The 2006 IIHF World Championship was held in between 5–21 May 2006 in
Riga,
Latvia. It was the 70th annual event, and was run by the
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 ...
(IIHF).
One of the requirements of the IIHF for Latvia to host the event was that a new arena would be constructed.
Sweden was the stand-by organizer in case the arena was delayed, but the construction was completed on schedule, marking the first time a former
Soviet
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state apart from
Russia
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has hosted the event. The
mascot
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of the championships was a
beaver called RIX (after
Riga International Airport
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IATA code.)
Sweden shut out the
Czech Republic
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4-0 in the Gold Medal Game to win the
IIHF World Championships
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. Sweden had won the
2006 Winter Olympic
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Men's Ice Hockey Gold 3-2 versus
Finland
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in
Turin
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,
Italy
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two months earlier. They therefore became the first hockey team to win both the
Winter Olympics
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and the
IIHF World Championships
The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual ...
in the same year.
Recap of Swedish golden double at IHWC official site
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Venues
Nations
The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament – 13 nations from Europe, two nations from North America and one nation from Asia are represented.
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Rosters
Preliminary round
Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The last team in each group competed in the Relegation Round.
Groups A and D were played in Kloten, groups B and C in Berne.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Qualifying round
The top three teams from each group in the Preliminary round advance to the Qualifying Round. The top three teams from Groups A and D advance to Group E, and the top three teams from Groups B and C advance to Group F.
Teams in the Qualifying Round carry forward the results and points gained in the Preliminary Round with the teams that they have played and advance with. Teams, which have played in the Preliminary Round, do not meet again in the Qualifying Round.
Group E
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Group F
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Relegation round
The relegation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D. They play in a round-robin fashion, and the bottom two teams get relegated to the Division I group in next year's World Championships.
Group G
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Playoff round
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking and statistics
Tournament Awards
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goaltender
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: Johan Holmqvist
**Best Defenceman
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: Niklas Kronwall
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**Best Forward: Sidney Crosby
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**Most Valuable Player: Niklas Kronwall
*Media All-Star Team:
**Goaltender: Andrei Mezin
**Defence: Niklas Kronwall, Petteri Nummelin
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**Forward: Sidney Crosby
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, Alexander Ovechkin
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, David Výborný
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF
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:
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.
Source
IIHF.com
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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.
Source
IIHF.com
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IIHF broadcasting rights
*Austria:
** ''Austrian Matches'': ORF
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** ''Other Matches'': ORF Sport Plus
*Canada:
** ''English'': TSN
** ''French'': RDS
*Czech Republic: Česká televize
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(ČT2
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, ČT4 Sport)
*Denmark: TV2 Sport
*Finland: YLE
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*France: Sport+
*Germany:
** ''German Matches'': ARD, ZDF
** ''Other Matches'': DSF
*Latvia: TV3, 3+ Latvia
*Norway:
** ''Norwegian Matches'': NRK
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** ''Other Matches'': Viasat SportN
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, Viasat Sport 3
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*Russia: RTR Sport
*Slovakia: STV
*Slovenia: RTV Slovenija
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*Sweden: Viasat
*Switzerland:
** ''German'': SF zwei
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History
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** ''French'': TSR 2
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** ''Italian'': TSI 2
*Ukraine: Mega
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sport
See also
* 2006 in ice hockey
* 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships
*2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2006 WJHC'') were held in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006. Games were played at GM Place ...
References
External links
2006 IIHF World Championship official site
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