2007 IIHF World Championship


The 2007 IIHF World Championship was held between 27 April and 13 May 2007 in Moscow, Russia. It was the 71st annual world championship event run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was won by Canada with Rick Nash being named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

Participating teams

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    Venues

Rules

At the 2007 IIHF World Championships, a three-point system for each game was used. Teams winning in regulation were now awarded three points, and the loser in regulation got 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

Group A

All times local

Group B

All times local

Group C

All times local

Group D

All times local

Qualifying round

Group E

Results from Preliminary Round games among the qualified teams carry over.
All times local

Group F

Results from Preliminary Round games among the qualified teams carry over.
All times local

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

All times local

Play off

Draw

Quarterfinals

All times local

Semifinals

All times local

Bronze-medal game

All times local

Gold-medal game

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Ranking and statistics

Champions

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
  • * Best Goaltender: Kari Lehtonen
  • * Best Defenceman: Andrei Markov
  • * Best Forward: Alexei Morozov
  • * Most Valuable Player: Rick Nash
  • Media All-Star Team:
  • * Goaltender: Kari Lehtonen
  • * Defence: Andrei Markov, Petteri Nummelin
  • * Forward: Evgeni Malkin, Alexei Morozov, Rick Nash

    Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; ± = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''

Leading goaltenders

''MINS = Minutes ; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts''

IIHF Broadcasting rights

The 2007 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Moscow during the World Championships. Bob Nadin of Canada was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
  • Veniamin Alexandrov, Russia
  • Vladimír Bouzek, Czech Republic
  • Luděk Bukač, Czech Republic
  • Josef Černý, Czech Republic
  • Igor Dmitriev, Russia
  • Hans Dobida, Austria
  • Jakob Kölliker, Switzerland
  • Viktor Konovalenko, Russia
  • Konstantin Loktev, Russia
  • Esa Peltonen, Finland
  • Thomas Rundqvist, Sweden
  • Vyacheslav Starshinov, Russia