# 2007 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Qualification

The 2007 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Qualification comprised three Women's U18 Invitational Tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) during February 2007. Each tournament determined two of the participating eight teams for the inaugural IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in 2008. The other two teams, Canada and the United States, were automatically offered spots and did not participate in any invitational tournaments.

## Participating teams

| Group A | Group B | Group C |
| Finland | Austria | France |
| Japan | Czech Republic | Germany |
| Netherlands | Kazakhstan | Russia |
| Switzerland | Sweden | Slovakia |

## Group A

The Group A tournament was held at Versowood Areena in Vierumäki, Finland during 9–11 February. The national under-18 teams of Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, and Switzerland participated.
Finland collected three wins to decicively earn a spot at the 2008 U18 Women's World Championship while Switzerland narrowly qualified thanks to two overtime goals scored by Sara Benz.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | +23 | 9 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 1 |

### Results
## Group B

Group B was held in Nymburk, Czech Republic from 9–11 February 2007.

### Standings

| Pl. | | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF–GA | Pts |
| 1. | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:03 | 9 |
| 2. | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:04 | 6 |
| 3. | Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:10 | 3 |
| 4. | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 04:18 | 0 |

### Results

| 9. February 2007 | Kazakhstan | 1:4 (0:2, 0:1, 1:1) | Sweden | Zimní stadión, Nymburk Attendance: 44 |
| 9. February 2007 | Czech Republic | 3:1 (0:1, 3:0, 0:0) | Austria | Zimní stadión, Nymburk Attendance: 115 |
| 10. February 2007 | Sweden | 5:1 (2:0, 1:0, 2:1) | Austria | Zimní stadión, Nymburk Attendance: 37 |
| 10. February 2007 | Czech Republic | 11:1 (4:1, 6:0, 1:0) | Kazakhstan | Zimní stadión, Nymburk Attendance: 131 |
| 11. February 2007 | Austria | 3:2 (0:1, 3:1, 0:0) | Kazakhstan | Zimní stadión, Nymburk Attendance: 39 |
| 11. February 2007 | Czech Republic | 1:2 (0:0, 1:1, 0:1) | Sweden | Zimní stadión, Nymburk Attendance: 171 |

## Group C

Group C was held in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany from 16–18 February 2007.

### Standings

| Pl. | | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF–GA | Pts |
| 1. | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:03 | 9 |
| 2. | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:13 | 6 |
| 3. | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:09 | 3 |
| 4. | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 06:21 | 0 |

### Results

| 16. February 2007 | France | 3:8 (0:4, 1:2, 2:2) | Russia | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 43 |
| 16. February 2007 | Germany | 2:0 (1:0, 1:0, 0:0) | Slovakia | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 140 |
| 17. February 2007 | Russia | 5:1 (3:1, 1:0, 1:0) | Slovakia | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz |
| 17. February 2007 | Germany | 10:1 (1:0, 6:0, 3:1) | France | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 200 |
| 18. February 2007 | Slovakia | 3:2 (1:0, 1:0, 1:2) | France | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 125 |
| 18. February 2007 | Germany | 9:2 (1:1, 4:0, 4:1) | Russia | Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 420 |

## Qualified teams

| Qualified for 2008 tournament: | Germany Finland Russia Sweden Switzerland Czech Republic |