2008 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kazan, Russia. The championships began on April 13, 2008, and finished on April 23, 2008. Games were played at TatNeft Arena and Arena Kazan in Kazan. Canada defeated Russia 8–0 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the United States defeated Sweden 6–3 to capture the bronze medal.

2008 IIHF World U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	13–23 April 2008
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	221 (7.13 per game)
Attendance	66,839 (2,156 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Cody Hodgson (12 points)
MVP	Jake Allen
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Top Division

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia (H)	4	4	0	0	0	26	9	+17	12	Semifinals
2	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	21	7	+14	9	Quarterfinals
3	Germany	4	1	1	0	2	13	19	−6	5
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	1	2	13	19	−6	4	Relegation round
5	Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	4	23	−19	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

13 April 2008 13:00

Canada

9–2 (2–0, 4–1, 3–1)

Germany

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,100

Game reference
	G. Nemisz (ES) 10:47 T. Hall (PP) 15:50 J. Eberle (PP) 25:29 N. Deschamps (ES) 26:36 T. Myers (ES) 33:06 E. O'Dell (ES) 33:40 N. Deschamps (ES) 41:59 R. Ellis (PP) 42:50 J. Eberle (ES) 54:15 Goals 29:49 (PP) P. Pohl 53:47 (ES) D. Weiss

13 April 2008 17:00

Slovakia

4–6 (1–2, 0–1, 3–3)

Russia

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 7,400

Game reference
	M. Viedenský (SH) 08:30 M. Preisinger (PP) 47:30 T. Hričina (ES) 55:35 T. Hričina (PP) 59:44 Goals 08:52 (PP) A. Loktionov 17:09 (PP) K. Petrov 21:31 (ES) A. Lazarev 41:53 (ES) I. Golovkov 48:21 (PP) M. Chudinov 56:34 (ES) V. Kulemin

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14 April 2008 15:30

Slovakia

5–2 (0–0, 2–0, 3–2)

Denmark

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 700

Game reference
	T. Hričina (ES) 29:09 M. Šiška (PP) 35:45 P. Slimák (ES) 46:05 M. Lisoň (ES) 46:33 M. Štajnoch (PP) 54:16 Goals 43:44 (PP) A. Jensen 54:43 (ES) A. Jensen

14 April 2008 19:00

Germany

2–6 (1–0, 0–3, 1–3)

Russia

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 5,600

Game reference
	M. Forster (PP) 13:39 T. Ritter (ES) 41:54 Goals 26:03 (PP) K. Petrov 33:09 (ES) N. Filatov 35:03 (PP) D. Kugryshev 49:17 (ES) A. Loktionov 50:55 (SH) N. Filatov 55:27 (ES) E. Grachev

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15 April 2008 15:30

Denmark

1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Canada

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,100

Game reference
	K. Christensen (PP) 36:07 Goals 15:30 (ES) M. Scandella 23:36 (ES) C. Trivino 28:27 (ES) C. Trivino 50:47 (ES) C. Trivino

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16 April 2008 15:30

Germany

5–4 GWS (2–1, 2–3, 0–0) OT: (0–0) SO: (1–0)

Slovakia

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 600

Game reference
	M. Forster (ES) 00:09 M. El-Sayed (SH) 11:40 T. Kimmel (ES) 30:40 J. Flaake (ES) 37:11 D. Weiss (SO) 65:00 Goals 07:21 (SH) M. Uhnák 20:39 (ES) T. Hričina 26:58 (PP) R. Pánik 28:41 (ES) M. Preisinger

16 April 2008 19:00

Russia

4–2 (0–0, 2–2, 2–0)

Canada

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 10,000

Game reference
	D. Kugryshev (ES) 23:21 A. Loktionov (PP) 39:10 E. Grachev (ES) 47:43 P. Chernov (ES) 55:35 Goals 31:36 (PP) R. Ellis 33:44 (ES) M. Duchene

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17 April 2008 19:00

Denmark

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Germany

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Goals 11:06 (ES) M. Hofbauer 25:25 (ES) D. Weiss 36:59 (ES) T. Biersack 54:20 (ES) P. Pohl

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18 April 2008 15:30

Canada

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	C. Hodgson (ES) 00:40 M. Duchene (PP) 10:41 M. Duchene (PP) 31:51 J. Lagace (ES) 33:53 M. Duchene (PP) 54:17 G. Nemisz (ES) 55:09 Goals

18 April 2008 19:00

Russia

10–1 (2–0, 3–1, 5–0)

Denmark

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 6,400

Game reference
	A. Lazarev (ES) 05:31 A. Yarchuk (ES) 11:03 K. Petrov (PP) 26:46 I. Biryukov (ES) 30:25 N. Filatov (SH) 36:26 A. Raisov (ES) 42:02 K. Petrov (PP) 43:42 A. Lazarev (ES) 50:02 P. Chernov (PP) 53:31 A. Yarchuk (PP) 54:47 Goals 32:35 (SH) S. Svendsen

