2008 IIHF World Championship

2008 edition of the IIHF World Championship

Main article: 2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

2008 IIHF World ChampionshipChampionnat du monde de hockey sur glace 2008 (in French)

Tournament details
Host country|  Canada
Venue(s)| 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates| May 2–18
Opened by| Michaëlle Jean
Teams| 16
Final positions
Champions |  Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up |  Canada
Third place |  Finland
Fourth place|  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played| 54
Goals scored| 357 (6.61 per game)
Attendance| 477,040 (8,834 per game)
Scoring leader(s)|  Dany Heatley (20 points)
Awards
MVP|  Dany Heatley

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A 2008 Russian stamp commemorating the championship team

The 2008 IIHF World Championship was played between May 2 and May 18, 2008 in the Canadian cities of Halifax (Nova Scotia) and Quebec City (Quebec). The two venues were the Halifax Metro Centre and the Colisée Pepsi. The tournament was won by Russia which claimed its first gold medal since 1993.

It was the 72nd IIHF World Championship event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was the first time the final tournament is held in a non-European country since 1962, when it was held in Colorado, United States. The IIHF wanted to celebrate the federation's 100th anniversary by holding the tournament in the country where ice hockey was born. The tournament was also included as part of the celebrations of Quebec City's 400th anniversary.

The tournament featured many countries' elite stars, as it served as the last and most important stage in selecting nine automatic qualifiers for the men's hockey competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a process that uses the IIHF World Ranking standings after the tournament.[1]

On May 8, 2007, the IIHF announced it "will also formalize the Triple Gold Club by awarding commemorative medals to the 19 players who have won the three most prestigious championships in world hockey: Olympic gold, Stanley Cup, and World Championship gold. The ceremony will take place in Canada during the 2008 World Championship."[2]

There were two changes in the format compared to earlier years. Because of the distance between Halifax and Quebec City, the quarter-finals were played within the group, instead of crossing over which has happened since 2000. The relegation round was different too, as it consisted of two best-of-three series instead of a round robin series between four teams.

For the first time in 40 years, the matches were played on smaller, NHL size rinks, 200 ft × 85 ft (roughly 61 m × 26 m), compared to the IIHF standard which is roughly 200 ft × 98.5 ft (61 m × 30 m).

## Participating teams

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See also: 2008 IIHF World Championship rosters

Group A

* Belarus (roster)
* France (roster)
* Sweden (roster)
* Switzerland (roster)

Group B

* Canada (roster)
* Latvia (roster)
* Slovenia (roster)
* United States (roster)

Group C

* Finland (roster)
* Germany (roster)
* Norway (roster)
* Slovakia (roster)

Group D

* Czech Republic (roster)
* Denmark (roster)
* Italy (roster)
* Russia (roster)

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## Venues

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Venues of the 2008 IIHF World Championship

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Colisée Pepsi | Halifax Metro Centre
46°49′51″N 71°14′47″W﻿ / ﻿46.83083°N 71.24639°W﻿ / 46.83083; -71.24639﻿ (Quebec) | 44°38′54″N 63°34′36″W﻿ / ﻿44.64833°N 63.57667°W﻿ / 44.64833; -63.57667﻿ (Halifax)
Capacity: 13,400 | Capacity: 10,595

## Rules

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For standing purposes, points shall be awarded as follows:

* 3 points for a win in regulation time
* 2 points for a win in overtime or in shootout
* 1 point for a loss in overtime or in shootout
* No points for a loss in regulation time

If a game is tied after regulation time, a five-minute four-on-four sudden-death overtime session is played followed by a three-player shootout if necessary. Exceptions: quarter-finals, semi-final and bronze-medal overtime session are 10 minutes and gold-medal game overtime session is 20 minutes.

If teams are tied in a standing based on points, the following tie-breakers are applied: 1) The most points earned in direct games involving tied teams. 2) The best goal differential in direct games involving tied teams. 3) The most goals scored in direct games involving tied teams. 4) Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 with games involving the highest non-tied team in the same group. 5) Repeat step 4 with games involving the second highest non-tied team in the same group. 6) Continue this process with all non-tied team games.[3]

This was also the first major IIHF championship that used the four-official system with two referees and two linesmen instead of standard three-official system with only one referee.[4]

## Preliminary round

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Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups.[5] After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Qualifying round while the last team competed in the Relegation round.

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Switzerland | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 10  | 4  | +6  | 9  | Qualifying round
2  |  Sweden | 3  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 17  | 9  | +8  | 6
3  |  Belarus | 3  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 9  | 9  | 0  | 3
4  |  France | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 16  | −14  | 0  | Relegation round

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC-4).

