2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |
 Slovakia
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| Dates | 22–28 June 2008 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
|
 Canada (1st title)
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Runner-up 
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 Great Britain
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Third place 
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 Brazil
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| Fourth place |
 Australia
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 280 (11.67 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,465 (228 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Cory Conacher
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The 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I was an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournament ran alongside the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship and took place between 22 and 28 June 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The tournament was won by Canada who upon winning gained promotion to the 2009 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. While Bulgaria and New Zealand were relegated to the continental qualifications after losing their relegation round games.
Six nations returned to Division I after automatically qualifying based on their results from the 2007 Division I tournament. Bulgaria and Canada qualified for the two remaining spots, replacing Namibia and South Africa who were relegated after losing their 2007 relegation round games.
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2007 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. Division I's groups are named Group C and Group D while the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship use Group A and Group B, as both tournaments are held in Bratislava, Slovakia. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):
Group C
Group D
Eight participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top two teams advance to the Qualifying round where they face-off against the two last-placed teams of the Groups A and B from the Top Division tournament for a chance to participate in the Top Division playoffs. Teams finishing second through to fourth advance to the Playoff round.
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