2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands on 9–11 February 2007. The Championships were three-day allround events, with the skaters completing four distances before the final championship standings are determined based on the samalog system. The organising body, the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond (KNSB), celebrated its 125-year anniversary with full stands on all three days.


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Athletes from the host country, the Netherlands, won both the men's and the women's event; Sven Kramer set a world record on the men's 10,000 metres on his way to the European and World Allround double, while Ireen Wüst won by nearly two points after being narrowly beaten by Martina Sáblíková at the European Championships. For the first time since 1979, the male and female World Champion came from the same country.


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Defending champion Shani Davis finished sixth after losing time on the two longest distances, while former sprint World Champion Erben Wennemars debuted at the World Allround Championships with a fifth place. Last year's female champion, Cindy Klassen, finished third, a quarter of a point behind Anni Friesinger, who did not compete in 2006.


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, 500 m
World Championships debutant Wennemars won from the last pair, just ahead of Morrison (silver in 2006) and Davis (gold in 2006). European Champion Kramer, who won the bronze medal in 2006, finished fifth, more than a second closer to the lead than in 2006, after setting a new personal best time of 36.41. From the fourth of twelve pairs, 2004 champion Hedrick took the lead with his time of 36.77, but still finished twelfth, nine places down from 2006.


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, 5000 m
In 2006, Kramer had won this distance by a hundredth of a second over Hedrick, and half a second over fourth-placed Davis. Now, Kramer was dominant, clocking a time which Verheijen in the final pair could only come within four seconds of. Davis finished 14 seconds adrift, falling down to third in the overall standings after the first day, while Fabris in second had also lost to Kramer compared to 2006. Ervik, distance fifth in 2006 only a couple of seconds behind Kramer, opened at 1500-metre pace and slowed down considerably, falling all the way down to ninth.


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, 1500 m
This became Kramer's weakest distance of the championship, weak enough to allow Fabris to catch up in the overall standings before the final distance. The distance between the two before the final distance was 1.26 seconds, half a second more than in Collalbo. Kramer and Fabris skated in the last pair; before that, Wennemars had set a track record with 1:45.19 in the tenth pair.


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, 1500 m
Davis finished fourth, three places down compared to Calgary, and needed to beat Wennemars on the 10,000 to take bronze - while also keeping Verheijen within 12 seconds, though Verheijen had beaten Davis by ten seconds over the half-distance. Hedrick's thirteenth place meant he was not good enough to qualify for the final distance, but his win over Canadian Justin Warsylewicz in the allround total, however, kept Warsylewicz out of the final distance.


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, 10000 m
In the final pair, Kramer, who set a world record at the 2006 Championship, now bettered that world record by a second to become the first to skate 10 km below 12:50. Kramer only required to skate 13:12 to become world champion, but in the final pair he and Verheijen were in a class of their own. Verheijen beat Fabris by 15 seconds, but needed to beat him by 19 seconds to take the silver medal, thus the allround podium was identical to that at the European Championships. Ervik finished on the podium on the 10,000 metres for the first time in any race this season, but did not advance significantly in the final standings.


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women championships, 500 m
Friesinger, the three-time gold medallist from the World Championships, turned up for the first time since 2005 and did so by winning the first distance, just like in 2005 when she won all four distances. With 38.44, Wüst got her best 500 metre performance at a World Championships, while defending champion Klassen, who had then beaten all opponents by over a second at this distance, finished third.


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women championships, 1500 m
Wüst finished only a couple of hundredths of a second behind her personal best from Calgary, and beat Friesinger by more than a second, though she was alone in the ninth pair after the scheduled pairmate Groenewold withdrew with illness. Wüst's race was the fastest time ever skated in Europe. In the tenth pair, defending champion Klassen lost eight tenths of a second to Friesinger in the opening 300 metres, which she never regained, even finishing behind compatriot Nesbitt. European Champion Sáblíková finished 11th, trailing by more than four points in the overall standings, which was two points more than she had managed at the European Championships.


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women championships, 3000 m
In the allround standings, Wüst faced Friesinger in the final pair, with a significant advantage of more than half a point before the distance. Wüst started quicker, and skated away from Friesinger on every lap, eventually finishing 3.8 seconds ahead to have more than a point in the overall classification. Only two of Wüst's laps were above 32 seconds. Klassen came in third on this distance, too, and trailed Friesinger by half a point in the fight for silver, however, the distance to any other medal contender was more than a point. Sáblíková, who won the distance at the European Championships, now skated slightly slower than in Collalbo, and her time from the sixth pair was beaten in the ninth pair by Paulien van Deutekom, who had finished tenth at the European Championships.


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women championships, 5000 m
Wüst became the youngest world allround women's champion since Karin Busch won in Inzell in 1982, after another win over Friesinger, her third in two days. The second pair saw both the winner and the runner-up on the distance, with Sábliková skating the fastest time ever in Europe, defeating the three-time Olympic gold medallist on the distance, Pechstein, by more than ten seconds. Pechstein still finished second, while Wüst took third place after a much more consistent race than in Collalbo. Friesinger finished poorly, ending in ninth place, but still beating Klassen by 2.4 seconds in the fight for the silver medal.


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified


2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:


2007 World Aquatics Championships
The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (diving and water polo), St Kilda Beach (open water), and Rod Laver Arena in a temporary pool christened the Susie O'Neill Pool (synchro and swimming).


2007 World Aquatics Championships
A total of 2,158 athletes from 167 nations participated in the 2007 championships. The total number of spectators was more than 215,000, setting a new record attendance for the event. FINA President Mustapha Larfaoui described the competition as "the biggest and best in history."


2007 World Aquatics Championships, Medals table
At the end of the competition, the medals table contained an entry for Tunisia, with one gold and one silver medal, both won by Oussama Mellouli. However, on 11 September 2007, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland vacated these results imposing an 18-month competition ban on Mellouli, effective retroactively to 30 October 2006 for doping with amphetamine.


2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Swimming
The Swimming competition comprised various events using all four strokes (Freestyle, Butterfly, Breaststroke and Backstroke) for men and women ranging in distance from 50 m up to 1500 m.


2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Swimming
A total of 40 gold medals were available for the Championships. The swimming schedule took place over eight days during the second week of the Championships.


2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Swimming
The Swimming events were held at the 15,000-seat Rod Laver Arena using a temporary pool.


2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Open water swimming
The open water swimming competition saw men and women competing in events over 5 km, 10 km and 25 km distances. Events were held at St Kilda Beach.


2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Synchronised swimming
The synchronised swimming competition featured a solo, a duet, and a team competition. There was also a combination routine, consisting of a mixture of the solo, duet and team routine. Events were held at the 15,000-seat Rod Laver Arena using a temporary pool.


2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Diving
The diving competition saw athletes competing for 10 gold medals. Athletes contested the 1 m and 3 m Springboard events, as well as the 10 m Platform as individuals. There were 3 m and 10 m synchronised events for men and women competing as a team. Events were held at the indoor diving pool at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.


2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Water polo
The water polo competition featured 16 men's teams and 16 women's teams. For each of the two tournaments, a round robin competition took place in four divisions, each with four teams, with the two highest placed teams moving through the medal rounds.


2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Water polo
The water polo tournaments were held at the 9,000-seat outdoor pool at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, which was constructed for the 2006 Commonwealth Games swimming competition.


2007 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Water polo
The water polo competition also served as the qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.


