2006 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested on April 24–29, 2006 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Iceland won the championship and gained promotion, along with Turkey, into the 2007 Division II tournament.

2006 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Iceland
DatesApril 24 – April 29
Teams5
Venue(s)Reykjavík
Final positions
Champions  Iceland
Runner-up  Turkey
Third place  Armenia
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Scoring leader(s) Cengiz Çıplak (14 pts)
2005
2007

Participants

Team 2005 result
 Iceland Host, placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated.[1]
 Turkey Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated.[2]
 Luxembourg Placed 3rd in Division III.[3]
 Ireland Placed 4th in Division III.[3]
 Armenia Placed 5th in Division III.[3]

Fixtures

All times local.

April 24, 2006
16:00
 Armenia3–8
(0–2, 2–4, 1–2)
 TurkeyReykjavík
Attendance: 205
April 24, 2006
20:00
 Luxembourg2–5
(0–0, 2–2, 0–3)
 IcelandReykjavík
Attendance: 550
April 25, 2006
20:00
 Ireland0–6
(0–3, 0–3, 0–0)
 ArmeniaReykjavík
Attendance: 239
April 26, 2006
16:30
 Turkey8–2
(1–0, 3–1, 4–1)
 LuxembourgReykjavík
Attendance: 189
April 26, 2006
20:00
 Iceland8–0
(0–0, 3–0, 5–0)
 IrelandReykjavík
Attendance: 820
April 27, 2006
20:00
 Armenia4–5
(2–0, 0–2, 2–3)
 IcelandReykjavík
Attendance: 674
April 28, 2006
16:30
 Luxembourg6–10
(4–1, 1–8, 1–1)
 ArmeniaReykjavík
Attendance: 297
April 28, 2006
20:00
 Turkey2–2
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
 IrelandReykjavík
Attendance: 356
April 29, 2006
16:30
 Ireland3–1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0)
 LuxembourgReykjavík
Attendance: 179
April 29, 2006
20:00
 Iceland9–0
(1–0, 6–0, 2–0)
 TurkeyReykjavík
Attendance: 978

Ranking and statistics

Promoted to Division II for 2007[4]
Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 Iceland 4400276218
 Turkey 4211181625
 Armenia 4202231944
 Ireland 4112517−123
 Luxembourg 40041126−150

GP = Games played; W = Wins; T = Ties;L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points

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
Cengiz Çıplak411314+547F
Gevork Kandakharyan47714+30F
Emil Allengard421113+635F
Manuk Balyan4729+12F
Erdogan Coskun4369+32F
Robert Beran453806F
Runar Freyr Runarsson4448+50F
Gauti Thormodsson4358+64F

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
Birgir Orn Sveinsson220:006961.6491.302
Kevin Kelly229:54138153.9189.130
Lavik Ghazaryan240:00142194.7586.621
Michel Welter209:00150216.0386.000
Çağıl Uyar186:246392.9085.710

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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