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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 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 72nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualification for division placements in the 2009 competition.
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.
The 2008 IIHF World Championship final was an ice hockey match that took place on 18 May 2008 at the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, Canada, to determine the winner of the 2008 IIHF World Championship. Russia defeated Canada 5–4 in overtime to win its 2nd championship.
The Victoria Cup was an ice hockey tournament organized by the IIHF and intended for teams of the Champions Hockey League and the NHL. The inaugural Cup was a single game playoff between the 2008 IIHF European Champions Cup winners Metallurg Magnitogorsk and the New York Rangers of the NHL. It was held in Bern, Switzerland on 1 October 2008 ...
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]
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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.