking
	Goals 02:35 P. Sharp 03:45 M. Green 12:15 D. Heatley 21:03 (PP1) R. Nash 22:00 M. St. Louis 22:42 C. Kunitz 32:20 R. Nash

May 4, 2008 20:15

United States

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Slovenia

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,056

Game reference
				Referees: Brent Reiber   Marcus Vinnerborg
	P. Kane (PP1) 11:12 P. Kessel (PP1) 26:48 P. Kessel (PP1) 32:41 D. Booth 45:05 P. Kessel 49:24 Goals 36:36 A. Kopitar

May 6, 2008 16:30

Canada

5–4 (2–0, 1–2, 2–2)

United States

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 9,192

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov   Christer Larking
	B. Burns 08:26 D. Heatley 19:49 J. Toews 20:18 D. Roy 43:29 D. Heatley 59:13 Goals 20:52 Z. Parise 23:09 P. O'Sullivan 45:18 (PP1) D. Brown 46:54 (PP1) J. Pominville

May 6, 2008 20:15

Slovenia

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Latvia

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,806

Game reference
				Referees: Alexander Poliakov   Richard Schütz
	Goals 30:15 (PS) A. Ņiživijs 31:24 (PP1) A. Širokovs 59:32 (ENG) A. Širokovs

Group C

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Finland	3	2	1	0	0	11	5	+6	8	Qualifying Round
Norway	3	1	0	1	1	6	10	−4	4
Germany	3	1	0	0	2	7	10	−3	3
Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	9	8	+1	3	Relegation Round

Source:^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC-3).

May 3, 2008 16:30

Germany

1–5 (0–0, 1–2, 0–3)

Finland

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,658

Game reference
	F. Busch (PP1) 32:44 Goals 21:09 (PP1) M. Koivu 27:26 (PP2) O. Jokinen 40:24 (SH1) M. Koivu 42:33 H. Hyvönen 52:27 T. Selänne

May 3, 2008 20:15

Slovakia

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Norway

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,096

Game reference
				Referees: Danny Kurmann   Brent Reiber
	T. Melichárek (SH1) 09:43 J. Kolník 20:15 R. Petrovický (PP1) 27:44 M. Hossa 40:07 P. Podhradský 58:24 Goals 28:43 M. Olimb

May 5, 2008 16:30

Finland

3–2 OT (2–2, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Norway

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,190

Game reference
				Referees: Milan Minář   Richard Schütz
	J. Jokinen (PP1) 01:37 V. Peltonen (PP1) 16:14 T. Ruutu 61:27 Goals 04:26 M. Ask 19:51 (PP2) A. Bastiansen

May 5, 2008 20:15

Slovakia

2–4 (0–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Germany

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,855

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov   Alexander Poliakov
	I. Čiernik (PP1) 29:39 J. Kolník (PP1) 59:56 Goals 06:57 (PP1) M. Sturm 15:05 (PP1) S. Ustorf 38:05 M. Hackert 48:42 (PP1) M. Hackert

May 7, 2008 16:30

Finland

3–2 (2–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,262

Game reference
				Referees: Danny Kurmann   Marcus Vinnerborg
	N. Kapanen 02:05 T. Ruutu (PP1) 13:00 T. Selänne (PP1) 25:17 Goals 13:14 R. Petrovický 18:21 M. Kováčik

May 7, 2008 20:15

Norway

3–2 (0–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Germany

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,414

Game reference
				Referees: Milan Minář   Brent Reiber
	M. Holtet (PP2) 34:51 M. Zuccarello Aasen 47:19 M. Ask (PP2) 55:53 Goals 06:37 (PP1) M. Sturm 24:09 P. Gogulla

Group D

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	3	2	1	0	0	16	6	+10	8	Qualifying Round
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	0	16	9	+7	7
Denmark	3	1	0	0	2	9	11	−2	3
Italy	3	0	0	0	3	5	20	−15	0	Relegation Round

Source:^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC-4).

May 2, 2008 13:00

Denmark

2–5 (2–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 8,369

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker   Thomas Sterns
	S. Lassen 00:31 J. Hansen 18:03 Goals 08:00 R. Vrbata 13:49 (PP1) A. Kotalík 24:35 R. Vrbata 31:31 Z. Irgl 50:52 J. Hejda

May 2, 2008 19:00

Russia

7–1 (1–0, 5–0, 1–1)

Italy

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 11,074

Game reference
				Referees: Peter Ország   Daniel Piechaczek
	A. Semin 04:02 A. Ovechkin 23:39 A. Morozov 29:01 A. Tereshchenko 30:12 A. Semin 31:18 M. Sushinski 36:58 D. Zaripov (PP1) 55:38 Goals 51:29 J. Cirone

May 4, 2008 13:00

Czech Republic

4–5 OT (2–2, 1–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Russia

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 13,109

Game reference
				Referees: Guy Pellerin   Chris Savage
	P. Eliáš (PP1) 09:08 A. Kotalík (PP1) 12:05 P. Eliáš (PP1) 33:47 P. Eliáš (PP1) 42:51 Goals 03:47 S. Zinovjev 19:59 (PP2) K. Gorovikov 27:44 (PP1) A. Morozov 46:47 (PP1) K. Korneyev 63:10 A. Morozov

May 4, 2008 19:00

Italy

2–6 (0–3, 1–1, 1–2)

Denmark

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 6,838

Game reference
				Referees: Sami Partanen   Jyri Rönn
	J. Cirone 37:48 N. Fontanive (PP1) 47:09 Goals 03:54 M. Green 08:11 (PP1) K. Staal 10:26 (PP2) J. Hansen 23:31 (PP1) D. Nielsen 50:32 J. Damgaard 56:03 K. Degn

May 6, 2008 13:00

Russia

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Denmark

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 8,609

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker   Daniel Piechaczek
	M. Afinogenov 10:38 A. Ovechkin (PP1) 27:07 S. Fedorov (PP1) 29:45 K. Gorovikov 42:47 Goals 57:25 (PP1) K. Staal

May 6, 2008 19:00

Czech Republic

7–2 (2–2, 4–0, 1–0)

Italy

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 7,517

Game reference
				Referees: Peter Ország   Thomas Sterns
	M. Erat 00:41 R. Vrbata 04:19 M. Židlický (PP1) 21:29 R. Vrbata 30:42 P. Eliáš (PP1) 37:47 F. Kuba 39:02 J. Hlinka 43:53 Goals 00:59 L. Ansoldi 03:06 N. Fontanive

Qualifying round

The top three teams in the standings of each group of the Preliminary Round advance to the Qualifying Round, and are placed in two groups: teams from Groups A and D compete in Group E, while teams from Groups B and C compete in Group F.

Each team is to play three games in this round, one against each of the three teams from the other group with which they have been paired. These three games, along with the two games already played against the other two advancing teams from the same group in the Preliminary Round, will count in the Qualifying Round standings.

The top four teams in both groups E and F to advance in Quarter-Finals.^[3]

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	3	2	0	0	21	13	+8	13	Playoff Round
2	Czech Republic	5	2	1	1	1	20	14	+6	9
3	Sweden	5	3	0	0	2	23	16	+7	9
4	Switzerland	5	3	0	0	2	16	15	+1	9
5	Belarus	5	0	0	3	2	13	18	−5	3
6	Denmark	5	0	1	0	4	9	26	−17	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC-4).

May 8, 2008 15:00

Sweden

8–1 (2–0, 2–0, 4–1)

Denmark

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 7,327

Game reference
				Referees: Peter Ország   Guy Pellerin
	K. Jönsson 08:47 M. Nilson 15:33 T. Mårtensson 35:35 A. Strålman 36:44 K. Fabricius 40:41 M. Weinhandl 41:48 R. Wallin 43:55 T. Mårtensson (PP1) 50:14 Goals 54:32 K. Degn

May 8, 2008 19:00

Switzerland

0–5 (0–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 9,603

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker   Daniel Piechaczek
	Goals 19:06 (SH1) M. Erat 34:46 (PP1) T. Kaberle 35:50 (PP1) P. Eliáš 39:33 T. Fleischmann 58:10 J. Novotný

May 9, 2008 13:00

Russia

4–3 GWS (0–2, 1–0, 2–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–1)

