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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name =IIHF World U18 Championship
| year = 2007
| other_titles =
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Finland
| dates = April 11–22, 2007
| num_teams = 10
| venues = 2
| cities = 2
| winners_other = {{ih18|Russia}}
| count = 3
| games = 31
| goals = 210
| attendance = 53312
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|USA}} James van Riemsdyk (12 points) {{flagicon|USA}} Colin Wilson (12 points)
| mvp = {{flagicon|USA}} James van Riemsdyk
| prevseason = [[2006 IIHF World U18 Championships|2006]]
| nextseason = [[2008 IIHF World U18 Championships|2008]]
}}

The '''2007 IIHF World U18 Championships''' were held in [[Rauma, Finland|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 [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]] in Tampere. [[Russia]] defeated the [[United States]] 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====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|OTW
!width=20|OTL
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|CAN}}
|4||3||1||0||0||24||8||'''11'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|RUS}}
|4||3||0||0||1||16||12||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|USA}}
|4||2||0||1||1||22||9||'''7'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|GER}}
|4||1||0||0||3||8||21||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|LAT}}
|4||0||0||0||4||6||26||'''0'''
|}

=====Results=====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 12, 2007
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|CAN}}'''
| score = 7–3
| team2 = {{ih18|GER}}
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 1,490
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 12, 2007
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|RUS}}'''
| score = 5–3
| team2 = {{ih18|USA}}
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 1,639
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 13, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|GER}}
| score = 1–9
| team2 = '''{{ih18|USA}}'''
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 1,244
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 13, 2007
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|RUS}}'''
| score = 6–3
| team2 = {{ih18|LAT}}
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 1,370
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 14, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LAT}}
| score = 1–9
| team2 = '''{{ih18|CAN}}'''
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 1,156
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 15, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|GER}}
| score = 1–3
| team2 = '''{{ih18|RUS}}'''
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 2,031
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 15, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|USA}}
| score = 2–3 (SO)
| team2 = '''{{ih18|CAN}}'''
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 2,631
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 16, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LAT}}
| score = 2–3
| team2 = '''{{ih18|GER}}'''
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 1,008
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 17, 2007
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|USA}}'''
| score = 8–0
| team2 = {{ih18|LAT}}
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 2,032
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 17, 2007
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|CAN}}'''
| score = 5–2
| team2 = {{ih18|RUS}}
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 2,568
| official = }}

====Group B====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|OTW
!width=20|OTL
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|SWE}}
|4||2||1||0||1||10||7||'''8'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|SVK}}
|4||2||0||1||1||9||10||'''7'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|SUI}}
|4||2||0||0||2||11||7||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|CZE}}
|4||1||1||0||2||9||11||'''5'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|FIN}}
|4||1||0||1||2||6||10||'''4'''
|}

=====Results=====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 11, 2007
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|SWE}}'''
| score = 2–1 (SO)
| team2 = {{ih18|FIN}}
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 4,323
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 12, 2007
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|CZE}}'''
| score = 4–2
| team2 = {{ih18|SUI}}
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 1,535
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 13, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SWE}}
| score = 3–6
| team2 = '''{{ih18|SVK}}'''
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 1,298
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 13, 2007
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|SUI}}'''
| score = 5–1
| team2 = {{ih18|FIN}}
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 2,702
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 14, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SVK}}
| score = 2–3 (SO)
| team2 = '''{{ih18|CZE}}'''
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 1,648
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 15, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SUI}}
| score = 0–2
| team2 = '''{{ih18|SWE}}'''
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 1,890
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 15, 2007
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|FIN}}'''
| score = 4–2
| team2 = {{ih18|CZE}}
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 4,220
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 16, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SVK}}
| score = 0–4
| team2 = '''{{ih18|SUI}}'''
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 1,401
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 17, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CZE}}
| score = 0–3
| team2 = '''{{ih18|SWE}}'''
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 918
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 17, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|FIN}}
| score = 0–1
| team2 = '''{{ih18|SVK}}'''
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 2,590
| official = }}

===Relegation round===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|OTW
!width=20|OTL
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|FIN}}
|3||3||0||0||0||14||8||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|GER}}
|3||2||0||0||1||12||9||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|CZE}}
|3||1||0||0||2||9||11||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih18|LAT}}
|3||0||0||0||3||6||13||'''0'''
|}

====Results====
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
*April 15, 2007: {{ih18|FIN}} 4–2 {{ih18|CZE}}
*April 16, 2007: {{ih18|LAT}} 2–3 {{ih18|GER}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 19, 2007
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|CZE}}'''
| score = 4–1
| team2 = {{ih18|LAT}}
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 979
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 19, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|GER}}
| score = 3–4
| team2 = '''{{ih18|FIN}}'''
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 1,405
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 20, 2007
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|GER}}'''
| score = 6–3
| team2 = {{ih18|CZE}}
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 731
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 20, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LAT}}
| score = 3–6
| team2 = '''{{ih18|FIN}}'''
| stadium = [[Äijänsuo Arena]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]]
| attendance = 1,238
| official = }}

===Final round===
====Quarterfinals====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 19, 2007
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|RUS}}'''
| score = 4–3 (OT)
| team2 = {{ih18|SUI}}
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 724
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 19, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SVK}}
| score = 2–7
| team2 = '''{{ih18|USA}}'''
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 1,204
| official = }}

====Semifinals====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 20, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SWE}}
| score = 4–5
| team2 = '''{{ih18|RUS}}'''
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 955
| official = }}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #ffffff
| date = April 20, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CAN}}
| score = 3–4 (SO)
| team2 = '''{{ih18|USA}}'''
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 1,505
| official = }}

====Fifth place game====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 21, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SUI}}
| score = 1–4
| team2 = '''{{ih18|SVK}}'''
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 416
| official = }}

====Bronze medal game====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 22, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CAN}}
| score = 3–8
| team2 = '''{{ih18|SWE}}'''
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 2,182
| official = }}

====Gold medal game====
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = April 22, 2007
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|USA}}
| score = 5–6
| team2 = '''{{ih18|RUS}}'''
| stadium = [[Tampereen jäähalli|Hakametsän jäähalli]], [[Tampere]]
| attendance = 2,279
| official = }}

===Final standings===
{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA"
|-bgcolor="#E4E4E4"
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=40|Rk.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=120|Team
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
|align="center"|{{goca}}||{{ih18|RUS}}
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
|align="center"|{{sica}}||{{ih18|USA}}
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
|align="center"|{{brca}}||{{ih18|SWE}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"|4||{{ih18|CAN}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"|5||{{ih18|SVK}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"|6||{{ih18|SUI}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"|7||{{ih18|FIN}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"|8||{{ih18|GER}}
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|align="center"|9||{{ih18|CZE}}
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|align="center"|10||{{ih18|LAT}}
|}
{{ih18|CZE}} and {{ih18|LAT}} are relegated to Division I for the [[2008 IIHF World U18 Championships]].

==Division I==
{{main|2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I}}
Division I consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 6 April and 12 April 2007 in [[Maribor]], Slovenia and the Group B tournament was held 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 2007 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 2007.<ref name="2007U18D1A">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18ia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=107 | title=2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group A | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2013-01-01 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="2007U18D1B">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18ib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=106 | title=2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2013-01-01 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>

;Final standings
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
'''Group A'''
#{{ih18|BLR}} — ''promoted to Championship Division for 2008''
#{{ih18|SLO}}
#{{ih18|KAZ}}
#{{ih18|ITA}}
#{{ih18|AUT}}
#{{ih18|FRA}} — ''relegated to Division II for 2008''
#{{Col-2}}
'''Group B'''
#{{ih18|DEN}} — ''promoted to Championship Division for 2008''
#{{ih18|JPN}}
#{{ih18|NOR}}
#{{ih18|POL}}
#{{ih18|UKR}}
#{{ih18|GBR}} — ''relegated to Division II for 2008''
{{Col-end}}

==Division II==
{{main|2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II}}
Division II consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 15 and 21 April 2007 in [[Miskolc]], Hungary and the Group B tournament was held between 12 and 18 March 2006 in [[Miercurea Ciuc]], Romania. [[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.<ref name="2007U18D2A">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=101 | title=2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2013-01-02 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="2007U18D2B">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=100 | title=2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B | publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation | date= | accessdate=2013-01-02 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>

;Final standings
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
'''Group A'''
#{{ih18|NED}} — ''promoted to Division I for 2008''
#{{ih18|HUN}}
#{{ih18|EST}}
#{{ih18|BEL}}
#{{ih18|ISR}}
#{{ih18|MEX}} — ''relegated to Division III for 2008''
#{{Col-2}}
'''Group B'''
#{{ih18|LTU}} — ''promoted to Division I for 2008''
#{{ih18|KOR}}
#{{ih18|CRO}}
#{{ih18|ROM}}
#{{ih18|AUS}}
#{{ih18|SER}} — ''relegated to Division III for 2008''
{{Col-end}}

==Division III==
{{main|2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III}}
The Division III tournament was held between 5 and 11 March 2007 in [[Beijing]], China. [[Spain]] and [[China]] finished first and second respectively and both gained promotion to Division II for the [[2008 IIHF World U18 Championships]].<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>

;Final standings
#{{ih18|ESP}} — ''promoted to Division II for 2008''
#{{ih18|CHN}} — ''promoted to Division II for 2008''
#{{ih18|ISL}}
#{{ih18|NZL}}
#{{ih18|RSA}}
#{{ih18|TUR}}

===Division III Qualification===
The Division III Qualification tournament was held on 28 January 2007 in [[İzmit]], Turkey. [[Turkey]] won the tournament and qualified for the Division III tournament after winning the game against [[Bulgaria]] 3–2 in a shootout.<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>

;Final standings
#{{ih18|TUR}} — ''qualified for the 2007 Division III tournament''
#{{ih18|BUL}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*Official results and statistics from the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]
**[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=109 Championship]
**[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18ia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=107 Division I - Group A]
**[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18ib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=106 Division I - Group B]
**[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=101 Division II - Group A]
**[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=100 Division II - Group B]
**[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=99 Division III]
**[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iiiq/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=98 Division IIIQ]

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