2007 U18 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship

	U18 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Russia

The 9th ice hockey world championships of the U18 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2007 in the age group of under eighteen year olds (U18). Between March 5 and April 22, 2007, a total of 40 national teams took part in the six tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III. In addition, on January 28, 2007 a qualification for Division III with two participants was played for the last free place in the tournament.

For the third time, the Russian team won the world championship, defeating their arch-rivals from the United States 6: 5 in the final . The German team was able to prevent relegation to Division I with eighth place in the top division, while Switzerland took sixth place in the top division. Austria was fifth and penultimate in Group A of Division I and was thus able to avert slipping into Division II.

Overview U18 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Tampere Rauma	Apr 11, 2007 - Apr 22, 2007	10	53,312	31	1,719
Division IA	Maribor	0Apr 6, 2007 - Apr 12, 2007	6th	5,297	15th	353
Division IB	Sanok	0Apr 4, 2007 - Apr 10, 2007	6th	15,280	15th	1,018
Division II A	Miskolc	Apr 15, 2007 - Apr 21, 2007	6th	9,300	15th	620
Division II B	Miercurea Ciuc	March 12 2007 - March 18 2007	6th	2,610	15th	174
Division III	Beijing	05th Mar 2007 - March 11th 2007	6th	4,524	15th	301
Division III Qual	İzmit	Jan. 28, 2007	2	200	1	200

Participants, venues and periods

• Top Division: April 11-22, 2007 in Tampere and Rauma , Finland

  Participants: Germany, Finland, Canada, Latvia (promoted) , Russia, Sweden, Switzerland (promoted) , Slovakia, Czech Republic, USA (defending champion)

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 6-12, 2007 in Maribor , Slovenia

    Participants: France, Italy (promoted) , Kazakhstan, Austria, Slovenia, Belarus (relegated)

  • Group B: April 4-10, 2007 in Sanok , Poland

    Participants: Denmark, Great Britain (promoted) , Japan, Norway (relegated) , Poland, Ukraine

• Division II
  • Group A: April 15-21, 2007 in Miskolc , Hungary

    Participants: Belgium, Estonia, Israel (promoted) , Mexico, Netherlands, Hungary (relegated)

  • Group B: March 12-18 , 2007 in Miercurea Ciuc , Romania

    Participants: Australia, Croatia, Lithuania, Romania (promoted) , Serbia, South Korea (relegated)

• Division III: March 5-11, 2007 in Beijing , People's Republic of China

  Participants: People's Republic of China (first participation since 2003) , Iceland (relegated) , New Zealand, Spain (relegated) , South Africa, Turkey (qualifier)

• Qualification for Division III: January 28, 2007 in İzmit , Turkey

  Participants: Bulgaria (relegated) , Turkey (relegated)

Top division

2007 World Cup for U18 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Russia
silver	United States
bronze	Sweden
Relegated	Latvia Czech Republic
Venue (s)	Tampere & Rauma , Finland
opening	April 11, 2007
Endgame	April 22, 2007
spectator	53,312 (1,719 per game)
Gates	210 (6.77 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Josh Unice
Best defender	Kevin Shattenkirk
Best striker	James van Riemsdyk
Top scorer	James van Riemsdyk Colin Wilson (12 points each)

The U18 World Cup was held from April 11-22 in the Finnish cities of Tampere and Rauma . The games were played in the Tampereen jäähalli (7,800 places) in Tampere and in the Äijänsuo Areena in Rauma with 5,400 places.

Ten national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of five teams each. The world championship was secured by Russia, which won the final 6: 5 against the defending champions United States. It was the second title for the Russians.

Group A	Group B
United States	Finland
Canada	Czech Republic
Russia	Sweden
Germany	Slovakia
Latvia	Switzerland

mode

After the group matches in the preliminary round, the two group winners qualify directly for the semi-finals. The runners-up and thirds in the group each play a qualifying game for participation in the semi-finals. The fourth and fifth of the group games contest - if the result of the direct encounter from the preliminary round is taken with them - the relegation round and determine two relegated to Division I.

Venues

Tampere	Tampere Rauma World Championship venues	Rauma
Tampereen jäähalli Capacity: 7,800		Äijänsuo Areena Capacity: 5,400

Preliminary round

Group A

April 12, 2007 4:00 p.m.	Canada	7: 3 (3: 1, 2: 1, 2: 1)	Germany	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma spectators: 1,490
April 12, 2007 7:30 p.m.	Russia	5: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 3: 1)	United States	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma spectators: 1,639
April 13, 2007 4:00 p.m.	Germany	1: 9 (0: 5, 1: 2, 0: 2)	United States	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma audience: 1,244
April 13, 2007 7:30 p.m.	Russia	6: 3 (2: 0, 2: 2, 2: 1)	Latvia	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma spectators: 1,370
April 14, 2007 4:00 p.m.	Latvia	1: 9 (0: 4, 0: 2, 1: 3)	Canada	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma audience: 1,156
April 15, 2007 3:00 p.m.	Germany	1: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2)	Russia	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma audience: 2,031
April 15, 2007 6:30 p.m.	United States	2: 3 n.p. (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Canada	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma spectators: 2,631
April 16, 2007 4:00 p.m.	Latvia	2: 3 (0: 2, 2: 0, 0: 1)	Germany	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma audience: 1,008
April 17, 2007 4:00 p.m.	United States	8: 0 (4: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0)	Latvia	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma audience: 2,032
April 17, 2007 7:30 p.m.	Canada	5: 2 (1: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0)	Russia	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma spectators: 2,568

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	4th	3	1	0	0	24: 08	11
2.	Russia	4th	3	0	0	1	16:12	9
3.	United States	4th	2	0	1	1	22: 09	7th
4th	Germany	4th	1	0	0	3	08:21	3
5.	Latvia	4th	0	0	0	4th	06:26	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Group B

April 11, 2007 5:30 p.m.	Sweden	2: 1 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	Finland	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma audience: 4,323
April 12, 2007 3:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	4: 2 (1: 1, 3: 0, 0: 1)	Switzerland	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 1,535
April 13, 2007 4:00 p.m.	Sweden	3: 6 (1: 1, 0: 3, 2: 2)	Slovakia	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 1,298
April 13, 2007 7:30 p.m.	Switzerland	5: 1 (2: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0)	Finland	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 2,702
April 14, 2007 3:00 p.m.	Slovakia	2: 3 n.V. (0: 0, 2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Czech Republic	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 1,648
April 15, 2007 3:00 p.m.	Switzerland	0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 0)	Sweden	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 1,890
April 15, 2007 6:30 p.m.	Finland	4: 2 (4: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0)	Czech Republic	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 4,220
April 16, 2007 3:00 p.m.	Slovakia	0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2)	Switzerland	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 1,401
April 17, 2007 4:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2)	Sweden	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 918
April 17, 2007 7:30 p.m.	Finland	0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0)	Slovakia	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 2,590

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	4th	2	1	0	1	10: 07	8th
2.	Slovakia	4th	2	0	1	2	09:10	7th
3.	Switzerland	4th	2	0	0	2	11: 07	6th
4th	Finland	4th	1	1	0	2	09:11	5
5.	Czech Republic	4th	1	0	1	2	06:10	4th

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

April 19, 2007 3:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1)	Latvia	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma audience: 979
April 19, 2007 6:30 p.m.	Germany	3: 4 (1: 2, 2: 1, 0: 1)	Finland	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma audience: 1,405
April 20, 2007 3:00 p.m.	Germany	6: 3 (1: 2, 2: 1, 3: 0)	Czech Republic	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma Spectators: 731
April 20, 2007 6:30 p.m.	Latvia	3: 6 (0: 1, 2: 2, 1: 3)	Finland	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma spectators: 1,238

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	3	3	0	0	0	14: 08	9
2.	Germany	3	2	0	0	1	12: 09	6th
3.	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	09:11	3
4th	Latvia	3	0	0	0	3	06:13	0

Note: The preliminary round matches Latvia - Germany (2: 3) and Finland - Czech Republic (4: 2) are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Relegated to Division I.

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Canada

3

B2

Slovakia

2

A3

United States

4th

A3

United States

7th

A3

United States

5

A2

Russia

6th

B1

Sweden

4th

A2

Russia

4th

A2

Russia

5

3rd place match

B3

Switzerland

3

A1

Canada

3

B1

Sweden

8th

Play for 5th place

B3

Switzerland

1

B2

Slovakia

4th

Quarter finals

April 19, 2007 3:00 p.m.	Russia	4: 3 n.V. (2: 1, 0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0)	Switzerland	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 724
April 19, 2007 6:30 p.m.	Slovakia	2: 7 (1: 2, 1: 3, 0: 2)	United States	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 1.204

Play for 5th place

April 21, 2007 6:30 p.m.

Switzerland

1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 3)

Slovakia

Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 416

Semifinals

April 20, 2007 3:00 p.m.	Sweden	4: 5 (0: 0, 2: 3, 2: 2)	Russia	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 955
April 20, 2007 6:30 p.m.	Canada	3: 4 n.P. (0: 1, 3: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	United States	Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 1,505

3rd place match

April 22, 2007 2:00 p.m.

Canada

3: 8 (0: 2, 2: 1, 1: 5)

Sweden

Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 2.182

final

April 22, 2007 6:00 p.m.

United States

5: 6 (3: 2, 1: 2, 1: 2)

Russia

Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 2.279

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

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

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice time (in minutes), GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Fat: tournament best

player	team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Robert Mayer	Switzerland	5	304: 15	11	1	92.41	2.17
Jaroslav Janus	Slovakia	5	267: 37	14th	0	92.09	3.14
Juha Metsola	Finland	4th	198: 38	7th	0	91.86	2.11
Trevor Cann	Canada	6th	366: 10	18th	0	91.78	2.95
Mark Owuya	Sweden	6th	345: 00	13	2	90.91	2.26

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Russia
2	United States
3	Sweden
4th	Canada
5	Slovakia
6th	Switzerland
7th	Finland
8th	Germany
9	Czech Republic
10	Latvia

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Russia

Sergei Andronow , Yegor Averin , Yevgeny Dadonow , Nikita Filatov , Maxim Goncharov , Dmitry Kagarlizki , Vitaly Karamnow , Nikita Kljukin , Sergei Korostin , Dmitri Kugryschew , Dmitri Kulikov , Andrei Loktionow , Nikolai Lukjantschikow , Kirill Petrov , Alexander Petschurski , Vadim Schelobnjuk , Yakov Seleznev , Wassili Tokranow , Alexei Tscherepanow , Maxim Tschudinow , Michail Tschurljajew , Vjatscheslav Woinow Trainer: Mishat Fachrutdinow

Silver USA

John Albert , Ian Cole , Tom Cross , Cade Fairchild , Jimmy Hayes , Ryan Hayes , Thomas McCollum , Ryan McDonagh , Jim O'Brien , James van Riemsdyk , Matt Rust , Ted Ruth , Vinny Saponari , Jordan Schroeder , CJ Severyn , Kevin Shattenkirk , AJ Sturges , Josh Unice , Justin Vaive , Brennan Vargas , Patrick White , Colin Wilson Trainers: Ron Rolston

Bronze Sweden

Jimmy Andersson , Joakim Andersson , Mikael Backlund , Emil Bejmo , Christoffer Bengtsberg , Henrik Björklund , Alexander Eriksson , Sebastian Erixon , Johan Erkgärds , Carl Gustafsson , Victor Hedman , Jens Hellgren , Simon Hjalmarsson , Marcus Johansson , Oscar Möller , Johan Motin , Robin Olsson , Mark Owuya , Anton Persson , André Petersson , Mattias Tedenby , Nichlas Torp Trainer: Lars Lindgren

Relegated to Division I:	Latvia, Czech Republic
Promoted to the top division:	Denmark, Belarus

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Josh Unice	United States
Best defender	Kevin Shattenkirk	United States
Best striker	James van Riemsdyk	United States

All-Star Team

Attack:	James van Riemsdyk - Steven Stamkos - Alexei Tscherepanow
Defense:	Victor Hedman - Kevin Shattenkirk
Goal:	Josh Unice

Division I.

Group A in Maribor, Slovenia

Teams	BLR	SLO	KAZ	ITA	AUT	FRA	Gates	Pt.
1. Belarus		7: 4	6: 2	5: 4p	4-0	15: 1	37:11	14th
2. Slovenia	4: 7		4: 5v	4: 3	5: 3	6: 2	23:20	10
3. Kazakhstan	2: 6	5: 4v		6: 1	3: 4	8: 3	24:18	8th
4. Italy	4: 5p	3: 4	1: 6		4: 3	7: 2	19:20	7th
5. Austria	0: 4	3: 5	4: 3	3: 4		4: 5p	14:21	4th
6. France	1:15	2: 6	3: 8	2: 7	5: 4p		13:40	2

v = after overtime p = after overtime and penalty shootout

Group B in Sanok, Poland

Teams	THE	JPN	NOR	POLE	UKR	GBR	Gates	Pt.
1. Denmark		2: 1	4: 2	9: 1	4: 1	3: 1	22: 6	15th
2. Japan	1: 2		4: 3v	7: 4	4: 3	6: 1	22:13	11
3. Norway	2: 4	3: 4v		6: 4	4: 5v	7: 2	22:19	8th
4. Poland	1: 9	4: 7	4: 6		2: 1	5: 3	16:26	6th
5. Ukraine	1: 4	3: 4	5: 4v	1: 2		5: 3	15:17	5
6. Great Britain	1: 3	1: 6	2: 7	3: 5	3: 5		10:26	0

v = after overtime p = after overtime and penalty shootout

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division II:	France, Great Britain
Promoted from Division I:	Belarus, Denmark
Relegated to Division I:	Latvia, Czech Republic
Promoted from Division II:	Lithuania, Netherlands

Division II

Group A in Miskolc, Hungary

Teams	NED	HUN	EST	BEL	ISR	MEX	Gates	Pt.
1. Netherlands		4: 3	11: 1	7: 4	7: 1	10-0	39: 9	15th
2. Hungary	3: 4		7-0	16: 0	12: 3	10-0	48: 7	12
3. Estonia	1:11	0: 7		8: 3	9-0	3: 2p	21:23	8th
4. Belgium	4: 7	0:16	3: 8		5: 2	5: 4	17:37	6th
5. Israel	1: 7	3:12	0: 9	2: 5		5: 3	11:36	3
6. Mexico	0:10	0:10	2: 3p	4: 5	3: 5		9:33	1

p = after overtime and penalty shootout

Group B in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

Teams	LTU	COR	CRO	ROU	OUT	SRB	Gates	Pt.
1. Lithuania		5: 2	8: 1	5: 2	8: 2	6: 2	32: 9	15th
2. South Korea	2: 5		5: 4p	6: 3	6: 2	8-0	27:14	11
3. Croatia	1: 8	4: 5p		10-0	4: 5p	5: 1	24:19	8th
4. Romania	2: 5	3: 6	0:10		4-0	6: 4	15:25	6th
5. Australia	2: 8	2: 6	5: 4p	0: 4		4: 3p	13:25	4th
6. Serbia	2: 6	0: 8	1: 5	4: 6	3: 4p		10:29	1

v = after overtime p = after overtime and penalty shootout

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	Serbia, Mexico
Promoted to Division I:	Lithuania, Netherlands
Relegated from Division I:	France, Great Britain
Promoted from Division III:	People's Republic of China, Spain

Qualification for Division III in İzmit, Turkey

The last place for Division III was played between Turkey and Bulgaria. The hosts defeated the Bulgarian team 3-2 after a shootout and thus qualified for the World Cup tournament of Division III.

January 28, 2007

Turkey

3: 2 n.P. (2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)

Bulgaria

İzmit

Qualified for Division III:

Turkey

Division III in Beijing, People's Republic of China

Teams	ESP	CHN	ISL	NZL	RSA	DOOR	Gates	Pt.
1. Spain		9: 4	6: 3	5: 1	18: 1	16: 0	54: 9	15th
2. People's Republic of China	4: 9		6: 3	11: 2	10: 2	15: 0	46:16	12
3. Iceland	3: 6	3: 6		5: 2	14: 2	16: 1	41:17	9
4. New Zealand	1: 5	2:11	2: 5		9: 1	16: 3	30:25	6th
5. South Africa	1:18	2:10	2:14	1: 9		5: 2	11:53	3
6. Turkey	0:16	0:15	1:16	3:16	2: 5		6:68	0

v = after overtime p = after overtime and penalty shootout

Ascent and descent

Promoted from Division III:	Spain, People's Republic of China
Relegated to Division III:	Serbia, Mexico

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship
• Ice Hockey World Championship 2007 (overview)
• 2007 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2007 U20 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2007 Women's Ice Hockey World Cup

Web links

• IIHF Championships 2007