Ice Hockey World Championship 2006

Tournaments at a glance

The 70th Men's World Championships took place on the following dates and locations:

World Championship: May 5th to 21st, 2006 in Riga ( Latvia )

Division I, Group A: April 24-30, 2006 in Amiens ( France )

Division I, Group B: April 23-29, 2006 in Tallinn ( Estonia )

Division II, Group A: March 27 to April 3, 2006 in Sofia ( Bulgaria )

Division II, Group B: April 3-9, 2006 in Auckland ( New Zealand )

Division III: April 24-29, 2006 in Reykjavík ( Iceland )

As in the previous year , 45 teams took part in these world championships.

In 2006 - as in 1998 and 2002 - there were no world championships for women because of the Olympic Games .

The U20 Junior World Cup took place from December 26, 2005 to January 5, 2006 in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops ( Canada ).

Division I, Group A: December 11-17, 2005 in Bled, Slovenia

Division I, Group B: December 12-18, 2005 in Minsk, Belarus

Division II, Group A: December 12-18, 2005 in Bucharest, Romania

Division II, Group B: January 10-16, 2006 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Division III: January 3-9, 2006 in Kaunas, Lithuania

The U18 Junior World Championships took place from April 12 to 22, 2006 in Halmstad and Ängelholm ( Sweden ).

Division I, Group A: April 3 to 9, 2006 in Miskolc, Hungary

Division I, Group B: April 3-9, 2006 in Riga, Latvia

Division II, Group A: April 2 to 8, 2006 in Bolzano and Meran, Italy

Division II, Group B: March 19-25, 2006 in Elektrenai and Kaunas, Lithuania

Division III: March 13-20, 2006 in Metula, Israel

The division I world championship in Riga was the organizational dress rehearsal for the A world championship in the same country.