Teams 9 | Dates April 4 - April 12 Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) | |
Champions United States (2nd title) |
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 the 11th event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
Contents
- Group A
- Group B
- Group C
- Group D 1 3 Place
- Group E 4 6 Place
- Group F 7 9 Place
- Match for third place
- Final
- Scoring leaders
- Goaltending leaders
- Directorate Awards
- Media All Stars
- Division I
- Division II
- Division III
- Division IV
- References
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 was the first IIHF Women's tournament in which the host nation (in this case, China) failed to medal. The Swiss competed for a medal for the first time, losing to Finland in the Bronze medal game.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D (1-3 Place)
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Group E (4-6 Place)
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Group F (7-9 Place)
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Germany is relegated to Division I for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.
Match for third place
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Final
All times local (GMT+8).
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Directorate Awards
Source: IIHF.com
Media All-Stars
Source:
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.
Kazakhstan is promoted to the main tournament and Latvia is relegated to Division II for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Directorate Awards
Source: IIHF.com
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.Austria is promoted to Division I and Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Directorate Awards
Source: IIHF.com
Division III
The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, held in Miskolc, Hungary, from April 6 to April 12, 2008.Great Britain is promoted to Division II and South Korea is relegated to Division IV for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Directorate Awards
Source: IIHF.com
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.Iceland is promoted to Division III for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Directorate Awards
Source: IIHF.com