2007 IIHF World U18 Championships

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The 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Rauma and Tampere, Finland. The championships began on April 11, 2007 and finished on April 22, 2007. Games were played at Äijänsuo Arena in Rauma and Hakametsän jäähalli in Tampere. Russia defeated the United States of America 6-5 in the final to claim the gold medal, while Sweden defeated Canada 8-3 to capture the bronze medal.

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	4	3	1	0	0	24	8	11
Russia	4	3	0	0	1	16	12	9
United States	4	2	0	1	1	22	9	7
Germany	4	1	0	0	3	8	21	3
Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	6	26	0

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	4	2	1	0	1	10	7	8
Slovakia	4	2	0	1	1	9	10	7
Switzerland	4	2	0	0	2	11	7	6
Czech Republic	4	1	1	0	2	9	11	5
Finland	4	1	0	1	2	6	10	4

Relegation round

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	3	3	0	0	0	14	8	9
Germany	3	2	0	0	1	12	9	6
Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	9	11	3
Latvia	3	0	0	0	3	6	13	0

Results

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

• April 15th, 2007: Finland 4–2 Czech Republic
• April 16th, 2007: Latvia 2–3 Germany

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Sweden

4

A2

Russia

4

QF1

Russia

5

B3

Switzerland

3

SF1

Russia

6

SF2

United States

5

A1

Canada

3

B2

Slovakia

2

QF2

United States

4

A3

United States

7

Final standings

	Team
1	Russia
2	United States
3	Sweden
4	Canada
5	Slovakia
6	Switzerland
7	Finland
8	Germany
9	Czech Republic
10	Latvia

Czech Republic and Latvia are relegated to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Scoring leaders

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
James vanRiemsdyk	United States	7	5	7	12	4
Colin Wilson	United States	7	5	7	12	4
Jordan Schroeder	United States	7	4	7	11	0
Steven Stamkos	Canada	6	2	8	10	8
Adam Bezak	Slovakia	6	4	5	9	6
Simon Hjalmarsson	Sweden	6	4	5	9	4
Nikita Filatov	Russia	7	4	5	9	6
Alexei Cherepanov	Russia	7	5	3	8	6
Jamie Arniel	Canada	6	3	5	8	10

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
Juha Metsola	Finland	198:38	7	.919	2.11	0
Robert Mayer	Switzerland	304:15	11	.924	2.17	1
Mark Owuya	Sweden	345:00	13	.909	2.26	2
Josh Unice	United States	373:49	15	.907	2.41	1
Zdenko Kotvan	Slovakia	97:23	4	.918	2.46	0

Tournament awards

All-Star team

• Goaltender: Josh Unice
• Defensemen: Victor Hedman, Kevin Shattenkirk
• Forwards: Alexei Cherepanov, Steven Stamkos, James vanRiemsdyk

Best players

• Top Goaltender: Josh Unice
• Top Defenseman: Kevin Shattenkirk
• Top Forward: James vanRiemsdyk

Division I

Group A

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division I tournament, which was played in Maribor, Slovenia at Ledna dvorana TABOR from April 6 through April 12, 2007.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Belarus	5	4	1	0	0	37	10	14
Slovenia	5	3	0	1	1	22	20	10
Kazakhstan	5	2	1	0	2	24	18	8
Italy	5	2	0	1	2	19	20	7
Austria	5	1	0	1	3	14	21	4
France	5	0	1	0	4	13	40	2

Belarus is promoted to the Championship tournament and France is relegated to Division II for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	AUT	BLR	FRA	ITA	KAZ	SLO
AUT		0 - 4	4 - 5 (OT)	3 - 4	4 - 3	3 - 5
BLR	4 - 0		15 - 1	5 - 4 (OT)	6 - 2	7 - 3
FRA	5 - 4 (OT)	1 - 15		2 - 7	3 - 8	2 - 6
ITA	4 - 3	4 - 5 (OT)	7 - 2		1 - 6	3 - 4
KAZ	3 - 4	2 - 6	8 - 3	6 - 1		5 - 4 (OT)
SLO	5 - 3	3 - 7	6 - 2	4 - 3	4 - 5 (OT)

Group B

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division I tournament, which was played in Sanok, Poland at Sanok Arena from April 4 through April 10, 2007.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Denmark	5	5	0	0	0	22	6	15
Japan	5	3	1	0	1	22	13	11
Norway	5	2	0	2	1	22	19	8
Poland	5	2	0	0	3	16	26	6
Ukraine	5	1	1	0	3	15	17	5
United Kingdom	5	0	0	0	5	10	26	0

