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)	Erik Johnson & Mikko Lehtonen (10 points)
MVP	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
Sweden – Leksand	Sweden – Mora

Championship Results

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	4	4	0	0	0	14	4	12
Sweden	4	2	1	0	1	11	9	7
United States	4	1	1	1	1	13	11	6
Germany	4	1	2	1	0	8	9	5
Slovakia	4	0	4	0	0	6	19	0

Schedule

All times local (UTC +1)

December 26, 2006 15:00

Germany

2–1 (OT)

United States

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 2462 (Cap. 7,600)

	Giebe 13:45 (PP) Müller 61:51 (ES) Goals Mueller 48:56 (PP)

December 26, 2006 19:00

Sweden

0–2

Canada

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 7650 (Cap. 7,600)

	Goals Bourdon 14:22 (PP) Marchand 19:12 (PP)

December 27, 2006 19:00

Slovakia

2–4

Germany

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 495 (Cap. 7,600)

	Mikúš 11:52 (PP2) Korenko 25:41 (PP) Goals Florian Ondruschka 03:08 (ES) Schütz 08:08 (ES) Kramer 43:23 (ES) Gawlik 44:13 (PP)

December 27, 2006 19:30

Canada

6–3

United States

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 3539 (Cap. 4,500)

	Downie 14:43 (ES) Pyatt 17:33 (PP) Toews 21:55 (PP) Toews 49:13 (PS) Helm 58:17 (ES) Helm 59:03 (ENG) Goals E. Johnson 22:24 (ES) Carman 26:12 (ES) Sweatt 53:50 (ES)

December 28, 2006 19:30

Slovakia

3–6

Sweden

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 4037 (Cap. 4,500)

	Mihalík 15:13 (ES) Mikula 19:33 (PP) Mikúš 34:56 (PP) Goals Berglund 04:42 (ES) Omark 16:59 (ES) Hjalmarsson 21:40 (PP) Johansson 44:15 (PP) Hörnqvist 48:41 (ES) Lindqvist 49:05 (ES)

December 29, 2006 19:00

Germany

1–3

Canada

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 1284 (Cap. 7,600)

	Schütz 32:26 (PP2) Goals Russell 07:04 (ES) Downie 34:42 (PP) Russell 50:34 (ES)

December 30, 2006 17:00

United States

6–1

Slovakia

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 789 (Cap. 7,600)

	Kane 06:51 (ES) J. Johnson 14:45 (PP) Kane 24:15 (ES) E. Johnson 29:00 (PP) Mueller 41:36 (ES) van Riemsdyk 56:07 (ES) Goals Juraj Mikus 49:46 (ES)

December 30, 2006 17:00

Sweden

3–1

Germany

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 3801 (Cap. 4,500)

	Lindqvist 03:25 (PP) Isaksson 26:42 (ES) Sundström 52:05 (ES) Goals Fischer 21:23 (PP2)

December 31, 2006 13:00

Canada

3–0

Slovakia

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 1434 (Cap. 7,600)

	Russell 05:36 (ES) Russell 08:52 (PP2) Downie 33:05 (PP) Goals

December 31, 2006 17:00

United States

3–2 (OT)

Sweden

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 4,297 (Cap. 7,600)

	Kane 31:50 (ES) Stoa 33:25 (ES) J. Johnson 63:16 (PP) Goals Turesson 27:11 (SH) Pettersson 59:46 (ES)

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	4	4	0	0	0	20	3	12
Finland	4	2	2	0	0	13	11	6
Czech Republic	4	2	2	0	0	10	12	6
Switzerland	4	1	3	0	0	6	15	3
Belarus	4	1	3	0	0	7	15	3

Schedule

All times local (UTC +1)

December 26, 2006 15:00

Belarus

4–3

Finland

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 1,002 (Cap. 4,500)

	Stefanovich 06:45 (PP2) Ilin 45:20 (PP) S. Kostitsyn 48:18 (SH) Stefanovich 52:57 (ES) Goals Komarov 19:57 (PP) Lehtonen 30:45 (PP) Lehtonen 59:27 (ES)

December 26, 2006 19:00

Czech Republic

2–3

Russia

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 1,065 (Cap. 4,500)

	Svoboda 10:05 (PP) Sobotka 55:38 (PP) Goals Cherepanov 22:01 (PP) Loginov 23:43 (ES) Bumagin 45:54 (ES)

December 27, 2006 16:00

Switzerland

4–1

Belarus

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 954 (Cap. 4,500)

	Šimek 28:59 (SH) Lemm 29:31 (ES) Weber 40:27 (PP) Šimek 50:46 (ES) Goals Stas 18:31 (SH)

December 28, 2006 16:00

Finland

6–2

Czech Republic

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 1,458 (Cap. 4,500)

	Osala 20:20 (ES) Laakso 22:03 (ES) Lehtonen 23:45 (ES) Laakso 47:17 (PP) Komarov 47:47 (ES) Enlund 52:21 (SH) Goals Sobotka 12:39 (PP) Káňa 27:58 (ES)

December 28, 2006 19:00

Russia

6–0

Switzerland

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 481 (Cap. 7,600)

	Zubov 24:28 (PP) Bumagin 35:01 (PP) Makarov 41:29 (SH) Ryasensky 48:18 (ES) Anisimov 54:22 (PP) Voinov 59:34 (ES) Goals

December 29, 2006 17:00

Belarus

1–6

Russia

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 956 (Cap. 4,500)

	Shurko 27:08 (ES) Goals Valentenko 04:30 (ES) Buravchikov 12:37 (ES) Vasyunov 17:13 (ES) Musatov 26:07 (ES) Ryasensky 37:27 (PP) Buravchikov 55:16 (ES)

December 30, 2006 13:00

Finland

4–0

Switzerland

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 1154 (Cap. 4,500)

	Osala 08:08 (PP) Osala 13:39 (PP) Lindgren 32:23 (PP2) Laakso 59:00 (PP2) Goals

December 30, 2006 13:00

Czech Republic

2–1

Belarus

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 401 (Cap. 7,600)

	Frolík 17:29 (SH) Svoboda 46:38 (PP2) Goals Filin 38:01 (ES)

December 31, 2006 13:00

Russia

5–0

Finland

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 1004 (Cap. 4,500)

	Zubov 11:28 (PP) Cherepanov 14:26 (PP) Zubov 26:42 (PP2) Churilov 30:19 (ES) Cherepanov 47:01 (PP2) Goals

December 31, 2006 17:00

Switzerland

2–4

Czech Republic

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 716 (Cap. 4,500)

	Bürgler 19:51 (ES) Jacquemet 23:20 (ES) Goals Voráček 02:09 (PP) Káňa 04:52 (ES) Bartoň 17:16 (ES) Hanzal 45:03 (SH)

Relegation Round

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Switzerland	3	3	0	0	0	11	5	9
Slovakia	3	1	2	0	0	12	6	3
Germany	3	1	2	0	0	8	10	3
Belarus	3	1	2	0	0	4	14	3

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

2–1

Slovakia

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 869 (Cap. 4,500)

	Steinmann 19:41 (PP) Šimek 49:34 (PP) Goals Korenko 28:10 (PP2)

January 3, 2007 16:00

Germany

1–3

Belarus

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 701 (Cap. 4,500)

	Schütz 11:08 (PP) Goals Komarov 35:56 (ES) Stefanovich 51:58 (PP) Stefanovich 59:17 (ES)

January 4, 2007 16:00

Belarus

0–9

Slovakia

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 514 (Cap. 4,500)

	Goals Buc 04:58 (ES) Mikúš 12:06 (SH) Bartánus 14:21 (PP) Marcinko 29:03 (PP) Šinkovič 30:54 (ES) Mikúš 32:01 (PP) Záborský 39:52 (ES) Bližňák 51:25 (ES) Konrád 59:33 (PP)

January 4, 2007 19:30

Germany

3–5

Switzerland

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 702 (Cap. 4,500)

	Schütz 05:48 (ES) Schütz 17:35 (ES) Braun 44:03 (ES) Goals Grossmann 16:05 (PP) Friedli 18:13 (ES) Šimek 22:57 (PP) Bykov 34:13 (ES) Froidevaux 55:41 (ES)

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

5–1

Czech Republic

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 3,313 (Cap. 7,600)

	Isaksson 01:18 (ES) Sundström 13:09 (ES) Omark 29:02 (ES) Johansson 32:17 (ES) Johansson 53:11 (ES) Goals Sobotka 18:27 (PP)

January 2, 2007 19:30

Finland

3–6

United States

FM Mattsson Arena Attendance: 1,456 (Cap. 4,500)

	Joensuu 26:38 (ES) Osala 30:01 (ES) Osala 41:38 (PP) Goals E. Johnson 11:28 (ES) Kane 22:11 (ES) Skille 40:23 (PP) Mueller 47:53 (PP2) Lewis 49:00 (PP2) J. Johnson 59:40 (PP2)

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

2–1 (SO)

United States

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 2,376 (Cap. 7,600)

	Bourdon 52:19 (PP) Toews 70:00 (SO) Goals Chorney 25:04 (PP)

January 3, 2007 19:45

Sweden

2–4

Russia

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 5,354 (Cap. 7,600)

	Junland 09:00 (PP) Hjalmarsson 50:54 (PP) Goals Makarov 16:49 (ES) Cherepanov 18:18 (PP) Anisimov 34:16 (ES) Vasyunov 43:46 (ES)

5th Place Playoff

January 4, 2007 19:30

Czech Republic

6–2

Finland

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 369 (Cap. 7,600)

	Frolík 09:56 (ES) Frolík 13:23 (PP) Hanzal 22:43 (PP) Frolík 26:25 (ES) Sobotka 38:42 (ES) Kudělka 49:34 (PP2) Goals Lindgren 17:22 (PP) Lehtonen 38:05 (PP)

Bronze Medal Game

January 5, 2007 16:00

Sweden

1–2

United States

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 3,635 (Cap. 7,600)

	Zackrisson 29:00 (ES) Goals Kane 19:55 (ES) E. Johnson 32:34 (ES)

Gold Medal Game

January 5, 2007 19:30

Canada

4–2

Russia

Ejendals Arena Attendance: 5223 (Cap. 7,600)

	Cogliano 15:35 (ES) Little 17:29 (PP) Toews 18:02 (PP) Marchand 26:00 (ES) Goals Valentenko 31:27 (PP) Churilov 39:24 (PP)

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]

• Carey Price

All-star team^[1]

• Goaltender: Carey Price
• Defencemen: Erik Johnson, Kris Letang
• Forwards: Alexei Cherepanov, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews

IIHF best player awards^[1]

• Goaltender: Carey Price
• Defenceman: Erik Johnson
• Forward: Alexei Cherepanov

Final standings

	Team
01 !	Canada
02 !	Russia
03 !	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 has been 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

• 2007 in ice hockey
• 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preceded by 2006 World Juniors	World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2007 World Championships	Succeeded by 2008 World Juniors

References

External links

• IIHF Official Site