2007 IIHF Women's World Championship

2007 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	April 3 – April 10
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (9th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	118 (5.9 per match)
Attendance	119,231 (5,962 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Hayley Wickenheiser (14 points)
MVP	Hayley Wickenheiser
← 2005 2008 →

The 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 3, 2007 and April 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 10th event, and 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 five to one in the Gold Medal game. Following Sweden's historic Silver in the Olympics they captured their second world championship Bronze, blanking rival Finland one to nothing. 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.

Top Division

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
United States	2	2	0	0	0	18	1	6
China	2	1	0	0	1	8	9	3
Kazakhstan	2	0	0	0	2	0	16	0

All times local (GMT-6)

April 3, 2007 19:30

Kazakhstan

0–9

United States

Selkirk Recreation Complex

	Goals A. Ruggiero 02:40 (PP) K. Wendell 03:05 E. Lawler 08:20 (PP) C. Cahow 11:39 S. Parsons 15:22 G. Marvin 27:31 S. Parsons 29:24 J. Zaugg 41:47 J. Potter 54:14

April 4, 2007 19:30

China

7–0

Kazakhstan

Selkirk Recreation Complex

	Ma R. 05:54 Sun R. 19:01 (PP) Tang L. 22:43 Zhang B. 23:42 Jin F. 38:16 Su Z. 40:56 Sang H. 41:19 Goals

April 5, 2007 19:30

United States

9–1

China

Selkirk Recreation Complex

	K. King 00:27 K. Wendell 1:26 C. Cahow 4:02 (PP) E. Lawler 16:51 S. Parsons 30:18 (PP) M. Engstrom 31:31 (PP) N. Darwitz 36:54 N. Darwitz 54:49 (SH) J. Zaugg 56:11 Goals Sun R. 12:10 (SH)

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	2	2	0	0	0	17	0	6
Switzerland	2	1	0	0	1	1	9	3
Germany	2	0	0	0	2	0	9	0

All times local (GMT-6)

April 3, 2007 19:30

Switzerland

0–9

Canada

MTS Centre

	Goals D. Goyette 01:01 D. Goyette 07:14 H. Wickenheiser 11:10 (PP) K. Weatherston 16:41 (PP) C. Ouellette 39:24 (PP) K. Bechard 39:52 D. Goyette 50:55 K. Weatherston 52:32

April 4, 2007 19:30

Germany

0–1

Switzerland

MTS Centre

	Goals K. Lehmann 35:51 (PP)

April 5, 2007 19:30

Canada

8–0

Germany

MTS Centre

	J. Botterill 02:27 H. Wickenheiser 03:03 G. Kingsbury 22:40 H. Wickenheiser 36:20 H. Wickenheiser 40:54 J. Botterill 54:04 K. Weatherston 54:52 D. Goyette 55:51 Goals

Group C

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	2	1	1	0	0	5	0	5
Sweden	2	1	0	1	0	3	3	4
Russia	2	0	0	0	2	2	7	0

All times local (GMT-6)

April 3, 2007 16:00

Russia

2–3

Sweden

MTS Centre

	T. Burina 55:27 I. Gavrilova 58:37 (PP) Goals N. Jansson 05:07 (SH) P. Winberg 16:06 E. Holst 42:10

April 4, 2007 16:00

Finland

4–0

Russia

MTS Centre

	M. Pehkonen 06:42 K. Kovalainen 24:48 (PP) K. Riipi 43:05 N. Tallus 48:28 (PP) Goals

April 5, 2007 16:00

Sweden

0–1 (OT)

Finland

MTS Centre

	Goals S. Sirvio 61:32

Qualifying Round

Group D (1–3 Place)

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	2	1	1	0	0	10	4	5
United States	2	1	0	1	0	8	5	4
Finland	2	0	0	0	2	0	9	0

All times local (GMT-6)

April 7, 2007 15:30

United States

4–5 OT

Canada

MTS Centre

	J. Potter 07:49 K. Wendell 17:47 G. Marvin 26:52 N. Darwitz 31:06 (PP) Goals K. Bechard 01:21 S. Vaillancourt 23:21 (PP) H. Wickenheiser 32:23 G. Apps 34:57 H. Wickenheiser 70:00 (GWS)

April 8, 2007 19:30

Finland

0–4

United States

MTS Centre

	Goals N. Darwitz 09:53 K. Wendell 18:18 M. Engstrom 30:50 K. King 43:31

April 9, 2007 19:30

Canada

5–0

Finland

MTS Centre

	K. Bechard 10:25 T. Bonhomme 12:44 D. Goyette 17:15 H. Wickenheiser 29:45 G. Kingsbury 41:36 Goals

Group E (4–6 Place)

