2008 IIHF World Championship Division II

2008 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Romania Australia
Dates	April 7 - April 13
Teams	12 (two groups of 6)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 7–13, 2008. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. Group B's games were played in Newcastle, Australia.

Groupings

Group A

Group A was contested in Miercurea Ciuc:

Team	2007 Result
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2007.
Bulgaria	Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2007.
Ireland	Placed 2nd in Division III in 2007.
Israel	Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2007.
Romania	Host, Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2007.
Serbia	Placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2007.

Group B

Group B was contested in Newcastle:

Team	2007 Result
Australia	Host, Placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2007.
China	Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2007.
Spain	Placed 3rd in Division II- Group A in 2007.
Iceland	Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2007.
Mexico	Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2007.
New Zealand	Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2007.

Group A Tournament

Fixtures

All times local.

April 7, 2008
13:30

1–13

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 7, 2008
17:00

8–1

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 7, 2008
20:30

0–13

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 8, 2008
13:30

7–4

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 8, 2008
17:00

10–0

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 8, 2008
20:30

6–3

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 10, 2008
13:30

9–1

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 10, 2008
17:30

1–4

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 10, 2008
20:30

16–0

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 11, 2008
13:30

4–5 (OT)

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 11, 2008
17:00

4–5 (OT)

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 11, 2008
20:30

1–21

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 13, 2008
13:30

11–2

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 13, 2008
17:00

7–1

Vakar Lajos Icerink

April 13, 2008
20:30

5–1

Vakar Lajos Icerink

Standings

	Promoted to Division I for 2009
	Relegated to Division III for 2009

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	Romania	5	5	0	0	0	65	2	63	15
2	Belgium	5	3	1	0	1	29	14	15	11
3	Serbia	5	3	0	1	1	32	19	13	10
4	Israel	5	1	1	0	3	16	28	-12	5
5	Bulgaria	5	1	0	1	3	14	44	-30	4
6	Ireland	5	0	0	0	5	8	57	-49	0

Group B Tournament

Fixtures

All times local.

April 7, 2008
13:00

4–5 (OT)

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 7, 2008
16:30

3–6

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 7, 2008
20:00

7–1

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 9, 2008
13:00

5–4 (OT)

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 9, 2008
16:30

2–0

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 9, 2008
20:00

5–3

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 10, 2008
13:00

5–3

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 10, 2008
16:30

4–3

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 10, 2008
20:00

4–2

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 12, 2008
13:00

2–4

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 12, 2008
16:30

2–6

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 12, 2008
20:00

0–3

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 13, 2008
13:00

4–6

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 13, 2008
16:30

5–4

Newcastle HISS Arena

April 13, 2008
20:00

0–1

Newcastle HISS Arena

Standings

	Promoted to Division I for 2009
	Relegated to Division III for 2009

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	0	20	6	14	15
2	China	5	2	2	0	1	21	14	7	10
3	Spain	5	3	0	1	1	20	19	1	10
4	Mexico	5	2	0	0	3	14	20	-6	6
5	Iceland	5	1	0	1	3	17	21	-4	4
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	0	5	11	23	-12	0

External links

Group A at the IIHF
Group B at the IIHF

Ice Hockey World Championships

Current champions (2015): Canada

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Championships (Top Division)	Switzerland 1998 Norway 1999 Russia 2000 Germany 2001 Sweden 2002 Finland 2003 Czech Republic 2004 Austria 2005 Latvia 2006 Russia 2007 Canada 2008 Switzerland 2009 Germany 2010 Slovakia 2011 Finland/Sweden 2012 Sweden/Finland 2013 Belarus 2014 Czech Republic 2015 Russia 2016 France/Germany 2017 Denmark 2018 Slovakia 2019 Switzerland 2020

Finals	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Rosters	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Division I	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Division II	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Division III	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Medalists Attendance Awards winners

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