2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2008 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Serbia
CityBelgrade
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates16–24 January 2008
Teams7
← 2007
(cancelled) 2009 →
2010 →
See also: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, the fourth level of the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. It was played from 16 to 24 January 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]

Venue

Division III Venue
Belgrade
Pionir Ice Hall
Capacity: 2,000

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Australia Placed 6th in Division II Group A last year and were relegated.
 Serbia Hosts; placed 6th in Division II Group B last year and were relegated.
 New Zealand Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
 Armenia Placed 4th in Division III last year.
 Turkey Placed 5th in Division III last year.
 Bulgaria Placed 6th in Division III last year.
 South Africa Last participated in 2005.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  New Zealand 6 6 0 0 0 66 15 +51 18 Promoted to the 2009 Division II
2  Serbia (H) 6 5 0 0 1 55 7 +48 15
3  Armenia 6 4 0 0 2 47 23 +24 12
4  Australia 6 3 0 0 3 44 23 +21 9
5  South Africa 6 2 0 0 4 26 52 −26 6
6  Turkey 6 1 0 0 5 18 62 −44 3
7  Bulgaria 6 0 0 0 6 10 84 −74 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

16 January 2008
14:00		Australia 5–3
(1–1, 1–0, 3–2)		 TurkeyPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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16 January 2008
17:30		Armenia 13–1
(4–0, 4–0, 5–1)		 South AfricaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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16 January 2008
21:00		Serbia 16–0
(6–0, 5–0, 5–0)		 BulgariaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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17 January 2008
14:00		New Zealand 19–1
(4–0, 8–0, 7–1)		 BulgariaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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17 January 2008
17:30		Australia 16–2
(7–0, 5–1, 4–1)		 South AfricaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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17 January 2008
21:00		Armenia 13–1
(4–0, 4–1, 5–0)		 TurkeyPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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18 January 2008
14:00		Bulgaria 0–16
(0–5, 0–7, 0–4)		 AustraliaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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18 January 2008
17:30		Turkey 1–20
(0–7, 1–7, 0–6)		 New ZealandPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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18 January 2008
21:00		Serbia 10–1
(3–1, 2–0, 5–0)		 South AfricaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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20 January 2008
14:00		Turkey 9–4
(4–1, 3–3, 2–0)		 BulgariaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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20 January 2008
17:30		New Zealand 8–4
(4–2, 2–1, 2–1)		 ArmeniaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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20 January 2008
14:00		Serbia 5–0
(3–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 AustraliaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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21 January 2008
14:00		Bulgaria 3–13
(1–4, 2–4, 0–5)		 South AfricaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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21 January 2008
17:30		Australia 2–7
(2–2, 0–1, 0–4)		 New ZealandPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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21 January 2008
21:00		Serbia 6–0
(1–0, 1–0, 4–0)		 ArmeniaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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23 January 2008
14:00		South Africa 6–3
(1–0, 3–1, 2–2)		 TurkeyPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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23 January 2008
17:30		Armenia 6–5
(2–3, 3–0, 1–2)		 AustraliaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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23 January 2008
21:00		New Zealand 5–4
(1–1, 2–1, 2–2)		 SerbiaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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24 January 2008
14:00		South Africa 3–7
(0–3, 2–3, 1–1)		 New ZealandPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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24 January 2008
17:30		Bulgaria 2–11
(1–4, 0–3, 1–4)		 ArmeniaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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24 January 2008
21:00		Turkey 1–14
(0–5, 0–5, 1–4)		 SerbiaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
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See also

References

  1. ^ 2008 World Championship Division III statistics, stats.iihf.com