2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, or, as it is commonly referred to as 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.

Group A
All times local (Central European Time/UTC +1)
 * Schedule

Group B
All times local (Central European Time/UTC +1)
 * Schedule

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

All times local (Central European Time/UTC +1)
 * Schedule

 and  are relegated to Division I for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Final Round

 * Quarter Finals


 * 5th Place Playoff


 * Semi Finals


 * Bronze Medal Game


 * Gold Medal Game

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Tournament awards

 * Most Valuable Player
 * 🇨🇦 Steve Mason


 * All-star team


 * Goaltender:🇨🇦 Steve Mason
 * Defencemen:🇨🇦 Drew Doughty, 🇸🇪 Victor Hedman
 * Forwards:🇷🇺 Viktor Tikhonov, 🇺🇸 James van Riemsdyk, 🇸🇪 Patrik Berglund


 * IIHF best player awards


 * Goaltender:🇨🇦 Steve Mason
 * Defenceman:🇨🇦 Drew Doughty
 * Forward:🇷🇺 Viktor Tikhonov

Winning team roster
Roster of the winning Canadian team.


 * ↑ Age on first day of tournament.

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 Tölz, Germany. Group B was played at Riga, Latvia:

Group A
 is promoted to Pool A and is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group B
 is promoted to Pool A and 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
 is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group B
 is promoted to Division I and 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.

 and were promoted to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships