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
 	Placed 15th in the World Championship and were relegated in 2005.
 	Placed 2nd in Division I-Group B in 2005.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I-Group A in 2005.
 	Placed 4th in Division I-Group A in 2005.
 	Placed 5th in Division I-Group A in 2005.
 	Placed 1st in Division II-Group B and were promoted in 2005.
===Group B===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 16th in the World Championship and were relegated in 2005.
 	Placed 2nd in Division I-Group A in 2005.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I-Group B in 2005.
 	Placed 4th in Division I-Group B in 2005.
 	Placed 5th in Division I-Group B in 2005.
 	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
 	5 	5	0	0	34	4 	30 	10
 	5 	3	1	1	17	9 	8 	7
 	5 	3	0	2	18	14	4 	6
 	5 	2	1	2	20	18	2 	5
 	5 	1	0	4	17	17	0 	2
 	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
Krisztian 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
 	5 	5	0	0	27	9 	18 	10
 	5 	3	1	1	24	14	10 	7
 	5 	3	0	2	19	10	9 	6
 	5 	2	0	3	19	21	-2 	4
 	5 	1	1	3	13	24	-11	3
 	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
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==References==
==External links==
*International Ice Hockey Federation
Category:2006 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Championships