:2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

{{Short description|World Junior Ice Hockey Championships}}

{{Infobox international hockey competition

| tourney_name = IIHF World U20 Championship

| year = 2008

| other_titles =

| image = 2008 WJHC logo.png

| size = x240px

| caption =

| country = Czech Republic

| city = Pardubice, Liberec

| dates = 26 December 2007 –
5 January 2008

| num_teams = 10

| venues = ČEZ Arena and
Tipsport Arena

| cities = 2

| type = ihj

| winners = CAN

| count = 14

| second = SWE

| third = RUS

| fourth = USA

| games = 31

| goals = 197

| attendance = 103179

| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|USA}} James van Riemsdyk
(11 points)

| mvp = {{flagicon|CAN}} Steve Mason

| prevseason = 2007

| nextseason = 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 tournamement was held in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, between 26 December 2007 and 5 January 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldjuniors2008.com/index.asp |title=2008 IIHF World U20 Championship official website |archive-date=2008-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080114155835/http://www.worldjuniors2008.com/index.asp |url-status=usurped}}[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/ Top Division statistics] 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=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
ČEZ Aréna
Capacity: 10,194

! Tipsport Arena
Capacity: 7,500

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{{flagcountry|CZE}} – Pardubice

! {{flagcountry|CZE}} – Liberec

=Rosters=

{{main|2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters}}

= Preliminary round =

All times are local (UTC+1).

== Group A ==

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL OT

|update=complete

|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142Z399_76A_12_0.pdf IIHF]

|team_order=SWE, CAN, CZE, SVK, DEN

|win_SWE=4|OTwin_SWE=0|OTloss_SWE=0|loss_SWE=0|gf_SWE=22|ga_SWE=9

|win_CAN=3|OTwin_CAN=0|OTloss_CAN=0|loss_CAN=1|gf_CAN=12|ga_CAN=5

|win_CZE=2|OTwin_CZE=0|OTloss_CZE=0|loss_CZE=2|gf_CZE=12|ga_CZE=11|status_CZE=H

|win_SVK=1|OTwin_SVK=0|OTloss_SVK=0|loss_SVK=3|gf_SVK=9 |ga_SVK=14

|win_DEN=0|OTwin_DEN=0|OTloss_DEN=0|loss_DEN=4|gf_DEN=7 |ga_DEN=23

|name_CAN={{ihj|CAN}}

|name_CZE={{ihj|CZE}}

|name_DEN={{ihj|DEN}}

|name_SVK={{ihj|SVK}}

|name_SWE={{ihj|SWE}}

|result1=SF |result2=QF |result3=QF |result4=RR |result5=RR

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1|text_SF=Semifinals

|col_QF=blue1 |text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_RR=red1 |text_RR=Relegation round

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 26 December 2007

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}

| score = 4–3

| team2 = {{ihj|SVK}}

| periods = (2–1, 0–0, 2–2)

| goals1 = Robin Figren 10:20 (SH)
Patrik Berglund 16:14 (PP)
Robin Figren 48:05 (PP)
Johan Alcén 55:03 (PP)

| goals2 = Milan Bališ 02:10 (PP2)
Ivan Roháč 48:56
Tomáš Marcinko 50:15|

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 7,692

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142A01_74_4_0.pdf

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 26 December 2007

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}}

| score = 0–3

| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}

| periods = (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

| goals1 =

| goals2 = John Tavares 31:21 (PP)
Matthew Halischuk 43:57
John Tavares 51:53 (PP)

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 10,057

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142A03_74_3_0.pdf

}}

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{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 27 December 2007

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}}

| score = 0–2

| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}

| periods = (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Kyle Turris 20:54 (PP2), 53:20 (PP)

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 3,657

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142A05_74_4_0.pdf

}}

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| bg =

| date = 27 December 2007

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}}

| score = 5–2

| team2 = {{ihj|DEN}}

| periods = (3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

| goals1 = Michael Frolík 00:22, 03:26 (PP), 13:09
Jakub Sklenář 23:30
Petr Strapáč 51:41 (PP)

| goals2 = Kevin Leder 28:00
Sune Hjulmand 33:09 (PP)