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	2	2	0	0	0	16	2	6
Switzerland	2	1	0	0	1	5	5	3
China	2	0	0	0	2	3	17	0

All times local (GMT-6)

April 7, 2007 19:30

China

1–5

Switzerland

MTS Centre

	Zhang B. 25:26 (PP) Goals L. Ruhnke 19:08 D. Diaz 32:27 (PP) C. Meier 38:16 S. Marty 53:09 L. Rhunke 53:44

April 8, 2007 15:30

Sweden

12–2

China

MTS Centre

	G. Andersson 02:54 K. Timglas 03:36 N. Jansson 21:10 T. Enström 21:39 M. Rooth 22:30 (PP) P. Winberg 24:43 (PP) D. Rundqvist 35:22 J. Elfsberg 40:11 J. Elfsberg 46:01 (PP) G. Andersson 48:08 M. Rooth 57:04 (PP) P. Winberg 57:13 Goals Sang H. 15:03 (PP) Sun R. 50:58

April 9, 2007 16:00

Switzerland

0–4

Sweden

MTS Centre

	Goals P. Winberg 15:45 M. Rooth 32:04 P. Winberg 45:22 K. Timglas 54:20

Consolation Round

Group F (7–9 Place)

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	2	2	0	0	0	11	1	6
Germany	2	1	0	0	1	4	4	3
Kazakhstan	2	0	0	0	2	0	10	0

All times local (GMT-6)

April 7, 2007 12:00

Kazakhstan

0–3

Germany

MTS Centre

	Goals F. Busch 04:57 (PP) A. Lanzl 11:59 (PP) B. Evers 45:32 (PP)

April 8, 2007 12:00

Russia

7–0

Kazakhstan

MTS Centre

	E. Smolentseva 22:07 E. Smolentseva 24:06 Svetlana Terentieva 25:46 I. Gavrilova 30:40 O. Semenets 31:35 I. Gavrilova 36:25 E. Smolentseva 48:40 Goals

April 9, 2007 12:00

Germany

1–4

Russia

MTS Centre

	Carina Spuhler 08:47 Goals E. Smolentseva 03:51 S. Trefilova 07:13 T. Burina 49:24 I. Gavrilova 59:12 (EN)

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

Final Round

Match for third place

All times local (GMT-6)

April 10, 2007 15:30

Finland

0–1

Sweden

MTS Centre

	Goals M. Rooth 42:37

Final

All times local (GMT-6)

April 10, 2007 19:30

Canada

5–1

United States

MTS Centre

	J. Botterill 20:58 J. Hefford 31:33 H. Wickenheiser 36:27 D. Goyette 49:22 S. Vaillancourt 57:06 Goals K. Wendell 50:08

Awards and Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada	5	8	6	14	+11	0
2	Krissy Wendell	United States	5	5	7	12	+5	8
3	Danielle Goyette	Canada	5	6	5	11	+10	0
4	Natalie Darwitz	United States	5	4	5	9	+6	6
5	Pernilla Winberg	Sweden	5	5	3	8	+8	8
6	Maria Rooth	Sweden	5	4	2	6	+5	4
7	Sarah Parsons	United States	5	3	3	6	+5	2
8	Erika Lawler	United States	5	2	4	6	+5	2
8	Sarah Vaillancourt	Canada	5	2	4	6	+6	4
10	Ilya Gavrilova	Russia	4	4	1	5	+7	2

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

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Kim St-Pierre	Canada	180:00	1	0.33	97.96	2
2	Kim Martin	Sweden	175:02	3	1.03	95.77	0
3	Jennifer Harß	Germany	123:55	2	0.97	95.65	1
4	Sara Grahn	Sweden	126:30	2	0.95	94.29	1
5	Noora Räty	Finland	301:32	10	1.99	93.15	2

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: 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:

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Japan	5	5	0	0	0	25	5	15
Latvia	5	3	0	1	1	13	9	10
France	5	1	1	2	1	10	17	7
Norway	5	2	0	0	3	8	9	6
Czech Republic	5	1	1	0	3	12	16	5
Denmark	5	0	1	0	4	5	17	2

