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| Host countries |  Germany  Latvia |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 9–15 December 2007 12–18 December 2007 |
| Teams | 12 |
The 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I represents the second level of the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
The Group A tournament was played in Bad Tölz, Germany, from 9 to 15 December 2007. [1]
| Team | Qualification |
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| Germany | Hosts; placed 9th in Top Division last year and were relegated. |
 Austria | Placed 2nd in Division I (Group B) last year. |
 Ukraine | Placed 3rd in Division I (Group A) last year. |
 Poland | Placed 4th in Division I (Group A) last year. |
 Norway | Placed 5th in Division I (Group B) last year. |
 Lithuania | Placed 1st in Division II (Group B) last year and were promoted. |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 | Germany (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 6 | +36 | 15 | Promoted to the 2009 Top Division |
| 2 | Austria | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 11 | +25 | 12 | |
| 3 | Norway | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 9 | |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 4 | |
| 5 | Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 3 | |
| 6 | Lithuania | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 39 | −31 | 2 | Relegated to the 2009 Division II |
All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
| 9 December 2007 13:00 | Norway | 3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Ukraine | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 9 December 2007 16:30 | Lithuania | 1–7 (1–3, 0–0, 0–4) | Germany | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 9 December 2007 20:00 | Poland | 1–6 (0–2, 0–1, 1–3) | Austria | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 10 December 2007 13:00 | Ukraine | 3–4 GWS (2–2, 1–1, 0–0) OT: 0–0, GWS: 0–1 | Lithuania | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 10 December 2007 16:30 | Austria | 5–0 (1–0, 4–0, 0–0) | Norway | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 10 December 2007 20:00 | Germany | 11–0 (5–0, 3–0, 3–0) | Poland | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 12 December 2007 13:00 | Lithuania | 1–3 (0–0, 1–3, 0–0) | Poland | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 12 December 2007 16:30 | Austria | 7–4 (1–1, 0–3, 6–0) | Ukraine | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 12 December 2007 20:00 | Germany | 7–1 (1–0, 3–0, 3–1) | Norway | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 13 December 2007 13:00 | Austria | 15–0 (3–0, 8–0, 4–0) | Lithuania | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 13 December 2007 16:30 | Poland | 2–4 (1–2, 1–1, 0–1) | Norway | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 13 December 2007 20:00 | Ukraine | 1–11 (1–0, 0–3, 0–8) | Germany | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 15 December 2007 12:30 | Norway | 11–2 (4–0, 3–2, 4–0) | Lithuania | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 15 December 2007 16:00 | Ukraine | 2–1 GWS (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) OT: 0–0, GWS: 1–0 | Poland | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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| 15 December 2007 19:30 | Germany | 6–3 (2–0, 1–0, 3–3) | Austria | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
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The Group B tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 12 to 18 December 2007. [2]
| Team | Qualification |
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 Belarus | placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated. |
| Latvia | Hosts; placed 2nd in Division I (Group A) last year. |
 Great Britain | Placed 3rd in Division I (Group B) last year. |
 France | Placed 4th in Division I (Group B) last year. |
 Slovenia | Placed 5th in Division I (Group A) last year. |
 Hungary | Placed 1st in Division II (Group A) last year and were promoted. |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 | Latvia (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 12 | Promoted to the 2009 Top Division |
| 2 |  Belarus | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 12 | |
| 3 | Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 11 | |
| 4 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | France | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 3 | |
| 6 | Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 30 | −22 | 1 | Relegated to the 2009 Division II |
All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).
| 12 December 2007 13:00 | Slovenia | 4–3 GWS (1–0, 1–3, 1–0) OT: 0–0, GWS: 1–0 | Great Britain | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 12 December 2007 16:30 | Hungary | 2–3 (1–2, 0–0, 1–1) | Belarus | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 12 December 2007 20:00 | France | 3–9 (2–1, 0–5, 1–3) | Latvia | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 13 December 2007 13:00 | Great Britain | 2–5 (1–0, 1–3, 0–2) | Hungary | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 13 December 2007 16:30 | Belarus | 6–1 (1–0, 3–1, 2–0) | France | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 13 December 2007 20:00 | Latvia | 2–3 (0–0, 2–2, 0–1) | Slovenia | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 15 December 2007 13:00 | Hungary | 7–4 (0–1, 2–0, 5–3) | France | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 15 December 2007 16:30 | Belarus | 2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1) | Slovenia | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 15 December 2007 20:00 | Latvia | 6–0 (2–0, 3–0, 1–0) | Great Britain | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 16 December 2007 13:00 | France | 0–5 (0–2, 0–3, 0–0) | Slovenia | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 16 December 2007 16:30 | Great Britain | 1–9 (0–0, 0–8, 1–1) | Belarus | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 16 December 2007 20:00 | Latvia | 8–2 (2–1, 2–0, 4–1) | Hungary | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 18 December 2007 12:30 | Slovenia | 4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0) | Hungary | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 18 December 2007 16:00 | Great Britain | 2–6 (1–3, 1–1, 0–2) | France | Arena Riga, Riga |
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| 18 December 2007 19:30 | Belarus | 1–3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2) | Latvia | Arena Riga, Riga |
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