2008 IIHF World Championship Division I

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The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I was two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I represents the second level of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The best team in each tournament, Austria and Hungary, advanced to the Top Division championship for 2009. The bottom teams in each group, South Korea and Estonia, were relegated to the lower-level Division II.

2008 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details

Host countries	Austria Japan
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	13–19 April 2008
Teams	12
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Group A tournament

The Group A tournament was played in Innsbruck, Austria, from 13 to 19 April 2008.^[1]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Austria	Hosts; placed 15th in Top Division last year and were relegated
Poland	Placed 2nd in Division I Group A last year
Kazakhstan	Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year
Great Britain	Placed 4th in Division I Group B last year
Netherlands	Placed 5th in Division I Group A last year
South Korea	Placed 1st in Division II Group B last year and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria (H)	5	5	0	0	0	34	12	22	15	Promoted to the 2009 Top Division
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	1	0	1	21	12	9	11
3	Poland	5	2	1	1	1	18	17	1	9
4	Great Britain	5	2	0	1	2	19	17	2	7
5	Netherlands	5	0	1	0	4	15	30	−15	2
6	South Korea	5	0	0	1	4	8	27	−19	1	Relegated to the 2009 Division II

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local.

13 April 2008
13:30

3–6
(1–3, 1–0, 1–3)

Kazakhstan

TWK Arena
Attendance: 1,354

James Schaafsma 13:31 (PP2), 28:52 (EQ)
Bjorn Willemse 47:31 (EQ)

Goals

3:52 (PP1) Alexei Savchenko,
9:57 (EQ) Ilya Solarev,
19:47 (PP2) Maxim Balyayev
41:59 (EQ), 45:07 (EQ) Lev Krutokhvostov
59:35 (EN) Alexey Vyatkin

13 April 2008
17:00

1–2 (GWS)
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(0–0, 0–1)

Poland

TWK Arena
Attendance: 2,490

Greg Chambers 26:14 (EQ)

Goals

15:11 (EQ) Maciej Urbanowicz,
65:00 (GWS) Krzysztof Zapała

13 April 2008
20:30

0–8
(0–3, 0–4, 0–1)

Austria

TWK Arena
Attendance: 3,100

Goals

01:48 (EQ), 32:59 (EQ) Christoph Brandner,
04:27 (EQ) Roland Kaspitz,
17:23 (PP1) Dieter Kalt,
24:23 (EQ) Thomas Koch,
28:17 (EQ) Thomas Raffl,
35:38 (EQ) Oliver Setzinger,
40:52 (PP1) Martin Oraze

14 April 2008
13:30

Poland

6–4
(2–2, 1–1, 3–1)

TWK Arena
Attendance: 1,090

Leszek Laszkiewicz 03:35 (PP1), 24:25 (SH1),
Marcin Kolusz 15:54 (EQ),
Adrian Labryga 40:56 (EQ),
Maciej Urbanowicz 42:09 (EQ),
Adam Borzęcki 51:53 (PP1)

Goals

10:29 (EQ) Nicky De Jong,
19:59 (PP1) Nathaniel Korthuis,
27:49 (PS) Douglas Stienstra,
59:55 (PS) Bradley Smulders

14 April 2008
17:00

Kazakhstan

5–1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1)

TWK Arena
Attendance: 1,270

Artemiy Lakiza 02:04 (PP1),
Andrey Gavrilin 15:37 (EQ), 44:09 (EQ),
Yevgeniy Fadeyev 39:25 (EQ),
Alexey Vorontsov 45:20 (EQ)

Goals

52:54 (EQ) Kim Ki Sung

14 April 2008
20:30

Austria

10–5
(4–3, 3–0, 3–2)

TWK Arena
Attendance: 3,100

Marco Pewal 02:55 (EQ),
Roland Kaspitz 08:23 (EQ),
Gerd Gruber 13:21 (EQ),
Oliver Setzinger 16:04 (PP1), 42:08 (EQ),
Thomas Koch 23:38 (EQ),
Gerhard Unterluggauer 25:59 (PP1),
Thomas Vanek 33:33 (PP1), 41:07 (PP2), 49:46 (PP1)

Goals

07:55 (PP1) Greg Chambers,
14:23 (PP1) Ashley Tait,
17:57 (EQ) Thomas Watkins,
42:52 (PP1) Jonathan Weaver,
56:17 (PP1) David Clarke

16 April 2008
13:30

1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Great Britain

TWK Arena
Attendance: 897

Cho Min Ho 50:42 (EQ)

Goals

01:29 (EQ) David Clarke,
31:39 (EQ) David Longstaff,
46:52 (EQ) Daniel Meyers,
58:13 (SH1) Ashley Tait

16 April 2008
17:00

3–4 (GWS)
(0–1, 0–1, 3–1)
(0–0, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

