2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2008 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	26 December 2007 – 5 January 2008
Teams	10
Venue(s)	ČEZ Arena and ; Tipsport Arena (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (14th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	197 (6.35 per match)
Attendance	103,179 (3,328 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	James van Riemsdyk; (11 points)
MVP	Steve Mason
	← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2008 WJHC), was the 32nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. 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 for the fourth consecutive time. Sweden earned its first World Junior medal since 1996 by reaching the final.

Top Division

Venues

ČEZ Aréna Capacity: 10,194	Tipsport Arena Capacity: 7,500

Czech Republic – Pardubice	Czech Republic – Liberec

Rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	4	0	22	9	+13	12	Semifinals
2	Canada	4	3	1	12	5	+7	9	Quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic (H)	4	2	2	12	11	+1	6	Quarterfinals
4	Slovakia	4	1	3	9	14	−5	3	Relegation round
5	Denmark	4	0	4	7	23	−16	0	Relegation round

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

26 December 2007
16:00

Sweden

4–3
(2–1, 0–0, 2–2)

Slovakia

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 7,692

Game reference

Robin Figren 10:20 (SH)
Patrik Berglund 16:14 (PP)
Robin Figren 48:05 (PP)
Johan Alcén 55:03 (PP)

Goals

Milan Bališ 02:10 (PP2)
Ivan Roháč 48:56
Tomáš Marcinko 50:15

26 December 2007
20:00

Czech Republic

0–3
(0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 10,057

Game reference

Goals

John Tavares 31:21 (PP)
Matthew Halischuk 43:57
John Tavares 51:53 (PP)

27 December 2007
16:00

Slovakia

0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 3,657

Game reference

Goals

Kyle Turris 20:54 (PP2), 53:20 (PP)

27 December 2007
20:00

Czech Republic

5–2
(3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Denmark

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 3,260

Game reference

Michael Frolík 00:22, 03:26 (PP), 13:09
Jakub Sklenář 23:30
Petr Strapáč 51:41 (PP)

Goals

Kevin Leder 28:00
Sune Hjulmand 33:09 (PP)

28 December 2007
18:00

Denmark

1–10
(1–2, 0–4, 0–4)

Sweden

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 654

Game reference

Morten Poulsen 01:06

Goals

Oscar Möller 07:19
Tobias Forsberg 09:56
Mikael Backlund 26:20 (SH), 32:43 (SH)
Tony Lagerström 30:12, 46:29
Robin Figren 34:20
Patrik Berglund 51:58
Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 52:30
Patrik Lundh 54:25

29 December 2007
16:00

Slovakia

2–5
(0–2, 1–2, 1–1)

Czech Republic

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 10,194

Game reference

Oliver Ďuriš 38:17
Erik Čaládi (PP2) 52:20

Goals

Jakub Sklenář 7:11, 26:10
Michael Frolík 19:59
Daniel Bártek 24:45
Martin Látal 54:27 (SH)

29 December 2007
20:00

Canada

3–4
(1–0, 0–0, 2–4)

Sweden

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 8,547

Game reference

Brad Marchand 19:05
Shawn Matthias 42:17
Claude Giroux 56:18 (PP2)

Goals

Eric Moe 45:14 (PP)
Tony Lagerström 46:45
Oscar Möller 49:09 (PP)
Tobias Forsberg 59:53

30 December 2007
18:00

Denmark

3–4
(0–1, 0–2, 3–1)

Slovakia

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 468

Game reference

Mikkel Bødker 43:36 (PP)
Nichlas Hardt 48:01
Morten Poulsen 59:35 (PP)

Goals

Ivan Roháč 8:25 (PP)
Matej Češík 27:43
Erik Čaládi 31:06 (PP2)
Marek Slovák 48:24

31 December 2007
14:00

Sweden

4–2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Czech Republic

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 6,272

Game reference

Oscar Möller 4:11
Patrik Berglund 23:37 (PP2)
Thomas Larsson 24:42
Robin Figren 41:26

Goals

Antonín Bořuta 40:44 (PP)
Jakub Sklenář 50:10

31 December 2007
18:00

Canada

4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Denmark

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 1,158

Game reference

Shawn Matthias 12:44 (PP)
John Tavares 18:08
Kyle Turris 28:18, 54:42 (PP)

