2007 U20 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship

	U20 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Canada

The 31st ice hockey world championships of the U20 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2007 for the under-20s age group. Between December 10, 2006 and January 14, 2007, a total of 40 national teams took part in the six tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III.

For the 13th time, the world champion was the Canadian team , which defeated arch-rivals Russia 4-2 in the final . The German team was again unable to maintain their class after being promoted last year and was relegated to Division I, while Switzerland took seventh place in the top division. Austria finished second in Group B of Division I and thus missed promotion to the top division.

Overview U20 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Leksand Mora	Dec 26, 2006 - Jan 5, 2007 0	10	63,493	31	2,048
Division IA	Odense	Dec 11, 2006 - Dec 17, 2006	6th	3,820	15th	254
Division IB	Torre Pellice	Dec 11, 2006 - Dec 17, 2006	6th	5,447	15th	363
Division II A	Miercurea Ciuc	Dec 10, 2006 - Dec 16, 2006	6th	2.135	15th	142
Division II B	Elektrėnai	Dec 11, 2006 - Dec 17, 2006	6th	17,853	15th	1,373
Division III	Ankara	0Jan 8, 2007 - Jan 14, 2007	6th	1,865	15th	124

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: December 26, 2006 to January 5, 2007 in Leksand and Mora , Sweden

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

• Division I.
  • Group A: December 11-17, 2006 in Odense , Denmark

    Participants: Denmark , Estonia (promoted) , Latvia (relegated) , Poland , Slovenia , Ukraine        

  • Group B: December 11-17 , 2006 in Torre Pellice , Italy

    Participants: France , Great Britain (promoted) , Italy , Kazakhstan , Norway (relegated) , Austria        

• Division II
  • Group A: December 10-16 , 2006 in Miercurea Ciuc , Romania

    Participants: Australia , Iceland (promoted) , Croatia , Romania , Spain , Hungary (relegated)       

  • Group B: December 11-17 , 2006 in Elektrėnai , Lithuania

    Participants: Japan (relegated) , Lithuania (promoted) , Mexico , Netherlands , Serbia , South Korea        

• Division III: January 8-14, 2007 in Ankara , Turkey

  Participants: Armenia , Belgium (first participation since 2005) , Bulgaria , People's Republic of China (relegated) , New Zealand (relegated) , Turkey         

Top division

2007 World Cup for U20 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Canada
silver	Russia
bronze	United States
Relegated	Germany Belarus
Venue (s)	Leksand & Mora , Sweden
opening	December 26, 2006
Endgame	January 5, 2007
spectator	63,493 (2,048 per game)
Gates	173 (5.58 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Carey Price
Best defender	Erik Johnson
Best striker	Alexei Cherepanov
MVP	Carey Price
Top scorer	Erik Johnson Mikko Lehtonen (10 points each)

The U20 World Cup was held from December 26, 2006 to January 5, 2007 in the Swedish cities of Leksand and Mora . The games took place in the Ejendals Arena (7,600 seats) in Leksand and FM Matsson Arena (4,500 seats) in Mora.

Ten national teams took part, playing in two groups of five teams each. The world championship title was secured by Canada, which beat Russia 4-2 in the final. It was the 13th title for the Canadians and the third in a row.

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

mode

After the group games in the preliminary round, the two group winners qualified directly for the semi-finals. The runners-up and thirds in the group each played a qualifying game for participation in the semi-finals. The fourth and fifth of the group games contested - taking the result of the direct encounter from the preliminary round with them - the relegation round and determined two relegated to Division I.

Venues

Leksand	Leksand Mora World Championship venues	Mora
Ejendals Arena Capacity: 7,600		FM Matsson Arena Capacity: 4,500

Preliminary round

Group A

December 26, 2006 3:00 p.m.

Germany C. Giebe (13:45) M. Müller (61:51)

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

USA P. Mueller (48:56)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand spectators: 2,462

December 26, 2006 7:00 p.m.

Sweden

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

Canada L. Bourdon (14:22) B. Marchand (39:12)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand spectators: 7,650

December 27, 2006 7:00 p.m.

Slovakia J. Mikúš (11:52) M. Korenko (25:41)

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

Germany F. Ondruschka (3:08) F. Schütz (8:08) R. Kramer (43:23) C. Gawlik (44:13)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand spectators: 495

December 27, 2006 7:30 p.m.

Canada S. Downie (14:43) T. Pyatt (17:33) J. Toews (21:55) J. Toews (49:13) D. Helm (58:17) D. Helm (59:03)

6: 3 (2: 0, 1: 2, 3: 1) game report

USA E. Johnson (22:24) M. Carman (26:12) B. Sweatt (53:50)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 3,539

December 28, 2006 7:30 p.m.

Slovakia V. Mihálik (15:13) O. Mikula (19:33) J. Mikúš (34:56)

3: 6 (2: 2, 1: 1, 0: 3) game report

Sweden P. Berglund (4:42) L. Omark (16:59) N. Hjalmarsson (21:40) M. Johansson (44:15) P. Hörnqvist (48:41) R. Lindqvist (49:05)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 4,037

December 29, 2006 7:00 p.m.

Germany F. Schütz (32:26)

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

Canada K. Russell (7:04) S. Downie (34:42) K. Russell (50:34)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand spectators: 1,284

December 30, 2006 5:00 p.m.

USA P. Kane (6:51) J. Johnson (14:45) P. Kane (24:15) E. Johnson (29:00) P. Mueller (41:36) J. van Riemsdyk (56:07)

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

Slovakia J. Mikúš (49:46)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand Spectators: 789

December 30, 2006 5:00 p.m.

Sweden R. Lindqvist (3:25) M. Isaksson (26:42) A. Sundström (52:05)

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

Germany C. Fischer (21:23)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 3,801

December 31, 2006 1:00 p.m.

Canada K. Russell (5:36) K. Russell (8:52) S. Downie (33:05)

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

Slovakia

Ejendals Arena, Leksand spectators: 1,434

December 31, 2006 5:00 p.m.

USA P. Kane (31:50) R. Stoa (33:25) J. Johnson (63:16)

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

Sweden A. Turesson (27:11) F. Pettersson (59:46)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand Spectators: 4,297

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	4th	4th	0	0	0	14: 04	12
2.	Sweden	4th	2	0	1	1	11: 09	7th
3.	United States	4th	1	1	1	1	13:11	6th
4th	Germany	4th	1	1	0	2	08: 09	5
5.	Slovakia	4th	0	0	0	4th	06:19	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

December 26, 2006 3:00 p.m.

Belarus M. Stefanowitsch (6:45) J. Ilin (45:20) S. Kaszizyn (48:18) M. Stefanowitsch (52:57)

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

Finland L. Komarov (19:57) M. Lehtonen (30:45) M. Lehtonen (59:27)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 1,004

December 26, 2006 7:00 p.m.

Czech Republic T. Svoboda (10:05) V. Sobotka (55:38)

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

Russia A. Cherepanov (22:01) A. Loginow (23:43) A. Bumagin (45:54)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 1,065

December 27, 2006 4:00 p.m.

Switzerland J. Šimek (28:59) F. Lemm (29:31) Y. Weber (40:27) J. Šimek (50:46)

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

Belarus A. Stas (18:31)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora Spectators: 954

December 28, 2006 4:00 p.m.

Finland O. Osala (20:20) T. Laakso (22:03) M. Lehtonen (23:45) T. Laakso (47:17) L. Komarov (47:47) J. Enlund (52:21)

6: 2 (0: 1, 3: 1, 3: 0) game report

Czech Republic V. Sobotka (12:39) T. Káňa (27:58)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 1,458

December 28, 2006 7:00 p.m.

Russia I. Subov (24:28) A. Bumagin (35:01) I. Makarow (41:29) A. Tscherepanow (48:18) A. Anissimow (54:22) W. Woinow (59:34)

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

Switzerland

Ejendals Arena, Leksand Spectators: 481

December 29, 2006 5:00 p.m.

Belarus A. Shchurko (27:08)

1: 6 (0: 3, 1: 2, 0: 1) game report

Russia P. Walentenko (4:30) W. Buravchikov (12:37) A. Vasyunov (17:13) I. Mussatov (26:07) J. Ryassensky (37:27) W. Buravchikov (55:16)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 956

December 30, 2006 1:00 p.m.