May 3, 2008
13:00| Belarus | 5–6
(1–2, 3–2, 1–2)|  Sweden| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 9,204

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| | | | Referees:
Sami Partanen
Jyri Rönn
| V. Kostyuchenok 18:32
S. Zadelenov 22:58
A. Ugarov 23:45
A. Zhurik (PP1) 35:57
D. Meleshko 41:18| Goals| 03:59 M. Johansson
12:18 N. Bäckström
26:23 (PP2) P. Hörnqvist
37:51 R. Nilsson
43:41 P. Hörnqvist
50:32 R. Wallin

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May 3, 2008
19:00| Switzerland | 4–1
(2–0, 1–1, 1–0)|  France| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 9,367

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| | | | Referees:
Guy Pellerin
Chris Savage
| R. Wick (PP1) 08:18
J. Sprunger (PP1) 16:54
P. Bärtschi 23:01
R. Sannitz 40:31| Goals| 39:59 (PP1) J. Desrosiers

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May 5, 2008
13:00| Switzerland | 2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)|  Belarus| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 8,016

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| | | | Referees:
Rick Looker
Peter Ország
| J. Sprunger (PP1) 13:01
J. Sprunger (PP1) 34:36| Goals| 27:34 K. Koltsov

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May 5, 2008
19:00| Sweden | 9–0
(0–0, 4–0, 5–0)|  France| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 8,845

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| | | | Referees:
Daniel Piechaczek
Thomas Sterns
| T. Mårtensson 28:46
P. Hörnqvist (PP1) 34:21
M. Weinhandl 36:16
N. Wallin 39:42
N. Bäckström 44:31
A. Edler (PP1) 47:36
R. Nilsson 49:22
K. Jönsson (PP2) 51:46
N. Bäckström 59:35| Goals|

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May 7, 2008
13:00| Sweden | 2–4
(1–2, 0–0, 1–2)|  Switzerland| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 7,939

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| | | | Referees:
Guy Pellerin
Jyri Rönn
| F. Warg 10:47
P. Hörnqvist (SH1) 59:01| Goals| 00:48 T. Paterlini
16:35 A. Ambühl
45:23 T. Monnet
59:53 (ENG) B. Forster

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May 7, 2008
19:00| France | 1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)|  Belarus| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 8,880

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| | | | Referees:
Sami Partanen
Chris Savage
| O. Coqueux (SH1) 19:53| Goals| 12:57 A. Kalyuzhny
27:48 A. Ugarov
59:15 A. Kostitsyn

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### Group B

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USA against Slovenia Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Canada | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 17  | 5  | +12  | 9  | Qualifying round
2  |  United States | 3  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 13  | 6  | +7  | 6
3  |  Latvia | 3  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 11  | −8  | 3
4  |  Slovenia | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 13  | −11  | 0  | Relegation round

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC-3).

May 2, 2008
16:30| Canada | 5–1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0)|  Slovenia| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,921

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| | | | Referees:
Vyacheslav Bulanov
Alexander Poliakov
| D. Hamhuis 03:45
D. Heatley 20:41
M. St. Louis (PP1) 30:18
D. Heatley (PP1) 35:07
D. Heatley 50:25| Goals| 32:19 (PP2) A. Kopitar

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May 2, 2008
20:15| United States | 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)|  Latvia| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,360

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| | | | Referees:
Milan Minář
Richard Schütz
| D. Brown (PP1) 07:21
P. Kane (PP1) 28:44
Z. Parise (PP1) 47:09
P. O'Sullivan (PP1) 51:05| Goals|

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May 4, 2008
16:30| Latvia | 0–7
(0–3, 0–4, 0–0)|  Canada| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,831

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| | | | Referees:
Danny Kurmann
Christer Larking
| | Goals| 02:35 P. Sharp
03:45 M. Green
12:15 D. Heatley
21:03 (PP1) R. Nash
22:00 M. St. Louis
22:42 C. Kunitz
32:20 R. Nash

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May 4, 2008
20:15| United States | 5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)|  Slovenia| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,056

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| | | | Referees:
Brent Reiber
Marcus Vinnerborg
| P. Kane (PP1) 11:12
P. Kessel (PP1) 26:48
P. Kessel (PP1) 32:41
D. Booth 45:05
P. Kessel 49:24| Goals| 36:36 A. Kopitar

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May 6, 2008
16:30| Canada | 5–4
(2–0, 1–2, 2–2)|  United States| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 9,192

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| | | | Referees:
Vyacheslav Bulanov
Christer Larking
| B. Burns 08:26
D. Heatley 19:49
J. Toews 20:18
D. Roy 43:29
D. Heatley 59:13| Goals| 20:52 Z. Parise
23:09 P. O'Sullivan
45:18 (PP1) D. Brown
46:54 (PP1) J. Pominville

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May 6, 2008
20:15| Slovenia | 0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)|  Latvia| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,806

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| | | | Referees:
Alexander Poliakov
Richard Schütz
| | Goals| 30:15 (PS) A. Ņiživijs
31:24 (PP1) A. Širokovs
59:32 (ENG) A. Širokovs

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### Group C

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Finland | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 11  | 5  | +6  | 8  | Qualifying round
2  |  Norway | 3  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 6  | 10  | −4  | 4
3  |  Germany | 3  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 7  | 10  | −3  | 3
4  |  Slovakia | 3  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 9  | 8  | +1  | 3  | Relegation round

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC-3).

