2007 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship

	Ice Hockey World Championship for women
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	Winner: Canada

The 11th Ice Hockey World Championships for women of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2007 . Between March 3 and April 10, 2007, a total of 33 national teams took part in the five tournaments of the top division and divisions I to IV.

The world champions became Canada for the ninth time , defeating the United States 5-1 in the final . The German team reached eighth place. The Switzerland was able to secure fifth place after the rise in the last World Cup. The team from Austria reached fourth place in Division II.

In 2007 the IIHF evaluated the chances of and the demand for a world championship for U18 juniors in which they organized U18 invitation tournaments. As the council decided to hold a U18 World Cup in 2008 after positive experience , these tournaments were considered qualifying tournaments for the U18 World Junior Championship in 2008.

Overview of women's world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Winnipeg Selkirk	0Apr 3, 2007 - Apr 10, 2007	9	119.231	20th	5,961
Division I.	Nikko	0Apr 2, 2007 - Apr 8, 2007 0	6th	5,866	15th	391
Division II	Pyongyang	17th Mar 2007 - March 23 2007	6th	31,500	15th	2,100
Division III	Sheffield	03rd Mar 2007 - Mar 10 2007	6th	4,833	15th	322
Division IV	Miercurea Ciuc	26th Mar 2007 - Apr 1, 2007 0	6th	2,180	15th	145

Participants, venues and periods

• Top Division: April 3 to 10, 2007 in Winnipeg and Selkirk , Manitoba , Canada

  Participants: People's Republic of China , Germany , Finland , Canada , Kazakhstan , Russia , Sweden , Switzerland (promoted) , USA (defending champion)          

• Division I: April 2-8 , 2007 in Nikko , Japan

  Participants: Denmark , France , Japan , Latvia , Norway (promoted) , Czech Republic       

• Division II: March 17-23 , 2007 in Pyongyang , North Korea

  Participants: Italy , Netherlands , North Korea , Austria , Slovakia , Slovenia (promoted)      

• Division III: March 3-10, 2007 in Sheffield , UK

  Participants: Australia , Belgium , Great Britain , South Africa , South Korea (promoted) , Hungary       

• Division IV: March 26 to April 1, 2007 in Miercurea Ciuc , Romania

  Participants: Estonia (newcomer) , Iceland , Croatia (newcomer) , New Zealand , Romania , Turkey (newcomer)        

Top division

2007 Women's World Cup
Number of nations	9
World Champion	Canada
silver	United States
bronze	Sweden
Venue (s)	Winnipeg & Selkirk , Manitoba , Canada
opening	April 3, 2007
Endgame	April 10, 2007
spectator	119,231 (5,961 per game)
Gates	118 (5.90 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Noora Räty
Best defender	Molly Engstrom
Best striker	Hayley Wickenheiser
Most valuable player	Hayley Wickenheiser
Top scorer	Hayley Wickenheiser (14 points)

The Women's World Cup took place from April 3 to 10, 2007 in the Canadian cities of Winnipeg and Selkirk, Manitoba Province . Since Canada was set as the host country by the IIHF, the choice fell between the five interested regions Québec (main venue: Sherbrooke ), Newfoundland ( St. John's ), Nova Scotia ( Halifax ), Manitoba (Winnipeg) and Ontario ( Toronto ), from which only Manitoba and Ontario made formal applications.

Nine national teams took part in the tournament, playing in three groups of three teams each. The numbers in brackets indicate the positions in the IIHF world rankings .

Group A	Group B	Group C
USA (2)	Canada (1)	Sweden (3)
Russia (6)	Germany (5)	Finland (4)
People's Republic of China (7)	Switzerland (8)	Kazakhstan (9)

mode

As in 2004 , nine teams took part in the World Cup, although this mode was retained until the 2009 World Cup .

The game was played in three preliminary round groups. The first in the preliminary round played the two finalists in qualifying round D, the second in qualifying round E played the second participant in the game for third place. The opponent there was the table third in qualifying round D. In the relegation round F, the third group play against relegation. Only the third-placed team was relegated to Division I.

