2008 IIHF World U18 Championships


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

Results

Group B

Results

Relegation round

Results

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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

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

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

PlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO
Jake Allen420:0010.9481.432
Brandon Maxwell298:2311.9262.210
Danila Alistratov144:057.8702.910
Marek Čiliak180:009.9063.000
Jacob Markström355:0918.8633.041

Tournament awards

All-Star team

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

Results

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.
TeamGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPTS
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521021168
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5100412263
500054330

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

Results

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.
TeamGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPTS
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5310131911
5300232249
5201214307
5100414523
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is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

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.
TeamGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPTS
54001371212
54001271112
5300220149
5200332216
5200320216
5000511680

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

Results

Division III

Division III consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 2 and 8 March 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico and the Group B tournament was held between 3 and 9 March 2008 in İzmit, Turkey. Mexico and Serbia won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.
;Final standings
Group A
  1. promoted to Division II for 2009
Group B
  1. promoted to Division II for 2009