2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 2007 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Mora and Leksand, Sweden between December 26, 2006 and January 5, 2007. The venues were FM Mattsson Arena in Mora, and Ejendals Arena in Leksand.
For 2007, the tournament round-robin format was changed from previous years, to resemble more closely the format used in the National Hockey League. Teams would receive three points for a win in regulation, while teams winning in overtime would receive two points. Teams losing in overtime would receive one point. During the round-robin portion of the tournament, a five-minute four-on-four sudden-victory overtime would be played, while the knockout games and the gold medal game would use full-strength ten- and twenty-minute sudden-victory overtimes, respectively. If the game remained tied after overtime, an NHL-style shootout (with three skaters instead of five, as per other international competitions) would be held.
Team Canada won its third consecutive gold medal, capping an undefeated tournament with a 4-2 victory over Russia in the gold medal game. The world championship for Canada was also their first on European ice in a decade; the Canadians had not won a World Junior gold medal in Europe since 1997 in Geneva, Switzerland, when they defeated the United States in the gold medal game.
Canadian goaltender Carey Price was named tournament MVP, garnering a 1.14 goals-against average.[1][2]
Championship Results
Preliminary Round
Group A
Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 12 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 |
- Schedule
All times local (UTC +1)
December 26, 2006 15:00 | Germany ![]() | 2–1 (OT) | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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December 26, 2006 19:00 | Sweden ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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December 27, 2006 19:00 | Slovakia ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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December 27, 2006 19:30 | Canada ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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December 28, 2006 19:30 | Slovakia ![]() | 3–6 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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December 29, 2006 19:00 | Germany ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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December 30, 2006 17:00 | United States ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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December 30, 2006 17:00 | Sweden ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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December 31, 2006 13:00 | Canada ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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December 31, 2006 17:00 | United States ![]() | 3–2 (OT) | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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Group B
Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 12 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 6 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 6 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
- Schedule
All times local (UTC +1)
December 26, 2006 15:00 | Belarus ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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December 26, 2006 19:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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December 27, 2006 16:00 | Switzerland ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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December 28, 2006 16:00 | Finland ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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December 28, 2006 19:00 | Russia ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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December 29, 2006 17:00 | Belarus ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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December 30, 2006 13:00 | Finland ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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December 30, 2006 13:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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December 31, 2006 13:00 | Russia ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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December 31, 2006 17:00 | Switzerland ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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Relegation Round
Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3 |
Note: Matches Slovakia 2–4
Germany and
Switzerland 4–1
Belarus from the Preliminary Round (both on Dec 27th, 2006) are included as well since these results carry forward
- Schedule
All times local (UTC +1)
January 2, 2007 16:00 | Switzerland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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January 3, 2007 16:00 | Germany ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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January 4, 2007 16:00 | Belarus ![]() | 0–9 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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January 4, 2007 19:30 | Germany ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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Final Round
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- Quarter Finals
January 2, 2007 19:30 | Sweden ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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January 2, 2007 19:30 | Finland ![]() | 3–6 | ![]() | FM Mattsson Arena |
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- Semi Finals
Note: Bye Teams will be the home team, but due to Canada being the home team in the first meeting, USA was the home team for their semi final game.
