2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Main article: 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships
2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Slovenia
Poland
Dates6–12 April 2007
4–10 April 2007
Teams12

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.

Group A tournament

The 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

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Belarus 5 4 1 0 0 37 11 +26 14 Promoted to the Championship Division for 2008
2  Slovenia 5 3 0 1 1 23 20 +3 10
3  Kazakhstan 5 2 1 0 2 24 18 +6 8
4  Italy 5 2 0 1 2 19 20 −1 7
5  Austria 5 1 0 1 3 14 21 −7 4
6  France 5 0 1 0 4 13 40 −27 2 Relegated to Division II for 2008
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Fixtures

All times local.

6 April 2007
13:00		Italy 4–5 GWS
(0–3, 2–1, 2–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 BelarusTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 130
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6 April 2007
16:30		Austria 4–3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–2)		 KazakhstanTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 120
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6 April 2007
20:00		France 2–6
(1–1, 1–3, 0–2)		 SloveniaTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 512
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7 April 2007
13:00		Kazakhstan 6–1
(1–0, 2–0, 3–1)		 ItalyTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 100
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7 April 2007
16:30		Belarus 15–1
(7–1, 5–0, 3–0)		 FranceTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 130
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7 April 2007
20:00		Slovenia 5–3
(2–0, 2–2, 1–1)		 AustriaTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 685
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9 April 2007
13:00		Belarus 4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 AustriaTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 120
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9 April 2007
16:30		Italy 7–2
(6–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 FranceTabor 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)		 KazakhstanTabor 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)		 AustriaTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 380
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10 April 2007
16:30		Kazakhstan 2–6
(0–1, 1–1, 1–4)		 BelarusTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 180
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10 April 2007
20:00		Slovenia 4–3
(0–1, 2–2, 2–0)		 ItalyTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 550
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12 April 2007
13:00		Kazakhstan 8–3
(1–0, 4–2, 3–1)		 FranceTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 210
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12 April 2007
16:30		Austria 3–4
(2–1, 1–2, 0–1)		 ItalyTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 169
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12 April 2007
20:00		Belarus 7–4
(1–0, 4–3, 2–1)		 SloveniaTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 1075
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Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[7]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Mikhail Stefanovich 5 9 3 12 +4 16 F
Yakov Vorobyov 5 7 5 12 +2 8 F
Nikita Ivanov 5 5 7 12 +3 4 F
Jaka Ankerst 5 3 6 9 +2 4 F
Artem Demkov 5 4 4 8 +4 2 F
Igor Voroshilov 5 2 6 8 +6 0 F
Jan Urbas 5 4 3 7 +3 0 F
Kirill Brykun 5 3 4 7 +7 2 F
Uladzimir Mikhailau 5 2 5 7 +3 0 F
Pavel Razvodovski 5 5 1 6 +3 0 F

Leading goaltenders

Only 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
Andrey Yankov 296:23 176 17 3.44 90.34 0
Aleksandr Zhuk 285:00 104 11 2.32 89.42 1
Marco de Filippo Roia 134:56 62 7 3.11 88.71 0
Matija Pintaric 241:28 136 16 3.98 88.24 0
Andreas Bernard 168:56 89 13 4.62 85.39 0

Group B tournament

The 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

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Denmark 5 5 0 0 0 22 6 +16 15 Promoted to the Championship Division for 2008
2  Japan 5 3 1 0 1 22 13 +9 11
3  Norway 5 2 0 2 1 22 19 +3 8
4  Poland 5 2 0 0 3 16 26 −10 6
5  Ukraine 5 1 1 0 3 15 17 −2 5
6  Great Britain 5 0 0 0 5 10 26 −16 0 Relegated to Division II for 2008
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Fixtures

All times local.

4 April 2007
13:00		Ukraine 3–4
(1–0, 1–3, 1–1)		 JapanSanok Arena
Attendance: 300
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4 April 2007
16:30		Great Britain 2–7
(2–2, 0–3, 0–2)		 NorwaySanok Arena
Attendance: 400
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4 April 2007
20:00		Poland 1–9
(0–3, 0–4, 1–2)		 DenmarkSanok Arena
Attendance: 2200
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5 April 2007
13:00		Japan 6–1
(3–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 Great BritainSanok Arena
Attendance: 180
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5 April 2007
16:30		Denmark 4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 UkraineSanok Arena
Attendance: 320
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5 April 2007
20:00		Norway 6–4
(3–2, 2–1, 1–1)		 PolandSanok 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)		 UkraineSanok Arena
Attendance: 420
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7 April 2007
16:30		Great Britain 3–5
(0–4, 0–1, 3–0)		 PolandSanok Arena
Attendance: 2100
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7 April 2007
20:00		Denmark 2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)		 JapanSanok Arena
Attendance: 1500
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9 April 2007
13:00		Denmark 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 Great BritainSanok Arena
Attendance: 230
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9 April 2007
16:30		Poland 2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 UkraineSanok 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)		 JapanSanok Arena
Attendance: 1200
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10 April 2007
13:00		Ukraine 5–3
(1–1, 2–1, 2–1)		 Great BritainSanok Arena
Attendance: 220
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10 April 2007
16:30		Norway 2–4
(1–2, 1–0, 0–2)		 DenmarkSanok Arena
Attendance: 410
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10 April 2007
20:00		Japan 7–4
(2–1, 3–1, 2–2)		 PolandSanok Arena
Attendance: 2500
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Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Mikkel Bødker 5 4 7 11 +6 4 F
Lars Eller 5 3 7 10 +5 6 F
Tommy Kristiansen 5 5 4 9 +3 6 F
Martin Huse 5 1 7 8 +5 4 F
Pawel Dronia 5 6 1 7 +2 4 D
Erik Johansen 5 3 4 7 –2 6 D
Maciej Szewczyk 5 3 4 7 0 2 F
Andreas Martinsen 5 4 2 6 +3 12 F
Hiromichi Terao 5 4 2 6 –1 4 F
Frederik Storm 5 3 3 6 +5 0 F

Leading goaltenders

Only 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
Frederik Andersen 240:00 79 5 1.25 93.67 0
Takumi Kamikawa 233:55 92 8 2.05 91.30 0
Euan King 190:42 110 12 3.78 89.09 0
Mykhaylo Balaban 245:00 99 13 3.18 86.87 0
Emil Bariass 181:56 67 10 3.30 85.07 0

References

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