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2007 IIHF World U18 Championships

2007 IIHF World U18 Championship
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Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Dates April 11–22, 2007
Teams 10
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  Russia (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 210 (6.77 per match)
Attendance 53,312 (1,720 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States James van Riemsdyk (12 points)
United States Colin Wilson (12 points)
MVP United States James van Riemsdyk
2006
2008

The 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships was an ice hockey tournament held in Rauma and Tampere, Finland. The championships began on April 11, 2007 and finished on April 22, 2007. Games were played at Äijänsuo Arena in Rauma and Hakametsän jäähalli in Tampere. Russia defeated the United States 6–5 in the final to claim the gold medal, while Sweden defeated Canada 8–3 to capture the bronze medal.

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

 Czech Republic and  Latvia are relegated to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division I consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 6 April and 12 April 2007 in Maribor, Slovenia and the Group B tournament was held between 4 April and 10 April 2007 in Sanok, Poland. Belarus and Denmark won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. While France finished last in Group A and Great Britain last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2007.


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