Goals

Mikkel Bødker 49:36 (PP2)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	17	8	+9	12	Semifinals
2	Russia	4	3	0	0	1	18	14	+4	9	Quarterfinals
3	Finland	4	1	1	0	2	16	15	+1	5	Quarterfinals
4	Kazakhstan	4	1	0	0	3	8	16	−8	3	Relegation round
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	1	3	9	15	−6	1	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

26 December 2007
16:00

United States

5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 1,029

Game reference

James van Riemsdyk 19:57
Rhett Rakhshani 24:58
Mike Carman 26:23
Colin Wilson 44:11 (PP)
Kyle Okposo 57:43

Goals

Alexandr Kurshuk 14:46 (PP)

26 December 2007
20:00

Finland

4–7
(2–1, 0–4, 2–2)

Russia

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 1,720

Game reference

Nico Aaltonen 07:20 (PP)
Joonas Jalvanti 15:02 (PP)
Juuso Puustinen 43:33
Max Wärn 43:59

Goals

Marat Kalimulin 11:47 (PP)
Yevgeni Bodrov 26:26
Vadim Golubtsov 27:32 (PP)
Artem Anisimov 32:34
Anton Korolev 34:32
Viktor Tikhonov 40:25 (PP)
Dmitri Kugryshev 56:22

27 December 2007
16:00

Kazakhstan

4–5
(2–0, 1–4, 1–1)

Russia

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 796

Game reference

Evgeny Rymarev 03:58
Konstantin Savenkov 14:21
Yakov Vorobyov 35:47 (PP)
Mikhail Kachulin 53:10

Goals

Viktor Tikhonov 20:25 (PP)
Alexei Cherepanov 21:19
Evgenij Kurbatov 31:37
Artyom Gordeyev 36:27
Yuri Alexandrov 53:30

27 December 2007
20:00

Finland

4–3 GWS
(1–2, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Switzerland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 980

Game reference

Juuso Puustinen 17:36 (PP)
Harri Pesonen 22:45
Jarkko Malinen 43:05
Sakari Salminen GWG

Goals

Kevin Lotscher 09:37
Reto Suri 14:47
Gregory Sciaroni 59:14

28 December 2007
18:00

Switzerland

2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

United States

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 1,222

Game reference

Andrej Bykov 24:17
Arnaud Jacquemet 55:45 (PP)

Goals

Colin Wilson 05:08 (PP), 49:30 (PP2)
Bobby Sanguinetti 22:57(PP)
James van Riemsdyk 42:27 (PP2)

29 December 2007
16:00

Kazakhstan

0–5
(0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 1,354

Game reference

Goals

Nico Aaltonen 02:59
Joonas Kemppainen 23:37 (PP), 26:37
Niclas Lucenius 46:17 (PP2)
Juuso Puustinen 48:30

29 December 2007
20:00

Russia

2–3
(0–1, 1–0, 1–2)

United States

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 4,654

Game reference

Alexei Cherepanov 28:36
Viktor Tikhonov 54:36

Goals

Tyler Ruegsegger 11:31 (PP2)
James van Riemsdyk 43:01 (PP)
Mike Carman 47:44

30 December 2007
18:00

Switzerland

1–3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 513

Game reference

Yannick Weber 53:49 (PP)

Goals

Yakov Vorobiev 7:39, 28;19 (PP)
Evgeny Rymarev 59:07

31 December 2007
14:00

Russia

4–3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 551

Game reference

Anton Korolev 1:31
Dmitri Sayustov 20:46 (PP2)
Artyom Gordeyev 37:49
Viktor Tikhonov 55:31

Goals

Arnauld Jacquemet 9:41 (PP)
Dino Wieser 28:45
Marco Maurer 57:40

31 December 2007
18:00

United States

5–3
(2–0, 3–0, 0–3)

Finland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 1,133

Game reference

Colin Wilson 9:29, 13:20 (PP), 21:43
Tyler Ruegsegger 24:44
James van Riemsdyk 29:14

