# 2006 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship

The 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships is the 11th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It took place between July 10 and July 16, 2006.
The preliminary round was played in four groups (A-D) with four teams each. The groups A and B form Pool A, the groups C and D form Pool B.
The two last-placed teams of the groups A and B and the two first-placed teams of the groups C and D play for fourth place in group A and B to participate in the Play-Offs of Pool A. The losers of the games between fourth A and first C, fourth B and first D play as first place in group C and D to participate in the Play-Offs of Pool B. The ranking of the groups is based according to the result of the last World Championships' performance of the respective countries in the IIHF Inline Hockey Program and the qualification rounds.

## Top Division
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 8 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 4 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 9 |
| Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 3 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 0 |

### Qualifying round

Austria remains in Top Division, Hungary remains in Division I
Slovenia remains in Top Division, Great Britain remains in Division I

### Championship Round
#### Draw

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A3 | Czech Republic | 3 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Finland | 7 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Finland | 7 | QF1 | Sweden | 8 | | | |
| | | | QF2 | Finland | 3 | | | |
| B4 | Slovenia | 1 | QF2 | Finland | 3 | | | |
| A1 | Sweden | 12 | | | | | | |
| A1 | Sweden | 12 | | | | SF2 | Sweden | 0 |
| | | | | | | SF1 | United States | 6 |
| B3 | Slovakia | 2 | | | | | | | SF1 | United States | 6 |
| A2 | Germany | 5 | | | |
| A2 | Germany | 5 | QF3 | United States | 3 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | QF4 | Germany | 2 |
| A4 | Austria | 0 | QF4 | Germany | 2 | SF1 | Germany | 4 |
| B1 | United States | 10 | | | | SF2 | Finland | 5* |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s).

#### Placement games
##### 5th place game
### Ranking and statistics

* 2007 Men's World Inline Hockey
* Championships Winners
* United States

#### Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
| Rk. | Team |
| | United States |
| | Sweden |
| | Finland |
| 4. | Germany |
| 5. | Czech Republic |
| 6. | Slovakia |
| 7. | Slovenia |
| 8. | Austria |

## Division I
### Qualification
#### European Zone

Played in Pfaffenhofen, Germany
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 2 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 0 |

### Preliminary round
#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 9 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 6 |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 2 |
| Croatia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 1 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 9 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 5 |
| Namibia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 2 |
| Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 2 |

### Finals round
#### Draw

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| C3 | Australia | 6 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Japan | 7 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Japan | 7 | QF1 | Japan | 1 | | | |
| | | | QF2 | Hungary | 6 | | | |
| D4 | Argentina | 4 | QF2 | Hungary | 6 | | | |
| C1 | Hungary | 9 | | | | | | |
| C1 | Hungary | 9 | | | | SF2 | Hungary | 5 |
| | | | | | | SF1 | Great Britain | 6 |
| C2 | Brazil | 7 | | | | | | | SF1 | Great Britain | 6 |
| D3 | Namibia | 1 | | | |
| D3 | Namibia | 1 | QF3 | Brazil | 3 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | QF4 | Great Britain | 4 |
| C4 | Croatia | 8 | QF4 | Great Britain | 4 | SF1 | Japan | 1 |
| D1 | Great Britain | 12 | | | | SF2 | Brazil | 4 |

#### Placement games
##### 5th place game
### Ranking and statistics

* 2007 Men's World Inline Hockey
* Division I Championships Winners
* Great Britain

#### Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
| Rk. | Team |
| | Great Britain |
| | Hungary |
| | Brazil |
| 4. | Japan |
| 5. | Namibia |
| 6. | Australia |
| 7. | Croatia |
| 8. | Argentina |