2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2007 IIHF World U20 Championship
2007 WJHC logo.png
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Dates26 December – 5 January
Teams10
Venue(s)Ejendals Arena and
FM Mattsson Arena (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Canada (13th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Russia
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg United States
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored173 (5.58 per match)
Attendance63,493 (2,048 per match)
Scoring leader(s)United States Erik Johnson
Finland Mikko Lehtonen
(10 points)
MVPCanada Carey Price
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The 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2007 WJHC) was the 2007 edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship 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.

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]

Top Division[]

Venues[]

Ejendals Arena
Capacity: 7,650 		FM Mattsson Arena
Capacity: 4,500
EjendalsArena.jpg Fmarena.jpg
 Sweden – Leksand  Sweden – Mora

Preliminary round[]

All times local (UTC+1).

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 4 4 0 0 0 14 4 +10 12 Semifinals
2  Sweden (H) 4 2 0 1 1 11 9 +2 7 Quarterfinals
3  United States 4 1 1 1 1 13 11 +2 6
4  Germany 4 1 1 0 2 8 9 −1 5 Relegation round
5  Slovakia 4 0 0 0 4 6 19 −13 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
26 December 2006
15:00		Germany 2–1 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)		 United StatesEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 2,462
26 December 2006
19:00		Sweden 0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)		 CanadaEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 7,650
27 December 2006
19:00		Slovakia 2–4
(1–2, 1–0, 0–2)		 GermanyEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 495
27 December 2006
19:30		Canada 6–3
(2–0, 1–2, 3–1)		 United StatesFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 3,539
28 December 2006
19:30		Slovakia 3–6
(2–2, 1–1, 0–3)		 SwedenFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 4,037
29 December 2006
19:00		Germany 1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)		 CanadaEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 1,284
30 December 2006
17:00		United States 6–1
(2–0, 2–0, 2–1)		 SlovakiaEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 789
30 December 2006
17:00		Sweden 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 GermanyFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 3,801
31 December 2006
13:00		Canada 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 SlovakiaEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 1,434
31 December 2006
17:00		United States 3–2 OT
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)		 SwedenEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 4,297

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 4 4 0 0 0 20 3 +17 12 Semifinals
2  Finland 4 2 0 0 2 13 11 +2 6[a] Quarterfinals
3  Czech Republic 4 2 0 0 2 10 12 −2 6[a]
4   Switzerland 4 1 0 0 3 6 15 −9 3[b] Relegation round
5  Belarus 4 1 0 0 3 7 15 −8 3[b]
Source: IIHF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Finland 6–2 Czech Republic
  2. ^ a b Switzerland 4–1 Belarus
26 December 2006
15:00		Belarus 4–3
(1–1, 0–1, 3–1)		 FinlandFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 1,002
26 December 2006
19:00		Czech Republic 2–3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)		 RussiaFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 1,065
27 December 2006
16:00		Switzerland  4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)		 BelarusFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 954
28 December 2006
16:00		Finland 6–2
(0–1, 3–1, 3–0)		 Czech RepublicFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 1,458
28 December 2006
19:00		Russia 6–0
(0–0, 2–0, 4–0)		  SwitzerlandEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 481
29 December 2006
17:00		Belarus 1–6
(0–3, 1–2, 0–1)		 RussiaFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 956
30 December 2006
13:00		Finland 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)		  SwitzerlandFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 1,154
30 December 2006
13:00		Czech Republic 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 BelarusEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 401
31 December 2006
13:00		Russia 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 FinlandFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 1,004
31 December 2006
17:00		Switzerland  2–4
(1–3, 1–0, 0–1)		 Czech RepublicFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 716

Relegation round[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 0 11 5 +6 9
8  Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 12 6 +6 3[a]
9  Germany 3 1 0 0 2 8 10 −2 3[a] 2008 Division I
10  Belarus 3 1 0 0 2 4 14 −10 3[a]
Source: IIHF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Slovakia 3 Pts, +7 GD; Germany 3 Pts, 0 GD; Belarus 3 Pts, –7 GD
2 January 2007
16:00		Switzerland  2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 SlovakiaFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 869
3 January 2007
16:00		Germany 1–3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2)		 BelarusFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 701
4 January 2007
16:00		Belarus 0–9
(0–3, 0–4, 0–2)		 SlovakiaFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 514
4 January 2007
19:30		Germany 3–5
(2–2, 0–2, 1–1)		  SwitzerlandFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 702

Final round[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
B1  Russia 4
A2  Sweden 5 QF1  Sweden 2
B3  Czech Republic 1 SF1  Russia 2
SF2  Canada 4
A1  Canada (GWS) 2
B2  Finland 3 QF2  United States 1
A3  United States 6 Third place
 Sweden 1
 United States 2

Quarterfinals[]

2 January 2007
19:30		Sweden 5–1
(2–1, 2–0, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 3,313
2 January 2007
19:30		Finland 3–6
(0–1, 2–1, 1–4)		  United StatesFM Mattsson Arena, Mora
Attendance: 1,456

Semifinals[]

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 semifinal game.

3 January 2007
16:00		United States 1–2 GWS
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 CanadaEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 2,376
3 January 2007
19:30		Russia 4–2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1)		 SwedenEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 5,354

Fifth place game[]

4 January 2007
19:30		Czech Republic 6–2
(2–1, 3–1, 1–0)		 FinlandEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 369

Bronze medal game[]

5 January 2007
16:00		Sweden 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)		 United StatesEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 3,635

Final[]

5 January 2007
19:30		Russia 2–4
(0–3, 2–1, 0–0)		 CanadaEjendals Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 5,223

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
1 Carey Price  Canada 370:00 7 1.14 179 96.09 2
2 Jeff Frazee  United States 313:16 9 1.72 147 93.88 0
3 Semyon Varlamov  Russia 358:12 9 1.51 136 93.38 2
4 Joel Gistedt  Sweden 275:34 9 1.96 102 91.18 0
5 Sebastian Stefaniszin  Germany 299:00 14 2.81 153 90.85 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Awards[]

  • Best players selected by the Directorate:
  • Media All-Stars:
    • Goaltender: Canada Carey Price
    • Defencemen: United States Erik Johnson / Canada Kris Letang
    • Forwards: Russia Alexei Cherepanov / Canada Jonathan Toews / United States Patrick Kane

Final standings[]

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, 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 5 4 1 0 0 23 11 12
 Latvia 5 4 1 0 0 29 13 12
 Ukraine 5 4 1 0 0 15 9 12
 Poland 5 2 3 0 0 14 21 6
 Slovenia 5 1 4 0 0 12 19 3
 Estonia 5 0 5 0 0 5 25 0

All times local

December 11, 2006
13:15		Estonia 0–6 Latvia
December 11, 2006
16:45		Ukraine 2–1 Slovenia
December 11, 2006
20:15		Poland 1–4 Denmark
December 12, 2006
13:15		Slovenia 4–1 Estonia
December 12, 2006
16:45		Latvia 7–2 Poland
December 12, 2006
20:15		Denmark 4–2 Ukraine
December 14, 2006
13:15		Estonia 3–6 Poland
December 14, 2006
16:45		Latvia 4–5 Ukraine
December 14, 2006
20:15		Denmark 4–2 Slovenia
December 15, 2006
13:15		Poland 0–4 Ukraine
December 15, 2006
16:45		Slovenia 2–7 Latvia
December 15, 2006
20:15		Denmark 7–1 Estonia
December 17, 2006
13:15		Slovenia 3–5 Poland
December 17, 2006
16:45		Ukraine 2–0 Estonia
December 17, 2006
20:15		Latvia 5–4 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 5 3 1 1 0 14 9 11
 Austria 5 3 1 0 1 18 15 10
 Great Britain 5 3 2 0 0 15 13 9
 France 5 2 2 0 1 15 17 7
 Norway 5 1 3 1 0 15 14 5
 Italy 5 1 4 0 0 8 17 3

All times local

December 11, 2006
13:00		France 1–4 Kazakhstan
December 11, 2006
16:30		Great Britain 4–3 Norway
December 11, 2006
20:30		Austria 5–1 Italy
December 12, 2006
13:00		Norway 4–3 (OT) France
December 12, 2006
16:30		Kazakhstan 3–2 (OT) Austria
December 12, 2006
20:30		Italy 3–1 Great Britain
December 14, 2006
13:00		Norway 2–3 Austria
December 14, 2006
16:30		Great Britain 4–2 France
December 14, 2006
20:30		Kazakhstan 4–1 Italy
December 15, 2006
13:00		France 6–3 Austria
December 15, 2006
16:30		Kazakhstan 0–3 Great Britain
December 15, 2006
20:30		Italy 1–4 Norway
December 17, 2006
13:00		Austria 5–3 Great Britain
December 17, 2006
16:30		Norway 2–3 Kazakhstan
December 17, 2006
20:30		Italy 2–3 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 5 5 0 0 0 52 12 15
 Romania 5 3 1 1 0 23 13 11
 Croatia 5 3 1 0 1 23 16 10
 Spain 5 2 3 0 0 16 30 6
 Iceland 5 1 4 0 0 13 35 3
 Australia 5 0 5 0 0 11 32 0

All times local

December 11, 2006
13:30		Croatia 6–1 Australia
December 11, 2006
17:00		Iceland 3–4 Spain
December 11, 2006
20:30		Romania 2–8 Hungary
December 12, 2006
13:30		Australia 1–3 Iceland
December 12, 2006
17:00		Hungary 12–4 Spain
December 12, 2006
20:30		Croatia 3–4 (OT) Romania
December 14, 2006
13:30		Hungary 11–5 Australia
December 14, 2006
17:00		Croatia 8–6 Iceland
December 14, 2006
20:30		Romania 6–1 Spain
December 15, 2006
13:30		Iceland 1–17 Hungary
December 15, 2006
17:00		Spain 1–6 Croatia
December 15, 2006
20:30		Australia 1–6 Romania
December 17, 2006
13:30		Spain 6–3 Australia
December 17, 2006
17:00		Hungary 4–0 Croatia
December 17, 2006
20:30		Romania 5–0 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 was entered in place of  Serbia and Montenegro.

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
 Lithuania 5 4 0 1 0 30 7 14
 Netherlands 5 3 0 0 2 30 13 10
 Japan 5 2 1 2 0 31 14 8
 South Korea 5 1 3 0 1 13 18 4
 Mexico 5 1 4 0 0 7 37 3
 Serbia 5 1 4 0 0 12 34 3

All times local

December 10, 2006
13:00		South Korea 3–4 (OT) Japan
December 10, 2006
16:30		Netherlands 9–1 Mexico
December 10, 2006
20:00		Lithuania 8–1 Serbia
December 11, 2006
13:00		Netherlands 5–2 South Korea
December 11, 2006
16:30		Japan 8–1 Serbia
December 11, 2006
20:00		Mexico 0–9 Lithuania
December 13, 2006
13:00		Japan 11–1 Mexico
December 13, 2006
16:30		South Korea 4–5 Serbia
December 13, 2006
20:00		Netherlands 3–4 (OT) Lithuania
December 14, 2006
13:00		Mexico 0–4 South Korea
December 14, 2006
16:30		Serbia 1–8 Netherlands
December 14, 2006
20:00		Lithuania 5–3 Japan
December 16, 2006
13:00		Serbia 4–5 Mexico
December 16, 2006
16:30		South Korea 0–4 Lithuania
December 16, 2006
20:00		Japan 5–4 (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 5 4 0 1 0 37 12 14
 Belgium 5 4 0 0 1 38 12 13
 New Zealand 5 2 2 1 0 22 18 8
 Armenia 5 2 2 0 1 26 27 7
 Turkey 5 1 4 0 0 9 31 3
 Bulgaria 5 0 5 0 0 13 45 0

All times local

January 8, 2007
13:00		New Zealand 6–5 (OT) Armenia
January 8, 2007
16:30		Belgium 9–1 Bulgaria
January 8, 2007
20:00		Turkey 0–6 China
January 9, 2007
13:00		China 15–3 Bulgaria
January 9, 2007
16:30		Armenia 4–7 Belgium
January 9, 2007
20:00		New Zealand 2–6 Turkey
January 11, 2007
13:00		China 7–4 Armenia
January 11, 2007
16:30		New Zealand 1–5 Belgium
January 11, 2007
20:00		Turkey 4–2 Bulgaria
January 12, 2007
13:00		Belgium 4–5 (OT) China
January 12, 2007
16:30		Bulgaria 2–8 New Zealand
January 12, 2007
20:00		Armenia 4–2 Turkey
January 14, 2007
13:00		Bulgaria 5–9 Armenia
January 14, 2007
16:30		Turkey 1–13 Belgium
January 14, 2007
20:00		China 4–1 New Zealand

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

See also[]

Preceded by World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

See also: 2007 World Championships 		Succeeded by

References[]

  1. ^ 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. ^ International Ice Hockey Federation (2007-01-05). "Goalkeepers" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 2007-01-05.

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