2007 IIHF Women's World Championship



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).

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.[1]  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.



Contents
[hide]  *1 Top Division  ==Top Division[edit] == ===Preliminary Round[edit] === ====Group A[edit] ==== All times local (GMT-6) ====Group B[edit] ==== All times local (GMT-6) ====Group C[edit] ==== All times local (GMT-6) ===Qualifying Round[edit] === ====Group D (1-3 Place)[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times local (GMT-6) ====Group E (4-6 Place)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times local (GMT-6) ===Consolation Round<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ====Group F (7-9 Place)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times local (GMT-6) <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;"> Kazakhstan will be demoted to Division I for the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships. ===Final Round<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ====Match for third place<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times local (GMT-6) ====Final<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times local (GMT-6) ==Division I<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The following teams took part in the Division I tournament, held from April 2, 2007 through April 8, 2007 in Nikkō, Japan: <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;"> Japan is promoted to the main tournament and  Denmark is demoted to Division II in the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships ==Division II<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The following teams took part in the Division II tournament, held from March 17, 2007 through March 23, 2007 in Pyongyang, North Korea. <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;"> Slovakia is promoted to Division I and  Slovenia is demoted to Division III in the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships ==Division III<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, held from March 5, 2007 through March 10, 2007 in Sheffield, England: <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;"> Australia is promoted to Division II and  South Africa is demoted to Division IV in the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships ==Division IV<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The following teams took part in the Division IV tournament, held from March 26, 2007 through April 1, 2007 in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania: <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;"> Croatia is promoted to Division III in the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships ==Awards and honors<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ===Directorate Awards<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ===All-Star team<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ===
 * 1.1 Preliminary Round
 * 1.1.1 Group A
 * 1.1.2 Group B
 * 1.1.3 Group C
 * 1.2 Qualifying Round
 * 1.2.1 Group D (1-3 Place)
 * 1.2.2 Group E (4-6 Place)
 * 1.3 Consolation Round
 * 1.3.1 Group F (7-9 Place)
 * 1.4 Final Round
 * 1.4.1 Match for third place
 * 1.4.2 Final
 * 2 Division I
 * 3 Division II
 * 4 Division III
 * 5 Division IV
 * 6 Awards and honors
 * 6.1 Directorate Awards
 * 6.2 All-Star team
 * 7 See also
 * 8 References
 * 9 External links
 * Goalie: Noora Raty, (Finland)
 * Defender: Molly Engstrom, (United States)
 * Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser, (Canada)
 * Most Valuable Player: Hayley Wickenheiser, (Canada)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]
 * Goaltender: Kim St. Pierre, (Canada)
 * Defender: Delaney Collins, (Canada)
 * Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
 * Forward: Natalie Darwitz, (United States)
 * Forward: Krissy Wendell, (United States)
 * Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser, (Canada) <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]