2007 IIHF World U18 Championships

2007 IIHF World U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	April 11 – April 22, 2007
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	210 (6.77 per match)
Attendance	53,312 (1,720 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	James van Riemsdyk (12 points) Colin Wilson (12 points)
MVP	James van Riemsdyk

The 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Rauma and Tampere, Finland. The championships began on April 11, 2007 and finished on April 22, 2007. Games were played at Äijänsuo Arena in Rauma and Hakametsän jäähalli in Tampere. Russia defeated the United States 6-5 in the final to claim the gold medal, while Sweden defeated Canada 8-3 to capture the bronze medal.

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	4	3	1	0	0	24	8	11
Russia	4	3	0	0	1	16	12	9
United States	4	2	0	1	1	22	9	7
Germany	4	1	0	0	3	8	21	3
Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	6	26	0

Results

April 12, 2007	Canada	7–3	Germany	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	S. Stamkos (ES) 00:59 Y. Bastien (SH) 02:14 J. Arniel (PP) 06:39 C. Gillies (ES) 33:06 L. Schenn (PP) 37:32 D. Doughty (PP) 50:22 B. Sutter (ES) 53:30		13:12 (ES) M. Buchwieser 29:32 (ES) P. Geiger 46:56 (ES) J. Flaake	Attendance: 1,490

April 12, 2007	Russia	5–3	United States	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	N. Filatov (ES) 17:35 S. Korostin (PP) 23:44 D. Kugryshev (ES) 48:00 D. Kagarlitskiy (ES) 52:42 N. Lukyanchikov (EN) 59:33		03:00 (PP) J. O'Brien 37:40 (PP) J. Schroeder 54:38 (ES) J. O'Brien	Attendance: 1,639

April 13, 2007	Germany	1–9	United States	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	A. Oblinger (ES) 25:54		03:26 (ES) M. Rust 06:40 (PP) J. Schroeder 17:28 (ES) I. Cole 17:41 (ES) M. Rust 18:26 (ES) C. Fairchild 27:23 (PP) J. Schroeder 29:06 (ES) J. Albert 49:14 (PP) I. Cole 50:21 (PP) J. Hayes	Attendance: 1,244

April 13, 2007	Russia	6–3	Latvia	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	A. Loktionov (ES) 06:37 N. Filatov (ES) 13:18 A. Cherepanov (PP) 26:34 M. Chudinov (PP) 37:55 S. Korostin (ES) 47:14 E. Averin (ES) 52:25		28:04 (ES) E. Lipsbergs 29:06 (PP) J. Straupe 44:41 (ES) S. Danilovs	Attendance: 1,370

April 14, 2007	Latvia	1–9	Canada	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	J. Straupe (ES) 54:29		01:13 (ES) K. Turris 07:15 (ES) L. Schenn 11:51 (ES) J. Arniel 12:20 (ES) D. Knelsen 29:17 (ES) L. Couture 37:57 (ES) D. Knelsen 43:42 (ES) Y. Bastien 58:44 (ES) L. Couture 59:07 (ES) K. Turris	Attendance: 1,156

April 15, 2007	Germany	1–3	Russia	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	J. Flaake (ES) 51:26		24:43 (ES) M. Chudinov 52:10 (ES) A. Cherepanov 59:19 (ES) N. Klyukin	Attendance: 2,031

April 15, 2007	United States	2–3 (SO)	Canada	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	J. van Riemsdyk (ES) 25:00 J. Vaive (ES) 53:35		08:45 (ES) L. Schenn 56:13 (ES) C. Gillies 65:00 (SO) Z. Boychuk	Attendance: 2,631

April 16, 2007	Latvia	2–3	Germany	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	J. Ozolins (PP) 34:20 L. Bajaruns (ES) 34:37		03:03 (ES) J. Flaake 14:14 (PP) D. Reul 50:19 (ES) S. Rupprich	Attendance: 1,008

April 17, 2007	United States	8–0	Latvia	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	P. White (ES) 05:28 J. van Riemsdyk (ES) 10:27 J. Vaive (ES) 11:40 C.J. Severyn (ES) 14:53 P. White (PP) 30:43 J. Vaive (ES) 41:54 C. Wilson (ES) 49:13 R. Hayes (ES) 52:07			Attendance: 2,032

April 17, 2007	Canada	5–2	Russia	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	J. Arniel (ES) 16:45 Z. Boychuk (ES) 20:59 A. Esposito (ES) 28:36 Y. Bastien (ES) 29:40 S. Stamkos (PP) 40:51		12:05 (ES) E. Dadonov 38:37 (ES) S. Korostin	Attendance: 2,568

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	4	2	1	0	1	10	7	8
Slovakia	4	2	0	1	1	9	10	7
Switzerland	4	2	0	0	2	11	7	6
Czech Republic	4	1	1	0	2	9	11	5
Finland	4	1	0	1	2	6	10	4

Results

April 11, 2007	Sweden	2–1 (SO)	Finland	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	J. Andersson (SH) 15:23 M. Backlund (SO) 65:00		03:34 (PP) O. Vauhkonen	Attendance: 4,323

April 12, 2007	Czech Republic	4–2	Switzerland	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
	T. Knotek (ES) 17:27 V. Roth (SH) 27:00 S. Novotny (PP) 30:40 T. Kubalik (PP) 35:44		08:25 (PP) L. Cunti 52:16 (PP) Y. Blaser	Attendance: 1,535

April 13, 2007	Sweden	3–6	Slovakia	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
	E. Bejmo (ES) 17:22 V. Hedman (PP) 40:26 M. Backlund (PP) 58:57		08:17 (PP) B. Horvath 21:39 (PP) M. Daloga 31:16 (PP) B. Horvath 38:07 (PP) M. Kytnar 52:20 (ES) M. Stepan 55:18 (EN) M. Misura	Attendance: 1,298

April 13, 2007	Switzerland	5–1	Finland	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
	R. Josi (ES) 11:47 E. Froidevaux (PP) 17:02 G. Sciaroni (PP) 27:20 G. Sciaroni (ES) 35:52 P. Berger (ES) 51:26		00:55 (PP) J. Liljeblad	Attendance: 2,702

April 14, 2007	Slovakia	2–3 (SO)	Czech Republic	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
	J. Molnar (PP) 32:49 A. Bezak (ES) 35:46		29:10 (ES) V. Ruzicka 49:13 (ES) O. Roman 65:00 (SO) R. Szturc	Attendance: 1,648

April 15, 2007	Switzerland	0–2	Sweden	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
			22:47 (ES) O. Möller 28:07 (PP) C. Gustafsson	Attendance: 1,890

April 15, 2007	Finland	4–2	Czech Republic	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
	T. Sallinen (ES) 03:45 T. Sallinen (ES) 12:18 N. Kluuskeri (ES) 12:56 N. Lucenius (PP) 16:28		03:11 (ES) V. Ruzicka 35:06 (ES) D. Stich	Attendance: 4,220

April 16, 2007	Slovakia	0–4	Switzerland	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
			02:04 (PP) L. Cunti 33:38 (PP) G. Donati 49:08 (PP) L. Cunti 52:32 (ES) R. Schlagenhauf	Attendance: 1,401

April 17, 2007	Czech Republic	0–3	Sweden	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
			12:41 (ES) M. Tedenby 46:29 (PP) C. Gustafsson 58:15 (ES) M. Tedenby	Attendance: 918

April 17, 2007	Finland	0–1	Slovakia	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
			24:21 (ES) O. Rusnak	Attendance: 2,590

Relegation round

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	3	3	0	0	0	14	8	9
Germany	3	2	0	0	1	12	9	6
Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	9	11	3
Latvia	3	0	0	0	3	6	13	0

Results

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

• April 15th, 2007:  Finland 4–2  Czech Republic
• April 16th, 2007:  Latvia 2–3  Germany

April 19, 2007	Czech Republic	4–1	Latvia	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	J. Voráček (ES) 08:41 R. Valchar (ES) 26:04 R. Ostrcil (SH) 36:30 O. Roman (ES) 48:32		52:38 (ES) J. Straupe	Attendance: 979

April 19, 2007	Germany	3–4	Finland	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	G. Fauser (ES) 07:50 P. Geiger (PP) 27:27 D. Weiss (ES) 32:38		01:02 (ES) E. Poysti 15:16 (ES) O. Vauhkonen 21:58 (PP) E. Poysti 55:50 (ES) A. Kokkonen	Attendance: 1,405

April 20, 2007	Germany	6–3	Czech Republic	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	J. Flaake (ES) 13:10 A. Uuebscher (ES) 35:12 R. Schopf (ES) 35:49 P. Geiger (SH) 44:30 S. Fischhaber (PP) 51:44 S. Rupprich (EN) 59:28		08:41 (ES) R. Valchar 16:24 (ES) R. Szturc 39:07 (ES) R. Valchar	Attendance: 731

April 20, 2007	Latvia	3–6	Finland	Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma

Game summary
	R. Bukarts (ES) 28:29 J. Ozolins (ES) 31:16 S. Danilovs (PP) 47:41		12:28 (PP) J. Liljeblad 30:25 (ES) J. Jyrkkio 37:28 (ES) A. Kokkonen 40:50 (ES) L. Kokkala 48:45 (ES) T. Pallassalo 52:39 (ES) E. Poysti	Attendance: 1,238

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Sweden

4

A2

Russia

4

QF1

Russia

5

B3

Switzerland

3

SF1

Russia

6

SF2

United States

5

A1

Canada

3

B2

Slovakia

2

QF2

United States

4

A3

United States

7

Quarterfinals

April 19, 2007	Russia	4–3 (OT)	Switzerland	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
	E. Averin (ES) 00:31 V. Voinov (ES) 04:48 N. Klyukin (ES) 55:48 N. Filatov (ES) 66:37		06:31 (ES) D. Hollenstein 42:53 (PP) D. Hollenstein 49:45 (ES) P. Berger	Attendance: 724

April 19, 2007	Slovakia	2–7	United States	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
	A. Bezak (ES) 19:08 A. Bezak (ES) 34:06		05:25 (ES) P. White 07:07 (ES) I. Cole 29:25 (PP) J. Schroeder 29:47 (ES) J. O'Brien 36:47 (PP) C. Wilson 43:03 (PP) C. Wilson 49:46 (ES) I. Cole	Attendance: 1,204

Semifinals

April 20, 2007	Sweden	4–5	Russia	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
	S. Hjalmarsson (ES) 21:10 S. Hjalmarsson (ES) 21:33 E. Bejmo (PP) 42:22 M. Backlund (PS) 55:02		24:08 (ES) E. Dadonov 27:59 (ES) S. Korostin 39:14 (PP) N. Filatov 42:44 (ES) A. Cherepanov 59:59 (PP) A. Cherepanov	Attendance: 955

April 20, 2007	Canada	3–4 (SO)	United States	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
	Z. Boychuk (PP) 20:52 Z. Boychuk (ES) 24:35 K. Turris (ES) 31:14		19:45 (ES) V. Saponari 29:55 (PP) K. Shattenkirk 41:36 (PP) J. van Riemsdyk 70:00 (SO) J. van Riemsdyk	Attendance: 1,505

Fifth place game

April 21, 2007	Switzerland	1–4	Slovakia	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
	R. Suri (ES) 59:14		24:22 (ES) J. Molnar 40:20 (ES) M. Kytnar 54:20 (ES) M. Stepan 59:22 (EN) A. Bezak	Attendance: 416

Bronze medal game

April 22, 2007	Canada	3–8	Sweden	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
	A. Esposito (ES) 26:15 D. Doughty (ES) 36:52 A. Esposito (ES) 52:24		06:38 (ES) R. Olsson 16:11 (ES) S. Hjalmarsson 39:59 (ES) M. Backlund 41:55 (PP) M. Backlund 46:35 (ES) S. Hjalmarsson 48:43 (ES) E. Bejmo 51:22 (ES) E. Bejmo 52:14 (ES) M. Backlund	Attendance: 2,182

Gold medal game

April 22, 2007	United States	5–6	Russia	Hakametsän jäähalli, Tampere

Game summary
	C.J. Severyn (ES) 01:31 V. Saponari (SH) 06:13 C. Wilson (ES) 18:27 J. van Riemsdyk (ES) 30:37 C. Wilson (ES) 59:54		07:44 (ES) A. Loktionov 11:33 (ES) S. Korostin 23:59 (ES) D. Kugryshev 28:00 (ES) N. Klyukin 51:52 (ES) A. Cherepanov 57:45 (ES) E. Averin	Attendance: 2,279

Final standings

Rk.	Team
	Russia
	United States
	Sweden
4	Canada
5	Slovakia
6	Switzerland
7	Finland
8	Germany
9	Czech Republic
10	Latvia

 Czech Republic and  Latvia are relegated to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Scoring leaders

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
James van Riemsdyk	United States	7	5	7	12	4
Colin Wilson	United States	7	5	7	12	4
Jordan Schroeder	United States	7	4	7	11	0
Steven Stamkos	Canada	6	2	8	10	8
Adam Bezak	Slovakia	6	4	5	9	6
Simon Hjalmarsson	Sweden	6	4	5	9	4
Nikita Filatov	Russia	7	4	5	9	6
Alexei Cherepanov	Russia	7	5	3	8	6
Jamie Arniel	Canada	6	3	5	8	10

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
Juha Metsola	Finland	198:38	7	.919	2.11	0
Robert Mayer	Switzerland	304:15	11	.924	2.17	1
Mark Owuya	Sweden	345:00	13	.909	2.26	2
Josh Unice	United States	373:49	15	.907	2.41	1
Zdenko Kotvan	Slovakia	97:23	4	.918	2.46	0

Tournament awards

All-Star team

• Goaltender: Josh Unice
• Defensemen: Victor Hedman, Kevin Shattenkirk
• Forwards: Alexei Cherepanov, Steven Stamkos, James van Riemsdyk

Best players

• Top Goaltender: Josh Unice
• Top Defenseman: Kevin Shattenkirk
• Top Forward: James van Riemsdyk

MVP

• James van Riemsdyk

Division I

Group A

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division I tournament, which was played in Maribor, Slovenia at Ledna dvorana TABOR from April 6 through April 12, 2007.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Belarus	5	4	1	0	0	37	10	14
Slovenia	5	3	0	1	1	22	20	10
Kazakhstan	5	2	1	0	2	24	18	8
Italy	5	2	0	1	2	19	20	7
Austria	5	1	0	1	3	14	21	4
France	5	0	1	0	4	13	40	2

 Belarus is promoted to the Championship tournament and  France is relegated to Division II for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	AUT	BLR	FRA	ITA	KAZ	SLO
AUT		0 - 4	4 - 5 (OT)	3 - 4	4 - 3	3 - 5
BLR	4 - 0		15 - 1	5 - 4 (OT)	6 - 2	7 - 3
FRA	5 - 4 (OT)	1 - 15		2 - 7	3 - 8	2 - 6
ITA	4 - 3	4 - 5 (OT)	7 - 2		1 - 6	3 - 4
KAZ	3 - 4	2 - 6	8 - 3	6 - 1		5 - 4 (OT)
SLO	5 - 3	3 - 7	6 - 2	4 - 3	4 - 5 (OT)

Group B

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division I tournament, which was played in Sanok, Poland at Sanok Arena from April 4 through April 10, 2007.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Denmark	5	5	0	0	0	22	6	15
Japan	5	3	1	0	1	22	13	11
Norway	5	2	0	2	1	22	19	8
Poland	5	2	0	0	3	16	26	6
Ukraine	5	1	1	0	3	15	17	5
United Kingdom	5	0	0	0	5	10	26	0

 Denmark is promoted to the Championship tournament and  United Kingdom will is relegated to Division II for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	DEN	GBR	JPN	NOR	POL	UKR
DEN		3 - 1	2 - 1	4 - 2	9 - 1	4 - 1
GBR	1 - 3		1 - 6	2 - 7	3 - 5	3 - 5
JPN	1 - 2	6 - 1		4 - 3 (OT)	7 - 4	4 - 3
NOR	2 - 4	7 - 2	3 - 4 (OT)		6 - 4	4 - 5 (OT)
POL	1 - 9	5 - 3	4 - 7	4 - 6		2 - 1
UKR	1 - 4	5 - 3	3 - 4	5 - 4 (OT)	1 - 2

Division II

Group A

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division II tournament, which was played in Miskolc, Hungary at Miskolc Arena from April 15 through April 21, 2007.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Netherlands	5	5	0	0	0	39	9	15
Hungary	5	4	0	0	1	48	7	12
Estonia	5	2	1	0	2	21	23	8
Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	17	37	6
Israel	5	1	0	0	4	11	36	3
Mexico	5	0	0	1	4	9	33	1

 Netherlands is promoted to Division I and  Mexico will is relegated to Division III for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	BEL	EST	HUN	ISR	MEX	NED
BEL		3 - 8	0 - 16	5 - 2	5 - 4	4 - 7
EST	8 - 3		0 - 7	9 - 0	3 - 2 (SO)	1 - 11
HUN	16 - 0	7 - 0		12 - 3	10 - 0	3 - 4
ISR	2 - 5	0 - 9	3 - 12		5 - 3	1 - 7
MEX	4 - 5	2 - 3 (SO)	0 - 10	3 - 5		1 - 10
NED	7 - 4	11 - 1	4 - 3	7 - 1	10 - 1

Group B

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division I tournament, which was played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania at Vakar Lajos Icerink from March 12 through March 18, 2007.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Lithuania	5	5	0	0	0	32	9	15
South Korea	5	3	1	0	1	27	14	11
Croatia	5	2	0	2	1	24	19	8
Romania	5	2	0	0	3	15	25	6
Australia	5	0	2	0	3	13	25	4
Serbia	5	0	0	1	4	10	29	1

 Lithuania is promoted to Division I and  Serbia will is relegated to Division III for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	AUS	CRO	KOR	LTU	ROM	SER
AUS		5 - 4 (OT)	2 - 6	2 - 8	0 - 4	4 - 3 (OT)
CRO	4 - 5 (OT)		4 - 5 (OT)	1 - 8	10 - 0	5 - 1
KOR	6 - 2	5 - 4 (OT)		2 - 5	6 - 3	8 - 0
LTU	8 - 2	8 - 1	5 - 2		6 - 4	5 - 2
ROM	4 - 0	0 - 10	3 - 6	4 - 6		6 - 4
SER	3 - 4 (OT)	1 - 5	0 - 8	2 - 5	4 - 6

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, which was played in Beijing, China at the Hosa Skating Center from March 5 through March 11, 2007.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Spain	5	5	0	0	0	54	9	15
China	5	4	0	0	1	46	16	12
Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	41	17	9
New Zealand	5	2	0	0	3	30	25	6
South Africa	5	1	0	0	4	11	53	3
Turkey	5	0	0	0	5	6	68	0

 Spain and  China are promoted to Division II for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	CHN	ESP	ISL	NZL	RSA	TUR
CHN		4 - 9	6 - 3	11 - 2	10 - 2	15 - 0
ESP	9 - 4		6 - 3	5 - 1	18 - 1	16 - 0
ISL	3 - 6	3 - 6		5 - 2	14 - 2	16 - 1
NZL	11 - 2	1 - 5	2 - 5		9 - 1	16 - 3
RSA	2 - 10	1 - 18	2 - 14	1 - 9		5 - 2
TUR	0 - 15	0 - 16	1 - 16	3 - 16	2 - 5

Team Photos

Spain

External links

• Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
  • Championship
  • Division I - Group A
  • Division I - Group B
  • Division II - Group A
  • Division II - Group B
  • Division III