Venues

Winnipeg , Manitoba	Winnipeg Selkirk World Championship venues	Selkirk , Manitoba
MTS Center Capacity: 15,015		Selkirk Arena Capacity: 3,000

Preliminary round

Group A

April 3, 2007 7:30 p.m. (local time)

April 4, 2007 2:30 am (CEST)

Kazakhstan

0: 9 (0: 5, 0: 2, 0: 2) game report

USA A. Ruggiero (2:40) K. Wendell (3:05) E. Lawler (8:20) C. Cahow (11:39) S. Parsons (15:22) G. Marvin (27:31) p . Parsons (29:24) J. Zaugg (41:47) J. Potter (54:14)

Selkirk Arena, Selkirk Spectators: 951

April 4, 2007 7:30 p.m.

April 5, 2007 2:30 am

People's Republic of China Ma R. (5:54) Sun R. (19:01) Tang L. (22:43) Zhang B. (23:42) Jin F. (38:16) Su Z. (40:56) Sang H. (41:19)

7: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

Selkirk Arena, Selkirk spectators: 849

April 5, 2007 7:30 p.m.

April 6, 2007 2:30 am

USA K. King (0:27) K. Wendell (1:26) C. Cahow (4:02) E. Lawler (16:51) S. Parsons (30:18) M. Engstrom (31:31) N . Darwitz (36:54) N. Darwitz (54:49) J. Zaugg (56:11)

9: 1 (4: 1, 3: 0, 2: 0) game report

People's Republic of China Sun R. (12:10)

Selkirk Arena, Selkirk spectators: 1,103

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	2	2	0	0	0	18: 01	6th
2.	People's Republic of China	2	1	0	0	1	08: 09	3
3.	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	0	2	00:16	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: intermediate round qualifier group D , intermediate round qualifier group E , relegation round qualifier

Group B

April 3, 2007 7:30 p.m.

April 4, 2007 2:30 am

Switzerland

0: 9 (0: 5, 0: 2, 0: 2) game report

Canada D. Goyette (1:01) D. Goyette (7:14) H. Wickenheiser (11:10) K. Weatherston (16:41) C. Ouellette (39:24) K. Béchard (39:52) D. Goyette (50:55) K. Weatherston (52:32)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 10,706

April 4, 2007 7:30 p.m.

April 5, 2007 2:30 am

Germany

0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report

Switzerland K. Lehmann (35:51)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 4,102

April 5, 2007 7:30 p.m.

April 6, 2007 2:30 am

Canada J. Botterill (2:27) H. Wickenheiser (3:03) G. Kingsbury (22:40) H. Wickenheiser (36:20) H. Wickenheiser (40:54) J. Botterill (54:04) K Weatherston (54:52) D. Goyette (55:51)

8: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0) game report

Germany

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 10,715

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	2	2	0	0	0	17: 00	6th
2.	Switzerland	2	1	0	0	1	01: 09	3
3.	Germany	2	0	0	0	2	00: 09	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: intermediate round qualifier group D , intermediate round qualifier group E , relegation round qualifier

Group C

April 3, 2007 4:00 p.m.

April 3, 2007 11 p.m.

Russia T. Burina (55:27) I. Gavrilowa (58:37)

2: 3 (0: 2, 0: 0, 2: 1) game report

Sweden N. Jansson (5:07) P. Winberg (16:06) E. Holst (42:10)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 3,243

April 4, 2007 4:00 p.m.

April 4, 2007 11:00 PM

Finland M. Pehkonen (6:42) K. Kovalainen (24:48) K. Riipi (43:05) N. Tallus (48:28)

4: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Russia

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 3,350

April 5, 2007 4:00 p.m.

April 5, 2007 11:00 p.m.

Sweden

0: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Finland S. Sirviö (61:32)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 3,350

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	2	1	1	0	0	05: 00	5
2.	Sweden	2	1	0	1	0	03: 03	4th
3.	Russia	2	0	0	0	2	02: 07	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: intermediate round qualifier group D , intermediate round qualifier group E , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

Group F.

April 7, 2007 12:00 p.m. (local time)

April 7, 2007 7:00 p.m. (CEST)

Kazakhstan

0: 3 (0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Germany F. Busch (4:57) A. Lanzl (11:59) B. Evers (45:32)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 2,124

April 8, 2007 12:00 p.m.

April 8, 2007 7:00 p.m.

