2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 2007 edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship 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 now earned three points for a win in regulation, while teams winning in overtime would still receive two points. Teams losing in overtime would receive one point, and teams losing in regulation get none. 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 would be held.
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.

Top Division

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Group B

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Relegation round

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Final round

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

Note: Bye teams will usually be the home team, but due to Canada being the home team in the first meeting, USA was the home team for their semifinal game.
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Statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''

Goaltending leaders

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Carey Price		370:00	7	1.14	179	96.09	2
2	Jeff Frazee		313:16	9	1.72	147	93.88	0
3	Semyon Varlamov		358:12	9	1.51	136	93.38	2
4	Joel Gistedt		275:34	9	1.96	102	91.18	0
5	Sebastian Stefaniszin		299:00	14	2.81	153	90.85	0

''TOI = Time on ice ; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts''

Awards

Best players selected by the Directorate:
*Best Goaltender: Carey Price
*Best Defenceman: Erik Johnson
*Best Forward: Alexei Cherepanov
*MVP: Carey Price
Media All-Stars:
*Goaltender: Carey Price
*Defencemen: Erik Johnson / Kris Letang
*Forwards: Alexei Cherepanov / Jonathan Toews / Patrick Kane

Division I

The Division I Championships were played on December 11–17, 2006 in Odense, Denmark and Torre Pellice, Italy.

Group A

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Group B

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Division II

The Division II Championships were played on December 11–17, 2006 in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania and on December 10–16, 2006 in Elektrėnai, Lithuania.

Group A

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Group B

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Division III

The Division III Championship was played on January 8–14, 2007 at the Ankara Ice Palace in Ankara, Turkey.
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