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 3,260

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142A07_74_3_0.pdf

}}

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| bg =

| date = 28 December 2007

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|DEN}}

| score = 1–10

| team2 = {{ihj|SWE}}

| periods = (1–2, 0–4, 0–4)

| goals1 = Morten Poulsen 01:06

| goals2 = 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

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 654

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142A09_74_4_0.pdf

}}

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{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 29 December 2007

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}}

| score = 2–5

| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}

| periods = (0–2, 1–2, 1–1)

| goals1 = Oliver Ďuriš 38:17
Erik Čaládi (PP2) 52:20|

| goals2 = Jakub Sklenář 7:11, 26:10
Michael Frolík 19:59
Daniel Bártek 24:45
Martin Látal 54:27 (SH)|

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 10,194

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142A11_74_4_0.pdf

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 29 December 2007

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}

| score = 3–4

| team2 = {{ihj|SWE}}

| periods = (1–0, 0–0, 2–4)

| goals1 = Brad Marchand 19:05
Shawn Matthias 42:17
Claude Giroux 56:18 (PP2)

| goals2 = Eric Moe 45:14 (PP)
Tony Lagerström 46:45
Oscar Möller 49:09 (PP)
Tobias Forsberg 59:53

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 8,547

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142A13_74_4_0.pdf

}}

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| bg =

| date = 30 December 2007

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|DEN}}

| score = 3–4

| team2 = {{ihj|SVK}}

| periods = (0–1, 0–2, 3–1)

| goals1 = Mikkel Bødker 43:36 (PP)
Nichlas Hardt 48:01
Morten Poulsen 59:35 (PP)

| goals2 = Ivan Roháč 8:25 (PP)
Matej Češík 27:43
Erik Čaládi 31:06 (PP2)
Marek Slovák 48:24|

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 468

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142A15_74_3_0.pdf

}}

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{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 31 December 2007

| time = 14:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}

| score = 4–2

| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}

| periods = (1–0, 2–0, 1–2)

| goals1 = Oscar Möller 4:11
Patrik Berglund 23:37 (PP2)
Thomas Larsson 24:42
Robin Figren 41:26|

| goals2 = Antonín Bořuta 40:44 (PP)
Jakub Sklenář 50:10

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 6,272

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142A17_74_3_0.pdf

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 31 December 2007

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}

| score = 4–1

| team2 = {{ihj|DEN}}

| periods = (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

| goals1 =Shawn Matthias 12:44 (PP)
John Tavares 18:08
Kyle Turris 28:18, 54:42 (PP)

| goals2 =Mikkel Bødker 49:36 (PP2)

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 1,158

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142A19_74_3_0.pdf

}}

== Group B ==

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL OT

|update=complete

|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142Z399_76A_12_0.pdf IIHF]

|team_order=USA, RUS, FIN, KAZ, SUI

|win_USA=4|OTwin_USA=0|OTloss_USA=0|loss_USA=0|gf_USA=17|ga_USA=8

|win_RUS=3|OTwin_RUS=0|OTloss_RUS=0|loss_RUS=1|gf_RUS=18|ga_RUS=14

|win_FIN=1|OTwin_FIN=1|OTloss_FIN=0|loss_FIN=2|gf_FIN=16|ga_FIN=15

|win_KAZ=1|OTwin_KAZ=0|OTloss_KAZ=0|loss_KAZ=3|gf_KAZ=8 |ga_KAZ=16

|win_SUI=0|OTwin_SUI=0|OTloss_SUI=1|loss_SUI=3|gf_SUI=9 |ga_SUI=15

|name_FIN={{ihj|FIN}}

|name_KAZ={{ihj|KAZ}}

|name_RUS={{ihj|RUS}}

|name_SUI={{ihj|SUI}}

|name_USA={{ihj|USA}}

|result1=SF |result2=QF |result3=QF |result4=RR |result5=RR

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1|text_SF=Semifinals

|col_QF=blue1 |text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_RR=red1 |text_RR=Relegation round

