2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

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2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countriesFile:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Dates6–12 April 2007
4–10 April 2007
Teams12
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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

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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

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg Belarus 5 4 1 0 0 37 11 +26 14 Promoted to the Championship Division for 2008
2 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 5 3 0 1 1 23 20 +3 10
3 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 5 2 1 0 2 24 18 +6 8
4 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5 2 0 1 2 19 20 −1 7
5 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 5 1 0 1 3 14 21 −7 4
6 File:Flag of France.svg France 5 0 1 0 4 13 40 −27 2 Relegated to Division II for 2008
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

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All times local.

6 April 2007
13:00
Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg4–5 GWS
(0–3, 2–1, 2–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg BelarusTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 130
Game reference
6 April 2007
16:30
Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg4–3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–2)
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KazakhstanTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 120
Game reference
6 April 2007
20:00
France File:Flag of France.svg2–6
(1–1, 1–3, 0–2)
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg SloveniaTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 512
Game reference
7 April 2007
13:00
Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg6–1
(1–0, 2–0, 3–1)
File:Flag of Italy.svg ItalyTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 100
Game reference
7 April 2007
16:30
Belarus File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg15–1
(7–1, 5–0, 3–0)
File:Flag of France.svg FranceTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 130
Game reference
7 April 2007
20:00
Slovenia File:Flag of Slovenia.svg5–3
(2–0, 2–2, 1–1)
File:Flag of Austria.svg AustriaTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 685
Game reference
9 April 2007
13:00
Belarus File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)
File:Flag of Austria.svg AustriaTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 120
Game reference
9 April 2007
16:30
Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg7–2
(6–0, 0–1, 1–1)
File:Flag of France.svg FranceTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 211
Game reference
9 April 2007
20:00
Slovenia File:Flag of Slovenia.svg4–5 OT
(2–0, 1–2, 1–2)
(OT 0–1)
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KazakhstanTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 725
Game reference
10 April 2007
13:00
France File:Flag of France.svg5–4 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 2–3)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
File:Flag of Austria.svg AustriaTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 380
Game reference
10 April 2007
16:30
Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg2–6
(0–1, 1–1, 1–4)
File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg BelarusTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 180
Game reference
10 April 2007
20:00
Slovenia File:Flag of Slovenia.svg4–3
(0–1, 2–2, 2–0)
File:Flag of Italy.svg ItalyTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 550
Game reference
12 April 2007
13:00
Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg8–3
(1–0, 4–2, 3–1)
File:Flag of France.svg FranceTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 210
Game reference
12 April 2007
16:30
Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg3–4
(2–1, 1–2, 0–1)
File:Flag of Italy.svg ItalyTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 169
Game reference
12 April 2007
20:00
Belarus File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg7–4
(1–0, 4–3, 2–1)
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg SloveniaTabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 1075
Game reference

Scoring leaders

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File:Jaka Ankerst.JPG
Jaka Ankerst scored three goals and six assists to finish fourth in scoring.

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

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

Leading goaltenders

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

Group B tournament

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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

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 5 5 0 0 0 22 6 +16 15 Promoted to the Championship Division for 2008
2 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 5 3 1 0 1 22 13 +9 11
3 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 5 2 0 2 1 22 19 +3 8
4 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 5 2 0 0 3 16 26 −10 6
5 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 5 1 1 0 3 15 17 −2 5
6 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 5 0 0 0 5 10 26 −16 0 Relegated to Division II for 2008
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

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All times local.

4 April 2007
13:00
Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg3–4
(1–0, 1–3, 1–1)
File:Flag of Japan.svg JapanSanok Arena
Attendance: 300
Game reference
4 April 2007
16:30
Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg2–7
(2–2, 0–3, 0–2)
File:Flag of Norway.svg NorwaySanok Arena
Attendance: 400
Game reference
4 April 2007
20:00
Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg1–9
(0–3, 0–4, 1–2)
File:Flag of Denmark.svg DenmarkSanok Arena
Attendance: 2200
Game reference
5 April 2007
13:00
Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg6–1
(3–0, 2–0, 1–1)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great BritainSanok Arena
Attendance: 180
Game reference
5 April 2007
16:30
Denmark File:Flag of Denmark.svg4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UkraineSanok Arena
Attendance: 320
Game reference
5 April 2007
20:00
Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg6–4
(3–2, 2–1, 1–1)
File:Flag of Poland.svg PolandSanok Arena
Attendance: 1600
Game reference
7 April 2007
13:00
Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg4–5GWS
(1–2, 2–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UkraineSanok Arena
Attendance: 420
Game reference
7 April 2007
16:30
Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg3–5
(0–4, 0–1, 3–0)
File:Flag of Poland.svg PolandSanok Arena
Attendance: 2100
Game reference
7 April 2007
20:00
Denmark File:Flag of Denmark.svg2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)
File:Flag of Japan.svg JapanSanok Arena
Attendance: 1500
Game reference
9 April 2007
13:00
Denmark File:Flag of Denmark.svg3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great BritainSanok Arena
Attendance: 230
Game reference
9 April 2007
16:30
Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UkraineSanok Arena
Attendance: 1700
Game reference
9 April 2007
20:00
Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg4–3 OT
(1–1, 0–2, 2–0)
(OT 1–0)
File:Flag of Japan.svg JapanSanok Arena
Attendance: 1200
Game reference
10 April 2007
13:00
Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg5–3
(1–1, 2–1, 2–1)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great BritainSanok Arena
Attendance: 220
Game reference
10 April 2007
16:30
Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg2–4
(1–2, 1–0, 0–2)
File:Flag of Denmark.svg DenmarkSanok Arena
Attendance: 410
Game reference
10 April 2007
20:00
Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg7–4
(2–1, 3–1, 2–2)
File:Flag of Poland.svg PolandSanok Arena
Attendance: 2500
Game reference

Scoring leaders

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File:Mikkel Bødker 2012 1.jpg
Mikkel Boedker led the tournament in scoring, recording eleven points, and was named the tournament's most valuable player and top forward by the IIHF directorate.

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

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

Leading goaltenders

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

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