TWK Arena
Attendance: 2,132

Krzysztof Zapała 40:49 (EQ),
Leszek Laszkiewicz 48:27 (EQ),
Marcin Jaros 56:30 (EQ)

Goals

09:40 (PP1) Andrey Gavrilin,
22:17 (EQ) Andrei Spiridonov,
44:20 (EQ) Yevgeniy Ushkov,
65:00 (GWS) Konstantin Kassatkin

16 April 2008
20:30

Austria

5–1
(0–0, 1–1, 4–0)

TWK Arena
Attendance: 3,100

Philipp Lukas 20:57 (EQ),
Christoph Brandner 43:58 (PP1),
Dieter Kalt 47:01 (PP1),
Thomas Vanek 52:48 (EQ), 54:08 (EQ)

Goals

33:58 (EQ) Douglas Stienstra

18 April 2008
13:30

Great Britain

8–1
(2–0, 4–0, 2–1)

TWK Arena
Attendance: 1,249

Gregory Owen 05:36 (EQ), 28:34 (PP1), 47:59 (EQ),
Jonathan Phillips 11:15 (EQ),
Jonathan Weaver 34:04 (EQ),
Greg Chambers 36:25 (EQ), 40:36 (SH1),
Thomas Watkins 37:45 (EQ)

Goals

59:02 (PP2) Jacobus Teunissen

18 April 2008
17:00

Poland

4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)

TWK Arena
Attendance: 2,005

Krzysztof Zapała 26:27 (PP1),
Marcin Jaros 37:15 (EQ),
Jarosław Różański 50:54 (EQ),
Sebastian Kowalówka 56:30 (EQ)

Goals

24:18 (EQ) Kim Kyu Hun

18 April 2008
20:30

3–4
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Austria

TWK Arena
Attendance: 3,200

Lev Krutokhvostov 13:34 (EQ),
Andrei Ogorodnikov 30:50 (EQ),
Vladislav Kolesnikov 46:59 (EQ)

Goals

01:14 (EQ) Martin Ulrich,
30:07 (SH1) Dieter Kalt,
35:43 (SH1) Daniel Welser,
56:51 (PP1) Christoph Brandner

19 April 2008
13:30

Netherlands

6–5 (OT)
(2–1, 2–3, 1–1)
(1–0)

TWK Arena
Attendance: 1,890

Casey van Schagen 03:56 (EQ),
Marcel Kars 15:43 (EQ),
Jamie Schaafsma 46:59 (EQ), 64:23 (EQ)
Bradley Smulders 30:18 (EQ),
Doug Stienstra 58:59 (EQ)

Goals

02:52 (EQ), 33:30 (PP1) Min Ho Cho,
28:07 (EQ) Woo Sang Park,
37:11 (EQ) Yong Jun Lee,
53:05 (EQ) Ki Sung Kim

19 April 2008
17:00

Kazakhstan

3–1
(1–1, 0–0, 2–0)

TWK Arena
Attendance: 2,400

Andrey Spiridonov 12:34 (EQ), 54:42 (EQ)
Alexey Vyatkin 55:14 (EQ)

Goals

06:28 (PP1) David Clarke

19 April 2008
20:30

Austria

7–3
(1–1, 5–0, 1–2)

TWK Arena
Attendance: 3,200

Jeremy Rebek 11:31 (EQ),
Dieter Kalt 23:13 (PP2), 26:45 (EQ),
Gerhard Unterluggauer 23:36 (PP1), 50:04 (PP1),
Daniel Welser 31:55 (EQ),
Philipp Lukas 39:10 (EQ),

Goals

13:00 (EQ) Marcin Kolusz,
45:00 (EQ) Maciej Urbanowicz,
51:53 (EQ) Adrian Labryga

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament was played in Sapporo, Japan, from 13 to 19 April 2008.^[2]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Ukraine	Placed 16th in Top Division last year and were relegated
Hungary	Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year
Japan	Hosts; placed 3rd in Division I Group B last year
Estonia	Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year
Lithuania	Placed 5th in Division I Group B last year
Croatia	Placed 1st in Division II Group A last year and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	22	7	15	15	Promoted to the 2009 Top Division
2	Ukraine	5	3	1	0	1	18	8	10	11
3	Japan (H)	5	3	0	1	1	19	10	9	10
4	Lithuania	5	2	0	0	3	9	21	−12	6
5	Croatia	5	0	1	0	4	5	15	−10	2
6	Estonia	5	0	0	1	4	9	21	−12	1	Relegated to the 2009 Division II

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local.

