2007 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates11–22 April 2007
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Russia (3rd title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored210 (6.77 per game)
Attendance53,312 (1,720 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States James van Riemsdyk
United States Colin Wilson
(12 points)
MVPUnited States James van Riemsdyk
← 2006
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The 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships was an ice hockey tournament held in 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 Tampere Ice Stadium 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.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 4 3 1 0 0 24 8 +16 11 Semifinals
2  Russia 4 3 0 0 1 16 12 +4 9 Quarterfinals
3  United States 4 2 0 1 1 22 9 +13 7
4  Germany 4 1 0 0 3 8 21 −13 3 Relegation round
5  Latvia 4 0 0 0 4 6 26 −20 0
Source: IIHF
12 April 2007
16:00		Canada 7–3
(3–1, 2–1, 2–1)		 GermanyÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 1,490
Game reference
S. Stamkos (ES) 00:59
Y. Bastien (SH) 02:14
J. Arniel (PP) 06:39
C. Gillies (ES) 33:06
L. Schenn (PP) 37:32
D. Doughty (PP) 50:22
B. Sutter (ES) 53:30		Goals13:12 (ES) M. Buchwieser
29:32 (ES) P. Geiger
46:56 (ES) J. Flaake
12 April 2007
19:30		Russia 5–3
(1–1, 1–1, 3–1)		 United StatesÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 1,639
Game reference
N. Filatov (ES) 17:35
S. Korostin (PP) 23:44
D. Kugryshev (ES) 48:00
D. Kagarlitskiy (ES) 52:42
N. Lukyanchikov (EN) 59:33		Goals03:00 (PP) J. O'Brien
37:40 (PP) J. Schroeder
54:38 (ES) J. O'Brien
13 April 2007
16:00		Germany 1–9
(0–5, 1–2, 0–2)		 United StatesÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 1,244
Game reference
A. Oblinger (ES) 25:54Goals03:26 (ES) M. Rust
06:40 (PP) J. Schroeder
17:28 (ES) I. Cole
17:41 (ES) M. Rust
18:26 (ES) C. Fairchild
27:23 (PP) J. Schroeder
29:06 (ES) J. Albert
49:14 (PP) I. Cole
50:21 (PP) J. Hayes
13 April 2007
19:30		Russia 6–3
(2–0, 2–2, 2–1)		 LatviaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 1,370
Game reference
A. Loktionov (ES) 06:37
N. Filatov (ES) 13:18
A. Cherepanov (PP) 26:34
M. Chudinov (PP) 37:55
S. Korostin (ES) 47:14
E. Averin (ES) 52:25		Goals28:04 (ES) E. Lipsbergs
29:06 (PP) J. Straupe
44:41 (ES) S. Daņilovs
14 April 2007
16:00		Latvia 1–9
(0–4, 0–2, 1–3)		 CanadaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 1,156
Game reference
J. Straupe (ES) 54:29Goals01:13 (ES) K. Turris
07:15 (ES) L. Schenn
11:51 (ES) J. Arniel
12:20 (ES) D. Knelsen
29:17 (ES) L. Couture
37:57 (ES) D. Knelsen
43:42 (ES) Y. Bastien
58:44 (ES) L. Couture
59:07 (ES) K. Turris
15 April 2007
15:00		Germany 1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)		 RussiaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 2,031
Game reference
J. Flaake (ES) 51:26Goals24:43 (ES) M. Chudinov
52:10 (ES) A. Cherepanov
59:19 (ES) N. Klyukin
15 April 2007
18:30		United States 2–3 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (0–1)		 CanadaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 2,631
Game reference
J. van Riemsdyk (ES) 25:00
J. Vaive (ES) 53:35		Goals08:45 (ES) L. Schenn
56:13 (ES) C. Gillies
65:00 (SO) Z. Boychuk
16 April 2007
16:00		Latvia 2–3
(0–2, 2–0, 0–1)		 GermanyÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 1,008
Game reference
J. Ozolins (PP) 34:20
L. Bajaruns (ES) 34:37		Goals03:03 (ES) J. Flaake
14:14 (PP) D. Reul
50:19 (ES) S. Rupprich
17 April 2007
16:00		United States 8–0
(4–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 LatviaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 2,032
Game reference
P. White (ES) 05:28
J. van Riemsdyk (ES) 10:27
J. Vaive (ES) 11:40
C. Severyn (ES) 14:53
P. White (PP) 30:43
J. Vaive (ES) 41:54
C. Wilson (ES) 49:13
R. Hayes (ES) 52:07		Goals
17 April 2007
19:30		Canada 5–2
(1–1, 3–1, 1–0)		 RussiaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 2,568
Game reference
J. Arniel (ES) 16:45
Z. Boychuk (ES) 20:59
A. Esposito (ES) 28:36
Y. Bastien (ES) 29:40
S. Stamkos (PP) 40:51		Goals12:05 (ES) E. Dadonov
38:37 (ES) S. Korostin

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 4 2 1 0 1 10 7 +3 8 Semifinals
2  Slovakia 4 2 0 1 1 9 10 −1 7 Quarterfinals
3   Switzerland 4 2 0 0 2 11 7 +4 6
4  Czech Republic 4 1 1 0 2 9 11 −2 5 Relegation round
5  Finland (H) 4 1 0 1 2 6 10 −4 4
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
11 April 2007
17:30		Sweden 2–1 GWS FinlandÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,323
Game reference
J. Andersson (SH) 15:23
M. Backlund (SO) 65:00		Goals03:34 (PP) O. Vauhkonen
12 April 2007
15:00		Czech Republic 4–2  SwitzerlandTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 1,535
Game reference
T. Knotek (ES) 17:27
V. Roth (SH) 27:00
Š. Novotný (PP) 30:40
T. Kubalík (PP) 35:44		Goals08:25 (PP) L. Cunti
52:16 (PP) Y. Blaser
13 April 2007
16:00		Sweden 3–6 SlovakiaTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 1,298
Game reference
E. Bejmo (ES) 17:22
V. Hedman (PP) 40:26
M. Backlund (PP) 58:57		Goals08:17 (PP) B. Horvath
21:39 (PP) M. Daloga
31:16 (PP) B. Horvath
38:07 (PP) M. Kytnár
52:20 (ES) M. Štěpán
55:18 (EN) M. Mišura
13 April 2007
19:30		Switzerland 5–1 FinlandTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 2,702
Game reference
R. Josi (ES) 11:47
E. Froidevaux (PP) 17:02
G. Sciaroni (PP) 27:20
G. Sciaroni (ES) 35:52
P. Berger (ES) 51:26		Goals00:55 (PP) J. Liljeblad
14 April 2007
15:00		Slovakia 2–3 GWS Czech RepublicTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 1,648
Game reference
J. Molnár (PP) 32:49
A. Bezak (ES) 35:46		Goals29:10 (ES) V. Růžička
49:13 (ES) O. Roman
65:00 (SO) R. Szturc
15 April 2007
15:00		Switzerland 0–2 SwedenTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 1,890
Game reference
Goals22:47 (ES) O. Möller
28:07 (PP) C. Gustafsson
15 April 2007
18:30		Finland 4–2 Czech RepublicTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 4,220
Game reference
T. Sallinen (ES) 03:45
T. Sallinen (ES) 12:18
N. Kluuskeri (ES) 12:56
N. Lucenius (PP) 16:28		Goals03:11 (ES) V. Růžička
35:06 (ES) D. Stich
16 April 2007
15:00		Slovakia 0–4  SwitzerlandTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 1,401
Game reference
Goals02:04 (PP) L. Cunti
33:38 (PP) G. Donati
49:08 (PP) L. Cunti
52:32 (ES) R. Schlagenhauf
17 April 2007
16:00		Czech Republic 0–3 SwedenTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 918
Game reference
Goals12:41 (ES) M. Tedenby
46:29 (PP) C. Gustafsson
58:15 (ES) M. Tedenby
17 April 2007
19:30		Finland 0–1 SlovakiaTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 2,590
Game reference
Goals24:21 (ES) O. Rusnák

Relegation round

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7  Finland (H) 3 3 0 0 0 14 8 +6 9
8  Germany 3 2 0 0 1 12 9 +3 6
9  Czech Republic 3 1 0 0 2 9 11 −2 3 2008 Division I
10  Latvia 3 0 0 0 3 6 13 −7 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
19 April 2007
15:00		Czech Republic 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 LatviaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 979
Game reference
J. Voráček (ES) 08:41
R. Valchař (ES) 26:04
R. Ostrčil (SH) 36:30
O. Roman (ES) 48:32		Goals52:38 (ES) J. Straupe
19 April 2007
18:30		Germany 3–4
(1–2, 2–1, 0–1)		 FinlandÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 1,405
Game reference
G. Fauser (ES) 07:50
P. Geiger (PP) 27:27
D. Weiss (ES) 32:38		Goals01:02 (ES) E. Pöysti
15:16 (ES) O. Vauhkonen
21:58 (PP) E. Pöysti
55:50 (ES) A. Kokkonen
20 April 2007
15:00		Germany 6–3
(1–2, 2–1, 3–0)		 Czech RepublicÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 731
Game reference
J. Flaake (ES) 13:10
A. Uuebscher (ES) 35:12
R. Schopf (ES) 35:49
P. Geiger (SH) 44:30
S. Fischhaber (PP) 51:44
S. Rupprich (EN) 59:28		Goals08:41 (ES) R. Valchař
16:24 (ES) R. Szturc
39:07 (ES) R. Valchař
20 April 2007
18:30		Latvia 3–6
(0–1, 2–2, 1–3)		 FinlandÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 1,238
Game reference
R. Bukarts (ES) 28:29
J. Ozoliņš (ES) 31:16
S. Daņilovs (PP) 47:41		Goals12:28 (PP) J. Liljeblad
30:25 (ES) J. Jyrkkiö
37:28 (ES) A. Kokkonen
40:50 (ES) L. Kokkala
48:45 (ES) T. Pallassalo
52:39 (ES) E. Pöysti

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
A1  Canada 3
B2  Slovakia 2 A3  United States (GWS) 4
A3  United States 7 A3  United States 5
A2  Russia 6
B1  Sweden 4
A2  Russia (OT) 4 A2  Russia 5
B3   Switzerland 3 Third place
A1  Canada 3
B1  Sweden 8

Quarterfinals

19 April 2007
15:00		Russia 4–3 OT
(2–1, 0–0, 1–2)
OT: (1–0)		  SwitzerlandTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 724
Game reference
Vadim ZhelobnyukGoaliesRobert MayerReferee:
United States Travis Smith
Linesmen:
Czech Republic František Kalivoda
Germany Felix Winnekens
Averin (Cherepanov) – 00:311–0
Voynov (Kulikov, Loktionov) – 04:482–0
2–106:31 – Hollenstein (Berger, Müller)
2–242:53 – Hollenstein (Berger, Schlagenhauf) (PP)
2–349:45 – Berger (Schlagenhauf)
Klyukin – 55:483–3
Filatov (Voynov) – 66:374–3
8 minPenalties2 min
31Shots30
19 April 2007
18:30		Slovakia 2–7
(1–2, 1–3, 0–2)		 United StatesTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 1,204
Game reference
A. Bezák (ES) 19:08
A. Bezák (ES) 34:06		Goals05:25 (ES) P. White
07:07 (ES) I. Cole
29:25 (PP) J. Schroeder
29:47 (ES) J. O'Brien
36:47 (PP) C. Wilson
43:03 (PP) C. Wilson
49:46 (ES) I. Cole
24 minPenalties4 min
21Shots51

Semifinals

20 April 2007
15:00		Sweden 4–5
(0–0, 2–3, 2–2)		 RussiaTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 955
Game reference
Mark OwuyaGoaliesVadim Zhelobnyuk
Alexander Pechursky		Referee:
Canada Kyle Rehman
Linesmen:
Czech Republic František Kalivoda
Germany Felix Winnekens
Hjalmarsson (Tedenby) – 21:101–0
Hjalmarsson – 21:332–0
2–124:08 – Dadonov (Cherepanov)
2–227:59 – Korostin (Averin)
2–339:14 – Filatov (Voynov) (PP)
Bejmo (Motin, Torp) (PP) – 42:223–3
3–442:44 – Cherepanov
Backlund (PS) – 55:024–4
4–559:59 – Cherepanov (Dadonov, Averin) (PP)
14 minPenalties12 min
29Shots26
20 April 2007
18:30		Canada 3–4 GWS
(0–1, 3–1, 0–1)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (0–1)		 United StatesTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 1,505
Game reference
Z. Boychuk (PP) 20:52
Z. Boychuk (ES) 24:35
K. Turris (ES) 31:14		Goals19:45 (ES) V. Saponari
29:55 (PP) K. Shattenkirk
41:36 (PP) J. van Riemsdyk
70:00 (SO) J. van Riemsdyk
10 minPenalties6 min
31Shots45

