The 2008 IIHF World Championship rosters consisted of 399 players on 16 national ice hockey teams. In honour of the

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's (IIHF) 100th anniversary, the World Championship was hosted in Canada for the first time. Held in

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and Halifax, Canada, the 2008 IIHF World Championship was the 72nd edition of the tournament.

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won the Championship, the second time they had done so and their 24th title if including those won by the

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led the tournament in scoring with 20 points, and was named the tournament's most valuable player and top forward. Canadian

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was named top defenceman, while

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of Russia was selected as top goaltender. Before the start of the World Championship, each participating nation had to submit a list of players for its roster. A minimum of 15 skaters and two goaltenders, and a maximum of 20 skaters and three goaltenders had to be selected. If a country selected fewer than the maximum allowed, they had to choose the remaining players prior to the start of the tournament. After the start of the tournament, each team was allowed to select an additional two players, either skaters or goaltenders, to their roster, for a maximum roster of 25 players. Once a player was registered to the team, he could not be removed from the roster. To qualify for a national team under IIHF rules, a player must follow several criteria. He must be a citizen of the nation, and be under the jurisdiction of that national ice hockey association. Players are allowed to switch which national team they play for, providing they fulfill the IIHF criteria. If participating for the first time in an IIHF event, the player would have had to play two consecutive years in the national competition of the new country, without playing in another nation. If the player has already played for a national team before, he may switch nationality if he is a citizen of the new country, and has played for four consecutive years in the national competition of the new country. This switch may only happen once in the player's life. __NOTOC__

Legend

Belarus

*Head coach:

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Skaters

Goaltenders

Canada

*Head coach:

Ken Hitchcock Kenneth S. Hitchcock (born December 17, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey coach. Hitchcock coached the Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, St. Louis Blues and Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League ( ...

Skaters

Goaltenders

Czech Republic

*Head coach:

Alois Hadamczik Alois Hadamczik (born June 20, 1952) is a Czech ice hockey coach. He has been elected as a new president of Czech Ice Hockey Association in June 2022. He is the former head coach of Czech national team. His brother Evžen was a successf ...

Skaters

Goaltenders

Denmark

Skaters

Goaltenders

Russia

*Head coach:

Vyacheslav Bykov Vyacheslav Arkadevich "Slava" Bykov (russian: Вячеслав Аркадьевич Быков, born 24 July 1960 in Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and a former head coach of the ...

Skaters

Goaltenders

Slovakia

*Head coach: Július Šupler

Goaltenders

References

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Team rosters

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Player statistics

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