2008 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2008 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 11th edition of the Top Division of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship (the 12th edition overall, if the season when only the lower divisions were played is also counted), organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The Top Division tournament was held from 4 to 12 April 2008 in Harbin, People's Republic of China.2008 Top Division statistics The games took place at the event's main arena, Baqu Arena. The Division I tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, at the Ice Hall of the Ventspils Olimpiskais Centrs from 10 to 16 March 2008. The Division II tournament was held from 25 to 30 March 2008 at the ('Sports Institute of Finland') in Vierumäki, Finland.

For the 11th-straight Top Division tournament, the win gold medal for the second time, after defeated in the gold medal match. This tournament was the first IIHF Women's tournament in which the host nation (in this case, ) failed to medal. competed for a medal for the first time, losing to in the bronze medal game.

Top Division

Preliminary round All times are local (China Standard Time – UTC+8).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Qualifying round All times are local (China Standard Time – UTC+8).

Group D (1st–3rd place)

Group E (4th–6th place)

Consolation round All times are local (China Standard Time – UTC+8).

Group F (7th–9th place)

Final round

3rd place match

Final

Final standings

Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 Relegated to the 2009 Division I Source:

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Natalie Darwitz 5 6 4 10 +7 2 2 Hayley Wickenheiser 5 3 6 9 +2 6 3 Jennifer Botterill 5 4 4 8 +4 4 4 Jayna Hefford 5 3 5 8 +4 8 5 Cherie Piper 5 2 6 8 +2 0 6 Jenny Potter 5 5 2 7 +5 2 7 Julie Chu 5 0 7 7 +2 2 8 Yekaterina Smolentseva 4 4 2 6 +4 33 9 Kathrin Lehmann 5 4 2 6 +5 8 9 Stefanie Marty 5 4 2 6 +6 10 9 Sarah Vaillancourt 5 4 2 6 +1 8GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Noora Räty 243:42 6 1.48 92.59 1 2 Florence Schelling 305:00 15 2.95 91.89 1 3 Azusa Nakaoku 179:31 8 2.67 91.01 0 4 Charline Labonté 138:29 3 1.30 90.91 1 5 Jessie Vetter 243:42 7 1.72 88.14 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards Goaltender: Noora Räty, Defenseman: Angela Ruggiero, Forward: Natalie Darwitz, Source: IIHF.com

Media All-Stars Goaltender: Noora Räty Defensemen: Julie Chu, Emma Laaksonen Forwards: Jayna Hefford, Hayley Wickenheiser, Natalie Darwitz MVP: Noora Räty Source:

Division I The Division I tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, at the Ice Hall of the Ventspils Olimpiskais Centrs, from 10 to 16 March 2008.2008 Division I statistics

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 5 6 3 9 +5 10 2 5 5 2 7 +1 4 2 5 5 2 7 +6 6 4 5 3 3 6 −1 4 5 5 0 6 6 +6 14 6 5 4 1 5 +2 2 6 5 4 1 5 +6 10 8 5 2 3 5 +6 8 8 5 2 3 5 +2 6 8 5 2 3 5 0 2GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 300:00 8 1.60 93.98 0 2 303:38 12 2.37 93.72 0 3 305:00 11 2.16 93.68 0 4 184:52 7 2.27 92.78 0 5 304:44 11 2.17 92.76 0 6 239:10 10 2.51 91.74 1TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards Goaltender: Zuzana Tomčíková, Defenseman: Tatyana Shtelmaister, Forward: Iveta Koka,

Source: IIHF.com

Division II The Division II tournament was played from 25 to 30 March 2008 at the ('Sports Institute of Finland') in Vierumäki, Finland.2008 Division II statistics

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2; on 30 March Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3).

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 5 10 5 15 +9 8 2 5 8 6 14 +10 0 3 5 6 7 13 +10 2 4 5 6 5 11 +7 8 5 5 2 8 10 +7 2 6 5 4 5 9 +8 4 7 5 3 6 9 +8 2 8 5 4 1 5 +3 4 8 5 4 1 5 +5 6 8 5 4 1 5 +4 2GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 240:00 6 1.50 93.55 1 2 120:00 4 2.00 93.44 0 3 180:00 6 2.00 92.59 1 4 275:33 9 1.96 91.74 2 5 304:29 15 2.96 90.38 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards Goaltender: Sandra Borschke Defenseman: Linda de Rocco Forward: Denise Altmann

Source: IIHF.com

Division III The Division III tournament was played in Miskolc, Hungary, at the Miskolc Ice Hall, from 6 to 12 April 2008.2008 Division III statistics

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 5 15 3 18 +13 8 2 5 4 14 18 +15 4 3 5 10 1 11 −6 4 4 5 5 5 10 +9 0 5 5 3 6 9 +10 2 6 5 6 2 8 +9 6 7 5 3 5 8 +17 6 8 5 3 4 7 +6 2 9 5 4 2 6 −6 6 10 5 4 1 5 +2 2GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 185:00 4 1.30 95.74 1 2 299:26 16 3.21 91.16 0 3 303:40 22 4.35 88.94 0 4 210:55 13 3.70 86.32 0 5 209:03 5 1.44 85.71 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards Goaltender: Ksenija Božnar Defenseman: Diana Krušelj-Posavec Forward: Angela Taylor MVP: Jasmina Rošar Source: IIHF.com

Division IV The Division IV tournament was played in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, at Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, from 23 to 29 March 2008.2008 Division IV statistics

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 5 10 7 17 +16 6 2 5 7 9 16 +8 0 3 5 6 7 13 +9 4 4 5 6 5 11 +12 2 5 5 3 8 11 +11 4 6 5 6 4 10 +9 4 7 5 3 7 10 +9 4 7 5 3 7 10 +8 0 9 5 3 6 9 +14 6 10 5 4 4 8 +11 18GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 240:00 5 1.25 95.15 1 2 271:24 14 3.10 90.07 0 3 145:12 2 0.83 90.00 1 4 203:29 7 2.06 89.39 0 5 243:06 12 2.96 88.12 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards Goaltender: Karítas Halldórsdóttir Defenseman: Annabelle Lewis Forward: Magdolna Dobondi

Source: IIHF.com

References

External links Complete results IIHF results index for 2008 Official website of IIHF