Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2006

	U18 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: USA

The 2006 U18 Junior Ice Hockey World Championships is the 8th edition of the World Championship in the under-18 age group (U18) hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF . Between March 13th and April 22nd, 2006, a total of 40 national teams took part in the six tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III.

The world champions became the United States ' team for the third time , defeating Finland 3-1 in the final . The German team was able to avoid relegation to Division I with the eighth rank in the top division, which Switzerland took first place in Group A of Division I and thus made the direct resurgence. Austria was fifth and penultimate in Group A of Division I and was thus able to prevent relegation to Division II.

Overview U18 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Ängelholm Halmstad	Apr 12, 2006 - Apr 22, 2006	10	11,798	31	380
Division IA	Miskolc	0Apr 3, 2006 - Apr 9, 2006 0	6th	11,800	15th	786
Division IB	Riga	0Apr 2, 2006 - Apr 8, 2006 0	6th	23,971	15th	1,598
Division II A	Meran	0Apr 2, 2006 - Apr 8, 2006 0	6th	4,770	15th	318
Division II B	Elektrėnai Kaunas	15th Mar 2006 - Mar 21 2006	6th	9,879	15th	658
Division III	Miercurea Ciuc	13 Mar 2006 - March 19 2006	6th	4,715	15th	314

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: April 12-22, 2006 in Ängelholm and Halmstad , Sweden

  Participants: Germany, Finland, Canada, Norway (promoted) , Russia, Sweden, Slovakia, Czech Republic, USA (defending champion) , Belarus (promoted)

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 3rd to 9th, 2006 in Miskolc , Hungary

    Participants: France, Kazakhstan, Austria, Switzerland (relegated) , Slovenia, Hungary (promoted)

  • Group B: April 2-8, 2006 in Riga , Latvia

    Participants: Denmark (relegated) , Japan, Latvia, Poland, South Korea (promoted) , Ukraine

• Division II
  • Group A: April 2-8, 2006 in Merano , Italy

    Participants: Belgium (promoted) , Estonia, Italy (relegated) , Netherlands, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain

  • Group B: March 15-21, 2006 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas , Lithuania

    Participants: Australia (promoted) , Great Britain (relegated) , Iceland, Croatia, Lithuania, Mexico

• Division III: March 13-19, 2006 in Miercurea Ciuc , Romania

  Participants: Bulgaria, Israel, New Zealand, Romania (relegated) , South Africa (relegated) , Turkey

Top division

2006 World Cup for U18 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	United States
silver	Finland
bronze	Czech Republic
Relegated	Norway Belarus
Venue (s)	Ängelholm & Halmstad , Sweden
opening	April 12, 2006
Endgame	April 22, 2006
spectator	11,798 (380 per game)
Gates	190 (6.13 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Riku Helenius
Best defender	Jamie McBain
Best striker	Bill Sweatt
Top scorer	Patrick Kane (12 points)

The U18 World Cup was held from April 12 to 22, 2006 in the Swedish cities of Ängelholm and Halmstad . The game was played in the Ängelholms Ishall (4,600 places) in Ängelholm and the Sannarpshallen in Halmstad with 3,800 places.

Ten national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of five teams each. The United States secured the world title, winning just 3-1 in the final against Finland. It was the third title for the Americans and the second in a row.

Group A	Group B
United States	Canada
Czech Republic	Sweden
Russia	Slovakia
Germany	Finland
Belarus	Norway

mode

After the group matches in the preliminary round, the two group winners qualify directly for the semi-finals. The runners-up and thirds in the group each play a qualifying game for participation in the semi-finals. The fourth and fifth of the group games contest - if the result of the direct encounter from the preliminary round is taken with them - the relegation round and determine two relegated to Division I.

Venues

Ängelholm	Ängelholm Halmstad World Championship venues	Halmstad
Ängelholms Ishall Capacity: 4,600		Sannarpshallen Capacity: 3,800

Preliminary round

Group A

April 12, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	4: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1)	Germany	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 263
April 12, 2006 7:45 p.m.	Russia	2: 4 (2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 3)	United States	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 447
April 13, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Russia	8: 0 (4: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0)	Belarus	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 203
April 13, 2006 7:45 p.m.	Germany	0: 9 (0: 3, 0: 4, 0: 2)	United States	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 159
April 14, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Belarus	2: 5 (0: 1, 1: 3, 1: 1)	Czech Republic	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 151
April 15, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Germany	5: 9 (1: 3, 1: 4, 3: 2)	Russia	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 239
April 15, 2006 7:45 p.m.	United States	5: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0)	Czech Republic	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 307
April 16, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Belarus	1: 5 (0: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1)	Germany	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 141
April 17, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)	Russia	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 381
April 17, 2006 7:45 pm	United States	12: 1 (3: 0, 8: 1, 1: 0)	Belarus	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm audience: 140

