2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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2008 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
Dates December 26 - January 5
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of Canada Canada (14 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 197  (6.35 per game)
Attendance 103,179  (3,328 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of the United States James vanRiemsdyk (11 points)
MVP Flag of Canada Steve Mason

The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, or, as it is commonly referred to as in Canada and the United States, the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships is the 2008 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. 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.

Contents

Rosters

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Top Division

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Sweden Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 22 9 12
Flag of Canada Canada 4 3 0 0 1 12 5 9
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 4 2 0 0 2 12 11 6
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 9 14 3
Flag of Denmark Denmark 4 0 0 0 4 7 23 0
Schedule

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

December 26, 2007
16:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 4–3 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 7,692
Robin Figren 10:20 (SH1)
Patrik Berglund 16:14 (PP1)
Robin Figren 48:05 (PP1)
Johan Alcén 55:03 (PP1)		 Milan Bališ 02:10 (PP2)
Ivan Roháč 48:56
Tomáš Marcinko 50:15
December 26, 2007
20:00
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 0–3 Flag of Canada Canada ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 10,057
John Tavares 31:21 (PP1)
Matthew Halischuk 43:57
John Tavares 51:53 (PP1)
December 27, 2007
16:00
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia 0–2 Flag of Canada Canada ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 3,657
Kyle Turris 20:54 (PP2), 53:20 (PP1)
December 27, 2007
20:00
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 5–2 Flag of Denmark Denmark ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 3,260
Michael Frolík 00:22, 03:26 (PP1), 13:09
Jakub Sklenář 23:30
Petr Strapáč 51:41 (PP1)		 Kevin Leder 28:00
Sune Hjulmand 33:09 (PP1)
December 28, 2007
18:00
Denmark Flag of Denmark 1–10 Flag of Sweden Sweden ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 654
Morten Poulsen 01:06 Oscar Möller 07:19
Tobias Forsberg 09:56
Mikael Backlund 26:20 (SH1), 32:43 (SH1)
Tony Lagerström 30:12, 46:29
Robin Figren 34:20
Patrik Berglund 51:58
Magnus Svensson Pääjärvi 52:30
Patrik Lundh 54:25
December 29, 2007
16:00
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia 2–5 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 10,194
Oliver Ďuriš 38:17
Erik Čaládi (PP2) 52:20		 Jakub Sklenář 7:11, 26:10
Michael Frolík 19:59
Daniel Bártek 24:45
Martin Látal 54:27 (SH1)
December 29, 2007
20:00
Canada Flag of Canada 3–4 Flag of Sweden Sweden ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 8,547
Brad Marchand 19:05
Shawn Matthias 42:17
Claude Giroux 56:18 (PP2)		 Eric Moe 45:14 (PP1)
Tony Lagerström 46:45
Oscar Möller 49:09 (PP1)
Tobias Forsberg 59:53
December 30, 2007
18:00
Denmark Flag of Denmark 3–4 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 468
Mikkel Bødker 43:36 (PP1)
Nichlas Hardt 48:01
Morten Poulsen 59:35 (PP1)		 Ivan Roháč 8:25 (PP1)
Matej Češík 27:43
Erik Čaládi 31:06 (PP2)
Marek Slovák 48:24
December 31, 2007
14:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 4–2 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 6,272
Oscar Möller 4:11
Patrik Berglund 23:37 (PP2)
Thomas Larsson 24:42
Robin Figren 41:26		 Antonín Bořuta 40:44 (PP1)
Jakub Sklenář 50:10
December 31, 2007
18:00
Canada Flag of Canada 4-1 Flag of Denmark Denmark ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 1,158
Shawn Matthias 12:44 (PP1)
John Tavares 18:08
Kyle Turris 28:18, 54:42 (PP1)		 Mikkel Bødker 49:36 (PP2)

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of the United States United States 4 4 0 0 0 17 8 12
Flag of Russia Russia 4 3 0 0 1 18 14 9
Flag of Finland Finland 4 1 1 0 2 16 15 5
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 4 1 0 0 3 8 16 3
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 4 0 0 1 3 9 15 1
Schedule

