2008 IIHF World Championship Division II

2008 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Romania; Australia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	7–13 April 2008
Teams	12
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The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II was two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II represents the third level of the Ice Hockey World Championships. For each tournament, the team which placed first was promoted to Division I, while the team which placed last was relegated to Division III for 2009.

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament was played in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, from 7 to 13 April 2008.^[1]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Romania	Hosts; placed 6th in Division I Group B last year and were relegated
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II Group A last year
Israel	Placed 3rd in Division II Group B last year
Serbia	Placed 4th in Division II Group A last year
Bulgaria	Placed 5th in Division II Group A last year
Ireland	Placed 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Romania (H)	5	5	0	0	0	65	2	+63	15	Promoted to the 2009 Division I
2	Belgium	5	3	1	0	1	29	14	+15	11
3	Serbia	5	3	0	1	1	32	19	+13	10
4	Israel	5	1	1	0	3	16	28	−12	5
5	Bulgaria	5	1	0	1	3	14	44	−30	4
6	Ireland	5	0	0	0	5	8	57	−49	0	Relegated to the 2009 Division III

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local.

7 April 2008
13:30

Ireland

1–13
(1–2, 0–3, 0–8)

Serbia

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

7 April 2008
17:00

Belgium

8–1
(4–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Bulgaria

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

7 April 2008
20:30

Israel

0–13
(0–4, 0–5, 0–4)

Romania

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

8 April 2008
13:30

Bulgaria

7–4
(2–1, 1–1, 4–2)

Ireland

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

8 April 2008
17:00

Romania

10–0
(3–0, 4–0, 3–0)

Serbia

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

8 April 2008
20:30

Belgium

6–3
(2–2, 3–1, 1–0)

Israel

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

10 April 2008
13:30

Belgium

9–1
(3–0, 4–1, 2–0)

Ireland

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

10 April 2008
17:00

Israel

1–4
(1–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Serbia

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

10 April 2008
20:30

Romania

16–0
(7–0, 4–0, 5–0)

Bulgaria

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

11 April 2008
13:30

Serbia

4–5 (GWS)
(3–1, 1–2, 0–1)
(0–0, 0–1)

Belgium

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

11 April 2008
17:00

Bulgaria

4–5 (OT)
(1–2, 1–0, 2–2)
(0–1)

Israel

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

11 April 2008
20:30

Ireland

1–21
(0–7, 1–5, 0–9)

Romania

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

13 April 2008
13:30

Serbia

11–2
(6–0, 5–0, 0–2)

Bulgaria

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

13 April 2008
17:00

Israel

7–1
(2–0, 4–1, 1–0)

Ireland

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

13 April 2008
20:30

Romania

5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Belgium

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall

Game reference

Group B Tournament

The Group B tournament was played in Newcastle, Australia, from 7 to 13 April 2008.^[2]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
China	Placed 6th in Division I Group A last year and were relegated
Australia	Hosts; placed 2nd in Division II Group B last year
Spain	Placed 3rd in Division II Group A last year
Iceland	Placed 4th in Division II Group B last year
Mexico	Placed 5th in Division II Group B last year
New Zealand	Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Australia (H)	5	5	0	0	0	20	6	+14	15	Promoted to the 2009 Division I
2	China	5	2	2	0	1	21	14	+7	10
3	Spain	5	3	0	1	1	20	19	+1	10
4	Mexico	5	2	0	0	3	14	20	−6	6
5	Iceland	5	1	0	1	3	17	21	−4	4
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	0	5	11	23	−12	0	Relegated to the 2009 Division III