2008 IIHF World Championship Division III

See also: 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

2008 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country	Luxembourg
Dates	March 31 - April 6
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Kockelscheuer (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament was held from March 31 to April 4, 2008, in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg at the Kockelscheuer ice rink. The tournament was contested by five nations who already qualified by way of last year's tournament and one nation which was determined after the conclusion of the Division III Qualification tournament.

Teams

Team	Qualification
Turkey	Placed 6th in Group A of 2007 Division II Championship and were relegated.
North Korea	Withdrew from Group B of 2007 Division II Championship and were demoted to Division III.
Luxembourg	Host, placed 3rd in 2007 Division III Championship.
South Africa	Placed 4th in 2007 Division III Championship.
Mongolia	Placed 5th in 2007 Division III Championship.
Greece	Placed 1st in 2008 Division III Qualification.

Fixtures

March 31, 2008
13:00

1 – 5

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

Dimitrios Kalyvas 40:19

Goals

Jared Joyce 02:04, Carel Esterhuizen 19:08, Marc Giot 54:57, Jack Valadas 56:26, David Watson 58:15

March 31, 2008
16:30

17 – 0

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

Kim Chang Min 08:29, Ri Kum Song 09:49, 23:31, 56:17 Ri Se Gwang 11:44, 38:44, Kim Kyong Il 13:08, 14:28, Ri Chol Min 19:22, Mun Chol 20:59, 31:55, 36:35, Song Chung Song 42:41, 58:05 Ju Sung Hyok 48:18, 53:06, Jong Song Il 55:56

Goals

March 31, 2008
20:15

5 – 4 (OT)

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

Benny Welter 11:15, 45:56 Ronny Scheier 16:39, Georges Scheier 49:18, Thierry Holtzem 63:39

Goals

Emrah Ozmen 02:43, 28:26, 50:34 Erdogan Coskun 29:09

April 1, 2008
13:00

4 – 10

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

Neguun Ganbat 14:19, Altengeral Ichinnorov 21:48, 54:48, Batzayaagiin Pürevdorj 55:21

Goals

Dimitrios Kalyvas 08:08, 15:41, 20:46, 28:57, 30:30, 35:16, 37:31, 49:37, Ioannis Koufis 52:46, 59:44

April 1, 2008
16:30

1 – 7

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

April 1, 2008
20:00

2 – 1

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

Mun Chol 45:01, Kim Kwang Hyok 57:20

Goals

Francois Schons 54:59

April 3, 2008
13:00

11 – 3

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

April 3, 2008
16:30

7 – 3

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

April 3, 2008
20:00

4 – 5

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

April 5, 2008
13:00

0 – 6

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

April 5, 2008
16:30

1 – 9

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

April 5, 2008
20:00

0 – 9

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

April 6, 2008
13:00

12 – 4

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

April 6, 2008
16:30

2 – 8

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

April 6, 2008
20:00

3 – 2 (OT)

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink

Standings

	Promoted to Division II for 2009

Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	North Korea	5	5	0	0	0	40	6	34	15
2	South Africa	5	4	0	0	1	29	16	13	12
3	Luxembourg	5	1	2	0	2	22	13	9	7
4	Turkey	5	2	0	1	2	27	24	3	7
5	Greece	5	1	0	1	3	17	28	-11	4
6	Mongolia	5	0	0	0	5	11	59	-48	0

External links

2008 Division III at the IIHF

Ice Hockey World Championships

Current champions (2016): Canada

2017 Championship
teams

Tournaments

Championships
(Top Division)

Editions	Switzerland 1998 Norway 1999 Russia 2000 Germany 2001 Sweden 2002 Finland 2003 Czech Republic 2004 Austria 2005 Latvia 2006 Russia 2007 Canada 2008 Switzerland 2009 Germany 2010 Slovakia 2011 Finland/Sweden 2012 Sweden/Finland 2013 Belarus 2014 Czech Republic 2015 Russia 2016 France/Germany 2017 Denmark 2018 Slovakia 2019 Switzerland 2020

Finals	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Rosters	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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