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

December 26, 2007
16:00
United States Flag of the United States 5–1 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 1,029
James vanRiemsdyk 19:57
Rhett Rakhshani 24:58
Mike Carman 26:23
Colin Wilson 44:11 (PP1)
Kyle Okposo 57:43		 Alexandr Kurshuk 14:46 (PP1)
December 26, 2007
20:00
Finland Flag of Finland 4–7 Flag of Russia Russia Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 1,720
Nico Aaltonen 07:20 (PP1)
Joonas Jalvanti 15:02 (PP1)
Juuso Puustinen 43:33
Max Wärn 43:59		 Marat Kalimulin 11:47 (PP1)
Evgenij Bordov 26:26
Vadim Golubtsov 27:32 (PP1)
Artem Anisimov 32:34
Anton Korolev 34:32
Viktor Tikhonov 40:25 (PP1)
Dmitrij Kugryshev 56:22
December 27, 2007
16:00
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan 4–5 Flag of Russia Russia Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 796
Yevgenij Rymarev 03:58
Konstantin Savenkov 14:21
Yakov Vorobyov 35:47 (PP1)
Mikhail Kachulin 53:10		 Viktor Tikhonov 20:25 (PP1)
Alexei Cherepanov 21:19
Evgenij Kurbatov 31:37
Artem Gordeyev 36:27
Yuri Alexandrov 53:30
December 27, 2007
20:00
Finland Flag of Finland 4–3 OT Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 980
Juuso Puustinen 17:36 (PP1)
Harri Pesonen 22:45
Jarkko Malinen 43:05
Sakari Salminen GWG		 Kevin Lotscher 09:37
Reto Suri 14:47
Gregory Sciaroni 59:14
December 28, 2007
18:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 2–4 Flag of the United States United States Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 1,222
Andrej Bykov 24:17
Arnaud Jacquemet 55:45 (PP1)		 Colin Wilson 05:08 (PP1), 49:30 (PP2)
Bobby Sanguinetti 22:57(PP1)
James vanRiemsdyk 42:27 (PP2)
December 29, 2007
16:00
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan 0–5 Flag of Finland Finland Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 1,354
Nico Aaltonen 02:59
Joonas Kemppainen 23:37 (PP1), 26:37
Niclas Lucenius 46:17 (PP2)
Juuso Puustinen 48:30
December 29, 2007
20:00
Russia Flag of Russia 2–3 Flag of the United States United States Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 4,654
Alexei Cherepanov 28:36
Viktor Tikhonov 54:36		 Tyler Ruegsegger 11:31 (PP2)
James vanRiemsdyk 43:01 (PP1)
Mike Carman 47:44
December 30, 2007
18:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 1–3 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 513
Yannick Weber 53:49 (PP1) Yakov Vorobiev 7:39, 28;19 (PP1)
Evgeny Rymarev 59:07
December 31, 2007
14:00
Russia Flag of Russia 4–3 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 551
Anton Korolev 1:31
Dmitri Sayustov 20:46 (PP2)
Artem Gordeyev 37:49
Viktor Tikhonov 55:31		 Arnauld Jacquemet 9:41 (PP1)
Dino Wieser 28:45
Marco Maurer 57:40
December 31, 2007
18:00
United States Flag of the United States 5–3 Flag of Finland Finland Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 1,133
Colin Wilson 9:29, 13:20 (PP1), 21:43
Tyler Ruegsegger 24:44
James vanRiemsdyk 29:14		 Nico Aaltonen 50:52 (PP1)
Mikko Kousa 55:21 ((PP1)
Niclas Lucenius 59:14

Relegation Round

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 3 3 0 0 0 17 4 9
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 3 2 0 0 1 9 13 6
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 8 10 3
Flag of Denmark Denmark 3 0 0 0 3 8 15 0

Note: Matches Flag of Denmark Denmark 3–4 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia and Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 1–3 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan from the Preliminary Round (both on Dec 30th, 2007) are included as well since these results carry forward

Schedule

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

January 2, 2008
16:00
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia 5–2 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 564
Marek Slovák 5:50 (PP1)
Dalibor Jančovič 31:13
Tomáš Marcinko 39:48
Erik Čaládi 58:54 (ENG)
Juraj Mikuš 59:51 (ENG)		 Etienne Froidevaux 40:40
Aurelio Lemm 46:07 (PP1)
January 2, 2008
20:00
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan 6–3 Flag of Denmark Denmark Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 149
Evgeny Gasnikov 08:53 (PP1)
Yakov Vorobiev 33:42
Evgeny Rymarev 38:36 (SH1), 52:08 (PP1), 59:11 (ENG), 59:25 (ENG)		 Lars Eller 22:38 (PP1), 38:59 (PP1)
Nichlas Hardt 43:43 (PP1)
January 3, 2008
16:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 5–2 Flag of Denmark Denmark Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 251
Yannick Weber 15:31
Aurelio Lemm 32:36, 39:29 (PP1)
Reto Suri 43:12
Roman Schlagenhauf 58:37 (PP1)		 Lars Eller 04:38
Philip Larsen 26:57 (PP1)
January 3, 2008
20:00
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia 8–0 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Tipsport Arena
Attendance: 564
Oliver Ďuriš 6:40
David Skokan 14:00 (PP1), 19:39 (PP2)
Ivan Roháč 15:45
Erik Čaládi 32:33 (PP1)
Patrik Lušňák 35:13 (PP1), 37:32
Dalibor Jančovič 50:05

