2006 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey

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tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation

International Ice Hockey Federation

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. The tournament was contested from April 23 to April 30, 2009. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Amiens

Amiens

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, France

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. Group B's games were played in Tallinn

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, Estonia

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. Germany

Germany men's national ice hockey team

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and Austria finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to the 2007 World Championship

2007 IIHF World Championship

The 2007 IIHF World Championship were held between April 27 and May 13, 2007 in Moscow, Russia. It was the 71st annual world championship event run by the International Ice Hockey Federation...

. While Israel finished last in Group A and Croatia last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2007

2007 IIHF World Championship Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played at Zagreb, Croatia from April 11, 2007, through April 17, 2007. Group B was played at Seoul, Korea from April 2, 2007, through April 8, 2007.-Group A:...

Group A

Team	Qualification
	Placed 15th in the World Championship and were relegated in 2005.
	Placed 2nd in Division I-Group B in 2005.
	Placed 3rd in Division I-Group A in 2005.
	Placed 4th in Division I-Group A in 2005.
	Placed 5th in Division I-Group A in 2005.
	Placed 1st in Division II-Group B and were promoted in 2005.

Group B

Team	Qualification
	Placed 16th in the World Championship and were relegated in 2005.
	Placed 2nd in Division I-Group A in 2005.
	Placed 3rd in Division I-Group B in 2005.
	Placed 4th in Division I-Group B in 2005.
	Placed 5th in Division I-Group B in 2005.
	Placed 1st in Division II-Group A and were promoted in 2005.

Fixtures

All times local.

Ranking and statistics

	Promoted to Championship division for 2007
	Relegated to Division II for 2007

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
	5	5	0	0	34	4	30	10
	5	3	1	1	17	9	8	7
	5	3	0	2	18	14	4	6
	5	2	1	2	20	18	2	5
	5	1	0	4	17	17	0	2
	5	0	0	5	3	47
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GP = Games played; G = Goals; T = Ties; L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points
Source: IIHF.com

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
Sascha Goc Sascha Goc Sascha Goc is a German ice hockey player currently playing for the Hannover Scorpions of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Goc played in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils and the Tampa Bay Lightning...	5	6	5	11	+3	2	D
Krisztián Palkovics Krisztián Palkovics Krisztian Palkovics is a Hungarian professional ice hockey right-winger.-Career statistics:-References:...	5	3	8	8	0	2	F
Olivier Coqueux	5	2	6	8	+3	0	F
Gábor Ocskay Gábor Ocskay Gábor Ocskay, Jr. was a Hungarian ice hockey player. As the center of the first line, he played a huge part in his national team's promotion to the 2009 World Championship...	5	2	6	8	+1	4	F
Marco Sturm Marco Sturm Marco Johann Sturm is a German professional ice hockey winger with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League . Sturm began his career with EV Landshut of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, playing with the team from 1995 to 1997. Selected 21st overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose...	5	4	3	7	+4	6	F
Felix Schutz Felix Schütz Felix Schütz is a German professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Cologne Sharks of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-Playing career:...	5	2	5	7	+5	0	F
Takahito Suzuki Takahito Suzuki Takahito Suzuki , born August 17, 1975, is a Japanese professional ice hockey Right Winger currently playing for the Nikkō Ice Bucks of the Asia League....	5	2	5	7	+3	6	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
Robert Müller Robert Müller Robert Müller was a German professional ice hockey goaltender.- Draft :Müller was drafted by the Washington Capitals as their ninth-round pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, 275th overall, but never played for the team....	239:08	74	2	0.50	97.30	3
Steven Lyle	217:41	122	9	2.48	92.62	1
Fabrice Lhenry Fabrice Lhenry Fabrice Lhenry is a professional French ice hockey goaltender who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the France National men's ice hockey team.-External links:...	240:00	99	9	2.25	90.91	1
Naoya Kikuchi	180:00	81	9	3.00	88.89	0
Masahito Haruna Masahito Haruna Masahito Haruna , born July 16, 1973, is a Japanese professional ice hockey Goaltender currently playing for the Oji Eagles of the Asia League....	120:00	45	5	2.50	88.89	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutout
Shutout
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Source: IIHF.com