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{{Infobox international hockey competition
 | tourney_name = IIHF World Championship<br>Division I
 | year = 2008
 | image = 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I Logo.png
 | size = 240px
 | caption = 
 | country = Austria
 | country2 = Japan
 | dates = 13–19 April 2008
 | num_teams = 12
 | venues = 2
 | cities = 2
 | prevseason = [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division I|2007]]
 | nextseason = [[2009 IIHF World Championship Division I|2009]]
}}

{{see also|2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships}}

The '''2008 IIHF World Championship Division I''' was two international [[ice hockey]] tournaments organized by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]. Division I represents the second level of the [[Ice Hockey World Championships]]. The best team in each tournament, Austria and Hungary, advanced to the Top Division championship for 2009. The bottom teams in each group, South Korea and Estonia, were relegated to the lower-level [[IIHF World Championship Division II|Division II]].

==Group A tournament==
The Group A tournament was played in [[Innsbruck]], Austria, from 13 to 19 April 2008.<ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/ Division I Group A statistics]</ref> 

===Participating teams===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
| {{ih|AUT}}
| '''Hosts;''' placed 15th in Top Division last year and were relegated
|-
| {{ih|POL}} 
| Placed 2nd in Division I Group A last year
|-
| {{ih|KAZ}} 
| Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year
|-
| {{ih|GBR}} 
| Placed 4th in Division I Group B last year
|-
| {{ih|NED}} 
| Placed 5th in Division I Group A last year
|-
| {{ih|KOR}} 
| Placed 1st in Division II Group B last year and were promoted
|}

===Final standings===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL OT
|update=complete
|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133Z299_76A_16_0.pdf IIHF]

|team_order=AUT, KAZ, POL, GBR, NED, KOR

|win_AUT=5 |OTwin_AUT=0 |OTloss_AUT=0 |loss_AUT=0 |gf_AUT=34|ga_AUT=12|status_AUT=H
|win_KAZ=3 |OTwin_KAZ=1 |OTloss_KAZ=0 |loss_KAZ=1 |gf_KAZ=21|ga_KAZ=12
|win_POL=2 |OTwin_POL=1 |OTloss_POL=1 |loss_POL=1 |gf_POL=18|ga_POL=17
|win_GBR=2 |OTwin_GBR=0 |OTloss_GBR=1 |loss_GBR=2 |gf_GBR=19|ga_GBR=17
|win_NED=0 |OTwin_NED=1 |OTloss_NED=0 |loss_NED=4 |gf_NED=15|ga_NED=30
|win_KOR=0 |OTwin_KOR=0 |OTloss_KOR=1 |loss_KOR=4 |gf_KOR=8 |ga_KOR=27

|name_AUT={{ih|AUT}}
|name_KAZ={{ih|KAZ}}
|name_POL={{ih|POL}}
|name_GBR={{ih|GBR}}
|name_NED={{ih|NED}}
|name_KOR={{ih|KOR}}

|res_col_header=PR
|result1=PR |result6=REL
|col_PR=green1 |text_PR=Promoted to the [[2009 IIHF World Championship|2009 Top Division]]
|col_REL=red1  |text_REL=Relegated to the [[2009 IIHF World Championship Division II|2009 Division II]]
}}

===Match results===
<small>All times are local.</small>

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|date = 13 April 2008
|time = 13:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|NED}}
|score = 3–6
|periods = (1–3, 1–0, 1–3)
|team2 = '''{{ih|KAZ}}''' 
|goals1 = James Schaafsma 13:31 (PP2), 28:52 (EQ) <br> [[Bjorn Willemse]] 47:31 (EQ)
|goals2 = 3:52 (PP1) [[Alexei Savchenko]], <br> 9:57 (EQ) [[Ilya Solarev]], <br> 19:47 (PP2) [[Maxim Balyayev]] <br> 41:59 (EQ), 45:07 (EQ) [[Lev Krutokhvostov]] <br> 59:35 (EN) [[Alexey Vyatkin]]
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 1,354
|referee = Christian Oswald {{GER}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133901_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg = 
|date = 13 April 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|GBR}}
|score = 1–2 (GWS)
|periods = (0–1, 1–0, 0–0)<br>(0–0, 0–1)
|team2 = '''{{ih|POL}}''' 
|goals1 = [[Greg Chambers]] 26:14 (EQ) 
|goals2 = 15:11 (EQ) Maciej Urbanowicz, <br> 65:00 (GWS) [[Krzysztof Zapała]]
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]] 
|attendance = 2,490
|referee = Miroslav Jebavy {{CZE}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133902_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box 
|date = 13 April 2008
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|KOR}}
|score = 0–8
|periods = (0–3, 0–4, 0–1)
|team2 = '''{{ih|AUT}}''' 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 01:48 (EQ), 32:59 (EQ) [[Christoph Brandner]], <br> 04:27 (EQ) [[Roland Kaspitz]], <br> 17:23 (PP1) [[Dieter Kalt]], <br> 24:23 (EQ) [[Thomas Koch (ice hockey)|Thomas Koch]], <br> 28:17 (EQ) [[Thomas Raffl]], <br> 35:38 (EQ) [[Oliver Setzinger]], <br> 40:52 (PP1) [[Martin Oraze]]
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]] 
|attendance = 3,100
|referee = Tommy Soestumoen {{NOR}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133903_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg = 
|date = 14 April 2008
|time = 13:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|POL}}'''
|score = 6–4
|periods = (2–2, 1–1, 3–1)
|team2 = {{ih|NED}}
|goals1 = [[Leszek Laszkiewicz]] 03:35 (PP1), 24:25 (SH1), <br> [[Marcin Kolusz]] 15:54 (EQ), <br> [[Adrian Labryga]] 40:56 (EQ), <br> Maciej Urbanowicz 42:09 (EQ), <br> [[Adam Borzęcki]] 51:53 (PP1)
|goals2 = 10:29 (EQ) [[Nicky De Jong]], <br> 19:59 (PP1) [[Nathaniel Korthuis]], <br> 27:49 (PS) [[Douglas Stienstra]], <br> 59:55 (PS) [[Bradley Smulders]]
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 1,090
|referee = Tommy Soestumoen {{NOR}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133904_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|date = 14 April 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|KAZ}}'''
|score = 5–1
|periods = (2–0, 1–0, 2–1)
|team2 = {{ih|KOR}} 
|goals1 = [[Artemiy Lakiza]] 02:04 (PP1), <br> [[Andrey Gavrilin]] 15:37 (EQ), 44:09 (EQ), <br> [[Yevgeniy Fadeyev]] 39:25 (EQ), <br> [[Alexey Vorontsov]] 45:20 (EQ)
|goals2 = 52:54 (EQ) [[Kim Ki Sung]] 
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 1,270
|referee = Igor Dremelj {{SLO}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133905_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box 
