2006 IIHF World U18 Championship | Tournament details |
| Host country |  Sweden |
| Dates | April 12 – April 22, 2006 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Champions  |  United States (3rd title) |
| Tournament statistics |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 190 (6.13 per match) |
| Attendance | 11,798 |
| Scoring leader(s) | Patrick Kane (12 points) |
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 United States of America defeated Finland 3-1 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the Czech Republic defeated Canada 4-1 to capture the bronze medal.
[edit] Championship results
[edit] Preliminary round
[edit] Group A
[edit] Results
[edit] Group B
[edit] Results
| Game summary |
| | | | | Attendance: 424
Referee: Alexey Ravodin  |
[edit] Relegation round
[edit] Results
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
[edit] Final round
[edit] Quarterfinals
[edit] Semifinals
[edit] Fifth place game
[edit] Bronze medal game
[edit] Gold medal game
[edit] Final standings
Belarus and 
Norway are relegated to Division I for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.
[edit] Scoring leaders
[edit] Goaltending leaders
(Minimum 60 minutes played)
[edit] Division I
[edit] Group A
The following teams took part in Group A of the Division I tournament, which was played in Miskolc, Hungary from April 3 through April 9, 2006.
Switzerland is promoted to the Championship tournament and 
Hungary is relegated to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.
[edit] Results
| Team |  AUT |  FRA | HUN |  KAZ |  SLO |  SUI |
| AUT | | 4 - 4 | 7 - 3 | 4 - 10 | 4 - 5 | 3 - 4 |
| FRA | 4 - 4 | | 4 - 4 | 7 - 5 | 2 - 7 | 3 - 6 |
| HUN | 3 - 7 | 4 - 4 | | 3 - 5 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 5 |
| KAZ | 10 - 4 | 5 - 7 | 5 - 3 | | 3 - 4 | 2 - 2 |
| SLO | 5 - 4 | 7 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 4 - 3 | | 0 - 1 |
| SUI | 4 - 3 | 6 - 3 | 5 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | |
[edit] Group B
The following teams took part in Group B of the Division I tournament, which was played in Riga, Latvia at the Riga Arena and Volvo Sportcenter from April 2 through April 8, 2006.
Latvia is promoted to the Championship tournament and 
South Korea is relegated to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.
[edit] Results
| Team |  DEN |  JPN | KOR | LAT |  POL |  UKR |
| DEN | | 5 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 7 | 5 - 2 | 7 - 0 |
| JPN | 2 - 5 | | 3 - 3 | 1 - 6 | 5 - 1 | 8 - 1 |
| KOR | 1 - 3 | 3 - 3 | | 2 - 6 | 3 - 6 | 2 - 5 |
| LAT | 7 - 4 | 6 - 1 | 6 - 2 | | 1 - 0 | 7 - 0 |
| POL | 2 - 5 | 1 - 5 | 6 - 3 | 0 - 1 | | 7 - 1 |
| UKR | 0 - 7 | 1 - 8 | 5 - 2 | 0 - 7 | 1 - 7 | |
[edit] Division II
[edit] Group A
The following teams took part in Group A of the Division II tournament, which was played in Meran, Italy from April 2 through April 8, 2006.
Italy is promoted to Division I and 
Spain is relegated to Division III for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.
[edit] Results
| Team |  BEL | ESP |  EST | ITA |  NED |  SCG |
| BEL | | 3 - 5 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 10 | 0 - 5 | 6 - 1 |
| ESP | 5 - 3 | | 0 - 2 | 0 - 7 | 1 - 10 | 2 - 10 |
| EST | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 | | 1 - 9 | 2 - 8 | 6 - 1 |
| ITA | 10 - 1 | 7 - 0 | 9 - 1 | | 2 - 0 | 7 - 0 |
| NED | 5 - 0 | 10 - 1 | 8 - 2 | 0 - 2 | | 5 - 3 |
| SCG | 1 - 6 | 10 - 2 | 1 - 6 | 0 - 7 | 3 - 5 | |
[edit] Group B
The following teams took part in Group B of the Division II tournament, which was played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania from March 15 through March 21, 2006.
United Kingdom is promoted to Division I and 
Iceland is relegated to Division III for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.
[edit] Results
| Team |  AUS |  CRO | GBR | ISL |  LTU |  MEX |
| AUS | | 5 - 2 | 0 - 11 | 5 - 3 | 0 - 10 | 3 - 4 |
| CRO | 2 - 5 | | 0 - 6 | 11 - 1 | 5 - 11 | 4 - 0 |
| GBR | 11 - 0 | 6 - 0 | | 14 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 6 - 2 |
| ISL | 3 - 5 | 1 - 11 | 2 - 14 | | 1 - 9 | 0 - 1 |
| LTU | 10 - 0 | 11 - 5 | 1 - 3 | 9 - 1 | | 8 - 3 |
| MEX | 4 - 3 | 0 - 4 | 2 - 6 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 8 | |
[edit] Division III
The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, which was played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania at the Vákár Lajos Icerink from March 13 through March 19, 2006.
Romania and 
Israel are promoted to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.
[edit] Results
| Team |  BUL | ISR |  NZL | ROM |  RSA |  TUR |
| BUL | | 1 - 14 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 18 | 1 - 4 | 5 - 2 |
| ISR | 14 - 1 | | 4 - 4 | 2 - 13 | 8 - 5 | 14 - 3 |
| NZL | 3 - 3 | 4 - 4 | | 0 - 14 | 4 - 4 | 17 - 1 |
| ROM | 18 - 0 | 13 - 2 | 14 - 0 | | 8 - 0 | 15 - 1 |
| RSA | 4 - 1 | 5 - 8 | 4 - 4 | 0 - 8 | | 12 - 1 |
| TUR | 2 - 5 | 3 - 14 | 1 - 17 | 1 - 15 | 1 - 12 | |
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