The 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the

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. The Division I tournaments made up the second level of competition at the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 6 April and 12 April 2007 in

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, Slovenia and the Group B tournament took place between 4 April and 10 April 2007 in

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, Poland.

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and

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won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. While

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finished last in Group A and

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last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2008.

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 6 April 2007 in

, Slovenia.

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and

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all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.

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gained promotion to Division I after finished first in last years Division II Group A tournament and

was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Belarus won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. Slovenia finished second after winning three of their five games and Kazakhstan finished in third place. France finished in last place, managing to only win one game in overtime and were relegated to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.

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of Kazakhstan led the tournament in

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with a save percentage of 0.903, and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate. Slovenia's Blaž Gregorc was named as top

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and

Mikhail Stefanovich Mikhail Igoravich Stefanovich ( be, Міхаіл Ігаравіч Стэфановіч; born 27 November 1989) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey player currently playing for Shakhter Soligorsk of the Belarusian Extraliga (BXL). He was dra ...

of Belarus was selected as top

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. Stefanovich also was the tournaments leading scorer with twelve points including nine goals and three assists.

Standings

Fixtures

All times local.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 4 April 2007 in

, Poland.

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and

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all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.

gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group B tournament and

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was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Denmark won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. Japan finished second after losing only to Denmark and Norway finished in third place. Great Britain finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated back to Division II for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.

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of Denmark led the tournament in scoring, recording eleven points, and was named the tournament's most valuable player and top

by the IIHF directorate. Japan's Takumi Kamikawa was named to

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and

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of Denmark was selected as top

. Denmark's

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was the tournament's leading goaltender with a

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of 0.937.

Standings

Fixtures

All times local.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

References

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