2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
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| Host countries |  ItalyFile:Flag of Lithuania.svg 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.
Group A tournament
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 | Italy
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | +33 | 10 | Promoted to Division I for 2007 |
| 2 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 8 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 5 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 3 | |
| 5 | Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 2 | |
| 6 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 32 | −24 | 2 | Relegated to Division III for 2007 |
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Fixtures
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| 2 April 2006 13:30 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 5 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0) | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Merano Attendance: 150 |
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| 2 April 2006 16:30 | Estonia File:Flag of Estonia.svg | 6 – 1 (3–0, 1–0, 2–1) | Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro | Merano Attendance: 200 |
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| 2 April 2006 20:00 | Italy | 7 – 0 (3–0, 2–0, 2–0) | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Merano Attendance: 1100 |
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| 3 April 2006 13:30 | Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 0 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0) | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | Merano Attendance: 50 |
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| 3 April 2006 16:30 | Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro | 3 – 5 (0–3, 1–1, 2–1) | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Merano Attendance: 70 |
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| 3 April 2006 20:00 | Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg | 1 – 10 (1–4, 0–2, 0–4) | Italy | Merano Attendance: 350 |
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| 5 April 2006 13:30 | Estonia File:Flag of Estonia.svg | 2 – 8 (2–3, 0–2, 0–3) | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Merano Attendance: 75 |
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| 5 April 2006 16:30 | Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg | 3 – 5 (2–1, 1–2, 0–2) | File:Flag of Spain.svg 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 Serbia and Montenegro | Merano Attendance: 120 |
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| 6 April 2006 13:30 | Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 2 – 10 (2–3, 0–3, 0–4) | Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro | Merano Attendance: 120 |
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| 6 April 2006 16:30 | Estonia File:Flag of Estonia.svg | 2 – 2 (0–1, 2–1, 0–0) | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Merano Attendance: 130 |
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| 6 April 2006 20:00 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 0 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0) | Italy | Merano Attendance: 1000 |
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| 8 April 2006 13:30 | Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro | 1 – 6 (0–1, 1–2, 0–3) | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Merano Attendance: 75 |
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| 8 April 2006 16:30 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 10 – 1 (4–0, 1–0, 5–1) | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Merano Attendance: 110 |
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| 8 April 2006 20:00 | Italy | 9 – 1 (2–0, 4–0, 3–1) | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | Merano Attendance: 1110 |
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Scoring leaders
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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 |
| Serbia and Montenegro Marko Milovanovic | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 20 | F |
| Netherlands Ivy van den Heuvel | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +5 | 22 | F |
| Thomas Erlacher |
5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 35 | F |
| Belgium Jordy van de Locht | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +1 | 6 | F |
| Netherlands 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 |
Leading goaltenders
[edit | edit source]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 |
| Netherlands Sjoerd Idzenga | 120:00 | 24 | 1 | 0.50 | 95.83 | 1 |
| Martin Ausserhofer |
150:07 | 23 | 1 | 0.40 | 95.65 | 2 |
| Estonia Kristjan Eerme | 249:30 | 116 | 12 | 2.89 | 89.66 | 1 |
| Belgium Bram de Backer | 280:00 | 172 | 18 | 3.86 | 89.53 | 0 |
Group B tournament
[edit | edit source]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]
Standings
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5 | +35 | 10 | Promoted to Division I for 2007 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 12 | +27 | 8 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 30 | −17 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Croatia
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 4 | |
| 6 | File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 40 | −33 | 0 | Relegated to Division III for 2007 |
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Fixtures
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| 15 March 2006 15:00 | Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg | 0 – 11 (0–3, 0–4, 0–4) | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Elektrėnai Attendance: 720 |
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| 15 March 2006 17:00 | Iceland File:Flag of Iceland.svg | 1 – 11 (0–5, 0–4, 1–2) | Croatia | Kaunas Attendance: 150 |
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| 15 March 2006 18:30 | Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg | 3 – 8 (1–3, 1–3, 1–2) | File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania | Elektrėnai |
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| 16 March 2006 15:00 | Croatia | 2 – 5 (2–0, 0–2, 0–3) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Elektrėnai Attendance: 680 |
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| 16 March 2006 17:00 | Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | 6 – 2 (1–2, 2–0, 3–0) | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | Kaunas Attendance: 230 |
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| 16 March 2006 18:30 | Lithuania File:Flag of Lithuania.svg | 9 – 1 (4–0, 4–0, 1–1) | File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland | Elektrėnai Attendance: 1290 |
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| 18 March 2006 12:00 | Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | 14 – 2 (2–0, 5–1, 7–1) | File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland | Kaunas Attendance: 130 |
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| 18 March 2006 15:30 | Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg | 3 – 4 (1–1, 1–2, 1–1) | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | Kaunas Attendance: 540 |
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| 18 March 2006 19:00 | Lithuania File:Flag of Lithuania.svg | 11 – 5 (1–2, 7–1, 3–2) | Croatia | Kaunas Attendance: 500 |
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| 19 March 2006 15:00 | Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg | 1 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0) | File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland | Elektrėnai |
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| 19 March 2006 18:00 | Croatia | 0 – 6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2) | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Kaunas Attendance: 230 |
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| 19 March 2006 18:30 | Lithuania File:Flag of Lithuania.svg | 10 – 0 (2–0, 6–0, 2–0) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Elektrėnai Attendance: 1405 |
| 21 March 2006 12:00 | Iceland File:Flag of Iceland.svg | 3 – 5 (3–3, 0–1, 0–1) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Elektrėnai Attendance: 714 |
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| 21 March 2006 15:30 | Croatia | 4 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0) | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | Elektrėnai |
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| 21 March 2006 19:00 | Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | 3 – 1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0) | File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania | Elektrėnai Attendance: 2890 |
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Scoring leaders
[edit | edit source]List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[10]
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | POS |
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| United Kingdom Robert Dowd | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +13 | 18 | F |
| United Kingdom James Ferrara | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +12 | 10 | F |
| Lithuania Povilas Verenis | 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | +8 | 12 | F |
| United Kingdom Craig Peacock | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +14 | 0 | F |
| Lithuania Tadas Kumeliauskas | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +7 | 8 | F |
| Lithuania Sergej Ivanuskin | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +8 | 12 | F |
| Domagoj Bozic |
5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 10 | F |
| Lithuania 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 |
Leading goaltenders
[edit | edit source]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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| United Kingdom Martin Clarkson | 210:37 | 59 | 3 | 0.85 | 94.92 | 2 |
| Lithuania Arturas Kuzmicius | 184:09 | 95 | 7 | 2.28 | 92.62 | 1 |
| Tihomir Filipec |
298:38 | 171 | 23 | 4.62 | 86.55 | 1 |
| Iceland Aron Stefansson | 142:54 | 94 | 14 | 5.88 | 85.11 | 0 |
| Australia Olivier Martin | 194:49 | 112 | 18 | 5.54 | 83.93 | 1 |
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