2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

2008 IIHF World Women's Championship

2008年世界女子冰球锦标 (Simplified Chinese) 2008年世界女子冰球錦標 (Traditional Chinese)
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	April 4 - April 12
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	117 (5.85 per match)
Attendance	22,910 (1,146 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Natalie Darwitz (10 points)
MVP	Noora Räty

The 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were held from April 4 to April 13, 2008, in Harbin, People's Republic of China.

It was be the 11th event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Promotions and relegations reflect the results of the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

For the eleventh straight tournament, Canada met the United States in the gold-medal match and, for only the second time out of 11, the American team defeated the Canadians for the gold medal. This tournament is the only IIHF Women's tournament in which the host nation (in this case, China) failed to medal.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	2	2	0	0	0	19	1	6
Russia	2	1	0	0	1	6	11	3
China	2	0	0	0	2	3	16	0

All times local (GMT+8).

April 4, 2008 15:00

Russia

1 – 8 ( 1 - 2, 0 - 2, 0 - 4 )

Canada

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 1232

Game reference
				Referee: U. Sipilä
	E. Smolentseva (S. Terentieva, I. Gavrilova) 19:57		B. Kellar (H. Wickenheiser, C. Ouellette) 10:41 (PP1) G. Kingsbury 13:16 J. Botterill (C. Ouellette, J. Hefford) 32:50 M. Agosta (G. Kingsbury) 35:05 C. Piper (J. Hefford, H. Wickenheiser) 43:47 (PP2) C. Ouellette (J. Hefford) 55:07 (PP1) H. Wickenheiser (J. Botterill, C. Piper) 57:15 (PP1) M. Agosta (G. Ferrari) 57:28

April 5, 2008 15:00

China

3 – 5 ( 1 - 1, 0 - 2, 2 - 2 )

Russia

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 2009

Game reference
				Referee: L. Wrazidlo
	Sun R. (Wang L., Qi X.) 18:49 (PP2) Sang H. (Zhang B.) 46:39 (PP1) Sang H. (Jin F., Sun R.) 59:37 (PP1)		S. Terentieva (E. Smolentseva, I. Gavrilova) 16:49 E. Smolentseva (S. Terentieva) 21:43 E. Smolentseva (S. Terentieva, I. Gavrilova) 25:17 I. Gavrilova (S. Terentieva, E. Smolentseva) 43:34 I. Gavrilova 59:56 (ENG)

April 6, 2008 15:00

Canada

11 – 0 ( 4 - 0, 3 - 0, 4 - 0 )

China

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 1892

Game reference
				Referee: A. Høve
	C. Piper (H. Wickenheiser, S. Vaillancourt) 8:21 J. Botterill (C. MacLeod, J. Hefford) 10:52 C. MacLeod (K. Bechard) 13:17 J. Botterill (J. Hefford) 13:42 C. Ouellette (J. Botterill, D. Collins) 25:00 M. Agosta (B. Kellar) 25:39 G. Apps (C. Sostorics, B. Kellar) 26:02 H. Wickenheiser (C. Piper) 45:12 J. Hefford (C. Ouellette, J. Botterill) 46:31 H. Wickenheiser (C. Piper, S. Vaillancourt) 50:35 S. Vaillancourt (H. Wickenheiser, C. Piper) 53:34

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
United States of America	2	2	0	0	0	15	2	6
Switzerland	2	1	0	0	1	4	7	3
Germany	2	0	0	0	2	1	11	0

All times local (GMT+8).

