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, Austria and Hungary, advanced to the top-level championship in 2009. The bottom teams in each group, South Korea and Estonia, were 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.
Participants
Group A
Group A was contested in Innsbruck.| Team | Qualification |
| Host, Relegated from Elite Pool in 2007. | |
| Placed fourth in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament. | |
| Placed third in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament. | |
| Placed first in Division II tournament pool, Promoted to Division I. | |
| Placed fifth in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament. | |
| Placed second in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament. |
Group B
Group B was contested in Sapporo.| Team | Qualification |
| Placed first in Division II tournament pool, Promoted to Division I. | |
| Placed fourth in Group A at the 2007 Division I tournament. | |
| Placed second in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament. | |
| Host, placed third in Group B at the 2007 Division I | |
| Placed fifth in Group B at the 2007 Division I tournament. | |
| Relegated from Elite Pool at the 2007 tournament. |
Tournament results
Group A
; Group A Final standings| Rk | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 22 | 15 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 11 | |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 9 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 7 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 2 | |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 27 | −19 | 1 |
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Group B
; Group B Final standings| Rk | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 15 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 11 | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 10 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 6 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 2 | |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 1 |
;Results
All times local.