2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

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2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Slovenia
 Poland
Dates6–12 April 2007
4–10 April 2007
Teams12
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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.

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

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
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

6 April 2007
13:00
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 130
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6 April 2007
16:30
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 120
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6 April 2007
20:00
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 512
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7 April 2007
13:00
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 100
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7 April 2007
16:30
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 130
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7 April 2007
20:00
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 685
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9 April 2007
13:00
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 120
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9 April 2007
16:30
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 211
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9 April 2007
20:00
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 725
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10 April 2007
13:00
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 380
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10 April 2007
16:30
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 180
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10 April 2007
20:00
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 550
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12 April 2007
13:00
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 210
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12 April 2007
16:30
Tabor Ice Hall
Attendance: 169
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12 April 2007
20:00
Tabor 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 Stefanovich 5 9 3 12 +4 16 F
Kazakhstan Yakov Vorobyov 5 7 5 12 +2 8 F
Kazakhstan Nikita Ivanov 5 5 7 12 +3 4 F
Slovenia Jaka Ankerst 5 3 6 9 +2 4 F
Belarus Artem Demkov 5 4 4 8 +4 2 F
Belarus Igor Voroshilov 5 2 6 8 +6 0 F
Slovenia Jan Urbas 5 4 3 7 +3 0 F
Belarus Kirill Brykun 5 3 4 7 +7 2 F
Belarus Uladzimir Mikhailau 5 2 5 7 +3 0 F
Belarus Pavel Razvodovski 5 5 1 6 +3 0 F

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 Yankov 296:23 176 17 3.44 90.34 0
Belarus Aleksandr Zhuk 285:00 104 11 2.32 89.42 1
Marco de Filippo Roia
 134:56 62 7 3.11 88.71 0
Matija Pintaric
 241:28 136 16 3.98 88.24 0
Italy Andreas Bernard 168:56 89 13 4.62 85.39 0

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 4 April 2007 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
Source: [citation needed]

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
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 Bødker 5 4 7 11 +6 4 F
Denmark Lars Eller 5 3 7 10 +5 6 F
Norway Tommy Kristiansen 5 5 4 9 +3 6 F
Norway Martin Huse 5 1 7 8 +5 4 F
Poland Pawel Dronia 5 6 1 7 +2 4 D
Norway Erik Johansen 5 3 4 7 –2 6 D
Poland Maciej Szewczyk 5 3 4 7 0 2 F
Norway Andreas Martinsen 5 4 2 6 +3 12 F
Japan Hiromichi Terao 5 4 2 6 –1 4 F
Denmark Frederik Storm 5 3 3 6 +5 0 F

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 Andersen 240:00 79 5 1.25 93.67 0
Japan Takumi Kamikawa 233:55 92 8 2.05 91.30 0
United Kingdom Euan King 190:42 110 12 3.78 89.09 0
Ukraine Mykhaylo Balaban 245:00 99 13 3.18 86.87 0
Norway Emil Bariass 181:56 67 10 3.30 85.07 0

References

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  9. ^ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-04-07. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
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