The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from March 27 to April 9, 2006. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria. Group B's games were played in Auckland, New Zealand. Romania and China finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2007. While South Africa finished last in Group A and hosts New Zealand last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2007.
Participants
Group A Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2005.Placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2005.Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2005.Host, placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2005.Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2005.Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2005.
Group B Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2005.Placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2005.Placed 3rd in Division II-Group A in 2005.Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2005.Host, Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2005.Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2005.
Group A tournament
Fixtures All times local.
Ranking and statistics Promoted to Division I for 2007 Relegated to Division III for 2007 TeamGPWTLGFGAGDFPTS5500599501053112517875221191096521223230551041030−20250051259−470
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 Catalin Geru 5 13 8 21 +19 4 F Nutu Andrei 5 5 13 18 +20 0 F Ioan Timaru 5 7 6 13 +11 2 F Levente Elekes 5 7 6 13 +8 4 F Laszlo Vargyas 5 4 8 12 +17 0 D Ivan Prokić 5 4 7 11 +5 22 F Attila Goga 5 3 7 10 +12 8 D Viorel Nicolescu 5 2 8 10 +8 0 F Ervin Moldovan 5 6 3 9 +9 0 FGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: 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 Konstantin Mihaylov 280:00 151 10 2.14 93.38 0 Bjorn Stejlen 299:16 104 10 2.00 90.38 2 Viorel Radu 140:00 28 3 1.29 89.29 2 Adrian Catrinoi 160:00 47 6 2.25 87.23 0 Jose Luis Alonso 250.42 92 17 4.07 81.52 0TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Group B tournament
Fixtures All times local.
Ranking and statistics Promoted to Division I for 2007 Relegated to Division III for 2007 TeamGPWTLGFGAGDFPTS54103411239540135122385311271413752031024−1445104934−2525005626−200 GP = Games played; W = Wins; T = Ties;L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points
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 Kim Ki-sung 5 10 8 18 +16 4 F Kim Kyu-hun 5 5 5 10 +4 6 F Kim Kyung-tae 5 3 6 9 +12 2 F Du Chao 5 6 2 8 +5 12 F Chen Lei 5 2 6 8 +7 14 F Wang Zhiqiang 5 6 1 7 +3 4 F Lee Yong-jun 5 3 4 7 +7 6 D Yin Kai 5 3 3 6 +8 6 D Joseph Hughes 5 5 0 5 +3 0 F Chris Sekura 5 5 0 5 +2 2 FGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: 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 Yu Yang 240:00 123 9 2.25 92.68 1 Son Ho-seung 220:00 76 6 1.64 92.11 0 Mike Parsons 220:00 208 18 4.91 91.35 0 Matthew Ezzy 179:31 96 9 3.01 90.62 0 Stuart Denman 120:00 35 4 2.00 88.57 0TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
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