April 4, 2008 19:00

Germany

1 – 8 ( 1 - 1, 0 - 3, 0 - 4 )

United States of America

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 1390

Game reference
				Referee: J. Zitkova
	M. Anwander (A. Lanzl) 15:41		J. Potter (J. Chu) 14:25 (PP1) J. Potter (S. Parsons) 21:30 K. Thatcher (S. Parsons) 29:30 M. Duggan (A. Ruggiero, N. Darwitz) 31:17 K. Thatcher (R. Drazan, S. Parsons) 41:58 N. Darwitz (J. Chu) 43:11 M. Duggan (N. Darwitz) 52:42 S. Parsons (J. Potter) 56:08

April 5, 2008 19:00

Switzerland

3 – 0 ( 1 - 0, 2 - 0, 0 - 0 )

Germany

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 887

Game reference
				Referee: F. Lapratte
	S. Marty (J. Marty) 15:35 (SH1) L. Ruhnke (S. Bruggmann, M. Hafliger) 23:27 L. Nussbaum (J. Marty, C. Meier) 39:02 (PP1)

April 6, 2008 19:00

United States of America

7 – 1 ( 1 - 0, 2 - 1, 4 - 0 )

Switzerland

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 845

Game reference
				Referee: U. Sipilä
	C. Cahow (A. Ruggiero, R. Drazan) 7:34 (PP1) K. Stack (H. Knight, M. Engstrom) 21:28 G. Marvin (A. Ruggiero, C. Cahow) 37:17 (PP1) N. Darwitz (J. Chu, E. Lawler) 42:06 (PP1) J. Potter (N. Darwitz, A. Ruggiero) 49:41 (PP2) M. Engstrom (C. Cahow, G. Marvin) 50:49 M. Duggan 57:12		M. Hafliger (F. Schelling) 24:21 (PP1)

Group C

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	2	1	1	0	0	9	3	5
Sweden	2	1	0	1	0	7	3	4
Japan	2	0	0	0	2	1	11	0

All times local (GMT+8).

April 4, 2008 19:00

Japan

0 – 5 ( 0 - 2, 0 - 2, 0 - 1 )

Sweden

Baqu Arena Attendance: 1543

Game reference
				Referee: A. Høve
			A. Lorsell 2:51 K. Myrén (C. Östberg, T. Enström) 17:04 K. Myrén (T. Enström) 30:18 M. Rooth (E. Eliasson) 37:01 (PP1) I. Jordansson (M. Rooth, E. Eliasson) 48:23

April 5, 2008 19:00

Finland

6 – 1 ( 0 - 0, 2 - 1, 4 - 0 )

Japan

Baqu Arena Attendance: 896

Game reference
				Referee: N. Hertrich
	A. Helin (M. Voutilainen, K. Kovalainen) 23:55 H. Pelttari (M. Pehkonen, M. Saarinen) 28:05 K. Kovalainen (N. Tallus, M. Saarinen) 44:23 (PP2) A. Helin (E. Laaksonen, J. Hiirikoski) 44:42 (PP1) M. Saarinen (H. Pelttari) 50:00 (PP1) A. Helin (M. Voutilainen) 52:02 (PP1)		Wada E. (Fujii A., Adachi Y.) 26:35 (PP2)

April 6, 2008 19:00

Sweden

2 – 3 ( 1 - 1, 0 - 0, 1 - 1, 0 - 1 )

Finland

Baqu Arena Attendance: 866

Game reference
				Referee: F. Lapratte
	K. Timglas (I. Jordansson, D. Rundqvist) 7:02 (PP1) E. Eliasson (E. Holmlöv, D. Rundqvist) 50:56		M. Voutilainen (K. Rantamäki, E. Laaksonen) 5:11 (PP1) M. Saarinen (M. Pehkonen) 42:01 M. Pehkonen (H. Pelttari, J. Hiirikoski) 63:00 (PP1)

Qualifying round

Group D (1-3 Place)

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
United States of America	2	1	0	1	0	4	3	4
Canada	2	1	0	0	1	6	6	3
Finland	2	0	1	0	1	3	4	2

All times local (GMT+8).

