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.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 ČEZ ArénaCapacity: 10,194 Tipsport ArenaCapacity: 7,500 – Pardubice – Liberec
Rosters
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Relegation round
Final round Bracket
Quarterfinals
Fifth place game
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Statistics Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 James van Riemsdyk 6 5 6 11 +4 2 2 Nikita Filatov 7 4 5 9 +7 10 3 Marek Slovák 6 2 7 9 +2 12 4 Kyle Turris 7 4 4 8 +3 2 5 Arnaud Jacquemet 6 2 6 8 +1 4 5 Dávid Skokan 6 2 6 8 +1 6 7 Jordan Schroeder 6 1 7 8 +1 2 8 Yevgeni Rymarev 6 6 1 7 +2 0 8 Colin Wilson 5 6 1 7 +2 4 10 Robin Figren 6 5 2 7 +4 2 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASASv%SO 1 Steve Mason 303:36 6 1.19 123 95.12 1 2 Július Hudáček 359:08 16 2.67 202 92.08 1 3 Sergei Bobrovsky 366:07 15 2.46 184 91.85 0 4 Michal Neuvirth 240:00 10 2.50 111 90.99 0 5 Jhonas Enroth 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 = ShutoutsSource: 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 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Relegated to the 2009 Division I
Division I
The Division I Championships were played from 9 to 15 December 2007 in Bad Tölz, Germany (Group A),Division I Group A statistics and from 12 to 18 December 2007 in Riga, Latvia (Group B).Division I Group B statistics
Group A
Group B
Division II
The Division II Championships were played from 9 to 15 December 2007 in Canazei, Italy (Group A),Division II Group A statistics and from 10 to 16 December 2007 in Tallinn, Estonia (Group B).Division II Group B statistics
Group A
Group B
Division III
The Division III Championship was played from 16 to 24 January 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.Division III statistics
See also 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters
References
External links Official website of IIHF