Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2006

	U20 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Canada

The 30th ice hockey world championships of the U20 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2006 in the age group of the under-20s (U20). Between December 11, 2005 and January 16, 2006, a total of 39 national teams took part in the six tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III.

The world champion was for the twelfth time the team of Canada , who defeated arch-rivals Russia 5-0 in the final . The German team was able with the victory in Group A of Division I secure the direct promotion to the top division, Switzerland finished in seventh place in the top division. Austria was fifth in Group B of Division I and thus penultimate.

Overview U20 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Vancouver Kelowna Kamloops	Dec 26, 2005 - Jan 5, 2006 0	10	325,138	31	10,488
Division IA	Bled	Dec 11, 2005 - Dec 17, 2005	6th	8,645	15th	576
Division IB	Minsk	Dec 12, 2005 - Dec 18, 2005	6th	24,370	15th	1,624
Division II A	Bucharest	Dec 12, 2005 - Dec 18, 2005	6th	5,750	15th	383
Division II B	Belgrade	Jan 10, 2006 - Jan 16, 2006	6th	4,458	15th	297
Division III	Elektrėnai	0Jan 4, 2006 - Jan 9, 2006 0	5	10,245	10	1,024

Participants, venues and periods

• Top Division: December 26, 2005 to January 5, 2006 in Vancouver , Kelowna and Kamloops , British Columbia , Canada

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

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

    Participants: Denmark , Germany (relegated) , France , Japan (promoted) , Slovenia , Ukraine        

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

    Participants: Italy , Kazakhstan , Austria , Poland , Hungary (promoted) , Belarus (relegated)       

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

    Participants: Australia , Great Britain (relegated) , New Zealand (promoted) , Netherlands , Romania , Spain        

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

    Participants: People's Republic of China , Estonia (relegated) , Croatia , Mexico (promoted) , Serbia and Montenegro , South Korea        

• Division III: January 4-9 , 2006 in Elektrėnai , Lithuania

  Participants: Armenia (newcomer) , Bulgaria , Iceland , Lithuania (relegated) , Turkey       

Top division

2006 World Cup for U20 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Canada
silver	Russia
bronze	Finland
Relegated	Latvia Norway
Venue (s)	Vancouver , Kelowna & Kamloops , British Columbia , Canada
opening	December 26, 2005
Endgame	January 5, 2006
spectator	325,138 (10,488 per game)
Gates	195 (6.29 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Tuukka Rask
Best defender	Marc Staal
Best striker	Yevgeny Malkin
MVP	Yevgeny Malkin
Top scorer	Phil Kessel (11 points)

The U20 World Cup was held from December 26, 2005 to January 5, 2006 in the Canadian cities of Vancouver , Kelowna and Kamloops in the province of British Columbia . The game was played in GM Place (18,630 seats) and Pacific Coliseum (16,281 seats) in Vancouver as well as in Prospera Place in Kelowna with 6,886 seats and the Interior Savings Center in Kamloops with 5,658 seats.

Ten national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of five teams each. Canada secured the world title, which clearly beat Russia 5-0 in the final. It was the twelfth title for the Canadians and the second in a row.

Group A (Vancouver)	Group B (Kelowna & Kamloops)
Canada	Russia
United States	Czech Republic
Finland	Sweden
Switzerland	Slovakia
Norway	Latvia

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

Vancouver , British Columbia		Vancouver Kelowna Kamloops World Championship venues
GM Place Capacity: 18,630	Pacific Coliseum Capacity: 16,281
Kelowna , British Columbia	Kamloops , British Columbia
Prospera Place Capacity: 6,886	Interior Savings Center Capacity: 5,658

Preliminary round

Group A

December 26, 2005 4:00 p.m. (local time)

December 27, 2005 1:00 a.m. ( CET )

Finland A. Seitsonen (48:49)

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

Canada D. Boyd (10:23) B. Comeau (15:52) D. Bolland (23:17) D. Boyd (34:24) K. Chipchura (54:03)

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 16,083

December 26, 2005 8:00 p.m.

December 27, 2005 5:00 am

Norway D. Sveum (29:00) M. Olimb (43:44)

2:11 (0: 3, 1: 5, 1: 3) game report

USA T. J. Oshie (2:19) E. Johnson (12:22) J. Skille (17:30) C. Bourque (21:23) P. Mueller (26:14) C. Bourque (27:32) C. Bourque (31:11) K. Porter (34:54) R. Schremp (40:32) C. Bourque (51:38) C. Bourque (53:03)

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 12,232

December 27, 2005 7:00 p.m.

December 28, 2005 4:00 am

Switzerland M. Joggi (33:52) D. Bürgler (54:04)

2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Norway

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 11,976

December 28, 2005 4:00 p.m.

December 29, 2005 1:00 am

Canada S. Downie (8:45) D. Boyd (17:45) T. Pyatt (30:00) D. Bolland (33:39)

4: 3 (2: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1) game report

Switzerland E. Blum (5:33) Y. Weber (34:37) J. Sprunger (42:42)

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 16,123

December 28, 2005 8:00 p.m.

December 29, 2005 5:00 am

USA T. Fritsche (9:42) B. Wheeler (17:05) B. Lee (19:49) B. Ryan (28:01) B. Wheeler (39:18) K. Porter (49:59)

6: 5 (3: 2, 2: 1, 1: 2) game report

Finland M. Alikoski (6:21) L. Korpikoski (8:26) A. Seitsonen (21:28) L. Tukonen (55:34) T. Laakso (58:48)

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 12,209

December 29, 2005 4:00 p.m.

December 30, 2005 1:00 a.m.

Norway

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

Canada C. Barker (15:27) D. Bolland (34:50) K. Chipchura (35:16) L. Bourdon (36:41)

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 16,083

December 30, 2005 4:00 p.m.

December 31, 2005 1:00 am

USA G. Paukovich (6:16) B. Ryan (16:59)

2: 2 (2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2) game report

Switzerland E. Blum (47:53) M. Joggi (54:08)

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 12,130

December 30, 2005 8:00 p.m.

December 31, 2005 5:00 am

Finland T. Seppänen (1:10) P. Lindgren (3:26) T. Seppänen (8:49) J. Jokinen (12:34) L. Tukonen (15:30) H. Heino (17:13) A. . Seitsonen (18:32) A. Seitsonen (29:04) J. Kolehmainen (49:53)

9: 1 (7: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) match report

Norway D. Sveum (35:10)

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 10,766

December 31, 2005 4:00 p.m.

January 1, 2006 1:00 am

Canada C. Barker (2:35) D. Boyd (6:42) K. Chipchura (59:27)

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

USA C. Bourque (10:27) P. Mueller (28:10)

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 16,083

December 31, 2005 8:00 p.m.

January 1, 2006 5:00 am

Switzerland M. Joggi (52:23)

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

Finland J. Kolehmainen (2:45) T. Sinisalo (42:24) P. Lindgren (42:34) T. Laakso (59:49)

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 8,335

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	4th	4th	0	0	16: 06	8th
2.	United States	4th	2	1	1	21:12	5
3.	Finland	4th	2	0	2	19:13	4th
4th	Switzerland	4th	1	1	2	08:10	3
5.	Norway	4th	0	0	4th	03:26	0

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

Group B

December 26, 2005 7:00 p.m.

December 27, 2005 4:00 am

Latvia G. Meija (11:16)

1: 5 (1: 2, 0: 3, 0: 0) match report

Czech Republic K. Hromas (1:13) P. Kalus (8:16) P. Pohl (28:47) V. Meidl (29:37) P. Pohl (37:52)

Interior Savings Center, Kamloops Spectators: 4,653

December 26, 2005 7:00 p.m.

December 27, 2005 4:00 am

Sweden N. Bergfors (7:37)

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

Russia J. Malkin (8:45) N. Kuljomin (13:51) R. Voloshenko (38:03) S. Shirokov (47:49) N. Kuljomin (52:00)

Prospera Place, Kelowna Spectators: 5,982

December 27, 2005 7:00 p.m.

December 28, 2005 4:00 am

Slovakia B. Valábik (11:42) S. Lašček (18:30) M. Zagrapan (21:05) S. Lašček (28:28) J. Gráčik (30:36) S. Lašček (39:03) E. Piatak (47:41)

7: 4 (2: 0, 4: 3, 1: 1) game report

Latvia G. Galviņš (29:27) J. Kļujevskis (37:25) E. Želubovskis (39:24) E. Želubovskis (50:05)

Prospera Place, Kelowna Spectators: 5,790

December 28, 2005 7:00 p.m.

December 29, 2005 4:00 am

Czech Republic V. Sobotka (36:25) T. Káňa (52:48)

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

Sweden S. Karlsson (2:08) J. Salmonsson (3:49) O. Hedman (20:52)

Interior Savings Center, Kamloops spectators: 5,323

December 28, 2005 7:00 p.m.

December 29, 2005 4:00 am

Russia G. Tschurilow (7:37) N. Lemtjugow (9:45) E. Lissin (10:32) I. Subow (16:41) J. Malkin (19:09) A. Jemelin (47:11)

6: 2 (5: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Slovakia A. Sekera (17:30) S. Lašček (30:29)

Prospera Place, Kelowna Spectators: 5,948

December 29, 2005 7:00 p.m.

December 30, 2005 4:00 am

Latvia J. Kļujevskis (32:58)

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

Russia J. Malkin (3:54) N. Lemtjugow (4:00) N. Lemtjugow (36:26)

Interior Savings Center, Kamloops spectators: 4,831

December 30, 2005 7:00 p.m.

December 31, 2005 4:00 am

Czech Republic D. Krejčí (0:26) T. Kudělka (10:01) D. Krejčí (10:22) D. Krejčí (30:36) P. Pohl (45:10)

5: 3 (3: 1, 1: 0, 1: 2) game report

Slovakia M. Zagrapan (1:38) J. Gráčik (46:45) L. Ščurko (56:05)

Prospera Place, Kelowna Spectators: 5,979

December 30, 2005 7:00 p.m.

December 31, 2005 4:00 am

Sweden S. Karlsson (1:06) N. Bäckström (14:40) T. Viklund (15:57) F. Pettersson (18:17) N. Bergfors (20:40) N. Bäckström (25:15) J Salmonsson (29:35) N. Bäckström (41:25) M. Ritola (51:59) F. Pettersson (57:42)

10: 2 (4: 1, 3: 0, 3: 1) game report

Latvia M. Karsums (16:58) E. Kārkliņš (51:52)

Interior Savings Center, Kamloops Spectators: 4,797

December 31, 2005 7:00 p.m.

January 1, 2006 4:00 am

Slovakia

0: 6 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 3) game report

Sweden R. Lindqvist (7:07) M. Ritola (13:01) J. Ryno (34:20) F. Pettersson (43:33) A. Axelsson (49:44) S. Karlsson (52:22)

Interior Savings Center, Kamloops spectators: 4,712

December 31, 2005 7:00 p.m.

January 1, 2006 4:00 am

Russia S. Shirokov (16:20) R. Voloshenko (33:46) J. Malkin (41:07) I. Subow (44:15) R. Voloshenko (46:14) E. Lissin (51:09) A. . Radulow (56:07)

7: 2 (1: 0, 1: 0, 5: 2) game report

Czech Republic P. Pohl (48:47) V. Sobotka (49:35)

Prospera Place, Kelowna Spectators: 6,027

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	4th	4th	0	0	21: 06	8th
2.	Sweden	4th	3	0	1	20: 09	6th
3.	Czech Republic	4th	2	0	2	14:14	4th
4th	Slovakia	4th	1	0	3	12:21	2
5.	Latvia	4th	0	0	4th	08:25	0

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

Relegation round

January 2, 2006 1:00 p.m. (local time)

January 2, 2006 10:00 p.m. (CET)

Switzerland J. Šimek (5:34) M. Joggi (30:01) J. Walker (32:14) A. Chiesa (41:23) D. Bürgler (57:36)

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

Latvia A. Āboliņš (33:31) M. Karsums (45:56)

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 7,616

January 3, 2006 1:00 p.m.

January 3, 2006 10:00 p.m.

Slovakia A. Sekera (15:44) I. Baček (38:25) S. Lašček (39:55) L. Ščurko (46:36)

4: 3 (1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 0) game report

Norway M. Olimb (11:01) M. Trygg (26:20) K. Forsberg (34:39)

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 5,038

January 4, 2006 12:00 noon

January 4, 2006 9:00 p.m.

Latvia M. Karsums (19:50) E. Bullītis (34:45) G. Meija (38:56) S. Pečura (56:59)

4: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Norway

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 4,540

January 4, 2006 4:00 p.m.

January 5, 2006 1:00 am

Switzerland J. Walker (13:17) S. Moser (14:59) J. Sprunger (31:56)

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

Slovakia M. Bartánus (15:29) S. Lašček (52:37) M. Horský (56:12)

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Spectators: 6,667

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	10: 05	5
2.	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	14:10	5
3.	Latvia	3	1	0	2	10:12	2
4th	Norway	3	0	0	3	03:10	0

Note: The preliminary round matches Switzerland - Norway (2: 0) and Slovakia - Latvia (7: 4) 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

B1

Russia

5

A2

United States

2

A2

United States

1

B3

Czech Republic

1

B1

Russia

0

A1

Canada

5

A1

Canada

4th

B2

Sweden

0

A3

Finland

0

3rd place match

A3

Finland

1

A3

Finland

4th

A2

United States

2

Play for 5th place

B2

Sweden

3

B3

Czech Republic

1

Quarter finals

January 2, 2006 4:00 p.m. (local time)

January 3, 2006 1:00 a.m. (CET)

Sweden

0: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Finland T. Laakso (69:26)

GM Place, Vancouver Spectators: 18,630

January 2, 2006 8:00 p.m.

January 3, 2006 5:00 am

USA P. Kessel (3:23) C. Bourque (11:08)

2: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Czech Republic L. Šmíd (12:17)

GM Place, Vancouver Spectators: 14,890

Play for 5th place

January 4, 2006 8:00 p.m.

January 5, 2006 5:00 am

Sweden J. Ryno (41:42) N. Bergfors (42:07) N. Bäckström (59:12)

3: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 3: 1) game report

Czech Republic T. Káňa (43:16)

GM Place, Vancouver Spectators: 10,684

Semifinals

January 3, 2006 4:00 p.m.

January 4, 2006 1:00 am

Canada K. Russell (18:16) B. Comeau (38:58) K. Letang (49:40) A. Cogliano (53:32)

4: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Finland

GM Place, Vancouver Spectators: 18,630

January 3, 2006 8:00 p.m.

January 4, 2006 5:00 am

Russia N. Kuljomin (12:32) N. Kuljomin (41:42) A. Jemelin (43:13) S. Schirokow (53:01) N. Lemtjugow (55:15)

5: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 4: 1) game report

USA J. Skille (42:34)

GM Place, Vancouver Spectators: 18,630

3rd place match

January 5, 2006 12:00 p.m.

January 5, 2006 9:00 p.m.

Finland J. Sailio (33:32) J. Joensuu (34:51) L. Tukonen (53:20) J. Joensuu (55:24)

4: 2 (0: 1, 2: 0, 2: 1) game report

USA B. Ryan (12:11) J. Johnson (51:03)

GM Place, Vancouver Spectators: 15,107

final

January 5, 2006 4:00 p.m.

January 6, 2006 1:00 am

Russia

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

Canada S. Downie (17:13) B. Comeau (18:56) M. Blunden (32:02) M. Blunden (34:44) K. Chipchura (57:15)

GM Place, Vancouver Spectators: 18,630

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
Phil Kessel	United States	7th	1	10	11	± 0	2
Yevgeny Malkin	Russia	6th	4th	6th	10	+5	12
Lauri Tukonen	Finland	7th	3	7th	10	+9	0
Stanislav Lašček	Slovakia	6th	6th	3	9	+3	8th
Chris Bourque	United States	7th	7th	1	8th	−1	12
Nicklas Bäckström	Sweden	6th	4th	3	7th	+3	2
Mathias Joggi	Switzerland	6th	4th	3	7th	−2	14th
Bobby Ryan	United States	7th	3	4th	7th	−1	0
Blake Comeau	Canada	6th	3	4th	7th	+7	8th
Marek Zagrapan	Slovakia	6th	2	5	7th	+3	18th
Alexei Jemelin	Russia	6th	2	5	7th	+3	39

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
Justin Pogge	Canada	6th	360: 00	6th	3	95.20	1.00
Daniel Larsson	Sweden	4th	249: 26	4th	1	95.18	0.96
Tuukka Rask	Finland	6th	369: 26	13	1	93.98	2.11
Anton Chudobin	Russia	5	300: 00	11	0	93.29	2.20
Cory Schneider	United States	6th	359: 06	16	0	91.21	2.67

Final placements

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada

Cam Barker , Dan Bertram , Mike Blunden , Dave Bolland , Luc Bourdon , Dustin Boyd , Kyle Chipchura , Andrew Cogliano , Blake Comeau , Steve Downie , Devan Dubnyk , Guillaume Latendresse , Kristopher Letang , Ryan O'Marra , Ryan Parent , Justin Pogge , Sasha Pokulok , Benoît Pouliot , Tom Pyatt , Kris Russell , Marc Staal , Jonathan Toews Trainer: Brent Sutter

Silver Russia

Alexander Aksenenko , Yevgeny Biryukov , Denis Bodrov , Vyacheslav Burawtschikow , Anton Chudobin , Alexei Jemelin , Mikhail Junkow , Yevgeny Ketow , Nikolai Kuljomin , Nikolai Lemtjugow , Enver Lisin , Kirill Ljamin , Evgeni Malkin , Nikita Nikitin , Sergei Ogorodnikov , Alexander Radulow , Sergei Shirokov , Andrei Subarew , Ilya Subov , Gennady Churilov , Semyon Varlamow , Roman Voloshenko Coach: Sergei Michaljow

Bronze Finland

Mikko Alikoski , Henri Heino , Jesse Joensuu , Juho Jokinen , Matti Koistinen , Janne Kolehmainen , Leo Komarov , Risto Korhonen , lauric Korpikoski , Teemu Laakso , Mikko Lehtonen , Perttu Lindgren , Tommi Leinonen , Erkka Leppänen , Karri Rämö , Tuukka Rask , Jari Sailio , Aki Seitsonen , Timo Seppänen , Tomas Sinisalo , Lauri Tukonen , Petteri Wirtanen Trainer: Hannu Aravirta

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

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Yevgeny Malkin	Russia
Best goalkeeper	Tuukka Rask	Finland
Best defender	Marc Staal	Canada
Best striker	Yevgeny Malkin	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Lauri Tukonen - Yevgeny Malkin - Steve Downie
Defense:	Luc Bourdon - Jack Johnson
Goal:	Tuukka Rask

Division I.

Group A, in Bled, Slovenia

Teams	GER	DAN	SLO	FRA	UKR	JPN	Gates	Pt.
1. Germany		6: 1	2-0	1-0	3-0	8: 1	20: 2	10-0
2. Denmark	1: 6		3: 2	3: 3	6: 1	7: 5	20:17	7: 3
3. Slovenia	0: 2	2: 3		2: 1	8: 2	5-0	17: 8	6: 4
4. France	0: 1	3: 3	1: 2		1: 1	3-0	8: 7	4: 6
5. Ukraine	0: 3	1: 6	2: 8	1: 1		6: 4	10:22	3: 7
6. Japan	1: 8	5: 7	0: 5	0: 3	4: 6		10:29	0:10

Division I winning team: Germany

Division I promoted Germany

David Cespiva , Simon Danner , Robert Dietrich , Christoph Gawlik , Nikolai Goc , Philip Gogulla , Thomas Greiss , Florian Kettemer , René Kramer , Justin Krueger , Stefan Langwieder , Moritz Müller , Florian Ondruschka , Thomas Pielmeier , Daniel Pietta , André Schietzold , Philipp Schlager , Felix Schütz , Martin Schymainski , Marvin Tepper , Norman Martens , Youri Ziffzer Trainer: Ernst Höfner

Group B, in Minsk, Belarus

Teams	BLR	KAZ	ITA	POLE	AUT	HUN	Gates	Pt.
1. Belarus		5: 2	7: 1	3: 3	6-0	3-0	24: 6	9: 1
2. Kazakhstan	2: 5		6: 1	3-0	3: 1	7: 1	21: 8	8: 2
3. Italy	1: 7	0: 3		4: 1	2: 2	7: 2	14:15	5: 5
4. Poland	3: 3	1: 6	1: 4		3-0	1: 1	9:14	4: 6
5. Austria	0: 6	1: 3	2: 2	0: 3		2: 2	5:16	2: 8
6. Hungary	0: 3	1: 7	2: 7	1: 1	2: 2		6:20	2: 8

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division II:	Japan, Hungary
Promoted from Division I:	Germany, Belarus
Relegated to Division I:	Norway, Latvia
Promoted from Division II:	Estonia, UK

Division II

Group A, in Bucharest, Romania

Teams	GBR	NED	ROME	ESP	OUT	NZL	Gates	Pt.
1. Great Britain		4-0	7: 1	9: 1	15: 1	18: 0	53: 3	10-0
2. Netherlands	0: 4		2: 2	10-0	7: 2	19: 0	38: 8	7: 3
3. Romania	1: 7	2: 2		6-0	8: 2	14: 0	31:11	7: 3
4. Spain	1: 9	0:10	0: 6		7: 6	7: 2	15:33	4: 6
5. Australia	1:15	2: 7	2: 8	6: 7		6-0	17:37	2: 8
6. New Zealand	0:18	0:19	0:14	2: 7	0: 6		2:64	0:10

Group B, in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Teams	EST	CRO	COR	SCG	MEX	CHN	Gates	Pt.
1. Estonia		6: 2	4: 3	7: 1	18: 1	11: 1	46: 8	10-0
2. Croatia	2: 6		3: 5	4: 2	5-0	8: 2	22:15	6: 4
3. South Korea	3: 4	5: 3		1: 1	7: 2	4: 5	20:15	5: 5
4. Serbia and Montenegro	1: 7	2: 4	1: 1		7: 3	3: 1	14:16	5: 5
5. Mexico	1:18	0: 5	2: 7	3: 7		5: 3	11:40	2: 8
6. People's Republic of China	1:11	2: 8	5: 4	1: 3	3: 5		12:31	2: 8

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	New Zealand, People's Republic of China
Promoted from Division II:	Estonia, UK
Relegated to Division II:	Japan, Hungary
Promoted from Division III:	Iceland, Lithuania

Division III

in Elektrėnai, Lithuania

Teams	LTU	ISL	DOOR	BUL	POOR	Gates	Pt.
1. Lithuania		5: 2	16: 0	13: 0	47: 1	81: 3	8-0
2. Iceland	2: 5		16: 1	11: 0	50: 0	79: 6	6: 2
3. Turkey	0:16	1:16		6: 5	28: 3	35:40	4: 4
4. Bulgaria	0:13	0:11	5: 6		21: 2	26:32	2: 6
5. Armenia	1:47	0:50	3:28	2:21		6: 146	0: 8

Ascent and descent

Promoted from Division III:	Lithuania, Iceland
Relegated to Division III:	New Zealand, China

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 U18 Juniors 2006