April 8, 2008 12:00

United States of America

0 – 1 ( 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )

Finland

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 804

Game reference
				Referee: A. Høve
			H. Pelttari (N. Tallus, M. Pehkonen) 63:42 (PP2)

April 9, 2008 12:00

Finland

2 – 4 ( 1 - 1, 0 - 3, 1 - 0 )

Canada

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 963

Game reference
				Referee: L. Wrazidlo
	E. Laaksonen (A. Helin, K. Rantamäki) 13:49 M. Pehkonen 46:41		J. Hefford (H. Wickenheiser, C. Piper) 3:29 S. Vaillancourt (H. Wickenheiser) 31:23 (PP1) S. Vaillancourt (J. Botterill) 32:01 (PP1) K. Weatherston (C. MacLeod) 37:25

April 10, 2008 12:00

Canada

2 – 4 ( 2 - 1, 0 - 1, 0 - 2 )

United States of America

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 1096

Game reference
				Referee: N. Hertrich
	J. Hefford (G. Kingsbury, B. Kellar) 4:21 (PP1) K. Bechard (C. MacLeod) 16:08		N. Darwitz (E. Lawler, J. Chu) 15:34 (PP1) C. Cahow (G. Marvin, R. Darzan) 26:33 (PP1) M. Duggan (N. Darwitz, J. Potter) 48:24 N. Darwitz (J. Chu) 59:36 (ENG)

Group E (4-6 Place)

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Switzerland	2	1	1	0	0	6	4	5
Sweden	2	1	0	1	0	6	5	4
Russia	2	0	0	0	2	2	5	0

All times local (GMT+8).

April 8, 2008 15:30

Switzerland

4 – 3 ( 2 - 1, 1 - 2, 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 1 - 0 )

Sweden

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 812

Game reference
				Referee: L. Wrazidlo
	K. Lehmann (D. Leimgruber) 17:59 (SH1) S. Marty (L. Nussbaum, N. Ehrbar) 19:49 K. Lehmann (S. Marty, L. Nussbaum) 28:46 K. Lehmann 65:00 (GWS)		J. Asserholt (T. Enström) 18:30 (PP1) I. Jordansson (C. Östberg) 22:02 T. Enström (P. Winberg, E. Nordin) 34:15 (PP1)

April 9, 2008 15:30

Sweden

3 – 1 ( 1 - 0, 1 - 0, 1 - 1 )

Russia

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 804

Game reference
				Referee: N. Hertrich
	K. Myrén (C. Östberg, T. Enström) 1:39 P. Winberg (E. Holmlöv, E. Nordin) 35:06 K. Timglas (I. Jordansson, M. Rooth) 44:10 (PP1)		E. Smolentseva (M. Sergina, I. Gavrilova) 56:12 (PP2)

April 10, 2008 15:30

Russia

1 – 2 ( 0 - 1, 1 - 1, 0 - 0 )

Switzerland

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 884

Game reference
				Referee: J. Zitkova
	A. Kapustina (A. Khomich, T. Burina) 35:41 (PP2)		S. Marty (K. Lehmann) 11:26 S. Marty (K. Lehmann, L. Nussbaum) 20:54 (PP2)

Consolation round

Group F (7-9 Place)

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Japan	2	1	0	0	1	4	3	3
China	2	1	0	0	1	5	5	3
Germany	2	1	0	0	1	4	5	3

All times local (GMT+8).

April 8, 2008 19:00

Germany

2 – 1 ( 2 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 0 )

Japan

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 833

Game reference
				Referee: U. Sipilä
	B. Evers (S. Seiler, S. Fellner) 2:47 M. Anwander (A. Lanzl, J. Tamas) 3:32		Adachi Y. (Wada E., Fujii A.) 10:36 (PP1)

April 9, 2008 19:00

Japan

3 – 1 ( 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 2 - 1 )

China

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 2146

Game reference
				Referee: J. Zitkova
	Adachi Y. (Yamane T., Wada E.) 17:42 (PP2) Hirano Y. (Kondo Y., Sakagami T.) 57:04 (PP2) Fujii A. (Yamanaka C.) 59:20		Sun R. (Huo C.) 41:47

