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2008 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Russia Russia
Dates April 13 – April 24, 2008
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank Flag of Canada Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 221 (7.13 per match)
Attendance 66,739 (2,153 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Cody Hodgson (12 points)
MVP Flag of Canada Jake Allen

The 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kazan, Russia. The championships began on April 13, 2008 and finished on April 24, 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.

Championship results[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Russia Russia 4 4 0 0 0 26 9 12
Flag of Canada Canada 4 3 0 0 1 21 7 9
Flag of Germany Germany 4 1 1 0 2 13 19 5
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 4 1 0 1 2 13 19 4
Flag of Denmark Denmark 4 0 0 0 4 4 23 0
Results[]
April 13, 2008 Flag of Canada Canada 9–2
Flag of Germany Germany Tatneft Arena, Kazan
April 13, 2008 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 4–6
Flag of Russia Russia Tatneft Arena, Kazan
April 14, 2008 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 5–2
Flag of Denmark Denmark Tatneft Arena, Kazan
April 14, 2008 Flag of Germany Germany 2–6
Flag of Russia Russia Tatneft Arena, Kazan
April 15, 2008 Flag of Denmark Denmark 1–4
Flag of Canada Canada Tatneft Arena, Kazan
April 16, 2008 Flag of Germany Germany 5–4 (SO)
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Tatneft Arena, Kazan
April 16, 2008 Flag of Russia Russia 4–2
Flag of Canada Canada Tatneft Arena, Kazan
April 17, 2008 Flag of Denmark Denmark 0–4
Flag of Germany Germany Tatneft Arena, Kazan
April 18, 2008 Flag of Canada Canada 6–0
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Tatneft Arena, Kazan
April 18, 2008 Flag of Russia Russia 10–1
Flag of Denmark Denmark Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Group B[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Sweden Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 23 9 12
Flag of the United States United States 4 3 0 0 1 20 12 9
Flag of Finland Finland 4 2 0 0 2 15 15 6
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 4 1 0 0 3 9 21 3
Flag of Belarus Belarus 4 0 0 0 4 9 19 0
Results[]
April 13, 2008 Flag of Sweden Sweden 6–2
Flag of Belarus Belarus Arena Kazan, Kazan
April 13, 2008 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 2–7
Flag of the United States United States Arena Kazan, Kazan
April 14, 2008 Flag of Belarus Belarus 2–5
Flag of the United States United States Arena Kazan, Kazan
April 14, 2008 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3–5
Flag of Finland Finland Arena Kazan, Kazan
April 15, 2008 Flag of Finland Finland 3–5
Flag of Sweden Sweden Arena Kazan, Kazan
April 16, 2008 Flag of Belarus Belarus 2–4
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Arena Kazan, Kazan
April 16, 2008 Flag of the United States United States 4–5
Flag of Sweden Sweden Arena Kazan, Kazan
April 17, 2008 Flag of Finland Finland 4–3
Flag of Belarus Belarus Arena Kazan, Kazan
April 18, 2008 Flag of Sweden Sweden 7–0
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Arena Kazan, Kazan
April 18, 2008 Flag of the United States United States 4–3
Flag of Finland Finland Arena Kazan, Kazan

Relegation round[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 3 3 0 0 0 14 5 9
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 12 6 6
Flag of Belarus Belarus 3 1 0 0 2 9 12 3
Flag of Denmark Denmark 3 0 0 0 3 5 17 0

Results[]

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

April 20, 2008 Flag of Belarus Belarus 1–6
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Arena Kazan, Kazan
April 20, 2008 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 6–1
Flag of Denmark Denmark Arena Kazan, Kazan
April 21, 2008 Flag of Denmark Denmark 2–6
Flag of Belarus Belarus Arena Kazan, Kazan
April 21, 2008 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 3–2
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Arena Kazan, Kazan

Final round[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
      B1  Flag of Sweden Sweden 2  
  A2  Flag of Canada Canada 2     A2  Flag of Canada Canada 3    
  B3  Flag of Finland Finland 1         A2  Flag of Canada Canada 8
      A1  Flag of Russia Russia 0
      A1  Flag of Russia Russia 3    
  B2  Flag of the United States United States 4     B2  Flag of the United States United States 1   Third place
  A3  Flag of Germany Germany 1   B1  Flag of Sweden Sweden 3
  B2  Flag of the United States United States 6

Quarterfinals[]

April 20, 2008 Flag of Canada Canada 2–1
Flag of Finland Finland Tatneft Arena, Kazan
April 20, 2008 Flag of the United States United States 4–1
Flag of Germany Germany Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Semifinals[]

April 21, 2008 Flag of Sweden Sweden 2–3
Flag of Canada Canada Tatneft Arena, Kazan
April 21, 2008 Flag of Russia Russia 3–1
Flag of the United States United States Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Fifth place game[]

April 22, 2008 Flag of Finland Finland 3–4
Flag of Germany Germany Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Bronze medal game[]

April 23, 2008 Flag of Sweden Sweden 3–6
Flag of the United States United States Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Gold medal game[]

April 23, 2008 Flag of Canada Canada 8–0
Flag of Russia Russia Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Final standings[]

Rk. Team
Gold medal icon Flag of Canada Canada
Silver medal icon Flag of Russia Russia
Bronze medal icon Flag of the United States United States
4 Flag of Sweden Sweden
5 Flag of Germany Germany
6 Flag of Finland Finland
7 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia
8 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
9 Flag of Belarus Belarus
10 Flag of Denmark Denmark

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

Scoring leaders[]

