Host country Czech Republic Champions Canada (14th title) | Teams 10 Runner-up Sweden | |
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Dates December 26 - January 5 Venue(s) ČEZ Arena and
Tipsport Arena (in 2 host cities) | ||
The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, or, as it is commonly referred to in Canada as the 2008 World Juniors and the United States, the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2008 WJHC) 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 for the fourth consecutive time.
Contents
Group A
All times local (CET/UTC +1)
Group B
All times local (CET/UTC +1)
Relegation Round
Note: Matches Denmark 3–4 Slovakia and Switzerland 1–3 Kazakhstan from the Preliminary Round (both on Dec 30th, 2007) are included as well since these results carry forward
All times local (CET/UTC +1)
Denmark and Switzerland are relegated to Division I for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Final Round
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Tournament awards
Winning team roster
Roster of the winning Canadian team.
Division I
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 18, 2007. Group A was played at Bad Toelz, Germany. Group B was played at Riga, Latvia:
Group A
Germany is promoted to Pool A and Lithuania is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Group B
Latvia is promoted to Pool A and Great Britain is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Division II
The following teams took part in the Division II tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 16, 2007. Group A was played at Canazei, Italy. Group B was played at Tallinn, Estonia:
Group A
Italy is promoted to Division I and Iceland is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Group B
Estonia is promoted to Division I and China is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Division III
The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, that was held from January 16 through January 24, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.
New Zealand and Serbia were promoted to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships