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2008 IIHF World Championship Division I

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Host countries
  
Austria  Japan

Teams
  
12 (two groups of 6)

Matches played
  
30

Dates
  
April 13 - April 19

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 2 host cities)

Attendance
  
48,239 (1,608 per match)

The 2008 IIHF Division I World Championship was an ice hockey tournament under the authority of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested from April 13–19, 2008. The tournament was played amongst two separate groups, with the best team in each group, Austria and Hungary, advanced to the top-level championship in 2009. The bottom teams in each group, South Korea and Estonia, were relegated to the lower-level Division II.

Contents

Group A's tournament was held in Innsbruck, Austria. The Group B games was hosted by Sapporo, Japan.

Group A

Group A was contested in Innsbruck.

Group B

Group B was contested in Sapporo.

Group A

Group A Final standings
Results

All times local.

Group B

Group B Final standings
Results

All times local.

References

2008 IIHF World Championship Division I Wikipedia