Fifth place game

21 April 2007
18:30		Switzerland 1–4
(0–0, 0–1, 1–3)		 SlovakiaTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 416
Game reference
R. Suri (ES) 59:14Goals24:22 (ES) J. Molnár
40:20 (ES) M. Kytnár
54:20 (ES) M. Štěpán
59:22 (EN) A. Bezák
6 minPenalties8 min
28Shots28

Bronze medal game

22 April 2007
14:00		Canada 3–8
(0–2, 2–1, 1–5)		 SwedenTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 2,182
Game reference
Trevor Cann
Braden Holtby		GoaliesMark OwuyaReferee:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Linesmen:
Czech Republic František Kalivoda
Slovakia Alexander Pavlovič
0–106:38 – Olsson (Hjalmarsson)
0–216:11 – Hjalmarsson (Bejmo)
Esposito (Torquato) – 26:151–2
Doughty (Boychuk) – 36:522–2
2–339:59 – Backlund (Gustafsson, Erixon)
2–441:55 – Backlund (Hedman, Motin) (PP)
2–546:35 – Hjalmarsson (Olsson, Johansson
2–648:43 – Bejmo (Johansson, Hjalmarsson)
2–751:22 – Bejmo (Hjalmarsson, Johansson)
2–852:14 – Backlund (Möller)
Esposito (Sutter, Doyle) – 52:243–8
12 minPenalties8 min
28Shots55

Final

22 April 2007
18:00		United States 5–6
(3–2, 1–2, 1–2)		 RussiaTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 2,279
Game reference
Josh UniceGoaliesAlexander Pechursky
Vadim Zhelobnyuk		Referee:
Canada Kyle Rehman
Linesmen:
Sweden Fredrik Carlman
Finland Antti Orelma
Severyn (Vargas) – 01:311–0
Saponari (Rust) (SH) – 06:132–0
2–107:44 – Loktionov (Kugryshev, Voynov)
2–211:33 – Korostin (Kagarlitsky)
Wilson (Van Riemsdyk, Schroeder) – 18:273–2
3–323:59 – Kugryshev (Filatov)
3–428:00 – Klyukin (Andronov, Korostin)
Van Riemsdyk (Wilson, Schroeder) – 30:374–4
4–551:52 – Cherepanov (Karamnov, Petrov)
4–657:45 – Averin (Kulikov)
Wilson (Fairchild, Van Riemsdyk) (EA) – 59:545–6
4 minPenalties6 min
36Shots24

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 James van Riemsdyk  United States 7 5 7 12 +2 4
1 Colin Wilson  United States 7 5 7 12 +3 4
3 Jordan Schroeder  United States 7 4 7 11 +3 0
4 Steven Stamkos  Canada 6 2 8 10 +2 8
5 Adam Bezák  Slovakia 6 4 5 9 +4 6
5 Nikita Filatov  Russia 7 4 5 9 +4 6
5 Simon Hjalmarsson  Sweden 6 4 5 9 +8 4
8 Alexei Cherepanov  Russia 7 5 3 8 0 6
8 Jamie Arniel  Canada 6 3 5 8 +3 10
10 Mikael Backlund  Sweden 6 6 1 7 0 6

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
1 Robert Mayer   Switzerland 304:15 11 2.17 145 92.41 1
2 Jaroslav Janus  Slovakia 267:37 14 3.14 177 92.09 0
3 Juha Metsola  Finland 198:38 7 2.11 86 91.86 0
4 Trevor Cann  Canada 366:10 18 2.95 219 91.78 0
5 Mark Owuya  Sweden 345:00 13 2.26 143 90.91 2

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

Source: IIHF Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine

Source: IIHF Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine

Final standings

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden
4  Canada
5  Slovakia
6   Switzerland
7  Finland
8  Germany
9  Czech Republic
10  Latvia

 Czech Republic and  Latvia are relegated to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division I

Main article: 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.[1][2]

Final standings

Division II

Main article: 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.[3][4]

Final standings

Division III

Main article: 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.[5]

Final standings
  1.  Spain — promoted to Division II for 2008
  2.  China — promoted to Division II for 2008
  3.  Iceland
  4.  New Zealand
  5.  South Africa
  6.  Turkey

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.[6]

Final standings
  1.  Turkey — qualified for the 2007 Division III tournament
  2.  Bulgaria

References

  1. ^ "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  2. ^ "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  3. ^ "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  4. ^ "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  5. ^ "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  6. ^ "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div IIIQ". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-01.

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