Goals

Nico Aaltonen 50:52 (PP)
Mikko Kousa 55:21 (PP)
Niclas Lucenius 59:14

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Slovakia	3	3	0	17	5	+12	9
8	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	9	12	−3	6
9	Switzerland	3	1	2	8	10	−2	3	2009 Division I
10	Denmark	3	0	3	8	15	−7	0	2009 Division I

Source: IIHF

2 January 2008
16:00

Slovakia

5–2
(1–0, 2–0, 2–2)

Switzerland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 564

Game reference

Marek Slovák 5:50 (PP)
Dalibor Jančovič 31:13
Tomáš Marcinko 39:48
Erik Čaládi 58:54 (ENG)
Juraj Mikuš 59:51 (ENG)

Goals

Étienne Froidevaux 40:40
Aurelio Lemm 46:07 (PP)

2 January 2008
20:00

Kazakhstan

6–3
(1–0, 2–2, 3–1)

Denmark

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 149

Game reference

Evgeny Gasnikov 08:53 (PP)
Yakov Vorobiev 33:42
Evgeny Rymarev 38:36 (SH), 52:08 (PP), 59:11 (ENG), 59:25 (ENG)

Goals

Lars Eller 22:38 (PP), 38:59 (PP)
Nichlas Hardt 43:43 (PP)

3 January 2008
16:00

Switzerland

5–2
(1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 251

Game reference

Yannick Weber 15:31
Aurelio Lemm 32:36, 39:29 (PP)
Reto Suri 43:12
Roman Schlagenhauf 58:37 (PP)

Goals

Lars Eller 04:38
Philip Larsen 26:57 (PP)

3 January 2008
20:00

Slovakia

8–0
(4–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 359

Game reference

Oliver Ďuriš 6:40
Dávid Skokan 14:00 (PP), 19:39 (PP2)
Ivan Roháč 15:45
Erik Čaládi 32:33 (PP)
Patrik Lušňák 35:13 (PP), 37:32
Dalibor Jančovič 50:05

Goals

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final




		4 January

		Sweden (OT)	2
2 January
		Russia	1
Russia	4
				5 January
Czech Republic	1
				Sweden	2

				Canada (OT)	3

		4 January

		United States	1
2 January
		Canada	4	Third place
Canada	4
				5 January
Finland	2
				United States	2

				Russia	4

Quarterfinals

2 January 2008
16:00

Canada

4–2
(0–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Finland

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 5,187

Game reference

John Tavares 27:23 (PP)
Steven Stamkos 42:20
Brad Marchand 50:32
Stefan Legein 59:30 (ENG)

Goals

Juuso Puustinen 7:23
Jan-Mikael Juutilainen 45:42

2 January 2008
20:00

Russia

4–1
(0–0, 3–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 8,420

Game reference

Sergei Bobrovsky

Goalies

Michal Neuvirth

Referees:

Danny Kurmann

Thomas Stearns
Linesmen:

Peter Feola

Felix Winnekens

Seleznev (Filatov, Mamin) – 27:58	1–0
Tikhonov (Golubtsov) (PP) – 35:04	2–0
Filatov (Anisimov, Kugryshev) – 36:57	3–0
	3–1	37:20 – Meidl (Voráček)
Korolev (Bodrov) – 50:10	4–1

14 min

Penalties

16 min

25

Shots

13

Fifth place game

3 January 2008
18:00

Czech Republic

5–1
(0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Finland

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 483

Game reference

Daniel Bártek 26:44
Michael Frolík 27:59
Tomáš Kundrátek 39:20 (PP)
Zbyněk Hampl 47:46
Martin Látal 57:07 (ENG)

Goals

Harri Pesonen

Semifinals

4 January 2008
16:00

Sweden

2–1 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)

Russia

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 3,286

Game reference

Jhonas Enroth

Goalies

Sergei Bobrovsky

Referees:

Danny Kurmann

Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:

Petr Blümel

Jeff Jobson

	0–1	38:27 – Filatov (Cherepanov)
Figren (Andersson, Moe) (PP) – 51:50	1–1
Backlund (Pääjärvi, Moe) – 66:18	2–1