Belarus

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 8,031

Game reference
				Referees: Sami Partanen   Jyri Rönn
	M. Afinogenov 23:54 A. Ovechkin 47:21 M. Afinogenov 53:51 A. Morozov (GWG) 65:00 Goals 07:27 A. Mikhalev 11:53 D. Dudik 56:12 A. Ugarov

May 10, 2008 12:30

Czech Republic

3–2 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–1)

Belarus

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 8,504

Game reference
				Referees: Guy Pellerin   Jyri Rönn
	T. Rolínek 36:53 A. Kotalík 53:38 A. Kotalík (GWG) 65:00 Goals 18:12 Y. Chupris 49:50 A. Kostitsyn

May 10, 2008 16:30

Russia

3–2 (0–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Sweden

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 12,665

Game reference
				Referees: Peter Ország   Daniel Piechaczek
	A. Semin 32:14 S. Fedorov 44:57 A. Ovechkin 59:54 Goals 07:15 M. Weinhandl 39:10 T. Mårtensson

May 11, 2008 13:00

Denmark

2–7 (0–2, 0–3, 2–2)

Switzerland

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 8,338

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Piechaczek   Chris Savage
	M. Madsen 43:04 K. Staal (PS) 45:26 Goals 02:10 A. Ambühl 03:42 S. Jeannin 20:50 M. Reichert 31:01 T. Paterlini 33:21 P. DiPietro 41:38 P. Furrer 46:20 (PP1) B. Forster

May 11, 2008 19:00

Sweden

5–3 (0–0, 2–2, 3–1)

Czech Republic

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 7,864

Game reference
				Referees: Sami Partanen   Guy Pellerin
	A. Strålman 26:03 M. Nilson 33:32 M. Weinhandl 41:14 P. Hörnqvist 55:07 M. Nilson (ENG) 59:34 Goals 30:06 (PP1) P. Eliáš 38:26 (PP1) A. Kotalík 49:41 T. Fleischmann

May 12, 2008 13:00

Switzerland

3–5 (0–3, 0–1, 3–1)

Russia

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 8,286

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker   Jyri Rönn
	R. Sannitz (PP1) 40:32 J. Vauclair (SH1) 45:30 R. Lemm 58:25 Goals 15:21 D. Kalinin 17:49 (PP1) A. Ovechkin 18:45 M. Sushinski 30:27 S. Fedorov 57:25 (ENG) M. Sushinski

May 12, 2008 19:00

Belarus

2–3 OT (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) (OT: 0–1)

Denmark

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 8,517

Game reference
				Referees: Peter Ország   Thomas Sterns
	A. Ugarov 55:42 D. Meleshko 57:59 Goals 23:06 (PP1) K. Staal 59:22 P. Regin 62:11 P. Regin

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	5	5	0	0	0	30	9	+21	15	Playoff Round
2	Finland	5	3	1	0	1	16	12	+4	11
3	United States	5	3	0	0	2	25	13	+12	9
4	Norway	5	1	0	1	3	8	20	−12	4
5	Germany	5	1	0	0	4	13	27	−14	3
6	Latvia	5	1	0	0	4	8	19	−11	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC-3).

May 8, 2008 16:30

Canada

2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Norway

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,380

Game reference
				Referees: Danny Kurmann   Marcus Vinnerborg
	M. Green (PP1) 09:32 R. Nash (PP1) 56:02 Goals 33:59 (SH1) M. Hansen

May 8, 2008 20:15

United States

6–4 (3–2, 1–1, 2–1)

Germany

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,352

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov   Alexander Poliakov
	Z. Parise 00:25 P. O'Sullivan 02:10 J. Wisniewski 02:52 J. Pominville (PP2) 26:52 Z. Parise (PP1) 51:04 D. Brown 58:24 Goals 14:03 M. Hackert 17:52 (PP1) C. Schmidt 30:23 F. Busch 44:55 (PP1) M. Bakos

May 9, 2008 12:30

Finland

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 7,215

Game reference
				Referees: Alexander Poliakov   Brent Reiber
	A. Pihlström 29:21 N. Kapanen 50:04 Goals 01:27 L. Dārziņš