May 3, 2008
16:30| Germany | 1–5
(0–0, 1–2, 0–3)|  Finland| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,658

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| F. Busch (PP1) 32:44| Goals| 21:09 (PP1) M. Koivu
27:26 (PP2) O. Jokinen
40:24 (SH1) M. Koivu
42:33 H. Hyvönen
52:27 T. Selänne

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May 3, 2008
20:15| Slovakia | 5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)|  Norway| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,096

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| | | | Referees:
Danny Kurmann
Brent Reiber
| T. Melichárek (SH1) 09:43
J. Kolník 20:15
R. Petrovický (PP1) 27:44
M. Hossa 40:07
P. Podhradský 58:24| Goals| 28:43 M. Olimb

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May 5, 2008
16:30| Finland | 3–2  OT
(2–2, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)|  Norway| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,190

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| | | | Referees:
Milan Minář
Richard Schütz
| J. Jokinen (PP1) 01:37
V. Peltonen (PP1) 16:14
T. Ruutu 61:27| Goals| 04:26 M. Ask
19:51 (PP2) A. Bastiansen

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May 5, 2008
20:15| Slovakia | 2–4
(0–2, 1–1, 1–1)|  Germany| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,855

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| | | | Referees:
Vyacheslav Bulanov
Alexander Poliakov
| I. Čiernik (PP1) 29:39
J. Kolník (PP1) 59:56| Goals| 06:57 (PP1) M. Sturm
15:05 (PP1) S. Ustorf
38:05 M. Hackert
48:42 (PP1) M. Hackert

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May 7, 2008
16:30| Finland | 3–2
(2–2, 1–0, 0–0)|  Slovakia| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,262

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| | | | Referees:
Danny Kurmann
Marcus Vinnerborg
| N. Kapanen 02:05
T. Ruutu (PP1) 13:00
T. Selänne (PP1) 25:17| Goals| 13:14 R. Petrovický
18:21 M. Kováčik

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May 7, 2008
20:15| Norway | 3–2
(0–1, 1–1, 2–0)|  Germany| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,414

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| | | | Referees:
Milan Minář
Brent Reiber
| M. Holtet (PP2) 34:51
M. Zuccarello Aasen 47:19
M. Ask (PP2) 55:53| Goals| 06:37 (PP1) M. Sturm
24:09 P. Gogulla

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### Group D

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Russia | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 16  | 6  | +10  | 8  | Qualifying round
2  |  Czech Republic | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 16  | 9  | +7  | 7
3  |  Denmark | 3  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 9  | 11  | −2  | 3
4  |  Italy | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 5  | 20  | −15  | 0  | Relegation round

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC-4).

May 2, 2008
13:00| Denmark | 2–5
(2–2, 0–2, 0–1)|  Czech Republic| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 8,369

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| | | | Referees:
Rick Looker
Thomas Sterns
| S. Lassen 00:31
J. Hansen 18:03| Goals| 08:00 R. Vrbata
13:49 (PP1) A. Kotalík
24:35 R. Vrbata
31:31 Z. Irgl
50:52 J. Hejda

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May 2, 2008
19:00| Russia | 7–1
(1–0, 5–0, 1–1)|  Italy| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 11,074

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| | | | Referees:
Peter Ország
Daniel Piechaczek
| A. Semin 04:02
A. Ovechkin 23:39
A. Morozov 29:01
A. Tereshchenko 30:12
A. Semin 31:18
M. Sushinski 36:58
D. Zaripov (PP1) 55:38| Goals| 51:29 J. Cirone

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May 4, 2008
13:00| Czech Republic | 4–5  OT
(2–2, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)|  Russia| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 13,109

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| | | | Referees:
Guy Pellerin
Chris Savage
| P. Eliáš (PP1) 09:08
A. Kotalík (PP1) 12:05
P. Eliáš (PP1) 33:47
P. Eliáš (PP1) 42:51| Goals| 03:47 S. Zinovjev
19:59 (PP2) K. Gorovikov
27:44 (PP1) A. Morozov
46:47 (PP1) K. Korneyev
63:10 A. Morozov

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May 4, 2008
19:00| Italy | 2–6
(0–3, 1–1, 1–2)|  Denmark| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 6,838

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| | | | Referees:
Sami Partanen
Jyri Rönn
| J. Cirone 37:48
N. Fontanive (PP1) 47:09| Goals| 03:54 M. Green
08:11 (PP1) K. Staal
10:26 (PP2) J. Hansen
23:31 (PP1) D. Nielsen
50:32 J. Damgaard
56:03 K. Degn