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	4th	4th	0	0	30: 03	8th
2.	Russia	4th	3	0	1	21: 09	6th
3.	Czech Republic	4th	2	0	2	09:11	4th
4th	Germany	4th	1	0	3	12:23	2
5.	Belarus	4th	0	0	4th	04:30	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Group B

April 12, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Slovakia	1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1)	Canada	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 197
April 12, 2006 7:45 p.m.	Sweden	5: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0)	Norway	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 369
April 13, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Norway	2: 9 (1: 2, 1: 5, 0: 2)	Canada	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: k. A.
April 13, 2006 7:45 p.m.	Slovakia	3: 6 (0: 3, 1: 2, 2: 1)	Finland	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 235
April 14, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Finland	4: 3 (3: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2)	Sweden	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 1,135
April 15, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Norway	2: 5 (0: 2, 2: 3, 0: 0)	Slovakia	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 231
April 15, 2006 7:45 p.m.	Canada	0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2)	Sweden	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 764
April 16, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Finland	2: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1)	Norway	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 291
April 17, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Canada	0: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)	Finland	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 424
April 17, 2006 7:45 pm	Sweden	5: 2 (3: 0, 2: 1, 0: 1)	Slovakia	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 713

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	4th	3	1	0	12: 07	7th
2.	Sweden	4th	3	0	1	15: 08	6th
3.	Canada	4th	2	1	1	12: 05	5
4th	Slovakia	4th	1	0	3	11:16	2
5.	Norway	4th	0	0	4th	07:21	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

April 19, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Germany	2: 2 (0: 2, 2: 0, 0: 0)	Norway	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 51
April 19, 2006 7:45 p.m.	Slovakia	0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)	Belarus	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 45
April 20, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Belarus	6: 6 (3: 0, 2: 2, 1: 4)	Norway	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 51
April 20, 2006 7:45 p.m.	Germany	1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2)	Slovakia	Sannarpshallen, Halmstad Spectators: 46

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	07: 05	4th
2.	Germany	3	1	1	1	08: 05	3
3.	Belarus	3	1	1	1	09:11	3
4th	Norway	3	0	2	1	10:13	2

Note: The preliminary round matches Belarus - Germany (1: 5) and Norway - Slovakia (2: 5) are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Relegated to Division I.

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A3

Czech Republic

3

B2

Sweden

0

A1

United States

4th

A3

Czech Republic

3

A1

United States

3

B1

Finland

1

B1

Finland

3

A2

Russia

1

B3

Canada

2

3rd place match

B3

Canada

4th

B3

Canada

1

A3

Czech Republic

4th

Play for 5th place

A2

Russia

5

B2

Sweden

2

Quarter finals

April 19, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Russia	1: 4 (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 3)	Canada	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 417
April 19, 2006 7:45 p.m.	Sweden	0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2)	Czech Republic	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 878

Play for 5th place

April 21, 2006 7:00 p.m.

Russia

5: 2 (1: 1, 2: 1, 2: 0)

Sweden

Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 333

Semifinals

April 20, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Finland	3: 2 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)	Canada	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 438
April 20, 2006 7:45 p.m.	Czech Republic	3: 4 a.d. (0: 3, 1: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1)	United States	Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 369

3rd place match

April 22, 2006 2 p.m.

Canada

1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 3, 1: 1)

Czech Republic

Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 875

final

April 22, 2006 6:00 p.m.

United States

3: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0)

Finland

Ängelholms Ishall, Ängelholm Spectators: 1.221

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	+/-	PIM
Patrick Kane	United States	6th	7th	5	12	+5	2
Jamie McBain	United States	6th	2	9	11	+6	0
Erik Johnson	United States	6th	4th	6th	10	+6	27
Ruslan Bashkirov	Russia	6th	6th	2	8th	+8	4th
Mike Carman	United States	6th	4th	4th	8th	+7	10
Justin Azevedo	Canada	7th	4th	4th	8th	−1	20th
François Bouchard	Canada	7th	3	5	8th	−2	6th
Bill Sweatt	United States	6th	5	2	7th	+7	4th
Jiří Tlustý	Czech Republic	7th	4th	3	7th	+2	8th
Martin Laumann-Ylvén	Norway	6th	2	5	7th	± 0	4th

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice time (in minutes), GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Fat: tournament best

player	team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Joe Palmer	United States	4th	246: 50	6th	1	94.87	1.46
Jonathan Bernier	Canada	7th	420: 32	12	1	94.31	1.71
Jhonas Enroth	Sweden	5	298: 26	9	1	94.30	1.81
Riku Helenius	Finland	6th	360: 40	11	1	94.27	1.83
Michal Neuvirth	Czech Republic	6th	320: 00	13	1	92.66	2.44

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	United States
2	Finland
3	Czech Republic
4th	Canada
5	Russia
6th	Sweden
7th	Slovakia
8th	Germany
9	Belarus
10	Norway

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion USA

Brett Bennett , Mike Carman , Cade Fairchild , Ryan Flynn , Blake Geoffrion , Ryan Hayes , Erik Johnson , Patrick Kane , Jamie McBain , Kevin Montgomery , Jim O'Brien , Trent Palm , Joe Palmer , Luke Popko , Rhett Rakhshani , Mike Ratschuk , James van Riemsdyk , Brian Strait , Chris Summers , Bill Sweatt , Nigel Williams , Colin Wilson Trainers: John Hynes

Silver Finland

Nico Aaltonen , Juuso Antonen , atte engren , Riku Helenius , Joonas Jalvanti , Jan-Mikael Järvinen , Juhani Jasu , Kaarlo Jormakka , Jan-Mikael Juutilainen , Ilkka Heikkilä , Eetu Heikkinen , Markus Himanka , Joonas Kemppainen , Mikko Kukkonen , Joonas Lehtivuori , Niclas Lucenius , Miko Malkamäki , Jarkko Näppilä , Robert Nyholm , Juuso Puustinen , Jani Savolainen , Max Wärn Trainer: Rauli Urama

Bronze Czech Republic

Martin Bartos , Antonin Drbohlav , Michael Frolík , Jiří Jebavý , Michal Kazatel , Jakub Kovář , Pavel Kuběna , Martin Kupec , David Květoň , Lukáš Lang , Martin Látal , Michal Neuvirth , Patrik Prokop , Ondřej novel , David Růžička , Vladimír Růžička , January Semorád , Jakub Sklenář , David Štich , Jiří Tlustý , Bohdan Višňák , Jakub Voráček Trainers: Martin Pešout

Relegated to Division I:	Norway, Belarus
Promoted to the top division:	Latvia, Switzerland

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Riku Helenius	Finland
Best defender	Jamie McBain	Canada
Best striker	Bill Sweatt	United States

All-Star Team

Attack:	Jiří Tlustý - Justin Azevedo - Patrick Kane
Defense:	Jamie McBain - Erik Johnson
Goal:	Jonathan Bernier

Division I.

Division I, Group A

in Miskolc, Hungary

Teams	SUI	SLO	KAZ	FRA	AUT	HUN	Gates	Pt.
1. Switzerland		1-0	2: 2	6: 3	4: 3	5: 2	18:10	9: 1
2. Slovenia	0: 1		4: 3	7: 2	5: 4	3: 2	19:12	8: 2
3. Kazakhstan	2: 2	3: 4		5: 7	10: 4	5: 3	25:20	5: 5
4. France	3: 6	2: 7	7: 5		4: 4	4: 4	20:26	4: 6
5. Austria	3: 4	4: 5	4:10	4: 4		7: 3	22:26	3: 7
6. Hungary	2: 5	2: 3	3: 5	4: 4	3: 7		14:24	1: 9

The top scorer in Division I, Group A, was France's Rémy Rimann with five goals and five assists .

Division I winning team: Switzerland

Division I promoted Switzerland

Gaëtan Augsburger , Sven Berger , Simon Bodenmann , Andrei Bykov , Nico Fehr , Lukas Flüeler , Jérémy Gailland , Joël Genazzi , Arnaud Jacquemet , Jérémie Kamerzin , Lorenz Kienzle , Aurelio Lemm , Kevin Lötscher , Ivan Mantegazzi , Daniele Marghitola , Marco Maurer , Roland Maurer , Patrick Schommer , Lukas Stoop , Raffael Tischhauser , Yannick Weber , Marc Welti Trainer: Roger Bader

Division I, Group B

in Riga, Latvia

Teams	LAT	THE	JPN	POLE	UKR	COR	Gates	Pt.
1. Latvia		7: 4	6: 1	1-0	7-0	6: 2	27: 7	10-0
2. Denmark	4: 7		5: 2	5: 2	7-0	3: 1	24:12	8: 2
3. Japan	1: 6	2: 5		5: 1	8: 1	3: 3	19:16	5: 5
4. Poland	0: 1	2: 5	1: 5		7: 1	6: 3	16:15	4: 6
5. Ukraine	0: 7	0: 7	1: 8	1: 7		5: 2	7:31	2: 8
6. South Korea	2: 6	1: 3	3: 3	3: 6	2: 5		11:23	1: 9

The top scorer in Division I, Group B, was Latvia's Andris Džeriņš with six goals and seven assists .

Division I winning team: Latvia

Division I promoted Latvia

Edgars Apelis , Vladislavs Balakuns , Ričards Birziņš , Roberts Bukarts , Oskars Cibuļskis , Sergei Daņilovs , Kaspar Daugaviņš , Arturs Dzelzs , Andris Džeriņš , Rihards Dombrovskis , Mārtiņš Gipters , Gatis Gricinskis , Krišs Grundmanis , Roberts Jekimovs , artūrs kulda , edgars Lipsbergs , Artūrs Ozoliòš , Jānis Ozoliņš , Mārtiņš Skuška , Jānis Straupe , Dainis Vasiļjevs , Mārcis Zembergs Trainer: Aleksandrs Klinisovs

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division II:	Hungary, South Korea
Promoted from Division I:	Switzerland, Latvia
Relegated to Division I:	Norway, Belarus
Promoted from Division II:	UK, Italy

Division II

Group A in Merano, Italy

Teams	ITA	NED	EST	BEL	SCG	ESP	Gates	Pt.
1. Italy		2-0	9: 1	10: 1	7-0	7-0	35: 2	10-0
2. Netherlands	0: 2		8: 2	5-0	5: 3	10: 1	28: 8	8: 2
3. Estonia	1: 9	2: 8		2: 2	6: 1	2-0	13:20	5: 5
4. Belgium	1:10	0: 5	2: 2		6: 1	3: 5	12:23	3: 7
5. Serbia and Montenegro	0: 7	3: 5	1: 6	1: 6		10: 2	15:26	2: 8
6. Spain	0: 7	1:10	0: 2	5: 3	2:10		8:32	2: 8

Top scorer in Division II, Group A, was Italy's Ivan Demetz with three goals and nine assists .

Group B in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania

Teams	GBR	LTU	OUT	CRO	MEX	ISL	Gates	Pt.
1. Great Britain		3: 1	11: 0	6-0	6: 2	14: 2	40: 5	10-0
2. Lithuania	1: 3		10-0	11: 5	8: 3	9: 1	39:12	8: 2
3. Australia	0:11	0:10		5: 2	3: 4	5: 3	13:30	4: 6
4. Croatia	0: 6	5:11	2: 5		4-0	11: 1	22:23	4: 6
5. Mexico	2: 6	3: 8	4: 3	0: 4		1-0	10:21	4: 6
6. Iceland	2:14	1: 9	3: 5	1:11	0: 1		7:40	0:10

Top scorer of Division II, Group B, was Great Britain's Robert Dowd with six goals and eight assists .

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	Iceland, Spain
Promoted from Division II:	UK, Italy
Relegated to Division II:	Hungary, South Korea
Promoted from Division III:	Romania, Israel

Division III in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

Teams	ROU	ISR	RSA	NZL	BUL	DOOR	Gates	Pt.
1. Romania		13: 2	8-0	14: 0	18: 0	15: 1	68: 3	10-0
2. Israel	2:13		8: 5	4: 4	14: 1	14: 3	42:26	7: 3
3. South Africa	0: 8	5: 8		4: 4	4: 1	12: 1	25:22	5: 5
4. New Zealand	0:14	4: 4	4: 4		3: 3	17: 1	28:26	5: 5
5. Bulgaria	0:18	1:14	1: 4	3: 3		5: 2	10:41	3: 7
6. Turkey	1:15	3:14	1:12	1:17	2: 5		8:63	0:10

Ascent and descent

Promoted from Division III:	Romania, Israel
Relegated to Division III:	Iceland, Spain

Top scorer of Division III was Israel's Daniel Erlich with 12 goals and 14 assists .

Web links

• Internet presence of the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) (English)

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 2006
• Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2006
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2006