May 10, 2008 16:30

Germany

1–10 (0–4, 0–5, 1–1)

Canada

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 9,182

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov   Danny Kurmann
	F. Hördler 48:40 Goals 05:14 J. Spezza 13:35 D. Heatley 16:05 E. Staal 19:37 P. Sharp 23:42 (PP1) E. Staal 28:20 E. Staal 32:07 (PP1) D. Roy 35:30 E. Staal 38:12 (SH1) J. Mayers 41:47 (PP1) M. Green

May 11, 2008 12:30

Norway

1–4 (1–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Latvia

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 9,017

Game reference
				Referees: Christer Lärking   Brent Reiber
	L. E. Spets 12:56 Goals 11:34 M. Cipulis 17:22 H. Vasiļjevs 22:27 M. Rēdlihs 59:36 (ENG) L. Dārziņš

May 11, 2008 16:30

Finland

3–2 (0–0, 0–2, 3–0)

United States

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 8,867

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov   Alexander Poliakov
	V. Koistinen (PP2) 42:12^[6] T. Selänne 50:44 M. Koivu 56:10 Goals 21:30 T. Gilbert 39:15 (PP1) P. Kessel

May 12, 2008 12:30

United States

9–1 (3–0, 3–1, 3–0)

Norway

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 8,490

Game reference
				Referees: Alexander Poliakov   Brent Reiber
	B. Dubinsky 11:12 D. Brown 12:15 P. Kane (PP1) 19:03 B. Dubinsky 25:48 P. Martin 31:19 Z. Parise (PP1) 32:18 D. Brown 42:33 P. Kessel 45:44 B. Dubinsky (PP1) 51:35 Goals 28:08 (PP2) M. Trygg

May 12, 2008 16:30

Canada

6–3 (2–1, 2–0, 2–2)

Finland

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 9,178

Game reference
				Referees: Christer Lärking   Marcus Vinnerborg
	R. Getzlaf 00:33 S. Doan (SH1) 09:29 D. Heatley 30:17 P. Sharp (SH1) 38:12 S. Doan 41:07 D. Heatley 58:02 Goals 05:30 (SH1) A. Pihlström 48:34 A. Pihlström 59:37 T. Ruutu

May 12, 2008 20:15

Latvia

3–5 (1–1, 2–1, 0–3)

Germany

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 8,614

Game reference
				Referees: Danny Kurmann   Milan Minář
	H. Vasiļjevs 05:01 M. Rēdlihs 25:48 M. Karsums 31:39 Goals 18:45 (PP1) C. Schmidt 27:23 M. Wolf 47:51 C. Schubert 50:40 Y. Seidenberg 52:51 C. Ullmann

Relegation Round

Teams finishing last in all four Preliminary Round groups competed in the Relegation Round in order to determine which two nations would be relegated to the IIHF World Championship Division I. The four teams were paired in two best-of-three series.

France defeated Italy, while Slovakia defeated Slovenia, both in 2 games, and secured themselves a place among the top sixteen hockey nations in the world. Italy and Slovenia were relegated to Division I for the 2009 tournament, and will be replaced by Austria and Hungary, the winners of the 2008 Division I tournament.^[3]

Group G

Series G1

All times are local (UTC-4).

May 9, 2008 19:00

France

3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Italy

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 8,140

Game reference
				Referees: Chris Savage   Thomas Sterns
	Y. Treille (PP1) 09:09 B. Amar 39:30 S. Bordeleau (PP1) 51:05 Goals 08:00 (PP1) J. Pittis 59:52 A. Helfer

May 10, 2008 20:15

Italy

4–6 (1–2, 1–1, 2–3)

France

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 7,649

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker   Sami Partanen
	J. Cirone 02:49 A. Signoretti (SH1) 26:12 P. Iannone 44:14 J. Pittis (PP1) 56:58 Goals 08:13 (PP1) B. Amar 14:40 (PP2) Y. Treille 24:44 J. Zwikel 41:17 J. Desrosiers 45:12 Y. Treille 51:02 S. Bordeleau

France won series 2 – 0

Series G2

All times are local (UTC-3).

May 9, 2008 16:30

Slovenia

1–5 (0–1, 1–4, 0–0)

Slovakia

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 8,473

Game reference
				Referees: Christer Larking   Richard Schütz
	M. Robar 33:20 Goals 02:58 (PP2) R. Petrovický 26:43 M. Hossa 30:34 A. Podkonický 35:56 A. Kollar 36:32 I. Čiernik

May 10, 2008 20:15

Slovakia

4–3 GWS (1–0, 2–2, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–1)

Slovenia

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 9,156

Game reference
				Referees: Milan Minář   Marcus Vinnerborg
	J. Kolník (PP1) 07:42 R. Petrovický (PP1) 31:25 Ľ. Višňovský 34:02 Ľ. Višňovský (GWG) 65:00 Goals 25:54 M. Manfreda 38:39 D. Rodman 55:05 A. Kopitar

Slovakia won series 2 – 0

Playoff round

Draw

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

E2

Czech Republic

2

E3

Sweden

3

QF1

Sweden

4

QF2

Canada

5

F1

Canada

8

F4

Norway

2

SF2

Canada

4

SF1

Russia

5

E1

Russia

6

E4

Switzerland

0

QF3

Russia

4

Bronze medal game

QF4

Finland

0

F3

United States

2

SF1

Finland

4

F2

Finland

3

SF2

Sweden

0

Quarter-finals

All times are local (Quebec: UTC-4, Halifax: UTC-3).

May 14, 2008 13:00

Czech Republic

2–3 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Sweden

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 9,787

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Piechaczek   Jyri Rönn
	T. Rolinek 30:28 R. Vrbata (PS) 52:19 Goals 27:43 (PP1) P. Hörnqvist 56:22 M. Nilson 63:15 M. Weinhandl

May 14, 2008 16:30

Norway

2–8 (1–2, 1–3, 0–3)

Canada

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 9,192

Game reference
				Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov   Alexander Poliakov
	M. Ask (PP2) 07:51 M. Olimb 25:32 Goals 00:37 D. Heatley 11:02 (PP2) R. Getzlaf 29:57 (PP1) J. Toews 34:08 (PP1) D. Roy 36:50 D. Roy 44:10 (PP1) R. Nash 50:44 R. Nash 51:40 D. Roy

May 14, 2008 19:15

Russia

6–0 (3–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 12,096

Game reference
				Referees: Peter Ország   Guy Pellerin
	A. Semin 01:14 M. Afinogenov 02:18 D. Zaripov (PP1) 06:23 S. Fedorov 21:22 M. Afinogenov 26:37 A. Ovechkin 38:07 Goals

May 14, 2008 20:15

United States

2–3 OT (0–1, 0–1, 2–0) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Attendance: 9,176

Game reference
				Referees: Christer Lärking   Marcus Vinnerborg
	P. Kessel 55:44 D. Stafford (SH1) 56:21 Goals 10:14 T. Ruutu 25:45 (PP1) J. Niskala 63:59 S. Lepistö

Semi-finals

All times are local (UTC-4)

May 16, 2008 13:00

Russia

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Finland

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 11,159

Game reference
				Referees: Danny Kurmann   Brent Reiber
	S. Fedorov 13:41 D. Zaripov 23:44 A. Morozov (PP1) 52:15 M. Sushinski (ENG) 57:56 Goals

May 16, 2008 17:00

Canada

5–4 (1–1, 4–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 13,026

Game reference
				Referees: Rick Looker   Jyri Rönn
	D. Heatley (PP1) 05:35 R. Getzlaf (PP1) 23:58 J. Mayers 28:31 R. Nash 32:29 M. Green (PP2) 39:53 Goals 19:15 A. Strålman 22:46 N. Wallin 31:26 (PP1) A. Strålman 54:21 F. Warg

Bronze Medal Game

All times are local (UTC-4)

May 17, 2008 15:00

Finland

4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 12,009

Game reference
				Referees: Guy Pellerin   Daniel Piechaczek
	A. Pihlström 11:31 J. Niskala 13:44 A. Pihlström 42:18 M. Koivu (SH1, ENG) 57:35 Goals

Gold Medal Game

Main article: 2008 IIHF World Championship Final

All times are local (UTC-4)