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 26 December 2007

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}

| score = 5–1

| team2 = {{ihj|KAZ}}

| periods = (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

| goals1 = James van Riemsdyk 19:57
Rhett Rakhshani 24:58
Mike Carman 26:23
Colin Wilson 44:11 (PP)
Kyle Okposo 57:43

| goals2 = Alexandr Kurshuk 14:46 (PP)

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 1,029

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142B02_74_3_0.pdf

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 26 December 2007

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}

| score = 4–7

| team2 = {{ihj|RUS}}

| periods = (2–1, 0–4, 2–2)

| goals1 = Nico Aaltonen 07:20 (PP)
Joonas Jalvanti 15:02 (PP)
Juuso Puustinen 43:33
Max Wärn 43:59

| goals2 = 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

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 1,720

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142B04_74_3_0.pdf

}}

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{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 27 December 2007

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|KAZ}}

| score = 4–5

| team2 = {{ihj|RUS}}

| periods = (2–0, 1–4, 1–1)

| goals1 = Evgeny Rymarev 03:58
Konstantin Savenkov 14:21
Yakov Vorobyov 35:47 (PP)
Mikhail Kachulin 53:10

| goals2 = Viktor Tikhonov 20:25 (PP)
Alexei Cherepanov 21:19
Evgenij Kurbatov 31:37
Artyom Gordeyev 36:27
Yuri Alexandrov 53:30

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 796

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142B06_74_3_0.pdf

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 27 December 2007

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}

| score = 4–3 GWS

| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}

| periods = (1–2, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

| goals1 = Juuso Puustinen 17:36 (PP)
Harri Pesonen 22:45
Jarkko Malinen 43:05
Sakari Salminen GWG

| goals2 = Kevin Lotscher 09:37
Reto Suri 14:47
Gregory Sciaroni 59:14

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 980

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142B08_74_3_0.pdf

}}

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{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 28 December 2007

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}

| score = 2–4|

| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}

| periods = (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

| goals1 = Andrej Bykov 24:17
Arnaud Jacquemet 55:45 (PP)

| goals2 = Colin Wilson 05:08 (PP), 49:30 (PP2)
Bobby Sanguinetti 22:57(PP)
James van Riemsdyk 42:27 (PP2)

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 1,222

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142B10_74_4_0.pdf

}}

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{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 29 December 2007

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|KAZ}}

| score = 0–5

| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| periods = (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Nico Aaltonen 02:59
Joonas Kemppainen 23:37 (PP), 26:37
Niclas Lucenius 46:17 (PP2)
Juuso Puustinen 48:30

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 1,354

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142B12_74_4_0.pdf

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 29 December 2007

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}

| score = 2–3

| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}

| periods = (0–1, 1–0, 1–2)

| goals1 = Alexei Cherepanov 28:36
Viktor Tikhonov 54:36

| goals2 = Tyler Ruegsegger 11:31 (PP2)
James van Riemsdyk 43:01 (PP)
Mike Carman 47:44

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 4,654

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142B14_74_3_0.pdf

}}

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{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 30 December 2007

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}

| score = 1–3

| team2 = {{ihj|KAZ}}

| periods = (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

| goals1 = Yannick Weber 53:49 (PP)

| goals2 = Yakov Vorobiev 7:39, 28;19 (PP)
Evgeny Rymarev 59:07|

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 513

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142B16_74_3_0.pdf

}}

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{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 31 December 2007

| time = 14:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}

| score = 4–3

| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}

| periods = (1–1, 2–1, 1–1)

| goals1 =Anton Korolev 1:31
Dmitri Sayustov 20:46 (PP2)
Artyom Gordeyev 37:49
Viktor Tikhonov 55:31

| goals2 =Arnauld Jacquemet 9:41 (PP)
Dino Wieser 28:45
Marco Maurer 57:40

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 551

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142B18_74_3_0.pdf

}}

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{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 31 December 2007