8 min

Penalties

12 min

38

Shots

24

4 January 2008
20:00

United States

1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Canada

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 5,621

Game reference

James van Riemsdyk 53:26

Goals

Shawn Matthias 22:46
Karl Alzner 30:00 (PP)
Colton Gillies 47:04
Brad Marchand 47:24

Bronze medal game

5 January 2008
16:00

United States

2–4
(0–3, 1–1, 1–0)

Russia

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 5,468

Game reference

Jeremy Smith
Joe Palmer

Goalies

Sergei Bobrovsky

Referees:

Danny Kurmann

Jyri Petteri Ronn
Linesmen:

Jeff Jobson

Felix Winnekens

	0–1	03:59 – Cherepanov (Filatov, Mamin)
	0–2	11:04 – Kurbatov (Tikhonov) (PP)
	0–3	16:57 – Filatov (Cherepanov)
	0–4	21:30 – Filatov (Mamin, Cherepanov) (PP)
Rakhshani (Okposo) – 30:47	1–4
Schroeder (Sanguinetti) (PP2) – 53:39	2–4

24 min

Penalties

12 min

21

Shots

25

Final

5 January 2008
20:00

Sweden

2–3 OT
(0–2, 0–0, 2–0)
(OT: 0–1)

Canada

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice
Attendance: 7,480

Game reference

Jhonas Enroth

Goalies

Steve Mason

Referees:

Vyacheslav Bulanov

Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:

Peter Feola

Milan Mášik

	0–1	01:27 – Marchand
	0–2	17:01 – Giroux (Marchand, Turris) (PP)
Carlsson (Alcén, P. Berglund) (PP) – 45:13	1–2
Larsson (EA) – 59:22	2–2
	2–3	63:36 – Halischuk

10 min

Penalties

8 min

28

Shots

21

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	James van Riemsdyk	United States	6	5	6	11	+4	2
2	Nikita Filatov	Russia	7	4	5	9	+7	10
3	Marek Slovák	Slovakia	6	2	7	9	+2	12
4	Kyle Turris	Canada	7	4	4	8	+3	2
5	Arnaud Jacquemet	Switzerland	6	2	6	8	+1	4
5	Dávid Skokan	Slovakia	6	2	6	8	+1	6
7	Jordan Schroeder	United States	6	1	7	8	+1	2
8	Yevgeni Rymarev	Kazakhstan	6	6	1	7	+2	0
8	Colin Wilson	United States	5	6	1	7	+2	4
10	Robin Figren	Sweden	6	5	2	7	+4	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Steve Mason	Canada	303:36	6	1.19	123	95.12	1
2	Július Hudáček	Slovakia	359:08	16	2.67	202	92.08	1
3	Sergei Bobrovsky	Russia	366:07	15	2.46	184	91.85	0
4	Michal Neuvirth	Czech Republic	240:00	10	2.50	111	90.99	0
5	Jhonas Enroth	Sweden	308:56	12	2.33	126	90.48	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

Best players selected by the Directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Steve Mason
- Best Defenceman: Drew Doughty
- Best Forward: Viktor Tikhonov
- MVP: Steve Mason

Source: IIHF

Media All-Stars:
- Goaltender: Steve Mason
- Defencemen: Victor Hedman / Drew Doughty
- Forwards: Patrik Berglund / Viktor Tikhonov / James van Riemsdyk

Source: IIHF

Final standings

	Team
	Canada
	Sweden
	Russia
4th	United States
5th	Czech Republic
6th	Finland
7th	Slovakia
8th	Kazakhstan
9th	Switzerland
10th	Denmark

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

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Germany	5	5	0	0	0	42	6	15
Austria	5	4	0	0	1	36	11	12
Norway	5	3	0	0	2	19	16	9
Poland	5	1	0	1	3	7	24	4
Ukraine	5	0	1	1	3	10	26	3
Lithuania	5	0	1	0	4	8	39	2

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

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Latvia	5	4	0	0	1	28	9	12
Belarus	5	4	0	0	1	21	8	12
Slovenia	5	3	1	0	1	17	8	11
Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	17	21	6
France	5	1	0	0	4	14	29	3
Great Britain	5	0	0	1	4	8	30	1

Latvia is promoted to Pool A and Great Britain 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: