2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

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2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host nations  Slovenia /  Poland
Dates 6–12 April 2007
4–10 April 2007
Teams 12

The 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournaments made up the second level of competition at the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 6 April and 12 April 2007 in Maribor, Slovenia and the Group B tournament took place between 4 April and 10 April 2007 in Sanok, Poland. Belarus and Denmark won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. While France finished last in Group A and Great Britain last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2008.

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 6 April 2007 in Maribor, Slovenia.[1] Austria, France, Kazakhstan and Slovenia all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.[2] Italy gained promotion to Division I after finished first in last years Division II Group A tournament and Belarus was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[3][4]

Belarus won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Slovenia finished second after winning three of their five games and Kazakhstan finished in third place.[1] France finished in last place, managing to only win one game in overtime and were relegated to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Andrey Yankov of Kazakhstan led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 0.903, and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate.[5][6] Slovenia's Blaž Gregorc was named as top defenceman and Mikhail Stefanovich of Belarus was selected as top forward.[6] Stefanovich also was the tournaments leading scorer with twelve points including nine goals and three assists.[7]

Standings

Promoted to the Championship Division for 2008
Relegated to Division II for 2008
Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
1  Belarus 5 4 1 0 0 37 11 +26 14
2  Slovenia 5 3 0 1 1 23 20 +3 10
3  Kazakhstan 5 2 1 0 2 24 18 +6 8
4  Italy 5 2 0 1 2 19 20 –1 7
5  Austria 5 1 0 1 3 14 21 –7 4
6  France 5 0 1 0 4 13 40 –27 2

Fixtures

All times local.

6 April 2007
13:00 		Italy  4 – 5 SO
(0–3, 2–1, 2–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Belarus Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 130
6 April 2007
16:30 		Austria  4 – 3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–2) 		 Kazakhstan Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 120
6 April 2007
20:00 		France  2 – 6
(1–1, 1–3, 0–2) 		 Slovenia Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 512
7 April 2007
13:00 		Kazakhstan  6 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 3–1) 		 Italy Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 100
7 April 2007
16:30 		Belarus  15 – 1
(7–1, 5–0, 3–0) 		 France Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 130
7 April 2007
20:00 		Slovenia  5 – 3
(2–0, 2–2, 1–1) 		 Austria Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 685
9 April 2007
13:00 		Belarus  4 – 0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0) 		 Austria Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 120
9 April 2007
16:30 		Italy  7 – 2
(6–0, 0–1, 1–1) 		 France Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 211
9 April 2007
20:00 		Slovenia  4 – 5 OT
(2–0, 1–2, 1–2)
(OT 0–1) 		 Kazakhstan Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 725
10 April 2007
13:00 		France  5 – 4 SO
(0–0, 2–1, 2–3)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Austria Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 380
10 April 2007
16:30 		Kazakhstan  2 – 6
(0–1, 1–1, 1–4) 		 Belarus Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 180
10 April 2007
20:00 		Slovenia  4 – 3
(0–1, 2–2, 2–0) 		 Italy Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 550
12 April 2007
13:00 		Kazakhstan  8 – 3
(1–0, 4–2, 3–1) 		 France Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 210
12 April 2007
16:30 		Austria  3 – 4
(2–1, 1–2, 0–1) 		 Italy Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 169
12 April 2007
20:00 		Belarus  7 – 4
(1–0, 4–3, 2–1) 		 Slovenia Ledna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 1075

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 4 April 2007 in Sanok, Poland.[8] Denmark, Japan, Poland and Ukraine all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.[9] Great Britain gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group B tournament and Norway was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[3][10]

Denmark won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Japan finished second after losing only to Denmark and Norway finished in third place.[8] Great Britain finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated back to Division II for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Mikkel Bødker of Denmark led the tournament in scoring, recording eleven points, and was named the tournament's most valuable player and top forward by the IIHF directorate.[11][12] Japan's Takumi Kamikawa was named to goaltender and Oliver Lauridsen of Denmark was selected as top defenceman.[12] Denmark's Frederik Andersen was the tournament's leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.937.[13]

Standings

Promoted to the Championship Division for 2008
Relegated to Division II for 2008
Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
1  Denmark 5 5 0 0 0 22 6 +16 15
2  Japan 5 3 1 0 1 22 13 +9 11
3  Norway 5 2 0 2 1 22 19 +3 8
4  Poland 5 2 0 0 3 16 26 –10 6
5  Ukraine 5 1 1 0 3 15 17 –2 5
6  Great Britain 5 0 0 0 5 10 26 –16 0

Fixtures

All times local.

4 April 2007
13:00 		Ukraine  3 – 4
(1–0, 1–3, 1–1) 		 Japan Sanok Arena
Attendance: 300
4 April 2007
16:30 		Great Britain  2 – 7
(2–2, 0–3, 0–2) 		 Norway Sanok Arena
Attendance: 400
4 April 2007
20:00 		Poland  1 – 9
(0–3, 0–4, 1–2) 		 Denmark Sanok Arena
Attendance: 2200
5 April 2007
13:00 		Japan  6 – 1
(3–0, 2–0, 1–1) 		 Great Britain Sanok Arena
Attendance: 180
5 April 2007
16:30 		Denmark  4 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0) 		 Ukraine Sanok Arena
Attendance: 320
5 April 2007
20:00 		Norway  6 – 4
(3–2, 2–1, 1–1) 		 Poland Sanok Arena
Attendance: 1600
7 April 2007
13:00 		Norway  4 – 5SO
(1–2, 2–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Ukraine Sanok Arena
Attendance: 420
7 April 2007
16:30 		Great Britain  3 – 5
(0–4, 0–1, 3–0) 		 Poland Sanok Arena
Attendance: 2100
7 April 2007
20:00 		Denmark  2 – 1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0) 		 Japan Sanok Arena
Attendance: 1500
9 April 2007
13:00 		Denmark  3 – 1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Great Britain Sanok Arena
Attendance: 230
9 April 2007
16:30 		Poland  2 – 1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1) 		 Ukraine Sanok Arena
Attendance: 1700
9 April 2007
20:00 		Japan  4 – 3 OT
(1–1, 0–2, 2–0)
(OT 1–0) 		 Japan Sanok Arena
Attendance: 1200
10 April 2007
13:00 		Ukraine  5 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 2–1) 		 Great Britain Sanok Arena
Attendance: 220
10 April 2007
16:30 		Norway  2 – 4
(1–2, 1–0, 0–2) 		 Denmark Sanok Arena
Attendance: 410
10 April 2007
20:00 		Japan  7 – 4
(2–1, 3–1, 2–2) 		 Poland Sanok Arena
Attendance: 2500

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18ia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=107. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  2. ↑ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18ia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=64. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=63. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  4. ↑ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18iia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=66. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  5. ↑ "Goalkeepers". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18ia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/107/IHM107Z07_85A_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Best Players Selected by the Directorate". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18ia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/107/IHM107000_85I_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  7. ↑ "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18ia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/107/IHM107Z07_85B_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18ib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=106. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  9. ↑ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18ib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=65. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  10. ↑ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18iib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=67. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  11. ↑ "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18ib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/106/IHM106Z07_85B_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Best Players Selected by the Directorate". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18ib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/106/IHM106000_85I_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 
  13. ↑ "Goalkeepers". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18ib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/106/IHM106Z07_85A_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2013-01-01. 

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