2007 IIHF Women's World Championship explained

Tourney Name:	IIHF Women's World Championship
Year:	2007
Size:	190px
Country:	Canada
Dates:	April 3–10, 2007
Num Teams:	9
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Type:	ihw
Winners:	Canada
Second:	USA
Third:	SWE
Fourth:	FIN
Count:	9
Games:	20
Goals:	118
Attendance:	119231
Points:	14
Mvp:	Hayley Wickenheiser
Nextseason:	2008

The 2007 IIHF Women's World Championships were held from April 3 to 10, 2007 in Winnipeg and Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada. There were no championships in 2006 due to the Torino Olympic tournament. Games were played at the MTS Centre and Selkirk Recreation Complex.

It was the tenth event, and it was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Canada, led by tournament MVP Hayley Wickenheiser, won its ninth world championship by defeating the USA 5–1 in the gold medal game. Following Sweden's historic Silver in the Olympics they captured their second world championship Bronze, blanking rival Finland 1–0. This championship stands as the only women's to have over one hundred thousand attendees.^[1]

In June 2006, the IIHF expanded Pool A from 8 to 9 teams, restoring Russia, which had been demoted to Division I after the 2005 event. The decision was made due to the success of the 9-team pool in the 2004 Championships.^[2] Because of this change, all teams demoted after the 2005 event were restored to their 2005 divisions for 2007. Three new countries entered the tournament for the first time in 2007.

Venues

Winnipeg and Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
Host Venue	Details
MTS Centre Canada Life Centre, 2010 (as MTS Centre)	Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Built: April 16, 2003 Opened: November 16, 2004 Formerly: MTS Centre and Bell MTS Place Renamed: Canada Life Centre Capacity: Ice Hockey: 15,321
Selkirk Recreation Complex	Location: Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada Opened: 1992 Capacity: Ice Hockey: 2,751

Top Division

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Qualifying round

Group D (1–3 Place)

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Group E (4–6 Place)

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Consolation round

Group F (7–9 Place)

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will be demoted to Division I for the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Final

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

width=30	Pos	width=150	Player	width=120	Country	width=20	GP	width=20	G	width=20	A	width=30	Pts	width=30	+/−	width=30	PIM
1			5	8	6	14	+11	0
2			5	5	7	12	+5	8
3			5	6	5	11	+10	0
4			5	4	5	9	+6	6
5			5	5	3	8	+8	8
6			5	4	2	6	+5	4
7			5	3	3	6	+5	2
8			5	2	4	6	+5	2
8			5	2	4	6	+6	4
10			4	4	1	5	+7	2

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

width=30	Pos	width=150	Player	width=120	Country	width=20	TOI	width=20	GA	width=20	GAA	width=20	Sv%	width=20	SO
1			180:00	1	0.33	97.96	2
2			175:02	3	1.03	95.77	0
3			123:55	2	0.97	95.65	1
4			126:30	2	0.95	94.29	1
5			301:32	10	1.99	93.15	2

Directorate Awards

• Goaltender

Noora Räty

• Defenceman

Molly Engstrom

• Forward

Hayley WickenheiserSource: IIHF.com

Media All-Stars

• Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre
• Defencemen: Angela Ruggiero, Delaney Collins
• Forwards: Krissy Wendell, Hayley Wickenheiser, Natalie Darwitz
• Most Valuable Player

Hayley WickenheiserSource: IIHF.com

Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament, held from April 2, 2007, through April 8, 2007 in Nikkō, Japan:

is promoted to the main tournament and is demoted to Division II in the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Statistics

Scoring leaders

width=30	Pos	width=150	Player	width=120	Country	width=20	GP	width=20	G	width=20	A	width=30	Pts	width=30	+/−	width=30	PIM
1			5	6	4	10	+7	4
2			5	6	2	8	+2	8
2			5	4	4	8	+5	2
4			5	1	7	8	+6	6
5			5	4	3	7	+3	2
6			5	2	4	6	+7	6
7			5	4	1	5	−1	6
7			5	4	1	5	+5	0
9			5	3	2	5	+4	2
10			5	3	1	4	+1	4

