2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2007 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Sweden
Dates December 26 - January 5
Teams 10
Venue(s) Ejendals Arena and
FM Mattsson Arena (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (13th title)
Runner-up   Russia
Third place   United States
Fourth place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 173 (5.58 per match)
Attendance 63,493 (2,048 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Erik Johnson &
Finland Mikko Lehtonen (10 points)
MVP Canada Carey Price
2006
2008

The 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2007 WJHC) was the 2007 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Mora and Leksand, Sweden between December 26, 2006 and January 5, 2007. The venues were FM Mattsson Arena in Mora, and Ejendals Arena in Leksand. The total attendance was a significant drop off from the 325,000-plus visitors at the previous World Juniors in British Columbia, Canada.

For 2007, the tournament round-robin format was changed from previous years to resemble more closely the format used in the National Hockey League. Teams would receive three points for a win in regulation, while teams winning in overtime would receive two points. Teams losing in overtime would receive one point. During the round-robin portion of the tournament, a five-minute, four-on-four sudden-victory overtime would be played, while the knockout games and the gold medal game would use full-strength, ten- and twenty-minute sudden-victory overtimes, respectively. If the game remained tied after overtime, an NHL-style shootout (with three skaters instead of five, as per other international competitions) would be held.

Team Canada won its third consecutive gold medal, capping an undefeated tournament with a 4–2 victory over Russia in the gold medal game. The world championship for Canada was also their first on European ice in a decade; the Canadians had not won a World Junior gold medal in Europe since 1997 in Geneva, Switzerland, when they defeated the United States in the gold medal game.

Canadian goaltender Carey Price was named tournament MVP, garnering a 1.14 goals against average (GAA).[1][2]

Venues

Ejendals Arena
Capacity: 7,650
FM Mattsson Arena
Capacity: 4,500
 SwedenLeksand  SwedenMora

Championship Results

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
 Canada 4400014412
 Sweden 421011197
 United States 4111113116
 Germany 41210895
 Slovakia 404006190
Schedule

All times local (UTC +1)

December 26, 2006
15:00
Germany 21 (OT)
 United StatesEjendals Arena
Attendance: 2462 (Cap. 7,600)
December 26, 2006
19:00
Sweden 02
 CanadaEjendals Arena
Attendance: 7650 (Cap. 7,600)
December 27, 2006
19:00
Slovakia 24
 GermanyEjendals Arena
Attendance: 495 (Cap. 7,600)
December 27, 2006
19:30
Canada 63
 United StatesFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 3539 (Cap. 4,500)
December 28, 2006
19:30
Slovakia 36
 SwedenFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 4037 (Cap. 4,500)
December 29, 2006
19:00
Germany 13
 CanadaEjendals Arena
Attendance: 1284 (Cap. 7,600)
December 30, 2006
17:00
United States 61
 SlovakiaEjendals Arena
Attendance: 789 (Cap. 7,600)
December 30, 2006
17:00
Sweden 31
 GermanyFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 3801 (Cap. 4,500)
December 31, 2006
13:00
Canada 30
 SlovakiaEjendals Arena
Attendance: 1434 (Cap. 7,600)
December 31, 2006
17:00
United States 32 (OT)
 SwedenEjendals Arena
Attendance: 4,297 (Cap. 7,600)

Group B

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
 Russia 4400020312
 Finland 4220013116
 Czech Republic 4220010126
  Switzerland 413006153
 Belarus 413007153
Schedule

All times local (UTC +1)

December 26, 2006
15:00
Belarus 43
 FinlandFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 1,002 (Cap. 4,500)
December 26, 2006
19:00
Czech Republic 23
 RussiaFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 1,065 (Cap. 4,500)
December 27, 2006
16:00
Switzerland  41
 BelarusFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 954 (Cap. 4,500)
December 28, 2006
16:00
Finland 62
 Czech RepublicFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 1,458 (Cap. 4,500)
December 28, 2006
19:00
Russia 60
  SwitzerlandEjendals Arena
Attendance: 481 (Cap. 7,600)
December 29, 2006
17:00
Belarus 16
 RussiaFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 956 (Cap. 4,500)
December 30, 2006
13:00
Finland 40
  SwitzerlandFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 1154 (Cap. 4,500)
December 30, 2006
13:00
Czech Republic 21
 BelarusEjendals Arena
Attendance: 401 (Cap. 7,600)
December 31, 2006
13:00
Russia 50
 FinlandFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 1004 (Cap. 4,500)
December 31, 2006
17:00
Switzerland  24
 Czech RepublicFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 716 (Cap. 4,500)

Relegation Round

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
  Switzerland 330001159
 Slovakia 312001263
 Germany 312008103
 Belarus 312004143

Note: Matches  Slovakia 2–4  Germany and   Switzerland 4–1  Belarus from the Preliminary Round (both on Dec 27th, 2006) are included as well since these results carry forward

Schedule

All times local (UTC +1)

