2006 IIHF World Championship Division I
Introduction '''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 QualificationPlaced 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 QualificationPlaced 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 2007TeamGPWTLGFGAGDFPTS550034430'''10'''53111798'''7'''530218144'''6'''521220182'''5'''510417170'''2'''5005347−44'''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 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====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
Group B tournament ===Fixtures===All times local.===Ranking and statistics=== Promoted to Championship division for 2007 Relegated to Division II for 2007TeamGPWTLGFGAGDFPTS550027918'''10'''5311241410'''7'''530219109'''6'''52031921−2'''4'''51131324−11'''3'''50051135−24'''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 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====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  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
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