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May 6, 2008
13:00| Russia | 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)|  Denmark| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 8,609

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| | | | Referees:
Rick Looker
Daniel Piechaczek
| M. Afinogenov 10:38
A. Ovechkin (PP1) 27:07
S. Fedorov (PP1) 29:45
K. Gorovikov 42:47| Goals| 57:25 (PP1) K. Staal

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May 6, 2008
19:00| Czech Republic | 7–2
(2–2, 4–0, 1–0)|  Italy| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 7,517

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| | | | Referees:
Peter Ország
Thomas Sterns
| M. Erat 00:41
R. Vrbata 04:19
M. Židlický (PP1) 21:29
R. Vrbata 30:42
P. Eliáš (PP1) 37:47
F. Kuba 39:02
J. Hlinka 43:53| Goals| 00:59 L. Ansoldi
03:06 N. Fontanive

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## Qualifying round

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The top three teams in the standings of each group of the Preliminary round advance to the Qualifying round, and are placed in two groups: teams from Groups A and D compete in Group E, while teams from Groups B and C compete in Group F.

Each team is to play three games in this round, one against each of the three teams from the other group with which they have been paired. These three games, along with the two games already played against the other two advancing teams from the same group in the Preliminary round, will count in the Qualifying round standings.

The top four teams in both groups E and F to advance in quarter-finals.[3]

### Group E

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Russia | 5  | 3  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 21  | 13  | +8  | 13  | Playoff round
2  |  Czech Republic | 5  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 20  | 14  | +6  | 9
3  |  Sweden | 5  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 23  | 16  | +7  | 9
4  |  Switzerland | 5  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 16  | 15  | +1  | 9
5  |  Belarus | 5  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 13  | 18  | −5  | 3  |
6  |  Denmark | 5  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 9  | 26  | −17  | 2

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC-4).

May 8, 2008
15:00| Sweden | 8–1
(2–0, 2–0, 4–1)|  Denmark| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 7,327

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| | | | Referees:
Peter Ország
Guy Pellerin
| K. Jönsson 08:47
M. Nilson 15:33
T. Mårtensson 35:35
A. Strålman 36:44
K. Fabricius 40:41
M. Weinhandl 41:48
R. Wallin 43:55
T. Mårtensson (PP1) 50:14| Goals| 54:32 K. Degn

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May 8, 2008
19:00| Switzerland | 0–5
(0–1, 0–3, 0–1)|  Czech Republic| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 9,603

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| | | | Referees:
Rick Looker
Daniel Piechaczek
| | Goals| 19:06 (SH1) M. Erat
34:46 (PP1) T. Kaberle
35:50 (PP1) P. Eliáš
39:33 T. Fleischmann
58:10 J. Novotný

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May 9, 2008
13:00| Russia | 4–3 GWS
(0–2, 1–0, 2–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)|  Belarus| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 8,031

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| | | | Referees:
Sami Partanen
Jyri Rönn
| M. Afinogenov 23:54
A. Ovechkin 47:21
M. Afinogenov 53:51
A. Morozov (GWG) 65:00| Goals| 07:27 A. Mikhalev
11:53 D. Dudik
56:12 A. Ugarov

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May 10, 2008
12:30| Czech Republic | 3–2 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)|  Belarus| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 8,504

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| | | | Referees:
Guy Pellerin
Jyri Rönn
| T. Rolínek 36:53
A. Kotalík 53:38
A. Kotalík (GWG) 65:00| Goals| 18:12 Y. Chupris
49:50 A. Kostitsyn

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May 10, 2008
16:30| Russia | 3–2
(0–1, 1–1, 2–0)|  Sweden| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 12,665

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| | | | Referees:
Peter Ország
Daniel Piechaczek
| A. Semin 32:14
S. Fedorov 44:57
A. Ovechkin 59:54| Goals| 07:15 M. Weinhandl
39:10 T. Mårtensson

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May 11, 2008
13:00| Denmark | 2–7
(0–2, 0–3, 2–2)|  Switzerland| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 8,338

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| | | | Referees:
Daniel Piechaczek
Chris Savage
| M. Madsen 43:04
K. Staal (PS) 45:26| Goals| 02:10 A. Ambühl
03:42 S. Jeannin
20:50 M. Reichert
31:01 T. Paterlini
33:21 P. DiPietro
41:38 P. Furrer
46:20 (PP1) B. Forster

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May 11, 2008
19:00| Sweden | 5–3
(0–0, 2–2, 3–1)|  Czech Republic| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 7,864

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Sami Partanen
Guy Pellerin
| A. Strålman 26:03
M. Nilson 33:32
M. Weinhandl 41:14
P. Hörnqvist 55:07
M. Nilson (ENG) 59:34| Goals| 30:06 (PP1) P. Eliáš
38:26 (PP1) A. Kotalík
49:41 T. Fleischmann