|bg = 
|date = 14 April 2008
|time = 20:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|AUT}}'''
|score = 10–5
|periods = (4–3, 3–0, 3–2)
|team2 = {{ih|GBR}} 
|goals1 = [[Marco Pewal]] 02:55 (EQ), <br> [[Roland Kaspitz]] 08:23 (EQ), <br> [[Gerd Gruber]] 13:21 (EQ), <br> [[Oliver Setzinger]] 16:04 (PP1), 42:08 (EQ), <br> [[Thomas Koch (ice hockey)|Thomas Koch]] 23:38 (EQ), <br> [[Gerhard Unterluggauer]] 25:59 (PP1), <br> [[Thomas Vanek]] 33:33 (PP1), 41:07 (PP2), 49:46 (PP1)
|goals2 = 07:55 (PP1) [[Greg Chambers]], <br> 14:23 (PP1) [[Ashley Tait]], <br> 17:57 (EQ) [[Thomas Watkins (ice hockey)|Thomas Watkins]], <br> 42:52 (PP1) [[Jonathan Weaver (ice hockey)|Jonathan Weaver]], <br> 56:17 (PP1) [[David Clarke (ice hockey)|David Clarke]]
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 3,100
|referee = Christian Oswald {{GER}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133906_74_4_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box 
|date = 16 April 2008
|time = 13:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|KOR}}
|score = 1–4
|periods = (0–1, 0–1, 1–2)
|team2 = '''{{ih|GBR}}''' 
|goals1 = [[Cho Min Ho]] 50:42 (EQ)
|goals2 = 01:29 (EQ) [[David Clarke (ice hockey)|David Clarke]], <br> 31:39 (EQ) [[David Longstaff]], <br> 46:52 (EQ) [[Daniel Meyers]], <br> 58:13 (SH1) [[Ashley Tait]]
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 897
|referee = Igor Dremelj {{SLO}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133907_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box 
|bg = 
|date = 16 April 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|POL}}
|score = 3–4 (GWS)
|periods = (0–1, 0–1, 3–1)<br>(0–0, 0–1)
|team2 = '''{{ih|KAZ}}'''
|goals1 = [[Krzysztof Zapała]] 40:49 (EQ), <br> [[Leszek Laszkiewicz]] 48:27 (EQ), <br> [[Marcin Jaros]] 56:30 (EQ)
|goals2 = 09:40 (PP1) [[Andrey Gavrilin]], <br> 22:17 (EQ) [[Andrei Spiridonov]], <br> 44:20 (EQ) [[Yevgeniy Ushkov]], <br> 65:00 (GWS) [[Konstantin Kassatkin]]
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 2,132
|referee = Tommy Soestumoen {{NOR}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133908_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|date = 16 April 2008
|time = 20:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|AUT}}'''
|score = 5–1
|periods = (0–0, 1–1, 4–0)
|team2 = {{ih|NED}} 
|goals1 = [[Philipp Lukas]] 20:57 (EQ), <br> [[Christoph Brandner]] 43:58 (PP1), <br> [[Dieter Kalt]] 47:01 (PP1), <br> [[Thomas Vanek]]  52:48 (EQ), 54:08 (EQ)
|goals2 = 33:58 (EQ) [[Douglas Stienstra]]
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 3,100
|referee = Miroslav Jebavy {{CZE}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133909_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box 
|bg = 
|date = 18 April 2008
|time = 13:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|GBR}}'''
|score = 8–1
|periods = (2–0, 4–0, 2–1)
|team2 = {{ih|NED}} 
|goals1 = [[Gregory Owen]] 05:36 (EQ), 28:34 (PP1), 47:59 (EQ), <br> [[Jonathan Phillips (ice hockey)|Jonathan Phillips]] 11:15 (EQ), <br> [[Jonathan Weaver (ice hockey)|Jonathan Weaver]] 34:04 (EQ), <br> [[Greg Chambers]] 36:25 (EQ), 40:36 (SH1), <br> [[Thomas Watkins (ice hockey)|Thomas Watkins]] 37:45 (EQ)
