2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Hungary
 Latvia
Dates3–9 April 2006
2–8 April 2006
Teams12

The 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournaments made up the second level of competition at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 3 April and 9 April 2006 in Miskolc, Hungary and the Group B tournament took place between 2 April and 8 April 2006 in Riga, Latvia. Switzerland and Latvia won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Hungary finished last in Group A and South Korea last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2007.

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 3 April 2006 in Miskolc, Hungary.[1] Austria, France, Kazakhstan and Slovenia all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.[2] Hungary gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group B tournament and Switzerland was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship.[3][4]

Switzerland won the tournament after winning four of their five games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Slovenia finished in second place after losing only to Switzerland and Kazakhstan finished in third place. Hungary finished in last place, managing to tie one of their games and lose the other four and were relegated back to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Matija Pintarič of Slovenia led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 0.940, and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate.[5][6] Kazakhstan's Yevgeniy Rymarev was named as top forward and Marco Maurer of Switzerland was selected as top defenceman.[6] France's Remy Rimann was the tournaments leading scorer with ten points, including five goals and five assists.[7]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Switzerland 5 4 1 0 18 10 +8 9 Promoted to the Championship Division for 2007
2  Slovenia 5 4 0 1 19 12 +7 8
3  Kazakhstan 5 2 1 2 25 20 +5 5
4  France 5 1 2 2 20 26 −6 4
5  Austria 5 1 1 3 22 26 −4 3
6  Hungary 5 0 1 4 14 24 −10 1 Relegated to Division II for 2007
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Fixtures

All times local.

3 April 2006
13:00		France 2 – 7
(0–4, 1–2, 1–1)		 SloveniaMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 200
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3 April 2006
16:30		Austria 4 – 10
(2–2, 1–6, 1–2)		 KazakhstanMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 300
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3 April 2006
20:00		Hungary 2 – 5
(0–2, 2–1, 0–2)		  SwitzerlandMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 1800
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4 April 2006
13:00		Slovenia 5 – 4
(1–1, 4–0, 0–3)		 AustriaMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 200
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4 April 2006
16:30		Switzerland 6 – 3
(1–0, 2–1, 3–2)		 FranceMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 200
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4 April 2006
20:00		Kazakhstan 5 – 3
(2–1, 1–2, 2–0)		 HungaryMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 1600
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6 April 2006
13:00		Switzerland 4 – 3
(1–0, 3–2, 0–1)		 AustriaMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 200
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6 April 2006
16:30		Slovenia 4 – 3
(1–0, 1–2, 2–1)		 KazakhstanMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 350
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6 April 2006
20:00		Hungary 4 – 4
(0–0, 2–2, 2–2)		 FranceMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 1800
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8 April 2006
13:00		Kazakhstan 2 – 2
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)		  SwitzerlandMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 300
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8 April 2006
16:30		France 4 – 4
(3–2, 1–1, 0–1)		 AustriaMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 450
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8 April 2006
20:00		Slovenia 3 – 2
(0–0, 0–2, 3–0)		 HungaryMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 1800
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9 April 2006
13:00		Kazakhstan 5 – 7
(1–1, 1–1, 3–5)		 FranceMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 200
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9 April 2006
16:30		Switzerland 1 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 SloveniaMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 800
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9 April 2006
20:00		Austria 7 – 3
(3–0, 2–2, 2–1)		 HungaryMiskolc Ice Hall
Attendance: 1600
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Scoring leaders

Matija Pintarič was named the tournament's best goalkeeper.

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[7]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
France Remy Rimann55510+12F
Kazakhstan Yevgeniy Rymarev5729+34F
France Stephane Dacosta536902F
Austria Martin Ulmer5369–16F
Austria Daniel Oberkofler5437–42F
Austria Kristof Reinthaler5347–22D
Austria Daniel Woger534702F
France Pierre-Charles Hordelalay534706F
Kazakhstan Vyacheslav Polomoshnov5336+48F
France Yohann Auvitu5246+12D

Leading goaltenders

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.[5]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Slovenia Matija Pintarič214:4410061.6894.000
Switzerland Lukas Flueler300:00121102.0091.741
Hungary Akos Agardy179:29128144.6889.060
Kazakhstan Mikhail Smolnikov178:4599113.6988.890
Hungary Zoltán Hetényi120:007494.5087.840

