2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host country China
Dates5 – 11 March 2007
Teams6
Final positions
Champions  Spain
Runner-up  China
Third place  Iceland
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The 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was an international under-18 ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III tournament made up the fourth level of competition at the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships and took place between 5 and 11 March 2007 in Beijing, China. The tournament was won by Spain who upon winning gained promotion, along with China who finished in second place, to Division II of the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Overview

The 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III began on 5 March 2007 in Beijing, China.[1] New Zealand and South Africa both returned to compete in the Division III competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships.[2] Turkey gained promotion back to Division III after winning the qualification game against Bulgaria which was held in January 2007.[3] Iceland and Spain entered the Division III competition after being relegated from the Division II tournaments of the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[4][5] China returned to the World U18 Championships, having last played in the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A tournament.[6]

Spain finished first after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division II for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] China who finished in second place also gained promotion to Division II, while Iceland finished third after winning three of their five games of the tournament.[1] Alejandro Pedraz of Spain finished as the tournaments top scoring after recording 26 points including 17 goals and nine assists.[7] Spain's Ander Alcaine finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.877.[8]

Division III Qualification

The Division III Qualiciation tournament was held on 28 January 2007 in İzmit, Turkey.[3] The tournament consisted of a single game between Turkey and Bulgaria who were relegated to the qualification tournament after they finished fifth and sixth in the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III tournament.[2][3] Turkey won the game 3–2 in a shootout and qualified for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III tournament.[3]

28 January 2007
19:00		Turkey 3 – 2 GWS
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 BulgariaIzmit Ice Rink
Attendance: 200
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Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Spain 5 5 0 0 0 54 9 +45 15 Promoted to Division II for 2008
2  China 5 4 0 0 1 46 16 +30 12
3  Iceland 5 3 0 0 2 41 17 +24 9
4  New Zealand 5 2 0 0 3 30 25 +5 6
5  South Africa 5 1 0 0 4 11 53 −42 3
6  Turkey 5 0 0 0 5 6 68 −62 0
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

5 March 2007
13:00		South Africa 1–18
(0–9, 1–4, 0–5)		 SpainHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 101
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5 March 2007
16:30		China 11–2
(2–1, 5–0, 4–1)		 New ZealandHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 340
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5 March 2007
20:00		Iceland 16–1
(5–1, 4–0, 7–0)		 TurkeyHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 98
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6 March 2007
13:00		Spain 5–1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0)		 New ZealandHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 111
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6 March 2007
16:30		Turkey 0–15
(0–5, 0–5, 0–5)		 ChinaHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 121
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6 March 2007
20:00		Iceland 14–2
(4–0, 7–1, 3–1)		 South AfricaHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 134
8 March 2007
13:00		South Africa 1–9
(0–2, 1–4, 0–3)		 New ZealandHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 101
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8 March 2007
16:30		Iceland 3–6
(0–5, 1–0, 2–1)		 ChinaHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 456
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8 March 2007
20:00		Spain 16–0
(5–0, 6–0, 5–0)		 TurkeyHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 102
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9 March 2007
13:00		Turkey 2–5
(1–1, 0–1, 1–3)		 South AfricaHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 102
9 March 2007
16:30		New Zealand 2–5
(0–3, 0–1, 2–1)		 IcelandHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 156
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9 March 2007
20:00		China 4–9
(2–2, 1–4, 1–3)		 SpainHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 900
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11 March 2007
13:00		New Zealand 16–3
(2–0, 4–1, 10–2)		 TurkeyHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 102
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11 March 2007
16:30		South Africa 2–10
(0–5, 0–4, 2–1)		 ChinaHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 800
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11 March 2007
20:00		Spain 6–3
(0–1, 2–2, 4–0)		 IcelandHosa Skating Center
Attendance: 900
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Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[7]

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Spain Alejandro Pedraz 5 17 9 26 +22 29 F
Spain Juan Munoz 5 8 12 20 +18 12 F
Spain Adrian Betran 5 8 8 16 +24 2 F
New Zealand Martin James Lee 5 9 6 15 +10 16 F
China Li Zhengyu 5 8 6 14 +11 0 F
China Chen Ling 5 7 6 13 +7 16 F
Iceland Egill Thormodsson 5 7 5 12 +7 0 F
Iceland Thorsteinn Bjornsson 5 4 8 12 +7 2 F
New Zealand Christopher Eaden 5 6 4 10 +6 0 F
Iceland Petur Maack 5 6 4 10 +7 6 F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[8]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Spain Ander Alcaine 210:50 65 8 2.28 87.69 0
Iceland Aron Stefansson 259:04 99 15 3.47 84.85 0
China Han Pengfei 243:07 83 14 3.46 83.13 0
New Zealand Zak Nothling 200:12 99 17 5.09 82.83 0
South Africa Zayne Campbell-Hall 178:45 129 23 7.72 82.17 0

References

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