eurohockey.net: The teams are divided into two pools. The Torino pool will consist of the following teams: RUS, CAN, SVK, USA and KOR. This pool is one team short as SWE dropped out of the Universiade one week ago due to the fact that many clubs didn't want to release their players. The Torino pool will play its qualification games at the Tazoli Ice Stadium.
Pool Torre Pellice consists of six teams: CZE, FIN, ITA, JPN, KAZ and GBR. The teams will play their qualification games in the Torre Pellice Ice Stadium. For Great Britain it will be a first, as the team will play its inaugural tournament at the 2007 Winter Universiade.
This brings the final total number of participating ice hockey teams to 11, one less than the previous Universiade in Innsbruck. KAZ and GBR did not participate in 2005 and AUT, UKR and CHN did participate in Innsbruck, but are not participating in 2007. RUS won the gold in 2005, CZE the silver and FIN the bronze.