2008 IIHF World Championship

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A 2008 Russian stamp commemorating the championship team

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, United States. 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

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Colisée Pepsi Halifax Metro Centre
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Capacity: 13,400 Capacity: 10,595
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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.

Group A

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Group B

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USA against Slovenia

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Group C

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Group D

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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]

Group E

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Group F

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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

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France won series 2 – 0

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Series G2

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Slovakia won series 2 – 0

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Playoff round

Draw

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze-medal game

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Gold-medal game

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Ranking and statistics

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Tournament Awards

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Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Template:Gold1 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Template:Silver2 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Template:Bronze3 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
4 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
5 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
6 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
7 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
8 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
9 File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg Belarus
10 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
11 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
12 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
13 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
14 File:Flag of France.svg France
15 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
16 File:Flag of Italy.svg 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.[9]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Template:Flagicon Dany Heatley 9 12 8 20 +13 4 FW
Template:Flagicon Ryan Getzlaf 9 3 11 14 +10 10 FW
Template:Flagicon Rick Nash 9 6 7 13 +9 6 FW
Template:Flagicon Alexander Semin 9 6 7 13 +11 8 FW
Template:Flagicon Mattias Weinhandl 9 5 8 13 +9 2 FW
Template:Flagicon Alexander Ovechkin 9 6 6 12 +11 8 FW
Template:Flagicon Sergei Fedorov 9 5 7 12 +10 8 FW
Template:Flagicon Mike Green 9 4 8 12 +2 2 D
Template:Flagicon Phil Kessel 7 6 4 10 +4 6 FW
Template:Flagicon 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.[10]

Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO
Template:Flagicon Robert Esche 198:03 102 7 2.12 93.14 0
Template:Flagicon Evgeni Nabokov 302:42 126 9 1.78 92.86 2
Template:Flagicon Pascal Leclaire 240:00 107 8 2.00 92.52 1
Template:Flagicon Niklas Bäckström 483:22 218 17 2.11 92.20 1
Template:Flagicon 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

IIHF Broadcasting rights

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IIHF honors and awards

On the 100th anniversary of the IIHF's founding, an IIHF Centennial All-Star Team was chosen from the best international players at each position.[11][12] The 2008 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Quebec City during the World Championships.[13][14] Juraj Okoličány of Slovakia was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.[15][16]

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

See also

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References

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  6. ↑ If 22 World Championship titles won by the Soviet Union are included, this total comes to 24.
  7. ↑ Best players selected by the directorate
  8. ↑ Media All-Star Team
  9. ↑ Scoring leaders
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External links

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