2007 World Aquatics Championships, Bidding process
Melbourne was awarded the right to host the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships by the FINA Bureau in Barcelona, Spain on 12 July 2003. Melbourne's bid defeated the bid by Dubai, UAE by a vote of 15 to 6.


2007 World Archery Championships
The 2007 World Archery Championships was the 44th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Leipzig from 7–15 July 2007 and was organized by International Archery Federation (FITA).


2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Compound
The men's individual compound competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place in July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 139 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying FITA round, the top 128 archers qualified for the 7-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 15 July.


2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve
The men's individual recurve competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place in July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 173 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying FITA round, the top 128 archers qualified for the 7-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 15 July.


2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve
The competition doubled as qualification for the 2008 Olympic competition.


2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Compound
The men's team compound competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place from July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 40 teams of 3 archers took part in the men's compound qualification round, and the 16 teams with the highest cumulative totals qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 14 July.


2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Compound, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve
The men's team recurve competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place from July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 50 teams of 3 archers took part in the men's recurve qualification round, and the 16 teams with the highest cumulative totals qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 14 July.


2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve
South Korea set a 24 arrow men's team world record in the semi-finals with 231, beating the previous record by China  of 229, in 2006.


2007 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Compound
The women's individual compound competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place in July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 73 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying FITA round, the archers were placed into a 7-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores, with the top 55 qualifiers receiving a bye to the second round. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 15 July.


2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Recurve
The women's individual recurve competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place in July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 144 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying FITA round, the top 128 archers qualified for the 7-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 15 July.


2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Recurve
The competition doubled as qualification for the 2008 Olympic competition. Natalia Valeeva was the first non-Korean champion since her previous Championship victory, representing Moldova, in 1995.


2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Compound
The women's team compound competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place in July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 18 teams of three archers took part in the women's compound qualification round, and the 16 teams with the highest cumulative totals qualified for the four-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 14 July.


2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Compound
Belgium were the surprise winners of the tournament, knocking out Russia and France before defeating Italy in the final. Top qualifiers the United States set a 24-arrow world record of 232 in their quarter-final round against Germany.


2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Compound, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Recurve
The women's team recurve competition at the 2007 World Archery Championships took place from July 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. 38 teams of 3 archers took part in the women's recurve qualification round, and the 16 teams with the highest cumulative totals qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 14 July.


2007 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Recurve, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, from 1 to 9 September 2007.


2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Team all-around, Vault incident
During the team finals, Russian team member Ekaterina Kramarenko balked on her vault attempt as a result of being off-step. To avoid injury, she did not perform her vault and slowed down before she hit the apparatus, stepping onto the springboard and touching the vault table. Thinking she would be able to perform another vault, Kramarenko walked back down the runway but was escorted off the floor. The judges immediately gave her a score of "0", which was counted as one of three scores for the team's vaulting apparatus.


2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Team all-around, Vault incident
This score was assigned in observation of section 8.1 of the WAG Code of Points, which states that a gymnast is not allowed a second attempt if she has touched the springboard or vault itself in any way on her first attempt, and with which coaches and gymnasts are expected to be familiar.


2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Team all-around, Vault incident
The Russian team petitioned that Kramarenko's qualification score of 13.725 be able to carry over as a mock-compulsory score, but were refused. In another petition to have Russian team members Yulia Lozhechko and Elena Zamolodchikova's vaulting scores averaged and then counted, Russia was again refused. When asked to comment on the incident, Russian coach Andrei Rodionenko explained, "Nobody knows what happened, it was a shock for everyone."


2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Team all-around, Vault incident
Any team that scratched on vault would have immediately finished last in the competition, whether it be in first or last rotation.


2007 World Championships in Athletics
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, (Japanese: 2007年世界陸上競技選手権大会) under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federations entered a total of 1,978 athletes, the greatest number of competitors at any World Championships to date. Sarah Brightman, the world's best-selling soprano, performed her single Running at the opening ceremony.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Bidding process
Having bid unsuccessfully to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, Osaka was one of three cities to express an interest in hosting the 2007 World Championships alongside Budapest, Hungary and Berlin, Germany. By the IAAF's October 1, 2002 deadline, Budapest and Berlin had both withdrawn their bids, and Osaka was announced as the host city on November 15, 2002 as the sole remaining candidate. Berlin later bid successfully for the 2009 World Championships.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Doping concerns
The IAAF stepped up its "war on doping" at the Osaka games, and for the first time, the number of drug tests exceeded 1,000. The IAAF lobbied the World Anti- Doping Agency to adopt stiffer penalties for first-time doping offences in WADA's code of practice. Before the Championships, former Olympic champion Ed Moses had voiced concerns about the extent of doping in the sport, and had even predicted that a medallist at the event would be found to have taken a banned substance.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Doping concerns
Despite these fears, the IAAF announced that only one of the samples taken over the course of the Championships was "suspicious" and required more examination. The governing body refused to elaborate further until more was known, but the French hurdler Naman Keïta admitted to having failed a drug test. The IAAF later confirmed that Keïta had tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition test at a training camp, and labelled the World Championships 'drug-free'.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Weather conditions
The Championships were held during an unseasonably hot summer in Japan, in contrast to the cool, wet and windy conditions of Helsinki two years earlier. Temperatures earlier in the month had reached 40 °C (104 °F), killing several people. Temperatures had eased somewhat by the start of the event, but with early-morning temperatures around 30 °C and humidity high, the IAAF maintained a colour-coded advisory scale warning of the risk of heat stroke. Casualties of the heat were not as high as initially feared, but dozens of athletes failed to finish the walks and marathons and a few did require medical treatment. Some athletes in shorter events blamed poor performances on the difficult conditions.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Attendance
Concerns had been raised in the week running up to the Championships about the low level of ticket sales - only 46% of seats had been filled by August 20. The Nagai Stadium was less than half full for the opening ceremony, and there were around 15,000 empty seats on the night of the men's 100 m final. A number of reasons were cited for the poor attendance, including high ticket prices (especially since the streets were lined during the marathons), the hot weather and the disappointing performance of the Japanese team. IAAF vice-president Sebastian Coe also suggested that the length of the Championships may have to be shortened in future to sustain the public's interest.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances
Despite no world records being broken, the Championships saw a number of significant personal and team achievements. The United States dominated the overall standings ahead of Kenya and Russia, equalling its best ever medal haul (first achieved in 1991) with 26, fourteen of them golds. The U.S. also set another Championship first by triumphing in all four relay races.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances
These accomplishments were highlighted by three individual performances: Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix collected three gold medals each (Gay in the 100 and 200 metres and the 4 × 100 m relay, Felix in the 200 m and the two women's relays), a feat previously achieved only by Marita Koch, Carl Lewis and Maurice Greene; while Kenyan-born Bernard Lagat became the first man to win both the 1500 and 5000 m titles at the same World Championships.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances
Perhaps the most unlikely American medal came from 110 m hurdler David Payne, who as first alternate had not travelled to Osaka with the rest of the team. After Dominique Arnold withdrew from the event with an injury, Payne only arrived in Japan the night before the heats, and proceeded to move through the rounds before taking bronze with a personal best.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances
Amongst prominent European successes were Swede Carolina Klüft's third consecutive world heptathlon title with a European record score, the victory of 39-year-old German Franka Dietzsch in the discus, which made her the second-oldest world champion ever and Nelson Évora's win in the triple jump, beating world-leading Brazilian Jadel Gregorio and defending champion Walter Davis.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances
Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain and Northern Ireland claimed a surprise gold in the women's 400 metres, less than a month after the expiry of a year-long ban imposed for missing three drug tests, while high jumper Kyriakos Ioannou claimed the first ever medal for Cyprus in a World Championships. Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva just missed out on an unprecedented long jump/triple jump double, but still ended up with a gold and a silver medal.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances
African countries were typically well represented in the middle and long-distance events, with Kenyans claiming both the men's and women's marathon titles and Ethiopia winning three golds.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances
Chinese athlete Liu Xiang, the only sprinter of non-African origin to clock sub-13 second 110m hurdles, took the gold medal at this event with a time of 12.95 seconds.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances
World Record Holders for the 20 km Walk, Jefferson Pérez, and 50 km Walk, Nathan Deakes, both won their respective events, confirming their dominance of the event. In Perez's case, this was his third World Championship Gold Medal in a row.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances
Host nation Japan gained its only medal on the final day with a bronze for Reiko Tosa in the women's marathon.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Major themes, Notable performances
Japanese athlete is carried away after the 50 km walk.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Women's results, Track
In August 2015, the Turkish Athletics Federation confirmed that an anti-doping test taken from Abeylegesse during the 2007 World Championships in Athletics had been retested and found to be positive for a controlled substance, and that the athlete had been temporarily suspended pending retesting of her 'B-sample'. The IAAF confirmed the finding, and expunged the records of Abeylegesse, on 29 March 2017. Goucher and Pavey were promoted to silver and bronze respectively, with the ceremony taking place ten years later.


