2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Romania |
Dates | 13 – 19 March 2006 |
Teams | 6 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Romania |
Runner-up | Israel |
Third place | South Africa |
The 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was an international under-18 ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III tournament made up the fourth level of competition at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships and took place between 13 and 19 March 2006 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. The tournament was won by Romania who upon winning gained promotion, along with Israel who finished in second place, to Division II of the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.
Overview
[edit]The 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III began on 13 March 2006 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania.[1] Bulgaria, Israel, New Zealand and Turkey all returned to compete in the Division III competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships.[2] Romania and South Africa entered the Division III competition after being relegated from the Division II tournaments of the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.[3][4]
Romania finished first after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division II of the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Israel who finished in second place also gained promotion to Division II, while South Africa finished third after managing to win only two and tie one of their five games of the tournament.[1] Bulgaria and Turkey who finished fifth and sixth respectively were relegated to the Division III Qualification tournament for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1][5] Daniel Erlich of Israel finished as the tournaments top scorer after recording 26 points including 12 goals and 14 assists.[6] Romania's Istvan Csergo finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 96.00.[7]
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Romania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 3 | +65 | 10 | Promoted to Division II for 2007 |
2 | Israel | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 7 | |
3 | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 5 | |
4 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 5 | |
5 | Bulgaria | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 41 | −31 | 3 | Relegated to Division III Qualification for 2007 |
6 | Turkey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 63 | −55 | 0 |
Fixtures
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13 March 2006 13:30 | New Zealand | 4–4 (0–1, 3–1, 1–2) | South Africa | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 50 |
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13 March 2006 17:00 | Turkey | 3–14 (0–4, 1–6, 2–4) | Israel | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 130 |
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13 March 2006 20:30 | Bulgaria | 0–18 (0–3, 0–7, 0–8) | Romania | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 300 |
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14 March 2006 13:30 | South Africa | 12–1 (3–0, 4–1, 5–0) | Turkey | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 150 |
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14 March 2006 17:00 | Israel | 14–1 (4–0, 5–1, 5–0) | Bulgaria | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 180 |
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14 March 2006 20:30 | Romania | 14–0 (2–0, 3–0, 9–0) | New Zealand | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 300 |
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16 March 2006 13:30 | South Africa | 5–8 (3–4, 2–3, 0–1) | Israel | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 145 |
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16 March 2006 17:00 | Bulgaria | 3–3 (0–2, 1–1, 2–0) | New Zealand | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 100 |
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16 March 2006 20:30 | Romania | 15–1 (4–0, 6–1, 5–0) | Turkey | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 470 |
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17 March 2006 13:30 | South Africa | 4–1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0) | Bulgaria | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 50 |
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17 March 2006 17:00 | New Zealand | 17–1 (7–1, 6–0, 4–0) | Turkey | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 100 |
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17 March 2006 20:30 | Israel | 2–13 (0–5, 1–4, 1–4) | Romania | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 1500 |
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19 March 2006 13:30 | Turkey | 2–5 (1–2, 1–1, 0–2) | Bulgaria | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 40 |
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19 March 2006 17:00 | Israel | 4–4 (1–2, 1–0, 2–2) | New Zealand | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 200 |
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19 March 2006 20:30 | Romania | 8–0 (5–0, 1–0, 2–0) | South Africa | Vakar Lajos Icerink Attendance: 1000 |
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Scoring leaders
[edit]List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[6]
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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Daniel Erlich | 5 | 12 | 14 | 26 | +13 | 32 | F |
Otto Biro | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | +16 | 12 | F |
Attila Balint | 5 | 10 | 7 | 17 | +16 | 0 | F |
Cjanad Virag | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | +17 | 18 | F |
Eli Sherbatov | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +5 | 8 | F |
Zsolt Kopacz | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +16 | 10 | F |
Hunor Szabo | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +17 | 2 | F |
Jared Joyce | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +4 | 26 | F |
Nicolae Burdian | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +11 | 4 | F |
Oren Zamir | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +6 | 33 | F |
Leading goaltenders
[edit]Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[7]
Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
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Istvan Csergo | 150:47 | 25 | 1 | 0.40 | 96.00 | 2 |
Botond Csomortani | 149:13 | 25 | 2 | 0.80 | 92.00 | 2 |
Zak Nothling | 193:08 | 121 | 17 | 5.28 | 85.95 | 0 |
Eden Nemenoff | 285:08 | 139 | 22 | 4.63 | 84.17 | 0 |
Kiril Vajarov | 280:00 | 215 | 36 | 7.71 | 83.26 | 0 |
References
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- ^ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ^ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ^ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ^ "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div IIIQ". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2007-03-28. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ^ a b "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ^ a b "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2012-12-30.