2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

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.

2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Italy
 Lithuania
Dates2 – 8 April 2006
15 March – 21 March 2006
Teams12
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Group A tournament

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]

Standings
Promoted to Division I for 2007
Relegated to Division III for 2007
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Italy5500352+3310
2 Netherlands5401288+208
3 Estonia52121320–75
4 Belgium51131223–113
5 Serbia and Montenegro51041526–112
6 Spain5104832–242

Fixtures

All times local.

2 April 2006
13:30		Netherlands 5 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 BelgiumMerano
Attendance: 150
2 April 2006
16:30		Estonia 6 – 1
(3–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 Serbia and MontenegroMerano
Attendance: 200
2 April 2006
20:00		Italy 7 – 0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 SpainMerano
Attendance: 1100
3 April 2006
13:30		Spain 0 – 2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)		 EstoniaMerano
Attendance: 50
3 April 2006
16:30		Serbia and Montenegro 3 – 5
(0–3, 1–1, 2–1)		 NetherlandsMerano
Attendance: 70
3 April 2006
20:00		Belgium 1 – 10
(1–4, 0–2, 0–4)		 ItalyMerano
Attendance: 350
5 April 2006
13:30		Estonia 2 – 8
(2–3, 0–2, 0–3)		 NetherlandsMerano
Attendance: 75
5 April 2006
16:30		Belgium 3 – 5
(2–1, 1–2, 0–2)		 SpainMerano
Attendance: 110
5 April 2006
20:00		Italy 7 – 0
(4–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 Serbia and MontenegroMerano
Attendance: 120
6 April 2006
13:30		Spain 2 – 10
(2–3, 0–3, 0–4)		 Serbia and MontenegroMerano
Attendance: 120
6 April 2006
16:30		Estonia 2 – 2
(0–1, 2–1, 0–0)		 BelgiumMerano
Attendance: 130
6 April 2006
20:00		Netherlands 0 – 2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)		 ItalyMerano
Attendance: 1000
8 April 2006
13:30		Serbia and Montenegro 1 – 6
(0–1, 1–2, 0–3)		 BelgiumMerano
Attendance: 75
8 April 2006
16:30		Netherlands 10 – 1
(4–0, 1–0, 5–1)		 SpainMerano
Attendance: 110
8 April 2006
20:00		Italy 9 – 1
(2–0, 4–0, 3–1)		 EstoniaMerano
Attendance: 1110

Scoring leaders
Marco Insam scored four goals and two assists to finish tenth in scoring.

List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[5]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Ivan Demetz53912+86F
Florian Wieser5639+102F
Marko Milovanovic5369–320F
Ivy van den Heuvel5527+522F
Thomas Erlacher5347+735F
Jordy van de Locht5257+16F
Mike Dalhuisen5167+718D
Markus Gander5516+36F
Martin Tutzer5426+30F
Marco Insam5426+34F

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.[6]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Massimo Camin149:534110.4097.562
Sjoerd Idzenga120:002410.5095.831
Martin Ausserhofer150:072310.4095.652
Kristjan Eerme249:30116122.8989.661
Bram de Backer280:00172183.8689.530

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 15 March 2006 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania.[7] Croatia, Iclenad, Lithuania and Mexico all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous yeard 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]

Standings
Promoted to Division I for 2007
Relegated to Division III for 2007
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Great Britain5500405+3510
2 Lithuania54013912+278
3 Australia52031330–174
4 Croatia52032223–14
5 Mexico52031021–114
6 Iceland5005740–330

Fixtures

All times local.

15 March 2006
15:00		Australia 0 – 11
(0–3, 0–4, 0–4)		 Great BritainElektrėnai
Attendance: 720
15 March 2006
17:00		Iceland 1 – 11
(0–5, 0–4, 1–2)		 CroatiaKaunas
Attendance: 150
15 March 2006
18:30		Mexico 3 – 8
(1–3, 1–3, 1–2)		 LithuaniaElektrėnai
16 March 2006
15:00		Croatia 2 – 5
(2–0, 0–2, 0–3)		 AustraliaElektrėnai
Attendance: 680
16 March 2006
17:00		Great Britain 6 – 2
(1–2, 2–0, 3–0)		 MexicoKaunas
Attendance: 230
16 March 2006
18:30		Lithuania 9 – 1
(4–0, 4–0, 1–1)		 IcelandElektrėnai
Attendance: 1290
18 March 2006
12:00		Great Britain 14 – 2
(2–0, 5–1, 7–1)		 IcelandKaunas
Attendance: 130
18 March 2006
15:30		Australia 3 – 4
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1)		 MexicoKaunas
Attendance: 540
18 March 2006
19:00		Lithuania 11 – 5
(1–2, 7–1, 3–2)		 CroatiaKaunas
Attendance: 500
19 March 2006
15:00		Mexico 1 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 IcelandElektrėnai
19 March 2006
18:00		Croatia 0 – 6
(0–2, 0–2, 0–2)		 Great BritainKaunas
Attendance: 230
19 March 2006
18:30		Lithuania 10 – 0
(2–0, 6–0, 2–0)		 AustraliaElektrėnai
Attendance: 1405
21 March 2006
12:00		Iceland 3 – 5
(3–3, 0–1, 0–1)		 AustraliaElektrėnai
Attendance: 714
21 March 2006
15:30		Croatia 4 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 MexicoElektrėnai
21 March 2006
19:00		Great Britain 3 – 1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 LithuaniaElektrėnai
Attendance: 2890

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[10]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Robert Dowd56814+1318F
James Ferrara541014+1210F
Povilas Verenis58513+812F
Craig Peacock57613+140F
Tadas Kumeliauskas54812+78F
Sergej Ivanuskin55611+812F
Domagoj Bozic5538-310F
Jonas Viknius5448+48F
Filip Markotic5178+22F
Michael Novak5527-132F

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.[11]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Martin Clarkson210:375930.8594.922
Arturas Kuzmicius184:099572.2892.621
Tihomir Filipec298:38171234.6286.551
Aron Stefansson142:5494145.8885.110
Olivier Martin194:49112185.5483.931

References
  1. "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  2. "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  3. "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  4. "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  5. "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  6. "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  7. "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  8. "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  9. "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  10. "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  11. "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
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