2007 World Championships in Athletics, Broadcasting
The broadcasters of the 2007 IAAF World Championships were as follows:


2007 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards
Qualifying standards for the 2007 World Championships in Athletics can be found here -


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The Men's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 27 August 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres, Records
Prior to the competition, the following world and championship records were as follows.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
The 100 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on August 25 and August 26.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Quarterfinals
First 4 of each Heat directly qualified (Q) for the Semifinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each Heat directly qualified (Q) for the Final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from August 29 to August 31.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 9 fastest (q) advance to the semi-finals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Semi-finals
Qualification: First 2 in each semi-final (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 25, 27 and 29 August.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 6 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals
Note: Mehdi Baala originally won the spot in the final but was later disqualified for causing a collision during his race. Additional spots in the final were awarded to Juan Carlos Higuero and Youssef Baba who suffered in that collision.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The event saw some controversy as Paquillo Fernández, who finished second after overtaking Hatem Ghoula in the final straight, was disqualified after the race for lifting. However, following an appeal by the Spanish team the same day, video evidence was examined and Fernández was found to have walked in compliance with the rules. He was thus re-awarded the silver medal.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
Jefferson Pérez became the first race walker to win three World Championship gold medals. Also, Fernández won his third consecutive silver medal. Hatem Ghoula became the first African race walker to win a World Championship medal.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
These are the official results of the men's 200 metres event at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 49 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday August 30. This event is notable for being one of the two solo World Championship events in which Usain Bolt has been beaten as of July 2017, the other event being men's 200 metres in 2005 World Championships.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 8 fastest(q) advance to the quarterfinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Quarterfinals
Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q)  advance to the semifinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (heats) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 31 August and 1 September.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Medalists
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
The first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 1 and 2 September.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 28, 29 and 31 August.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 25, 26 and 28 August.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 1 September 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30 August and 2 September.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30, 31 August and 2 September.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium, Osaka, on Friday, 31 August, and Saturday, 1 September.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (qualification) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 25 August 2007 (qualification) and 27 August 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
The Men's High Jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 27, 2007 (qualification), and August 29, 2007 (final), at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 (qualification round) and 2 September 2007 (final round) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 36 competing athletes from 22 countries.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw, Final
Field reduced to top eight are three throws, with top eight entitled to a further three attempts.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The Men's Long Jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 34 competing athletes from 25 countries.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
The men's marathon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan. The weather conditions were difficult, with 28 degrees C (82 °F) and 72 per cent humidity at the start of the race. The temperature rose to 30 degrees C (86 °F) towards the end of the race, and many competitors failed to finish the race.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 30, 2007 (qualification) and 1 September 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
In 2013 it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich, the original bronze medalist, tested positive for a prohibited substance at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 on were annulled.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 (qualification) and August 27, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 25 August 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
In August 2015, the Turkish Athletic Federation confirmed that an anti-doping test sample collected from Elvan Abeylegesse during these World Championships had been retested and found to be positive for a controlled substance and that the athlete had been temporarily suspended pending retesting of her "B-sample". On 29 March 2017, the International Association of Athletics Federations confirmed the positive test and expunged her results from 25 August 2007 until 25 August 2009.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
These are the official results of the women's 100 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 74 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats and the final held on Monday August 27.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 of each Heat qualifies (Q) plus the 8 fastest non-direct qualifiers (q) reached the Quarterfinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Quarterfinals
First 4 of each Quarterfinal qualified (Q) for the Semifinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal qualified (Q) for the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from August 27 to August 29.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Summary
Bursting from the blocks in the final, Susanna Kallur took a narrow lead over the first hurdle slightly ahead of defending champion Michelle Perry. Over the next two hurdles, Kallur established a half metre gap on Perry, with returning silver medalist Delloreen Ennis-London almost matching Perry. After the fifth hurdle, Ennis-London started to spend more time in the air over the hurdles, losing ground. Virginia Powell and 2003 champion Perdita Felicien were gaining to award challenging Perry for second place. After the sixth hurdle, Kallur's lead began to shrink.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Summary
By the ninth hurdle, the lead was gone, with Felicien holding a slight advantage over a wall of Powell, Perry, Kallur and Ennis-London. Going in to the tenth hurdle, Powell and Ennis-London lost a little ground while Perry, Kallur and Felicien were virtually even coming off the final hurdle. Two metres early, Perry began to lean, listing to her left  with arms stretched back as in aerodynamic ski jumping form. She crossed the finish line a foot (30 cm) ahead of Felicien who was even less ahead of a virtual tie between Ennis-London and Kallur, with Ennis-London getting the knod for bronze.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semi-finals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semi-finals
Qualification: First 4 in each semi-final (Q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 29, 31 August and 2 September.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Medalists
Note. The silver medal was originally won by Yelena Soboleva of Russia but she was eventually stripped off after being banned for manipulating drug samples..


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Note: Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally advanced to the semifinals but were later retrospectively disqualified.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 5 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals
Note: Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally advanced to the final but were later retrospectively disqualified.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
The Women's 20 km Race Walk event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 29–31 August (final) at the Nagai Stadium.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
Having ran the fastest time in the world this year Allyson Felix entered as the favorite to retain her World Championship title. Her rival Veronica Campbell-Brown was her only threat from retaining her title.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
In the final both Felix and Campbell-Brown shot out of the blocks like rockets, matching each other stride for stride, it was a bloody battle for the gold medal position. Coming into the straight, at the midpoint of the race, Veronica seemed to have a slight advantage over Allyson. Then Felix produced a display of speed and strength endurance that was simply astonishing, pulling away from the reigning olympic champion to win by a five metre margin. Veronica and Susanthika Jayasinghe took second and third place respectively.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
At just 19 years old Felix ran under 22 seconds for the first time, winning in 21.81 seconds (the only athlete to run under 22 seconds for this race) - this being the time of the Century at the time. Felix wrote herself into history and gave the world a glimpse of what was to come and would go on to be : one of the best track and field athletes in history - the most decorated track and field athlete ever!