Russia J. Smolenzewa (22:07) J. Smolenzewa (24:06) S. Terentjewa (25:46) I. Gavrilowa (30:40) O. Semenez (31:35) I. Gavrilowa (36:25) J. Smolentseva (48:40)

7: 0 (0: 0, 6: 0, 1: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 1,959

April 9, 2007 12:00 p.m.

April 9, 2007 7:00 p.m.

Germany C. Spuhler (8:47)

1: 4 (1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 2) game report

Russia J. Smolenzewa (3:51) S. Trefilowa (7:13) T. Burina (49:24) I. Gavrilowa (59:12)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 10,741

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	2	2	0	0	0	11: 01	6th
2.	Germany	2	1	0	0	1	04: 04	3
3.	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	0	2	00:10	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: Relegated to Division I.

Qualifying round

Group D

April 7, 2007 3:30 p.m. (local time)

April 7, 2007 10:30 p.m. (CEST)

USA J. Potter (7:49) K. Wendell (17:47) G. Marvin (26:52) N. Darwitz (31:06)

4: 5 n.P. (2: 1, 2: 3, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Canada K. Béchard (1:21) S. Vaillancourt (23:21) H. Wickenheiser (32:23) G. Apps (34:57) H. Wickenheiser (PS)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 15,003

April 8, 2007 7:30 p.m.

April 9, 2007 2:30 am

Finland

0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

USA N. Darwitz (9:53) K. Wendell (18:18) M. Engstrom (30:50) K. King (43:31)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 4,758

April 9, 2007 7:30 p.m.

April 10, 2007 2:30 am

Canada K. Béchard (10:25) T. Bonhomme (12:44) D. Goyette (17:15) H. Wickenheiser (29:45) G. Kingsbury (41:36)

5: 0 (3: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Finland

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 10,691

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	2	1	1	0	0	10: 04	5
2.	United States	2	1	0	1	0	08: 05	4th
3.	Finland	2	0	0	0	2	00: 09	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: Participants in the final , participants in the game for third place

Group E

April 7, 2007 7:30 p.m.

April 8, 2007 2:30 am

People's Republic of China Zhang B. (25:26)

1: 5 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 2) game report

Switzerland L. Ruhnke (19:08) D. Diaz (32:27) C. Meier (38:16) S. Marty (53:09) L. Ruhnke (53:44)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 4,048

April 8, 2007 3:00 p.m.

April 8, 2007 10:30 p.m.

Sweden G. Andersson (2:54) K. Timglas (3:36) N. Jansson (21:10) T. Enström (21:39) M. Rooth (22:30) P. Winberg (24:43) D. Rundqvist (35:22) J. Elfsberg (40:11) J. Elfsberg (46:01) G. Andersson (48:08) M. Rooth (57:04) P. Winberg (57:13)

12: 2 (2: 1, 5: 0, 5: 1) game report

People's Republic of China Sang H. (15:03) Sun R. (50:58)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 3,500

April 9, 2007 4:00 p.m.

April 9, 2007 11:00 PM

Switzerland

0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2) game report

Sweden P. Winberg (15:45) M. Rooth (32:04) P. Winberg (45:22) K. Timglas (54:20)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 3,761

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	2	2	0	0	0	16: 02	6th
2.	Switzerland	2	1	0	0	1	05: 05	3
3.	People's Republic of China	2	0	0	0	2	03:17	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: Participants in the game for 3rd place

Finals

3rd place match

April 10, 2007 3:30 p.m. (local time)

April 10, 2007 10:30 p.m. (CEST)

Finland

0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Sweden M. Rooth (42:37)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 8,555

final

April 10, 2007 7:30 p.m.

April 11, 2007 2:30 am

Canada J. Botterill (20:58) J. Hefford (31:33) H. Wickenheiser (36:27) D. Goyette (49:22) S.Vaillancourt (57:06)

5: 1 (0: 0, 3: 0, 2: 1) game report

USA K. Wendell (50:08)

MTS Center, Winnipeg Spectators: 15,003

statistics

Game scene from the final at the MTS Center

Gillian Apps in the jersey of the world champion Canada

Best scorers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada	5	8th	6th	14th	+11	0
Krissy Wendell	United States	5	5	7th	12	+5	8th
Danielle Goyette	Canada	5	6th	5	11	+10	0
Natalie Darwitz	United States	5	4th	5	9	+6	6th
Pernilla Winberg	Sweden	5	5	3	8th	+8	8th
Maria Rooth	Sweden	5	4th	2	6th	+5	4th
Sarah Parsons	United States	5	3	3	6th	+5	2
Erika Lawler	United States	5	2	4th	6th	+5	2
Sarah Vaillancourt	Canada	5	2	4th	6th	+6	4th
Ija Gavrilowa	Russia	4th	4th	1	5	+7	2
Ekaterina Smolentseva	Russia	4th	4th	1	5	+5	0

Best goalkeepers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Kim St-Pierre	Canada	3	180: 00	1	2	97.96	0.33
Jennifer Harß	Germany	3	123: 55	2	1	95.65	0.97
Kim Martin	Sweden	3	175: 02	3	0	95.77	1.03
Sara Grahn	Sweden	3	126: 30	2	1	94.29	0.95
Noora Räty	Finland	5	301: 32	10	2	93.15	1.99

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Canada
2	United States
3	Sweden
4th	Finland
5	Switzerland
6th	People's Republic of China
7th	Russia
8th	Germany
9	Kazakhstan

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada

Charline Labonté , Kim St-Pierre - Tessa Bonhomme , Delaney Collins , Gillian Ferrari , Carla MacLeod , Cheryl Pounder , Colleen Sostorics - Meghan Agosta , Gillian Apps , Kelly Béchard , Jennifer Botterill , Danielle Goyette , Jayna Hefford , Gina Kingsbury , Caroline Ouellette , Vicky Sunohara , Sarah Vaillancourt , Katie Weatherston , Hayley Wickenheiser Trainer : Melody Davidson

Silver USA

Chanda Gunn , Jessie Vetter - Caitlin Cahow , Molly Engstrom , Kelli Halcisak , Helen Resor , Angela Ruggiero , Kerry Weiland - Julie Chu , Natalie Darwitz , Meghan Duggan , Tiffany Hagge , Kristin King , Hilary Knight , Erika Lawler , Gigi Marvin , Sarah Parsons , Jenny Potter , Krissy Wendell , Jinelle Zaugg Trainers : Mark Johnson

Bronze Sweden

Sara Grahn , Kim Martin - Emilia Andersson , Gunilla Andersson , Jenni Asserholt , Ann-Louise Edstrand , Emma Eliasson , Frida Nevalainen , Chanette Svensson - Joa Elfsberg , Tina Enström , Elin Holmlöv , Erika Holst , Nanna Jansson , Angelica Lorsell , Maria Rooth , Danijela Rundqvist , Helena Tageson , Katarina Timglas , Pernilla Winberg Trainer : Peter Elander

Relegated to Division I:	Kazakhstan
Promoted to the top division:	Japan

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Noora Räty	Finland
Best defender	Molly Engstrom	United States
Best striker	Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada
Most valuable player	Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada

All-Star Team

Attack:	Natalie Darwitz - Hayley Wickenheiser - Krissy Wendell
Defense:	Delaney Collins - Angela Ruggiero
Goal:	Kim St-Pierre

Division I.

2007 Women's World Cup in Division I.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Japan
Relegated	Denmark
Venue (s)	Nikko , Japan
opening	April 2, 2007
Final day	April 8, 2007
spectator	5,866 (391 per game)
Gates	73 (4.87 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Christine Smestad
Best defender	Yoko Kondo
Best striker	Iveta Koka
Top scorer	Yurie Adachi (10 points)

From April 2 to 8, 2007, the Division I World Championship tournament was held in Nikko , Japan . The game was played in the Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena with 2,000 seats. Six teams took part, of which the Japanese team qualified in the penultimate game for the top division in 2008 and so managed to get promoted in the second attempt.

venue

Nikko , Japan

Nikko World championship venue

Venue

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Capacity: 2,000

Exterior view of the Nikko Kirifuri Ice Arena

April 2, 2007 1:00 p.m. (local time)

April 2, 2007 5:00 a.m. (CEST)

Norway

1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

France

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 130

April 2, 2007 4:30 p.m.

April 2, 2007 8:30 a.m.

Denmark

1: 3 (1: 0, 0: 3, 0: 0) game report

Czech Republic

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 124

April 2, 2007 8:00 p.m.

April 2, 2007 12:00 p.m.

