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2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Hungary
 Romania
Dates12 – 18 March 2007
15 – 21 April 2007
Teams12
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The 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition at the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 15 and 21 April 2007 in Miskolc, Hungary and the Group B tournament took place between 12 and 18 March 2007 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. The Netherlands and Lithuania won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Mexico finished last in Group A and Serbia last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2008.

Group A tournament

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The Group A tournament began on 15 April 2007 in Miskolc, Hungary.[1] Belgium, Estonia, Mexico and the Netherlands returned to compete in the Division II competition after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championships.[2][3] Hungary entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Israel entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[4][5]

The Netherlands won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Hungary finished in second place, losing only to the Netherlands and Estonia finished in third. Mexico finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated to Division III for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Eden Nemenoff of Israel was named as the tournament's top goaltender by the IIHF directorate.[6] Hungarian Daniel Koger was named the top forward and Mike Dalhuisen of the Netherlands was selected as the top defenceman.[6] Hungary's Bálint Magosi was the tournament's leading scorer with 14 points and Miklos Rajna was the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.938.[7][8]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 0 0 39 9 +30 15 Promoted to Division I for 2008
2  Hungary 5 4 0 0 1 48 7 +41 12
3  Estonia 5 2 1 0 2 21 23 −2 8
4  Belgium 5 2 0 0 3 17 37 −20 6
5  Israel 5 1 0 0 4 11 36 −25 3
6  Mexico 5 0 0 1 4 9 33 −24 1 Relegated to Division III for 2008
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

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All times local.

15 April 2007
13:00		Israel 2 – 5
(0–0, 2–1, 0–4)		 BelgiumMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 400
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15 April 2007
16:30		Netherlands 10 – 0
(5–0, 2–0, 3–0)		 MexicoMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 500
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15 April 2007
20:00		Estonia 0 – 7
(0–2, 0–2, 0–3)		 HungaryMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 1200
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17 April 2007
13:00		Netherlands 11 – 1
(3–0, 4–1, 4–0)		 EstoniaMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 350
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17 April 2007
16:30		Mexico 3 – 5
(1–2, 1–2, 1–1)		 IsraelMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 320
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17 April 2007
20:00		Hungary 16 – 0
(6–0, 6–0, 4–0)		 BelgiumMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 1300
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18 April 2007
13:00		Netherlands 7 – 1
(4–1, 1–0, 2–0)		 IsraelMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 150
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18 April 2007
16:30		Estonia 8 – 3
(5–0, 2–1, 1–2)		 BelgiumMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 160
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18 April 2007
20:00		Hungary 10 – 0
(5–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 MexicoMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 1300
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20 April 2007
13:00		Mexico 2 – 3 GWS
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 EstoniaMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 100
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20 April 2007
16:30		Belgium 4 – 7
(0–0, 2–5, 2–2)		 NetherlandsMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 270
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20 April 2007
20:00		Israel 3 – 12
(2–5, 0–4, 1–3)		 HungaryMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 1400
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21 April 2007
13:00		Belgium 5 – 4
(0–1, 0–2, 5–1)		 MexicoMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 120
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21 April 2007
16:30		Estonia 9 – 0
(5–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 IsraelMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 250
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21 April 2007
20:00		Hungary 3 – 4
(0–2, 1–2, 2–0)		 NetherlandsMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 1800
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Scoring leaders

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Daniel Koger scored four goals and eight assists to finish fourth in scoring.

List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[7]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Hungary Bálint Magosi 5 9 5 14 +17 8 F
Hungary Gergo Nagy 5 8 5 13 +10 34 F
Hungary Laszlo Jonkl 5 5 7 12 +13 4 F
Hungary Daniel Koger 5 4 8 12 +9 2 F
Belgium Ben van den Bogeart 5 10 1 11 –4 8 F
Netherlands Mike Dalhuisen 5 5 6 11 +12 14 D
Netherlands Mitch Bruijsten 5 8 2 10 +9 18 F
Netherlands Ritchie van Hulten 5 5 5 10 +8 10 F
Hungary Dezso Roczanov 5 7 2 9 +10 27 F
Israel Daniel Erlich 5 4 5 9 –12 32 F

Leading goaltenders

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Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[8]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Hungary Miklos Rajna 120:00 48 3 1.50 93.75 1
Hungary David Meretei 178:44 49 4 1.34 91.84 2
Estonia Villem Koitmaa 239:50 125 12 3.00 90.40 0
Netherlands Tomislav Hrelja 300:00 80 9 1.80 88.75 1
Israel Eden Nemenoff 259:46 231 31 7.16 86.58 0