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

width=30	Pos	width=150	Player	width=120	Country	width=20	TOI	width=20	GA	width=20	GAA	width=20	Sv%	width=20	SO
1			219:40	6	1.64	94.92	0
2			180:00	2	0.67	94.59	2
3			241:04	9	2.24	94.03	1
4			163:59	7	2.56	88.89	0
5			246:04	15	3.66	85.44	0

Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament, held from March 17, 2007, through March 23, 2007 in Pyongyang, North Korea.

is promoted to Division I and is demoted to Division III in the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Statistics

Scoring leaders

width=30	Pos	width=150	Player	width=120	Country	width=20	GP	width=20	G	width=20	A	width=30	Pts	width=30	+/−	width=30	PIM
1			5	6	7	13	+8	0
2			5	3	6	9	+8	0
3			5	1	7	8	+10	4
4			5	6	1	7	+10	6
5			5	5	2	7	+8	2
6			5	4	3	7	+7	2
7			5	3	4	7	+6	0
8			5	3	3	6	0	8
8			5	3	3	6	+8	4
8			5	3	3	6	+6	4

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

width=30	Pos	width=150	Player	width=120	Country	width=20	TOI	width=20	GA	width=20	GAA	width=20	Sv%	width=20	SO
1			300:00	3	0.60	96.77	3
2			195:01	7	2.15	93.33	1
3			272:49	7	1.54	92.39	1
4			221:56	17	4.60	85.47	0
5			185:00	9	2.92	85.25	0

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, held from March 5, 2007, through March 10, 2007 in Sheffield, England:

is promoted to Division II and is demoted to Division IV in the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Statistics

Scoring leaders

width=30	Pos	width=150	Player	width=120	Country	width=20	GP	width=20	G	width=20	A	width=30	Pts	width=30	+/−	width=30	PIM
1			5	7	10	17	+18	2
2			5	8	8	16	+16	8
3			5	5	7	12	0	0
4			5	5	6	11	+17	0
4			5	5	6	11	+16	4
6			5	7	3	10	+5	6
7			5	6	4	10	+9	2
7			5	6	4	10	0	0
9			5	7	2	9	+4	8
10			5	5	4	5	+8	0

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

width=30	Pos	width=150	Player	width=120	Country	width=20	TOI	width=20	GA	width=20	GAA	width=20	Sv%	width=20	SO
1			185:43	13	4.20	92.97	0
2			238:51	6	1.51	91.78	0
3			260:00	18	4.15	90.37	0
4			185:00	7	1.68	90.28	1
5			211:38	16	4.54	90.06	1

Division IV

The following teams took part in the Division IV tournament, held from March 26, 2007, through April 1, 2007 in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania:

is promoted to Division III in the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

width=30	Pos	width=150	Player	width=120	Country	width=20	GP	width=20	G	width=20	A	width=30	Pts	width=30	+/−	width=30	PIM
1			5	25	2	27	+19	4
2			5	7	10	17	+14	6
3			5	6	9	15	+15	6
4			5	4	9	13	+13	6
5			5	4	8	12	+11	0
6			5	8	3	11	+15	2
7			5	7	4	11	+13	2
8			5	6	5	11	+8	12
8			5	6	5	11	+6	6
10			5	5	6	11	+15	6

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

width=30	Pos	width=150	Player	width=120	Country	width=20	TOI	width=20	GA	width=20	GAA	width=20	Sv%	width=20	SO
1			140:00	0	0.00	100.00	2
2			200:51	4	1.19	94.59	1
3			172:44	7	2.43	91.25	0
4			160:00	14	5.25	87.61	0
5			158:53	13	4.91	82.19	0

Directorate Awards

• Goaltender: Beata Antal,
• Defenseman: Diana Kruseljposavec,
• Forward: Shiree Haslemore,

Source: IIHF.com

See also

• 2007 in ice hockey

External links

• IIHF Official Site
• Complete results
• Book: Duplacey, James . Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League . 1998 . Total Sports . 0-8362-7114-9 . 498–528 . registration .
• Book: Podnieks, Andrew . IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 . 2010 . Moydart Press . 26–7, 29, 234–5.
• IIHF results index for 2007

Notes and References

1. Podnieks p. 26
2. News: The IIHF Annual Congress made the following decisions in Riga during its session on May 19 . 17 February 2019 . 4 . . June 2006 . 10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227024707/http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/The_IIHF/IceTimes_10_4.pdf . 27 February 2014 . 2.