April 10, 2008 19:00

China

4 – 2 ( 1 - 1, 0 - 1, 3 - 0 )

Germany

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 1984

Game reference
				Referee: F. Lapratte
	Jin F. (Sun R.) 12:32 Wang L. (Jin F., Sun R.) 57:58 (PP1) Sun R. (Wang L., Jin F.) 58:43 Zhang S. (Qi X.) 59:20		S. Gotz (S. Kruck) 10:23 (PP1) N. Ritter (J. Tamas, S. Fruehwirt) 23:46 (PP1)

Germany is relegated to Division I for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Match for third place

All times local (GMT+8).

April 12, 2008 15:30

Finland

4 – 1 ( 0 - 1, 1 - 0, 3 - 0 )

Switzerland

Hongbo Arena Attendance: 1024

Game reference
				Referee: L. Wrazidlo
	M. Pehkonen (K. Rantamäki) 25:05 M. Saarinen (H. Pelttari) 41:09 N. Tikkinen 46:25 J. Hiirikoski (K. Rantamäki, E. Laaksonen) 55:00 (PP1)		K. Lehmann (S. Marty, C. Meier) 5:18

Final

All times local (GMT+8).

April 12, 2008 19:00

United States of America

4 – 3 ( 2 - 1, 2 - 0, 0 - 2 )

Canada

Hongbo Arena

Game reference
				Referee: N. Hertrich
	J. Potter (M. Duggan, J. Chu) 8:08 (PP1) N. Darwitz (K. Bellamy, C. Cahow) 17:41 J. Potter (A. Ruggiero, J. Chu) 30:54 (PP2) N. Darwitz (K. Bellamy) 38:30		S. Vaillancourt (G. Kingsbury) 1:57 K. Weatherston (B. Kellar, C. Sostorics) 48:38 J. Botterill (C. Ouellette) 49:48 (PP1)

Division I

The following teams took part of the Division I tournament, which was played in Ventspils, Latvia, at Ventspils OC Ice Hall from March 10 through March 16, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Kazakhstan	5	4	0	0	1	14	8	12
Slovakia	5	3	1	0	1	14	11	11
Czech Republic	5	2	1	0	2	12	11	8
France	5	2	0	0	3	7	12	6
Norway	5	1	0	1	3	11	13	4
Latvia	5	1	0	1	3	9	12	4

Kazakhstan is promoted to the main tournament and Latvia is relegated to Division II for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

10 March 2008
	Czech Republic	3-1	France

10 March 2008
	Slovakia	1-5	Kazakhstan

10 March 2008
	Norway	3-1	Latvia

11 March 2008
	France	1-5	Slovakia

11 March 2008
	Kazakhstan	3-2	Norway

11 March 2008
	Latvia	3-4	Czech Republic

13 March 2008
	Slovakia	3-2	Norway

13 March 2008
	Kazakhstan	3-1	Czech Republic

13 March 2008
	Latvia	0-1	France

14 March 2008
	Norway	2-3 (OT)	Czech Republic

14 March 2008
	France	1-2	Kazakhstan

14 March 2008
	Latvia	2-3 (OT)	Slovakia

16 March 2008
	Czech Republic	1-2	Slovakia

16 March 2008
	France	3-2	Norway

16 March 2008
	Kazakhstan	1-3	Latvia

Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament, held in Vierumäki, Finland, at Vierumäki Ice Rink from March 25 to March 30, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Austria	5	5	0	0	0	22	10	15
Denmark	5	4	0	0	1	25	7	12
North Korea	5	3	0	0	2	21	10	9
Italy	5	1	1	0	3	15	17	5
Netherlands	5	1	0	1	3	10	15	4
Australia	5	0	0	0	5	5	39	0

Austria is promoted to Division I and Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

