2006 World Championship

2006 World Championship

2006. gada Pasaules čempionāts hokejā
Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	May 5 - May 21
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (8th title)
Runner-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	329 (5.88 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Sidney Crosby (16 points)
MVP	Niklas Kronwall
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See also: 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2006 Men's Ice Hockey Championships was held in May 2006 in Riga, Latvia. It was the 70th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

One of the requirements of the IIHF for Latvia to host the event was that a new arena would be constructed. Sweden was the stand-by organizer in case the arena was delayed, but the construction was completed on schedule, marking the first time a former Soviet state apart from Russia has hosted the event. The mascot of the championships was a beaver called RIX (after Riga International Airport's IATA code.)

It was preceded two months earlier by the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, where ice hockey was also a major event.

In the gold medal game, Sweden won against the Czech Republic and thus became the first hockey team to win both the Winter Olympics and the World Championships in the same year.

Preliminary round

Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The last team in each group competed in the Relegation Round.

Groups A and D were played in Kloten, groups B and C in Berne.

	Team advanced to the Qualifying round
	Team sent to compete in the Relegation round

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Finland	3	2	1	0	13	6	7	5
Czech Republic	3	1	2	0	9	8	1	4
Latvia	3	1	1	1	6	7	-1	3
Slovenia	3	0	0	3	8	15	-7	0

All times local (UTC +3)

May 5, 2006 17:15

Finland

5 - 3 (1-2, 2-1, 2-0)

Slovenia

Arena Riga Attendance: 5386

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	17:07 - Kallio (Nummelin (PP1) 25:03 - Miettinen (Jokinen) (PP1) 37:44 - Bergenheim (Lehtonen) 41:56 - Kallio (Miettinen, Jokinen) (PP1) 53:16 - Lehtonen (Viuhkola) (PP1)	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 3 3 - 3 4 - 3 5 - 3	7:10 - Kranjc (Kopitar) (PP1) 14:41 - Kopitar (Sotlar, Rodman) (PP1) 27:21 - Kopitar (Razingar, Rodman) (PP1)
	18 min	Penalties	30 min
	49	Shots	16

May 5, 2006 21:15

Latvia

1 - 1 (1-1, 0-0, 0-0)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga Attendance: 10669

Game reference
	Sergejs Naumovs	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Brent Reiber
	6:22 - Sirokovs	1 - 0 1 - 1	19:32 - Výborný
	22 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	32

May 7, 2006 16:15

Czech Republic

5 - 4 (4-1, 1-2, 0-1)

Slovenia

Arena Riga Attendance: 9018

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Gaber Glavic Robert Kristan	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	1:09 - Plekanec (Hlaváč, Kaberle) 3:04 - Balaštík (Kaberle, Erat) (PP1) 10:35 - Erat (Výborný, Kaberle) (PP1) 13:23 - Michálek (Erat, Výborný) (PP1) 24:28 - Michalek (Erat, Balaštík) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 4 - 1 4 - 2 5 - 2 5 - 3 5 - 4	14:30 - Muric (Hafner) 20:24 - Sotlar (Razingar, Kopitar) (PP1) 34:54 - Kranjc (Kopitar, Razingar) 59:59 - Razingar (Vidmar)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	41	Shots	16

May 7, 2006 20:15

Finland

5 - 0 (0-0, 2-0, 3-0)

Latvia

Arena Riga Attendance: 10616

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs	Referee: Chris Savage
	24:32 - Viuhkola (Hentunen, Lehtonen) (PP1) 35:02 - Kallio (SH1) 48:38 - Peltonen (Nummelin) (PP1) 51:51 - Berg (Nummelin, Jokinen) (PP1) 55:10 - Rita (Pirnes)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0
	47 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	18

May 9, 2006 16:15

Slovenia

1 - 5 (1-0, 0-4, 0-1)

Latvia

Arena Riga Attendance: 9539

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	5:35 - Sivic (Zagar)	1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 3 1 - 4 1 - 5	24:15 - Semjonovs (Ņiživijs, Rēdlihs) 28:20 - Cipulis (Sprukts) 37:51 - Tambijevs (Nizivijs) 50:16 - Vasiļjevs (Sirokovs, Tribuncovs) (PP2)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	18	Shots	29

May 9, 2006 20:15

Czech Republic

3 - 3 (2-1, 1-0, 0-2)

