2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

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The 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 70th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 45 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2007 competition. In the Division I Championship held in April, Germany and Austria were promoted to the Championship division while Israel and Croatia were demoted to Division II. In the Division II competition, Romania and China were promoted, South Africa and New Zealand were relegated to Division III. In the Division III competition, Iceland and Turkey were promoted to Division II for 2007.

The 2006 IIHF World Championship was held in Latvia between May 5 and May 21, 2006 with events being held in Riga. Sweden won the championship with a 4–0 victory in the final against the Czech Republic.

Championship

Main article: 2006 IIHF World Championship

The Championship division was contested from May 5 to May 21, 2006. Participants in this tournament were placed into groups of four with the top three teams in each group advancing to the qualifying round. Teams which finished last in the group were sent to the relegation round where the top bottom teams were relegated to the 2007 Division I tournament. The qualifying round teams were split into two groups of six with the top four advancing to the playoff round, and the bottom two eliminated from advancing. The playoff round was a knockout stage towards the gold medal game. The Championship was played in Riga, Latvia. Sweden won the gold medal game, defeating the Czech Republic 4–0. While Kazakhstan and Slovenia were relegated to Division I for 2007.[1]

Final standings
  1. Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
  2. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic
  3. Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
  4. Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
  5. Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
  6. Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus
  7. Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
  8. Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
  9. Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
  10. Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
  11. Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
  12. Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine
  13. Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
  14. Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy
  15. Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan — relegated to Division I for 2007
  16. Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia — relegated to Division I for 2007

Division I

Main article: 2006 IIHF World Championship Division I

Division I was contested from April 23 to April 30, 2006. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Amiens, France. Group B's games were played in Tallinn, Estonia. Germany and Austria finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to the 2007 Championship division. While Israel finished last in Group A and Croatia last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2007.[2][3]

Final standings

Group A

  1. Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany — promoted to Championship Division for 2007
  2. Flag of France.svg.png France
  3. Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
  4. Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
  5. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain
  6. Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel — relegated to Division II for 2007
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Group B

  1. Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria — promoted to Championship Division for 2007
  2. Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania
  3. Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland
  4. Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia
  5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
  6. Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia — relegated to Division II for 2007

Division II

Main article: 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II

Division II was contested from March 27 to April 9, 2006. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria. Group B's games were played in Auckland, New Zealand. Romania and China finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2007. While South Africa finished last in Group A and New Zealand last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2007.[4][5]

Final standings

Group A

  1. Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania — promoted to Division I for 2007
  2. Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
  3. Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium
  4. Flag of Serbia and Montenegro svg.png Serbia and Montenegro
  5. Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain
  6. Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa — relegated to Division III for 2007

Group B

  1. Flag of China.svg.png China — promoted to Division I for 2007
  2. Flag of South Korea.svg.png South Korea
  3. Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia
  4. Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea
  5. Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico
  6. Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand — relegated to Division III for 2007

Division III

Main article: 2006 IIHF World Championship Division III

Division III was contested from April 24–29, 2006 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Iceland won the championship and gained promotion, along with Turkey, into the 2007 Division II tournament.[6]

Final standings
  1. Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland — promoted to Division II for 2007
  2. Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey — promoted to Division II for 2007
  3. Flag of Armenia.svg.png Armenia
  4. Flag of Ireland.svg.png Ireland
  5. Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg

Notes

  1. ↑ "2006 IIHF World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/WS/final_index_jsp.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
  2. ↑ "2006 IIHF World Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=47. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  3. ↑ "2006 IIHF World Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=50. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  4. ↑ "2006 IIHF World Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=51. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  5. ↑ "2006 IIHF World Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=52. Retrieved 2009-12-01. 
  6. ↑ "2006 IIHF World Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiii/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=54. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 

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