2008 IIHF World Championships
Halfiax and Quebec City, Canada

Medal Round

Gold Medal Game 4-5 OT

Bronze Medal Game 0 - 4

Semifinals 4 - 0 5 - 4

Quarterfinals 6 - 0 2-3 OT 8 - 2 3-2 OT

Qualifying Round
Group E	Group F
Team W OTW OTL L PTS GD 3 2 0 0 13 8 2 1 1 1 9 6 3 0 0 2 9 7 3 0 0 2 9 1 0 0 3 2 3 -5 0 1 0 4 2 -17	Team W OTW OTL L PTS GD 5 0 0 0 15 21 3 1 0 1 11 4 3 0 0 2 9 12 1 0 1 3 4 -12 1 0 0 4 3 -14 1 0 0 4 3 -11
Schedule
Quebec May 8 Sweden 8 Denmark 1 Switzerland 0 Czech Republic 5 May 9 Russia 4 Belarus 3 SO May 10 Czech Republic 3 Belarus 2 SO Russia 3 Sweden 2 May 11 Denmark 2 Switzerland 7 Sweden 5 Czech Republic 3 May 12 Switzerland 3 Russia 5 Belarus 2 Denmark 3 OT	Halifax May 8 Canada 2 Norway 1 USA 6 Germany 4 May 9 Finland 2 Latvia 1 May 10 Germany 1 Canada 10 May 11 Norway 1 Latvia 4 Finland 3 USA 2 May 12 USA 9 Norway 1 Canada 6 Finland 3 Latvia 3 Germany 5

Relegation Round Best-of-3 series

France wins 2-0 Italy relegated to 2009 Division I Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 3-2 6-4

Slovakia wins 2-0 Slovenia relegated to 2009 Division I Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 5-1 4-3 SO

Preliminary Round
Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Team W OTW OTL L PTS GD 3 0 0 0 9 6 2 0 0 1 6 8 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 -14	Team W OTW OTL L PTS GD 3 0 0 0 9 12 2 0 0 1 6 7 1 0 0 2 3 -8 0 0 0 2 0 -11	Team W OTW OTL L PTS GD 2 1 0 0 8 6 1 0 1 1 4 -4 1 0 0 2 3 -3 1 0 0 2 3 1	Team W OTW OTL L PTS GD 2 1 0 0 8 10 2 0 1 0 7 7 1 0 0 2 3 -2 0 0 0 3 0 -15
Schedule
Quebec City May 3 Belarus 5 Sweden 6 Switzerland 4 France 1 May 5 Switzerland 2 Belarus 1 Sweden 9 France 0 May 7 Sweden 2 Switzerland 4 France 1 Belarus 3	Halifax May 2 Canada 5 Slovenia 1 USA 4 Latvia 0 May 4 Latvia 0 Canada 7 USA 5 Slovenia 1 May 6 Canada 5 USA 4 Slovenia 0 Latvia 3	Halifax May 3 Germany 1 Finland 5 Slovakia 5 Norway 1 May 5 Finland 3 Norway 2 OT Slovakia 2 Germany 4 May 7 Finland 3 Slovakia 2 Norway 3 Germany 2	Quebec City May 2 Denmark 2 Czech Republic 5 Russia 7 Italy 1 May 4 Czech Republic 4 Russia 5 OT Italy 2 Denmark 6 May 6 Russia 4 Denmark 1 Czech Republic 7 Italy 2

Division I Pools

Pool A Innsbruck, Austria April 13-19	Pool B Sapporo, Japan April 13-19
Team W OTW OTL L PTS GD 5 0 0 0 15 22 3 1 0 1 11 9 2 1 1 1 9 1 2 0 1 2 7 2 0 1 0 4 2 -15 0 0 1 4 1 -19	Team W OTW OTL L PTS GD 5 0 0 0 15 15 3 1 0 1 11 10 3 0 1 1 10 9 2 0 0 3 6 -12 0 1 0 4 2 -10 0 0 1 4 1 -12
Austria and Hungary promoted to 2009 Championship
Korea and Estonia relegated to 2009 Division II
Schedule
April 13 Netherlands 3 Kazakhstan 6 Great Britain 1 Poland 2 SO Korea 0 Austria 8 April 14 Poland 6 Netherlands 4 Kazakhstan 5 Korea 1 Austria 10 Great Britain 5 April 16 Korea 1 Great Britain 4 Poland 3 Kazakhstan 4 SO Austria 5 Netherlands 1 April 18 Great Britain 8 Netherlands 1 Poland 4 Korea 1 Kazakhstan 3 Austria 4 April 19 Netherlands 6 Korea 5 OT Kazakhstan 3 Great Britain 1 Austria 7 Poland 3	April 13 Croatia 0 Ukraine 4 Estonia 3 Hungary 5 Lithuania 0 Japan 5 April 14 Ukraine 3 Estonia 1 Hungary 6 Lithuania 0 Japan 3 Croatia 0 April 16 Croatia 2 Estonia 1 SO Ukraine 6 Lithuania 1 Hungary 4 Japan 2 April 18 Estonia 1 Lithuania 4 Hungary 3 Croatia 0 Japan 2 Ukraine 3 SO April 19 Lithuania 4 Croatia 3 Japan 7 Estonia 3 Ukraine 2 Hungary 4

