2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

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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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

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
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 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
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

2 April 2006
13:30		Netherlands 5 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 BelgiumMerano
Attendance: 150
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2 April 2006
16:30		Estonia 6 – 1
(3–0, 1–0, 2–1)		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and MontenegroMerano
Attendance: 200
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2 April 2006
20:00		Italy 7 – 0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 SpainMerano
Attendance: 1100
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3 April 2006
13:30		Spain 0 – 2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)		 EstoniaMerano
Attendance: 50
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3 April 2006
16:30		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro3 – 5
(0–3, 1–1, 2–1)		 NetherlandsMerano
Attendance: 70
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3 April 2006
20:00		Belgium 1 – 10
(1–4, 0–2, 0–4)		 ItalyMerano
Attendance: 350
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5 April 2006
13:30		Estonia 2 – 8
(2–3, 0–2, 0–3)		 NetherlandsMerano
Attendance: 75
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5 April 2006
16:30		Belgium 3 – 5
(2–1, 1–2, 0–2)		 SpainMerano
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 MontenegroMerano
Attendance: 120
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6 April 2006
13:30		Spain 2 – 10
(2–3, 0–3, 0–4)		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and MontenegroMerano
Attendance: 120
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6 April 2006
16:30		Estonia 2 – 2
(0–1, 2–1, 0–0)		 BelgiumMerano
Attendance: 130
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6 April 2006
20:00		Netherlands 0 – 2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)		 ItalyMerano
Attendance: 1000
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8 April 2006
13:30		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro1 – 6
(0–1, 1–2, 0–3)		 BelgiumMerano
Attendance: 75
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8 April 2006
16:30		Netherlands 10 – 1
(4–0, 1–0, 5–1)		 SpainMerano
Attendance: 110
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8 April 2006
20:00		Italy 9 – 1
(2–0, 4–0, 3–1)		 EstoniaMerano
Attendance: 1110
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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
Italy Ivan Demetz 5 3 9 12 +8 6 F
Italy 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
Italy 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
Italy Markus Gander 5 5 1 6 +3 6 F
Italy Martin Tutzer 5 4 2 6 +3 0 F
Italy Marco Insam 5 4 2 6 +3 4 F

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
Italy Massimo Camin 149:53 41 1 0.40 97.56 2
Netherlands Sjoerd Idzenga 120:00 24 1 0.50 95.83 1
Italy 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

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
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
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

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

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

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
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
Croatia Domagoj Bozic 5 5 3 8 -3 10 F
Lithuania Jonas Viknius 5 4 4 8 +4 8 F
Croatia Filip Markotic 5 1 7 8 +2 2 F
Croatia Michael Novak 5 5 2 7 -1 32 F

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
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
Croatia 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

References

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