# 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Ängelholm and Halmstad, Sweden. The championships began on April 12, 2006 and finished on April 22, 2006. Games were played at Ängelholms Ishall in Ängelholm and Sannarps Isstadion in Halmstad. The United States of America defeated Finland 3–1 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the Czech Republic defeated Canada 4–1 to capture the bronze medal.

## Championship results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | +27 | 8 |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 6 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 2 |
| 5 | Belarus | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Finland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 6 |
| 3 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 5 |
| 4 | Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 2 |
| 5 | Norway | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 0 |

#### Results
### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 |
| 3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 2 |

#### Results

* April 15, 2006: Norway 2–5 Slovakia
* April 16, 2006: Belarus 1–5 Germany

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B1 | Finland | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Russia | 1 | QF1 | Canada | 2 | | | |
| B3 | Canada | 4 | | | | SF1 | Finland | 1 |
| | | | | | | SF2 | United States | 3 |
| | | | A1 | United States | 4 | | | |
| B2 | Sweden | 0 | QF2 | Czech Republic | 3 | | | |
| A3 | Czech Republic | 3 | | | | | | |

#### Gold medal game
### Final standings

| Rk. | Team |
| | United States |
| | Finland |
| | Czech Republic |
| 4 | Canada |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | Sweden |
| 7 | Slovakia |
| 8 | Germany |
| 9 | Belarus |
| 10 | Norway |
Belarus and Norway are relegated to Division I for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.

### Scoring leaders

| Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Patrick Kane | United States | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| Jamie McBain | United States | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| Erik Johnson | United States | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| Ruslan Bashkirov | Russia | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Mike Carman | United States | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| Justin Azevedo | Canada | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| François Bouchard | Canada | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Bill Sweatt | United States | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Jiří Tlustý | Czech Republic | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| Martin Ylven | Norway | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| David Kveton | Czech Republic | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Ben Maxwell | Canada | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 |

### Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)
| Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| Stanislav Galimov | Russia | 60:00 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Brett Bennett | United States | 120:00 | 1 | .969 | 0.50 | 1 |
| Jakub Kovář | Czech Republic | 105:08 | 2 | .964 | 1.14 | 0 |
| Joe Palmer | United States | 246:50 | 6 | .949 | 1.46 | 1 |
| Jonathan Bernier | Canada | 420:32 | 12 | .943 | 1.71 | 1 |

## Division I

Division I consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 3 and 9 April 2006 in Miskolc, Hungary and the Group B tournament was held between 2 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.

### Final standings
## Division II

Division II consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 2 and 8 April 2006 in Merano, Italy and the Group B tournament was held 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.

### Final standings
## Division III

The Division III tournament was held between 13 and 19 March 2006 in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania. Romania and Israel finished first and second respectively and both gained promotion to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Bulgaria finished fifth and Turkey sixth and were relegated to the 2007 Division III Qualification tournament.

### Final standings

* Romania — promoted to Division II for 2007
* Israel — promoted to Division II for 2007
* South Africa
* New Zealand
* Bulgaria — relegated to Division III Qualification for 2007
* Turkey — relegated to Division III Qualification for 2007