2008 IIHF World Championship Division III

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2008 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Luxembourg
DatesMarch 31 - April 6
Teams6
Venue(s)Kockelscheuer (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg North Korea
2007
2009

The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament was held from March 31 to April 4, 2008, in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg at the Kockelscheuer ice rink. The tournament was contested by five nations who already qualified by way of last year's tournament and one nation which was determined after the conclusion of the Division III Qualification tournament.

Teams[]

Team Qualification
 Turkey Placed 6th in Group A of 2007 Division II Championship and were relegated.
 North Korea Withdrew from Group B of 2007 Division II Championship and were demoted to Division III.
 Luxembourg Host, placed 3rd in 2007 Division III Championship.
 South Africa Placed 4th in 2007 Division III Championship.
 Mongolia Placed 5th in 2007 Division III Championship.
 Greece Placed 1st in 2008 Division III Qualification.

Fixtures[]

March 31, 2008
13:00
Greece 1 – 5 South Africa
March 31, 2008
16:30
North Korea 17 – 0 Mongolia
March 31, 2008
20:15
Luxembourg 5 – 4 (OT) Turkey
April 1, 2008
13:00
Mongolia 4 – 10 Greece
April 1, 2008
16:30
Turkey 1 – 7 South Africa
April 1, 2008
20:00
North Korea 2 – 1 Luxembourg
April 3, 2008
13:00
Turkey 11 – 3 Mongolia
April 3, 2008
16:30
North Korea 7 – 3 Greece
April 3, 2008
20:00
Luxembourg 4 – 5 South Africa
April 5, 2008
13:00
South Africa 0 – 6 North Korea
April 5, 2008
16:30
Greece 1 – 9 Turkey
April 5, 2008
20:00
Mongolia 0 – 9 Luxembourg
April 6, 2008
13:00
South Africa 12 – 4 Mongolia
April 6, 2008
16:30
Turkey 2 – 8 North Korea
April 6, 2008
20:00
Luxembourg 3 – 2 (OT) Greece

Standings[]

Promoted to Division II for 2009
Rk. Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
1  North Korea 5 5 0 0 0 40 6 34 15
2  South Africa 5 4 0 0 1 29 16 13 12
3  Luxembourg 5 1 2 0 2 22 13 9 7
4  Turkey 5 2 0 1 2 27 24 3 7
5  Greece 5 1 0 1 3 17 28 -11 4
6  Mongolia 5 0 0 0 5 11 59 -48 0

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