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The '''2006 World U-17 Hockey Challenge''' was an [[ice hockey]] tournament held in Balgonie, Fort Qu'Appelle, Indian Head, Milestone, Moose Jaw, Regina, Southey, and Weyburn, Saskatchewan, [[Canada]] between December 29, 2005 and January 4, 2006. [[Canada]] Quebec defeated the [[United States]] 5-2 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the [[Czech Republic]] defeated [[Canada]] Pacific 5-4 in a shootout to capture the bronze medal.

==Challenge results==
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CAN}} Quebec
|4||3||1||0||13||16||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{USA}}
|4||2||1||1||15||11||'''7'''
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CAN}} Ontario
|4||2||2||0||24||16||'''6'''
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CAN}} West
|4||1||2||1||8||13||'''4'''
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SVK}}
|4||1||3||0||10||16||'''3'''
|}

====Group B====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|T
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CAN}} Pacific
|4||4||0||0||32||11||'''12'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CZE}}
|4||1||1||2||13||14||'''5'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CAN}} Atlantic
|4||1||1||2||17||20||'''5'''
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{FIN}}
|4||0||2||2||5||11||'''2'''
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GER}}
|4||0||2||2||10||21||'''2'''
|}

===Final round===
{{4TeamBracket
| RD1=Semi finals
| RD2=Final
| group1=
| group2=
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-team1='''{{CAN}} Quebec'''
| RD1-score1='''2'''
| RD1-seed2=B2
| RD1-team2={{CZE}}
| RD1-score2=1
| RD1-seed3=B1
| RD1-team3={{CAN}} Pacific
| RD1-score3=4
| RD1-seed4=A2
| RD1-team4='''{{USA}}'''
| RD1-score4='''8'''
| RD2-seed1=SF1
| RD2-team1='''{{CAN}} Quebec'''
| RD2-score1='''5'''
| RD2-seed2=SF2
| RD2-team2={{USA}}
| RD2-score2=2
}}
===Placement games===
;9th place
*{{SVK}} 4  - {{GER}} 3 (SO)
;7th place
*{{CAN}} West 2 - {{FIN}} 1 (OT)
;5th place 
*{{CAN}} Ontario 9 - {{CAN}} Atlantic 1
;3rd place
*{{CZE}} 5 - {{CAN}} Pacific 4 (SO)

===Final standings===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=20|
!width=150|Team
|- style="background:#ffd700;"
|1||{{CAN}} Quebec
|- style="background:#c0c0c0;"
|2||{{USA}}
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
|3||{{CZE}}
|- 
|4||{{CAN}} Pacific
|- 
|5||{{CAN}} Ontario
|- 
|6||{{CAN}} Atlantic
|- 
|7||{{CAN}} West
|-  
|8||{{FIN}}
|- 
|9||{{SVK}}
|- 
|10||{{GER}}
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.hockeycanada.ca/1/6/5/1/2/index1.shtml Official website]


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