|goals2 = 59:02 (PP2) [[Jacobus Teunissen]]
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 1,249
|referee = Igor Dremelj {{SLO}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133910_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box 
|date = 18 April 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|POL}}'''
|score = 4–1
|periods = (0–0, 2–1, 2–0)
|team2 = {{ih|KOR}} 
|goals1 = [[Krzysztof Zapała]] 26:27 (PP1), <br> [[Marcin Jaros]] 37:15 (EQ), <br> [[Jarosław Różański]] 50:54 (EQ), <br> [[Sebastian Kowalówka]] 56:30 (EQ)
|goals2 = 24:18 (EQ) [[Kim Kyu Hun]]
|attendance = 2,005
|referee = Christian Oswald {{GER}}
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133911_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box 
|bg = 
|date = 18 April 2008
|time = 20:30 
|team1 = {{ih-rt|KAZ}}
|score = 3–4
|periods = (1–1, 1–2, 1–1)
|team2 = '''{{ih|AUT}}''' 
|goals1 = [[Lev Krutokhvostov]] 13:34 (EQ), <br> [[Andrei Ogorodnikov]] 30:50 (EQ), <br> [[Vladislav Kolesnikov]] 46:59 (EQ)
|goals2 = 01:14 (EQ) [[Martin Ulrich]], <br> 30:07 (SH1) [[Dieter Kalt]], <br> 35:43 (SH1) [[Daniel Welser]], <br> 56:51 (PP1) [[Christoph Brandner]]
|attendance = 3,200
|referee = Miroslav Jebavy {{CZE}}
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133912_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box 
|date = 19 April 2008
|time = 13:30 
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|NED}}'''
|score = 6–5 (OT)
|periods = (2–1, 2–3, 1–1)<br>(1–0)
|team2 = {{ih|KOR}} 
|goals1 = [[Casey van Schagen]] 03:56 (EQ), <br> Marcel Kars 15:43 (EQ), <br> Jamie Schaafsma 46:59 (EQ), 64:23 (EQ) <br> [[Bradley Smulders]] 30:18 (EQ), <br> [[Doug Stienstra]] 58:59 (EQ)
|goals2 = 02:52 (EQ), 33:30 (PP1) [[Min Ho Cho]], <br> 28:07 (EQ) [[Woo Sang Park]], <br> 37:11 (EQ) Yong Jun Lee, <br> 53:05 (EQ) [[Ki Sung Kim]]
|attendance = 1,890
|referee = Miroslav Jebavy {{CZE}}
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133913_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box 
|bg = 
|date = 19 April 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|KAZ}}'''
|score = 3–1
|periods = (1–1, 0–0, 2–0)
|team2 = {{ih|GBR}}
|goals1 = [[Andrey Spiridonov]] 12:34 (EQ), 54:42 (EQ) <br> [[Alexey Vyatkin]] 55:14 (EQ)
|goals2 = 06:28 (PP1) [[David Clarke (ice hockey)|David Clarke]]
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 2,400
|referee = Christian Oswald {{GER}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133914_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box 
|date = 19 April 2008
|time = 20:30
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|AUT}}'''
|score = 7–3
|periods = (1–1, 5–0, 1–2)
|team2 = {{ih|POL}}
|goals1 = [[Jeremy Rebek]] 11:31 (EQ), <br> [[Dieter Kalt]] 23:13 (PP2), 26:45 (EQ), <br> [[Gerhard Unterluggauer]] 23:36 (PP1), 50:04 (PP1), <br> [[Daniel Welser]] 31:55 (EQ), <br> [[Philipp Lukas]] 39:10 (EQ),
|goals2 = 13:00 (EQ) [[Marcin Kolusz]], <br> 45:00 (EQ) Maciej Urbanowicz, <br> 51:53 (EQ) [[Adrian Labryga]]
|stadium = [[Tyrolean Ice Arena|TWK Arena]]
|attendance = 3,200
|referee = Tommy Soestumoen {{NOR}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/133/IHM133915_74_2_0.pdf
}}