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 2 April 2006 in Riga, Latvia.[8] Japan, Latvia, Poland and Ukraine all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.[9] South Korea gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group A tournament and Denmark was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.[4][10]

Latvia won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Denmark finished second after losing only to Latvia and Japan finished in third place.[8] South Korea finished in last place, managing only to tie one of their games and lose the other four and were relegated to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Arturs Dzelzs of Latvia led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 0.948, and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate.[11][12] Denmark's Philip Larsen was named as top defenceman and Andris Džeriņš of Latvia was selected as top forward.[12] Džeriņš also led the tournament in scoring with 13 points, including six goals and seven assists.[13]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Latvia 5 5 0 0 27 7 +20 10 Promoted to the Championship Division for 2007
2  Denmark 5 4 0 1 24 12 +12 8
3  Japan 5 2 1 2 19 16 +3 5
4  Poland 5 2 0 3 16 15 +1 4
5  Ukraine 5 1 0 4 7 31 −24 2
6  South Korea 5 0 1 4 11 23 −12 1 Relegated to Division II for 2007
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Fixtures

All times local.

2 April 2006
15:00		Japan 8 – 1
(1–1, 2–0, 5–0)		 UkraineArena Riga
Attendance: 250
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2 April 2006
17:00		South Korea 1 – 3
(0–0, 1–1, 0–2)		 DenmarkVolvo Sportcenter
Attendance: 105
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2 April 2006
19:00		Poland 0 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		 LatviaArena Riga
Attendance: 2500
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3 April 2006
15:00		Denmark 5 – 2
(1–0, 0–2, 4–0)		 PolandArena Riga
Attendance: 176
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3 April 2006
17:00		Ukraine 5 – 2
(1–0, 3–2, 1–0)		 South KoreaVolvo Sportcenter
Attendance: 73
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3 April 2006
19:00		Latvia 6 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 4–0)		 JapanArena Riga
Attendance: 3500
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5 April 2006
15:00		Denmark 5 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–1)		 JapanArena Riga
Attendance: 120
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5 April 2006
17:00		South Korea 3 – 6
(0–0, 1–5, 2–1)		 PolandVolvo Sportcenter
Attendance: 120
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5 April 2006
19:00		Latvia 7 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 3–0)		 UkraineArena Riga
Attendance: 4000
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6 April 2006
15:00		Ukraine 0 – 7
(0–1, 0–3, 0–3)		 DenmarkArena Riga
Attendance: 130
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6 April 2006
17:00		Poland 1 – 5
(0–0, 0–3, 1–2)		 JapanVolvo Sportcenter
Attendance: 102
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6 April 2006
19:00		Latvia 6 – 2
(1–0, 5–1, 0–1)		 South KoreaArena Riga
Attendance: 2500
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8 April 2006
11:00		Japan 3 – 3
(2–1, 0–1, 1–1)		 South KoreaArena Riga
Attendance: 85
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8 April 2006
14:30		Ukraine 1 – 7
(0–2, 0–2, 1–3)		 PolandArena Riga
Attendance: 310
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8 April 2006
18:00		Denmark 4 – 7
(3–2, 1–2, 0–3)		 Latvia10000
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Scoring leaders

Lars Eller scored five goals and five assists to finish fifth in scoring.

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Latvia Andris Džeriņš56713+114F
Latvia Gatis Gricinskis56612+1010F
Latvia Arturs Ozolins53912+104F
Denmark Nichlas Hardt54711+66F
Denmark Lars Eller55510+48F
Latvia Kaspars Daugaviņš5549+620F
Japan Naoto Mizuuchi5336+60F
Denmark Philip Larsen5336+112D
Poland Krystian Dziubinski5156+34F
Poland Maciej Szewczyk5415+26F

Leading goaltenders

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.

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Latvia Arturs Dzelzs300:0013471.4094.782
Poland Michal Strak286:32163142.9391.411
Denmark Frederik Andersen280:00130122.5790.771
Japan Yusuke Terashima180:006972.3389.860
South Korea Lee Won233:21145215.4085.520

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-12-28. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  2. ↑ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  3. ↑ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  4. 1 2 "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  5. 1 2 "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  6. 1 2 "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  7. 1 2 "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-04-07. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  9. ↑ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  10. ↑ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  11. ↑ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  12. 1 2 "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  13. ↑ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
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