Finland O. Osala (8:08) O. Osala (13:29) P. Lindgren (32:23) T. Laakso (59:00)

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

Switzerland

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 1,154

December 30, 2006 1:00 p.m.

Czech Republic M. Frolík (17:29) T. Svoboda (46:38)

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

Belarus J. Filin (38:01)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand Spectators: 401

December 31, 2006 1:00 p.m.

Russia I. Subov (11:28) A. Tscherepanow (14:26) I. Subow (26:42) G. Tschurilow (30:19) A. Tscherepanow (47:01)

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

Finland

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 1,004

December 31, 2006 5:00 p.m.

Switzerland D. Bürgler (19:51) A. Jacquemet (23:20)

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

Czech Republic J. Voráček (2:09) T. Káňa (4:52) J. Bartoň (17:16) M. Hanzal (45:03)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 716

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	4th	4th	0	0	0	20: 03	12
2.	Finland	4th	2	0	0	2	13:11	6th
3.	Czech Republic	4th	2	0	0	2	10:12	6th
4th	Switzerland	4th	1	0	0	3	06:15	3
5.	Belarus	4th	1	0	0	3	07:15	3

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

January 2, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Switzerland J. Steinmann (19:41) J. Šimek (49:34)

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

Slovakia M. Korenko (28:10)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 869

January 3, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Germany F. Schütz (11:08)

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

Belarus M. Kamarou (35:56) M. Stefanowitsch (51:58) M. Stefanowitsch (59:17)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 701

January 4, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Belarus

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

Slovakia D. Buc (4:58) J. Mikúš (12:06) M. Bartánus (14:21) T. Marcinko (29:03) J. Šinkovič (30:54) J. Mikúš (32:01) T . Záborský (39:52) M. Bliznak (51:25) O. Mikula (59:33)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 514

January 4, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Germany F. Schütz (5:48) F. Schütz (17:35) C. Braun (44:03)

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

Switzerland R. Grossmann (16:05) S. Frideli (18:13) J. Šimek (22:57) A. Bykov (34:13) E. Froidevaux (55:41)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 702

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	0	11: 05	9
2.	Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	12: 06	3
3.	Germany	3	1	0	0	2	08:10	3
4th	Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	04:14	3

Note: The preliminary round matches Slovakia - Germany (2: 4) and Switzerland - Belarus (4: 1) 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

B1

Russia

4th

A2

Sweden

5

A2

Sweden

2

B3

Czech Republic

1

B1

Russia

2

A1

Canada

4th

A3

United States

1

B2

Finland

3

A1

Canada

2

3rd place match

A3

United States

6th

A2

Sweden

1

A3

United States

2

Play for 5th place

B3

Czech Republic

6th

B2

Finland

2

Quarter finals

January 2, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Sweden M. Isaksson (1:18) A. Sundström (13:09) L. Omark (29:02) M. Johansson (32:17) M. Johansson (53:11)

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

Czech Republic V. Sobotka (18:27)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand spectators: 3,313

January 2, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Finland J. Joensuu (26:38) O. Osala (30:01) O. Osala (41:38)

3: 6 (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 4) game report

USA E. Johnson (11:28) P. Kane (22:11) J. Skille (40:23) P. Mueller (47:53) T. Lewis (49:00) J. Johnson (59:40)

FM Matsson Arena, Mora spectators: 1,456

Play for 5th place

January 4, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Czech Republic M. Frolík (9:56) M. Frolík (13:23) M. Hanzal (22:43) M. Frolík (26:25) V. Sobotka (38:42) T. Kudělka (49:34)

6: 2 (2: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0) game report

Finland P. Lindgren (17:22) M. Lehtonen (38:05)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand spectators: 369

Semifinals

January 3, 2007 4:00 p.m.

USA T. Chorney (25:04)

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

Canada L. Bourdon (52:19) J. Toews (PS)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand spectators: 2,376

January 3, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Russia I. Makarow (16:49) A. Tscherepanow (18:18) A. Anissimow (24:16) A. Wassjunow (43:56)

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

Sweden J. Junland (9:00) N. Hjalmarsson (50:54)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand spectators: 5,354

3rd place match

January 5, 2007 4:00 p.m.

Sweden P. Zackrisson (29:00)

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

USA P. Kane (19:55) E. Johnson (32:34)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand spectators: 3,635

final

January 5, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Russia P. Waltenenko (31:27) G. Tschurilow (39:24)

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

Canada A. Cogliano (15:35) B. Little (17:29) J. Toews (18:02) B. Marchand (26:00)

Ejendals Arena, Leksand Spectators: 5,223

statistics

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Mikko Lehtonen	Finland	6th	4th	6th	10	+1	0
Erik Johnson	United States	7th	4th	6th	10	+3	16
Perttu Lindgren	Finland	6th	2	8th	10	+1	8th
Patrick Kane	United States	7th	5	4th	9	+2	4th
Alexei Cherepanov	Russia	6th	5	3	8th	+2	2
Oskar Osala	Finland	6th	5	3	8th	+2	4th
Felix Schütz	Germany	6th	5	3	8th	+3	8th
Vladimír Sobotka	Czech Republic	6th	4th	4th	8th	+2	12
Alexander Bumagin	Russia	6th	2	6th	8th	+1	16
Jonathan Toews	Canada	6th	4th	3	7th	+1	12

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
Carey Price	Canada	6th	370: 00	7th	2	96.09	1.14
Jeff Frazee	United States	5	313: 16	9	0	93.88	1.72
Semyon Varlamov	Russia	6th	358: 12	9	2	93.38	1.51
Joel Gistedt	Sweden	5	275: 34	9	1	91.18	1.96
Sebastian Stefaniszin	Germany	5	299: 00	14th	0	90.85	2.81

Final placements

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada

Karl Alzner , Dan Bertram , Luc Bourdon , Marc-André Cliche , Andrew Cogliano , Steve Downie , Cody Franson , Sam Gagner , Darren Helm , Leland Irving , Kristopher Letang , Bryan Little , Kenndal McArdle , Brad Marchand , James Neal , Ryan O ' Marra , Ryan Parent , Carey Price , Tom Pyatt , Kris Russell , Marc Staal , Jonathan Toews Trainer: Craig Hartsburg

Silver Russia

Yuri Alexandrov , Vitaly Anikejenko , Artem Anisimov , Nikita Bespalow , Alexander Bumagin , Vyacheslav Burawtschikow , Anton Glowazki , Andrei Kirjuchin , Anton Kryssanow , Alexander Kutscherjawenko , Alexander Loginov , Igor Makarov , Igor Musatov , Yevgeny Rjassenski , Andrei Zubarev , Ilya Zubov , Alexei Cherepanov , Gennady Churilov , Pavel Walentenko , Semyon Varlamov , Alexander Vasyunov , Vyacheslav Voinov Coach: Yevgeny Popichin

Bronze USA

Justin Abdelkader , Mike Carman , Taylor Chorney , Jim Fraser , Jeff Frazee , Blake Geoffrion , Nathan Gerbe , Erik Johnson , Jack Johnson , Patrick Kane , Kyle Lawson , Brian Lee , Trevor Lewis , Jamie McBain , Peter Mueller , Kyle Okposo , James van Riemsdyk , Jack Skille , Ryan Stoa , Bill Sweatt , Jeff Zatkoff , Sean Zimmerman Trainer: Ron Rolston

Relegated to Division I:	Germany, Belarus
Promoted to the top division:	Denmark, Kazakhstan

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Carey Price	Canada
Best goalkeeper	Carey Price	Canada
Best defender	Erik Johnson	United States
Best striker	Alexei Cherepanov	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Patrick Kane - Jonathan Toews - Alexei Cherepanov
Defense:	Kristopher Letang - Erik Johnson
Goal:	Carey Price

Division I.

Group A

in Odense, Denmark

Teams	DAN	LAT	UKR	POLE	SLO	EST	Gates	Pt.
1. Denmark		4: 5	4: 2	4: 1	4: 2	7: 1	23:11	12
2. Latvia	5: 4		4: 5	7: 2	7: 2	6-0	29:13	12
3. Ukraine	2: 4	5: 4		4-0	2: 1	2-0	15: 9	12
4. Poland	1: 4	2: 7	0: 4		5: 3	6: 3	14:21	6th
5. Slovenia	2: 4	2: 7	1: 2	3: 5		4: 1	12:19	3
6. Estonia	1: 7	0: 6	0: 2	3: 6	1: 4		5:25	0

v = after overtime p = after overtime and penalty shootout

Group B

in Torre Pellice, Italy

Teams	KAZ	AUT	GBR	FRA	NOR	ITA	Gates	Pt.
1. Kazakhstan		3: 2v	0: 3	4: 1	3: 2	4: 1	14: 9	11
2. Austria	2: 3v		5: 3	3: 6	3: 2	5: 1	18:15	10
3. Great Britain	3-0	3: 5		4: 2	4: 3	1: 3	15:13	9
4. France	1: 4	6: 3	2: 4		3: 4v	3: 2	15:17	7th
5. Norway	2: 3	2: 3	3: 4	4: 3v		4: 1	15:14	5
6. Italy	1: 4	1: 5	3: 1	2: 3	1: 4		8:17	3

v = after extension; p = after overtime and penalty shootout

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division II:	Estonia, Italy
Promoted to the top division:	Denmark, Kazakhstan
Relegated from the top division:	Germany, Belarus
Promoted from Division II:	Hungary, Lithuania

Division II

Group A

in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

Teams	HUN	ROME	CRO	ESP	ISL	OUT	Gates	Pt.
1. Hungary		8: 2	4-0	12: 4	17: 1	11: 5	52:12	15th
2. Romania	2: 8		4: 3p	6: 1	5-0	6: 1	23:13	11
3. Croatia	0: 4	3: 4p		6: 1	8: 6	6: 1	23:16	10
4. Spain	4:12	1: 6	1: 6		4: 3	6: 3	16:30	6th
5. Iceland	1:17	0: 5	6: 8	3: 4		3: 1	13:35	3
6. Australia	5:11	1: 6	1: 6	3: 6	1: 3		11:32	0

v = after overtime p = after overtime and penalty shootout

Group B

in Elektrėnai, Lithuania

Teams	LTU	NED	JPN	COR	MEX	SRB	Gates	Pt.
1. Lithuania		4: 3p	5: 3	4-0	9-0	8: 1	30: 7	14th
2. Netherlands	3: 4p		4: 5v	5: 2	9: 1	9: 1	30:13	11
3. Japan	3: 5	5: 4v		4: 3p	11: 1	8: 1	31:14	10
4. South Korea	0: 4	2: 5	3: 4p		4-0	4: 5	13:18	4th
5. Mexico	0: 9	1: 9	1:11	0: 4		5: 4	7:37	3
6. Serbia	1: 8	1: 9	1: 8	5: 4	4: 5		12:34	3

v = after overtime p = after overtime and penalty shootout

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	Serbia, Australia
Promoted from Division II:	Hungary, Lithuania
Relegated to Division II:	Estonia, Italy
Promoted from Division III:	People's Republic of China, Belgium

Division III

in Ankara, Turkey

Teams	CHN	BEL	NZL	POOR	DOOR	BUL	Gates	Pt.
1. People's Republic of China		5: 4v	4: 1	7: 4	6-0	15: 3	37:12	14th
2. Belgium	4: 5v		5: 1	7: 4	13: 1	9: 1	38:12	13
3. New Zealand	1: 4	1: 5		6: 5v	6: 2	8: 2	22:18	8th
4. Armenia	4: 7	4: 7	5: 6v		4: 2	9: 5	26:27	7th
5. Turkey	0: 6	1:13	2: 6	2: 4		4: 2	9:31	3
6. Bulgaria	3:15	1: 9	2: 8	5: 9	2: 4		13:45	0

v = after overtime p = after overtime and penalty shootout

Ascent and descent

Promoted from Division III:	People's Republic of China, Belgium
Relegated to Division III:	Serbia, Australia

Web links

• Internet presence of the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) (English)
• World Junior Championships & Tournaments

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 2007
• Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2007
• 2007 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2007 U18 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship