2006 IIHF World Championship Division II

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2006 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Bulgaria
 New Zealand
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesMarch 27 – April 9
Teams12 (two groups of 6)
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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 Qualification
 Romania Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2005.[1]
 Serbia and Montenegro Placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2005.[2]
 Belgium Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2005.[2]
 Bulgaria Host, placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2005.[3]
 Spain Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2005.[2]
 South Africa Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2005.[4]

Group B

Team Qualification
 China Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2005.[5]
 Australia Placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2005.[3]
 South Korea Placed 3rd in Division II-Group A in 2005.[3]
 North Korea Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2005.[2]
 New Zealand Host, Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2005.[3]
 Mexico Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2005.[4]

Group A tournament

Fixtures

All times local.

March 27, 2006
12:00
 Romania4–2
(2–0, 2–0, 0–2)
 BelgiumWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 60
Game reference
Andrian CatrinoiGoaliesBjorn StejlenReferee:
France Frederic Bachelet
0:38 – Basilidesz (Nagy)1 – 0
11:36 – Goga (Geru, Laczko)2 – 0
27:30 – Timaru (Basilidesz, Nicolescu) (PP1)3 – 0
31:57 – Peter (Moldovan, Elekes) (PP1)4 – 0
4 – 145:28 – Van Buren (PP1)
4 – 257:53 – Szarzinsky (de Herdt, Vos)
24 minPenalties28 min
30Shots25
March 27, 2006
15:30
 Serbia and Montenegro4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)
 SpainWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 93
Game reference
Tihomir ZecevicGoaliesJose Luis AlonsoReferee:
Denmark Asger Krog
0 – 112:33 – Armino (Brabo)
16:22 – Tumbas (Juloski)1 – 1
28:13 – Prokic (Gabric)2 – 1
35:12 – Prokic (Radovic) (SH1)3 – 1
59:59 – Gabric (Prokic, Prokic)4 – 1
40 minPenalties20 min
21Shots12
March 27, 2006
19:00
 Bulgaria14–1
(5–0, 3–1, 6–0)
 South AfricaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 873
Game reference
Konstantin MihaylovGoaliesDavid Berger
Gary Bock
Referee:
Austria Reinhard Kowalczyk
1:24 – Stoumbov (Bachvarov) (PP1)1 – 0
4:33 – Velev (Veselinov) (PP2)2 – 0
12:18 – Radkov (Polizoev) (SH1)3 – 0
12:51 – Bachvarov (Alexandrov)4 – 0
17:53 – Vasilev (Velev) (PP1)5 – 0
21:56 – Bachvarov (Alexandrov)6 – 0
25:36 – Simeonov (Veselinov)7 – 0
7 – 128:40 – Booysen (Joyce) (PP1)
37:23 – Radkov (Morgunov)8 – 1
42:00 – Morgunov (Milanov, Radkov) (PP1)9 – 1
46:34 – Simeonov (Milanov) (PP1)10 – 1
46:56 – Zinoviev (Bachvarov, Blagoev)11 – 1
48:01 – Simeonov (Milanov, Velev)12 – 1
55:57 – Petrov (PP1)13 – 1
59:41 – Radkov (Simeonov)14 – 1
36 minPenalties30 min
37Shots14
March 28, 2006
12:00
 Belgium2–2
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2)
 Serbia and MontenegroWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 87
Game reference
Bjorn StejlenGoaliesTihomir ZecevicReferee:
Austria Reinhard Kowalczyk
25:57 – Szarzinsky (Vos) (PP1)1 – 0
1 – 146:21 – Gabric (Jerkovic) (PP1)
1 – 248:32 – Gabric (Trifunovic) (PP1)
53:39 – de Herdt (Lootens, Vos)2 – 2
38 minPenalties22 min
20Shots32
March 28, 2006
15:30
 South Africa3–19
(0–5, 0–6, 3–8)
 RomaniaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 79
Game reference
David BergerGoaliesViorel RaduReferee:
Netherlands Ruud Vanbaast
0 – 12:00 – Georgescu (Geru, Andrei)
0 – 26:01 – Geru (Andrei, Georgescu)
0 – 311:56 – Peter (Moldovan, Elekes)
0 – 415:36 – Moldovan (Elekes, Andrei)
0 – 519:27 – Andrei (Stoiculescu, Geru) (PP1)
0 – 620:36 – Timaru (Nicolescu)
0 – 723:39 – Vargyas (Nagy, Goga)
0 – 828:56 – Geru (Elekes, Peter)
0 – 932:33 – Nicolescu (Timaru) (PP2)
0 – 1035:15 – Geru (Andrei)
0 – 1136:08 – Goga (Vargyas, Nicolescu)
0 – 1243:28 – Vargyas (Timaru, Nagy) (PP1)
0 – 1343:51 – Timaru (Nicolescu, Vargyas)
44:07 – Saffy (Booysen)1 – 13
46:03 – Kemp (Mngoma, Eeckhoven)2 – 13
2 – 1446:17 – Geru (Andrei, Georgescu)
2 – 1547:20 – Geru (Andrei)
2 – 1649:53 – Geru (Georgescu, Andrei)
53:38 – Kemp (Olivier, Eeckhoven) (PP1)3 – 16
3 – 1754:10 – Andrei (Geru, Vargyas)
3 – 1856:32 – Elekes (SH1)
3 – 1957:04 – Geru (Laczko, Kostandi)
18 minPenalties12 min
12Shots57
March 28, 2006
19:00
 Spain1–3
(0–2, 1–1, 0–0)
 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1249
Game reference
Jose Luis AlonsoGoaliesKonstantin MihaylovReferee:
Netherlands Ruud Vanbaast
0 – 112:42 – Simeonov (Veselinov)
0 – 215:05 – Morgunov (velev, Petrov) (PP1)
27:26 – Betran (Munoz)1 – 2
1 – 332:32 – Bachvarov (Milanov) (PP1)
22 minPenalties36 min
30Shots19
March 30, 2006
12:00
 Romania16–3
(6–0, 5–0, 5–3)
 SpainWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 54
Game reference
Andrian CatrinoiGoaliesJose Luis Alonso
Juan Gonzalez
Referee:
Austria Reinhard Kowalczyk
3:58 – Elekes1 – 0
7:02 – Elekes (Moldovan, Kosa) (PP1)2 – 0
10:42 – Nicolescu (Timaru, Basilidesz)3 – 0
11:45 – Elekes4 – 0
13:00 – Mihaly (Flinta, Balint)5 – 0
14:18 – Moldovan (Kosa)6 – 0
20:48 – Vargyas (PP1)7 – 0
27:07 – Moldovan (Papp) (SH1)8 – 0
30:01 – Geru (Goga, Vargyas) (PP1)9 – 0
33:50 – Kostandi (Stoiculescu, Balint)10 – 0
35:58 – Elekes (Vargyas)11 – 0
46:50 – Moldovan (SH1)12 – 0
52:12 – Andrei (Geru, Goga)13 – 0
52:50 – Geru (Goga)14 – 0
54:03 – Timaru (Laczko, Vargyas) (SH1)15 – 0
55:27 – Elekes (Vargyas)16 – 0
16 – 156:25 – Stransky (Gijon, Armino)
16 – 258:43 – Gavilanes (Torres)
16 – 359:23 – Gavilanes (Salegui, Bosom)
26 minPenalties24 min
36Shots11
March 30, 2006
15:30
 South Africa0–7
(0–3, 0–1, 0–3)
 BelgiumWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 48
Game reference
Gary BockGoaliesBjorn StejlenReferee:
Denmark Asger Krog
0 – 13:16 – Morgan (Vos, Peusens) (SH1)
0 – 212:12 – Nuyts (Mertens, Kustermans) (PP1)
0 – 318:51 – de Herdt (SH1)
0 – 430:31 – Mertens (Steijen) (SH1)
0 – 541:50 – Van Buren
0 – 650:29 – Morgan
0 – 752:47 – Kustermans
12 minPenalties20 min
10Shots33
March 30, 2006
19:00
 Serbia and Montenegro2–4
(0–1, 1–2, 1–1)
 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 589
Game reference
Tihomir Zecevic
Milan Lukovic
GoaliesKonstantin MihaylovReferee:
Netherlands Ruud Vanbaast
0 – 14:49 – Alexandrov (Bachvarov, Blagoev) (PP1)
23:28 – Gabric (Prokic, Prokic)1 – 1
1 – 228:53 – Radkov (Stoumbov, Polizoev) (SH1)
1 – 333:46 – Morgunov (Milanov, Radkov)
1 – 446:00 – Veselinov (PP1)
49:26 – Rus (Ilic, Prokic) (PP1)2 – 4
18 minPenalties18 min
22Shots23
April 1, 2006
12:00
 Serbia and Montenegro14–5
(3–1, 8–1, 3–3)
 South AfricaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 62
Game reference
Milan LukvicGoaliesDavid BergerReferee:
