2007 World Championship

The 2007 IIHF World Championship were held between April 27 and May 13, 2007 in Moscow, Russia. It was the 71st annual world championship event run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The tournament was won by Canada with Rick Nash being named tournament MVP.
== Participating teams ==
;Group A
* (roster)
* (roster)
* (roster)
* (roster)
;Group B
* (roster)
* (roster)
* (roster)
* (roster)
;Group C
* Canada (roster)
* (roster)
* (roster)
* (roster)
;Group D
* (roster)
* (roster)
* (roster)
* (roster)
==Rules==
At the 2007 IIHF World Championships, a three-point system for each game is used. Teams winning in regulation were awarded three points, the loser none. Where there was a tie score in the Preliminary, Playoff and Relegation Rounds, teams were given one point each. A five-minute overtime followed and, if the score was still tied after overtime, Game Winning Shots was used. The team winning in overtime or shoot-out was awarded the extra point for a total of two points.
==Preliminary Round==
    	Team advanced to the Qualifying Round
    	Team sent to compete in the Relegation Round
===Group A===
Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	21	3 	+18	9
2. 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	4 	8 	-4 	6
3. 	 	3 	0	1 	0 	2	6 	12	-6 	2
4. 	 	3 	0	0 	1 	2	6 	14	-8 	1
All times local (GMT+4)
===Group B===
Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	18	6 	+12	9
2. 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	14	7 	+7 	6
3. 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	8 	15	-7 	3
4. 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	5 	17	-12	0
All times local (GMT+4)
===Group C===
Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	12	8 	+4 	9
2. 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	12	6 	+6 	6
3. 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	8 	11	-3 	3
4. 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	5 	12	-7 	0
All times local (GMT+4)
===Group D===
Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	22	6 	+16	9
2. 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	15	7 	+8 	6
3. 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	7 	18	-11	3
4. 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	4 	17	-13	0
All times local (GMT+4)
==Qualifying Round==
    	Team advanced to the Final Round
===Group E===
Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	27	10	+17	15
2. 	 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	21	7 	+14	12
3. 	 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	15	8 	+7 	9
4. 	 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	9 	16	-7 	6
5. 	 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	11	26	-15	3
6. 	 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	4 	20	-16	0
Results from Preliminary Round games among the qualified teams carry over.
All times local (GMT+4)
===Group F===
Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	5 	4	1 	0 	0	24	15	+9 	14
2. 	 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	18	13	+5 	9
3. 	 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	18	15	+3 	9
4. 	 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	17	14	+3 	7
5. 	 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	11	16	-5 	6
6. 	 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	14	29	-15	0
Results from Preliminary Round games among the qualified teams carry over.
All times local (GMT+4)
==Relegation Round==
The top two teams in the standings after the round-robin were invited back to the 2008 IIHF World Championship, while the bottom two teams were relegated to the 2008 IIHF Division I Tournament.
    	Team relegated to Division I
===Group G===
Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	14	8 	+6 	6
2. 	 	3 	1	1 	0 	1	12	9 	+3 	5
3. 	 	3 	1	0 	1 	1	11	12	-1 	4
4. 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	7 	15	-8 	3
All times local (GMT+4)
==Final Round==
===Draw===
===Quarterfinals===
All times local (GMT+4)
===Semifinals===
All times local (GMT+4)
===Bronze Medal Game===
All times local (GMT+4)
===Gold Medal Game===
All times local (GMT+4)
==Ranking and Statistics==
 	
===Champions===
 Canada
===Tournament Awards===
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goalkeeper: Kari Lehtonen
**Best Defenseman: Andrei Markov
**Best Forward: Alexei Morozov
**Most Valuable Player: Rick Nash
*Media All-Star Team:
**Goalkeeper: Kari Lehtonen
**Defense: Petteri Nummelin, Andrei Markov
**Forward: Alexei Morozov, Evgeni Malkin, Rick Nash
===Final standings===
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
Rk.	Team
 	
 	
 	
4. 	
5. 	
6. 	
7. 	
8. 	
9. 	
10.	
11.	
12.	
13.	
14.	
15.	
16.	
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Johan Davidsson 	9 	7	7 	14 	+3 	2 	FW
Aleksey Morozov 	7 	8	5 	13 	+9 	6 	FW
Sergei Zinovjev 	9 	3	10	13 	+10	12 	FW
Matthew Lombardi	9 	6	6 	12 	+4 	4 	FW
Danis Zaripov 	9 	3	9 	12 	+10	6 	FW
Rick Nash 	9 	6	5 	11 	+8 	4 	FW
Alexander Frolov	9 	5	6 	11 	+4 	0 	FW
Marián Gáborík 	6 	5	6 	11 	+6 	14 	FW
Tony Mårtensson 	9 	4	7 	11 	+8 	8 	FW
Lee Stempniak 	7 	6	4 	10 	+2 	27 	FW
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
===Leading goaltenders===
Player 	MINS	SA 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
Alexander Eremenko	366 	139	6 	0.98	95.7	2
Cam Ward 	300 	129	11	2.20	91.5	0
Kari Lehtonen 	374 	138	12	1.93	91.3	1
Dwayne Roloson 	240 	111	10	2.50	91.0	0
Jonas Hiller 	359 	167	15	2.51	91.0	0
MINS = Minutes (on ice); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
 
Category:IIHF World Championships
Men's, World 2007