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 (heats) and August 27, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The first four of each heat (Q) plus the three fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan on 1 September.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Medalists
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
The first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 1 and 2 September.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 26, 27 and 29 August.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 in each semifinal(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 27, 28 and 30 August.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 29 August and 1 September.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 25, 26  and 28 August.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 27, 2007 (qualification) and August 29, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 28, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification standard was set at 71.00 metres.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place from August 25-26, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The competition is notable for having the highest number of competitors (39) in the World Championships history.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 (qualification) and 2 September 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 31, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 27, 2007 (qualification) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
The women's marathon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 2 September 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (qualification) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.


2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 31, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The athletes originally in third and fourth place (Hrysopiyi Devetzi of Greece and Anna Pyatykh of Russia) were retrospectively disqualified due to doping. Slovenia's Marija Šestak, originally fifth, was upgraded to the bronze medal as a result.


2007 World Club Challenge
The 2007 Carnegie World Club Challenge was played between Super League XI champions, St. Helens and 2006 National Rugby League premiers, the Brisbane Broncos. It was a replay of the 2001 World Club Challenge, and both clubs' fifth WCC appearance. The match was played on the night of 23 February at Reebok Stadium, Bolton before a crowd of 23,207.


2007 World Club Challenge, Background, Brisbane Broncos
On 1 October 2006 the Brisbane Broncos clinched the 2006 National Rugby League title in a 15 - 8 defeat of Melbourne Storm to earn a place in the new year's World Club Challenge. Already the leading Australian club in number of Challenge appearances, 2007's match would make it the 4th time Brisbane would travel to England for the match (they also hosted the World Club challenge in 1994, making it a total of 5 appearances.


2007 World Club Challenge, Background, St Helens
On 14 October 2006 St Helens qualified for the Challenge after being crowned the 2006 Super League champions, defeating Hull F.C. 26 - 4 in the Grand Final. They went into the match against the Broncos on the back of consecutive defeats in the early rounds of the 2007 Super League XII season.


2007 World Club Challenge, Pre-match
Brisbane arrived in the United Kingdom with just an 18-man squad for two scheduled matches, the World Club Challenge and a warm-up game. Brisbane played their warm-up match against National League Two side Celtic Crusaders at the Brewery Field in Bridgend on 15 February 2007, eight days before the world title contest. The warm-up watch was titled the Bulmers Original Cider Challenge. During the match, Brisbane players wore a new type of playing kit that allowed them to dry their hands during play using a chamois panel on the back of the shorts. Brisbane eventually beat Celtic 32–6 but had first been held scoreless during the opening quarter of the match.


2007 World Club Challenge, Pre-match
As they had brought with them only 18 players, the Broncos were worried about suffering injuries against the Crusaders. Brisbane's contingency was two players in Australia ready to fly to Britain should they be needed. If more than two injuries were suffered, the Broncos planned to borrow former Brisbane players currently with Celtic Crusaders subject to applying for and receiving the relevant permissions.


2007 World Club Challenge, Match details
The Broncos were without three of their 2006 NRL grand final-winning team: star prop forward Shane Webcke had retired, utility back Casey McGuire had signed with another club, and David Stagg was also absent.


2007 World Club Challenge, Match details
The Broncos were the first to score when St. Helens winger Ade Gardner failed to secure a Darren Lockyer cross-field bomb close to his own try line, providing Brisbane's second-rower Corey Parker with a gift try which he went on to successfully convert. A further two points were added when a Matt Gidley tackle on Shaun Berrigan resulted in Australian referee Steve Clarke awarding a penalty to the Broncos. The Saints hit back though with a movement out wide finished off by Gardner. Paul Sculthorpe successfully adding the extra two saw a half-time scoreline of 8 - 6 in favour of the visitors.


2007 World Club Challenge, Match details
In the second half Brisbane were once again the first to score, with their captain Darren Lockyer kicking across field for winger Darius Boyd to catch the ball and get a try. St. Helens Loose forward Sculthorpe then scored a try at the other end which he also converted, levelling the score at 12 all. Another tackling infringement by Gidley brought about a penalty, which the Broncos successfully kicked, giving them a two-point lead going into the final quarter of the match.


2007 World Club Challenge, Match details
But in the seventieth minute, from twenty metres out, Sean Long put a high kick across field and Ade Garnder, leaping up over the Brisbane defence, caught the ball and came down with it over the try-line, putting the Saints in front and ensuring a tense final ten minutes. The conversion from Sculthorpe brought the score to 18 - 14 in favour of the European champions, who managed to preserve that scoreline until the final siren.


2007 World Club Challenge, Match details
Paul Sculthorpe, St. Helens returning from injury was judged to be Man-of-the-Match. The win meant a clean sweep of the trophies for St. Helens, having already won the 2006 Challenge Cup and the 2006 Super League Grand Final.


2007 World Cup (men's golf)
The 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from 22 November to 25 November at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the 53rd World Cup. 28 countries competed and each country sent two players. The team purse is $5,000,000 with $1,600,000 going to the winner. The Scottish team of Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren won the tournament. They defeated the American team of Heath Slocum and Boo Weekley in a playoff on the third extra hole. This was the first time that Scotland won the World Cup.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format
The leading 18 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking on 3 September 2007 qualified. These 18 players then selected a player from their country to compete with them. The person they pick had to be ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of 3 September. If there was no other player from that country within the top 100 then the next highest ranked player would be their partner.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format
If there was no other available player from that country within the top 500, then the exempt player could choose whoever he wants as long as they are a professional from the same country. World qualifiers were held from 27 September to 30 September. Ten countries earned their spot in the World Cup, five from the Asian qualifier and five from the Aruba qualifier.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days are four-ball play and the second and final days are foursomes play.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, First round
The first round took place on 22 November and it was played in four-ball format. The front 9 scoring average was 32.036 and the back 9 average was 32.893 making the 18 hole average 64.929. The leaders after day one was the American team of Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum who shot an 11-under-par 61. Weekley shot 6 birdies and an eagle while Slocum added a birdie and an eagle. Weekley's eagle was a hole out on the 12th hole which is a 457-yard par 4.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, First round
Right behind the Americans were the German team of Alex Čejka and Martin Kaymer who finished the day at a 10-under-par 62. Čejka led the team with 8 birdies. The German team of Marcel Siem and Bernhard Langer won the World Cup last year.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, First round
Six teams shot a 9-under-par round of 63 and they are tied in third place. The Finnish team was the first off the tee and the surprise was Pasi Purhonen who is not ranked in the Official World Golf Rankings. He started out shooting birdie-birdie-eagle and also birdied the 9th. His partner Mikko Ilonen birdied the 5th hole as well. The team shot a 30 on the front 9 which helped them finish at 63. The Welsh team of Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd also shot a 63; including birdies on four of the last five holes.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, First round
Another team that finished with a 63 was the English team of Justin Rose and Ian Poulter who had a pair of eagles. The Scottish team of Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren also shot a 63 which included no bogeys. The South African and Thai team also shot a round of 63.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, First round
The host country China finished the day at 65 (-7) to be in a tie for 11th place. There were a total of 12 bogeys by all teams. Colombia and Puerto Rico (who are tied in last) each had 2 bogeys; no other team had more than one.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, Second round
The second round took place on 23 November and it was played in foursomes format. The amount of bogeys on the day almost septupled the amount from the 1st Round. A total of 83 bogeys were shot on the day including 8 double bogeys, one triple and one "other". The New Zealand team shot a quintuple-bogey 9 on the par-4 14th hole. The lowest round on the day was a 4-under-par 68 which was shot by four different teams. 14 teams shot rounds of par or worse. After the first two days, no team has had a bogey-free 36 holes.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, Second round
The American team maintained their one stroke lead by shooting a 3-under-par 69. The Americans had a total of five birdies, four of which were on par-5s. The other birdie was on the par-4 opening hole. Since 2000, three of the seven winners have held the lead after 36 holes and have gone on to win the championship.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, Second round
The English and Scottish teams are tied in 2nd place, one stroke behind the Americans. Both teams shot rounds of 68. The South African team is in 4th, 2 strokes behind the Americans. The host country China shot a 71 on the day and are tied in 12th place.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, Third round
The third round took place on 24 November and it was played in four-ball format. The front 9 scoring average was 32.964 and the back 9 average was 33.643 making the 18 hole average 66.607. The American team maintained their one stroke lead by shooting a 66. Weekley eagled the 3rd hole and made birdies at 7, 9 and 11. All of those holes were par-5s. The American team has a total of 3 eagles on the tournament which is more than any other team. Germany has the most birdies with 22 while the Americans have 16. England and Denmark have the fewest bogeys, with one each. If the Americans win the event then they will be the first team to lead wire-to-wire in the last seven years. They have held a stroke lead after the first three days of the event.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, Third round
The best round of the day was the 10-under-par 62 shot by the French team. The great round moved them from 10th place to 2nd place and they are 1 stroke behind the Americans. Raphaël Jacquelin made five birdies and his partner Grégory Havret made three birdies and an eagle. The French are tied with the Scottish team who shot a 66 on the day. Two strokes behind the Americans is the South African and English teams. The Dutch, Argentinians and Germans are tied in 6th place only 3 strokes behind the Americans.