Latvia

2: 5 (0: 2, 0: 1, 2: 2) game report

Japan

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 515

April 3, 2007 1 p.m.

April 3, 2007 5:00 am

Czech Republic

1: 3 (0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Norway

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 160

April 3, 2007 4:30 p.m.

April 3, 2007 8:30 a.m.

France

3: 2 n.V. (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Latvia

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 152

April 3, 2007 8:00 p.m.

April 3, 2007 12:00 p.m.

Japan

4: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Denmark

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 490

April 5, 2007 1:00 p.m.

April 5, 2007 5:00 am

Latvia

5: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Denmark

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 150

April 5, 2007 4:30 p.m.

April 5, 2007 8:30 a.m.

Czech Republic

5: 4 n.P. (1: 0, 3: 3, 0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

France

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 205

April 5, 2007 8:00 p.m.

April 5, 2007 12:00 p.m.

Japan

3: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0) game report

Norway

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 657

April 7, 2007 1 p.m.

April 7, 2007 5:00 am

Czech Republic

1: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1) game report

Latvia

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 279

April 7, 2007 4:30 p.m.

April 7, 2007 8:30 a.m.

Denmark

1: 4 (0: 2, 0: 2, 1: 0) match report

Norway

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 279

April 7, 2007 8:00 p.m.

April 7, 2007 12:00 p.m.

France

0: 7 (0: 0, 0: 4, 0: 3) game report

Japan

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 1,095

April 8, 2007 1:00 p.m.

April 8, 2007 5:00 am

Norway

0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Latvia

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 244

April 8, 2007 4:30 p.m.

April 8, 2007 8:30 a.m.

France

1: 2 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Denmark

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 314

April 8, 2007 8:00 p.m.

April 8, 2007 12:00 p.m.

Japan

6: 2 (1: 1, 4: 0, 1: 1) game report

Czech Republic

Nikkō Kirifuri ice arena, Nikkō spectators: 941

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	25: 05	15th
2.	Latvia	5	3	0	1	1	13: 09	10
3.	France	5	1	1	2	1	10:17	7th
4th	Norway	5	2	0	0	3	08: 09	6th
5.	Czech Republic	5	1	1	0	3	12:16	5
6th	Denmark	5	0	1	0	4th	05:17	2

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: promoted to the top division , relegated to the division II

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division I:	Kazakhstan
Promoted to the top division:	Japan
Relegated to Division II:	Denmark
Promoted to Division I:	Slovakia

Division II

2007 Women's World Cup in Division II
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Slovakia
Relegated	Slovenia
Venue (s)	Pyongyang , North Korea
opening	March 17, 2007
Final day	March 23, 2007
spectator	31,500 (2,100 per game)
Gates	89 (5.93 per game)
Top scorer	Denise Altmann (13 points)

From March 17 to 23, 2007, the Division II world championship tournament took place in the North Korean capital Pyongyang . The games were played in the city's ice rink , which can seat 6,000 spectators.

venue

Pyongyang , North Korea

Pyongyang World championship venue

Venue

Pyongyang ice rink Capacity: 6,000

Exterior view of the ice rink

March 17, 2007 1:00 p.m. (local time)

March 17, 2007 5:30 a.m. (CET)

North Korea

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

Italy

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 5,000

March 17, 2007 4:30 p.m.

March 17, 2007 9:00 am

Netherlands

0: 6 (0: 0, 0: 4, 0: 2) game report

Austria

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 3,000

March 17, 2007 8:00 p.m.

March 17, 2007 12:30 p.m.

Slovakia

8: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0) game report

Slovenia

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: not known

March 18, 2007 1:00 p.m.

March 18, 2007 5:30 am

Italy

2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Austria

Ice rink, Pyongyang spectators: 600

March 18, 2007 4:30 p.m.

March 18, 2007 9:00 a.m.

Slovenia

2: 3 n.V. (2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Netherlands

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 1,500

March 18, 2007 8:00 p.m.

March 18, 2007 12:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

North Korea

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 2,000

March 20, 2007 1:00 p.m.

March 20, 2007 5:30 am

Slovakia

4: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

Netherlands

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 700

March 20, 2007 4:30 p.m.

March 20, 2007 9:00 a.m.

