2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

2008 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships 2008 2007 2009 The 2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 72nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualification for division placements in the 2009 competition. Russia won the Top Division tournament and became the world champions. In the Division I Championship held in April, Austria and Hungary were promoted to the Championship division, while South Korea and Estonia were demoted to Division II. In the Division II competition, Romania and Australia were promoted, Ireland and New Zealand were relegated to Division III. Greece won the Division III qualification in February, and competed in the Division III competition from March to April. In that competition, North Korea and South Africa were promoted to Division II for 2009. Championship (Top Division) 2008 IIHF World Championship Sixteen teams comprise Top Division, with the bottom two teams relegating to Division I for the following year.2008 Top Division statistics, stats.iihf.com Final standings RUS CAN FIN SWE CZE USA SUI NOR BLR 1995 GER LAT DEN SVK FRA SLO — relegated to Division I for 2009 ITA — relegated to Division I for 2009 Division I 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I Twelve teams comprise Division I. They are broken into two groups, with the winner of each group gaining promotion to the World Championship pool for the following year.2008 Division I Group A statistics, stats.iihf.com2008 Division I Group B statistics, stats.iihf.com Group A Final standings AUT — promoted to Championship pool for 2009 KAZ POL GBR NED KOR — relegated to Division II for 2009 Group B Final standings HUN — promoted to Championship pool for 2009 UKR JPN LTU CRO EST — relegated to Division II for 2009 Division II 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II Twelve teams comprise Division II. They are also broken into two groups competing to advance into Division I.2008 Division II Group A statistics, stats.iihf.com2008 Division II Group B statistics, stats.iihf.com Group A Final standings ROU — promoted to Division I for 2009 BEL SRB ISR BUL IRL — relegated to Division III for 2009 Group B Final standings AUS — promoted to Division I for 2009 CHN ESP MEX ISL NZL — relegated to Division III for 2009 Division III 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Three teams comprised the Division III Qualification with the winning team advanced to the 2008 Division III main tournament. The main tournament of the Division III is made up of six teams. The top two teams are promoted to Division II for the following year.2008 Division III qualification tournament statistics, stats.iihf.com2008 Division III main tournament statistics, stats.iihf.com Qualification tournament Final standings GRE — qualified for the main tournament BIH ARM Main tournament Final standings PRK — promoted to Division II for 2009 RSA — promoted to Division II for 2009 LUX TUR GRE MGL See also 2008 World Juniors 2008 Women's 2008 Men's U18 2008 Women's U18 References External links Complete results at www.hockeyarchives.info World Ice Hockey Championships - Men's Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships