2008 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II was two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II represents the third level of the Ice Hockey World Championships. For each tournament, the team which placed first was promoted to Division I, while the team which placed last was relegated to Division III for 2009.

2008 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Romania
 Australia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates7–13 April 2008
Teams12
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Group A tournament

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The Group A tournament was played in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, from 7 to 13 April 2008.[1]

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
  Romania Hosts; placed 6th in Division I Group B last year and were relegated
  Belgium Placed 2nd in Division II Group A last year
  Israel Placed 3rd in Division II Group B last year
  Serbia Placed 4th in Division II Group A last year
  Bulgaria Placed 5th in Division II Group A last year
  Ireland Placed 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Romania (H) 5 5 0 0 0 65 2 +63 15 Promoted to the 2009 Division I
2   Belgium 5 3 1 0 1 29 14 +15 11
3   Serbia 5 3 0 1 1 32 19 +13 10
4   Israel 5 1 1 0 3 16 28 −12 5
5   Bulgaria 5 1 0 1 3 14 44 −30 4
6   Ireland 5 0 0 0 5 8 57 −49 0 Relegated to the 2009 Division III
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

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All times are local.

7 April 2008
13:30
Ireland  1–13
(1–2, 0–3, 0–8)
  SerbiaLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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7 April 2008
17:00
Belgium  8–1
(4–0, 1–1, 3–0)
  BulgariaLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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7 April 2008
20:30
Israel  0–13
(0–4, 0–5, 0–4)
  RomaniaLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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8 April 2008
13:30
Bulgaria  7–4
(2–1, 1–1, 4–2)
  IrelandLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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8 April 2008
17:00
Romania  10–0
(3–0, 4–0, 3–0)
  SerbiaLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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8 April 2008
20:30
Belgium  6–3
(2–2, 3–1, 1–0)
  IsraelLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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10 April 2008
13:30
Belgium  9–1
(3–0, 4–1, 2–0)
  IrelandLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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10 April 2008
17:00
Israel  1–4
(1–0, 0–3, 0–1)
  SerbiaLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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10 April 2008
20:30
Romania  16–0
(7–0, 4–0, 5–0)
  BulgariaLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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11 April 2008
13:30
Serbia  4–5 (GWS)
(3–1, 1–2, 0–1)
(0–0, 0–1)
  BelgiumLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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11 April 2008
17:00
Bulgaria  4–5 (OT)
(1–2, 1–0, 2–2)
(0–1)
  IsraelLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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11 April 2008
20:30
Ireland  1–21
(0–7, 1–5, 0–9)
  RomaniaLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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13 April 2008
13:30
Serbia  11–2
(6–0, 5–0, 0–2)
  BulgariaLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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13 April 2008
17:00
Israel  7–1
(2–0, 4–1, 1–0)
  IrelandLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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13 April 2008
20:30
Romania  5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0)
  BelgiumLajos Vákár Ice Hall
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Group B Tournament

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The Group B tournament was played in Newcastle, Australia, from 7 to 13 April 2008.[2]

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
  China Placed 6th in Division I Group A last year and were relegated
  Australia Hosts; placed 2nd in Division II Group B last year
  Spain Placed 3rd in Division II Group A last year
  Iceland Placed 4th in Division II Group B last year
  Mexico Placed 5th in Division II Group B last year
  New Zealand Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Australia (H) 5 5 0 0 0 20 6 +14 15 Promoted to the 2009 Division I
2   China 5 2 2 0 1 21 14 +7 10
3   Spain 5 3 0 1 1 20 19 +1 10
4   Mexico 5 2 0 0 3 14 20 −6 6
5   Iceland 5 1 0 1 3 17 21 −4 4
6   New Zealand 5 0 0 0 5 11 23 −12 0 Relegated to the 2009 Division III
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

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All times are local.

7 April 2008
13:00
Spain  4–5 (GWS)
(1–0, 2–3, 1–1)
(0–0, 0–1)
  ChinaHISS Arena
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7 April 2008
16:30
New Zealand  3–6
(1–2, 1–3, 1–1)
  IcelandHISS Arena
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7 April 2008
20:00
Australia  7–1
(2–0, 3–1, 2–0)
  MexicoHISS Arena
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9 April 2008
13:00
China  5–4 (GWS)
(2–1, 1–1, 1–2)
(0–0, 1–0)
  IcelandHISS Arena
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9 April 2008
16:30
Mexico  2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
  New ZealandHISS Arena
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9 April 2008
20:00
Australia  5–3
(1–1, 1–2, 3–0)
  SpainHISS Arena
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10 April 2008
13:00
China  5–3
(1–3, 2–0, 2–0)
  MexicoHISS Arena
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10 April 2008
16:30
Spain  4–3
(1–0, 3–0, 0–3)
  IcelandHISS Arena
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10 April 2008
20:00
Australia  4–2
(1–0, 1–2, 2–0)
  New ZealandHISS Arena
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12 April 2008
13:00
Mexico  2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0–1)
  SpainHISS Arena
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12 April 2008
16:30
New Zealand  2–6
(2–1, 0–3, 0–2)
  ChinaHISS Arena
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12 April 2008
20:00
Iceland  0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
  AustraliaHISS Arena
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13 April 2008
13:00
Iceland  4–6
(1–4, 3–1, 0–1)
  MexicoHISS Arena
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13 April 2008
16:30
Spain  5–4
(1–1, 1–0, 3–3)
  New ZealandHISS Arena
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13 April 2008
20:00
China  0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
  AustraliaHISS Arena
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References

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