2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

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.

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

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
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 Stefanovich59312+416F
Kazakhstan Yakov Vorobyov57512+28F
Kazakhstan Nikita Ivanov55712+34F
Slovenia Jaka Ankerst5369+24F
Belarus Artem Demkov5448+42F
Belarus Igor Voroshilov5268+60F
Slovenia Jan Urbas5437+30F
Belarus Kirill Brykun5347+72F
Belarus Uladzimir Mikhailau5257+30F
Belarus Pavel Razvodovski5516+30F

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
Kazakhstan Andrey Yankov296:23176173.4490.340
Belarus Aleksandr Zhuk285:00104112.3289.421
Italy Marco de Filippo Roia134:566273.1188.710
Slovenia Matija Pintaric241:28136163.9888.240
Italy Andreas Bernard168:5689134.6285.390

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
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 Bødker54711+64F
Denmark Lars Eller53710+56F
Norway Tommy Kristiansen5549+36F
Norway Martin Huse5178+54F
Poland Pawel Dronia5617+24D
Norway Erik Johansen5347–26D
Poland Maciej Szewczyk534702F
Norway Andreas Martinsen5426+312F
Japan Hiromichi Terao5426–14F
Denmark Frederik Storm5336+50F

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
Denmark Frederik Andersen240:007951.2593.670
Japan Takumi Kamikawa233:559282.0591.300
United Kingdom Euan King190:42110123.7889.090
Ukraine Mykhaylo Balaban245:0099133.1886.870
Norway Emil Bariass181:5667103.3085.070

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