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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
 | tourney_name = IIHF World Championship<br>Division II
 | year = 2006
 | image = 
 | size = 
 | caption = 
 | country = Bulgaria
 | country2 = New Zealand
 | dates = March 27 - April 9
 | num_teams = 12 (two groups of 6)
 | venues = 2
 | cities = 2
 | prevseason = [[2005 IIHF World Championship Division III|2005]]
 | nextseason = [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division III|2007]]
}}

'''The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II ''' was an international [[Ice hockey]] tournament run by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]].  The tournament 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 men's national ice hockey team|Romania]] and [[China men's national ice hockey team|China]] finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division I|Division I for 2007]]. While [[South Africa men's national ice hockey team|South Africa]] finished last in Group A and [[New Zealand men's national ice hockey team|New Zealand]] last in Group B and were relegated to [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division III|Division III for 2007]].

==Participants==

===Group A===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
|{{ih|ROM}}
|Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2005.<ref name="2005 DIVIB">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/wsib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000011 | title = 2005 IIHF World Championship Div I Group B | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date =  | accessdate = 2009-11-17}}</ref>
|-
|{{ih|SCG}}
|Placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2005.<ref name="2005 DIVIIB">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000015 | title = 2005 IIHF World Championship Div II Group B | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date =  | accessdate = 2009-11-17}}</ref>
|-
|{{ih|BEL}}
|Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2005.<ref name="2005 DIVIIB"/>
|-
|{{ih|BUL}}
|'''Host''', placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2005.<ref name="2005 DIVIIA">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000012 | title =  2005 IIHF World Championship Div II Group A | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date =  | accessdate = 2009-11-17}}</ref>
|-
|{{ih|ESP}}
|Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2005.<ref name="2005 DIVIIB"/>
|-
|{{ih|RSA}}
|Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2005.<ref name="2005 DIVIII">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/wsiii/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000016 | title = 2005 IIHF World Championship Div III | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date =  | accessdate = 2009-11-17}}</ref>
|}

===Group B===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
|{{ih|CHN}}
|Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2005.<ref name="2005 DIVIA">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/wsia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000010 | title = 2005 IIHF World Championship Div I Group A | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date =  | accessdate = 2009-11-17}}</ref>
|-
|{{ih|AUS}}
|Placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2005.<ref name="2005 DIVIIA"/>
|-
|{{ih|KOR}}
|Placed 3rd in Division II-Group A in 2005.<ref name="2005 DIVIIA"/>
|-
|{{ih|PRK}}
|Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2005.<ref name="2005 DIVIIB"/>
|-
|{{ih|NZL}}
|'''Host''', Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2005.<ref name="2005 DIVIIA"/>
|-
|{{ih|MEX}}
|Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2005.<ref name="2005 DIVIII"/>
|}

