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The 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 72nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries will participate in four levels of competition. The competition will also serve as qualifications for the 2009 competition. In the Division I Championship held in April, Austria and Hungary were promoted to the Championship division, while South Korea and Estonia were demoted to Division II. In the Division II competition, Romania and Australia were promoted, Ireland and New Zealand were relegated to Division III. Greece won the Division III qualification in February, and competed in the Division III competition from March to April. In that competition, North Korea and South Africa were promoted to Division II in 2009.
The preliminary rosters are available at the IIHF website, the latest update being for the date of April 26, 2008.[1]
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Twelve teams comprise Division I. They are broken into two groups, with the winner of each group gaining promotion to the World Championship pool for the following year.
Group A
Group B
Twelve teams comprise Division II. They are also broken into two groups competing to advance into Division I.
Group A
Group B
Division III is made up of six teams. The top two in each year’s tournament are promoted to Division II.
Three teams comprise the Division III Qualification with the winning team advancing to the 2008 Division III competition.