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 States Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 2462 (Cap. 7,600)
December 26, 2006
19:00
Sweden  02
 Canada Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 7650 (Cap. 7,600)
December 27, 2006
19:00
Slovakia  24
 Germany Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 495 (Cap. 7,600)
December 27, 2006
19:30
Canada  63
 United States FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 3539 (Cap. 4,500)
December 28, 2006
19:30
Slovakia  36
 Sweden FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 4037 (Cap. 4,500)
December 29, 2006
19:00
Germany  13
 Canada Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 1284 (Cap. 7,600)
December 30, 2006
17:00
United States  61
 Slovakia Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 789 (Cap. 7,600)
December 30, 2006
17:00
Sweden  31
 Germany FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 3801 (Cap. 4,500)
December 31, 2006
13:00
Canada  30
 Slovakia Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 1434 (Cap. 7,600)
December 31, 2006
17:00
United States  32 (OT)
 Sweden Ejendals 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
 Finland FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 1,002 (Cap. 4,500)
December 26, 2006
19:00
Czech Republic  23
 Russia FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 1,065 (Cap. 4,500)
December 27, 2006
16:00
Switzerland   41
 Belarus FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 954 (Cap. 4,500)
December 28, 2006
16:00
Finland  62
 Czech Republic FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 1,458 (Cap. 4,500)
December 28, 2006
19:00
Russia  60
  Switzerland Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 481 (Cap. 7,600)
December 29, 2006
17:00
Belarus  16
 Russia FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 956 (Cap. 4,500)
December 30, 2006
13:00
Finland  40
  Switzerland FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 1154 (Cap. 4,500)
December 30, 2006
13:00
Czech Republic  21
 Belarus Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 401 (Cap. 7,600)
December 31, 2006
13:00
Russia  50
 Finland FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 1004 (Cap. 4,500)
December 31, 2006
17:00
Switzerland   24
 Czech Republic FM 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
 Slovakia FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 869 (Cap. 4,500)
January 3, 2007
16:00
Germany  13
 Belarus FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 701 (Cap. 4,500)
January 4, 2007
16:00
Belarus  09
 Slovakia FM Mattsson Arena
Attendance: 514 (Cap. 4,500)
January 4, 2007
19:30
Germany  35
  Switzerland FM 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 Republic Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 3,313 (Cap. 7,600)
January 2, 2007
19:30
Finland  36
 United States FM 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 States Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 2,376 (Cap. 7,600)
January 3, 2007
19:45
Sweden  24
 Russia Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 5,354 (Cap. 7,600)
5th Place Playoff
January 4, 2007
19:30
Czech Republic  62
 Finland Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 369 (Cap. 7,600)
Bronze Medal Game
January 5, 2007
16:00
Sweden  12
 United States Ejendals Arena
Attendance: 3,635 (Cap. 7,600)
Gold Medal Game
January 5, 2007
19:30
Canada  42
 Russia Ejendals 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  Canada
2nd  Russia
3rd  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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