World Championships 2008

World Championships 2008

Icehockey World Championships 2008 in Switzerland start in just two days. There are 16 nations battling for the championship in the following two weeks. Many believe that the team of Czech will make a good run for the gold.

Here are the starting groups:

Group A

USA
Switzerland
Poland
Ukraine


Group B

Russia
Canada
Austria
Germany


Group C

Finland
Sweden
Belarussia
Slovenia


Group D

Slovakia
Czech
Norway
Italy

Team Canada wins World Championship

Team Canada has beaten Team Sweden in the final of the 2008 World Championships.

In the game for bronze medal, Team Slovakia has beaten Team Czech.

Leading scorers in the tournament:
1. Henrik Sedin (SWE) 6+10=16
2. Daniel Sedin (SWE) 1+13=14
3. Vladimir Orszagh (SVK) 8+3=11
4. Petr Cajanek (CZE) 7+4=11
5. Dany Heatley (CAN) 6+5=11
6. Milan Hejduk (CZE) 4+7=11
7. Kristian Huselius (SWE) 7+3=10
8. Pavol Demitra (SVK) 3+7=10
9. Peter Mueller (USA) 3+7=10
10. Jack Skille (USA) 5+4=9