2008 IIHF World U18 Championships

2008 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	April 13 – April 24, 2008
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	221 (7.13 per match)
Attendance	66,739 (2,153 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Cody Hodgson (12 points)
MVP	Jake Allen

The 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kazan, Russia. The championships began on April 13, 2008 and finished on April 24, 2008. Games were played at TatNeft Arena and Arena Kazan in Kazan. Canada defeated Russia 8–0 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the United States defeated Sweden 6–3 to capture the bronze medal.

Championship results[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	4	4	0	0	0	26	9	12
Canada	4	3	0	0	1	21	7	9
Germany	4	1	1	0	2	13	19	5
Slovakia	4	1	0	1	2	13	19	4
Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	4	23	0

Results[]

April 13, 2008	Canada	9–2	Germany	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	G. Nemisz (ES) 10:47 T. Hall (PP) 15:50 J. Eberle (PP) 25:29 N. Deschamps (ES) 26:36 T. Myers (ES) 33:06 E. O'Dell (ES) 33:40 N. Deschamps (ES) 41:59 R. Ellis (PP) 42:50 J. Eberle (ES) 54:15		29:49 (PP) P. Pohl 53:47 (ES) D. Weiss	Attendance: 1,100

April 13, 2008	Slovakia	4–6	Russia	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	M. Viedensky (SH) 08:30 M. Preisinger (PP) 47:30 T. Hricina (ES) 55:35 T. Hricina (PP) 59:44		08:52 (PP) A. Loktionov 17:09 (PP) K. Petrov 21:31 (ES) A. Lazarev 41:53 (ES) I. Golovkov 48:21 (PP) M. Chudinov 56:34 (ES) V. Kulemin	Attendance: 7,400

April 14, 2008	Slovakia	5–2	Denmark	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	T. Hricina (ES) 29:09 M. Siska (PP) 35:45 P. Slimak (ES) 46:05 M. Lison (ES) 46:33 M. Stajnoch (PP) 54:16		43:44 (PP) A. Jensen 54:43 (ES) A. Jensen	Attendance: 700

April 14, 2008	Germany	2–6	Russia	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	M. Forster (PP) 13:39 T. Ritter (ES) 41:54		26:03 (PP) K. Petrov 33:09 (ES) N. Filatov 35:03 (PP) D. Kugryshev 49:17 (ES) A. Loktionov 50:55 (SH) N. Filatov 55:27 (ES) E. Grachev	Attendance: 5,600

April 15, 2008	Denmark	1–4	Canada	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	K. Christensen (PP) 36:07		15:30 (ES) M. Scandella 23:36 (ES) C. Trivino 28:27 (ES) C. Trivino 50:47 (ES) C. Trivino	Attendance: 1,100

April 16, 2008	Germany	5–4 (SO)	Slovakia	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	M. Forster (ES) 00:09 M. El-Sayed (SH) 11:40 T. Kimmel (ES) 30:40 J. Flaake (ES) 37:11 D. Weiss (SO) 65:00		07:21 (SH) M. Uhnak 20:39 (ES) T. Hricina 26:58 (PP) R. Panik 28:41 (ES) M. Preisinger	Attendance: 600

April 16, 2008	Russia	4–2	Canada	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	D. Kugryshev (ES) 23:21 A. Loktionov (PP) 39:10 E. Grachev (ES) 47:43 P. Chernov (ES) 55:35		31:36 (PP) R. Ellis 33:44 (ES) M. Duchene	Attendance: 10,000

April 17, 2008	Denmark	0–4	Germany	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
			11:06 (ES) M. Hofbauer 25:25 (ES) D. Weiss 36:59 (ES) T. Biersack 54:20 (ES) P. Pohl	Attendance: 500

April 18, 2008	Canada	6–0	Slovakia	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	C. Hodgson (ES) 00:40 M. Duchene (PP) 10:41 M. Duchene (PP) 31:51 J. Lagace (ES) 33:53 M. Duchene (PP) 54:17 G. Nemisz (ES) 55:09			Attendance: 1,000

April 18, 2008	Russia	10–1	Denmark	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	A. Lazarev (ES) 05:31 A. Yarchuk (ES) 11:03 K. Petrov (PP) 26:46 I. Biryukov (ES) 30:25 N. Filatov (SH) 36:26 A. Raisov (ES) 42:02 K. Petrov (PP) 43:42 A. Lazarev (ES) 50:02 P. Chernov (PP) 53:31 A. Yarchuk (PP) 54:47		32:35 (SH) S. Svendsen	Attendance: 6,400

Group B[]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	4	4	0	23	9	12
United States	4	3	1	20	12	9
Finland	4	2	2	15	15	6
Switzerland	4	1	3	9	21	3
Belarus	4	0	4	9	19	0

Results[]

April 13, 2008	Sweden	6–2	Belarus	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	J. Josefson (ES) 09:42 J. Mattsson (ES) 25:49 A. Petersson (PP) 40:20 J. Josefson (ES) 50:58 J. Josefson (PP) 54:09 M. Ekholm (ES) 55:57		12:32 (ES) A. Fomin 57:39 (PP) A. Fomin	Attendance: 650

April 13, 2008	Switzerland	2–7	United States	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	P. Geering (ES) 14:41 M. Kampf (PP) 52:46		16:07 (PP) J. Florek 21:07 (ES) J. Morin 21:34 (ES) C. Moore 31:57 (ES) P. McRae 40:06 (ES) D. Kristo 54:40 (ES) P. McRae 59:08 (PP) J. Morin	Attendance: 630

April 14, 2008	Belarus	2–5	United States	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	A. Fomin (ES) 03:31 S. Sheleg (PP) 46:00		14:47 (ES) D. Wohlberg 18:15 (PP) P. McRae 33:17 (ES) J. Schroeder 38:03 (PP) J. Morin 58:09 (EN) J. Florek	Attendance: 700

April 14, 2008	Switzerland	3–5	Finland	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	P. Geering (ES) 25:15 S. Ryser (PP) 45:21 P. Gemperli (PP) 56:03		03:25 (ES) T. Rajala 18:45 (PP) J. Sallinen 20:20 (ES) M. Sointu 32:24 (PP) J. Nattinen 50:07 (ES) T. Rajala	Attendance: 650

April 15, 2008	Finland	3–5	Sweden	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	J. Nattinen (PP) 04:08 M. Sointu (PP) 36:11 T. Hartikainen (ES) 49:51		23:46 (ES) H. Bjorklund 24:24 (ES) A. Petersson 30:59 (PP) M. Svensson Pääjärvi 43:51 (ES) H. Eriksson 59:39 (EN) M. Johansson	Attendance: 860

April 16, 2008	Belarus	2–4	Switzerland	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	S. Drozd (PP) 26:32 A. Fomin (ES) 52:08		02:03 (ES) M. Kampf 19:25 (ES) P. Geering 27:42 (ES) A. Berger 59:04 (EN) A. Kampf	Attendance: 300

April 16, 2008	United States	4–5	Sweden	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	J. Schroeder (ES) 19:21 C. Moore (ES) 23:26 J. Morin (ES) 34:29 D. Wohlberg (ES) 43:50		09:06 (PP) M. Tedenby 35:36 (ES) M. Tedenby 39:10 (PP) J. Josefson 50:10 (PP) D. Bozic 59:44 (ES) A. Petersson	Attendance: 550

April 17, 2008	Finland	4–3	Belarus	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	T. Rajala (ES) 16:23 I. Pitkanen (PP) 37:12 M. Sointu (ES) 41:01 P. Jormakka (ES) 55:29		15:36 (PP) S. Sheleg 23:54 (ES) S. Drozd 34:24 (ES) A. Fomin	Attendance: 639

April 18, 2008	Sweden	7–0	Switzerland	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	A. Petersson (PP) 02:58 L. Sandstrom (ES) 13:22 M. Johansson (ES) 26:46 M. Svensson Pääjärvi (ES) 27:13 J. Mattsson (SH) 35:00 M. Johansson (PP) 38:13 M. Tedenby (ES) 57:53			Attendance: 300

April 18, 2008	United States	4–3	Finland	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	J. Schroeder (ES) 00:53 K. Palmieri (ES) 05:09 J. Florek (PP) 10:04 R. Grimshaw (ES) 41:16		04:19 (ES) J. Rask 31:08 (PP) T. Hartikainen 42:31 (PP) T. Kivisto	Attendance: 770

Relegation round[]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	3	3	0	14	5	9
Switzerland	3	2	1	12	6	6
Belarus	3	1	2	9	12	3
Denmark	3	0	3	5	17	0

Results[]

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

April 14, 2008:

Slovakia 5–2

Denmark

April 16, 2008: Switzerland 4–2 Belarus

April 20, 2008	Belarus	1–6	Slovakia	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	I. Revenko (ES) 45:29		01:58 (ES) R. Panik 14:13 (PP) R. Panik 14:49 (ES) A. Lapsanky 27:26 (ES) R. Panik 34:49 (ES) M. Preisinger 56:53 (ES) T. Hricina	Attendance: 125

April 20, 2008	Switzerland	6–1	Denmark	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	N. Niederreiter (PP) 17:39 A. Berger (ES) 25:28 R. Jose (ES) 32:33 D. Schlumpf (PP) 34:13 S. Ryser (PP) 39:42 O. Baur (ES) 56:25		38:08 (PP) K. Christensen	Attendance: 195

April 21, 2008	Denmark	2–6	Belarus	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	N. Carlsen (PP) 37:56 S. Svendsen (ES) 57:59		05:50 (ES) Y. Solomonov 07:01 (PP) I. Revenko 32:03 (PP) Y. Stepanov 40:36 (PP) I. Revenko 48:12 (ES) A. Fomin 56:19 (ES) S. Korolik	Attendance: 200

April 21, 2008	Slovakia	3–2	Switzerland	Arena Kazan, Kazan

Game summary
	M. Hrivik (PP) 41:39 A. Lapsansky (ES) 47:23 M. Uhnak (ES) 59:50		39:22 (ES) M. Kampf 52:07 (ES) S. Ryser	Attendance: 120

Final round[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Sweden

2

A2

Canada

2

A2

Canada

3

B3

Finland

1

A2

Canada

8

A1

Russia

0

A1

Russia

3

B2

United States

4

B2

United States

1

Third place

A3

Germany

1

B1

Sweden

3

B2

United States

6

Quarterfinals[]

April 20, 2008	Canada	2–1	Finland	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	T. Cuma (PP) 15:03 C. Hodgson (PP) 30:57		54:13 (SH) J. Lajunen	Attendance: 1,600

April 20, 2008	United States	4–1	Germany	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	R. Czarnik (ES) 04:40 D. Wohlberg (ES) 24:38 C. Moore (ES) 30:35 K. Palmieri (ES) 51:36		21:56 (PP) D. Weiss	Attendance: 1,700

Semifinals[]

April 21, 2008	Sweden	2–3	Canada	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	M. Tedenby (ES) 05:51 J. Silfverberg (ES) 21:08		06:28 (ES) M. Duchene 28:46 (PP) T. Hall 46:52 (PP) T. Hall	Attendance: 1,500

April 21, 2008	Russia	3–1	United States	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	V. Voinov (PP) 15:34 A. Raisov (ES) 37:24 K. Petrov (EN) 58:52		54:11 (ES) R. Bourque	Attendance: 9,500

Fifth place game[]

April 22, 2008	Finland	3–4	Germany	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	J. Sallinen (ES) 10:15 E. Haula (SH) 44:43 P. Jormakka (PP) 53:04		19:58 (ES) S. Hanusch 27:31 (PP) T. Kimmel 35:34 (ES) T. Ritter 59:23 (SH) F. Strobl	Attendance: 350

Bronze medal game[]

April 23, 2008	Sweden	3–6	United States	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	V. Hedman (PP) 14:23 H. Bjorklund (ES) 30:39 M. Lundberg (ES) 34:22		19:10 (ES) R. Bourque 19:26 (ES) R. Czarnik 25:12 (ES) R. Czarnik 27:34 (ES) J. Morin 39:20 (ES) D. Kristo 55:37 (ES) J. Morin	Attendance: 1,100

Gold medal game[]

April 23, 2008	Canada	8–0	Russia	Tatneft Arena, Kazan

Game summary
	N. Deschamps (SH) 04:32 C. Trivino (ES) 09:02 J. Eberle (PP) 15:06 B. Schenn (ES) 15:55 J. Eberle (ES) 17:05 T. Cuma (PP) 27:14 B. McMillan (ES) 37:15 T. Hall (ES) 46:49			Attendance: 10,000

Final standings[]

Rk.	Team
	Canada
	Russia
	United States
4	Sweden
5	Germany
6	Finland
7	Slovakia
8	Switzerland
9	Belarus
10	Denmark

Belarus and Denmark are relegated to Division I for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Scoring leaders[]

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cody Hodgson	Canada	7	2	10	12	8
Igor Revenko	Belarus	6	3	8	11	6
Richard Panik	Slovakia	6	4	6	10	0
Jordan Eberle	Canada	7	4	6	10	0
Taylor Hall	Canada	7	4	5	9	4
Nikita Filatov	Russia	6	3	6	9	29
Alexander Fomin	Belarus	6	6	2	8	0
Jeremy Morin	United States	7	6	2	8	6
Matthew Duchene	Canada	7	5	3	8	6
Andre Petersson	Sweden	6	4	4	8	2
Mattias Tedenby	Sweden	5	4	4	8	35
Andrei Loktionov	Russia	6	3	5	8	29
Robbie Czarnik	United States	7	3	5	8	10

Goaltending leaders[]

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
Jake Allen	Canada	420:00	10	.948	1.43	2
Brandon Maxwell	United States	298:23	11	.926	2.21	0
Danila Alistratov	Russia	144:05	7	.870	2.91	0
Marek Ciliak	Slovakia	180:00	9	.906	3.00	0
Jacob Markström	Sweden	355:09	18	.863	3.04	1

Tournament awards[]

All-Star team[]

Goaltender: Jake Allen
Defensemen: Victor Hedman, Vyacheslav Voinov
Forwards: Nikita Filatov, Kirill Petrov, Mattias Tedenby

Best players[]

Top Goaltender: Jake Allen
Top Defenseman: Erik Karlsson
Top Forward: Kirill Petrov

MVP[]

Jake Allen

Division I[]

Main article: 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships - Division I

Group A[]

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division I tournament, which was played in Toruń, Poland from April 2 through April 8, 2008.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
Czech Republic	5	5	0	36	5	15
Kazakhstan	5	3	2	19	13	9
Lithuania	5	2	3	13	26	6
Poland	5	2	3	7	18	6
Ukraine	5	2	3	8	12	6
Slovenia	5	1	4	15	24	3

Czech Republic is promoted to the Championship tournament and Slovenia is relegated to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results[]

Team	CZE	KAZ	LTU	POL	SLO	UKR
CZE		7 - 0	7 - 1	9 - 0	8 - 2	5 - 2
KAZ	0 - 7		9 - 0	1 - 4	7 - 2	2 - 0
LTU	1 - 7	0 - 9		2 - 3	6 - 5	4 - 2
POL	0 - 9	4 - 1	3 - 2		0 - 5	0 - 1
SLO	2 - 8	2 - 7	5 - 6	5 - 0		1 - 3
UKR	2 - 5	0 - 2	2 - 4	1 - 0	3 - 1

Group B[]

The following teams will take part in Group B of the Division I tournament, which will be played in Riga, Latvia from April 2 through April 8, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Norway	5	5	0	0	0	15	3	15
Latvia	5	4	0	0	1	21	2	12
Austria	5	2	1	0	2	11	6	8
Italy	5	2	0	1	2	17	10	7
Japan	5	1	0	0	4	12	26	3
Netherlands	5	0	0	0	5	4	33	0

Norway is promoted to the Championship tournament and Netherlands is relegated to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results[]

Team	AUT	ITA	JPN	LAT	NED	NOR
AUT		2 - 1 (OT)	6 - 1	0 - 2	2 - 0	1 - 2
ITA	1 - 2 (OT)		4 - 3	1 - 3	10 - 0	1 - 2
JPN	1 - 6	3 - 4		0 - 9	7 - 4	1 - 3
LAT	2 - 0	3 - 1	9 - 0		7 - 0	0 - 1
NED	0 - 2	0 - 10	4 - 7	0 - 7		0 - 7
NOR	2 - 1	2 - 1	3 - 1	1 - 0	7 - 0

Division II[]

Main article: 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships - Division II

Group A[]

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division II tournament, which was played in Meribel and Courchevel, France from March 30 through April 5, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
France	5	5	0	0	0	53	4	15
South Korea	5	3	1	0	1	31	9	11
Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	32	24	9
Belgium	5	2	0	1	2	14	30	7
China	5	1	0	0	4	14	52	3
Australia	5	0	0	0	5	8	33	0

France is promoted to Division I and Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

Group B[]

The following teams took part in Group B of the Division II tournament, which was played in Tallinn, Estonia at Arena Premia from March 23 through March 29, 2008.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
Hungary	5	4	1	37	12	12
United Kingdom	5	4	1	27	11	12
Estonia	5	3	2	20	14	9
Romania	5	2	3	32	21	6
Spain	5	2	3	20	21	6
Israel	5	0	5	11	68	0

Hungary is promoted to Division I and Israel is relegated to Division III for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

Official Tournament Reports

Division III[]

Main article: 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships - Division III

Group A[]

The following teams took part in Group A of Division III tournament, which was played in Mexico City, Mexico at San Jeronimo Arena from March 2 through March 9, 2008.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
Mexico	4	4	0	32	2	12
Chinese Taipei	4	3	1	31	23	9
New Zealand	4	2	2	45	18	6
South Africa	4	1	3	18	26	3
Mongolia	4	0	4	7	64	0

Mexico is promoted to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

Group B[]

The following teams took part Group B of the Division III tournament, which was played in Izmit, Turkey at K.B.B. Ice Arena from March 3 through March 8, 2008.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
Serbia	4	4	0	45	0	12
Turkey	4	3	1	48	7	9
Iceland	4	2	2	34	26	6
Bulgaria	4	1	3	27	35	3
Armenia	4	0	4	1	87	0

Serbia is promoted to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

External links[]

Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation

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2008 IIHF World U18 Championships

Contents

Championship results[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Results[]

Group B[]

Results[]

Relegation round[]

Results[]

Final round[]

Quarterfinals[]

Semifinals[]

Fifth place game[]

Bronze medal game[]

Gold medal game[]

Final standings[]

Scoring leaders[]

Goaltending leaders[]

Tournament awards[]

All-Star team[]

Best players[]

MVP[]

Division I[]

Group A[]

Results[]

Group B[]

Results[]

Division II[]

Group A[]

Group B[]

Division III[]

Group A[]

Group B[]

See also[]

External links[]