==Group B tournament==
The Group B tournament was played in [[Sapporo]], Japan, from 13 to 19 April 2008.<ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/ Division I Group B statistics]</ref>

===Participating teams===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
| {{ih|UKR}} 
| Placed 16th in Top Division last year and were relegated
|-
| {{ih|HUN}} 
| Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year
|-
| {{ih|JPN}} 
| '''Hosts;''' placed 3rd in Division I Group B last year
|-
| {{ih|EST}} 
| Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year
|-
| {{ih|LTU}} 
| Placed 5th in Division I Group B last year
|-
| {{ih|CRO}}
| Placed 1st in Division II Group A last year and were promoted
|}

===Final standings===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL OT
|update=complete
|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134Z299_76A_15_0.pdf IIHF]

|team_order=HUN, UKR, JPN, LTU, CRO, EST

|win_HUN=5 |OTwin_HUN=0 |OTloss_HUN=0 |loss_HUN=0 |gf_HUN=22|ga_HUN=7
|win_UKR=3 |OTwin_UKR=1 |OTloss_UKR=0 |loss_UKR=1 |gf_UKR=18|ga_UKR=8
|win_JPN=3 |OTwin_JPN=0 |OTloss_JPN=1 |loss_JPN=1 |gf_JPN=19|ga_JPN=10|status_JPN=H
|win_LTU=2 |OTwin_LTU=0 |OTloss_LTU=0 |loss_LTU=3 |gf_LTU=9 |ga_LTU=21
|win_CRO=0 |OTwin_CRO=1 |OTloss_CRO=0 |loss_CRO=4 |gf_CRO=5 |ga_CRO=15
|win_EST=0 |OTwin_EST=0 |OTloss_EST=1 |loss_EST=4 |gf_EST=9 |ga_EST=21

|name_HUN={{ih|HUN}}
|name_UKR={{ih|UKR}}
|name_JPN={{ih|JPN}}
|name_LTU={{ih|LTU}}
|name_CRO={{ih|CRO}}
|name_EST={{ih|EST}}

|res_col_header=PR
|result1=PR |result6=REL
|col_PR=green1 |text_PR=Promoted to the [[2009 IIHF World Championship|2009 Top Division]]
|col_REL=red1  |text_REL=Relegated to the [[2009 IIHF World Championship Division II|2009 Division II]]
}}