January 3, 2007 16:00 | Canada ![]() | 2–1 (SO) | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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January 3, 2007 19:45 | Sweden ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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- 5th Place Playoff
January 4, 2007 19:30 | Czech Republic ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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- Bronze Medal Game
January 5, 2007 16:00 | Sweden ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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- Gold Medal Game
January 5, 2007 19:30 | Canada ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | Ejendals Arena |
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Scoring leaders
Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM[3] |
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Mikko Lehtonen | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +1 | 0 |
Perttu Lindgren | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +1 | 8 |
Erik Johnson | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +3 | 16 |
Patrick Kane | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +2 | 4 |
Alexei Cherepanov | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +2 | 2 |
Oskar Osala | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +2 | 4 |
Felix Schütz | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +2 | 8 |
Vladimir Sobotka | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +2 | 12 |
Alexander Bumagin | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +1 | 16 |
Jonathan Toews | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +1 | 12 |
Goaltending leaders
(Minimum 60 minutes played)
Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO[2] |
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Carey Price | ![]() |
370:00 | 7 | .9609 | 1.14 | 2 |
Semen Varlamov | ![]() |
358:12 | 9 | .9338 | 1.51 | 2 |
Jeff Frazee | ![]() |
313:16 | 9 | .9388 | 1.72 | 0 |
Joel Gistedt | ![]() |
275:34 | 9 | .9118 | 1.96 | 0 |
Branislav Konrad | ![]() |
269:59 | 11 | .9060 | 2.44 | 1 |
Tournament awards
- Most Valuable Player[1]
- All-star team[1]
- Goaltender:
Carey Price
- Defencemen:
Erik Johnson,
Kristopher Letang
- Forwards:
Alexei Cherepanov,
Patrick Kane,
Jonathan Toews
- IIHF best player awards[1]
- Goaltender:
Carey Price
- Defenceman:
Erik Johnson
- Forward:
Alexei Cherepanov
Division I
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament, that was held from December 11, 2006 through December 17, 2006. Group A was played at Odense, Denmark. Group B was played at Torre Pellice, Italy:
Group A
Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 12 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 12 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 12 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 6 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 3 |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0 |
All times local
December 11, 2006 13:15 | Estonia ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() |
December 11, 2006 16:45 | Ukraine ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
December 11, 2006 20:15 | Poland ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
December 12, 2006 13:15 | Slovenia ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
December 12, 2006 16:45 | Latvia ![]() | 7–2 | ![]() |
December 12, 2006 20:15 | Denmark ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
December 14, 2006 13:15 | Estonia ![]() | 3–6 | ![]() |
December 14, 2006 16:45 | Latvia ![]() | 4–5 | ![]() |
December 14, 2006 20:15 | Denmark ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
December 15, 2006 13:15 | Poland ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
December 15, 2006 16:45 | Slovenia ![]() | 2–7 | ![]() |
December 15, 2006 20:15 | Denmark ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() |
December 17, 2006 13:15 | Slovenia ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() |
December 17, 2006 16:45 | Ukraine ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
December 17, 2006 20:15 | Latvia ![]() | 5–4 | ![]() |
Denmark is promoted to Pool A and
Estonia is relegated to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Group B
Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 11 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 10 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 9 |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 7 |
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5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 5 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 3 |
All times local
December 11, 2006 13:00 | France ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
December 11, 2006 16:30 | Great Britain ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
December 11, 2006 20:30 | Austria ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
December 12, 2006 13:00 | Norway ![]() | 4–3 (OT) | ![]() |
December 12, 2006 16:30 | Kazakhstan ![]() | 3–2 (OT) | ![]() |
December 12, 2006 20:30 | Italy ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
December 14, 2006 13:00 | Norway ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
December 14, 2006 16:30 | Great Britain ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
December 14, 2006 20:30 | Kazakhstan ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
December 15, 2006 13:00 | France ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() |
December 15, 2006 16:30 | Kazakhstan ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
December 15, 2006 20:30 | Italy ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
December 17, 2006 13:00 | Austria ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
December 17, 2006 16:30 | Norway ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
December 17, 2006 20:30 | Italy ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
Kazakhstan is promoted to Pool A and
Italy is relegated to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Division II
The following teams will take part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played at Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania from December 11, 2006 through December 17, 2006. Group B was played at Elektrėnai, Lithuania from December 10, 2006 through December 16, 2006:
Group A
Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 12 | 15 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 11 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 10 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 6 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 35 | 3 |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 0 |
All times local
December 11, 2006 13:30 | Croatia ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
December 11, 2006 17:00 | Iceland ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() |
December 11, 2006 20:30 | Romania ![]() | 2–8 | ![]() |
December 12, 2006 13:30 | Australia ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
December 12, 2006 17:00 | Hungary ![]() | 12–4 | ![]() |
December 12, 2006 20:30 | Croatia ![]() | 3–4 (OT) | ![]() |
December 14, 2006 13:30 | Hungary ![]() | 11–5 | ![]() |
December 14, 2006 17:00 | Croatia ![]() | 8–6 | ![]() |
December 14, 2006 20:30 | Romania ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
December 15, 2006 13:30 | Iceland ![]() | 1–17 | ![]() |
December 15, 2006 17:00 | Spain ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() |
December 15, 2006 20:30 | Australia ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() |
December 17, 2006 13:30 | Spain ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() |
December 17, 2006 17:00 | Hungary ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
December 17, 2006 20:30 | Romania ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
Hungary is promoted to Division I and
Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Group B
Note: Serbia has been entered in place of
Serbia and Montenegro.
Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 14 |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 10 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 8 |
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5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 4 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 3 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 3 |
All times local
December 10, 2006 13:00 | South Korea ![]() | 3–4 (OT) | ![]() |
December 10, 2006 16:30 | Netherlands ![]() | 9–1 | ![]() |
December 10, 2006 20:00 | Lithuania ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() |
December 11, 2006 13:00 | Netherlands ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
December 11, 2006 16:30 | Japan ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() |
December 11, 2006 20:00 | Mexico ![]() | 0–9 | ![]() |
December 13, 2006 13:00 | Japan ![]() | 11–1 | ![]() |
December 13, 2006 16:30 | South Korea ![]() | 4–5 | ![]() |
December 13, 2006 20:00 | Netherlands ![]() | 3–4 (OT) | ![]() |
December 14, 2006 13:00 | Mexico ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
December 14, 2006 16:30 | Serbia ![]() | 1–8 | ![]() |
December 14, 2006 20:00 | Lithuania ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
December 16, 2006 13:00 | Serbia ![]() | 4–5 | ![]() |
December 16, 2006 16:30 | South Korea ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
December 16, 2006 20:00 | Japan ![]() | 5–4 (OT) | ![]() |
Lithuania is promoted to Division I and
Serbia is relegated to Division III for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Division III
The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, which was played at the Ankara Ice Palace in Ankara, Turkey from January 8, 2007 through January 14, 2007:
Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 12 | 14 |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 13 |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 8 |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 27 | 7 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 3 |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 45 | 0 |
All times local
January 8, 2007 13:00 | New Zealand ![]() | 6–5 (OT) | ![]() |
January 8, 2007 16:30 | Belgium ![]() | 9–1 | ![]() |
January 8, 2007 20:00 | Turkey ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() |
January 9, 2007 13:00 | China ![]() | 15–3 | ![]() |
January 9, 2007 16:30 | Armenia ![]() | 4–7 | ![]() |
January 9, 2007 20:00 | New Zealand ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() |
January 11, 2007 13:00 | China ![]() | 7–4 | ![]() |
January 11, 2007 16:30 | New Zealand ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
January 11, 2007 20:00 | Turkey ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
January 12, 2007 13:00 | Belgium ![]() | 4–5 (OT) | ![]() |
January 12, 2007 16:30 | Bulgaria ![]() | 2–8 | ![]() |
January 12, 2007 20:00 | Armenia ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
January 14, 2007 13:00 | Bulgaria ![]() | 5–9 | ![]() |
January 14, 2007 16:30 | Turkey ![]() | 1–13 | ![]() |
January 14, 2007 20:00 | China ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
China and
Belgium are promoted to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
See also
References
- ^ a b c d TSN (2007-01-05). "Canada beats Russia in Gold Medal Game". tsn.ca. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ^ a b International Ice Hockey Federation (2007-01-05). "Goalkeepers" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ^ International Ice Hockey Federation (2007-01-05). "Scoring leaders" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 2007-01-05.