2007 World Junior Championship

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.
==Championship Results==
=== Preliminary Round ===
==== Group A ====
Team 	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	4 	4	0	0 	0 	14	4 	12
 	4 	2	1	0 	1 	11	9 	7
 	4 	1	1	1 	1 	13	11	6
 	4 	1	2	1 	0 	8 	9 	5
 	4 	0	4	0 	0 	6 	19	0
;Schedule
All times local (UTC +1)
==== Group B ====
Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	4	0	0 	0 	20	3 	12
 	4 	2	2	0 	0 	13	11	6
 	4 	2	2	0 	0 	10	12	6
 	4 	1	3	0 	0 	6 	15	3
 	4 	1	3	0 	0 	7 	15	3
;Schedule
All times local (UTC +1)
=== Relegation Round ===
Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0 	0 	11	5 	9
 	3 	1	2	0 	0 	12	6 	3
 	3 	1	2	0 	0 	8 	10	3
 	3 	1	2	0 	0 	4 	14	3
Note: Matches 2–4 and 4–1 from the Preliminary Round (both on Dec 27th, 2006) are included as well since these results carry forward
;Schedule
All times local (UTC +1)
=== Final Round ===
;Quarter Finals
;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.
;5th Place Playoff
;Bronze Medal Game
;Gold Medal Game
=== Scoring leaders ===
Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIMb |
Mikko Lehtonen 	 	6 	4	6	10 	+1 	0
Perttu Lindgren 	 	6 	2	8	10 	+1 	8
Erik Johnson 	 	7 	4	6	10 	+3 	16
Patrick Kane 	 	7 	5	4	9 	+2 	4
Alexei Cherepanov	 	6 	5	3	8 	+2 	2
Oskar Osala 	 	6 	5	3	8 	+2 	4
Felix Schütz 	 	6 	5	3	8 	+2 	8
Vladimír Sobotka 	 	6 	4	4	8 	+2 	12
Alexander Bumagin	 	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
Carey Price 	Canada 	370:00	7 	.9609	1.14	2
Simeon Varlamov 	 	358:12	9 	.9338	1.51	2
Jeff Frazee 	 	313:16	9 	.9388	1.72	0
Joel Gistedt 	 	275:34	9 	.9118	1.96	0
Branislav Konrad	 	269:59	11	.9060	2.44	1
===Tournament awards===
;Most Valuable Player 
* Carey Price
;All-star team
*Goaltender: Carey Price
*Defencemen: Erik Johnson, Kristopher Letang
*Forwards: Alexei Cherepanov, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews
;IIHF best player awards
*Goaltender: Carey Price
*Defenceman: Erik Johnson
*Forward: Alexei Cherepanov
== 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
 	5 	4	1	0 	0 	23	11	12
 	5 	4	1	0 	0 	29	13	12
 	5 	4	1	0 	0 	15	9 	12
 	5 	2	3	0 	0 	14	21	6
 	5 	1	4	0 	0 	12	19	3
 	5 	0	5	0 	0 	5 	25	0
All times local
 is promoted to Pool A and is relegated to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
=== Group B ===
Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	3	1	1 	0 	14	9 	11
 	5 	3	1	0 	1 	18	15	10
 	5 	3	2	0 	0 	15	13	9
 	5 	2	2	0 	1 	15	17	7
 	5 	1	3	1 	0 	15	14	5
 	5 	1	4	0 	0 	8 	17	3
All times local
 is promoted to Pool A and is relegated to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
== Division II ==
The following teams will take 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
 	5 	5	0	0 	0 	52	12	15
 	5 	3	1	1 	0 	23	13	11
 	5 	3	1	0 	1 	23	16	10
 	5 	2	3	0 	0 	16	30	6
 	5 	1	4	0 	0 	13	35	3
 	5 	0	5	0 	0 	11	32	0
All times local
 is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
=== Group B ===
Note: has been entered in place of .
Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	0	1 	0 	30	7 	14
 	5 	3	0	0 	2 	30	13	10
 	5 	2	1	2 	0 	31	14	8
 	5 	1	3	0 	1 	13	18	4
 	5 	1	4	0 	0 	7 	37	3
 	5 	1	4	0 	0 	12	34	3
All times local
 is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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== 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
 	5 	4	0	1 	0 	37	12	14
 	5 	4	0	0 	1 	38	12	13
 	5 	2	2	1 	0 	22	18	8
 	5 	2	2	0 	1 	26	27	7
 	5 	1	4	0 	0 	9 	31	3
 	5 	0	5	0 	0 	13	45	0
All times local
 and are promoted to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
==See also==
*2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters
== External links ==
*IIHF Official Site
Category:2007 in hockey
Category:World Junior Championships