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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>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 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007 competition]]. In the [[2006 IIHF World Championship Division I|Division I Championship]] held in April, [[Germany men's national ice hockey team|Germany]] and [[Austria men's national ice hockey team|Austria]] were promoted to the Championship division while [[Israel men's national ice hockey team|Israel]] and [[Croatia men's national ice hockey team|Croatia]] were demoted to Division II. In the [[2006 IIHF World Championship Division II|Division II]] competition, [[Romania men's national ice hockey team|Romania]] and [[China men's national ice hockey team|China]] were promoted, [[South Africa men's national ice hockey team|South Africa]] and [[New Zealand men's national ice hockey team|New Zealand]] were relegated to Division III. In the [[2006 IIHF World Championship Division III|Division III]] competition, [[Iceland men's national ice hockey team|Iceland]] and [[Turkey men's national ice hockey team|Turkey]] were promoted to Division II for 2007.<br />
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The [[2006 IIHF World Championship]] was held in [[Latvia]] between May 5 and May 21, 2006 with events being held in [[Riga]]. [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]] won the championship with a 4–0 victory in the final against the [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]].<br />
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==Championship==<br />
{{main|2006 IIHF World Championship}}<br />
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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 men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]] won the gold medal game, defeating the [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]] 4–0. While [[Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team|Kazakhstan]] and [[Slovenia men's national ice hockey team|Slovenia]] were relegated to [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division I|Division I]] for 2007.<ref name="IIHF 2006WC">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/WS/final_index_jsp.htm | title = 2006 IIHF World Championship | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date = | accessdate = 2010-03-02| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100324204555/http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/WS/final_index_jsp.htm| archivedate= 24 March 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref><br />
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;Final standings<br />
# {{ih|SWE}}<br />
# {{ih|CZE}}<br />
# {{ih|FIN}}<br />
# {{ih|CAN}}<br />
# {{ih|RUS}}<br />
# {{ih|BLR}}<br />
# {{ih|USA}}<br />
# {{ih|SVK}}<br />
# {{ih|SUI}}<br />
# {{ih|LAT}}<br />
# {{ih|NOR}}<br />
# {{ih|UKR}}<br />
# {{ih|DEN}}<br />
# {{ih|ITA}} <br />
# {{ih|KAZ}} — ''relegated to Division I for 2007''<br />
# {{ih|SLO}} — ''relegated to Division I for 2007''<br />
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==Division I==<br />
{{main|2006 IIHF World Championship Division I}}<br />
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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 men's national ice hockey team|Germany]] and [[Austria men's national ice hockey team|Austria]] finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to the [[2007 IIHF World Championship|2007 Championship division]]. While [[Israel national ice hockey team|Israel]] finished last in Group A and [[Croatia men's national ice hockey team|Croatia]] last in Group B and were relegated to [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division II|Division II]] for 2007.<ref name="2006 IIHFDIA">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=47 | title = 2006 IIHF World Championship Div I Group A | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date = | accessdate = 2010-01-25}}</ref><ref name="2006 IIHFDIB">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=50 | title = 2006 IIHF World Championship Div I Group B | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date = | accessdate = 2010-01-25}}</ref><br />
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;Final standings<br />
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'''Group A'''<br />
#{{ih|GER}} — ''promoted to Championship Division for 2007''<br />
#{{ih|FRA}}<br />
#{{ih|JPN}}<br />
#{{ih|HUN}}<br />
#{{ih|GBR}}<br />
#{{ih|ISR}} — ''relegated to Division II for 2007''<br />
#{{Col-2}}<br />
'''Group B'''<br />
#{{ih|AUT}} — ''promoted to Championship Division for 2007''<br />
#{{ih|LTU}}<br />
#{{ih|POL}}<br />
#{{ih|EST}}<br />
#{{ih|NED}}<br />
#{{ih|CRO}} — ''relegated to Division II for 2007''<br />
{{Col-end}}<br />
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==Division II==<br />
{{main|2006 IIHF World Championship Division II}}<br />
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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 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]].<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><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><br />
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;Final standings<br />
{{Col-begin}}<br />
{{Col-2}}<br />
'''Group A'''<br />
#{{ih|ROM}} — ''promoted to Division I for 2007''<br />
#{{ih|BUL}}<br />
#{{ih|BEL}}<br />
#{{ih|SCG}}<br />
#{{ih|ESP}}<br />
#{{ih|RSA}} — ''relegated to Division III for 2007''<br />
{{Col-2}}<br />
'''Group B'''<br />
#{{ih|CHN}} — ''promoted to Division I for 2007''<br />
#{{ih|KOR}}<br />
#{{ih|AUS}}<br />
#{{ih|PRK}}<br />
#{{ih|MEX}}<br />
#{{ih|NZL}} — ''relegated to Division III for 2007''<br />
{{Col-end}}<br />
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==Division III==<br />
{{main|2006 IIHF World Championship Division III}}<br />
Division III was contested from April 24&ndash;29, 2006 in [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]]. [[Iceland men's national ice hockey team|Iceland]] won the championship and gained promotion, along with [[Turkey men's national ice hockey team|Turkey]], into the [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division II|2007 Division II]] tournament.<ref name="DIVIII 2006">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiii/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=54 | title = 2006 IIHF World Championship Div III | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date = | accessdate = 2009-11-17}}</ref><br />
;Final standings<br />
# {{ih|ISL}} — ''promoted to Division II for 2007''<br />
# {{ih|TUR}} — ''promoted to Division II for 2007''<br />
# {{ih|ARM}}<br />
# {{ih|IRL}}<br />
# {{ih|LUX}}<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.ihwc.net Official site]<br />
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