Italy

5: 3 (1: 0, 1: 2, 3: 1) game report

Slovenia

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 1,500

March 20, 2007 8:00 p.m.

March 20, 2007 12:30 p.m.

North Korea

6: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 4: 0) game report

Austria

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 3,000

March 21, 2007 1:00 p.m.

March 21, 2007 5:30 am

Netherlands

3: 4 n.V. (1: 2, 2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Italy

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 1,500

March 21, 2007 4:30 p.m.

March 21, 2007 9:00 am

Austria

2: 3 (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 2) game report

Slovakia

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 2,000

March 21, 2007 8:00 p.m.

March 21, 2007 12:30 p.m.

Slovenia

0: 6 (0: 4, 0: 2, 0: 0) game report

North Korea

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 3,000

March 23, 2007 1 p.m.

March 23, 2007 5:30 am

Austria

8: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0) game report

Slovenia

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 700

March 23, 2007 4:30 p.m.

March 23, 2007 9:00 am

Italy

0: 6 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 2) game report

Slovakia

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 2,500

March 23, 2007 8:00 p.m.

March 23, 2007 12:30 p.m.

North Korea

7: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0) game report

Netherlands

Ice rink, Pyongyang Spectators: 4,500

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovakia	5	5	0	0	0	25: 03	15th
2.	Italy	5	2	2	0	1	14:15	10
3.	North Korea	5	3	0	1	1	22: 07	10
4th	Austria	5	2	0	0	3	17:11	6th
5.	Netherlands	5	0	1	1	3	06:23	3
6th	Slovenia	5	0	0	1	4th	05:30	1

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: Promoted to Division I , relegated to Division III

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division II:	Denmark
Promoted to Division I:	Slovakia
Relegated to Division III:	Slovenia
Promoted to Division II:	Australia

Division III

2007 Women's Division III World Cup
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Australia
Relegated	South Africa
Venue (s)	Sheffield , England , UK
opening	March 3, 2007
Final day	March 10, 2007
spectator	4,833 (322 per game)
Gates	160 (10.67 per game)
Top scorer	Debbie Palmer (17 points)

From March 3 to 10, 2007 the Division III tournament took place in Sheffield , Great Britain . The games were played in the iceSheffield , which has space for 1,500 spectators.

venue

Sheffield , England , UK

Sheffield World championship venue

Venue

iceSheffield Capacity: 1,500

March 5, 2007 12:30 p.m. (local time)

Belgium

4: 2 (0: 0, 2: 2, 2: 0) game report

South Korea

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 117

March 5, 2007 4:00 p.m.

South Africa

1:18 (0: 8, 1: 6, 0: 4) game report

Australia

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 136

March 5, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Hungary

1: 8 (1: 2, 0: 2, 0: 4) game report

Great Britain

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 475

March 6, 2007 12:30 p.m.

South Korea

8: 1 (4: 0, 1: 1, 3: 0) game report

South Africa

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 105

March 6, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Belgium

5: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Hungary

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 178

March 6, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Great Britain

5: 6 n.P. (3: 1, 1: 3, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Australia

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 756

March 7, 2007 12:30 p.m.

Belgium

10: 1 (3: 0, 4: 1, 3: 0) game report

South Africa

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 76

March 7, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Hungary

1: 3 (0: 2, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Australia

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 92

March 7, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Great Britain

10: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 4: 0) game report

South Korea

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 476

March 9, 2007 12:30 p.m.

Australia

8: 2 (2: 1, 3: 1, 3: 0) match report

Belgium

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 286

March 9, 2007 4:00 p.m.

South Korea

2: 6 (0: 0, 0: 2, 2: 4) game report

Hungary

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 142

March 9, 2007 7:30 p.m.

South Africa

0:27 (0: 9, 0: 6, 0:12) game report

Great Britain

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 636

March 10, 2007 12:30 p.m.

