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The 2008 IIHF Women's World Championships were held from 4 to 12 April 2008, in Harbin, People's Republic of China. [1] The games took place at the event's main arena, Baqu Arena . It was the 11th holding of the IIHF Women's World Championship and was organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
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]
The 2008 IIHF World Championship rosters consisted of 399 players on 16 national ice hockey teams. In honour of the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) 100th anniversary, the World Championship was hosted in Canada for the first time.
However, the Olympics also counted as the World Championships, and under IIHF rules, Canada should have won a World Championship bronze. [44] In April 2005, the IIHF admitted that a mistake had occurred and announced that they had reviewed the decision and would award the 1964 Canadian team a World Championship bronze medal. [45]
However, at the World Championships, Canada won the first 8 straight gold medals from 1990 to 2004. From 2005 to 2019 the U.S. has dominated winning 9 of the 11 World Championships, defeating Canada eight times (the exception being 2019 where the U.S. won gold defeating Finland, who upset Canada in their semi-final match). Since 2020, Canada ...
The 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the inaugural junior female world ice hockey championship. It was held from 7 to 12 January 2008, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The championship is the junior ice hockey version of the women worlds, held under the auspices of the IIHF.
2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship; Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification; A. 2008 AIHL season; I. 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships;
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