===Match results===
<small>All times are local.</small>

{{Ice hockey box
|date = 13 April 2008 
|time = 13:00  
|team1 = {{ih-rt|CRO}} 
|score = 0–4
|periods = (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)
|team2 =  '''{{ih|UKR}}'''
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 8:42 (EQ) [[Yuri Dyachenko]]<br> 33:48 (PP2) [[Dmytro Tsuryl]]  <br> 52:06 (EQ) [[Vadym Shakhraychuk]]  <br> 52:27 (EQ) [[Oleksandr Karaulshchuk]]
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 593
|referee = Sean Reid {{CAN}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134901_74_4_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = 
|date = 13 April 2008 
|time = 16:30  
|team1 = {{ih-rt|EST}} 
|score = 3–5
|periods = (1–2, 2–1, 0–2)
|team2 =  '''{{ih|HUN}}'''
|goals1 = [[Maksim Ivanov]] 3:05 (PP1) <br> [[Andrei Makrov]] 24:36 (PP2) <br> [[Aleksander Polozov]] 34:03 (EQ)
|goals2 = 7:48 (EQ), 11:10 (PP1) [[Márton Vas]]<br> 39:04 (EQ), 45:30 (EQ) [[Csaba Kovács]]  <br> 51:03 (EQ) [[Dániel Fekete]]
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 978
|referee = Pawel Meszynski {{POL}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134902_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|date = 13 April 2008 
|time = 20:00  
|team1 = {{ih-rt|LTU}} 
|score = 0–5
|periods = (0–4, 0–0, 0–1)
|team2 =  '''{{ih|JPN}}'''
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 4:23 (PP1) [[Yosuke Kon]]<br> 9:09 (PP1) [[Masahito Nishiwaki]]  <br> 12:55 (PP1) Sho Sato  <br> 18:02 (EQ) [[Darcy Mitani]]  <br> 41:28 (EQ) [[Ryuichi Kawai]]
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 708
|referee = Nigel Boniface {{GBR}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134903_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = 
|date = 14 April 2008 
|time = 13:00  
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|UKR}}''' 
|score = 3–1
|periods = (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)
|team2 =  {{ih|EST}}
|goals1 = [[Dmytro Tsyrul]] 28:58 (EQ) <br> [[Yuri Navarenko]] 37:39 (SH1) <br> [[Roman Salnikov]] 59:27 (ENG)
|goals2 =  22:15 (PP1) [[Andrei Makrov]]
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 195
|referee = Nigel Boniface {{GBR}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134904_74_4_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|date = 14 April 2008 
|time = 16:30  
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|HUN}}''' 
|score = 6–0
|periods = (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
|team2 =  {{ih|LTU}}
|goals1 = [[Márton Vas]] 10:11 (PP1) <br> [[Gábor Ocskay]] 11:31 (PP2), 58:37 (EQ) <br> [[Krisztián Palkovics]] 29:22 (PP1) <br>   [[Csaba Kovács]] 36:31 (PS) <br> [[Balázs Ladányi]] 59:31 (PP1)
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 708
|referee = Sean Reid {{CAN}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134905_74_4_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = 
|date = 14 April 2008 
|time = 20:00  
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|JPN}}''' 
|score = 3–0
|periods = (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
|team2 =  {{ih|CRO}}
|goals1 = [[Darcy Mitani]] 8:34 (PP1) <br> [[Daisuke Obara]] 41:05 (PP1) <br> [[Takahito Suzuki]] 56:24 (PP1)
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 1,145
|referee = Vladimir Baluska {{SVK}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134906_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|date = 16 April 2008 
|time = 13:00  
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|CRO}}''' 
|score = 2–1 (GWS)
|periods = (0–1, 1–0, 0–0)<br>(0–0, 1–0)
|team2 =  {{ih|EST}}
|goals1 = [[Marko Lovrenčić]] 39:01 (PP1) <br> [[Mario Novak]] 65:00 (GWS)
|goals2 = 13:30 (PP1) [[Ilja Urusev]]
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 153
|referee = Nigel Boniface {{GBR}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134907_74_4_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = 
|date = 16 April 2008 
|time = 16:30  
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|UKR}}''' 
|score = 6–1 
|periods = (4–0, 1–1, 1–0)
|team2 =  {{ih|LTU}}
|goals1 = [[Vadym Shakhraychuk]] 0:47 (EQ) <br> [[Kostiantyn Kasianchuk]] 8:15 (EQ) <br> [[Andrei Sryubko]] 10:43 (PP1) <br> [[Aleksandr Materukhin]] 16:01 (PS) <br> [[Serhiy Klymentiev|Sergei Klimentiev]] 29:25 (EQ) <br> [[Roman Salnikov]] 51:37 (EQ)
|goals2 = 35:47 (EQ) [[Tadas Kumeliauskas]]
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 438
|referee = Vladimir Baluska {{SVK}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134908_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|date = 16 April 2008 
|time = 20:00  
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|HUN}}''' 
|score = 4–2 
|periods = (0–0, 3–1, 1–1)
|team2 =  {{ih|JPN}}
|goals1 = [[Balázs Ladányi]] 26:45 (EQ) <br> [[Krisztián Palkovics]] 27:46 (EQ), 59:25 (ENG) <br> [[Gábor Ocskay]] 33:50 (SH1)
|goals2 = 37:37 (EQ) Sho Sato<br> 45:59 (EQ) [[Masahito Nishiwaki]]
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 1,363
|referee = Pawel Meszynski {{POL}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134909_74_4_0.pdf
}}
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|date = 18 April 2008 
|time = 13:00  
|team1 = {{ih-rt|EST}} 
|score = 1–4 
|periods = (0–1, 1–1, 0–2)
|team2 =  '''{{ih|LTU}}'''
|goals1 =  [[Maksim Ivanov]] 38:00 (PP2)
|goals2 =  18:41 (EQ) [[Mindaugas Kieras]]<br> 22:00 (PP1) [[Darius Lelėnas]]<br> 44:08 (PP1) [[Dalius Vaiciukevičius]]<br> 59:47 (ENG) [[Egidijus Bauba]]
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 238
|referee =  Pawel Meszynski {{POL}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134910_74_4_0.pdf
}}
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|date = 18 April 2008 
|time = 16:30  
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|HUN}}''' 
|score = 3–0 
|periods = (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
|team2 =  {{ih|CRO}}
|goals1 =  [[Imre Peterdi]] 35:01 (EQ) <br> [[Krisztián Palkovics]] 46:01 (EQ), 49:45 (PP1)
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 541
|referee =  Vladimir Baluska {{SVK}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134911_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg = 
|date = 18 April 2008 
|time = 20:00  
|team1 = {{ih-rt|JPN}} 
|score = 2–3 (GWS)
|periods = (0–0, 2–2, 0–0)<br>(0–0, 0–1)
|team2 =  '''{{ih|UKR}}'''
|goals1 = [[Suzuki Takahito]] 24:59 (EQ) <br> [[Kamino Toru]] 36:49 (EQ)  
|goals2 = [[Kostiantyn Kasianchuk]] 20:42 (PP1) <br> [[Serhiy Varlamov|Sergii Varlamov]] 39:09 (PP1) <br> [[Dmytro Tsyrul]] 65:00 (GWS)
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 1,879
|referee =  Sean Reid {{CAN}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134912_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|date = 19 April 2008 
|time = 13:00  
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|LTU}}''' 
|score = 4–3 
|periods = (0–2, 1–0, 3–1)
|team2 =  {{ih|CRO}}
|goals1 = [[Dovydas Kulevičius]] 21:13 (PP1), 45:40 (EQ) <br> [[Mindaugas Kieras]] 44:10 (PP2) <br> [[Darius Lelėnas]] 58:18 (EQ)
|goals2 = [[Tomislav Čunko]] 14:35 (EQ) <br> [[Veljko Žibret]] 15:20 (EQ) <br> [[Krešimir Švigir]] 47:17 (EQ)
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 989
|referee =  Meszynski Pawel {{POL}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134913_74_4_0.pdf
}}
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|bg = 
|date = 19 April 2008 
|time = 16:30  
|team1 = '''{{ih-rt|JPN}}''' 
|score = 7–3 
|periods = (4–2, 1–0, 2–1)
|team2 =  {{ih|EST}}
|goals1 = [[Takeshi Saito (ice hockey)|Saito Takeshi]] 2:14 (EQ), 41:43 (PP1) <br> [[Aaron Keller (ice hockey)|Aaron Keller]] 3:32 (EQ) <br> [[Obara Daisuke]] 6:15 (PP1) <br> [[Mitani Darcy]] 11:48 (EQ), 21:01 (PP1) <br> [[Kon Yosuke]] 44:05 (EQ) 
|goals2 = [[Maksim Ivanov]] 0:36 (EQ) <br> [[Andrei Makrov]] 9:44 (EQ) <br> [[Aleksei Sibirtsev]] 48:57 (PP1)
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 2,386
|referee =  Vladimir Baluska {{SVK}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134914_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|date = 19 April 2008 
|time = 20:00  
|team1 = {{ih-rt|UKR}} 
|score = 2–4 
|periods = (0–2, 2–1, 0–1)
|team2 =  '''{{ih|HUN}}'''
|goals1 =  [[Oleg Blagoi]] 37:04 (EQ) <br> [[Vitaliy Semenchenko]] 37:39 (SH1)
|goals2 =  10:27 (EQ) [[János Vas]] <br> 19:32 (PP1) [[Krisztián Palkovics]] <br> 21:46 (EQ) [[Imre Peterdi]] <br> 59:19 (SH1) [[Márton Vas]]
|stadium = [[Tsukisamu Gymnasium]], [[Sapporo]]
|attendance = 2,544
|referee = Sean Reid {{CAN}}
|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/134/IHM134915_74_3_0.pdf
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ice Hockey World Championships}}
{{2007–08 in men's ice hockey}}

[[Category:IIHF World Championship Division I]]
[[Category:2008 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2]]
[[Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Austria|2008]]
[[Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Japan|2008]]
[[Category:2007–08 in Austrian ice hockey]]
[[Category:2007–08 in Japanese ice hockey]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Innsbruck]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Sapporo]]