13 April 2008
13:00

0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Ukraine

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 593

Goals

8:42 (EQ) Yuri Dyachenko
33:48 (PP2) Dmytro Tsuryl
52:06 (EQ) Vadym Shakhraychuk
52:27 (EQ) Oleksandr Karaulshchuk

13 April 2008
16:30

3–5
(1–2, 2–1, 0–2)

Hungary

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 978

Maksim Ivanov 3:05 (PP1)
Andrei Makrov 24:36 (PP2)
Aleksander Polozov 34:03 (EQ)

Goals

7:48 (EQ), 11:10 (PP1) Márton Vas
39:04 (EQ), 45:30 (EQ) Csaba Kovács
51:03 (EQ) Dániel Fekete

13 April 2008
20:00

0–5
(0–4, 0–0, 0–1)

Japan

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 708

Goals

4:23 (PP1) Yosuke Kon
9:09 (PP1) Masahito Nishiwaki
12:55 (PP1) Sho Sato
18:02 (EQ) Darcy Mitani
41:28 (EQ) Ryuichi Kawai

14 April 2008
13:00

Ukraine

3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 195

Dmytro Tsyrul 28:58 (EQ)
Yuri Navarenko 37:39 (SH1)
Roman Salnikov 59:27 (ENG)

Goals

22:15 (PP1) Andrei Makrov

14 April 2008
16:30

Hungary

6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 708

Márton Vas 10:11 (PP1)
Gábor Ocskay 11:31 (PP2), 58:37 (EQ)
Krisztián Palkovics 29:22 (PP1)
Csaba Kovács 36:31 (PS)
Balázs Ladányi 59:31 (PP1)

Goals

14 April 2008
20:00

Japan

3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 1,145

Darcy Mitani 8:34 (PP1)
Daisuke Obara 41:05 (PP1)
Takahito Suzuki 56:24 (PP1)

Goals

16 April 2008
13:00

Croatia

2–1 (GWS)
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(0–0, 1–0)

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 153

Marko Lovrenčić 39:01 (PP1)
Mario Novak 65:00 (GWS)

Goals

13:30 (PP1) Ilja Urusev

16 April 2008
16:30

Ukraine

6–1
(4–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 438

Vadym Shakhraychuk 0:47 (EQ)
Kostiantyn Kasianchuk 8:15 (EQ)
Andrei Sryubko 10:43 (PP1)
Aleksandr Materukhin 16:01 (PS)
Sergei Klimentiev 29:25 (EQ)
Roman Salnikov 51:37 (EQ)

Goals

35:47 (EQ) Tadas Kumeliauskas

16 April 2008
20:00

Hungary

4–2
(0–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 1,363

Balázs Ladányi 26:45 (EQ)
Krisztián Palkovics 27:46 (EQ), 59:25 (ENG)
Gábor Ocskay 33:50 (SH1)

Goals

37:37 (EQ) Sho Sato
45:59 (EQ) Masahito Nishiwaki

18 April 2008
13:00

1–4
(0–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Lithuania

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 238

Maksim Ivanov 38:00 (PP2)

Goals

18:41 (EQ) Mindaugas Kieras
22:00 (PP1) Darius Lelėnas
44:08 (PP1) Dalius Vaiciukevičius
59:47 (ENG) Egidijus Bauba

18 April 2008
16:30

Hungary

3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 541

Imre Peterdi 35:01 (EQ)
Krisztián Palkovics 46:01 (EQ), 49:45 (PP1)

Goals

18 April 2008
20:00

2–3 (GWS)
(0–0, 2–2, 0–0)
(0–0, 0–1)

Ukraine

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 1,879

Suzuki Takahito 24:59 (EQ)
Kamino Toru 36:49 (EQ)

Goals

Kostiantyn Kasianchuk 20:42 (PP1)
Sergii Varlamov 39:09 (PP1)
Dmytro Tsyrul 65:00 (GWS)

19 April 2008
13:00

Lithuania

4–3
(0–2, 1–0, 3–1)

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 989

Dovydas Kulevičius 21:13 (PP1), 45:40 (EQ)
Mindaugas Kieras 44:10 (PP2)
Darius Lelėnas 58:18 (EQ)

Goals

Tomislav Čunko 14:35 (EQ)
Veljko Žibret 15:20 (EQ)
Krešimir Švigir 47:17 (EQ)

19 April 2008
16:30

Japan

7–3
(4–2, 1–0, 2–1)

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 2,386

Saito Takeshi 2:14 (EQ), 41:43 (PP1)
Aaron Keller 3:32 (EQ)
Obara Daisuke 6:15 (PP1)
Mitani Darcy 11:48 (EQ), 21:01 (PP1)
Kon Yosuke 44:05 (EQ)

Goals

Maksim Ivanov 0:36 (EQ)
Andrei Makrov 9:44 (EQ)
Aleksei Sibirtsev 48:57 (PP1)

19 April 2008
20:00

2–4
(0–2, 2–1, 0–1)

Hungary

Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 2,544

Oleg Blagoi 37:04 (EQ)
Vitaliy Semenchenko 37:39 (SH1)

Goals

10:27 (EQ) János Vas
19:32 (PP1) Krisztián Palkovics
21:46 (EQ) Imre Peterdi
59:19 (SH1) Márton Vas

References

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