2008 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Canada |
Dates | May 2–18 |
Officially opened by | Michaëlle Jean |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Russia (2nd title) | |
Runner-up | Canada |
Third place | Finland |
Fourth place | Sweden |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 54 |
Goals scored | 357 (6.61 per match) |
Attendance | 477,040 (8,834 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | Dany Heatley (20 points) |
MVP | Dany Heatley |
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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, USA. 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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Venues[]
Quebec | Quebec Halifax |
Halifax | |
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Colisée Pepsi | Halifax Metro Centre | ||
46°49′51″N 71°14′47″W / 46.83083°N 71.24639°W | 44°38′54″N 63°34′36″W / 44.64833°N 63.57667°W | ||
Capacity: 13,400 | Capacity: 10,595 | ||
Rules[]
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[]
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.
Team advanced to the Qualifying Round | |
Team sent to compete in the Relegation Round |
Group A[]
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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Group B[]
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 9 |
United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 |
Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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Group C[]
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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Finland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 |
Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 |
Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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Group D[]
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 |
Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 0 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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Qualifying round[]
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]
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Group E[]
Rk | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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1 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 13 |
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 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Group F[]
Rk | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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1 | Canada | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 15 |
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 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Relegation Round[]
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[]
Series G1[]
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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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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Series G2[]
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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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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Playoff round[]
Draw[]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
E2 | Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||||||
E3 | Sweden | 3 | |||||||||||
QF1 | Sweden | 4 | |||||||||||
QF2 | Canada | 5 | |||||||||||
F1 | Canada | 8 | Final | ||||||||||
F4 | Norway | 2 | |||||||||||
SF2 | Canada | 4 | |||||||||||
SF1 | Russia | 5 | |||||||||||
E1 | Russia | 6 | |||||||||||
E4 | Switzerland | 0 | |||||||||||
QF3 | Russia | 4 | Bronze medal game | ||||||||||
QF4 | Finland | 0 | |||||||||||
F3 | United States | 2 | SF1 | Finland | 4 | ||||||||
F2 | Finland | 3 | SF2 | Sweden | 0 |
Quarter-finals[]
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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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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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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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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Semi-finals[]
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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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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Bronze Medal Game[]
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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Gold Medal Game[]
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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Ranking and statistics[]
Tournament Awards[]
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Final standings[]
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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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[]
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[]
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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Robert Esche | 198:03 | 102 | 7 | 2.12 | 93.14 | 0 |
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
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See also[]
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
- 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification
- Juniors, Women's, Men's U18, Women's U18
References[]
- ^ "Vancouver 2010 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey format announced". Archived from the original on June 1, 2007. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
- ^ IIHF announces NHL-European Victoria Cup Archived May 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b c IIHF Format & Rules
- ^ "IIHF.com: 2010 Olympic Format decided". March 30, 2007. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
- ^ IIHF announces awards, '08 groups
- ^ 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.
- ^ If 22 World Championship titles won by the Soviet Union are included, this total comes to 24.
- ^ Best players selected by the directorate[permanent dead link]
- ^ Media All-Star Team[permanent dead link]
- ^ Scoring leaders[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Leading goaltenders" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
External links[]
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- IIHF World Championship
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- May 2008 sports events in Canada
- Sports competitions in Quebec City
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