==Group A tournament==

===Fixtures===
<small>All times local.</small>
{{hockeybox2
| date        = March 27, 2006
| time        = 12:00
| team1       = {{ih|ROM}}
| team2       = {{ih|BEL}}
| score       = 4 - 2
| periods     = (2-0, 2-0, 0-2)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051901_74_4_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]]
| attendance  = 60
| penalties1  = 24
| penalties2  = 28
| shots1      = 30
| shots2      = 25
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = March 27, 2006
| time        = 15:30
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|SCG}}
| team2       = {{ih|ESP}}
| score       = 4 - 1
| periods     = (1-1, 2-0, 1-0)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051902_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 93
| penalties1  = 40
| penalties2  = 20
| shots1      = 21
| shots2      = 12
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = March 27, 2006
| time        = 19:00
| team1       = {{ih|BUL}}
| team2       = {{ih|RSA}}
| score       = 14 - 1
| periods     = (5-0, 3-1, 6-0)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051903_74_4_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 873
| penalties1  = 36
| penalties2  = 30
| shots1      = 37
| shots2      = 14
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = March 28, 2006
| time        = 12:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|BEL}}
| team2       = {{ih|SCG}}
| score       = 2 - 2
| periods     = (0-0, 1-0, 1-2)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051904_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 87
| penalties1  = 38
| penalties2  = 22
| shots1      = 20
| shots2      = 32
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = March 28, 2006
| time        = 15:30
| team1       = {{ih|RSA}}
| team2       = {{ih|ROM}}
| score       = 3 - 19
| periods     = (0-5, 0-6, 3-8)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051905_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 79
| penalties1  = 18
| penalties2  = 12
| shots1      = 12
| shots2      = 57
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = March 28, 2006
| time        = 19:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|ESP}}
| team2       = {{ih|BUL}}
| score       = 1 - 3
| periods     = (0-2, 1-1, 0-0)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051906_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 1249
| penalties1  = 22
| penalties2  = 36
| shots1      = 30
| shots2      = 19
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = March 30, 2006
| time        = 12:00
| team1       = {{ih|ROM}}
| team2       = {{ih|ESP}}
| score       = 16 - 3
| periods     = (6-0, 5-0, 5-3)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051907_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 54
| penalties1  = 26
| penalties2  = 24
| shots1      = 36
| shots2      = 11
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = March 30, 2006
| time        = 15:30
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|RSA}}
| team2       = {{ih|BEL}}
| score       = 0 - 7
| periods     = (0-3, 0-1, 0-3)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051908_74_1_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 48
| penalties1  = 12
| penalties2  = 20
| shots1      = 10
| shots2      = 33
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = March 30, 2006
| time        = 19:00
| team1       = {{ih|SCG}}
| team2       = {{ih|BUL}}
| score       = 2 - 4
| periods     = (0-1, 1-2, 1-1)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051909_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 589
| penalties1  = 18
| penalties2  = 18
| shots1      = 22
| shots2      = 23
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 1, 2006
| time        = 12:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|SCG}}
| team2       = {{ih|RSA}}
| score       = 14 - 5
| periods     = (3-1, 8-1, 3-3)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051910_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 62
| penalties1  = 0
| penalties2  = 10
| shots1      = 52
| shots2      = 17
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 1, 2006
| time        = 15:30
| team1       = {{ih|BEL}}
| team2       = {{ih|ESP}}
| score       = 4 - 0
| periods     = (2-0, 0-0, 2-0)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051911_74_1_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 137
| penalties1  = 24
| penalties2  = 32
| shots1      = 35
| shots2      = 14
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 1, 2006
| time        = 19:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|BUL}}
| team2       = {{ih|ROM}}
| score       = 0 - 9
| periods     = (0-1, 0-1, 0-7)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051912_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 1843
| penalties1  = 55
| penalties2  = 18
| shots1      = 10
| shots2      = 59
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 2, 2006
| time        = 12:00
| team1       = {{ih|ESP}}
| team2       = {{ih|RSA}}
| score       = 5 - 3
| periods     = (2-1, 2-0, 1-2)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051913_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 43
| penalties1  = 10
| penalties2  = 24
| shots1      = 38
| shots2      = 13
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 2, 2006
| time        = 15:30
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|ROM}}
| team2       = {{ih|SCG}}
| score       = 11 - 1
| periods     = (3-1, 3-0, 5-0)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051914_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 213
| penalties1  = 28
| penalties2  = 24
| shots1      = 37
| shots2      = 17
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 2, 2006
| time        = 19:00
| team1       = {{ih|BUL}}
| team2       = {{ih|BEL}}
| score       = 4 - 4
| periods     = (2-2, 1-1, 1-1)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/51/IHM051915_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Winter Sports Palace
| attendance  = 797
| penalties1  = 41
| penalties2  = 12
| shots1      = 18
| shots2      = 44
}}

===Ranking and statistics===
{| class="infobox bordered"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Promoted to Division I for 2007<ref name="DIVIIA 2006">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=51 | title = 2006 IIHF World Championship Div II Group A | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date = | accessdate = 2009-11-28}}</ref>
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ffccff"| ||Relegated to Division III for 2007<ref name="DIVIIA 2006"/>
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|T
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GDF
!width=20|PTS
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|ROM}}
|5||5||0||0||59||9||50||'''10'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|BUL}}
|5||3||1||1||25||17||8||'''7'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|BEL}}
|5||2||2||1||19||10||9||'''6'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|SCG}}
|5||2||1||2||23||23||0||'''5'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|ESP}}
|5||1||0||4||10||30||-20||'''2'''
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffccff"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|RSA}}
|5||0||0||5||12||59||-47||'''0'''
|}

==Group B tournament==

===Fixtures===
<small>All times local.</small>
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 3, 2006
| time        = 12:00
| team1       = {{ih|PRK}}
| team2       = {{ih|AUS}}
| score       = 1 - 5
| periods     = (0-3, 0-1, 1-1)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052901_74_5_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 150
| penalties1  = 18
| penalties2  = 18
| shots1      = 18
| shots2      = 46
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 3, 2006
| time        = 15:30
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|MEX}}
| team2       = {{ih|CHN}}
| score       = 1 - 4
| periods     = (0-2, 1-2, 0-0)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052902_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 120
| penalties1  = 34
| penalties2  = 40
| shots1      = 34
| shots2      = 36
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 3, 2006
| time        = 19:00
| team1       = {{ih|NZL}}
| team2       = {{ih|KOR}}
| score       = 1 - 8
| periods     = (0-5, 1-1, 0-2)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052903_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 570
| penalties1  = 12
| penalties2  = 16
| shots1      = 11
| shots2      = 78
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 4, 2006
| time        = 12:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|CHN}}
| team2       = {{ih|PRK}}
| score       = 14 - 2
| periods     = (6-0, 4-1, 4-1)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052904_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 85
| penalties1  = 22
| penalties2  = 26
| shots1      = 39
| shots2      = 23
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 4, 2006
| time        = 15:30
| team1       = {{ih|KOR}}
| team2       = {{ih|MEX}}
| score       = 15 - 2
| periods     = (5-0, 7-2, 3-0)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052905_74_4_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 110
| penalties1  = 14
| penalties2  = 10
| shots1      = 54
| shots2      = 19
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 4, 2006
| time        = 19:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|AUS}}
| team2       = {{ih|NZL}}
| score       = 6 - 2
| periods     = (1-0, 2-0, 3-2)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052906_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 1200
| penalties1  = 24
| penalties2  = 22
| shots1      = 74
| shots2      = 14
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 6, 2006
| time        = 12:00
| team1       = {{ih|AUS}}
| team2       = {{ih|KOR}}
| score       = 2 - 4
| periods     = (0-3, 1-0, 1-1)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052907_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 108
| penalties1  = 14
| penalties2  = 24
| shots1      = 32
| shots2      = 39
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 6, 2006
| time        = 15:30
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|MEX}}
| team2       = {{ih|PRK}}
| score       = 0 - 3
| periods     = (0-2, 0-0, 0-1)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052908_74_1_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 18
| penalties2  = 16
| shots1      = 21
| shots2      = 31
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 6, 2006
| time        = 19:00
| team1       = {{ih|CHN}}
| team2       = {{ih|NZL}}
| score       = 5 - 0
| periods     = (1-0, 2-0, 2-0)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052909_74_1_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 550
| penalties1  = 2
| penalties2  = 8
| shots1      = 70
| shots2      = 13
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 7, 2006
| time        = 12:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|AUS}}
| team2       = {{ih|MEX}}
| score       = 9 - 2
| periods     = (2-0, 4-0, 3-2)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052910_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 120
| penalties1  = 16
| penalties2  = 20
| shots1      = 45
| shots2      = 21
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 7, 2006
| time        = 15:30
| team1       = {{ih|KOR}}
| team2       = {{ih|CHN}}
| score       = 3 - 6
| periods     = (1-0, 1-4, 1-2)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052911_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 250
| penalties1  = 42
| penalties2  = 34
| shots1      = 32
| shots2      = 34
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 7, 2006
| time        = 19:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|PRK}}
| team2       = {{ih|NZL}}
| score       = 3 - 0
| periods     = (0-0, 1-0, 2-0)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052912_74_1_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 800
| penalties1  = 8
| penalties2  = 12
| shots1      = 46
| shots2      = 18
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 9, 2006
| time        = 12:00
| team1       = {{ih|KOR}}
| team2       = {{Ih|PRK}}
| score       = 5 - 1
| periods     = (2-1, 2-0, 1-0)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052913_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 600
| penalties1  = 4
| penalties2  = 4
| shots1      = 45
| shots2      = 16
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 9, 2006
| time        = 15:30
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ih|CHN}}
| team2       = {{ih|AUS}}
| score       = 5 - 5
| periods     = (2-2, 1-1, 2-2)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052914_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 550
| penalties1  = 34
| penalties2  = 48
| shots1      = 40
| shots2      = 44
}}
{{hockeybox2
| date        = April 9, 2006
| time        = 19:00
| team1       = {{ih|NZL}}
| team2       = {{ih|MEX}}
| score       = 3 - 4
| periods     = (0-2, 1-2, 2-0)
| reference   = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/52/IHM052915_74_1_0.pdf
| stadium     = Botany
| attendance  = 1200
| penalties1  = 10
| penalties2  = 22
| shots1      = 28
| shots2      = 34
}}

===Ranking and statistics===
{| class="infobox bordered"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Promoted to Division I for 2007<ref name="DIVIIB 2006">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=52 | title = 2006 IIHF World Championship Div II Group B | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date = | accessdate = 2009-12-01}}</ref>
|-
|width=10px bgcolor="#ffccff"| ||Relegated to Division III for 2007<ref name="DIVIIB 2006"/>
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|T
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GDF
!width=20|PTS
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|CHN}}
|5||4||1||0||34||11||23||'''9'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|KOR}}
|5||4||0||1||35||12||23||'''8'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|AUS}}
|5||3||1||1||27||14||13||'''7'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|PRK}}
|5||2||0||3||10||24||-14||'''4'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|MEX}}
|5||1||0||4||9||34||-25||'''2'''
|- align=center style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|NZL}}
|5||0||0||5||6||26||-20||'''0'''
|}
<small>''GP = Games played; W = Wins; T = Ties;L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points''</small>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.iihf.com/ International Ice Hockey Federation]

{{Ice Hockey World Championships}}
{{Wikipedia}}

[[Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]]
[[Category:2006 in ice hockey]]