# 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from March 27 to April 9, 2006. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria. Group B's games were played in Auckland, New Zealand. Romania and China finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2007. While South Africa finished last in Group A and hosts New Zealand last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2007.

## Participants
### Group A

| Team | Qualification |
| Romania | Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2005. |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2005. |
| Belgium | Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2005. |
| Bulgaria | Host, placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2005. |
| Spain | Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2005. |
| South Africa | Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2005. |

### Group B

| Team | Qualification |
| China | Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2005. |
| Australia | Placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2005. |
| South Korea | Placed 3rd in Division II-Group A in 2005. |
| North Korea | Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2005. |
| New Zealand | Host, Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2005. |
| Mexico | Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2005. |

## Group A tournament
### Fixtures

All times local.

### Ranking and statistics

* Promoted to Division I for 2007
* Relegated to Division III for 2007
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| Romania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 9 | 50 | 10 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 7 |
| Belgium | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 |
| Spain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 2 |
| South Africa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 59 | −47 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Catalin Geru | 5 | 13 | 8 | 21 | +19 | 4 | F |
| Nutu Andrei | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | +20 | 0 | F |
| Ioan Timaru | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +11 | 2 | F |
| Levente Elekes | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +8 | 4 | F |
| Laszlo Vargyas | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +17 | 0 | D |
| Ivan Prokić | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +5 | 22 | F |
| Attila Goga | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +12 | 8 | D |
| Viorel Nicolescu | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +8 | 0 | F |
| Ervin Moldovan | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +9 | 0 | 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 |
| Konstantin Mihaylov | 280:00 | 151 | 10 | 2.14 | 93.38 | 0 |
| Bjorn Stejlen | 299:16 | 104 | 10 | 2.00 | 90.38 | 2 |
| Viorel Radu | 140:00 | 28 | 3 | 1.29 | 89.29 | 2 |
| Adrian Catrinoi | 160:00 | 47 | 6 | 2.25 | 87.23 | 0 |
| Jose Luis Alonso | 250.42 | 92 | 17 | 4.07 | 81.52 | 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 Division I for 2007
* Relegated to Division III for 2007
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| China | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 23 | 9 |
| South Korea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 23 | 8 |
| Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 7 |
| North Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 4 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 34 | −25 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 0 |
GP = Games played; W = Wins; T = Ties;L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points

#### 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 |
| Kim Ki-sung | 5 | 10 | 8 | 18 | +16 | 4 | F |
| Kim Kyu-hun | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +4 | 6 | F |
| Kim Kyung-tae | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +12 | 2 | F |
| Du Chao | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +5 | 12 | F |
| Chen Lei | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +7 | 14 | F |
| Wang Zhiqiang | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +3 | 4 | F |
| Lee Yong-jun | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 6 | D |
| Yin Kai | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +8 | 6 | D |
| Joseph Hughes | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +3 | 0 | F |
| Chris Sekura | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 2 | 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 |
| Yu Yang | 240:00 | 123 | 9 | 2.25 | 92.68 | 1 |
| Son Ho-seung | 220:00 | 76 | 6 | 1.64 | 92.11 | 0 |
| Mike Parsons | 220:00 | 208 | 18 | 4.91 | 91.35 | 0 |
| Matthew Ezzy | 179:31 | 96 | 9 | 3.01 | 90.62 | 0 |
| Stuart Denman | 120:00 | 35 | 4 | 2.00 | 88.57 | 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