2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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 Elite group, what the IIHF refer to as the Top Division, was held in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, between 26 December 2007 and 5 January 2008. Canada won the gold medal for the fourth consecutive time. Sweden earned its first World Junior medal since 1996 by reaching the final.
Top Division.
Preliminary round.
"All times are local (UTC+1)."
Division I.
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 18, 2007. Group A was played at Bad Toelz, Germany. Group B was played at Riga, Latvia:
Group A.
" is promoted to Pool A and is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships"
Group B.
" is promoted to Pool A and is relegated to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships"
Division II.
The following teams took part in the Division II tournament, that was held from December 9, through December 16, 2007. Group A was played at Canazei, Italy. Group B was played at Tallinn, Estonia:
Group A.
" is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships"
Group B.
" is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships"
Division III.
The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, that was held from January 16 through January 24, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.
" and were promoted to Division II for the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships"