2008 IIHF World Championship Division II

International ice hockey competition

2008 IIHF World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries|  Romania
Australia
Venue(s)| 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates| 7–13 April 2008
Teams| 12

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See also: 2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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.

## 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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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

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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)|  Serbia| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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7 April 2008
17:00| Belgium | 8–1
(4–0, 1–1, 3–0)|  Bulgaria| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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7 April 2008
20:30| Israel | 0–13
(0–4, 0–5, 0–4)|  Romania| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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8 April 2008
13:30| Bulgaria | 7–4
(2–1, 1–1, 4–2)|  Ireland| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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8 April 2008
17:00| Romania | 10–0
(3–0, 4–0, 3–0)|  Serbia| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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8 April 2008
20:30| Belgium | 6–3
(2–2, 3–1, 1–0)|  Israel| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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10 April 2008
13:30| Belgium | 9–1
(3–0, 4–1, 2–0)|  Ireland| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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10 April 2008
17:00| Israel | 1–4
(1–0, 0–3, 0–1)|  Serbia| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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10 April 2008
20:30| Romania | 16–0
(7–0, 4–0, 5–0)|  Bulgaria| Lajos 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)|  Belgium| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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11 April 2008
17:00| Bulgaria | 4–5 (OT)
(1–2, 1–0, 2–2)
(0–1)|  Israel| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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11 April 2008
20:30| Ireland | 1–21
(0–7, 1–5, 0–9)|  Romania| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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13 April 2008
13:30| Serbia | 11–2
(6–0, 5–0, 0–2)|  Bulgaria| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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13 April 2008
17:00| Israel | 7–1
(2–0, 4–1, 1–0)|  Ireland| Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

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13 April 2008
20:30| Romania | 5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0)|  Belgium| Lajos 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

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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

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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)|  China| HISS Arena

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7 April 2008
16:30| New Zealand | 3–6
(1–2, 1–3, 1–1)|  Iceland| HISS Arena

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7 April 2008
20:00| Australia | 7–1
(2–0, 3–1, 2–0)|  Mexico| HISS Arena

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9 April 2008
13:00| China | 5–4 (GWS)
(2–1, 1–1, 1–2)
(0–0, 1–0)|  Iceland| HISS Arena

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9 April 2008
16:30| Mexico | 2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)|  New Zealand| HISS Arena

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9 April 2008
20:00| Australia | 5–3
(1–1, 1–2, 3–0)|  Spain| HISS Arena

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10 April 2008
13:00| China | 5–3
(1–3, 2–0, 2–0)|  Mexico| HISS Arena

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10 April 2008
16:30| Spain | 4–3
(1–0, 3–0, 0–3)|  Iceland| HISS Arena

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10 April 2008
20:00| Australia | 4–2
(1–0, 1–2, 2–0)|  New Zealand| HISS Arena

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12 April 2008
13:00| Mexico | 2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0–1)|  Spain| HISS Arena

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12 April 2008
16:30| New Zealand | 2–6
(2–1, 0–3, 0–2)|  China| HISS Arena

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12 April 2008
20:00| Iceland | 0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)|  Australia| HISS Arena

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13 April 2008
13:00| Iceland | 4–6
(1–4, 3–1, 0–1)|  Mexico| HISS Arena

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13 April 2008
16:30| Spain | 5–4
(1–1, 1–0, 3–3)|  New Zealand| HISS Arena

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13 April 2008
20:00| China | 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)|  Australia| HISS Arena

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## References

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1. ^ Division II Group A statistics
2. ^ Division II Group B statistics

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