Player Country GP G A Pts PIM
Cody Hodgson Flag of Canada Canada 7 2 10 12 8
Igor Revenko Flag of Belarus Belarus 6 3 8 11 6
Richard Panik Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 6 4 6 10 0
Jordan Eberle Flag of Canada Canada 7 4 6 10 0
Taylor Hall Flag of Canada Canada 7 4 5 9 4
Nikita Filatov Flag of Russia Russia 6 3 6 9 29
Alexander Fomin Flag of Belarus Belarus 6 6 2 8 0
Jeremy Morin Flag of the United States United States 7 6 2 8 6
Matthew Duchene Flag of Canada Canada 7 5 3 8 6
Andre Petersson Flag of Sweden Sweden 6 4 4 8 2
Mattias Tedenby Flag of Sweden Sweden 5 4 4 8 35
Andrei Loktionov Flag of Russia Russia 6 3 5 8 29
Robbie Czarnik Flag of the United States United States 7 3 5 8 10

Goaltending leaders[]

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
Jake Allen Flag of Canada Canada 420:00 10 .948 1.43 2
Brandon Maxwell Flag of the United States United States 298:23 11 .926 2.21 0
Danila Alistratov Flag of Russia Russia 144:05 7 .870 2.91 0
Marek Ciliak Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 180:00 9 .906 3.00 0
Jacob Markström Flag of Sweden Sweden 355:09 18 .863 3.04 1

Tournament awards[]

All-Star team[]

Best players[]

MVP[]

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
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 5 5 0 0 0 36 5 15
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 5 3 0 0 2 19 13 9
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 5 2 0 0 3 13 26 6
Flag of Poland Poland 5 2 0 0 3 7 18 6
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 5 2 0 0 3 8 12 6
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 5 1 0 0 4 15 24 3

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

Results[]

Team Flag of the Czech Republic CZE Flag of Kazakhstan KAZ Flag of Lithuania LTU Flag of Poland POL Flag of Slovenia SLO Flag of Ukraine UKR
Flag of the Czech Republic CZE   7 - 0 7 - 1 9 - 0 8 - 2 5 - 2
Flag of Kazakhstan KAZ 0 - 7   9 - 0 1 - 4 7 - 2 2 - 0
Flag of Lithuania LTU 1 - 7 0 - 9   2 - 3 6 - 5 4 - 2
Flag of Poland POL 0 - 9 4 - 1 3 - 2   0 - 5 0 - 1
Flag of Slovenia SLO 2 - 8 2 - 7 5 - 6 5 - 0   1 - 3
Flag of Ukraine UKR 2 - 5 0 - 2 2 - 4 1 - 0 3 - 1  

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
Flag of Norway Norway 5 5 0 0 0 15 3 15
Flag of Latvia Latvia 5 4 0 0 1 21 2 12
Flag of Austria Austria 5 2 1 0 2 11 6 8
Flag of Italy Italy 5 2 0 1 2 17 10 7
Flag of Japan Japan 5 1 0 0 4 12 26 3
Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 5 0 0 0 5 4 33 0

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

Results[]

Team Flag of Austria AUT Flag of Italy ITA Flag of Japan JPN Flag of Latvia LAT Flag of Netherlands NED Flag of Norway NOR
Flag of Austria AUT   2 - 1 (OT) 6 - 1 0 - 2 2 - 0 1 - 2
Flag of Italy ITA 1 - 2 (OT)   4 - 3 1 - 3 10 - 0 1 - 2
Flag of Japan JPN 1 - 6 3 - 4   0 - 9 7 - 4 1 - 3
Flag of Latvia LAT 2 - 0 3 - 1 9 - 0   7 - 0 0 - 1
Flag of Netherlands NED 0 - 2 0 - 10 4 - 7 0 - 7   0 - 7
Flag of Norway NOR 2 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1 1 - 0 7 - 0  

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
Flag of France France 5 5 0 0 0 53 4 15
Flag of South Korea South Korea 5 3 1 0 1 31 9 11
Flag of Croatia Croatia 5 3 0 0 2 32 24 9
Flag of Belgium Belgium 5 2 0 1 2 14 30 7
Flag of China China 5 1 0 0 4 14 52 3
Flag of Australia Australia 5 0 0 0 5 8 33 0

Flag of France France is promoted to Division I and Flag of Australia 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
Flag of Hungary Hungary 5 4 0 0 1 37 12 12
Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom 5 4 0 0 1 27 11 12
Flag of Estonia Estonia 5 3 0 0 2 20 14 9
Flag of Romania Romania 5 2 0 0 3 32 21 6
Flag of Spain Spain 5 2 0 0 3 20 21 6
Flag of Israel Israel 5 0 0 0 5 11 68 0

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

Division III[]

Group A[]

The following teams took part in Group A of Division III tournament, which was played in Mexico City, Mexico at San Jeronimo Arena from March 2 through March 9, 2008.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Mexico Mexico 4 4 0 0 0 32 2 12
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 4 3 0 0 1 31 23 9
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 4 2 0 0 2 45 18 6
Flag of South Africa South Africa 4 1 0 0 3 18 26 3
Flag of Mongolia Mongolia 4 0 0 0 4 7 64 0

Flag of Mexico Mexico is promoted to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

Group B[]

The following teams took part Group B of the Division III tournament, which was played in Izmit, Turkey at K.B.B. Ice Arena from March 3 through March 8, 2008.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Serbia Serbia 4 4 0 0 0 45 0 12
Flag of Turkey Turkey 4 3 0 0 1 48 7 9
Flag of Iceland Iceland 4 2 0 0 2 34 26 6
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 4 1 0 0 3 27 35 3
Flag of Armenia Armenia 4 0 0 0 4 1 87 0

Flag of Serbia Serbia is promoted to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

See also[]

External links[]


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