2007 World Cup (men's golf), Round summaries, Third round
Every team was under par on the day. Only five teams posted a better third round score compared to their 1st round score.


2007 World Cup of Pool
The 2007 World Cup of Pool (also known as the 2007 PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional nine-ball pool competition and the second edition of the World Cup of Pool, a scotch doubles knockout championship representing 32 national teams. The event was held in the Outback club in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 25 to 30 September 2007. The event was held as a single-elimination tournament, for a total prize fund of $250,000 with $60,000 being awarded to the winner. The tournament was organised by Matchroom Sport, sponsored by poker website Partypoker, and broadcast across 31 one-hour episodes.


2007 World Cup of Pool
The defending champions were the Filipino team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante who had defeated the USA pair of Rodney Morris and Earl Strickland in the final of the 2006 event. The Philippines were eliminated in the semi-finals by the Chinese team of Li Hewen and Fu Jianbo. In the final, the Chinese pair defeated Mika Immonen and Markus Juva from Finland on a deciding rack 11–10.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Format
The 2007 World Cup of Pool was a pairs nine-ball tournament played at the Outland nightclub in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The tournament was played between 25 and 30 September 2007 as scotch doubles, with players taking shots alternatively. Matches were played as a race-to-nine racks until the final, which was played as a race-to-thirteen. The tournament was a single-elimination bracket, consisting of 32 teams. The event was played with winner breaks system, as opposed to the alternative breaks format used in the inaugural event.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Format
The event was the second World Cup of Pool event, sponsored by Partypoker, and created by Matchroom Sport. The event would see 16 seeded and 16 unseeded teams of two play alternating shots in scotch doubles style. The defending champions were Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante representing the Philippines, who had defeated the USA team of Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris in the 2006 final 13–5.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Format
The event was filmed and broadcast by Matchroom Sport across 31 single hour programs. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it was broadcast on Sky TV with additional commentary by Phil Yates and Jim Wych. Local highlights were shown on SBS 6 in the Netherlands, with Fox Net also broadcasting in the United States.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Format
The programs were broadcast on IKO Kábeltévé in Serbia, Romania, Slovakia and Czech Republic; 7 TV in Russia; CC-TV in China; Fox Australia in Australia; Measat in Malaysia; Measat Indo in Indonesia; NEO Sports in India; Rogers Sportsnet in Canada, Solar Entertainment in the Philippines; Sport 1 in Hungary and Videoland in Taiwan.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Format, Prize fund
Prize money for the event featured $250,000 with $60,000 being awarded to the winning team. Money earned by the team was shared between their players. A breakdown of prize money is shown below:


2007 World Cup of Pool, Format, Teams
The field consisted of 32 teams, with the Netherlands having two teams. The Malaysian team withdrew from the event, and was replaced with Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe representing Belgium. The participating teams are shown below:


2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary
The first round of the event was played from 25 to 27 September as a race to eight racks. Before the event, the Malaysian team of Patrick Ooi and Ibrahim Bin Amir withdrew from the event, due to "unforeseen circumstances", and were replaced by a Belgian pair of Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe. The pair met the Dutch B team; and won six racks in a row to win the match over the Dutch 8–2.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary
The 16th seeded Russian pair of Ruslan Chinachov and European number one Konstantin Stepanov were defeated by the Croatian team of Philipp Stojanovic and Ivica Putnik in the opening round 5–8. The Japan team of Naoyuki Ōi and Satoshi Kawabata won 8–2 over David Alcaide and Antonio Fazane from Spain despite dropping the opening rack. Lương Chí Dũng and Thanh Nam Nguyen representing Vietnam had made the semi-finals in the inaugural event, but were defeated by the South Korean team 5–8, despite being 5–3 ahead.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary
The English team of Imran Majid and Daryl Peach came from 3–6 behind to defeat the Polish side of Radosław Babica and Mateusz Śniegocki 8–6. There was only one match in the first round that went to a deciding rack, as the 2006 finalists USA team won 8–7 over Malta having taken the last four racks.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary
The second round was played on 27 to 29 September as a race to eight racks. Japan played the sole remaining Dutch team in the second round, and having trailed 6–7 won the final two racks to win 8–7. The Switzerland team trailed 5–2 behind the US, but recovered to tie at 6–6 before winning the match 8–6. The USA pair were wearing orange shirts, the traditional colour of the Netherlands, after both Dutch teams had been eliminated.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary
The Belgian team, composed of Bruynooghe and Das who were ranked 46th and 60th in Europe, defeated 2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner Wu Jia-qing and world championship semi-finalist Yang Ching-shun from Taiwan 8–6. The defending championship winning Filipino team completed a 8–0 whitewash over the Croatians. France and China were tied at 5–5 before Vincent Faquet completed a run out to lead 6–5. During the next two racks, the French failed to escape from snookers allowing the Chinese team of Li Hewen and Fu Jianbo to win them before they broke and ran rack 13 for victory. The Singapore team also defeated Austria 8–2, for all four quarter-finalists in the top half coming from Asia.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary
The quarter-finals were played on 29 September as a race to nine racks. Japan defeated Singapore 9–5 in the first quarter-final, making jokes throughout the match to the crowd. In rack 10, Ōi made a three ball combination to pot the 9-ball on the first shot after the break, with both players jumping up and down in celebration after the shot. Having defeated the Taiwan team in the second round, the Belgian duo were "drained" according to reporters, and were only able to win four racks against Canada. The defending champions Filipino pair were defeated by the Chinese team 6–9. The Chinese team took an early four rack lead, but their lead was reduced to 7–6. In rack 14, Reyes missed a simple shot on the 6-ball, and China won the rack, before running rack 15. The last quarter-final saw Finland's Mika Immonen and Markus Juva defeat Switzerland 9–4.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary
The semi-finals were played on 30 September as a race to nine racks. The first semi-final saw the 10th seeded Finland play the 11th seeded Canadian team. Finland won the lag, but made a dry break in the opening rack, but retained the break throughout the match as they won 9–0. The Canadian team only played nine shots in the entire match. The other semi-final match was played between China, seeded 8th and the unseeded Japanese team.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary
The Chinese team ran the first two racks, before three players missed a shot at the 9-ball in rack three, with Hewen finally potting to increase the lead to 3–0. China then won four of the next five racks to lead 7–1. However, Hewen missed a shot on the 2-ball the following rack allowing Japan to the table, who won the next three racks. China capitalised on a missed bank shot to win the next two racks, and complete a 9–4 victory.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Summary
The final was also played on 30 September, but as a race-to-11 racks. The Chinese team of Hewen and Jianbo met the Finland pair of Juva and Immonen. The final had a lot of dry breaks, with six in the first 15 racks, having had just ten in the rest of the tournament. There was just one rack between the two sides until China led 6–4 and then 7–5. China then won three of the next four to go to the hill, leading 10–6. The Finland team, however, won four straight frames to level the match at 10–10. At the table in the deciding rack, Immonen potted a ball from the break, and left a combination shot for Juva to pot the 9-ball to win the tournament; however, the shot did not come off, and the Chinese pair ran the rest of the rack to win the tournament.


2007 World Cup of Pool, Main draw
Below is the results from the event. Teams in bold denote match winners. Numbers to the left of teams represents the team's seedings.


2007 World Cup of Softball
The third World Cup of Softball was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA between July 12 and July 16, 2007. USA won their second World Cup by defeating Japan 3-0 in the Championship Game.


2007 World Darts Trophy
The 2007 Bullit World Darts Trophy was the sixth and last edition of the World Darts Trophy, a professional darts tournament held at the De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation.


2007 World Darts Trophy
It had a playing format comparable with both World Championships (BDO and PDC) and features the majority of top ranked players from both organisations. The event featured the top 12 ranked players from the PDC and BDO, seven world champions (including both incumbents) and 23 world title winners – making it possibly the strongest field assembled since the split in 1992/93.


2007 World Darts Trophy
Raymond van Barneveld, the PDC World Champion,  was beaten in the first round by fellow countryman Jelle Klaasen. The BDO World Champion Martin Adams fell at the quarter-final stage to Andy Hamilton. The final featured Gary Anderson against Phil Taylor. Taylor wasn't able to successfully defend his title despite hitting 17 maximum 180s in the final. Both players averaged over 100 in an excellent final – played over the same 13 set format as the BDO & PDC World Finals. Anderson captured his second major title – adding to his International Darts League success back in May.


2007 World Darts Trophy, Qualified players
The players in bold automatically qualify for the main stage and are seeded. The players in regular text automatically qualify for the main round but are not seed. The players in italics must go through the qualifiers:


2007 World Darts Trophy, Qualified players, BDO / WDF
World Darts Trophy Merit Table1 to 8 on WDT Merit Table can be told based on seedings.


2007 World Darts Trophy, Qualified players, BDO / WDF
9 to 12 on WDT Merit Table can be told based on rest of the automatic qualifiers. Exact order of which players are 9 to 12 is unknown.


2007 World Darts Trophy, Qualifying
The top 12 players from the PDC Order of Merit and the top 12 BDO / WDF Players from the World Darts Trophy Merit Table automatically qualified for the event. Following controversy (see IDL 2007) regarding the number of players promised an invitation, a qualifying competition was held to fill the other eight places in the first round. Seven PDC players progressed to the first round including Dutchmen Michael van Gerwen, Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort. The other four PDC players were Denis Ovens, Kevin Painter, Mervyn King and Wayne Atwood. The only BDO player who made it through was Shaun Greatbatch.


2007 World Darts Trophy, Television coverage
The tournament was broadcast by SBS6 in the Netherlands, but was not shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS was available - however this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.


2007 World Fencing Championships
The 2007 World Fencing Championships were held at the SCC Peterburgsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The event took place from September 28 to October 7, 2007.


2007 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2007 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from March 20 to 25.


2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2006. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2007 World Junior Championships.


2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Based on the results of the 2006 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.


2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Due to the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skating after the short program. In ice dancing, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance, and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance.


2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Yukari Nakano and Carolina Kostner tied for 5th place with 168.92 points overall. Nakano finished 5th place on the tiebreak (free skating placement) and Kostner ended 6th. In the ladies' event, two world records were set: Yuna Kim for the short program with a score of 71.95, and Mao Asada for the free skating with a score of 133.13.


2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo from China set a new world record of 71.07 points under the ISU Judging System for pairs' short program. Zhao proposed marriage to Shen on the ice following their free skating.


2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Multiple entries for 2008
The following countries secured multiple entries for the 2008 championships based on their performances at the 2007 Worlds.


2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships is US$710,000. Pairs and dance teams split the money. All amounts are in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:


2007 World Grand Prix (darts)
The 2007 Sky Bet World Grand Prix was the tenth staging of the PDC World Grand Prix which took place between 8–14 October 2007. It was the seventh year that the event was being staged at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland. Phil Taylor went into the event as defending champion having won it for the previous two years - and seven times in all, but suffered a surprise first round defeat to Adrian Gray.


2007 World Grand Prix (darts)
James Wade followed up his success at the 2007 World Matchplay by adding this title to his collection. He beat World Champion Raymond van Barneveld in the semi-final and Terry Jenkins in the final. Jenkins suffered his fifth televised final defeat in twelve months as his search for his first major title continued.


2007 World Grand Prix (darts)
The top 24 players in the PDC Order of Merit qualified automatically. There were four further qualifiers from the PDPA Players Championship Order of Merit (the best performers from up to 20 non-televised events during the year) and there were four PDPA Irish qualifiers. The All-Ireland qualifiers were held on 16 September.


2007 World Grand Prix (darts)
As in previous years, the format of the tournament features much shorter first round matches (best of three sets) and players must start each leg on a double, as well as finish on a double.


2007 World Grand Prix (darts), Prize money
The 2007 event has an increased prize fund of £200,000.


2007 World Grand Prix (darts), Race for the Premier League
The World Grand Prix is the cut-off point for qualification for the 2008 Premier League. The top six players in the world rankings after this tournament will seal automatic qualification for the lucrative event. Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade, Terry Jenkins and Peter Manley all looked assured of a place - but a good run at this tournament for any number of players could have stolen the last guaranteed place in the league. Adrian Lewis secured the spot when John Part lost in the semi-finals. Part needed to win the event to climb to sixth in the rankings. Two further players will receive a wildcard at a later date.


2007 World Indoor Archery Championships
The 2007 World Indoor Target Archery Championships were held in Izmir, Turkey from 13 to 17 March, 2007.


2007 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 2007 World Indoor Bowls Championships  was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 08-28 January 2007. The event was sponsored by Potters Holidays. Alex Marshall won the men's singles defeating Mervyn King in the final achieving a record fourth title. Marshall won the title despite carrying a back injury and being seeded only seventh.


2007 World Indoor Football League season
The 2007 World Indoor Football League season would turn out to be the only season of the World Indoor Football League (WIFL). The league champions were the Augusta Spartans, who defeated the Columbus Lions in World Indoor Bowl I.


2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
The 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was the second World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, an international box lacrosse tournament organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse every four years. It took place between May 14 and 20 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Canada was the defending champion and again beat the Iroquois Nationals in the final, this time 15–14 in overtime. Eight nations took part in this event, the six nations from the 2003 WILC and two newcomers - England and Ireland. There was an estimated 850,000 television viewers of the tournament in Canada and the games were streamed live in Europe.


2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Pool play
The eight participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the first place team in each group advanced to the semi-finals, the second and third placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals, and the fourth place teams advanced to the 7th place game.


2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Pool play
As predicted, both Canada and Iroquois went through the round-robin with three comfortable wins. Both Ireland and the Czech Republic finished winless, but the Czechs showed a lot of enthusiasm and had two very narrow defeats against England and Scotland. By contrast, Scotland failed to repeat their impressive results from 2003.


2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Championship bracket
The final, with the expected pairing of Canada against the Iroquois Nationals, was one of the best games in box lacrosse history. Team Canada went through the first quarter with a 4–2 lead, then the Nationals were able to come back in the second and third. The Iroquois were up 10–9 at the start of the fourth quarter. Three quick Canadian goals put them in front again, but they were answered by another three goals by the Nationals. Then John Grant, Jr. scored two goals and the victory for Canada was almost secured. But Dean Hill scored in the final minute of regulation to tie it at 14, sending the championship into overtime. Thirty seconds into overtime, Jeff Zywicki scored his first goal of the game, making it 15–14 for Canada's second gold medal.


2007 World Interuniversity Games
The 2007 World Interuniversity Games were the ninth edition of the Games (organised by IFIUS), and were held in Vienna, Austria, from October 1 to October 5, 2007.


2007 World Interuniversity Games, Hosting
Vienna was selected as host city for the Games. The host university was Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien).


2007 World Interuniversity Games, Competitions
Teams participated in 6 different competitions (4 sports), the same as in Dublin 2006.


2007 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
The 2008 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was held at California State University in Long Beach, California, United States. It was the first Mundial tournament to be held outside Brazil.


2007 World Judo Championships
The 2007 World Judo Championships are the 25th edition of the Judo World Championships, and were held at the Rio Olympic Arena, usually called Arena Multiuso, that was built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from September 13 to September 16, 2007.


2007 World Judo Championships
The competition gathered the sport's top athletes in Rio de Janeiro, with only a few exceptions, due to injuries.


2007 World Judo Championships
Among the high-profile injured judokas that were unable to participate were Brazil's Flávio Canto, bronze medallist in the -81 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, who tore a ligament in his right elbow during the 2007 Pan American Games (during the event, Canto participated as a commentator for the Brazilian paid sports channel, Sportv); and Japan's Tadahiro Nomura, the three-time Olympic champion and heavy favorite in the -60 kg category was forced to withdraw only a few weeks before the event due to injury (his replacement was able to place 7th in the competition).


2007 World Judo Championships
In the leadup to the event, Rio de Janeiro also hosted the IJF's International Congress, congregating the heads of all the national confederations affiliated to the IJF. The meeting took place on September 12, eve of the first day of competition, and in it, some important decisions were made. The first was the election of the new IJF president. Marius Vizer was elected by the attending representatives to replace Yung Sang Park, the current president. In addition, the Congress voted and approved unanimously, the extension of the IJF's president term from 2 years to 6 years.


2007 World Judo Championships
Another decision made in the meeting was the selection of the city that would host the 2011 World Championship. The contenders were the cities of Paris, France and Hamburg, Germany, and the French capital was selected as the host city for the 2011 event. Finally, the Congress also voted on the new presidency of the European Judo Union, with Russia's Sergei Soloveychik being elected president and Jean-Luc Rougé and Vladimir Barta being elected as first vice president and vice president respectively. Newly appointed IJF president, Marius Vizer, was made honorary president of the European Judo Federation as well.


2007 World Judo Championships
After the conclusion of competition in the last day of the event, the IJF members voted on the best athletes of the World Championship. In the men's side, Brazil's Tiago Camilo, who won in the -81 kg category by defeating all opponents by ippon (the perfect score, which ends the match automatically), was selected; and in the women's side, North Korea's Kye Sun-Hui, who won in the -57 kg category, was chosen as best female athlete in the competition. Both athletes were presented with an obelisk-shaped, acrylic trophy for the achievement.


2007 World Junior A Challenge
The World Junior A Challenge 2007 was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2007 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian cities of Trail, British Columbia and Nelson, British Columbia from November 5 to November 11, 2007.


2007 World Junior A Challenge
The exhibition games played prior to the tournament took place between November 1 and 3, in Trail, Nelson, and Castlegar, British Columbia, and Okotoks, Alberta. Extra teams taking part in the exhibition series included the Trail Smoke Eaters of the British Columbia Hockey League, Okotoks Oilers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, and an all-star contingent from the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.


