2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, was the 32nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The Elite group, what the IIHF refer to as the Top Division, was held in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, between 26 December 2007 and 5 January 2008. Canada won the gold medal for the fourth consecutive time. Sweden earned its first World Junior medal since 1996 by reaching the final.

Venues

Rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

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;Schedule
All times local

Group B

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;Schedule
All times local

Relegation round

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Note: Matches 3–4 and 1–3 from the preliminary round are included as well since these results carry forward
;Schedule
All times local
and are relegated to Division I for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Final round

;Quarter-finals
;5th place playoff
;Semi-finals
;Bronze medal game
;Gold medal game

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

PlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO
Steve Mason3036.9511.192
Július Hudáček35916.9212.671
Sergei Bobrovsky36615.9162.460
Michal Neuvirth24010.9102.500
Jhonas Enroth30912.9052.330

Tournament awards

;Most Valuable Player
;All-star team
;IIHF best player awards

Winning team roster

Roster of the winning Canadian team.
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 18, 2007. Group A was played at Bad Toelz, Germany. Group B was played at Riga, Latvia:

Group A

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is promoted to Pool A and is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group B

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is promoted to Pool A and is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 16, 2007. Group A was played at Canazei, Italy. Group B was played at Tallinn, Estonia:

Group A

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is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group B

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is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, that was held from January 16 through January 24, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.
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and were promoted to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships