The 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the

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. The Division I tournaments made up the second level of competition at the

2006 IIHF World U18 Championships The 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Ängelholm and Halmstad, Sweden. The championships began on April 12, 2006 and finished on April 22, 2006. Games were played at Ängelholms Ishall in Ängelholm and Sannarps Isstadion in Halmstad ...

. The Group A tournament took place between 3 April and 9 April 2006 in

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, Hungary and the Group B tournament took place between 2 April and 8 April 2006 in

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, Latvia.

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and

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won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. While

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finished last in Group A and

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last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2007.

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 3 April 2006 in

, Hungary.

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and

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all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.

gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group B tournament and

was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship. Switzerland won the tournament after winning four of their five games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. Slovenia finished in second place after losing only to Switzerland and Kazakhstan finished in third place. Hungary finished in last place, managing to tie one of their games and lose the other four and were relegated back to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.

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of Slovenia led the tournament in goaltending with a

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of 0.940, and was named the top

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by the IIHF directorate. Kazakhstan's Yevgeniy Rymarev was named as top

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and

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of Switzerland was selected as top

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. France's

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was the tournaments leading scorer with ten points, including five goals and five assists.

Standings

Fixtures

All times local.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 2 April 2006 in

, Latvia.

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and

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all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.

gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group A tournament and

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was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. Latvia won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. Denmark finished second after losing only to Latvia and Japan finished in third place. South Korea finished in last place, managing only to tie one of their games and lose the other four and were relegated to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. Arturs Dzelzs of Latvia led the tournament in goaltending with a

of 0.948, and was named the top

by the IIHF directorate. Denmark's

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was named as top

and Andris Džeriņš of Latvia was selected as top

. Džeriņš also led the tournament in scoring with 13 points, including six goals and seven assists.

Standings

Fixtures

All times local.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

References

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