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}

| score = 5–3

| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| periods = (2–0, 3–0, 0–3)

| goals1 =Colin Wilson 9:29, 13:20 (PP), 21:43
Tyler Ruegsegger 24:44
James van Riemsdyk 29:14|

| goals2 =Nico Aaltonen 50:52 (PP)
Mikko Kousa 55:21 (PP)
Niclas Lucenius 59:14

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 1,133

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142B20_74_3_0.pdf

}}

= Relegation round =

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL OT

|update=complete

|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142Z499_76A_5_0.pdf IIHF]

|highest_pos=7

|team7=SVK |team8=KAZ |team9=SUI |team10=DEN

|win_SVK=3|OTwin_SVK=0|OTloss_SVK=0|loss_SVK=0|gf_SVK=17|ga_SVK=5

|win_KAZ=2|OTwin_KAZ=0|OTloss_KAZ=0|loss_KAZ=1|gf_KAZ=9 |ga_KAZ=12

|win_SUI=1|OTwin_SUI=0|OTloss_SUI=0|loss_SUI=2|gf_SUI=8 |ga_SUI=10

|win_DEN=0|OTwin_DEN=0|OTloss_DEN=0|loss_DEN=3|gf_DEN=8 |ga_DEN=15

|name_DEN={{ihj|DEN}}

|name_KAZ={{ihj|KAZ}}

|name_SUI={{ihj|SUI}}

|name_SVK={{ihj|SVK}}

|result9=REL |result10=REL

|res_col_header=R

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegated to the 2009 Division I

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 2 January 2008

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}}

| score = 5–2

| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}

| periods = (1–0, 2–0, 2–2)

| goals1 = Marek Slovák 5:50 (PP)
Dalibor Jančovič 31:13
Tomáš Marcinko 39:48
Erik Čaládi 58:54 (ENG)
Juraj Mikuš 59:51 (ENG)|

| goals2 = Étienne Froidevaux 40:40
Aurelio Lemm 46:07 (PP)

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 564

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142522_74_3_0.pdf

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 2 January 2008

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|KAZ}}

| score = 6–3

| team2 = {{ihj|DEN}}

| periods = (1–0, 2–2, 3–1)

| goals1 = Evgeny Gasnikov 08:53 (PP)
Yakov Vorobiev 33:42
Evgeny Rymarev 38:36 (SH), 52:08 (PP), 59:11 (ENG), 59:25 (ENG)

| goals2 = Lars Eller 22:38 (PP), 38:59 (PP)
Nichlas Hardt 43:43 (PP)

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 149

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142524_74_3_0.pdf

}}

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| bg =

| date = 3 January 2008

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}

| score = 5–2

| team2 = {{ihj|DEN}}

| periods = (1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

| goals1 = Yannick Weber 15:31
Aurelio Lemm 32:36, 39:29 (PP)
Reto Suri 43:12
Roman Schlagenhauf 58:37 (PP)

| goals2 = Lars Eller 04:38
Philip Larsen 26:57 (PP)

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 251

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142525_74_3_0.pdf

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 3 January 2008

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}}

| score = 8–0

| team2 = {{ihj|KAZ}}

| periods = (4–0, 3–0, 1–0)

| goals1 = 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

| goals2 =

| stadium = Tipsport Arena, Liberec

| attendance = 359

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142527_74_3_0.pdf

}}

= Final round =

==Bracket==

{{6TeamBracket

| RD1=Quarter-Finals

| RD2=Semi-Finals

| RD3=Gold Medal Game

| RD3b=Bronze Medal Game

| RD1-seed1=B2

| RD1-team1={{ihj|RUS}}

| RD1-score1=4

| RD1-seed2=A3

| RD1-team2={{ihj|CZE}}

| RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=A2

| RD1-team3={{ihj|CAN}}

| RD1-score3=4

| RD1-seed4=B3

| RD1-team4={{ihj|FIN}}

| RD1-score4=2

| RD2-seed1=A1

| RD2-team1={{Nowrap| {{ihj|SWE}} (OT)}}

| RD2-score1=2

| RD2-seed2=B2

| RD2-team2={{ihj|RUS}}

| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=B1

| RD2-team3={{ihj|USA}}

| RD2-score3=1

| RD2-seed4=A2

| RD2-team4={{ihj|CAN}}

| RD2-score4=4

| RD3-seed1=A1

| RD3-team1={{ihj|SWE}}

| RD3-score1=2

| RD3-seed2=A2

| RD3-team2={{Nowrap| {{ihj|CAN}} (OT)}}

| RD3-score2=3

| RD3-seed3=B1

| RD3-team3={{ihj|USA}}

| RD3-score3=2

| RD3-seed4=B2

| RD3-team4={{ihj|RUS}}

| RD3-score4=4

}}

==Quarterfinals==

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| date = 2 January 2008

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}

| score = 4–2

| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| periods = (0–1, 1–0, 3–1)

| goals1 = John Tavares 27:23 (PP)
Steven Stamkos 42:20
Brad Marchand 50:32
Stefan Legein 59:30 (ENG)|

| goals2 = Juuso Puustinen 7:23
Jan-Mikael Juutilainen 45:42|

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 5,187

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142321_74_3_0.pdf

}}

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| bg =

| date = 2 January 2008

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}

| score = 4–1

| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}

| periods = (0–0, 3–1, 1–0)

| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1

| goalie1 = Sergei Bobrovsky

| goalie2 = Michal Neuvirth

| goals1 = Seleznev (Filatov, Mamin) – 27:58 / Tikhonov (Golubtsov) (PP) – 35:04 / Filatov (Anisimov, Kugryshev) – 36:57 / Korolev (Bodrov) – 50:10

| goals2 = 37:20 – Meidl (Voráček)

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 8,420

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142323_74_3_0.pdf

| official = {{flagicon|SUI}} Danny Kurmann

| official2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Stearns

| linesman = {{flagicon|USA}} Peter Feola

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|GER}} Felix Winnekens

| penalties1 = 14

| penalties2 = 16

| shots1 = 25

| shots2 = 13

}}

==Fifth place game==

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| bg =

| date = 3 January 2008

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}}

| score = 5–1

| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| periods = (0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

| goals1 = Daniel Bártek 26:44
Michael Frolík 27:59
Tomáš Kundrátek 39:20 (PP)
Zbyněk Hampl 47:46
Martin Látal 57:07 (ENG)

| goals2 = Harri Pesonen

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 483

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142326_74_3_0.pdf

}}

==Semifinals==

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| bg =

| date = 4 January 2008

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}

| score = 2–1 {{small|OT}}

| team2 = {{ihj|RUS}}

| periods = (0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)

| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1

| goalie1 = Jhonas Enroth

| goalie2 = Sergei Bobrovsky

| goals1 = Figren (Andersson, Moe) (PP) – 51:50 / Backlund (Pääjärvi, Moe) – 66:18

| goals2 = 38:27 – Filatov (Cherepanov)

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 3,286

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142228_74_5_0.pdf

| official = {{flagicon|SUI}} Danny Kurmann

| official2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler

| linesman = {{flagicon|CZE}} Petr Blümel

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|CAN}} Jeff Jobson

| penalties1 = 8

| penalties2 = 12

| shots1 = 38

| shots2 = 24

}}

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{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = 4 January 2008

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}

| score = 1–4

| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}

| periods = (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

| goals1 = James van Riemsdyk 53:26

| goals2 = Shawn Matthias 22:46
Karl Alzner 30:00 (PP)
Colton Gillies 47:04
Brad Marchand 47:24

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 5,621

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142229_74_7_0.pdf

}}

==Bronze medal game==

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| bg = #FFDAB9

| date = 5 January 2008

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}

| score = 2–4

| team2 = {{ihj|RUS}}

| periods = (0–3, 1–1, 1–0)

| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 2–4

| goalie1 = Jeremy Smith
Joe Palmer

| goalie2 = Sergei Bobrovsky

| goals1 = Rakhshani (Okposo) – 30:47 / Schroeder (Sanguinetti) (PP2) – 53:39

| goals2 = 03:59 – Cherepanov (Filatov, Mamin) / 11:04 – Kurbatov (Tikhonov) (PP) / 16:57 – Filatov (Cherepanov) / / 21:30 – Filatov (Mamin, Cherepanov) (PP)