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	23	9	+14	12	Semifinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	20	12	+8	9	Quarterfinals
3	Finland	4	2	0	0	2	15	15	0	6
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	9	21	−12	3	Relegation round
5	Belarus	4	0	0	0	4	9	19	−10	0

Source: IIHF

13 April 2008 15:00

Sweden

6–2 (1–1, 1–0, 4–1)

Belarus

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 650

Game reference
	J. Josefson (ES) 09:42 J. Mattsson (ES) 25:49 A. Petersson (PP) 40:20 J. Josefson (ES) 50:58 J. Josefson (PP) 54:09 M. Ekholm (ES) 55:57 Goals 12:32 (ES) A. Fomin 57:39 (PP) A. Fomin

13 April 2008 19:00

Switzerland

2–7 (1–1, 0–3, 1–3)

United States

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 630

Game reference
	P. Geering (ES) 14:41 M. Kampf (PP) 52:46 Goals 16:07 (PP) J. Florek 21:07 (ES) J. Morin 21:34 (ES) C. Moore 31:57 (ES) P. McRae 40:06 (ES) D. Kristo 54:40 (ES) P. McRae 59:08 (PP) J. Morin

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14 April 2008 15:30

Belarus

2–5 (1–2, 0–2, 1–1)

United States

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 700

Game reference
	A. Fomin (ES) 03:31 S. Sheleg (PP) 46:00 Goals 14:47 (ES) D. Wohlberg 18:15 (PP) P. McRae 33:17 (ES) J. Schroeder 38:03 (PP) J. Morin 58:09 (EN) J. Florek

14 April 2008 19:00

Switzerland

3–5 (0–2, 1–2, 2–1)

Finland

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 650

Game reference
	P. Geering (ES) 25:15 S. Ryser (PP) 45:21 P. Gemperli (PP) 56:03 Goals 03:25 (ES) T. Rajala 18:45 (PP) J. Sallinen 20:20 (ES) M. Sointu 32:24 (PP) J. Nättinen 50:07 (ES) T. Rajala

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15 April 2008 19:00

Finland

3–5 (1–0, 1–3, 1–2)

Sweden

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 860

Game reference
	J. Nättinen (PP) 04:08 M. Sointu (PP) 36:11 T. Hartikainen (ES) 49:51 Goals 23:46 (ES) H. Björklund 24:24 (ES) A. Petersson 30:59 (PP) M. Pääjärvi-Svensson 43:51 (ES) H. Eriksson 59:39 (EN) M. Johansson

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16 April 2008 15:30

Belarus

2–4 (0–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 300

Game reference
	S. Drozd (PP) 26:32 A. Fomin (ES) 52:08 Goals 02:03 (ES) M. Kampf 19:25 (ES) P. Geering 27:42 (ES) A. Berger 59:04 (EN) A. Kampf

16 April 2008 19:00

United States

4–5 (1–1, 2–2, 1–2)

Sweden

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 550

Game reference
	J. Schroeder (ES) 19:21 C. Moore (ES) 23:26 J. Morin (ES) 34:29 D. Wohlberg (ES) 43:50 Goals 09:06 (PP) M. Tedenby 35:36 (ES) M. Tedenby 39:10 (PP) J. Josefson 50:10 (PP) D. Bozic 59:44 (ES) A. Petersson

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17 April 2008 15:30

Finland

4–3 (1–1, 1–2, 2–0)

Belarus

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 639

Game reference
	T. Rajala (ES) 16:23 I. Pitkänen (PP) 37:12 M. Sointu (ES) 41:01 P. Jormakka (ES) 55:29 Goals 15:36 (PP) S. Sheleg 23:54 (ES) S. Drozd 34:24 (ES) A. Fomin

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18 April 2008 15:30

Sweden

7–0 (2–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 300

Game reference
	A. Petersson (PP) 02:58 L. Sandström (ES) 13:22 M. Johansson (ES) 26:46 M. Pääjärvi-Svensson (ES) 27:13 J. Mattsson (SH) 35:00 M. Johansson (PP) 38:13 M. Tedenby (ES) 57:53 Goals

18 April 2008 19:00

United States

4–3 (3–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Finland

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 770

Game reference
	J. Schroeder (ES) 00:53 K. Palmieri (ES) 05:09 J. Florek (PP) 10:04 R. Grimshaw (ES) 41:16 Goals 04:19 (ES) J. Rask 31:08 (PP) T. Hartikainen 42:31 (PP) T. Kivistö

