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2006 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Iceland Iceland
Dates April 24 - April 29
Teams 5
Venue(s) Reykjavík
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank Flag of Iceland Iceland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Turkey Sam Cengiz Ciplak (14 pts)

The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 24–29, 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Iceland won the championship and gained promotion, along with Turkey, into the 2007 Division II tournament.

Participants[]

Team 2005 Result
Flag of Iceland Iceland Host, placed 6th in Division II-Group B and were relegated in 2005.[1]
Flag of Turkey Turkey Placed 6th in Division II-Group A and were relegated in 2005.[2]
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Placed 3rd in Division III in 2005.[3]
Flag of Ireland Ireland Placed 4th in Division III in 2005.[3]
Flag of Armenia Armenia Placed 5th in Division III in 2005.[3]

Fixtures[]

All times local.

April 24, 2006
16:00
Flag of Armenia Armenia 3 - 8
(0-2, 2-4, 1-2)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Reykjavik
Attendance: 205
April 24, 2006
20:00
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 2 - 5
(0-0, 2-2, 0-3)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Reykjavik
Attendance: 550
April 25, 2006
20:00
Flag of Ireland Ireland 0 - 6
(0-3, 0-3, 0-0)
Flag of Armenia Armenia Reykjavik
Attendance: 239
April 26, 2006
16:30
Flag of Turkey Turkey 8 - 2
(1-0, 3-1, 4-1)
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Reykjavik
Attendance: 189
April 26, 2006
20:00
Flag of Iceland Iceland 8 - 0
(0-0, 3-0, 5-0)
Flag of Ireland Ireland Reykjavik
Attendance: 820
April 27, 2006
20:00
Flag of Armenia Armenia 4 - 5
(2-0, 0-2, 2-3)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Reykjavik
Attendance: 674
April 28, 2006
16:30
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 6 - 10
(4-1, 1-8, 1-1)
Flag of Armenia Armenia Reykjavik
Attendance: 297
April 28, 2006
20:00
Flag of Turkey Turkey 2 - 2
(1-0, 0-1, 1-1)
Flag of Ireland Ireland Reykjavik
Attendance: 356
April 29, 2006
16:30
Flag of Ireland Ireland 3 - 1
(2-0, 0-1, 1-0)
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Reykjavik
Attendance: 179
April 29, 2006
20:00
Flag of Iceland Iceland 9 - 0
(1-0, 6-0, 2-0)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Reykjavik
Attendance: 978

Ranking and statistics[]

Promoted to Division II for 2007[4]
Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
Flag of Iceland Iceland 4 4 0 0 27 6 21 8
Flag of Turkey Turkey 4 2 1 1 18 16 2 5
Flag of Armenia Armenia 4 2 0 2 23 19 4 4
Flag of Ireland Ireland 4 1 1 2 5 17 -12 3
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 11 26 -15 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
Flag of Turkey Sam Cengiz Ciplak 4 11 3 14 +5 47 F
Flag of Armenia Gevork Kandakharyan 4 7 7 14 +3 0 F
Flag of Iceland Emil Allengard 4 2 11 13 +6 35 F
Flag of Armenia Manuk Balyan 4 7 2 9 +1 2 F
Flag of Turkey Erdogan Coskun 4 3 6 9 +3 2 F
Flag of Luxembourg Robert Beran 4 5 3 8 0 6 F
Flag of Iceland Runar Freyr Runarsson 4 4 4 8 +5 0 F
Flag of Iceland Gauti Thormodsson 4 3 5 8 +6 4 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
Flag of Iceland Birgir Orn Sveinsson 220:00 69 6 1.64 91.30 2
Flag of Ireland Kevin Kelly 229:54 138 15 3.91 89.13 0
Flag of Armenia Lavik Ghazaryan 240:00 142 19 4.75 86.62 1
Flag of Luxembourg Michel Welter 209:00 150 21 6.03 86.00 0
Flag of Turkey Cagil Uyar 186:24 63 9 2.90 85.71 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[]

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