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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name = IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
| year = 2007
| other_titles =
| image = 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Logo.png
| size = 194px
| caption =
| country = China
| country2 =
| dates = 5 – 11 March 2007
| num_teams = 6
| venues =
| cities =
| winners_other = {{ih18|ESP}}
| count =
| second_other = {{ih18|CHN}}
| third_other = {{ih18|ISL}}
| games =
| goals =
| attendance =
| scoring_leader =
| prevseason = [[2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III|2006]]
| nextseason = [[2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III|2008]]
}}

The '''2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III''' was an international under-18 [[ice hockey]] tournament run by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]. The Division III tournament made up the fourth level of competition at the [[2007 IIHF World U18 Championships]] and took place between 5 and 11 March 2007 in [[Beijing]], China. The tournament was won by [[Spain]] who upon winning gained promotion, along with [[China]] who finished in second place, to Division II of the [[2007 IIHF World U18 Championships]].

==Overview==
The 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III began on 5 March 2007 in [[Beijing]], China.<ref name="2007D3">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=99 | title=2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2013-01-01 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> [New Zealand]] and [[South Africa]] both returned to compete in the Division III competition after missing promotion at the [[2006 IIHF World U18 Championships|previous years World Championships]].<ref name="2006D3">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=69 | title=2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2013-01-01 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> [[Turkey]] gained promotion back to Division III after winning the qualification game against [[Bulgaria]] which was held in January 2007.<ref name="2007D3Q">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iiiq/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=98 | title=2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div IIIQ | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2013-01-01 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> [[Iceland]] and [[Spain]] entered the Division III competition after being relegated from the Division II tournaments of the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.<ref name="2006D2A">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18iia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=66 | title=2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2013-01-01 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="2006D2B">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18iib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=67 | title=2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2013-01-01 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> [[China]] returned to the World U18 Championships, having last played in the [[2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III]] Group A tournament.<ref name="2003D3A">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/tournaments/W18IIIA.htm | title=2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III, Group A | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2013-01-01 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>

Spain finished first after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division II for the [[2008 IIHF World U18 Championships]].<ref name="2007D3"/> China who finished in second place also gained promotion to Division II, while Iceland finished third after winning three of their five games of the tournament.<ref name="2007D3"/> Alejandro Pedraz of Spain finished as the tournaments top scoring after recording 26 points including 17 goals and nine assists.<ref name="SCORERS">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099Z07_85B_1_0.pdf | title=Scoring Leaders | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2013-01-01 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Spain's Ander Alcaine finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.877.<ref name="GOALIES">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099Z07_85A_1_0.pdf | title=Goalkeepers | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2013-01-01 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>

==Division III Qualification==
The Division III Qualiciation tournament was held on 28 January 2007 in [[İzmit]], Turkey.<ref name="2007D3Q"/> The tournament consisted of a single game between [[Turkey]] and [[Bulgaria]] who were relegated to the qualification tournament after they finished fifth and sixth in the [[2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III]] tournament.<ref name="2006D3"/><ref name="2007D3Q"/> Turkey won the game 3–2 in a shootout and qualified for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III tournament.<ref name="2007D3Q"/>

{{IceHockeybox
| date = 28 January 2007
| time = 19:00
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|TUR}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|BUL}}
| score = 3 – 2 SO
| periods = (2–1, 0–1, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iiiq/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/98/IHM098901_74_2_0.pdf
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==Standings==
{| class="infobox bordered"
|-
|width=20px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Promoted to Division II for 2008
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Rk|Ranking}}
!width=180|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Overtime wins|OTW}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Overtime losses|OTL}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GDF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
|1 ||align="left"| {{ih18|ESP}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 54 || 9 || +45 || '''15'''
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
|2 ||align="left"| {{ih18|CHN}} || 5 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 46 || 16 || +30 || '''12'''
|-
|3 ||align="left"| {{ih18|ISL}} || 5 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 41 || 17 || +24 || '''9'''
|-
|4 ||align="left"| {{ih18|NZL}} || 5 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 30 || 25 || +5 || '''6'''
|-
|5 ||align="left"| {{ih18|RSA}} || 5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 11 || 53 || –42 || '''3'''
|-
|6 ||align="left"| {{ih18|TUR}} || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 6 || 68 || –62 || '''0'''
|}

===Fixtures===
All times local.
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| date = 5 March 2007
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|RSA}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|ESP}}'''
| score = 1 – 18
| periods = (0–9, 1–4, 0–5)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099901_74_2_0.pdf
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 5 March 2007
| time = 16:30
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|CHN}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|NZL}}
| score = 11 – 2
| periods = (2–1, 5–0, 4–1)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099902_74_2_0.pdf
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 5 March 2007
| time = 20:00
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|ISL}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|TUR}}
| score = 16 – 1
| periods = (5–1, 4–0, 7–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099903_74_2_0.pdf
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 6 March 2007
| time = 13:00
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|ESP}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|NZL}}
| score = 5 – 1
| periods = (0–0, 2–1, 3–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099904_74_2_0.pdf
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 6 March 2007
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|TUR}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|CHN}}'''
| score = 0 – 15
| periods = (0–5, 0–5, 0–5)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099905_74_3_0.pdf
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 6 March 2007
| time = 20:00
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|ISL}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|RSA}}
| score = 14 – 2
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 8 March 2007
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|RSA}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|NZL}}'''
| score = 1 – 9
| periods = (0–2, 1–4, 0–3)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099907_74_2_0.pdf
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 8 March 2007
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|ISL}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|CHN}}'''
| score = 3 – 6
| periods = (0–5, 1–0, 2–1)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099908_74_3_0.pdf
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 8 March 2007
| time = 20:00
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|ESP}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|TUR}}
| score = 16 – 0
| periods = (5–0, 6–0, 5–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099909_74_2_0.pdf
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 9 March 2007
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|TUR}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|RSA}}'''
| score = 2 – 5
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 9 March 2007
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|NZL}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|ISL}}'''
| score = 2 – 5
| periods = (0–3, 0–1, 2–1)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099911_74_5_0.pdf
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 9 March 2007
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CHN}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|ESP}}'''
| score = 4 – 9
| periods = (2–2, 1–4, 1–3)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099912_74_4_0.pdf
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 11 March 2007
| time = 13:00
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|NZL}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|TUR}}
| score = 16 – 3
| periods = (2–0, 4–1, 10–2)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099913_74_2_0.pdf
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 11 March 2007
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|RSA}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|CHN}}'''
| score = 2 – 10
| periods = (0–5, 0–4, 2–1)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099914_74_1_0.pdf
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{{IceHockeybox
| date = 11 March 2007
| time = 20:00
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|ESP}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|ISL}}
| score = 6 – 3
| periods = (0–1, 2–2, 4–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/99/IHM099915_74_2_0.pdf
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==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.iihf.com/ International Ice Hockey Federation]

{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:2007 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:IIHF World U18 Championships]]

2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III - Revision history

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