2007 Karjala Tournament

2007 Karjala Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	8-11 November 2007
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	24 (4 per game)
Attendance	48,658 (8,110 per game)
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The 2007 Karjala Tournament took place from November 8-11, 2007. Five games were played in Finland and one was played in Sweden. Russia won the tournament before Sweden and the Czech Republic. The tournament was part of the 2007-08 Euro Hockey Tour.

Sweden opened the tournament in Jönköping, losing 1–3 against Russia. ^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	6	10	−4	3
4	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3

Source: flashscore ^[2]

Results

Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2) Jönköping – (Central European Time – UTC+1)
Source ^[3]

8 November 2007 18:15

Finland

2-3 (1-1, 0-0, 1-2)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,643

Game reference
	Antti Niemi	Goalies	Milan Hnilicka	Referee: Ulf Rönnmark Linesmen: Jussi Terho Mikko Kekäläinen
	0-1 02:35 – Petr Kumstát (Vaclav Skuhravý, Vladimir Sicák) (PP) 03:55 – Teemu Aalto (Jarkko Immonen) 1-1 1-2 40:41 – Tomas Rolinek (Leos Cermák, Josef Melichar) (PP) 50:09 – Janne Pesonen (Tommi Santala) 2-2 2-3 58:09 – Jan Marek (PEN)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	31	Shots	27

8 November 2007 19:30

Sweden

1-3 (1-2, 0-0, 0-1))

Russia

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 7,038

Game reference
	Stefan Liv	Goalies	Alexander Eremenko	Referee: Vladimir Sindler Linesmen: Christian Jönsson Johan Sjödahl
	0-1 06:49 – Sergei Zinoviev (Sergei Mozyakin, Vladimir Antipov) (PP) 11:18 – Kenny Jönsson (Fredrik Warg, Nils Ekman) 1-1 1-2 13:31 – Alexei Tereschenko (Fedor Fedorov, Dmitri Afanasenkov) 1-3 54:00 – Evgeni Medvedev (Aleksei Simakov, Fedor Fedorov)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	24

10 November 2007 14:15

Sweden

4-2 (1-0, 1-1, 2-1)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 7,105

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Tomas Duba	Referee: Jari Levonen Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Antti Orelma
	08:18 – Tony Mårtensson (Andreas Holmqvist, Rickard Wallin) (PP) 1-0 1-1 22:04 – Leos Cermák (Josef Straka, Josef Melichar) (PP) 33:57 – Andreas Holmqvist (Tony Mårtensson) 2-1 42:54 – Tony Mårtensson (Rickard Wallin, Andreas Holmqvist) 3-1 3-2 45:41 – Tomas Rolinek (Vaclav Varada, Jan Marek) (PP) 56:19 – Christian Berglund (Johan Andersson) 4-2
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	31

10 November 2007 18:15

Finland

2-1 (0-0, 1-0, 1-1)

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 11,702

Game reference
	Jussi Markkanen	Goalies	Dmitri Yachano	Referee: Ulf Rönnmark Linesmen: Mikko Kekäläinen Jouni Saukkonen
	27:54 – Antti Laaksonen (Toni Koivisto) 1-0 41:26 – Toni Koivisto 2-0 2-1 51:11 – Oleg Saprykin (Aleksei Simakov)
	14 min	Penalties	40 min
	26	Shots	33

11 November 2007 14:15

Russia

4-1 (1-0, 1-1, 2-0)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,159

Game reference
	Aleksandr Eremenko	Goalies	Milan Hnilicka	Referee: Sami Partanen Linesmen: Jouni Saukkonen Jussi Terho
	00:46 – Fedor Fedorov (Dmitri Afanasenkov) 1-0 20:38 – Vitaly Proshkin (Ilya Nikulin, Sergei Mozyakin) (PP) 2-0 2-1 36:57 – Zbynek Irgl (Filip Novák) 49:10 – Timofei Shishkanov (Ivan Nepryaev, Nikolaï Kulemin) 3-1 53:30 – Konstantin Korneev (Anton Kuryanov) (PP) 4-1
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	43

11 November 2007 18:15

Finland

0-1 (0-0, 0-0, 0-1)

Sweden

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 10,011

Game reference
	Jussi Markkanen	Goalies	Stefan Liv	Referee: Aleksandr Poliakov Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Antti Orelma
	0-1 43:43 – Nils Ekman (Linus Videll)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	26

Best players

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2007: ^[4]

• Best player: Andreas Holmqvist
• Best goalkeeper: Jussi Markkanen
• Best defenceman: Kenny Jönsson
• Best forward: Oleg Saprykin

Media All-Star Team:

• Goaltender: Jussi Markkanen
• Defence: Janne Niinimaa, Andreas Holmqvist
• Forwards: Tony Mårtensson, Jan Marek, Toni Koivisto

References

1. "Sveriges segerchans borta i Karjala" (in Swedish). Svenska dagbladet. 11 November 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
2. "Karjala 2007 Standings". eurohockey.com. flashscore. 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
3. "Karjala 2007 Matches". flashscore.com. flashscore. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
4. "Best players by position".

External links

• Tournament on hockeyarchives.info