France Frederic Bachelet
15:38 – Radovic (Milojkovic, Petrovic)1 – 0
15:54 – Prokic (Gabric)2 – 0
17:25 – Rus (Prokic)3 – 0
3 – 119:35 – Vervey (Edwards)
22:20 – Radovic (PP1)4 – 1
28:35 – Juloski (Banovic, Bogdanovic)5 – 1
5 – 230:31 – Mngoma (Booysen)
31:44 – Rakovic (Radovic)6 – 2
32:42 – Bogdanovic (Juloski)7 – 2
34:08 – Gabric (Prokic, Rus)8 – 2
35:50 – Bogdanovic (Banovic, Ilic) (PP1)9 – 2
37:13 – Rus (Prokic)10 – 2
38:15 – Savic (Milojkovic)11 – 2
42:16 – Milokovic (Savic, Radovic)12 – 2
12 – 346:19 – Lyon (Edwards)
12 – 447:02 – Kemp
51:54 – Rakovic (Milojkovic, Prokic)13 – 4
53:47 – Juloski (Bogdanovic, Banovic)14 – 4
14 – 557:50 – Joyce
0 minPenalties10 min
52Shots17
April 1, 2006
15:30
 Belgium4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)
 SpainWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 137
Game reference
Bjorn StejlenGoaliesJose Luis AlonsoReferee:
Netherlands Ruud Vanbaast
6:37 – Kustermans (Szarzinsky, Peusens) (PP1)1 – 0
17:56 – Steijnen (PP1)2 – 0
42:57 – Steijnen (Mertens) (PP1)3 – 0
46:18 – Mertens (Nuyts, Steijnen) (PP1)4 – 0
24 minPenalties32 min
35Shots14
April 1, 2006
19:00
 Bulgaria0–9
(0–1, 0–1, 0–7)
 RomaniaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1843
Game reference
Konstantin Mihaylov
Ivaylo Asenov
GoaliesViorel RaduReferee:
Denmark Asger Krog
0–112:30 – Timaru (Goga, Geru)
0–237:37 – Timaru (Nicolescu) (PP1)
0–342:46 – Timaru (Nicolescu, Andrei)
0–443:54 – Basilidesz
0–545:22 – Geru (Goga, Andrei)
0–646:55 – Moldovan (Elekes, Andrei)
0–747:07 – Basilidesz (Laczko, Georgescu)
0–851:21 – Georgescu (Vargyas)
0–952:11 – Vargyas (Stoiculescu, Timaru) (PP1)
55 minPenalties18 min
10Shots59
April 2, 2006
12:00
 Spain5–3
(2–1, 2–0, 1–2)
 South AfricaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 43
Game reference
Jose Luis AlonsoGoaliesGary BockReferee:
Denmark Asger Krog
4:55 – Echevarria (Lizundia, Zapata)1 – 0
6:12 – Gavilanes (Brabo, Salegui)2 – 0
2 – 18:12 – Edwards (SH1)
32:16 – Lizundia (Stransky) (PP1)3 – 1
35:58 – Bosom (Codina) (PP1)4 – 1
4 – 242:08 – Edwards (Vervey, Olivier)
4 – 345:07 – Vervey (Edwards, Matthews)
58:17 – Munoz5 – 3
10 minPenalties24 min
38Shots13
April 2, 2006
15:30
 Romania11–1
(3–1, 3–0, 5–0)
 Serbia and MontenegroWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 213
Game reference
Adrian Catrinoi
Viorel Radu
GoaliesTihomir Zecevic
Milan Lukovic
Referee:
Austria Reinhard Kowalczyk
0 – 11:13 – Prokic (Gabric, Rus) (PP1)
6:37 – Basilidesz (Nicolescu, Timaru)1 – 1
11:28 – Basilidesz (Nicolescu, Timaru)2 – 1
13:31 – Andrei (Goga, Georgescu) (PP1)3 – 1
22:33 – Geru (Andrei)4 – 1
32:34 – Goga (Geru)5 – 1
36:06 – Geru (Andrei, Georgescu) (PP1)6 – 1
43:55 – Mihaly (Balint, Kosa)7 – 1
46:08 – Moldovan (Elekes, Peter) (PP1)8 – 1
52:42 – Geru (Andrei)9 – 1
53:15 – Elekes (Peter)10 – 1
58:14 – Andrei (Geru)11 – 1
28 minPenalties24 min
37Shots17
April 2, 2006
19:00
 Bulgaria4–4
(2–2, 1–1, 1–1)
 BelgiumWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 797
Game reference
Konstantin MihaylovGoaliesBjorn StejlenReferee:
France Frederic Bachelet
0 – 14:31 – Peusens (Vos, Szarzinsky) (PP1)
7:13 – Velev (Simeonov)1 – 1
14:01 – Radkov (Milanov, Atanasov) (PP1)2 – 1
2 – 218:42 – Nuyts (Mertens, Steijnen) (PP1)
2 – 320:17 – Peusens (Szarzinsky, Vos) (PP1)
28:14 – Zinoviev (Bachvarov, Stoumbov)3 – 3
44:23 – Polizoev (Milanov) (PP1)4 – 3
4 – 459:37 – Van Looy (de Herdt, Morgan)
41 minPenalties12 min
18Shots44

Ranking and statistics

Promoted to Division I for 2007[6]
Relegated to Division III for 2007[6]
Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 Romania 5 5 0 0 59 9 50 10
 Bulgaria 5 3 1 1 25 17 8 7
 Belgium 5 2 2 1 19 10 9 6
 Serbia and Montenegro 5 2 1 2 23 23 0 5
 Spain 5 1 0 4 10 30 −20 2
 South Africa 5 0 0 5 12 59 −47 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
Romania Catalin Geru 5 13 8 21 +19 4 F
Romania Nutu Andrei 5 5 13 18 +20 0 F
Romania Ioan Timaru 5 7 6 13 +11 2 F
Romania Levente Elekes 5 7 6 13 +8 4 F
Romania Laszlo Vargyas 5 4 8 12 +17 0 D
Serbia and Montenegro Ivan Prokić 5 4 7 11 +5 22 F
Romania Attila Goga 5 3 7 10 +12 8 D
Romania Viorel Nicolescu 5 2 8 10 +8 0 F
Romania Ervin Moldovan 5 6 3 9 +9 0 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: 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
Bulgaria Konstantin Mihaylov 280:00 151 10 2.14 93.38 0
Belgium Bjorn Stejlen 299:16 104 10 2.00 90.38 2
Romania Viorel Radu 140:00 28 3 1.29 89.29 2
Romania Adrian Catrinoi 160:00 47 6 2.25 87.23 0
Spain Jose Luis Alonso 250.42 92 17 4.07 81.52 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament

Fixtures

All times local.

April 3, 2006
12:00
 North Korea1–5
(0–3, 0–1, 1–1)
 AustraliaBotany
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Song Chol RiGoaliesMatthew EzzyReferee:
United States Travis Smith
0 – 11:42 – Hughes (Matus)
0 – 28:02 – Sekura (PP1)
0 – 39:37 – Nelson Bond (James Keane, Brlecic)
0 – 429:06 – Nelson Bond
0 – 546:00 – Rummukainen (PP2)
48:12 – Ri (Han)1 – 5
18 minPenalties18 min
18Shots46
April 3, 2006
15:30
 Mexico1–4
(0–2, 1–2, 0–0)
 ChinaBotany
Attendance: 120
Game reference
Alfonso de AlbaGoaliesYang YuReferee:
Japan Kazuhiko Kawamura
0 – 11:35 – Meng (Zhang)
0 – 22:53 – Yin (Liu)
0 – 321:01 – Zhou (Yin) (PP1)
33:52 – Pineyro (Cervantes) (SH1)1 – 3
1 – 435:35 – Wang (Chen) (PP1)
34 minPenalties40 min
34Shots36
April 3, 2006
19:00
 New Zealand1–8
(0–5, 1–1, 0–2)
 South KoreaBotany
Attendance: 570
Game reference
Mike ParsonsGoaliesHo-Seung SonReferee:
Czech Republic Miroslav Jebavy
0 – 10:51 – KS Kim (SH1)
0 – 22:57 – YH Kim (KS Kim)
0 – 34:11 – HS Kim (MK Kim)
0 – 46:18 – Kwak (KH Kim)
0 – 57:13 – KS Kim (Lee)
20:27 – Speirs (Sam, Glass)1 – 5
1 – 638:16 – MK Kim (DH Kim, KS Kim) (PP1)
1 – 742:38 – KH Kim (MK Kim)
1 – 855:33 – Lee (KS Kim)
12 minPenalties16 min
11Shots78
April 4, 2006
12:00
 China14–2
(6–0, 4–1, 4–1)
 North KoreaBotany
Attendance: 85
Game reference
Ming XieGoaliesSong Chol Ri
Kun Hyok Pak
Referee:
Czech Republic Miroslav Jebavy
4:13 – Zhang (Hou) (PP1)1 – 0
4:27 – Chen (Hao)2 – 0
11:49 – Chao du (Zhang)3 – 0
12:48 – Liu (Dong)4 – 0
13:55 – Wang (Zhang)5 – 0
19:59 – Dong6 – 0
24:09 – Zhang7 – 0
7 – 126:26 – Kim (Ri) (PP2)
28:19 – Wang (PP1)8 – 1
36:46 – Zhang (Yin, Li) (PP1)9 – 1
37:09 – Wang (Wang)10 – 1
44:56 – Su (Chao du)11 – 1
47:11 – Chen (Wang)12 – 1
12 – 254:45 – Kim
55:19 – Chao du (Wang) (PP1)13 – 2
59:31 – Dong (Chen, Wang) (PP1)14 – 2
22 minPenalties26 min
39Shots23
April 4, 2006
15:30
 South Korea15–2
(5–0, 7–2, 3–0)
 MexicoBotany
Attendance: 110
Game reference
Sung-Bae Kim
Ho-Seung Son
GoaliesAlfonso de Alba
Andres de la Garma
Referee:
United States Travis Smith
7:00 – Lee (KH Kim, HI Kim) (PP1)1 – 0
7:59 – DH Kim (Choi, HS Kim)2 – 0
13:17 – KH Kim (Jang) (SH1)3 – 0
14:58 – Bae (Lee, HI Kim)4 – 0
16:20 – Pyo (Choi, HS Kim)5 – 0
21:35 – Lee (KS Kim, KT Kim)6 – 0
25:02 – Kwak (Jang, KH Kim) (PP1)7 – 0
25:20 – KS Kim8 – 0
25:27 – KS Kim (KT Kim)9 – 0
32:36 – KT Kim (Lee, KS Kim)10 – 0
33:30 – KT Kim (KS Kim, Lee)11 – 0
11 – 136:15 – Cervantes (Chabat, Ugarte) (PP1)
11 – 237:12 – de la Vega (Sierra, Meza)
38:08 – KT Kim (KS Kim, HI Kim)12 – 2
43:48 – KS Kim (KH Kim, DY Kim)13 – 2
46:58 – DY Kim (KS Kim, KH Kim)14 – 2
53:00 – MK Kim (Choi, Pyo)15 – 2
14 minPenalties10 min
54Shots19
April 4, 2006
19:00
 Australia6–2
(1–0, 2–0, 3–2)
 New ZealandBotany
Attendance: 1200
Game reference
Stuart DenmanGoaliesGareth LivingstoneReferee:
Japan Koji Yamada
13:59 – Oddy1 – 0
38:09 – Oddy (Lovering)2 – 0
39:44 – Hughes (Rummukainen, Nelson Bond)3 – 0
3 – 141:15 – Lee (Smith)
41:59 – Hughes (Rummukainen)4 – 1
47:20 – Sekura (Lovering, Thilthorpe) (PP1)5 – 1
5 – 251:24 – Speirs (Glass, Sam)
52:03 – Thilthorpe (Oddy)6 – 2
24 minPenalties22 min
74Shots14
April 6, 2006
12:00
 Australia2–4
(0–3, 1–0, 1–1)
 South KoreaBotany
Attendance: 108
Game reference
Matthew EzzyGoaliesHo-Seung SonReferee:
United States Travis Smith
0 – 12:56 – KH Kim (Kwak)
0 – 216:56 – HI Kim (Bae)
0 – 317:24 – KH Kim (Kwak)
39:58 – White (Rummukainen, Webster)1 – 3
46:20 – Brlecic (Rubes) (PP1)2 – 3
2 – 457:48 – KH Kim
14 minPenalties24 min
32Shots39
April 6, 2006
15:30
 Mexico0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)
 North KoreaBotany
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Alfonso de AlbaGoaliesSong Chol RiReferee:
Japan Koji Yamada
0 – 13:12 – SCI Ri
0 – 29:43 – Song
0 – 355:39 – Mun (KS Ri)
18 minPenalties16 min
21Shots31
April 6, 2006
19:00
 China5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 New ZealandBotany
Attendance: 550
Game reference
Yang YuGoaliesMike Parsons
Gareth Livingstone
Referee:
JapanKazuhiko Kawamura
4:02 – Meng (Li)1 – 0
28:03 – Zhang (Yin)2 – 0
33:31 – Z Wang (Dong)3 – 0
43:13 – Chao du (D Wang)4 – 0
48:04 – Z Wang (Chen)5 – 0
2 minPenalties8 min
70Shots13
April 7, 2006
12:00
 Australia9–2
(2–0, 4–0, 3–2)
 MexicoBotany
Attendance: 120
Game reference
Stuart DenmanGoaliesAndreas de la Garma
Alfonso de Alba
Referee:
Japan Kazuhiko Kawamura
6:04 – Walsh1 – 0
18:08 – Wand (Rubes)2 – 0
26:28 – Hughes (Matus, Webster) (PP1)3 – 0
30:22 – Webster (Harding)4 – 0
32:11 – Oddy (Walsh) (SH1)5 – 0
38:31 – Wand (Rubes)6 – 0
49:45 – Sekura (Thilthorpe)7 – 0
53:18 – Thilthorpe (Walsh, Lovering) (PP1)8 – 0
54:26 – Rubes (Wand)9 – 0
9 – 158:20 – Sierra (Cervantes, Pineyro)
9 – 258:43 – Cervantes
16 minPenalties20 min
45Shots21
April 7, 2006
15:30
 South Korea3–6
(1–0, 1–4, 1–2)
 ChinaBotany
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Sung-Bae KimGoaliesYang YuReferee:
Czech Republic Miroslav Jebavy
17:32 – KS Kim (KT Kim) (SH1)1 – 0
1 – 121:41 – Yin (Li, Zhou) (PP1)
1 – 224:00 – Yin (SH1)
34:07 – Lee (DY Kim)2 – 2
2 – 336:48 – Zhang (Zhou)
2 – 438:22 – Liu (Chen)
2 – 555:40 – Liu (Zhou)
2 – 657:50 – Chao du (D Wang) (PP1)
59:45 – KS Kim (KT Kim)3 – 6
42 minPenalties34 min
32Shots34
April 7, 2006
19:00
 North Korea3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 New ZealandBotany
Attendance: 800
Game reference
Song Chol RiGoaliesMike ParsonsReferee:
Japan Koji Yamada
20:51 – Kim1 – 0
43:34 – Ri (Ho)2 – 0
49:57 – Ku (Yun, Kim)3 – 0
8 minPenalties12 min
46Shots18
April 9, 2006
12:00
 South Korea5–1
(2–1, 2–0, 1–0)
 North KoreaBotany
Attendance: 600
Game reference
Sung-Bae KimGoaliesSong Chol RiReferee:
United States Travis Smith
1:46 – Choi (Lee)1 – 0
1 – 15:30 – Song (Ri)
6:34 – KS Kim (Pyo, DH Kim)2 – 1
25:17 – KS Kim (Lee, KT Kim)3 – 1
29:04 – Lee (KT Kim, Kwak)4 – 1
58:59 – KS Kim5 – 1
4 minPenalties4 min
45Shots16
April 9, 2006
15:30
 China5–5
(2–2, 1–1, 2–2)
 AustraliaBotany
Attendance: 550
Game reference
Yang YuGoaliesMatthew EzzyReferee:
Czech Republic Miroslav Jebavy
1:49 – Dong (Chen)1 – 0
1 – 14:07 – Hughes (Matus) (PP1)
10:14 – Chao du (PP1)2 – 1
2 – 214:49 – Wand (Rubes) (PP1)
2 – 326:07 – Oddy (White) (PP1)
27:10 – Z Wang (Chen)3 – 3
3 – 440:20 – Sekura (Lovering, Thilthorpe) (PP1)
49:06 – Chao du (D Wang)4 – 4
4 – 551:05 – Sekura
57:59 – Li (Chao du) (PP1)5 – 5
34 minPenalties48 min
40Shots44
April 9, 2006
19:00
 New Zealand3–4
(0–2, 1–2, 2–0)
 MexicoBotany
Attendance: 1200
Game reference
Mike ParsonsGoaliesAlfonso de AlbaReferee:
Japan Koji Yamada
0 – 113:16 – Miller (Chabat)
0 – 217:11 – Sierra (Ugarte, Chabat) (PP1)
0 – 322:07 – Cervantes (Pineyro)
27:46 – Glass (Speirs, Sam) (PP1)1 – 3
1 – 430:15 – Ehlers (Ortega)
48:35 – Speirs2 – 4
58:01 – Hay3 – 4
10 minPenalties22 min
28Shots34

Ranking and statistics

Promoted to Division I for 2007[7]
Relegated to Division III for 2007[7]
Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 China 5 4 1 0 34 11 23 9
 South Korea 5 4 0 1 35 12 23 8
 Australia 5 3 1 1 27 14 13 7
 North Korea 5 2 0 3 10 24 −14 4
 Mexico 5 1 0 4 9 34 −25 2
 New Zealand 5 0 0 5 6 26 −20 0

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
South Korea Kim Ki-sung 5 10 8 18 +16 4 F
South Korea Kim Kyu-hun 5 5 5 10 +4 6 F
South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 5 3 6 9 +12 2 F
China Du Chao 5 6 2 8 +5 12 F
China Chen Lei 5 2 6 8 +7 14 F
China Wang Zhiqiang 5 6 1 7 +3 4 F
South Korea Lee Yong-jun 5 3 4 7 +7 6 D
China Yin Kai 5 3 3 6 +8 6 D
Australia Joseph Hughes 5 5 0 5 +3 0 F
Australia Chris Sekura 5 5 0 5 +2 2 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: 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
China Yu Yang 240:00 123 9 2.25 92.68 1
South Korea Son Ho-seung 220:00 76 6 1.64 92.11 0
New Zealand Mike Parsons 220:00 208 18 4.91 91.35 0
Australia Matthew Ezzy 179:31 96 9 3.01 90.62 0
Australia Stuart Denman 120:00 35 4 2.00 88.57 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

References

  1. ^ "2005 IIHF World Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  2. ^ a b c d "2005 IIHF World Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  3. ^ a b c d "2005 IIHF World Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  4. ^ a b "2005 IIHF World Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  5. ^ "2005 IIHF World Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  6. ^ a b "2006 IIHF World Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
  7. ^ a b "2006 IIHF World Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-12-01.