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

02 April 2007

Norway

1–2

France

02 April 2007

Denmark

1–3

Czech Republic

02 April 2007

Latvia

2–5

Japan

03 April 2007

Czech Republic

1–3

Norway

03 April 2007

France

3–2 (OT)

Latvia

03 April 2007

Japan

4–1

Denmark

05 April 2007

Latvia

5–0

Denmark

05 April 2007

Czech Republic

5–4 (OT)

France

05 April 2007

Japan

3–0

Norway

07 April 2007

Czech Republic

1–2

Latvia

07 April 2007

Denmark

1–4

Norway

07 April 2007

France

0–7

Japan

08 April 2007

Norway

0–2

Latvia

08 April 2007

France

1–2 (OT)

Denmark

08 April 2007

Japan

6–2

Czech Republic

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Yurie Adachi	Japan	5	6	4	10	+7	4
2	Laila Stolte	Latvia	5	6	2	8	+2	8
2	Iveta Koka	Latvia	5	4	4	8	+5	2
4	Chiaki Yamanaka	Japan	5	1	7	8	+6	6
5	Ami Nakamura	Japan	5	4	3	7	+3	2
6	Shoko Nihonyanagi	Japan	5	2	4	6	+7	6
7	Eva Holesova	Czech Republic	5	4	1	5	−1	6
7	Simona Studentova	Czech Republic	5	4	1	5	+5	0
9	Inese Geca-Miljone	Latvia	5	3	2	5	+4	2
10	Yuki Togawa	Japan	5	3	1	4	+1	4

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

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Christine Smestad	Norway	219:40	6	1.64	94.92	0
2	Azusa Nakaoku	Japan	180:00	2	0.67	94.59	2
3	Lolita Andrisevska	Latvia	241:04	9	2.24	94.03	1
4	Petra Smardova	Czech Republic	163:59	7	2.56	88.89	0
5	Orane Leenders	France	246:04	15	3.66	85.44	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

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.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	5	5	0	0	0	25	3	15
Italy	5	2	2	0	1	14	15	10
North Korea	5	3	0	1	1	22	7	10
Austria	5	2	0	0	3	17	11	6
Netherlands	5	0	1	1	3	6	23	3
Slovenia	5	0	0	1	4	5	30	1

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

17 March 2007

North Korea

2–3 (OT)

Italy

17 March 2007

Netherlands

0–6

Austria

17 March 2007

Slovakia

8–0

Slovenia

18 March 2007

Italy

2–1

Austria

18 March 2007

Slovenia

2–3 (OT)

Netherlands

18 March 2007

Slovakia

4–1

North Korea

20 March 2007

Slovakia

4–0

Netherlands

20 March 2007

Italy

5–3

Slovenia

20 March 2007

North Korea

6–0

Austria

21 March 2007

Netherlands

3–4 (OT)

Italy

21 March 2007

Austria

2–3

Slovakia

21 March 2007

Slovenia

0–6

North Korea

23 March 2007

Austria

8–0

Slovenia

23 March 2007

Italy

0–6

Slovakia

23 March 2007

North Korea

7–0

Netherlands

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Denise Altmann	Austria	5	6	7	13	+8	0
2	Esther Kantor	Austria	5	3	6	9	+8	0
3	Petra Daňková	Slovakia	5	1	7	8	+10	4
4	Janka Čulíková	Slovakia	5	6	1	7	+10	6
5	Petra Jurčová	Slovakia	5	5	2	7	+8	2
6	Han Mi-song	North Korea	5	4	3	7	+7	2
7	Ri Sol-gyong	North Korea	5	3	4	7	+6	0
8	Sabina Florian	Italy	5	3	3	6	0	8
8	Jana Kapustová	Slovakia	5	3	3	6	+8	4
8	Martina Veličková	Slovakia	5	3	3	6	+6	4

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

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Zuzana Tomčíková	Slovakia	300:00	3	0.60	96.77	3
2	Sandra Borschke	Austria	195:01	7	2.15	93.33	1
3	Hong Kum-sil	North Korea	272:49	7	1.54	92.39	1
4	Helena Kysela	Netherlands	221:56	17	4.60	85.47	0
5	Chiara Traversa	Italy	185:00	9	2.92	85.25	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Division III

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

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Australia	5	4	1	0	0	41	9	14
Great Britain	5	4	0	1	0	57	8	13
Belgium	5	3	0	0	2	22	18	9
Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	22	19	6
South Korea	5	1	0	0	4	12	27	3
South Africa	5	0	0	0	5	4	77	0