January 2, 2007
16:00
Switzerland  21
 SlovakiaFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 869 (Cap. 4,500)
January 3, 2007
16:00
Germany 13
 BelarusFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 701 (Cap. 4,500)
January 4, 2007
16:00
Belarus 09
 SlovakiaFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 514 (Cap. 4,500)
January 4, 2007
19:30
Germany 35
  SwitzerlandFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 702 (Cap. 4,500)

Final Round

  Quarter finals     Semi finals     Final
                           
      QF1   Sweden 2  
  A2   Sweden 5     B1   Russia 4    
  B3   Czech Republic 1         SF1   Russia 2
      SF2   Canada 4
      QF2   United States 1    
  B2   Finland 3     A1   Canada 2   Third place
  A3   United States 6   QF1   Sweden 1
  QF2   United States 2
Quarter Finals
January 2, 2007
19:30
Sweden 51
 Czech RepublicEjendals Arena
Attendance: 3,313 (Cap. 7,600)
January 2, 2007
19:30
Finland 36
 United StatesFM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 1,456 (Cap. 4,500)
Semi Finals

Note: Bye Teams will be the home team, but due to Canada being the home team in the first meeting, USA was the home team for their semi final game.

January 3, 2007
16:00
Canada 21 (SO)
 United StatesEjendals Arena
Attendance: 2,376 (Cap. 7,600)
January 3, 2007
19:45
Sweden 24
 RussiaEjendals Arena
Attendance: 5,354 (Cap. 7,600)
5th Place Playoff
January 4, 2007
19:30
Czech Republic 62
 FinlandEjendals Arena
Attendance: 369 (Cap. 7,600)
Bronze Medal Game
January 5, 2007
16:00
Sweden 12
 United StatesEjendals Arena
Attendance: 3,635 (Cap. 7,600)
Gold Medal Game
January 5, 2007
19:30
Canada 42
 RussiaEjendals Arena
Attendance: 5223 (Cap. 7,600)

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM[3]
Mikko Lehtonen  Finland 6 4 6 10 +1 0
Perttu Lindgren  Finland 6 2 8 10 +1 8
Erik Johnson  United States 7 4 6 10 +3 16
Patrick Kane  United States 7 5 4 9 +2 4
Alexei Cherepanov  Russia 6 5 3 8 +2 2
Oskar Osala  Finland 6 5 3 8 +2 4
Felix Schütz  Germany 6 5 3 8 +2 8
Vladimír Sobotka  Czech Republic 6 4 4 8 +2 12
Alexander Bumagin  Russia 6 2 6 8 +1 16
Jonathan Toews  Canada 6 4 3 7 +1 12

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO[2]
Carey Price  Canada 370:00 7 .9609 1.14 2
Semyon Varlamov  Russia 358:12 9 .9338 1.51 2
Jeff Frazee  United States 313:16 9 .9388 1.72 0
Joel Gistedt  Sweden 275:34 9 .9118 1.96 0
Branislav Konrád  Slovakia 269:59 11 .9060 2.44 1

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player[1]
All-star team[1]
IIHF best player awards[1]

Final standings

Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  United States
4th  Sweden
5th  Czech Republic
6th  Finland
7th   Switzerland
8th  Slovakia
9th  Germany
10th  Belarus

Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament, that was held from December 11, 2006 through December 17, 2006. Group A was played at Odense, Denmark. Group B was played at Torre Pellice, Italy:

Group A

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
 Denmark 54100231112
 Latvia 54100291312
 Ukraine 5410015912
 Poland 5230014216
 Slovenia 5140012193
 Estonia 505005250

All times local

December 11, 2006
13:15
Estonia 06
 Latvia
December 11, 2006
16:45
Ukraine 21
 Slovenia
December 11, 2006
20:15
Poland 14
 Denmark
December 12, 2006
13:15
Slovenia 41
 Estonia
December 12, 2006
16:45
Latvia 72
 Poland
December 12, 2006
20:15
Denmark 42
 Ukraine
December 14, 2006
13:15
Estonia 36
 Poland
December 14, 2006
16:45
Latvia 45
 Ukraine
December 14, 2006
20:15
Denmark 42
 Slovenia
December 15, 2006
13:15
Poland 04
 Ukraine
December 15, 2006
16:45
Slovenia 27
 Latvia
December 15, 2006
20:15
Denmark 71
 Estonia
December 17, 2006
13:15
Slovenia 35
 Poland
December 17, 2006
16:45
Ukraine 20
 Estonia
December 17, 2006
20:15
Latvia 54
 Denmark

 Denmark is promoted to Pool A and  Estonia is relegated to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group B

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
 Kazakhstan 5311014911
 Austria 53101181510
 Great Britain 5320015139
 France 5220115177
 Norway 5131015145
 Italy 514008173

All times local

December 11, 2006
13:00
France 14
 Kazakhstan
December 11, 2006
16:30
Great Britain 43
 Norway
December 11, 2006
20:30
Austria 51
 Italy
December 12, 2006
13:00
Norway 43 (OT)
 France
December 12, 2006
16:30
Kazakhstan 32 (OT)
 Austria
December 12, 2006
20:30
Italy 31
 Great Britain
December 14, 2006
13:00
Norway 23
 Austria
December 14, 2006
16:30
Great Britain 42
 France
December 14, 2006
20:30
Kazakhstan 41
 Italy
December 15, 2006
13:00
France 63
 Austria
December 15, 2006
16:30
Kazakhstan 03
 Great Britain
December 15, 2006
20:30
Italy 14
 Norway
December 17, 2006
13:00
Austria 53
 Great Britain
December 17, 2006
16:30
Norway 23
 Kazakhstan
December 17, 2006
20:30
Italy 23
 France

 Kazakhstan is promoted to Pool A and  Italy is relegated to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played at Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania from December 11, 2006 through December 17, 2006. Group B was played at Elektrėnai, Lithuania from December 10, 2006 through December 16, 2006:

Group A

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
 Hungary 55000521215
 Romania 53110231311
 Croatia 53101231610
 Spain 5230016306
 Iceland 5140013353
 Australia 5050011320

All times local

December 11, 2006
13:30
Croatia 61
 Australia
December 11, 2006
17:00
Iceland 34
 Spain
December 11, 2006
20:30
Romania 28
 Hungary
December 12, 2006
13:30
Australia 13
 Iceland
December 12, 2006
17:00
Hungary 124
 Spain
December 12, 2006
20:30
Croatia 34 (OT)
 Romania
December 14, 2006
13:30
Hungary 115
 Australia
December 14, 2006
17:00
Croatia 86
 Iceland
December 14, 2006
20:30
Romania 61
 Spain
December 15, 2006
13:30
Iceland 117
 Hungary
December 15, 2006
17:00
Spain 16
 Croatia
December 15, 2006
20:30
Australia 16
 Romania
December 17, 2006
13:30
Spain 63
 Australia
December 17, 2006
17:00
Hungary 40
 Croatia
December 17, 2006
20:30
Romania 50
 Iceland

 Hungary is promoted to Division I and  Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group B

Note:  Serbia has been entered in place of  Serbia and Montenegro.

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
 Lithuania 5401030714
 Netherlands 53002301310
 Japan 5212031148
 South Korea 5130113184
 Mexico 514007373
 Serbia 5140012343

All times local

December 10, 2006
13:00
South Korea 34 (OT)
 Japan
December 10, 2006
16:30
Netherlands 91
 Mexico
December 10, 2006
20:00
Lithuania 81
 Serbia
December 11, 2006
13:00
Netherlands 52
 South Korea
December 11, 2006
16:30
Japan 81
 Serbia
December 11, 2006
20:00
Mexico 09
 Lithuania
December 13, 2006
13:00
Japan 111
 Mexico
December 13, 2006
16:30
South Korea 45
 Serbia
December 13, 2006
20:00
Netherlands 34 (OT)
 Lithuania
December 14, 2006
13:00
Mexico 04
 South Korea
December 14, 2006
16:30
Serbia 18
 Netherlands
December 14, 2006
20:00
Lithuania 53
 Japan
December 16, 2006
13:00
Serbia 45
 Mexico
December 16, 2006
16:30
South Korea 04
 Lithuania
December 16, 2006
20:00
Japan 54 (OT)
 Netherlands

 Lithuania is promoted to Division I and  Serbia is relegated to Division III for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, which was played at the Ankara Ice Palace in Ankara, Turkey from January 8, 2007 through January 14, 2007:

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
 China 54010371214
 Belgium 54001381213
 New Zealand 5221022188
 Armenia 5220126277
 Turkey 514009313
 Bulgaria 5050013450

All times local

January 8, 2007
13:00
New Zealand 65 (OT)
 Armenia
January 8, 2007
16:30
Belgium 91
 Bulgaria
January 8, 2007
20:00
Turkey 06
 China
January 9, 2007
13:00
China 153
 Bulgaria
January 9, 2007
16:30
Armenia 47
 Belgium
January 9, 2007
20:00
New Zealand 26
 Turkey
January 11, 2007
13:00
China 74
 Armenia
January 11, 2007
16:30
New Zealand 15
 Belgium
January 11, 2007
20:00
Turkey 42
 Bulgaria
January 12, 2007
13:00
Belgium 45 (OT)
 China
January 12, 2007
16:30
Bulgaria 28
 New Zealand
January 12, 2007
20:00
Armenia 42
 Turkey
January 14, 2007
13:00
Bulgaria 59
 Armenia
January 14, 2007
16:30
Turkey 113
 Belgium
January 14, 2007
20:00
China 41
 New Zealand

 China and  Belgium are promoted to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

See also

Preceded by
2006 World Juniors
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

See also: 2007 World Championships
Succeeded by
2008 World Juniors

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 TSN (2007-01-05). "Canada beats Russia in Gold Medal Game". tsn.ca. Archived from the original on 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  2. 1 2 International Ice Hockey Federation (2007-01-05). "Goalkeepers" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  3. International Ice Hockey Federation (2007-01-05). "Scoring leaders" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 2007-01-05.

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