2007 IIHF 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 the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament.
==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, a shootout 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==
===Quarterfinals===
All times local (GMT+4)
===Semifinals===
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===Bronze Medal Game===
All times local (GMT+4)
===Gold Medal Game===
All times local (GMT+4)
==Ranking and statistics==
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===Champions===
===Final standings===
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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==References==
==External links==
* 2007 IIHF World Championship official site
Category:2007 in ice hockey
Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships