2006 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 23 to April 30, 2009. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Amiens, France. Group B's games were played in Tallinn, Estonia. Germany and Austria finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to the 2007 World Championship. While Israel finished last in Group A and Croatia last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2007.

2006 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries France
 Estonia
DatesApril 23 – April 30
Teams12 (two groups of 6)
Venue(s)Amiens Coliséum, Tallinn
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
2005
2007

Participants

Group A

Team Qualification
 Germany Placed 15th in the World Championship and were relegated in 2005.[1]
 France Placed 2nd in Division I-Group B in 2005.[2]
 Hungary Placed 3rd in Division I-Group A in 2005.[3]
 Japan Placed 4th in Division I-Group A in 2005.[3]
 Great Britain Placed 5th in Division I-Group A in 2005.[3]
 Israel Placed 1st in Division II-Group B and were promoted in 2005.[4]

Group B

Team Qualification
 Austria Placed 16th in the World Championship and were relegated in 2005.[1]
 Poland Placed 2nd in Division I-Group A in 2005.[3]
 Netherlands Placed 3rd in Division I-Group B in 2005.[2]
 Estonia Placed 4th in Division I-Group B in 2005.[2]
 Lithuania Placed 5th in Division I-Group B in 2005.[2]
 Croatia Placed 1st in Division II-Group A and were promoted in 2005.[5]

Group A tournament

Fixtures

All times local.

April 24, 2006
13:00
 Israel2–11
(0–6, 0–3, 2–2)
 GermanyColiseum
Attendance: 1748
April 24, 2006
16:30
 Great Britain3–4
(0–1, 1–1, 2–2)
 HungaryColiseum
Attendance: 1373
April 24, 2006
20:00
 Japan1–4
(0–2, 1–2, 0–0)
 FranceColiseum
Attendance: 2600
April 25, 2006
16:30
 Germany4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 JapanColiseum
Attendance: 1221
April 25, 2006
20:00
 France1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 Great BritainColiseum
Attendance: 2696
April 26, 2006
16:30
 Hungary8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0)
 IsraelColiseum
Attendance: 883
April 27, 2006
13:00
 Israel1–7
(0–1, 1–3, 0–3)
 JapanColiseum
Attendance: 1262
April 27, 2006
16:30
 Germany8–0
(4–0, 1–0, 3–0)
 Great BritainColiseum
Attendance: 2012
April 27, 2006
20:00
 France3–3
(1–1, 2–1, 0–1)
 HungaryColiseum
Attendance: 3020
April 29, 2006
13:00
 Japan4–2
(1–2, 1–0, 2–0)
 Great BritainColiseum
Attendance: 1482
April 29, 2006
16:30
 France9–0
(3–0, 2–0, 4–0)
 IsraelColiseum
Attendance: 3048
April 29, 2006
20:00
 Hungary2–6
(1–0, 1–2, 0–4)
 GermanyColiseum
Attendance: 2648
April 30, 2006
13:00
 Great Britain12–0
(2–0, 4–0, 6–0)
 IsraelColiseum
Attendance: 1370
April 30, 2006
16:30
 Hungary3–6
(1–1, 1–3, 1–2)
 JapanColiseum
Attendance: 1340
April 30, 2006
20:00
 Germany5–0
(2–0, 3–0, 0–0)
 FranceColiseum
Attendance: 3200

Ranking and statistics

Promoted to Championship division for 2007[6]
Relegated to Division II for 2007[6]
Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 Germany 55003443010
 France 531117987
 Japan 5302181446
 Hungary 5212201825
 Great Britain 5104171702
 Israel 5005347−440

GP = Games played; G = Goals; T = Ties; L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points
Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Sascha Goc56511+32D
Krisztián Palkovics538802F
Olivier Coqueux5268+30F
Gábor Ocskay5268+14F
Marco Sturm5437+46F
Felix Schutz5257+50F
Takahito Suzuki5257+36F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO
Robert Müller239:087420.5097.303
Steven Lyle217:4112292.4892.621
Fabrice Lhenry240:009992.2590.911
Naoya Kikuchi180:008193.0088.890
Masahito Haruna120:004552.5088.890

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament

Fixtures

All times local.

April 23, 2006
13:00
 Lithuania3–3
(2–0, 0–1, 1–2)
 NetherlandsTallinn
Attendance: 250
April 23, 2006
16:30
 Estonia1–3
(0–2, 1–1, 0–0)
 PolandTallinn
Attendance: 1049
April 23, 2006
20:00
 Croatia0–6
(0–1, 0–4, 0–1)
 AustriaTallinn
Attendance: 312
April 24, 2006
13:00
 Poland1–2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–2)
 LithuaniaTallinn
Attendance: 242
April 24, 2006
16:30
 Netherlands5–1
(1–0, 2–0, 2–1)
 CroatiaTallinn
Attendance: 277
April 24, 2006
20:00
 Austria3–1
(0–1, 2–0, 1–0)
 EstoniaTallinn
Attendance: 2500
April 26, 2006
13:00
 Austria5–3
(1–1, 2–2, 2–0)
 LithuaniaTallinn
Attendance: 224
April 26, 2006
16:30
 Poland5–1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1)
 NetherlandsTallinn
Attendance: 202
April 26, 2006
20:00
 Croatia6–8
(2–3, 2–4, 2–1)
 EstoniaTallinn
Attendance: 3000
April 28, 2006
13:00
 Poland7–1
(1–0, 2–1, 4–0)
 CroatiaTallinn
Attendance: 350
April 28, 2006
16:30
 Netherlands2–8
(1–2, 1–3, 0–3)
 AustriaTallinn
Attendance: 493
April 28, 2006
20:00
 Estonia2–7
(0–4, 1–2, 1–1)
 LithuaniaTallinn
Attendance: 2500
April 29, 2006
13:00
 Austria5–3
(3–1, 0–1, 2–1)
 PolandTallinn
Attendance: 1100
April 29, 2006
16:30
 Lithuania9–3
(5–2, 1–0, 3–1)
 CroatiaTallinn
Attendance: 300
April 29, 2006
20:00
 Netherlands2–7
(0–2, 0–1, 2–4)
 EstoniaTallinn
Attendance: 3807

Ranking and statistics

Promoted to Championship division for 2007[7]
Relegated to Division II for 2007[7]
Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 Austria 55002791810
 Lithuania 53112414107
 Poland 5302191096
 Estonia 52031921−24
 Netherlands 51131324−113
 Croatia 50051135−240

GP = Games played; G = Goals; T = Ties; L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points
Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Darius Pliskauskas55712+44F
Thomas Koch55510+62F
Darius Lelanas5718+32F
Arturas Katulis5358+70D
Matthias Trattnig5437+18F
Mariusz Czerkawski5347+32F
Marcin Kolusz5257+64F
Dainius Bauba5167+210F
Egidijus Bauba5167+431F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO
Arunas Aleinikovas228:47177112.8893.790
Reinhard Divis240:008671.7591.861
Rafal Radziszewski188:397672.2390.790
Aleksei Terentjev235:42138133.3190.580
Phillip Groeneveld274:49173214.5887.860

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

References

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