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 5,468

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142130_74_3_0.pdf

| official = {{flagicon|SUI}} Danny Kurmann

| official2 = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jyri Petteri Ronn

| linesman = {{flagicon|CAN}} Jeff Jobson

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|GER}} Felix Winnekens

| penalties1 = 24

| penalties2 = 12

| shots1 = 21

| shots2 = 25

}}

==Final==

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| bg = #F7F6A8

| date = 5 January 2008

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}

| score = 2–3 {{small|OT}}

| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}

| periods = (0–2, 0–0, 2–0)
(OT: 0–1)

| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3

| goalie1 = Jhonas Enroth

| goalie2 = Steve Mason

| goals1 = Carlsson (Alcén, P. Berglund) (PP) – 45:13 / Larsson (EA) – 59:22

| goals2 = 01:27 – Marchand / 17:01 – Giroux (Marchand, Turris) (PP) / 63:36 – Halischuk

| stadium = ČEZ Arena, Pardubice

| attendance = 7,480

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142131_74_5_0.pdf

| official = {{flagicon|RUS}} Vyacheslav Bulanov

| official2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler

| linesman = {{flagicon|USA}} Peter Feola

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|SVK}} Milan Mášik

| penalties1 = 10

| penalties2 = 8

| shots1 = 28

| shots2 = 21

}}

=Statistics=

=Scoring leaders=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
width=30|Pos

!width=150|Player

!Country

!width=20|GP

!width=20|G

!width=20|A

!width=30|Pts

!width=30|+/−

!width=30|PIM

1align=left|James van Riemsdykalign=left|{{ihj|USA}}65611+42
2align=left|Nikita Filatovalign=left|{{ihj|RUS}}7459+710
3align=left|Marek Slovákalign=left|{{ihj|SVK}}6279+212
4align=left|Kyle Turrisalign=left|{{ihj|CAN}}7448+32
5align=left|Arnaud Jacquemetalign=left| {{ihj|SUI}}6268+14
5align="left" |Dávid Skokanalign=left|{{ihj|SVK}}6268+16
7align=left|Jordan Schroederalign=left|{{ihj|USA}}6178+12
8align=left|Yevgeni Rymarevalign=left|{{ihj|KAZ}}6617+20
8align="left" |Colin Wilsonalign=left|{{ihj|USA}}5617+24
10align=left|Robin Figrenalign=left|{{ihj|SWE}}6527+42

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142Z12_85B_1_0.pdf IIHF]

== Goaltending leaders ==

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
width=30|Pos

!width=150|Player

!Country

!width=20|TOI

!width=20|GA

!width=20|GAA

!width=20|SA

!width=20|Sv%

!width=20|SO

1align=left|Steve Masonalign=left|{{ihj|CAN}}303:3661.1912395.121
2align=left|Július Hudáčekalign=left|{{ihj|SVK}}359:08162.6720292.081
3align=left|Sergei Bobrovskyalign=left|{{ihj|RUS}}366:07152.4618491.850
4align=left|Michal Neuvirthalign=left|{{ihj|CZE}}240:00102.5011190.990
5align=left|Jhonas Enrothalign=left|{{ihj|SWE}}308:56122.3312690.480

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142Z11_85A_3_0.pdf IIHF]

=Awards=

Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142000_85I_1_0.pdf IIHF]

Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142000_98_1_0.pdf IIHF]

=Final standings=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!width=15|

!Team

bgcolor="#F7F6A8"

| {{gold1}}

align=left|{{ihj|CAN}}
bgcolor="#DCE5E5"

| {{silver2}}

align=left|{{ihj|SWE}}
bgcolor="#FFDAB9"

| {{bronze3}}

align=left|{{ihj|RUS}}
4thalign=left|{{ihj|USA}}
5thalign=left|{{ihj|CZE}}
6thalign=left|{{ihj|FIN}}
7thalign=left|{{ihj|SVK}}
8thalign=left|{{ihj|KAZ}}
style="background:#ffcccc;"

| 9th

align=left|{{ihj|SUI}}
style="background:#ffcccc;"

| 10th

align=left|{{ihj|DEN}}

class="wikitable"

|bgcolor=#ffcccc|Relegated to the 2009 Division I

Division I

{{main|2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I}}

The Division I Championships were played from 9 to 15 December 2007 in Bad Tölz, Germany (Group A),[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/143/ Division I Group A statistics] and from 12 to 18 December 2007 in Riga, Latvia (Group B).[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/144/ Division I Group B statistics]

= Group A =

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT

|team1=DEU|name_DEU={{ihj|DEU}}

|team2=AUT|name_AUT={{ihj|AUT}}

|team3=NOR|name_NOR={{ihj|NOR}}

|team4=POL|name_POL={{ihj|POL}}

|team5=UKR|name_UKR={{ihj|UKR}}

|team6=LTU|name_LTU={{ihj|LTU}}

|win_DEU=5|OTwin_DEU=0|OTloss_DEU=0|loss_DEU=0|gf_DEU=42|ga_DEU=6 |status_DEU=H

|win_AUT=4|OTwin_AUT=0|OTloss_AUT=0|loss_AUT=1|gf_AUT=36|ga_AUT=11

|win_NOR=3|OTwin_NOR=0|OTloss_NOR=0|loss_NOR=2|gf_NOR=19|ga_NOR=16

|win_POL=1|OTwin_POL=0|OTloss_POL=1|loss_POL=3|gf_POL=7 |ga_POL=24

|win_UKR=0|OTwin_UKR=1|OTloss_UKR=1|loss_UKR=3|gf_UKR=10|ga_UKR=26

|win_LTU=0|OTwin_LTU=1|OTloss_LTU=0|loss_LTU=4|gf_LTU=8 |ga_LTU=39

|res_col_header=PR

|result1=P|result6=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2009 Top Division

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2009 Division II

|update=complete

|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/143/IHM143Z299_76A_16_0.pdf IIHF]

}}

= Group B =

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT

|team1=LVA|name_LVA={{ihj|LVA}}

|team2=BLR|name_BLR={{ihj|BLR|1995}}

|team3=SVN|name_SVN={{ihj|SVN}}

|team4=HUN|name_HUN={{ihj|HUN}}

|team5=FRA|name_FRA={{ihj|FRA}}

|team6=GBR|name_GBR={{ihj|GBR}}

|win_LVA=4|OTwin_LVA=0|OTloss_LVA=0|loss_LVA=1|gf_LVA=28|ga_LVA=9 |status_LVA=H

|win_BLR=4|OTwin_BLR=0|OTloss_BLR=0|loss_BLR=1|gf_BLR=21|ga_BLR=8

|win_SVN=3|OTwin_SVN=1|OTloss_SVN=0|loss_SVN=1|gf_SVN=17|ga_SVN=8

|win_HUN=2|OTwin_HUN=0|OTloss_HUN=0|loss_HUN=3|gf_HUN=17|ga_HUN=21

|win_FRA=1|OTwin_FRA=0|OTloss_FRA=0|loss_FRA=4|gf_FRA=14|ga_FRA=29

|win_GBR=0|OTwin_GBR=0|OTloss_GBR=1|loss_GBR=4|gf_GBR=8 |ga_GBR=30

|res_col_header=PR

|result1=P|result6=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2009 Top Division

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2009 Division II

|update=complete

|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/144/IHM144Z299_76A_15_0.pdf IIHF]

}}

Division II

{{main|2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II}}

The Division II Championships were played from 9 to 15 December 2007 in Canazei, Italy (Group A),[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/145/ Division II Group A statistics] and from 10 to 16 December 2007 in Tallinn, Estonia (Group B).[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/146/ Division II Group B statistics]

