2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

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2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Hungary
 Romania
Dates12 – 18 March 2007
15 – 21 April 2007
Teams12
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The 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition at the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 15 and 21 April 2007 in Miskolc, Hungary and the Group B tournament took place between 12 and 18 March 2007 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. The Netherlands and Lithuania won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Mexico finished last in Group A and Serbia last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2008.

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 15 April 2007 in Miskolc, Hungary.[1] Belgium, Estonia, Mexico and the Netherlands returned to compete in the Division II competition after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championships.[2][3] Hungary entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Israel entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[4][5]

The Netherlands won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the

Miklos Rajna was the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.938.[7][8]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 0 0 39 9 +30 15 Promoted to Division I for 2008
2  Hungary 5 4 0 0 1 48 7 +41 12
3  Estonia 5 2 1 0 2 21 23 −2 8
4  Belgium 5 2 0 0 3 17 37 −20 6
5  Israel 5 1 0 0 4 11 36 −25 3
6  Mexico 5 0 0 1 4 9 33 −24 1 Relegated to Division III for 2008

Fixtures

All times local.

15 April 2007
13:00
Miskolc Arena
Attendance: 400
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15 April 2007
16:30
Netherlands 10 – 0
(5–0, 2–0, 3–0)
 MexicoMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 500
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15 April 2007
20:00
Estonia 0 – 7
(0–2, 0–2, 0–3)
 HungaryMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 1200
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17 April 2007
13:00
Netherlands 11 – 1
(3–0, 4–1, 4–0)
 EstoniaMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 350
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17 April 2007
16:30
Mexico 3 – 5
(1–2, 1–2, 1–1)
 IsraelMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 320
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17 April 2007
20:00
Hungary 16 – 0
(6–0, 6–0, 4–0)
 BelgiumMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 1300
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18 April 2007
13:00
Netherlands 7 – 1
(4–1, 1–0, 2–0)
 IsraelMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 150
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18 April 2007
16:30
Estonia 8 – 3
(5–0, 2–1, 1–2)
 BelgiumMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 160
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18 April 2007
20:00
Hungary 10 – 0
(5–0, 3–0, 2–0)
 MexicoMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 1300
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20 April 2007
13:00
SO: 0–1)
 EstoniaMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 100
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20 April 2007
16:30
Belgium 4 – 7
(0–0, 2–5, 2–2)
 NetherlandsMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 270
Game reference
20 April 2007
20:00
Israel 3 – 12
(2–5, 0–4, 1–3)
 HungaryMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 1400
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21 April 2007
13:00
Belgium 5 – 4
(0–1, 0–2, 5–1)
 MexicoMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 120
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21 April 2007
16:30
Estonia 9 – 0
(5–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 IsraelMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 250
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21 April 2007
20:00
Hungary 3 – 4
(0–2, 1–2, 2–0)
 NetherlandsMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 1800
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Scoring leaders

Daniel Koger
scored four goals and eight assists to finish fourth in scoring.

List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[7]

Player GP G A Pts
+/-
PIM POS
Hungary Bálint Magosi 5 9 5 14 +17 8 F
Hungary Gergo Nagy 5 8 5 13 +10 34 F
Hungary Laszlo Jonkl 5 5 7 12 +13 4 F
Daniel Koger
5 4 8 12 +9 2 F
Belgium Ben van den Bogeart 5 10 1 11 –4 8 F
Netherlands Mike Dalhuisen 5 5 6 11 +12 14 D
Netherlands Mitch Bruijsten 5 8 2 10 +9 18 F
Netherlands Ritchie van Hulten 5 5 5 10 +8 10 F
Hungary Dezso Roczanov 5 7 2 9 +10 27 F
Israel Daniel Erlich 5 4 5 9 –12 32 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.[8]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Miklos Rajna
120:00 48 3 1.50 93.75 1
Hungary David Meretei 178:44 49 4 1.34 91.84 2
Estonia Villem Koitmaa 239:50 125 12 3.00 90.40 0
Netherlands Tomislav Hrelja 300:00 80 9 1.80 88.75 1
Israel Eden Nemenoff 259:46 231 31 7.16 86.58 0

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 12 March 2007 in

State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.[2] South Korea entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Romania entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[5][10]

Lithuania won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.[9] South Korea finished second after losing only to Lithuania and Estonia finished in third place. Serbia finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated to Division III for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.[9] Tihomir Filipec of Croatia was named as the tournament's top goaltender by the IIHF directorate.[11] Lithuanian Povilas Verenis was named the top forward and Cho Hyung Gon of South Korea was selected as the top defenceman.[11] Lithuania's Tadas Kumeliauskas was the tournament's leading scorer with 12 points and Arturas Kuzmicius was the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.948.[12][13]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Lithuania 5 5 0 0 0 32 9 +23 15 Promoted to Division I for 2008
2  South Korea 5 3 1 0 1 27 14 +13 11
3  Croatia 5 2 0 2 1 24 19 +5 8
4  Romania 5 2 0 0 3 15 25 −10 6
5  Australia 5 0 2 0 3 13 25 −12 4
6  Serbia 5 0 0 1 4 10 29 −19 1 Relegated to Division III for 2008
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

12 March 2007
13:30
Vakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 30
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12 March 2007
17:00
Lithuania 6 – 2
(1–1, 0–1, 5–0)
 SerbiaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 200
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12 March 2007
20:30
Romania 0 – 10
(0–3, 0–4, 0–3)
 CroatiaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 200
13 March 2007
13:30
Lithuania 8 – 2
(3–1, 3–0, 2–1)
 AustraliaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 50
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13 March 2007
17:00
SO: 1–0)
 CroatiaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 100
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13 March 2007
20:30
Serbia 4 – 6
(1–3, 2–0, 1–3)
 RomaniaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 300
Game reference
15 March 2007
13:30
South Korea 8 – 0
(2–0, 4–0, 2–0)
 SerbiaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 50
Game reference
15 March 2007
17:00
SO: 1–0)
 CroatiaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 130
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15 March 2007
20:30
Lithuania 5 – 2
(1–2, 1–0, 3–0)
 RomaniaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 300
Game reference
16 March 2007
13:30
SO: 0–1)
 AustraliaVakar Lajos Icerink
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16 March 2007
17:00
Croatia 1 – 8
(0–0, 1–3, 0–5)
 LithuaniaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 200
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16 March 2007
20:30
Romania 3 – 6
(1–1, 1–4, 1–1)
 South KoreaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 350
Game reference
18 March 2007
12:30
Croatia 5 – 1
(2–0, 3–0, 0–1)
 SerbiaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 50
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18 March 2007
16:00
South Korea 2 – 5
(1–1, 1–0, 0–4)
 LithuaniaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 200
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18 March 2007
19:30
Australia 0 – 4
(0–4, 0–0, 0–0)
 RomaniaVakar Lajos Icerink
Attendance: 350
Game reference

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[12]

Player GP G A Pts
+/-
PIM POS
Lithuania Tadas Kumeliauskas 5 5 7 12 +12 4 F
Lithuania Povilas Verenis 5 7 4 11 +12 8 F
Romania Lorand Bartha 5 5 4 9 -7 20 F
Croatia Vladimir Gurka 5 5 4 9 +2 4 F
South Korea Yoon Ji Man 5 4 5 9 +5 6 F
South Korea Park Sang Jin 5 7 1 8 +4 2 F
Romania Zsolt Balint 5 4 4 8 -5 16 F
Lithuania Jonas Viknius 5 2 6 8 +2 8 F
Lithuania Arnoldas Bosas 5 6 1 7 +5 6 F
South Korea Lee Sung Jun 5 6 1 7 +6 14 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
Lithuania Arturas Kuzmicius 120:00 58 3 1.50 94.83 0
Lithuania Ernestas Kielius 180:00 79 6 2.00 92.41 0
Australia Anthony Kimlin 244:47 182 14 3.43 92.31 0
Croatia Tihomir Filipec 310:00 195 19 3.68 90.26 1
South Korea Yong Hyun Ho 242:40 112 13 3.21 88.39 0

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