2007 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Qualification
The IIHF U18 Women's Hockey Tournament 2007 (English Women U18 Invitational Tournaments/U18-Frauen-Einladungsturniere ) were three, carried out in the international break in February 2007, Ms. Hockey Tournaments of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF for juniors under 18.
The tournaments should be a test of how much interest the IIHF associations would be at an Ice Hockey World Championship for Junior Women, particularly in Europe. The experience of the tournaments and their organization should therefore the IIHF Council help to decide whether in 2008 for the first time should take place a woman Hockey World Championship for Junior Women. At the annual meeting of the IIHF in May 2007 in Moscow, a positive decision has been taken in this regard so that the tournaments are considered as qualifying for the Under-18 Junior World Championship 2008 2007.
- 3.1 Group A
- 3.2 Group B
- 3.3 Group C
Participant
As the North American associations are set automatically for the World Cup, the tournament took place exclusively between European teams as well as the Asian representatives from Japan and Kazakhstan.
Mode
At the three invitation tournaments attended a total of twelve nations, with all three tournaments were equal. In the U18 Junior World Championship 2008, the six first-and second-placed these tournaments are the World Cup group along with Canada and the United States. Since the 2008 IIHF still no official Division I tournament conducted by the respective third and fourth place were not qualified for an IIHF tournament in 2008.
Venues
Qualifiers
Group A
The tournament Group A took place between the 9th and 11th February 2007 at the Finnish Vierumaeki. It was played in the Versowood Areena. The Finnish team sat down with three wins through as group winners. Behind the Switzerland took second place, as the team won in spite of a tie with Japan the direct duel. Besides Japan, the Netherlands missed the qualification.
Group B
The tournament Group B took place between the 9th and 11th February 2007 at the Czech Nymburk. It was played in Zimni Stadion. The Swedish team sat down with three wins through as group winners. Behind occupied host Czech Republic in second place. Austria and Kazakhstan missed the qualification.
Group C
The tournament in Group C took place between the 16th and 18th February 2007 at the German town of Bad Tölz. It was played in the Hacker-Pschorr Arena. The German team sat down with three commanding victories through as group winners. Behind Russia finished second. Slovakia and France missed the qualification.
Qualifiers
The three group winners and runners-up qualify ultimately for the first time organized World Championship U18 junior women. In addition, the two North American teams were made up of Canada and the United States by the IIHF. Thus, the number of participants from eight teams has been reached.