= Group A =

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT

|team1=ITA|name_ITA={{ihj|ITA}}

|team2=JPN|name_JPN={{ihj|JPN}}

|team3=KOR|name_KOR={{ihj|KOR}}

|team4=BEL|name_BEL={{ihj|BEL}}

|team5=ROM|name_ROM={{ihj|ROU}}

|team6=ISL|name_ISL={{ihj|ISL}}

|win_ITA=5|OTwin_ITA=0|OTloss_ITA=0|loss_ITA=0|gf_ITA=37|ga_ITA=8 |status_ITA=H

|win_JPN=4|OTwin_JPN=0|OTloss_JPN=0|loss_JPN=1|gf_JPN=37|ga_JPN=7

|win_KOR=3|OTwin_KOR=0|OTloss_KOR=0|loss_KOR=2|gf_KOR=18|ga_KOR=11

|win_BEL=1|OTwin_BEL=1|OTloss_BEL=0|loss_BEL=3|gf_BEL=12|ga_BEL=21

|win_ROM=1|OTwin_ROM=0|OTloss_ROM=1|loss_ROM=3|gf_ROM=13|ga_ROM=30

|win_ISL=0|OTwin_ISL=0|OTloss_ISL=0|loss_ISL=5|gf_ISL=7 |ga_ISL=47

|res_col_header=PR

|result1=P|result6=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2009 Division I

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2009 Division III

|update=complete

|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/145/IHM145Z299_76A_16_0.pdf IIHF]

}}

= Group B =

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT

|team1=EST|name_EST={{ihj|EST}}

|team2=NLD|name_NLD={{ihj|NLD}}

|team3=HRV|name_HRV={{ihj|HRV}}

|team4=ESP|name_ESP={{ihj|ESP}}

|team5=MEX|name_MEX={{ihj|MEX}}

|team6=CHN|name_CHN={{ihj|CHN}}

|win_EST=4|OTwin_EST=1|OTloss_EST=0|loss_EST=0|gf_EST=35|ga_EST=8 |status_EST=H

|win_NLD=4|OTwin_NLD=0|OTloss_NLD=1|loss_NLD=0|gf_NLD=36|ga_NLD=5

|win_HRV=3|OTwin_HRV=0|OTloss_HRV=0|loss_HRV=2|gf_HRV=24|ga_HRV=19

|win_ESP=2|OTwin_ESP=0|OTloss_ESP=0|loss_ESP=3|gf_ESP=24|ga_ESP=27

|win_MEX=1|OTwin_MEX=0|OTloss_MEX=0|loss_MEX=4|gf_MEX=8 |ga_MEX=27

|win_CHN=0|OTwin_CHN=0|OTloss_CHN=0|loss_CHN=5|gf_CHN=8 |ga_CHN=49

|res_col_header=PR

|result1=P|result6=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2009 Division I

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2009 Division III

|update=complete

|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/146/IHM146Z299_76A_19_0.pdf IIHF]

}}

Division III

{{main|2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III}}

The Division III Championship was played from 16 to 24 January 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/147/ Division III statistics]

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT

|team1=NZL|name_NZL={{ihj|NZL}}

|team2=SRB|name_SRB={{ihj|SRB}}

|team3=ARM|name_ARM={{ihj|ARM}}

|team4=AUS|name_AUS={{ihj|AUS}}

|team5=RSA|name_RSA={{ihj|RSA}}

|team6=TUR|name_TUR={{ihj|TUR}}

|team7=BUL|name_BUL={{ihj|BUL}}

|win_NZL=6|OTwin_NZL=0|OTloss_NZL=0|loss_NZL=0|gf_NZL=66|ga_NZL=15

|win_SRB=5|OTwin_SRB=0|OTloss_SRB=0|loss_SRB=1|gf_SRB=55|ga_SRB=7 |status_SRB=H

|win_ARM=4|OTwin_ARM=0|OTloss_ARM=0|loss_ARM=2|gf_ARM=47|ga_ARM=23

|win_AUS=3|OTwin_AUS=0|OTloss_AUS=0|loss_AUS=3|gf_AUS=44|ga_AUS=23

|win_RSA=2|OTwin_RSA=0|OTloss_RSA=0|loss_RSA=4|gf_RSA=26|ga_RSA=52

|win_TUR=1|OTwin_TUR=0|OTloss_TUR=0|loss_TUR=5|gf_TUR=18|ga_TUR=62

|win_BUL=0|OTwin_BUL=0|OTloss_BUL=0|loss_BUL=6|gf_BUL=10|ga_BUL=84

|res_col_header=P

|result1=P|result2=P

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2009 Division II

|update=complete

|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/147/IHM147Z299_76A_20_0.pdf IIHF]

}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}