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	0	14	5	+9	9
8	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	12	6	+6	6
9	Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	9	12	−3	3	2009 Division I
10	Denmark	3	0	0	0	3	5	17	−12	0

Source: IIHF

20 April 2008 13:30

Belarus

1–6 (0–3, 0–2, 1–1)

Slovakia

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 125

Game reference
	I. Revenko (ES) 45:29 Goals 01:58 (ES) R. Pánik 14:13 (PP) R. Pánik 14:49 (ES) A. Lapšanský 27:26 (ES) R. Pánik 34:49 (ES) M. Preisinger 56:53 (ES) T. Hričina

20 April 2008 17:00

Switzerland

6–1 (1–0, 4–1, 1–0)

Denmark

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 195

Game reference
	N. Niederreiter (PP) 17:39 A. Berger (ES) 25:28 R. Jose (ES) 32:33 D. Schlumpf (PP) 34:13 S. Ryser (PP) 39:42 O. Baur (ES) 56:25 Goals 38:08 (PP) K. Christensen

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21 April 2008 15:30

Denmark

2–6 (0–2, 1–1, 1–3)

Belarus

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 200

Game reference
	N. Carlsen (PP) 37:56 S. Svendsen (ES) 57:59 Goals 05:50 (ES) Y. Solomonov 07:01 (PP) I. Revenko 32:03 (PP) Y. Stepanov 40:36 (PP) I. Revenko 48:12 (ES) A. Fomin 56:19 (ES) S. Korolik

21 April 2008 19:00

Slovakia

3–2 (0–0, 0–1, 3–1)

Switzerland

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 120

Game reference
	M. Hrivík (PP) 41:39 A. Lapšanský (ES) 47:23 M. Uhnák (ES) 59:50 Goals 39:22 (ES) M. Kampf 52:07 (ES) S. Ryser

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Sweden

2

A2

Canada

2

A2

Canada

3

B3

Finland

1

A2

Canada

8

A1

Russia

0

A1

Russia

3

B2

United States

4

B2

United States

1

A3

Germany

1

Third place

B1

Sweden

3

B2

United States

6

Quarterfinals

20 April 2008 13:00

Canada

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Finland

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,600

Game reference
	T. Cuma (PP) 15:03 C. Hodgson (PP) 30:57 Goals 54:13 (SH) J. Lajunen

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20 April 2008 17:00

United States

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Germany

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,700

Game reference
	R. Czarnik (ES) 04:40 D. Wohlberg (ES) 24:38 C. Moore (ES) 30:35 K. Palmieri (ES) 51:36 Goals 21:56 (PP) D. Weiss

Semifinals

21 April 2008 15:30

Sweden

2–3 (1–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Canada

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	M. Tedenby (ES) 05:51 J. Silfverberg (ES) 21:08 Goals 06:28 (ES) M. Duchene 28:46 (PP) T. Hall 46:52 (PP) T. Hall

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21 April 2008 19:00

Russia

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

United States

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 9,500

Game reference
	Alexander Pechursky	Goalies	Brandon Maxwell	Referees:   Nadir Mandioni   Derek Zalaski Linesmen:   Antti Orelma   Peter Sabelström
	Voinov (Filatov) (PP) – 15:34 1–0 Raisov (Lazarev, Chernov) – 37:24 2–0 2–1 54:11 – Bourque (Morin) Petrov (Loktionov) (ENG) – 58:52 3–1
	27 min	Penalties	31 min
	38	Shots	28

Fifth place game

22 April 2008 19:00

Finland

3–4 (1–1, 0–2, 2–1)

Germany

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 350

Game reference
	J. Sallinen (ES) 10:15 E. Haula (SH) 44:43 P. Jormakka (PP) 53:04 Goals 19:58 (ES) S. Hanusch 27:31 (PP) T. Kimmel 35:34 (ES) T. Ritter 59:23 (SH) F. Strobl

Bronze medal game

23 April 2008 15:00

Sweden

3–6 (1–2, 2–3, 0–1)

United States

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,100

Game reference
	V. Hedman (PP) 14:23 H. Björklund (ES) 30:39 M. Lundberg (ES) 34:22 Goals 19:10 (ES) R. Bourque 19:26 (ES) R. Czarnik 25:12 (ES) R. Czarnik 27:34 (ES) J. Morin 39:20 (ES) D. Kristo 55:37 (ES) J. Morin

Final

23 April 2008 19:00

Canada

8–0 (5–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Russia

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 10,000

Game reference
	Jake Allen	Goalies	Alexander Pechursky Danila Alistratov	Referees:   Tom Laaksonen   Robert Ritchie Linesmen:   David Brown   Peter Sabelström
	Deschamps (SH) – 04:32 1–0 Trivino (Sauvé) – 09:02 2–0 Eberle (Hodgson, Ellis) (PP) – 15:06 3–0 Schenn – 15:55 4–0 Eberle (Scandella, Hodgson) – 17:05 5–0 Ellis (PP) – 27:14 6–0 McMillan (Schenn, Nemisz) – 36:21 7–0 Hall (Hodgson, Eberle) – 46:49 8–0
	34 min	Penalties	64 min
	31	Shots	29

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Canada
	Russia
	United States
4	Sweden
5	Germany
6	Finland
7	Slovakia
8	Switzerland
9	Belarus
10	Denmark

  Belarus and   Denmark are relegated to Division I for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Cody Hodgson	Canada	7	2	10	12	+2	8
2	Igor Revenko	Belarus	6	3	8	11	−1	6
3	Richard Pánik	Slovakia	6	4	6	10	+4	0
3	Jordan Eberle	Canada	7	4	6	10	+2	0
5	Taylor Hall	Canada	7	4	5	9	+4	4
6	Nikita Filatov	Russia	6	3	6	9	+1	29
7	Alexander Fomin	Belarus	6	6	2	8	0	0
7	Jeremy Morin	United States	7	6	2	8	+6	6
9	Matt Duchene	Canada	7	5	3	8	+6	6
10	André Petersson	Sweden	6	4	4	8	+4	2
10	Mattias Tedenby	Sweden	5	4	4	8	+1	35

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Jake Allen	Canada	420:00	10	1.43	192	94.79	2
2	Brandon Maxwell	United States	298:23	11	2.21	148	92.57	0
3	Marek Čiliak	Slovakia	180:00	9	3.00	96	90.62	0
4	Alexander Pechursky	Russia	215:55	11	3.06	96	88.54	0
5	Nikolaj Nørbak	Denmark	274:13	23	5.03	193	88.08	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

• Best players selected by the Directorate:
  • Best Goaltender:   Jake Allen
  • Best Defenceman:   Erik Karlsson
  • Best Forward:   Kirill Petrov
  • MVP:   Jake Allen

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
• Goaltender:   Jake Allen
• Defensemen:   Vyacheslav Voinov /   Victor Hedman
• Forwards:   Kirill Petrov /   Mattias Tedenby /   Nikita Filatov

Source: IIHF

Division I

Main article: 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Group A

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division I tournament, which was played in Toruń, Poland from April 2 through April 8, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	0	36	5	15
Kazakhstan	5	3	0	0	2	19	13	9
Lithuania	5	2	0	0	3	13	26	6
Poland	5	2	0	0	3	7	18	6
Ukraine	5	2	0	0	3	8	12	6
Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	15	24	3

  Czech Republic is promoted to the Championship tournament and   Slovenia is relegated to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Group B

The following teams will take part in Group B of the Division I tournament, which will be played in Riga, Latvia from April 2 through April 8, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Norway	5	5	0	0	0	15	3	15
Latvia	5	4	0	0	1	21	2	12
Austria	5	2	1	0	2	11	6	8
Italy	5	2	0	1	2	17	10	7
Japan	5	1	0	0	4	12	26	3
Netherlands	5	0	0	0	5	4	33	0

  Norway is promoted to the Championship tournament and   Netherlands is relegated to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division II

Main article: 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Group A

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division II tournament, which was played in Meribel and Courchevel, France from March 30 through April 5, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
France	5	5	0	0	0	53	4	15
South Korea	5	3	1	0	1	31	9	11
Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	32	24	9
Belgium	5	2	0	1	2	14	30	7
China	5	1	0	0	4	14	52	3
Australia	5	0	0	0	5	8	33	0

  France is promoted to Division I and   Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Group B

The following teams took part in Group B of the Division II tournament, which was played in Tallinn, Estonia at Arena Premia from March 23 through March 29, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Hungary	5	4	0	0	1	37	12	12
Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	27	11	12
Estonia	5	3	0	0	2	20	14	9
Romania	5	2	0	0	3	32	21	6
Spain	5	2	0	0	3	20	21	6
Israel	5	0	0	0	5	11	68	0

  Hungary is promoted to Division I and   Israel is relegated to Division III for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division III

Main article: 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Division III consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 2 and 8 March 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico and the Group B tournament was held between 3 and 9 March 2008 in İzmit, Turkey. Mexico and Serbia won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.^[1][2]

Final standings

Group A   Mexico — promoted to Division II for 2009   Chinese Taipei   New Zealand   South Africa   Mongolia

Group B   Serbia — promoted to Division II for 2009   Iceland   Turkey   Bulgaria   Armenia

See also

• 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
• 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
• 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

References

1. "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Div. III Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
2. "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Div. III Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-04.

External links

• Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
  • Championship
  • Division I – Group A
  • Division I – Group B
  • Division II – Group A
  • Division II – Group B
  • Division III – Group A
  • Division III – Group B