Group B tournament

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The Group B tournament began on 12 March 2007 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania.[9] Australia, Croatia and Lithuania all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championships.[3] Serbia made their debut appearance in the World U18 Championships after replacing the Serbia and Montenegro men's national under-18 ice hockey team, the change in team coinciding with Montenegro's declaration of independence and the eventual split of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.[2] South Korea entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Romania entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[5][10]

Lithuania won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.[9] South Korea finished second after losing only to Lithuania and Estonia finished in third place. Serbia finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated to Division III for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.[9] Tihomir Filipec of Croatia was named as the tournament's top goaltender by the IIHF directorate.[11] Lithuanian Povilas Verenis was named the top forward and Cho Hyung Gon of South Korea was selected as the top defenceman.[11] Lithuania's Tadas Kumeliauskas was the tournament's leading scorer with 12 points and Arturas Kuzmicius was the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.948.[12][13]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Lithuania 5 5 0 0 0 32 9 +23 15 Promoted to Division I for 2008
2  South Korea 5 3 1 0 1 27 14 +13 11
3  Croatia 5 2 0 2 1 24 19 +5 8
4  Romania 5 2 0 0 3 15 25 −10 6
5  Australia 5 0 2 0 3 13 25 −12 4
6  Serbia 5 0 0 1 4 10 29 −19 1 Relegated to Division III for 2008
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

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All times local.

12 March 2007
13:30		Australia 2 – 6
(0–1, 1–1, 1–4)		 South KoreaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 30
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12 March 2007
17:00		Lithuania 6 – 2
(1–1, 0–1, 5–0)		 SerbiaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 200
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12 March 2007
20:30		Romania 0 – 10
(0–3, 0–4, 0–3)		 CroatiaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 200
13 March 2007
13:30		Lithuania 8 – 2
(3–1, 3–0, 2–1)		 AustraliaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 50
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13 March 2007
17:00		South Korea 5 – 4 GWS
(1–2, 1–1, 2–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 CroatiaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 100
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13 March 2007
20:30		Serbia 4 – 6
(1–3, 2–0, 1–3)		 RomaniaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 300
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15 March 2007
13:30		South Korea 8 – 0
(2–0, 4–0, 2–0)		 SerbiaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 50
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15 March 2007
17:00		Australia 5 – 4 GWS
(2–1, 1–2, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 CroatiaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 130
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15 March 2007
20:30		Lithuania 5 – 2
(1–2, 1–0, 3–0)		 RomaniaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 300
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16 March 2007
13:30		Serbia 3 – 4 GWS
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 AustraliaVakar Lajos Icerink
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16 March 2007
17:00		Croatia 1 – 8
(0–0, 1–3, 0–5)		 LithuaniaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 200
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16 March 2007
20:30		Romania 3 – 6
(1–1, 1–4, 1–1)		 South KoreaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 350
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18 March 2007
12:30		Croatia 5 – 1
(2–0, 3–0, 0–1)		 SerbiaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 50
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18 March 2007
16:00		South Korea 2 – 5
(1–1, 1–0, 0–4)		 LithuaniaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 200
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18 March 2007
19:30		Australia 0 – 4
(0–4, 0–0, 0–0)		 RomaniaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 350
Game reference

Scoring leaders

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List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[12]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Lithuania Tadas Kumeliauskas 5 5 7 12 +12 4 F
Lithuania Povilas Verenis 5 7 4 11 +12 8 F
Romania Lorand Bartha 5 5 4 9 -7 20 F
Croatia Vladimir Gurka 5 5 4 9 +2 4 F
South Korea Yoon Ji Man 5 4 5 9 +5 6 F
South Korea Park Sang Jin 5 7 1 8 +4 2 F
Romania Zsolt Balint 5 4 4 8 -5 16 F
Lithuania Jonas Viknius 5 2 6 8 +2 8 F
Lithuania Arnoldas Bosas 5 6 1 7 +5 6 F
South Korea Lee Sung Jun 5 6 1 7 +6 14 F

Leading goaltenders

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Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[13]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Lithuania Arturas Kuzmicius 120:00 58 3 1.50 94.83 0
Lithuania Ernestas Kielius 180:00 79 6 2.00 92.41 0
Australia Anthony Kimlin 244:47 182 14 3.43 92.31 0
Croatia Tihomir Filipec 310:00 195 19 3.68 90.26 1
South Korea Yong Hyun Ho 242:40 112 13 3.21 88.39 0

References

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  2. ^ a b "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-04-10. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  3. ^ a b "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-03-19. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  4. ^ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-12-28. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  5. ^ a b "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-03-19. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  6. ^ a b "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  7. ^ a b "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  8. ^ a b "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  9. ^ a b c "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2007-01-21. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  10. ^ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-04-07. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  11. ^ a b "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  12. ^ a b "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  13. ^ a b "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
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