May 18, 2008 13:00

Canada

4–5 OT (3–1, 1–1, 0–2) (OT: 0–1)

Russia

Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec Attendance: 13,339

Game reference
				Referees: Christer Lärking   Marcus Vinnerborg
	B. Burns 03:54 C. Kunitz 09:17 B. Burns (PP2) 14:51 D. Heatley 29:56 Goals 01:23 A. Semin 21:14 (PP1) A. Semin 48:55 A. Tereshchenko 54:46 I. Kovalchuk 62:42 (PP1) I. Kovalchuk

Ranking and statistics

2008 IIHF World Championship Winners
Russia 2nd/24th^[7] title

Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:^[8]
  • Best Goaltender:   Evgeni Nabokov
  • Best Defenceman:   Brent Burns
  • Best Forward:   Dany Heatley
  • Most Valuable Player:   Dany Heatley
• Media All-Star Team:^[9]
  • Goaltender:   Evgeni Nabokov
  • Defence:   Mike Green,   Tomáš Kaberle
  • Forward:   Dany Heatley,   Rick Nash,   Alexander Ovechkin

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Russia
	Canada
	Finland
4	Sweden
5	Czech Republic
6	United States
7	Switzerland
8	Norway
9	Belarus
10	Germany
11	Latvia
12	Denmark
13	Slovakia
14	France
15	Slovenia
16	Italy

Scoring leaders

List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.^[10]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Dany Heatley	9	12	8	20	+13	4	FW
Ryan Getzlaf	9	3	11	14	+10	10	FW
Rick Nash	9	6	7	13	+9	6	FW
Alexander Semin	9	6	7	13	+11	8	FW
Mattias Weinhandl	9	5	8	13	+9	2	FW
Alexander Ovechkin	9	6	6	12	+11	8	FW
Sergei Fedorov	9	5	7	12	+10	8	FW
Mike Green	9	4	8	12	+2	2	D
Phil Kessel	7	6	4	10	+4	6	FW
Derek Roy	9	5	5	10	+4	6	FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position

Leading goaltenders

Only the top 5 goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played over 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.^[11]

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Robert Esche	198:03	102	7	2.12	93.14	0
Evgeni Nabokov	302:42	126	9	1.78	92.86	2
Pascal Leclaire	240:00	107	8	2.00	92.52	1
Niklas Bäckström	483:22	218	17	2.11	92.20	1
Vitali Koval	370:49	217	19	3.07	91.24	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

IIHF Broadcasting rights

• Austria: ORF Sport Plus
• Belarus: TV-First, LAD
• Canada:
  • English: TSN
  • French: RDS
• Czech Republic: Česká televize
• Denmark: TV2 Sport
• Finland: YLE
• France: Sport+
• Germany: DSF
• Hungary: Sport 1, Sport 2
• Iceland: RÚV
• Internet:
• Italy: Rai Sport Satellite
• Latvia: TV3 Latvia, TV6 Latvia, 3+ Latvia
• Norway:
  • Norwegian Matches: NRK
  • Other Matches: SportN
• Poland: Polsat
• Romania: Sport 1, Sport 2
• Russia: VGTRK Sport
• Slovakia: STV
• Slovenia: RTV Slovenija
• Sweden: Viasat
• Switzerland:
  • German: SF zwei
  • French: TSR 2
  • Italian: TSI 2
• USA: World Championship Sports Network

See also

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2008 IIHF World Championship.

• 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
• 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
• Juniors, Women's, Men's U18, Women's U18

References

1. . Archived from the original on June 1, 2007. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
2. IIHF announces NHL-European Victoria Cup May 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. IIHF Format & Rules
4. . March 30, 2007. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
5. IIHF announces awards, '08 groups
6. Sanful, John (May 11, 2008). "Finns rally to defeat USA". IIHF. Retrieved May 13, 2008. The IIHF formally acknowledged after the game that Koistinen's shot had, indeed, entered the side of the net and should not have counted, and the video-goal judge will not be working for the rest of the tournament.
7. If 22 World Championship titles won by the Soviet Union are included, this total comes to 24.
11. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2017.

External links

• 2008 Ice Hockey World Championship at Hockey Canada website
• IIHF.com