25 March 2008
	North Korea	1-5	Denmark

25 March 2008
	Australia	2-6	Austria

25 March 2008
	Italy	3-2 (OT)	Netherlands

26 March 2008
	Denmark	2-3	Austria

26 March 2008
	Netherlands	6-2	Australia

26 March 2008
	Italy	1-6	North Korea

27 March 2008
	Denmark	3-0	Netherlands

27 March 2008
	Italy	5-0	Australia

27 March 2008
	North Korea	0-4	Australia

29 March 2008
	Netherlands	0-4	North Korea

29 March 2008
	Austria	6-4	Italy

29 March 2008
	Australia	1-12	Denmark

30 March 2008
	Austria	3-2	Netherlands

30 March 2008
	North Korea	10-0	Australia

30 March 2008
	Denmark	3-2	Italy

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, held in Miskolc, Hungary, from April 6 to April 12, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
United Kingdom	5	4	1	0	0	29	7	14
Slovenia	5	4	0	1	0	27	6	13
Croatia	5	2	0	1	2	12	20	7
Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	12	16	6
Hungary	5	1	0	0	4	4	20	3
South Korea	5	0	1	0	4	7	22	2

United Kingdom is promoted to Division II and South Korea is relegated to Division IV for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

06 April 2008
	United Kingdom	6-0	South Korea

06 April 2008
	Belgium	2-5	Slovenia

06 April 2008
	Croatia	2-1	Hungary

07 April 2008
	United Kingdom	4-1	Belgium

07 April 2008
	South Korea	3-2 (OT)	Croatia

07 April 2008
	Slovenia	5-0	Hungary

09 April 2008
	Slovenia	8-0	South Korea

09 April 2008
	United Kingdom	8-4	Croatia

09 April 2008
	Belgium	4-1	Hungary

11 April 2008
	Croatia	1-7	Slovenia

11 April 2008
	South Korea	3-4	Belgium

11 April 2008
	Hungary	0-8	United Kingdom

12 April 2008
	Belgium	1-3	Croatia

12 April 2008
	Slovenia	2-3 (OT)	United Kingdom

12 April 2008
	Hungary	2-1	South Korea

Division IV

The following teams took part in the Division IV tournament, held in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania, at Vakar Lajos Icerink from March 23 to March 29, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Iceland	5	5	0	0	0	30	5	15
New Zealand	5	4	0	0	1	37	9	12
Romania	5	2	0	1	2	25	16	7
Estonia	5	2	0	0	3	11	17	6
South Africa	5	1	1	0	3	15	24	5
Turkey	5	0	0	0	5	3	50	0

Iceland is promoted to Division III for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

23 March 2008
	New Zealand	9-1	South Africa

23 March 2008
	Turkey	1-8	Estonia

23 March 2008
	Romania	3-4	Iceland

24 March 2008
	South Africa	1-2	Estonia

24 March 2008
	Iceland	9-0	Turkey

24 March 2008
	Romania	2-7	New Zealand

26 March 2008
	South Africa	1-9	Iceland

26 March 2008
	Romania	9-1	Turkey

26 March 2008
	New Zealand	4-1	Estonia

27 March 2008
	Iceland	5-1	New Zealand

27 March 2008
	Turkey	1-8	South Africa

27 March 2008
	Estonia	0-8	Romania

29 March 2008
	Estonia	0-3	Iceland

29 March 2008
	New Zealand	16-0	Turkey

29 March 2008
	South Africa	4-3 (OT)	Romania

Awards and honors

Directorate awards

• Goalie: Noora Räty, (Finland)
• Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
• Forward: Natalie Darwitz, (United States)
• Most Valuable Player: Noora Räty, (Finland)

All-Star team

• Goaltender: Noora Räty, (Finland)
• Defender: Julie Chu, (United States)
• Defender: Emma Laaksonen, (Finland)
• Forward: Natalie Darwitz, (United States)
• Forward: Jayna Hefford, (Canada)
• Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser, (Canada)

External links

• IIHF official site