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Host countries | 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.
The Group A tournament began on 2 April 2006 in Merano, Italy. [1] Estonia, the Netherlands, 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]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Italy | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | +33 | 10 | Promoted to Division I for 2007 |
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 | Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 2 | |
6 | Spain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 32 | −24 | 2 | Relegated to Division III for 2007 |
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2 April 2006 13:30 | Netherlands | 5 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0) | Belgium | Merano Attendance: 150 |
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2 April 2006 16:30 | Estonia | 6 – 1 (3–0, 1–0, 2–1) | Serbia and Montenegro | Merano Attendance: 200 |
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2 April 2006 20:00 | Italy | 7 – 0 (3–0, 2–0, 2–0) | Spain | Merano Attendance: 1100 |
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3 April 2006 13:30 | Spain | 0 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0) | Estonia | Merano Attendance: 50 |
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3 April 2006 16:30 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3 – 5 (0–3, 1–1, 2–1) | Netherlands | Merano Attendance: 70 |
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3 April 2006 20:00 | Belgium | 1 – 10 (1–4, 0–2, 0–4) | Italy | Merano Attendance: 350 |
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5 April 2006 13:30 | Estonia | 2 – 8 (2–3, 0–2, 0–3) | Netherlands | Merano Attendance: 75 |
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5 April 2006 16:30 | Belgium | 3 – 5 (2–1, 1–2, 0–2) | Spain | Merano Attendance: 110 |
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5 April 2006 20:00 | Italy | 7 – 0 (4–0, 2–0, 1–0) | Serbia and Montenegro | Merano Attendance: 120 |
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6 April 2006 13:30 | Spain | 2 – 10 (2–3, 0–3, 0–4) | Serbia and Montenegro | Merano Attendance: 120 |
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6 April 2006 16:30 | Estonia | 2 – 2 (0–1, 2–1, 0–0) | Belgium | Merano Attendance: 130 |
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6 April 2006 20:00 | Netherlands | 0 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0) | Italy | Merano Attendance: 1000 |
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8 April 2006 13:30 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1 – 6 (0–1, 1–2, 0–3) | Belgium | Merano Attendance: 75 |
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8 April 2006 16:30 | Netherlands | 10 – 1 (4–0, 1–0, 5–1) | Spain | Merano Attendance: 110 |
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8 April 2006 20:00 | Italy | 9 – 1 (2–0, 4–0, 3–1) | Estonia | Merano Attendance: 1110 |
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List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals. [5]
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | POS |
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Ivan Demetz | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +8 | 6 | F |
Florian Wieser | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +10 | 2 | F |
Marko Milovanovic | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 20 | F |
Ivy van den Heuvel | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +5 | 22 | F |
Thomas Erlacher | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 35 | F |
Jordy van de Locht | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +1 | 6 | F |
Mike Dalhuisen | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +7 | 18 | D |
Markus Gander | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | +3 | 6 | F |
Martin Tutzer | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 0 | F |
Marco Insam | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 4 | F |
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. [6]
Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
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Massimo Camin | 149:53 | 41 | 1 | 0.40 | 97.56 | 2 |
Sjoerd Idzenga | 120:00 | 24 | 1 | 0.50 | 95.83 | 1 |
Martin Ausserhofer | 150:07 | 23 | 1 | 0.40 | 95.65 | 2 |
Kristjan Eerme | 249:30 | 116 | 12 | 2.89 | 89.66 | 1 |
Bram de Backer | 280:00 | 172 | 18 | 3.86 | 89.53 | 0 |
The Group B tournament began on 15 March 2006 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania. [7] Croatia, Iceland, Lithuania and Mexico all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous year's 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]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5 | +35 | 10 | Promoted to Division I for 2007 |
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 | Relegated to Division III for 2007 |
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15 March 2006 15:00 | Australia | 0 – 11 (0–3, 0–4, 0–4) | Great Britain | Elektrėnai Attendance: 720 |
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15 March 2006 17:00 | Iceland | 1 – 11 (0–5, 0–4, 1–2) | Croatia | Kaunas Attendance: 150 |
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15 March 2006 18:30 | Mexico | 3 – 8 (1–3, 1–3, 1–2) | Lithuania | Elektrėnai |
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16 March 2006 15:00 | Croatia | 2 – 5 (2–0, 0–2, 0–3) | Australia | Elektrėnai Attendance: 680 |
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16 March 2006 17:00 | Great Britain | 6 – 2 (1–2, 2–0, 3–0) | Mexico | Kaunas Attendance: 230 |
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16 March 2006 18:30 | Lithuania | 9 – 1 (4–0, 4–0, 1–1) | Iceland | Elektrėnai Attendance: 1290 |
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18 March 2006 12:00 | Great Britain | 14 – 2 (2–0, 5–1, 7–1) | Iceland | Kaunas Attendance: 130 |
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18 March 2006 15:30 | Australia | 3 – 4 (1–1, 1–2, 1–1) | Mexico | Kaunas Attendance: 540 |
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18 March 2006 19:00 | Lithuania | 11 – 5 (1–2, 7–1, 3–2) | Croatia | Kaunas Attendance: 500 |
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19 March 2006 15:00 | Mexico | 1 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0) | Iceland | Elektrėnai |
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19 March 2006 18:00 | Croatia | 0 – 6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2) | Great Britain | Kaunas Attendance: 230 |
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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 |
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21 March 2006 15:30 | Croatia | 4 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0) | Mexico | Elektrėnai |
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21 March 2006 19:00 | Great Britain | 3 – 1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0) | Lithuania | Elektrėnai Attendance: 2890 |
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List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals. [10]
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | POS |
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Robert Dowd | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +13 | 18 | F |
James Ferrara | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +12 | 10 | F |
Povilas Verenis | 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | +8 | 12 | F |
Craig Peacock | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +14 | 0 | F |
Tadas Kumeliauskas | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +7 | 8 | F |
Sergej Ivanuskin | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +8 | 12 | F |
Domagoj Bozic | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 10 | F |
Jonas Viknius | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 8 | F |
Filip Markotic | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +2 | 2 | F |
Michael Novak | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 32 | F |
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. [11]
Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
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Martin Clarkson | 210:37 | 59 | 3 | 0.85 | 94.92 | 2 |
Arturas Kuzmicius | 184:09 | 95 | 7 | 2.28 | 92.62 | 1 |
Tihomir Filipec | 298:38 | 171 | 23 | 4.62 | 86.55 | 1 |
Aron Stefansson | 142:54 | 94 | 14 | 5.88 | 85.11 | 0 |
Olivier Martin | 194:49 | 112 | 18 | 5.54 | 83.93 | 1 |
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