Denmark is promoted to the Championship tournament and United Kingdom will is relegated to Division II for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	DEN	GBR	JPN	NOR	POL	UKR
DEN		3 - 1	2 - 1	4 - 2	9 - 1	4 - 1
GBR	1 - 3		1 - 6	2 - 7	3 - 5	3 - 5
JPN	1 - 2	6 - 1		4 - 3 (OT)	7 - 4	4 - 3
NOR	2 - 4	7 - 2	3 - 4 (OT)		6 - 4	4 - 5 (OT)
POL	1 - 9	5 - 3	4 - 7	4 - 6		2 - 1
UKR	1 - 4	5 - 3	3 - 4	5 - 4 (OT)	1 - 2

Division II

Group A

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division II tournament, which was played in Miskolc, Hungary at Miskolc Arena from April 15 through April 21, 2007.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Netherlands	5	5	0	0	0	39	9	15
Hungary	5	4	0	0	1	48	7	12
Estonia	5	2	1	0	2	21	23	8
Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	17	37	6
Israel	5	1	0	0	4	11	36	3
Mexico	5	0	0	1	4	9	33	1

Netherlands is promoted to Division I and Mexico will is relegated to Division III for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	BEL	EST	HUN	ISR	MEX	NED
BEL		3 - 8	0 - 16	5 - 2	5 - 4	4 - 7
EST	8 - 3		0 - 7	9 - 0	3 - 2 (SO)	1 - 11
HUN	16 - 0	7 - 0		12 - 3	10 - 0	3 - 4
ISR	2 - 5	0 - 9	3 - 12		5 - 3	1 - 7
MEX	4 - 5	2 - 3 (SO)	0 - 10	3 - 5		1 - 10
NED	7 - 4	11 - 1	4 - 3	7 - 1	10 - 1

Group B

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division I tournament, which was played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania at Vakar Lajos Icerink from March 12 through March 18, 2007.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Lithuania	5	5	0	0	0	32	9	15
South Korea	5	3	1	0	1	27	14	11
Croatia	5	2	0	2	1	24	19	8
Romania	5	2	0	0	3	15	25	6
Australia	5	0	2	0	3	13	25	4
Serbia	5	0	0	1	4	10	29	1

Lithuania is promoted to Division I and Serbia will is relegated to Division III for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	AUS	CRO	KOR	LTU	ROM	SER
AUS		5 - 4 (OT)	2 - 6	2 - 8	0 - 4	4 - 3 (OT)
CRO	4 - 5 (OT)		4 - 5 (OT)	1 - 8	10 - 0	5 - 1
KOR	6 - 2	5 - 4 (OT)		2 - 5	6 - 3	8 - 0
LTU	8 - 2	8 - 1	5 - 2		6 - 4	5 - 2
ROM	4 - 0	0 - 10	3 - 6	4 - 6		6 - 4
SER	3 - 4 (OT)	1 - 5	0 - 8	2 - 5	4 - 6

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, which was played in Beijing, China at the Hosa Skating Center from March 5 through March 11, 2007.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Spain	5	5	0	0	0	54	9	15
China	5	4	0	0	1	46	16	12
Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	41	17	9
New Zealand	5	2	0	0	3	30	25	6
South Africa	5	1	0	0	4	11	53	3
Turkey	5	0	0	0	5	6	68	0

Spain and China are promoted to Division II for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	CHN	ESP	ISL	NZL	RSA	TUR
CHN		4 - 9	6 - 3	11 - 2	10 - 2	15 - 0
ESP	9 - 4		6 - 3	5 - 1	18 - 1	16 - 0
ISL	3 - 6	3 - 6		5 - 2	14 - 2	16 - 1
NZL	11 - 2	1 - 5	2 - 5		9 - 1	16 - 3
RSA	2 - 10	1 - 18	2 - 14	1 - 9		5 - 2
TUR	0 - 15	0 - 16	1 - 16	3 - 16	2 - 5

See also

List of World Junior Ice Hockey U18 champions 2007

External links

• Official Championship website
• Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
  • Championship
  • Division I - Group A
  • Division I - Group B
  • Division II - Group A
  • Division II - Group B
  • Division III