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.
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| Host countries |  Slovenia Poland |
| Dates | 6–12 April 2007 4–10 April 2007 |
| Teams | 12 |
Group A tournament
editThe 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
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 11 | +26 | 14 | Promoted to the Championship Division for 2008 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 40 | −27 | 2 | Relegated to Division II for 2008 |
Fixtures
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| 6 April 2007 13:00 | Italy | 4–5 GWS (0–3, 2–1, 2–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 130 |
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| 6 April 2007 16:30 | Austria | 4–3 (1–0, 2–1, 1–2) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 120 |
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| 6 April 2007 20:00 | France | 2–6 (1–1, 1–3, 0–2) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 512 |
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| 7 April 2007 13:00 | Kazakhstan | 6–1 (1–0, 2–0, 3–1) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 100 |
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| 7 April 2007 16:30 | Belarus | 15–1 (7–1, 5–0, 3–0) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 130 |
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| 7 April 2007 20:00 | Slovenia | 5–3 (2–0, 2–2, 1–1) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 685 |
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| 9 April 2007 13:00 | Belarus | 4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 120 |
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| 9 April 2007 16:30 | Italy | 7–2 (6–0, 0–1, 1–1) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 211 |
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| 9 April 2007 20:00 | Slovenia | 4–5 OT (2–0, 1–2, 1–2) (OT 0–1) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 725 |
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| 10 April 2007 13:00 | France | 5–4 GWS (0–0, 2–1, 2–3) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 380 |
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| 10 April 2007 16:30 | Kazakhstan | 2–6 (0–1, 1–1, 1–4) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 180 |
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| 10 April 2007 20:00 | Slovenia | 4–3 (0–1, 2–2, 2–0) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 550 |
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| 12 April 2007 13:00 | Kazakhstan | 8–3 (1–0, 4–2, 3–1) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 210 |
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| 12 April 2007 16:30 | Austria | 3–4 (2–1, 1–2, 0–1) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 169 |
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| 12 April 2007 20:00 | Belarus | 7–4 (1–0, 4–3, 2–1) | Tabor Ice Hall Attendance: 1075 |
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Scoring leaders
editList shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[7]
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | POS |
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| 5 | 9 | 3 | 12 | +4 | 16 | F | |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +2 | 8 | F | |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +3 | 4 | F | |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +2 | 4 | F | |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 2 | F | |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +6 | 0 | F | |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +3 | 0 | F | |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 2 | F | |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 0 | F | |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | +3 | 0 | F |
Leading goaltenders
editOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[5]
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
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| 296:23 | 176 | 17 | 3.44 | 90.34 | 0 | |
| 285:00 | 104 | 11 | 2.32 | 89.42 | 1 | |
| 134:56 | 62 | 7 | 3.11 | 88.71 | 0 | |
| 241:28 | 136 | 16 | 3.98 | 88.24 | 0 | |
| 168:56 | 89 | 13 | 4.62 | 85.39 | 0 |
Group B tournament
editThe 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
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 15 | Promoted to the Championship Division for 2008 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 0 | Relegated to Division II for 2008 |
Fixtures
editAll times local.
| 4 April 2007 13:00 | Ukraine | 3–4 (1–0, 1–3, 1–1) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 300 |
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| 4 April 2007 16:30 | Great Britain | 2–7 (2–2, 0–3, 0–2) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 400 |
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| 4 April 2007 20:00 | Poland | 1–9 (0–3, 0–4, 1–2) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 2200 |
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| 5 April 2007 13:00 | Japan | 6–1 (3–0, 2–0, 1–1) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 180 |
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| 5 April 2007 16:30 | Denmark | 4–1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 320 |
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| 5 April 2007 20:00 | Norway | 6–4 (3–2, 2–1, 1–1) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 1600 |
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| 7 April 2007 13:00 | Norway | 4–5GWS (1–2, 2–1, 1–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 420 |
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| 7 April 2007 16:30 | Great Britain | 3–5 (0–4, 0–1, 3–0) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 2100 |
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| 7 April 2007 20:00 | Denmark | 2–1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 1500 |
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| 9 April 2007 13:00 | Denmark | 3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 230 |
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| 9 April 2007 16:30 | Poland | 2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 1700 |
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| 9 April 2007 20:00 | Japan | 4–3 OT (1–1, 0–2, 2–0) (OT 1–0) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 1200 |
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| 10 April 2007 13:00 | Ukraine | 5–3 (1–1, 2–1, 2–1) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 220 |
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| 10 April 2007 16:30 | Norway | 2–4 (1–2, 1–0, 0–2) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 410 |
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| 10 April 2007 20:00 | Japan | 7–4 (2–1, 3–1, 2–2) | Sanok Arena Attendance: 2500 |
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Scoring leaders
editList shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | POS |
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| 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +6 | 4 | F | |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +5 | 6 | F | |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +3 | 6 | F | |
| 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +5 | 4 | F | |
| 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +2 | 4 | D | |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –2 | 6 | D | |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | F | |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 12 | F | |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | –1 | 4 | F | |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 0 | F |
Leading goaltenders
editOnly 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 |
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| 240:00 | 79 | 5 | 1.25 | 93.67 | 0 | |
| 233:55 | 92 | 8 | 2.05 | 91.30 | 0 | |
| 190:42 | 110 | 12 | 3.78 | 89.09 | 0 | |
| 245:00 | 99 | 13 | 3.18 | 86.87 | 0 | |
| 181:56 | 67 | 10 | 3.30 | 85.07 | 0 |
References
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- ^ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-04-10. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
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- ^ a b "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ^ a b "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ^ a b c d "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2007-01-20. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ^ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-04-07. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ^ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-03-19. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ^ a b "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ^ a b "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2013-01-01.