2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

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2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host nations  Italy /  Lithuania
Dates 2 – 8 April 2006
15 March – 21 March 2006
Teams 12

The 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 2 and 8 April 2006 in Merano, Italy and the Group B tournament took place between 15 and 21 March 2006 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania. Italy and Great Britain won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Spain finished last in Group A and Iceland last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2007.

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 2 April 2006 in Merano, Italy.[1] Estonia, Serbia and Montenegro and Spain returned to compete in the Division II competition after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championships.[2] Italy entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Belgium entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.[3][4]

Italy won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division I for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] The Netherlands finished in second place, losing only to Italy and Estonia finished in third.[1] Spain finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated to Division III for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Ivan Demetz of Italy finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 12 points including three goals and nine assists.[5] Italy's Massimo Camin finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 97.56.[6]

Standings

Promoted to Division I for 2007
Relegated to Division III for 2007
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1  Italy 5 5 0 0 35 2 +33 10
2  Netherlands 5 4 0 1 28 8 +20 8
3  Estonia 5 2 1 2 13 20 –7 5
4  Belgium 5 1 1 3 12 23 –11 3
5 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 5 1 0 4 15 26 –11 2
6  Spain 5 1 0 4 8 32 –24 2

Fixtures

All times local.

2 April 2006
13:30 		Netherlands  5 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0) 		 Belgium Merano
Attendance: 150
2 April 2006
16:30 		Estonia  6 – 1
(3–0, 1–0, 2–1) 		Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Merano
Attendance: 200
2 April 2006
20:00 		Italy  7 – 0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0) 		 Spain Merano
Attendance: 1100
3 April 2006
13:30 		Spain  0 – 2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0) 		 Estonia Merano
Attendance: 50
3 April 2006
16:30 		Serbia and Montenegro Flag of Serbia and Montenegro 3 – 5
(0–3, 1–1, 2–1) 		 Netherlands Merano
Attendance: 70
3 April 2006
20:00 		Belgium  1 – 10
(1–4, 0–2, 0–4) 		 Italy Merano
Attendance: 350
5 April 2006
13:30 		Estonia  2 – 8
(2–3, 0–2, 0–3) 		 Netherlands Merano
Attendance: 75
5 April 2006
16:30 		Belgium  3 – 5
(2–1, 1–2, 0–2) 		 Spain Merano
Attendance: 110
5 April 2006
20:00 		Italy  7 – 0
(4–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Merano
Attendance: 120
6 April 2006
13:30 		Spain  2 – 10
(2–3, 0–3, 0–4) 		Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Merano
Attendance: 120
6 April 2006
16:30 		Estonia  2 – 2
(0–1, 2–1, 0–0) 		 Belgium Merano
Attendance: 130
6 April 2006
20:00 		Netherlands  0 – 2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0) 		 Italy Merano
Attendance: 1000
8 April 2006
13:30 		Serbia and Montenegro Flag of Serbia and Montenegro 1 – 6
(0–1, 1–2, 0–3) 		 Belgium Merano
Attendance: 75
8 April 2006
16:30 		Netherlands  10 – 1
(4–0, 1–0, 5–1) 		 Spain Merano
Attendance: 110
8 April 2006
20:00 		Italy  9 – 1
(2–0, 4–0, 3–1) 		 Estonia Merano
Attendance: 1110

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 15 March 2006 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania.[7] Croatia, Iclenad, Lithuania and Mexico all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous yeard World Championships.[8] Great Britain entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Australia entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.[9][4]

Great Britain won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division I for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.[7] Lithuania finished second after losing only to Great Britain and Australia finished in third place.[7] Iceland finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated to Division III for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.[7] Robert Dowd of Great Britain finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 14 points including six goals and eight assists.[10] Great Britain's Martin Clarkson finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 94.92.[11]

Standings

Promoted to Division I for 2007
Relegated to Division III for 2007
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1  Great Britain 5 5 0 0 40 5 +35 10
2  Lithuania 5 4 0 1 39 12 +27 8
3  Australia 5 2 0 3 13 30 –17 4
4  Croatia 5 2 0 3 22 23 –1 4
5  Mexico 5 2 0 3 10 21 –11 4
6  Iceland 5 0 0 5 7 40 –33 0

Fixtures

All times local.

15 March 2006
15:00 		Australia  0 – 11
(0–3, 0–4, 0–4) 		 Great Britain Elektrėnai
Attendance: 720
15 March 2006
17:00 		Iceland  1 – 11
(0–5, 0–4, 1–2) 		 Croatia Kaunas
Attendance: 150
15 March 2006
18:30 		Mexico  3 – 8
(1–3, 1–3, 1–2) 		 Lithuania Elektrėnai
16 March 2006
15:00 		Croatia  2 – 5
(2–0, 0–2, 0–3) 		 Australia Elektrėnai
Attendance: 680
16 March 2006
17:00 		Great Britain  6 – 2
(1–2, 2–0, 3–0) 		 Mexico Kaunas
Attendance: 230
16 March 2006
18:30 		Lithuania  9 – 1
(4–0, 4–0, 1–1) 		 Iceland Elektrėnai
Attendance: 1290
18 March 2006
12:00 		Great Britain  14 – 2
(2–0, 5–1, 7–1) 		 Iceland Kaunas
Attendance: 130
18 March 2006
15:30 		Australia  3 – 4
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1) 		 Mexico Kaunas
Attendance: 540
18 March 2006
19:00 		Lithuania  11 – 5
(1–2, 7–1, 3–2) 		 Croatia Kaunas
Attendance: 500
19 March 2006
15:00 		Mexico  1 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0) 		 Iceland Elektrėnai
19 March 2006
18:00 		Croatia  0 – 6
(0–2, 0–2, 0–2) 		 Great Britain Kaunas
Attendance: 230
19 March 2006
18:30 		Lithuania  10 – 0
(2–0, 6–0, 2–0) 		 Australia Elektrėnai
Attendance: 1405
21 March 2006
12:00 		Iceland  3 – 5
(3–3, 0–1, 0–1) 		 Australia Elektrėnai
Attendance: 714
21 March 2006
15:30 		Croatia  4 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Mexico Elektrėnai
21 March 2006
19:00 		Great Britain  3 – 1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0) 		 Lithuania Elektrėnai
Attendance: 2890

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18iia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=66. Retrieved 2012-12-31. 
  2. ↑ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/w18iia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000041. Retrieved 2012-12-31. 
  3. ↑ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/w18ib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000040. Retrieved 2012-12-31. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000043. Retrieved 2012-12-31. 
  5. ↑ "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18iia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/66/IHM066Z146_85B_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2012-12-31. 
  6. ↑ "Goalkeepers". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18iia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/66/IHM066Z146_85A_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2012-12-31. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18iib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=67. Retrieved 2012-12-31. 
  8. ↑ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/w18iib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000042. Retrieved 2012-12-31. 
  9. ↑ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/w18ia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000039. Retrieved 2012-12-31. 
  10. ↑ "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18iib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/67/IHM067Z164_85B_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2012-12-31. 
  11. ↑ "Goalkeepers". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w18iib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/67/IHM067Z164_85A_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2012-12-31. 

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