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May 12, 2008
13:00| Switzerland | 3–5
(0–3, 0–1, 3–1)|  Russia| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 8,286

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| | | | Referees:
Rick Looker
Jyri Rönn
| R. Sannitz (PP1) 40:32
J. Vauclair (SH1) 45:30
R. Lemm 58:25| Goals| 15:21 D. Kalinin
17:49 (PP1) A. Ovechkin
18:45 M. Sushinski
30:27 S. Fedorov
57:25 (ENG) M. Sushinski

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May 12, 2008
19:00| Belarus | 2–3 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 2–1)
(OT: 0–1)|  Denmark| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 8,517

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Peter Ország
Thomas Sterns
| A. Ugarov 55:42
D. Meleshko 57:59| Goals| 23:06 (PP1) K. Staal
59:22 P. Regin
62:11 P. Regin

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### Group F

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Canada | 5  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 30  | 9  | +21  | 15  | Playoff round
2  |  Finland | 5  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 16  | 12  | +4  | 11
3  |  United States | 5  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 25  | 13  | +12  | 9
4  |  Norway | 5  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 8  | 20  | −12  | 4
5  |  Germany | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 13  | 27  | −14  | 3  |
6  |  Latvia | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 8  | 19  | −11  | 3

Source: IIHF

All times are local (UTC-3).

May 8, 2008
16:30| Canada | 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)|  Norway| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,380

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Danny Kurmann
Marcus Vinnerborg
| M. Green (PP1) 09:32
R. Nash (PP1) 56:02| Goals| 33:59 (SH1) M. Hansen

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May 8, 2008
20:15| United States | 6–4
(3–2, 1–1, 2–1)|  Germany| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,352

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Vyacheslav Bulanov
Alexander Poliakov
| Z. Parise 00:25
P. O'Sullivan 02:10
J. Wisniewski 02:52
J. Pominville (PP2) 26:52
Z. Parise (PP1) 51:04
D. Brown 58:24| Goals| 14:03 M. Hackert
17:52 (PP1) C. Schmidt
30:23 F. Busch
44:55 (PP1) M. Bakos

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May 9, 2008
12:30| Finland | 2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)|  Latvia| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 7,215

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Alexander Poliakov
Brent Reiber
| A. Pihlström 29:21
N. Kapanen 50:04| Goals| 01:27 L. Dārziņš

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May 10, 2008
16:30| Germany | 1–10
(0–4, 0–5, 1–1)|  Canada| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 9,182

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Vyacheslav Bulanov
Danny Kurmann
| F. Hördler 48:40| Goals| 05:14 J. Spezza
13:35 D. Heatley
16:05 E. Staal
19:37 P. Sharp
23:42 (PP1) E. Staal
28:20 E. Staal
32:07 (PP1) D. Roy
35:30 E. Staal
38:12 (SH1) J. Mayers
41:47 (PP1) M. Green

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May 11, 2008
12:30| Norway | 1–4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)|  Latvia| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 9,017

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Christer Lärking
Brent Reiber
| L. E. Spets 12:56| Goals| 11:34 M. Cipulis
17:22 H. Vasiļjevs
22:27 M. Rēdlihs
59:36 (ENG) L. Dārziņš

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May 11, 2008
16:30| Finland | 3–2
(0–0, 0–2, 3–0)|  United States| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 8,867

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Vyacheslav Bulanov
Alexander Poliakov
| V. Koistinen (PP2) 42:12[6]
T. Selänne 50:44
M. Koivu 56:10| Goals| 21:30 T. Gilbert
39:15 (PP1) P. Kessel

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May 12, 2008
12:30| United States | 9–1
(3–0, 3–1, 3–0)|  Norway| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 8,490

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Alexander Poliakov
Brent Reiber
| B. Dubinsky 11:12
D. Brown 12:15
P. Kane (PP1) 19:03
B. Dubinsky 25:48
P. Martin 31:19
Z. Parise (PP1) 32:18
D. Brown 42:33
P. Kessel 45:44
B. Dubinsky (PP1) 51:35| Goals| 28:08 (PP2) M. Trygg

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May 12, 2008
16:30| Canada | 6–3
(2–1, 2–0, 2–2)|  Finland| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 9,178

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Christer Lärking
Marcus Vinnerborg
| R. Getzlaf 00:33
S. Doan (SH1) 09:29
D. Heatley 30:17
P. Sharp (SH1) 38:12
S. Doan 41:07
D. Heatley 58:02| Goals| 05:30 (SH1) A. Pihlström
48:34 A. Pihlström
59:37 T. Ruutu

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May 12, 2008
20:15| Latvia | 3–5
(1–1, 2–1, 0–3)|  Germany| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 8,614

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Danny Kurmann
Milan Minář
| H. Vasiļjevs 05:01
M. Rēdlihs 25:48
M. Karsums 31:39| Goals| 18:45 (PP1) C. Schmidt
27:23 M. Wolf
47:51 C. Schubert
50:40 Y. Seidenberg
52:51 C. Ullmann

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## Relegation round

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Teams finishing last in all four Preliminary round groups competed in the Relegation round in order to determine which two nations would be relegated to the IIHF World Championship Division I. The four teams were paired in two best-of-three series.