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

05 March 2007

Belgium

4–2

South Korea

05 March 2007

South Africa

1–18

Australia

05 March 2007

Hungary

1–8

Great Britain

06 March 2007

South Korea

8–1

South Africa

06 March 2007

Belgium

5–0

Hungary

06 March 2007

Great Britain

5–6 (OT)

Australia

07 March 2007

Belgium

10–1

South Africa

07 March 2007

Hungary

1–3

Australia

07 March 2007

Great Britain

10–0

South Korea

09 March 2007

Australia

8–2

Belgium

09 March 2007

South Korea

2–6

Hungary

09 March 2007

South Africa

0–27

Great Britain

10 March 2007

Australia

6–0

South Korea

10 March 2007

Hungary

14–1

South Africa

10 March 2007

Great Britain

7–1

Belgium

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Debbie Palmer	Great Britain	5	7	10	17	+18	2
2	Laura Bryne	Great Britain	5	8	8	16	+16	8
3	Natasha Farrier	Australia	5	5	7	12	0	0
4	Nicola Bicknell	Great Britain	5	5	6	11	+17	0
4	Eleanor Maitland	Great Britain	5	5	6	11	+16	4
6	Hwangbo Young	South Korea	5	7	3	10	+5	6
7	Rylie Padjen	Australia	5	6	4	10	+9	2
7	Sara Verpoest	Belgium	5	6	4	10	0	0
9	Ramona Gagyor	Hungary	5	7	2	9	+4	8
10	Stephanie Boxall	Australia	5	5	4	5	+8	0

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

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Shin So-jung	South Korea	185:43	13	4.20	92.97	0
2	Kristy Bruske	Australia	238:51	6	1.51	91.78	0
3	Monika Palotas	Hungary	260:00	18	4.15	90.37	0
4	Kelly Herring	Great Britain	185:00	7	1.68	90.28	1
5	Kristen Schonwetter	Belgium	211:38	16	4.54	90.06	1

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

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:

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Croatia	5	5	0	0	0	41	6	15
Romania	5	4	0	0	1	44	12	12
New Zealand	5	3	0	0	2	45	9	9
Estonia	5	1	1	0	3	21	20	5
Iceland	5	1	0	1	3	17	23	4
Turkey	5	0	0	0	5	3	91	0

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

26 March 2007

Iceland

0–10

New Zealand

26 March 2007

Estonia

0–12

Croatia

26 March 2007

Romania

27–0

Turkey

27 March 2007

New Zealand

3–4

Croatia

27 March 2007

Turkey

1–14

Estonia

27 March 2007

Romania

5–2

Iceland

29 March 2007

New Zealand

19–0

Turkey

29 March 2007

Iceland

0–3

Croatia

29 March 2007

Romania

5–3

Estonia

30 March 2007

Turkey

1–12

Iceland

30 March 2007

Croatia

3–2

Romania

30 March 2007

Estonia

0–9

New Zealand

01 April 2007

Croatia

19–1

Turkey

01 April 2007

Iceland

3–4 (OT)

Estonia

01 April 2007

New Zealand

4–5

Romania

Awards and Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Diana Kruseljposavec	Croatia	5	25	2	27	+19	4
2	Magdolna Dobondi	Romania	5	7	10	17	+14	6
3	Ibolya Sandor	Romania	5	6	9	15	+15	6
4	Sanja Vickovic	Croatia	5	4	9	13	+13	6
5	Alyx Anderson	New Zealand	5	4	8	12	+11	0
6	Shiree Haslemore	New Zealand	5	8	3	11	+15	2
7	Irina Pana	Romania	5	7	4	11	+13	2
8	Hollie Anderson	New Zealand	5	6	5	11	+8	12
8	Casey Redman	New Zealand	5	6	5	11	+6	6
10	Megan Gilchrist	New Zealand	5	5	6	11	+15	6

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

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Lyndal Heineman	New Zealand	140:00	0	0.00	100.00	2
2	Petra Belobrk	Croatia	200:51	4	1.19	94.59	1
3	Beata Antal	Romania	172:44	7	2.43	91.25	0
4	Karitas Halldorsdottir	Iceland	160:00	14	5.25	87.61	0
5	Kaidi Ilves	Estonia	158:53	13	4.91	82.19	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards

• Goaltender: Beata Antal,  Romania
• Defenseman: Diana Kruseljposavec,  Croatia
• Forward: Shiree Haslemore,  New Zealand

Source: IIHF.com

See also

• 2007 in ice hockey

References

External links

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