Australia

6: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

South Korea

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 152

March 10, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Hungary

14: 1 (6: 0, 3: 1, 5: 0) game report

South Africa

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 327

March 10, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Great Britain

7: 1 (1: 0, 4: 0, 2: 1) game report

Belgium

iceSheffield, Sheffield Spectators: 879

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Australia	5	4th	1	0	0	41: 09	14th
2.	Great Britain	5	4th	0	1	0	57: 08	13
3.	Belgium	5	3	0	0	2	22:18	9
4th	Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	22:19	6th
5.	South Korea	5	1	0	0	4th	12:27	3
6th	South Africa	5	0	0	0	5	04:77	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: Promoted to Division II , relegated to Division IV

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	Slovenia
Promoted to Division II:	Australia
Relegated to Division IV:	South Africa
Promoted to Division III:	Croatia

Division IV

2007 Women's World Cup in Division IV
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Croatia
Venue (s)	Miercurea Ciuc , Romania
opening	March 26, 2007
Final day	April 1, 2007
spectator	2,180 (145 per game)
Gates	171 (11.40 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Beáta Antal
Best defender	Diana Krušelj Posavec
Best striker	Shiree Haslemore
Top scorer	Diana Krušelj Posavec (27 points)

The Division IV tournament took place from March 26th to April 1st 2007 in Miercurea Ciuc , Romania . The games were held in the 4,000-seat Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya arena . Six teams took part. These included three teams who contested their first World Cup in women's ice hockey. Among these, Croatia immediately prevailed and rose to Division III, and Estonia and Turkey also made their debut.

The outstanding player of the tournament was the Croatian Diana Krušelj Posavec with 25 goals. In the 12-0 win against Estonia, she scored eleven goals, including the first ten in a row, and scored 8-0 and 9-0, each outnumbered by her team within 14 seconds.

venue

Miercurea Ciuc , Romania

Miercurea Ciuc World championship venue

Venue

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya Capacity: 4,000

Entrance to Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya

March 26, 2007 1:30 p.m. (local time)

Iceland

0:10 (0: 4, 0: 2, 0: 4) game report

New Zealand

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 50

March 26, 2007 5:00 p.m.

Estonia

0:12 (0: 3, 0: 6, 0: 3) game report

Croatia

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 100

March 26, 2007 8:30 p.m.

Romania

27: 0 (7: 0, 9: 0, 11: 0) game report

Turkey

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 200

March 27, 2007 1:30 p.m.

New Zealand

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

Croatia

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 50

March 27, 2007 5:00 p.m.

Turkey

1:14 (0: 6, 0: 5, 1: 3) game report

Estonia

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 150

March 27, 2007 8:30 p.m.

Romania

5: 2 (0: 1, 4: 0, 1: 1) game report

Iceland

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 150

March 29, 2007 1:30 p.m.

New Zealand

19: 0 (9: 0, 6: 0, 4: 0) game report

Turkey

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 100

March 29, 2007 5:00 p.m.

Iceland

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 0) game report

Croatia

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 150

March 29, 2007 8:30 p.m.

Romania

5: 3 (4: 2, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Estonia

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 250

March 30, 2007 1:30 p.m.

Turkey

1:12 (0: 3, 0: 3, 1: 6) game report

Iceland

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 60

March 30, 2007 5:00 p.m.

Croatia

3: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1) game report

Romania

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 250

March 30, 2007 8:30 p.m.

Estonia

0: 9 (0: 4, 0: 5, 0: 0) game report

New Zealand

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 200

April 1, 2007 12:30 p.m.

Croatia

19: 1 (7: 0, 4: 0, 8: 1) game report

Turkey

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 70

April 1, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Iceland

3: 4 n.P. (1: 2, 0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Estonia

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 150

April 1, 2007 7:30 p.m.

New Zealand

4: 5 (1: 2, 2: 2, 1: 1) match report

Romania

Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 250

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Croatia	5	5	0	0	0	41: 06	15th
2.	Romania	5	4th	0	0	1	44:12	12
3.	New Zealand	5	3	0	0	2	45: 09	9
4th	Estonia	5	1	1	0	3	21:30	5
5.	Iceland	5	1	0	1	3	17:23	4th
6th	Turkey	5	0	0	0	5	03:91	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: Promoted to Division III

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IV:	South Africa
Promoted to Division III:	Croatia

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 U18 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship

Web links

• 2007 IIHF World Womens Championship (English)
• 2007 IIHF World Women's Hockey Championship at hockeycanada.ca
• World Women Championships 2007 - box scores and statistics at hokej.snt.cz

Individual evidence

1. ^ IIHF press releases of November 3, 2005 and December 1, 2005 ( Memento of December 10, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ emporis.de, MTS Center