France defeated Italy, while Slovakia defeated Slovenia, both in 2 games, and secured themselves a place among the top sixteen hockey nations in the world. Italy and Slovenia were relegated to Division I for the 2009 tournament, and will be replaced by Austria and Hungary, the winners of the 2008 Division I tournament.[3]

### Group G

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#### Series G1

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All times are local (UTC-4).

May 9, 2008
19:00| France | 3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)|  Italy| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 8,140

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| | | | Referees:
Chris Savage
Thomas Sterns
| Y. Treille (PP1) 09:09
B. Amar 39:30
S. Bordeleau (PP1) 51:05| Goals| 08:00 (PP1) J. Pittis
59:52 A. Helfer

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May 10, 2008
20:15| Italy | 4–6
(1–2, 1–1, 2–3)|  France| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 7,649

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Rick Looker
Sami Partanen
| J. Cirone 02:49
A. Signoretti (SH1) 26:12
P. Iannone 44:14
J. Pittis (PP1) 56:58| Goals| 08:13 (PP1) B. Amar
14:40 (PP2) Y. Treille
24:44 J. Zwikel
41:17 J. Desrosiers
45:12 Y. Treille
51:02 S. Bordeleau

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France won series 2 – 0

#### Series G2

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All times are local (UTC-3).

May 9, 2008
16:30| Slovenia | 1–5
(0–1, 1–4, 0–0)|  Slovakia| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 8,473

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Christer Larking
Richard Schütz
| M. Robar 33:20| Goals| 02:58 (PP2) R. Petrovický
26:43 M. Hossa
30:34 A. Podkonický
35:56 A. Kollar
36:32 I. Čiernik

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May 10, 2008
20:15| Slovakia | 4–3 GWS
(1–0, 2–2, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)|  Slovenia| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 9,156

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Milan Minář
Marcus Vinnerborg
| J. Kolník (PP1) 07:42
R. Petrovický (PP1) 31:25
Ľ. Višňovský 34:02
Ľ. Višňovský (GWG) 65:00| Goals| 25:54 M. Manfreda
38:39 D. Rodman
55:05 A. Kopitar

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Slovakia won series 2 – 0

## Playoff round

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### Draw

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| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| E2 |  Czech Republic | 2 | | |
| E3 |  Sweden | 3 |
| | QF1 |  Sweden | 4 |
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| F1 |  Canada | 8 |

| F4 |  Norway | 2 |
| | SF2 |  Canada | 4 |
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| E1 |  Russia | 6 | |
| E4 |  Switzerland | 0 |
| | QF3 |  Russia | 4 | | | Bronze-medal game
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| F3 |  United States | 2 | | | SF1 |  Finland | 4

| F2 |  Finland | 3 | | | SF2 |  Sweden | 0

### Quarter-finals

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All times are local (Quebec: UTC-4, Halifax: UTC-3).

May 14, 2008
13:00| Czech Republic | 2–3 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)|  Sweden| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 9,787

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Daniel Piechaczek
Jyri Rönn
| T. Rolinek 30:28
R. Vrbata (PS) 52:19| Goals| 27:43 (PP1) P. Hörnqvist
56:22 M. Nilson
63:15 M. Weinhandl

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May 14, 2008
16:30| Norway | 2–8
(1–2, 1–3, 0–3)|  Canada| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 9,192

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Vyacheslav Bulanov
Alexander Poliakov
| M. Ask (PP2) 07:51
M. Olimb 25:32| Goals| 00:37 D. Heatley
11:02 (PP2) R. Getzlaf
29:57 (PP1) J. Toews
34:08 (PP1) D. Roy
36:50 D. Roy
44:10 (PP1) R. Nash
50:44 R. Nash
51:40 D. Roy

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May 14, 2008
19:15| Russia | 6–0
(3–0, 3–0, 0–0)|  Switzerland| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 12,096

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Peter Ország
Guy Pellerin
| A. Semin 01:14
M. Afinogenov 02:18
D. Zaripov (PP1) 06:23
S. Fedorov 21:22
M. Afinogenov 26:37
A. Ovechkin 38:07| Goals|

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May 14, 2008
20:15| United States | 2–3 OT
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0)
(OT: 0–1)|  Finland| Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Attendance: 9,176