Division II Pools

Pool A Brasov, Romania April 7-13	Pool B Newcastle, Australia April 7-13
Team W OTW OTL L PTS GD 5 0 0 0 15 63 3 1 0 1 11 15 3 0 1 1 10 13 1 1 0 3 5 -12 1 0 1 3 4 -30 0 0 0 5 0 -49	Team W OTW OTL L PTS GD 5 0 0 0 15 20 2 2 0 1 10 7 3 0 1 1 10 1 2 0 0 3 6 -6 1 0 1 3 4 -4 0 0 0 5 0 -12
Romania and Australia promoted to 2009 Division I
Ireland and New Zealand relegated to 2009 Division III
Schedule
April 7 Ireland 1 Serbia 13 Belgium 8 Bulgaria 1 Israel 0 Romania 13 April 8 Bulgaria 7 Ireland 4 Romania 10 Serbia 0 Belgium 6 Israel 3 April 10 Belgium 9 Ireland 1 Israel 1 Serbia 4 Romania 16 Bulgaria 0 April 11 Serbia 4 Belgium 5 SO Bulgaria 4 Israel 5 OT Ireland 1 Romania 21 April 13 Serbia 11 Bulgaria 2 Israel 7 Ireland 1 Romania 5 Belgium 1	April 7 Spain 4 China 5 SO New Zealand 3 Iceland 6 Australia 7 Mexico 1 April 9 China 5 Iceland 4 SO Mexico 2 New Zealand 0 Australia 5 Spain 3 April 10 China 5 Mexico 3 Spain 4 Iceland 3 Australia 4 New Zealand 2 April 12 Mexico 2 Spain 4 New Zealand 2 China 6 Iceland 0 Australia 3 April 13 Iceland 4 Mexico 6 Spain 5 New Zealand 4 China 0 Australia 1

Division III Pool

Main Pool Site: Luxembourg, Luxembourg March 31 - April 6	Qualifying Site: Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina February 15-17
Team W OTW OTL L PTS GD 5 0 0 0 15 34 4 0 0 1 12 13 1 2 0 2 7 9 2 0 1 2 7 3 1 0 1 3 4 -11 0 0 0 5 0 -48	Team W OTW OTL L PTS GD 2 0 0 0 6 8 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 -10
North Korea and South Africa advance to 2009 DII	Greece advances to DIII pool
Pool Schedule	Qualifying Schedule
March 31 Greece 1 South Africa 5 DPR Korea 17 Mongolia 0 Luxembourg 5 Turkey 4 OT April 1 Mongolia 4 Greece 10 Turkey 1 South Africa 7 DPR Korea 2 Luxembourg 1 April 3 Turkey 11 Mongolia 3 DPR Korea 7 Greece 3 Luxembourg 4 South Africa 5 April 5 South Africa 0 DPR Korea 6 Greece 1 Turkey 9 Mongolia 0 Luxembourg 9 April 6 South Africa 12 Mongolia 4 Turkey 2 DPR Korea 8 Luxembourg 3 Greece 2 SO	February 15 Greece 8 Bosnia & Herzogovina 5 February 16 Armenia 0 Greece 5 (Forfeit) February 17 Bosnia & Herzogovina 5 Armenia 0 (Forfeit)

IIHF World Championships
Past Results	Future Championships
2002 World Championships, Sweden 2003 World Championships, Finland 2004 World Championships, Czech Republic 2005 World Championships, Austria 2006 World Championships, Latvia 2007 World Championships, Russia	2009 World Championships, Switzerland 2010 World Championships, Germany 2011 World Championships, Slovakia 2012 World Championships, Finland 2013 World Championships, Sweden

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