The 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey 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 was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Canada, led by tournament MVPHayley 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. 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. 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.
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
Goaltending leaders
Pos
Player
Country
TOI
GA
GAA
Sv%
SO
1
Christine Smestad
219:40
6
1.64
94.92
0
2
Azusa Nakaoku
180:00
2
0.67
94.59
2
3
Lolita Andrisevska
241:04
9
2.24
94.03
1
4
Petra Šmardová
163:59
7
2.56
88.89
0
5
Orane Leenders
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
Goaltending leaders
Pos
Player
Country
TOI
GA
GAA
Sv%
SO
1
Zuzana Tomčíková
300:00
3
0.60
96.77
3
2
Sandra Borschke
195:01
7
2.15
93.33
1
3
Hong Kum-sil
272:49
7
1.54
92.39
1
4
Helena Kysela
221:56
17
4.60
85.47
0
5
Chiara Traversa
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
Goaltending leaders
Pos
Player
Country
TOI
GA
GAA
Sv%
SO
1
Shin So-jung
185:43
13
4.20
92.97
0
2
Kristy Bruske
238:51
6
1.51
91.78
0
3
Monika Palotas
260:00
18
4.15
90.37
0
4
Kelly Herring
185:00
7
1.68
90.28
1
5
Kristen Schonwetter
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
