# 2006 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 23 to April 30, 2009. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Amiens, France. Group B's games were played in Tallinn, Estonia. Germany and Austria finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to the 2007 World Championship. While Israel finished last in Group A and Croatia last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2007.

## Participants
### Group A

| Team | Qualification |
| Germany | Placed 15th in the World Championship and were relegated in 2005. |
| France | Placed 2nd in Division I-Group B in 2005. |
| Hungary | Placed 3rd in Division I-Group A in 2005. |
| Japan | Placed 4th in Division I-Group A in 2005. |
| Great Britain | Placed 5th in Division I-Group A in 2005. |
| Israel | Placed 1st in Division II-Group B and were promoted in 2005. |

### Group B

| Team | Qualification |
| Austria | Placed 16th in the World Championship and were relegated in 2005. |
| Poland | Placed 2nd in Division I-Group A in 2005. |
| Netherlands | Placed 3rd in Division I-Group B in 2005. |
| Estonia | Placed 4th in Division I-Group B in 2005. |
| Lithuania | Placed 5th in Division I-Group B in 2005. |
| Croatia | Placed 1st in Division II-Group A and were promoted in 2005. |

## Group A tournament
### Fixtures

All times local.

### Ranking and statistics

* Promoted to Championship division for 2007
* Relegated to Division II for 2007
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 30 | 10 |
| France | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 |
| Hungary | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 5 |
| Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Israel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 47 | −44 | 0 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; T = Ties; L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points Source: IIHF.com

#### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Sascha Goc | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +3 | 2 | D |
| Krisztián Palkovics | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | F |
| Olivier Coqueux | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +3 | 0 | F |
| Gábor Ocskay | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +1 | 4 | F |
| Marco Sturm | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +4 | 6 | F |
| Felix Schutz | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +5 | 0 | F |
| Takahito Suzuki | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 6 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

#### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Robert Müller | 239:08 | 74 | 2 | 0.50 | 97.30 | 3 |
| Steven Lyle | 217:41 | 122 | 9 | 2.48 | 92.62 | 1 |
| Fabrice Lhenry | 240:00 | 99 | 9 | 2.25 | 90.91 | 1 |
| Naoya Kikuchi | 180:00 | 81 | 9 | 3.00 | 88.89 | 0 |
| Masahito Haruna | 120:00 | 45 | 5 | 2.50 | 88.89 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

## Group B tournament
### Fixtures

All times local.

### Ranking and statistics

* Promoted to Championship division for 2007
* Relegated to Division II for 2007
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| Austria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 10 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Poland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| Estonia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 3 |
| Croatia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 35 | −24 | 0 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; T = Ties; L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points Source: IIHF.com

#### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Darius Pliskauskas | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +4 | 4 | F |
| Thomas Koch | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +6 | 2 | F |
| Darius Lelanas | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | +3 | 2 | F |
| Arturas Katulis | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +7 | 0 | D |
| Matthias Trattnig | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +1 | 8 | F |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +3 | 2 | F |
| Marcin Kolusz | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +6 | 4 | F |
| Dainius Bauba | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +2 | 10 | F |
| Egidijus Bauba | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +4 | 31 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

#### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Arunas Aleinikovas | 228:47 | 177 | 11 | 2.88 | 93.79 | 0 |
| Reinhard Divis | 240:00 | 86 | 7 | 1.75 | 91.86 | 1 |
| Rafal Radziszewski | 188:39 | 76 | 7 | 2.23 | 90.79 | 0 |
| Aleksei Terentjev | 235:42 | 138 | 13 | 3.31 | 90.58 | 0 |
| Phillip Groeneveld | 274:49 | 173 | 21 | 4.58 | 87.86 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com