Flag of Denmark Denmark and Flag of Switzerland Switzerland are relegated to Division I for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Final Round

  Quarter finals     Semi finals     Final
                           
      QF1  Flag of Canada Canada 4  
  A2  Flag of Canada Canada 4     B1  Flag of the United States United States 1    
  B3  Flag of Finland Finland 2         SF1  Flag of Sweden Sweden 2
      SF2  Flag of Canada Canada 3 (OT)
      QF2  Flag of Russia Russia 1    
  B2  Flag of Russia Russia 4     A1  Flag of Sweden Sweden 2 (OT)   Third place
  A3  Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 1   QF1  Flag of the United States United States 2
  QF2  Flag of Russia Russia 4
Quarter Finals
January 2, 2008
16:00
Canada Flag of Canada 4–2 Flag of Finland Finland ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 5,187
John Tavares 27:23 (PP1)
Steven Stamkos 42:20
Brad Marchand 50:32
Stefan Legein 59:30 (ENG)		 Juuso Puustinen 7:23
Jan-Mikael Juutilainen 45:42
January 2, 2008
20:00
Russia Flag of Russia 4–1 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 8,420
Yakov Seleznev 27:58
Viktor Tikhonov 35:04 (PP1)
Nikita Filatov 36:57
Anton Korolev 50:10		 Radek Meidl 37:20
5th Place Playoff
January 3, 2008
18:00
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 5–1 Flag of Finland Finland ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 483
Daniel Bártek 26:44
Michael Frolík 27:59
Tomáš Kundrátek 39:20 (PP1)
Zbyněk Hampl 47:46
Martin Látal 57:07 (ENG)		 Harri Pesonen
Semi Finals
January 4, 2008
16:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 2–1 OT Flag of Russia Russia ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 3,286
Robin Figren 51:50 (PP1)
Mikael Backlund 66:18		 Nikita Filatov 38:27
January 4, 2008
20:00
United States Flag of the United States 1–4 Flag of Canada Canada ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 5,621
James vanRiemsdyk 53:26 Shawn Matthias 22:46
Karl Alzner 30:00 (PP1)
Colton Gillies 47:04
Brad Marchand 47:24
Bronze Medal Game
January 5, 2008
16:00
United States Flag of the United States 2–4 Flag of Russia Russia ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 5,468
Rhett Rakhshani 30:47
Jordan Schroeder 53:39 (PP2)		 Alexei Cherepanov 3:59
Evgeni Kurbatov 11:04 (PP1)
Nikita Filatov 16:57, 21:30 (PP1)
Gold Medal Game
January 5, 2008
20:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 2–3 OT Flag of Canada Canada ČEZ Arena
Attendance: 7,480
Jonathan Carlsson 45:13 (PP1)
Thomas Larsson 59:22
 Brad Marchand 1:27
Claude Giroux 17:01 (PP1)
Matthew Halischuk 63:36

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
James vanRiemsdyk Flag of the United States United States 6 5 6 11 +4 2
Nikita Filatov Flag of Russia Russia 7 4 5 9 +7 10
Marek Slovák Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 6 2 7 9 +2 12
Kyle Turris Flag of Canada Canada 7 4 4 8 +3 2
Arnaud Jacquemet Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 6 2 6 8 +1 4
David Skokan Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 6 2 6 8 +1 6
Jordan Schroeder Flag of the United States United States 6 1 7 8 +1 2
Yevgeni Rymarev Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 6 6 1 7 +2 0
Colin Wilson Flag of the United States United States 5 6 1 7 +2 4
Robin Figren Flag of Sweden Sweden 6 5 2 7 +4 2

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
Steve Mason Flag of Canada Canada 303 6 .951 1.19 1
Július Hudáček Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 359 16 .921 2.67 1
Sergei Bobrovsky Flag of Russia Russia 366 15 .916 2.46