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The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2008 WJHC), was the 32nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournamement was held in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, between 26 December 2007 and 5 January 2008.
Pos. No. Player Team NHL rights GK: 1 Jonathan Bernier: Lewiston Maineiacs: GK: 30 Steve Mason: London Knights/Kitchener Rangers: D: 27 Karl Alzner: Calgary Hitmen: D: 8 Drew Doughty
The main tournament features the top ten ranked hockey nations in the world, comprising the "Top Division", from which a world champion is crowned. There are also three lower pools—Divisions I, II and III—that each play separate tournaments playing for the right to be promoted to a higher pool with the last place team facing relegation to a ...
The United States won back-to-back gold medals for the first time and host Canada lost for the second year in a row in the quarterfinals.
A player is eligible to play in the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if: [24] the player is eligible to compete as a male athlete the player has his 20th birthday in the year of the tournament's ending (e.g. born in 1994 for 2014 tournament), and at latest, the fifth year after the tournament's ending (e.g. born in 1999 for 2014 tournament);
The 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I represents the second level of the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Thursday's world juniors hockey scores. Germany 4, Kazakhstan 3 (Kazakhstan is relegated to a lower tier)Sweden 3, Latvia 2. United States 7, Switzerland 2. Finland 5, Slovakia 3. Czechia 4, Canada 3
Finland handed the defending champion United States its first loss at the 2025 world junior hockey championship as Tuomas Uronen scored in overtime for a 4-3 win on Sunday afternoon.