2007 World Junior A Challenge
Canada West defeated Canada East in the finals 4-1 to claim the gold medal. Team USA beat Russia 9-6 in the Bronze Medal Game to claim third place. Belarus defeated Germany 5-3 in the 5th Place Game the day before.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, 2007 Teams
Canada West is fresh off of winning the inaugural WJAC in 2006. The team will consist of players mostly from the BCHL and AJHL, but will also have representatives from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, Manitoba Junior Hockey League, and Superior International Junior Hockey League.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, 2007 Teams
Canada East was the 2006 WJAC runners-up. The team is headed by Jerome Dupont, head coach of the Royal Bank Cup 2007 National Champion Aurora Tigers. The team is composed mostly of players from the 35-team Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League, which operates more like four separate leagues during the regular season. The team will also have representatives from the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, Central Junior A Hockey League, Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League, and Maritime Junior A Hockey League.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, 2007 Teams
The United States has entered the WJAC for the first time. Featuring a strong roster of undrafted Tier I Junior "A" players from the United States Hockey League, the USA had the potential to be a contender for the tournament's top prize.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, 2007 Teams
Other teams in the tournament were Russia, Germany, and Belarus. Slovakia has opted out of the tournaments second year despite a fourth-place finish in 2006.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Exhibition
Exhibition play started on November 1. A newly formed Canada West squad challenged the local Trail Smoke Eaters of the British Columbia Hockey League. Smoke Eaters almost created a massive upset against the defending WJAC champs, but fell short with a 2-1 loss to Canada West. The same night, the Canada East squad challenged the Junior "B" all-stars of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. The East squad came out flying in the first period but ran into the KIJHL's Creston Thundercats goaltender Wade Waters who only allowed one goal on sixteen shots in the first period. Despite being badly out-shot, the KIJHL all-stars kept it close, as Canada East only defeated them by a score of 4-1.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Exhibition
The next night began with the biggest shocker of the exhibition series. Canada West were embarrassed by Team Russia 6-1 in front of their hometown faithful. Going down 6-0 in the first forty minutes and allowing five goals in under ten minutes of play, Canada West did not play like the champions of the World Junior A Challenge 2006. The other game of the night saw the Okotoks Oilers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League host Team Germany. In a thrilling shootout style game, the Oilers came out on top with a 7-3 victory.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Exhibition
The final night of exhibition play started with Team Germany and Team Belarus squaring off. In a tight game, the Germans came out on top and beat the Belorussians by a score of 3-1. In the second game of the night, Canada East got their chance to gauge the talent level of Team Russia as the two teams squared off. The Canadians left the first period with a 1-0 lead, only to lose it early in the second. Facing a 2-1 deficit, the Canadians scored three straight goals in the second period and then held of a hungry Russian squad for the 4-3 victory.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round robin
On November 5, Day One of the tournament, Russia was pitted against Germany in Pool A and Canada East squared off against Belarus in Pool B. The Russians defeated the German squad by a score of 6-2. Belarus, much improved from last years WJAC, kept the game close against Canada East. In the end, the East capitalized at the right times and won the game by a score of 4-1.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round robin
Day two, November 6, proved to be an exciting game for American hockey fans. Pitted against the Belorussians, the American squad fell quickly behind in their first ever WJAC game. Down 4-1 in the second period, the Americans eventually rallied back to take a 6-5 lead. Belarus scored with less than three minutes left to force overtime. With five seconds left in overtime, Belorussian goaltender Valeriy Pronin lost a race for a loose puck against American Barry Almeida which resulted in an empty net game-winning goal for the USA with seconds left in the frame. The other game of the night saw Canada West open their tournament against the German squad. The Canadians took out their pre-tournament frustration on the Germans and defeated them by a score of 7-2.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round robin
November 7, 2007 proved to be a disastrous day for both Canadian squads at the WJAC. Canada East met the American squad for the first time ever. The Americans scored first and the Canadians tied it up shortly after. They left the first period tied 1-1. The opposite occurred in the second period, and the second finished 2-2. The third was scoreless and the game ended up in sudden death overtime. Exactly halfway through the fourth frame, Barry Almeida of the American squad scored to win the contest. The goal was Almeida's second straight game-winning goal and overtime marker.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round robin
Despite the tight score, the Americans were badly out shot. The final shots were 37-23 for Canada. Canada West had their opportunity to make up for their embarrassing exhibition loss to the Russians that night. After two periods, the Russians led the West squad by a score of 2-0 with goals from Filitov and Kugryshev. Early in the third, the West popped two quick goals from Lee and Ziegler to tie the game up. With less than two and a half minutes left, Grachev of the Russians scored to give Russia the lead. They scored an empty net goal to end the game 4-2. Canada West dominated the Russians with shots, 37-22.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Round robin
Russia and the United States jump straight to the tournament semi-finals with their wins, while Canada East and Canada West are forced to play qualifier games against Germany and Belarus for the right to move on to the semi-finals.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Quarter-finals
On November 8, the quarter-finals took place at the WJAC. Canada East took on Team Germany. The Germans scored early in the game and held a 1-0 lead for most of the game. In the third period, the East scored four unanswered goals to defeat the German squad by a score of 4-1. In the other quarter-final, the Canada West squad played against the Belorussians. The West came up with an early 2-0 lead in the game. The Belorussians scored in the second to make it 2-1.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Quarter-finals
Early in the third, Belarus tied the game at 2. Belarus started taking untimely penalties and Pittsburgh Penguins' prospect Casey Pierro-Zabotel scored a natural hat trick in only 4 minutes and 2 seconds. Two of Pierro-Zabotel's goals were on the power play and the three goals made the score 5-2. The game ended with a final score of 7-3 for Canada West and a series of serious penalties (gross misconducts and match penalties) for both squads. Canada East and Canada West moved on to the WJAC semi-finals, while Germany and Belarus will play in the 5th Place Match early on November 10.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Semi-finals and 5th Place
The "5th Place Match" occurred on November 10 between Germany and Belarus. The first period was scoreless. The second period saw the Belorussians score early, but were followed up by two German goals. In the third, the Belorussians came alive and outscored Germany 4-1 to win the game 5-3. Both teams are done for the tournament. The first semi-final was between Canada East and Russia. Jordon Watts scored a second period shorthanded marker to put Canada East up 1-0. Early in the third, the Russians answered back.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Semi-finals and 5th Place
Louke Oakley of Canada East scored on a late game penalty shot to win the game for the East and launch them into their second straight final. The second semi-final was between Canada West and the American squad. The West came out flying and ran away with a 4-1 first period lead. The West held off the Americans for the rest of the game and added an additional marker to win the game 5-1. The victory sets up an East-West rematch of last years WJAC and also Russia vying for their second straight bronze medal against the unpredictable Team USA.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Gold and Bronze
The Bronze Medal Game began at 2:00 PM PST on November 11. The game was between the Americans and the Russians. The Russians asserted dominance early, leaving the first period with a 2-0 lead. In the second, the Americans made it 2-1 early and the Russians came back to make it 3-1. After this, the Americans netted two quick ones to tie the game at three, only to have the Russians score more to close the period with a 5-3 lead. In the third period, the Americans again tied up the game with two quick goals.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Gold and Bronze
The Russians came back with seemingly the "comeback killer" to make it 6-5, but the Americans came alive and scored four unanswered goals to defeat the Russians 9-6. The American victory denies the Russians of their second straight bronze medal at the WJAC, and gives the Americans their first ever medal at their first WJAC.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Gold and Bronze
The Gold Medal Game began at 7:30 PM PST. The game was a rematch between the two finalists of the 2006 WJAC, Canada East and Canada West. The East came out strong and took an early lead, but two tallies by the West late in the first period closed out the frame with the West leading 2-1. Joe Colborne scored 31 seconds into the second period to give the West a 3-1 lead which they held onto throughout the rest of the period.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Gold and Bronze
Halfway through the third period, the West put the final nail in the coffin as they scored to make it 4-1. With the win, the West has won the first two ever WJAC championships and the East has to settle for their second straight silver medal. The hero of the final was the West's Zac Dalpe who scored the tying goal, the winning goal, and the final goal to get a hat-trick and the game's most valuable player.


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Belarus
Players: Vitali Trus, Vitali Belinski, Valeriy Pronin, Oleg Goroshko, Aleksandr Eronov, Dmitry Shumski, Georgi Yaskevich, Sergei Kopylets, Sergei Sheleg, Aleksei Golubev, Nikolai Goncharov, Dmitry Korobov, Aleksandr Syrei, Roman Ladik, Aleksandr Korotkevich, Pavel Razvodovski, Kirill Brikun, Andrei Kolosov, Aleksandr Pavlovich, Artem Demkov, Igor Voroshilov, Nikita Komarov, Mikhail Stsefanovich, Vladimir Mikhailov, Dmitry Gorbunov, Pavel Dashkov, Andrei Stas, Yuri Eliseenko


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Belarus
Staff: Andrei Rasolko, Alexandre Andrievski, Dmitry Kravchenko, Sviatoslav Kiselev, Andrei Konstantinovich, Dmitry Konyakhin, Pavel Golovatski


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East
Players: Bryan Gillis, Kori Coelho, Alexandre Fournier, Justin Troiani, Brendan Bureau, Brandon Burlon, Evan Zych, Chris Haltigin, Daniel Spivak, Corey Tamblyn, Ethan Werek, James McIntosh, Louke Oakley, Corey Trivino, Chris Kangas, Jeremy Franklin, Geoff Hum, Jordan Watts, Michael Budd, Mike McLaughlin, Adam Brace


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East
Staff: Jerome Dupont, Mark Grady, Troy Ryan, Marty Abrams, Brent Ladds, Bob Baird, Darren Allan


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West
Players: Bradley Eidsness, Allen York, Andrew MacWilliams, Derek Robinson, Scott Enders, Jeff Forsythe, Damon Kipped, Steven Seigo, Tommy Brown, Trevor Nill, Wes Pawluk, Ryan Magill, Andrew Cherniwchan, Joe Colborne, Derek Lee, Brooks Robinson, Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Russell Goodman, Taylor Gal, Mike Connolly, Zac Dalpe, Brett Hextall


2007 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West
Staff: Boris Rybalka, Al Glendinning, Dwight McMillan, Darcy Rota, Kim Davis, Wayne Hubbard, Carolyn Glover