See main article: 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.
| Tourney Name: | IIHF World U18 Championship Division I |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Country: | Slovenia |
| Country2: | Poland |
| Dates: | 6–12 April 2007 4–10 April 2007 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Type: | other |
| Prevseason: | 2006 |
| Nextseason: | 2008 |
The 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 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 Maribor, Slovenia and the Group B tournament took place 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 2008 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 2008.
The Group A tournament began on 6 April 2007 in Maribor, Slovenia.[1] Austria, France, Kazakhstan and Slovenia all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.[2] Italy gained promotion to Division I after finished first in last years Division II Group A tournament and Belarus was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[3] [4]
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.[1] Slovenia finished second after winning three of their five games and Kazakhstan finished in third place.[1] 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.[1] Andrey Yankov of Kazakhstan led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 0.903, and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate.[5] [6] Slovenia's Blaž Gregorc was named as top defenceman and Mikhail Stefanovich of Belarus was selected as top forward.[6] Stefanovich also was the tournaments leading scorer with twelve points including nine goals and three assists.[7]
All times local.
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[7]
| Player | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 12 | +4 | 16 | F | |
 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +2 | 8 | F | |
| | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +3 | 4 | F | |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +2 | 4 | F | ||
| | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 2 | F | |
| | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +6 | 0 | F | |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +3 | 0 | F | ||
| | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 2 | F | |
| | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 0 | F | |
| | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | +3 | 0 | F |
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.[5]
| Player | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 296:23 | 176 | 17 | 3.44 | 90.34 | 0 | |
| | 285:00 | 104 | 11 | 2.32 | 89.42 | 1 | |
 | 134:56 | 62 | 7 | 3.11 | 88.71 | 0 | |
| 241:28 | 136 | 16 | 3.98 | 88.24 | 0 | ||
| | 168:56 | 89 | 13 | 4.62 | 85.39 | 0 |
The Group B tournament began on 4 April 2007 in Sanok, Poland.[8] Denmark, Japan, Poland and Ukraine all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.[9] Great Britain gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group B tournament and Norway was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[3] [10]
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.[8] Japan finished second after losing only to Denmark and Norway finished in third place.[8] 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.[8] Mikkel Bødker of Denmark led the tournament in scoring, recording eleven points, and was named the tournament's most valuable player and top forward by the IIHF directorate.[11] [12] Japan's Takumi Kamikawa was named to goaltender and Oliver Lauridsen of Denmark was selected as top defenceman.[12] Denmark's Frederik Andersen was the tournament's leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.937.[13]
All times local.
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +6 | 4 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +5 | 6 | F | ||
 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +3 | 6 | F | |
| | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +5 | 4 | F | |
 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +2 | 4 | D | |
| | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –2 | 6 | D | |
| | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | F | |
| | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 12 | F | |
 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | –1 | 4 | F | |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 0 | F |
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.[13]
| Player | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240:00 | 79 | 5 | 1.25 | 93.67 | 0 | ||
| | 233:55 | 92 | 8 | 2.05 | 91.30 | 0 | |
 | 190:42 | 110 | 12 | 3.78 | 89.09 | 0 | |
 | 245:00 | 99 | 13 | 3.18 | 86.87 | 0 | |
| | 181:56 | 67 | 10 | 3.30 | 85.07 | 0 |