The 2008 IIHF Women's World Championships were held from 4 to 12 April 2008, in

Harbin Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The games took place at the event's main arena,

Baqu Arena Baqu Arena () is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Harbin, China. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people. It was the main arena used during the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships. External linksIIHF website

. It was the 11th holding of the

IIHF Women's World Championship The IIHF World Women's Championship (WW or WWC), officially the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, is the premier international tournament in women's ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The offi ...

and was organized by the

International Ice Hockey Federation The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 m ...

(IIHF). The Division I tournament was played in

Ventspils Ventspils (; german: Windau, ; see other names) is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It ...

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

, at the Ice Hall of the Ventspils Olimpiskais Centrs from March 10 through March 16, 2008. The Division II tournament was held during 25 to 30 March 2008 at the ('

Sports Institute of Finland Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to specta ...

') in

Vierumäki Vierumäki Ratapiha. Vierumäki is a village located in the Finnish municipality Heinola in the region Päijät-Häme, Finland. There are about 900–1,000 inhabitants. Neighbouring villages are Vuolenkoski in Iitti, Myllyoja in Heinola, Mäkelä ...

, Finland. Promotions and relegations reflected the results of the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships. For the 11th-straight Top Division tournament, met the in the gold medal match and, for only the second time, the American team defeated the Canadians for the gold medal. This tournament was the first IIHF Women's tournament in which the host nation (in this case, ) failed to medal. competed for a medal for the first time, losing to in the bronze medal game.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

All times local (

GMT+8 UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...

Group B

All times local (

Group C

All times local (

Qualifying round

Group D (1–3 Place)

All times local (

Group E (4–6 Place)

All times local (

Consolation round

Group F (7–9 Place)

All times local (

). '' is relegated to Division I for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships due to having the worst goal difference in the consolation round, as all three teams won 1 game and amassed exactly 3 points each.''

Final round

Match for third place

All times local (

Final

All times local (

Final standings

Source:

Awards and Statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

Shutout In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball. Shutouts are usuall ...

s''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>

Directorate Awards

*Goaltender:

Noora Räty Noora Helena Räty (born 29 May 1989) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender, playing in the Naisten Liiga (NSML) with HPK Kiekkonaiset. She is affiliated with the Minnesota chapter of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and ...

, *Defenseman:

Angela Ruggiero Angela Marie Ruggiero (born January 3, 1980) is an American former ice hockey defenseman, gold medalist, and four-time Olympian. She was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 2010 to 2018 and served as a member of the Executive Bo ...

, *Forward:

Natalie Darwitz Natalie Rose Darwitz (born October 13, 1983) is an American ice hockey player. Natalie was the Captain of the US Women's National Team for several seasons beginning with the 2007–08 season. She won three World Championships between 2005 and 2 ...

, Source
IIHF.com
/small>

Media All-Stars

*Goaltender: Noora Räty *Defensemen:

Julie Chu Julie Wu Chu (born March 13, 1982) is an Americans, American-Canadians, Canadian retired Olympic ice hockey player who played the position of Forward (ice hockey), forward on the United States women's national ice hockey team, United States wome ...

Emma Laaksonen Emma Kristiina Terho (born 17 December 1981) is a Finnish retired ice hockey Defenceman, defenseman and the current Chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission. She previously served as General manager (ice hockey), general manager of Kiekko-Espoo Nai ...

*Forwards:

Jayna Hefford Jayna Hefford (born May 14, 1977) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player and current chairperson of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association. During her career, she won multiple medals at the Winter Olympics and IIHF World Women's C ...

Hayley Wickenheiser Hayley Wickenheiser (born August 12, 1978) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, resident physician and assistant general manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs. She was the first woman to play full-time professional men’s hockey in a positio ...

, Natalie Darwitz *MVP: Noora Räty Source:

Division I

The following teams took part of the Division I tournament, which was played in

, at the Ice Hall of the Ventspils Olimpiskais Centrs from March 10 through March 16, 2008. '' is promoted to the Top Division tournament and is relegated to Division II for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

Round-robin

All times local (

UTC+2 UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00. This time is used in: As standard time (year-round) ''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...

)

Statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>

Goaltenders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

s''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>

Directorate Awards

*Goaltender:

Zuzana Tomčíková Zuzana Tomčíková (born 23 April 1988) is a Slovak retired ice hockey and ball hockey goaltender, currently working as a sports specialist with the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee. She was a member of the Slovak women's national ice hocke ...

, *Defenseman: Tatyana Shtelmaister, *Forward:

Iveta Koka Iveta Koka (born 9 March 1982) is a Latvian ice hockey forward, currently playing in the Swedish Damettan with the women's representative team of Haninge Anchors HC. She began playing with the Latvian national team in 1995 and holds the title ...

, Source: IIHF.com
/small>

Division II

The Division II tournament was held during 25 to 30 March 2008 at the ('Sports Institute of Finland') in

, Finland. '' is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.''

Round-robin

All times local (

)

Statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

s''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>

Directorate Awards

*Goaltender: Sandra Borschke *Defenseman: Linda de Rocco *Forward:

Denise Altmann Denise Altmann is an Austrian ice hockey forward, currently playing for Linköping HC in the SDHL and the Austrian national team. She is the SDHL's all-time leader in points, having led the league in scoring five times between 2009 and 2015, an ...

Source: IIHF.com
/small>

Division III

The Division III tournament was held in

Miskolc Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

at the

Miskolc Ice Hall Miskolc Ice Hall ( hu, Miskolci Jégcsarnok) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Miskolc, Hungary. It is primarily used for ice sports and is the home arena of Hungarian top division ice hockey club Miskolci JJSE. Construction The Municipality of ...

during 6 to 12 April 2008. '' is promoted to Division II and is relegated to Division IV for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.''

Round-robin

All times local (

)

Statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

s''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>

Directorate Awards

*Goaltender: Ksenija Božnar *Defenseman: Diana Krušelj-Posavec *Forward: Angela Taylor *MVP: Jasmina Rošar Source: IIHF.com
/small>

Division IV

The Division IV tournament was held in

Miercurea-Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc (; hu, Csíkszereda, ; german: Szeklerburg) is the county seat of Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, a mainly Hungarian-speaking ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is situated in the Olt (riv ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

Lajos Vákár Ice Hall Lajos Vákár Ice Hall ( hu, Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, ro, Patinoarul Lajos Vákár) is a multi-purpose hall in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. The arena is frequently used for concerts, indoor sports such as ice hockey, exhibitions and shows and ...

during 23 to 29 March 2008. '' is promoted to Division III for the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.''Iceland’s women celebrating promotion
/ref>

Round-robin

All times local (

)

Awards and Statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

s''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>

Directorate Awards

*Goaltender: Karítas Halldórsdóttir *Defenseman:

Annabelle Lewis Annabelle Lewis (born 20 March 1989) is a British track and field sprinter. After rising through the British rankings, she won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, as a member of the Great Britain 4 x 100 metres relay squa ...

*Forward:

Magdolna Dobondi Magdolna is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Magdolna Komka, née Csábi, retired Hungarian high jumper *Magdolna Kovács, Hungarian orienteering competitor *Magdolna Nyári-Kovács (1921–2005), Hungarian fencer *Magdolna Pat ...

Source: IIHF.com
/small>

References

* *

External links

IIHF Official Site

IIHF results index for 2008
{{Women's ice hockey tournaments IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2008 in Chinese women's sport April 2008 sports events in Asia Sport in Harbin Women's ice hockey in China Sport in Heinola Vierumäki 2007–08 in Asian ice hockey