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Christer Lärking
Marcus Vinnerborg
| P. Kessel 55:44
D. Stafford (SH1) 56:21| Goals| 10:14 T. Ruutu
25:45 (PP1) J. Niskala
63:59 S. Lepistö

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### Semi-finals

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All times are local (UTC-4)

May 16, 2008
13:00| Russia | 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)|  Finland| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 11,159

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Danny Kurmann
Brent Reiber
| S. Fedorov 13:41
D. Zaripov 23:44
A. Morozov (PP1) 52:15
M. Sushinski (ENG) 57:56| Goals|

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May 16, 2008
17:00| Canada | 5–4
(1–1, 4–2, 0–1)|  Sweden| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 13,026

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Rick Looker
Jyri Rönn
| D. Heatley (PP1) 05:35
R. Getzlaf (PP1) 23:58
J. Mayers 28:31
R. Nash 32:29
M. Green (PP2) 39:53| Goals| 19:15 A. Strålman
22:46 N. Wallin
31:26 (PP1) A. Strålman
54:21 F. Warg

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### Bronze-medal game

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All times are local (UTC-4)

May 17, 2008
15:00| Finland | 4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)|  Sweden| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 12,009

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Guy Pellerin
Daniel Piechaczek
| A. Pihlström 11:31
J. Niskala 13:44
A. Pihlström 42:18
M. Koivu (SH1, ENG) 57:35| Goals|

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### Gold-medal game

[edit]

Main article: 2008 IIHF World Championship Final

All times are local (UTC-4)

May 18, 2008
13:00| Canada | 4–5 OT
(3–1, 1–1, 0–2)
(OT: 0–1)|  Russia| Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec
Attendance: 13,339

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Game reference

| | | | Referees:
Christer Lärking
Marcus Vinnerborg
| B. Burns 03:54
C. Kunitz 09:17
B. Burns (PP2) 14:51
D. Heatley 29:56| Goals| 01:23 A. Semin
21:14 (PP1) A. Semin
48:55 A. Tereshchenko
54:46 I. Kovalchuk
62:42 (PP1) I. Kovalchuk

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## Ranking and statistics

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2008 IIHF World Championship winners

Russia
2nd/24th[7] title

### Tournament Awards

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* Best players selected by the directorate:[8]
* Best Goaltender: Evgeni Nabokov
* Best Defenceman: Brent Burns
* Best Forward: Dany Heatley
* Most Valuable Player: Dany Heatley
* Media All-Star Team:[9]
* Goaltender: Evgeni Nabokov
* Defence: Mike Green,  Tomáš Kaberle
* Forward: Dany Heatley,  Rick Nash,  Alexander Ovechkin

### Final standings

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The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

|  Russia

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|  Canada
|  Finland
4 |  Sweden
5 |  Czech Republic
6 |  United States
7 |  Switzerland
8 |  Norway
9 |  Belarus
10 |  Germany
11 |  Latvia
12 |  Denmark
13 |  Slovakia
14 |  France
15 |  Slovenia
16 |  Italy

### Scoring leaders

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List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.[10]

Player  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | +/-  | PIM  | POS

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Dany Heatley | 9 | 12 | 8 | 20 | +13 | 4 | FW
Ryan Getzlaf | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | +10 | 10 | FW
Rick Nash | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +9 | 6 | FW
Alexander Semin | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +11 | 8 | FW
Mattias Weinhandl | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +9 | 2 | FW
Alexander Ovechkin | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +11 | 8 | FW
Sergei Fedorov | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +10 | 8 | FW
Mike Green | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +2 | 2 | D
Phil Kessel | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +4 | 6 | FW
Derek Roy | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +4 | 6 | FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position

### Leading goaltenders

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Only the top 5 goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played over 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[11]

Player  | TOI  | SA  | GA  | GAA  | Sv%  | SO

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Evgeni Nabokov | 302:42 | 126 | 9 | 1.78 | 92.86 | 2
Pascal Leclaire | 240:00 | 107 | 8 | 2.00 | 92.52 | 1
Niklas Bäckström | 483:22 | 218 | 17 | 2.11 | 92.20 | 1
Vitali Koval | 370:49 | 217 | 19 | 3.07 | 91.24 | 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

## IIHF Broadcasting rights

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* Austria: ORF Sport Plus
* Belarus: TV-First, LAD
* Canada
* English: TSN
* French: RDS
* Czech Republic: Czech Television
* Denmark: TV2 Sport
* Finland: YLE
* France: Sport+
* Germany: DSF
* Hungary: Sport 1, Sport 2
* Iceland: RÚV
* Internet: Webcast at IIHF.com
* Italy: Rai Sport Satellite
* Latvia: TV3 Latvia, TV6 Latvia, 3+ Latvia
* Norway:
* Norwegian Matches: NRK
* Other Matches: SportN
* Poland: Polsat
* Romania: Sport 1, Sport 2
* Russia: VGTRK Sport
* Slovakia: STV
* Slovenia: RTV Slovenija
* Sweden: Viasat
* Switzerland
* German: SF zwei
* French: TSR 2
* Italian: TSI 2
* USA: World Championship Sports Network

## IIHF honors and awards

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On the 100th anniversary of the IIHF's founding, an IIHF Centennial All-Star Team was chosen from the best international players at each position.[12][13] The 2008 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Quebec City during the World Championships.[14][15] Juraj Okoličány of Slovakia was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.[16][17]

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

* Art Berglund, United States[18]
* Philippe Bozon, France[19]
* Cammi Granato, United States[14][15]
* Geraldine Heaney, Canada[14][15]
* Angela James, Canada[14][15]
* Igor Larionov, Russia[20]
* Mario Lemieux, Canada[21]

## See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2008 IIHF World Championship.

* 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
* 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I
* 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II
* 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III
* Juniors, Women's, Men's U18, Women's U18

## References

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1. ^ "Vancouver 2010 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey format announced". IIHF. Archived from the original on June 1, 2007. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
2. ^ IIHF announces NHL-European Victoria Cup Archived May 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ a b c IIHF Format & Rules
4. ^ "IIHF.com: 2010 Olympic Format decided". IIHF. March 30, 2007. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
5. ^ IIHF announces awards, '08 groups
6. ^ Sanful, John (May 11, 2008). "Finns rally to defeat USA". IIHF. Retrieved May 13, 2008. "The IIHF formally acknowledged after the game that Koistinen's shot had, indeed, entered the side of the net and should not have counted, and the video-goal judge will not be working for the rest of the tournament."
7. ^ If 22 World Championship titles won by the Soviet Union are included, this total comes to 24.
8. ^ Best players selected by the directorate
9. ^ Media All-Star Team
10. ^ Scoring leaders
11. ^ "Leading goaltenders" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
12. ^ "The Hockey News: Headlines: Gretzky named to IIHF's centennial all-star team; Miracle on Ice top story". Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
13. ^ "IIHF Centennial All Star Team". www.greatesthockeylegends.com. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
14. ^ a b c d "First women players inducted to IIHF Hall of Fame". CBC Sports. Toronto, Ontario. May 15, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
15. ^ a b c d Beacon, Bill (May 15, 2008). "Heaney, James, Granato inducted as first women in IIHF Hall of Fame". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
16. ^ "Vo veku 65 rokov zomrel Juraj Okoličány, Golonka zarmútený". HokejPortal.sk (in Slovak). September 10, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
17. ^ Magáth, Tomáš (September 10, 2008). "Zomrel Juraj Okoličány". Noviny.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved July 17, 2019.
18. ^ "Art Berglund entering IIHF Hall of Fame". Colorado College Tigers. May 8, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
19. ^ "L'invité: Philippe Bozon". Radio Télévision Suisse (in French). Geneva, Switzerland. June 25, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
20. ^ "Ларионов: включение в Зал славы ИИХФ главное событие в моей карьере". RIA Novosti (in Russian). Moscow, Russia. May 16, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
21. ^ Sager, Joe (December 20, 2007). "Mario Named To IIHF Hall Of Fame". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 20, 2023.

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* 2008 Ice Hockey World Championship at Hockey Canada website
* IIHF.com

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* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Championships
(Top Division)|

| Editions|

* Switzerland 1998
* Norway 1999
* Russia 2000
* Germany 2001
* Sweden 2002
* Finland 2003
* Czech Republic 2004
* Austria 2005
* Latvia 2006
* Russia 2007
* Canada 2008
* Switzerland 2009
* Germany 2010
* Slovakia 2011
* Finland / Sweden 2012
* Sweden / Finland 2013
* Belarus 2014
* Czech Republic 2015
* Russia 2016
* Germany / France 2017
* Denmark 2018
* Slovakia 2019
* ~~Switzerland 2020~~
* Latvia 2021
* Finland 2022
* Finland / Latvia 2023
* Czechia 2024
* Sweden / Denmark 2025
* Switzerland 2026
* Germany 2027
* France 2028
* Slovakia 2029

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Finals|

* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Rosters|

* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Division I|

* 1998(B)/(C)
* 1999(B)/(C)
* 2000(B)/(C)
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Division II|

* 1998(D)
* 1999(D)
* 2000(D)
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Division III|

* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Division IV|

* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

* Medalists
* Attendance
* Awards winners

* v
* t
* e

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International|

* World Championships
* Championship
* Division I
* Division II
* Division III
* Under-20
* Division I
* Division II
* Division III
* Under-18
* Division I
* Division II
* Division III

Leagues|

| International|

* Austrian Hockey League
* National Hockey League

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Domestic|

* Australia
* '07
* '08
* Belarus
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* '07
* '08
* Norway
* Poland
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[OTW]: Overtime win
*[OTL]: Overtime loss
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
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