Finland

Arena Riga Attendance: 6758

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Peter Jonak
	2:28 - Erat (Balaštík) (PP1) 2:52 - Balaštík (Hlinka) 34:41 - Hlaváč (Výborný)	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 3 - 1 3 - 2 3 - 3	8:19 - Kukkonen (Lehtonen, Hentunen) (PP1) 40:30 - Berg (Nummelin, Jokinen) (PP1) 58:48 - Nummelin (Jokinen)
	24 min	Penalties	18 min
	27	Shots	24

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Sweden	3	2	1	0	12	6	6	5
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	9	6	3	5
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	7	8	-1	2
Italy	3	0	0	3	3	11	-8	0

All times local (UTC +3)

May 6, 2006 16:15

Switzerland

3 - 1 (0-0, 0-1, 3-0)

Italy

Skonto Arena Attendance: 4450

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti	Referee: Rick Looker
	44:56 - Rüthemann (Jeannin, Plüss) 52:31 - Della Rossa 59:40 - Pluss (Ruthemann, Blindenbacher)	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1	30:18 - Iob (de Bettin, Parco) (PP1)
	24 min	Penalties	26 min
	41	Shots	14

May 6, 2006 20:15

Ukraine

2 - 4 (1-1, 1-2, 0-1)

Sweden

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3492

Game reference
	Kostyantyn Simchuck	Goalies	Johan Holmqvist	Referee: Peter Jonak
	19:16 - Kasianchuk (Dyachenko) (PP1) 34:55 - Mikhov (Shafarenko)	0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 3 2 - 4	17:55 - Emvall (Karlsson) (PP1) 20:50 - Emvall (Melin) (PP1) 38:55 - Karlsson (Melin, Sundin) (PP1) 46:38 - Hannula (Nordquist) (PP1)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	45

May 8, 2006 16:15

Switzerland

2 - 1 (2-0, 0-1, 0-0)

Ukraine

Skonto Arena Attendance: 4609

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Igor Karpenko	Referee: Milan Minar
	9:57 - Bezina (Jeannin) (PP1) 18:06 - Ambühl (SH1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1	33:54 - Mikhnov (Materukhin, Sryubko)
	30 min	Penalties	36 min
	25	Shots	26

May 8, 2006 20:15

Sweden

4 - 0 (2-0, 1-0, 1-0)

Italy

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3586

Game reference
	Stefan Liv	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti Thomas Tragust	Referee: David Hansen
	14:02 - Karlsson (Knronwall, Franzén) (PP1) 16:00 - Lundqvist (Zetterberg, Johansson) (PP1) 22:36 - Jönsson (Holmqvist, Franzén) (PP1) 47:19 - Jönsson (Kronwall)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	13

May 10, 2006 16:15

Italy

2 - 4 (0-1, 1-1, 1-2)

Ukraine

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2174

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Kostyantyn Simchuck	Referee: Chris Savage
	32:25 - Busillo (Trevisani, Cirone) 55:38 - Borgatello (Molteni) (PP1)	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 3 2 - 3 2 - 4	14:54 - Kasianchuck (Shakhraychuk, Ostroushko) (PP1) 21:08 - Salnikov (Bobrovnikov, Dyachenko) (PP1) 51:11 - Gunko (Lytvynenko) 57:56 - Dyachenko (Gunko)
	52 min	Penalties	42 min
	21	Shots	27

May 10, 2006 20:15

Sweden

4 - 4 (1-0, 0-1, 3-3)

Switzerland

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3031

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	13:43 - Zetterberg (Johansson, Kronwall) 44:11 - Zetterberg 44:37 - Mattsson (Karlsson, Kronwall) 51:16 - Karlsson (Emvall, Kronwall)	1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1 3 - 2 4 - 2 4 - 3 4 - 4	23:19 - Wirz (Streit, Lemm) (PP2) 45:02 - Sannitz (Jeannin, Streit) 51:35 - Rüthemann (Plüss, Della Rossa) 56:44 - Sannitz (Jeannin, Lemm)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	17

Group C

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Russia	3	3	0	0	17	6	11	6
Belarus	3	2	0	1	11	5	6	4
Slovakia	3	1	0	2	10	6	4	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	2	23	-21	0

All times local (UTC +3)

May 6, 2006 16:15

Belarus

2 - 1 (0-0, 2-1, 0-0)

Slovakia

Arena Riga Attendance: 6960

Game reference
	Andrei Mezin	Goalies	Ján Lašák Karol Križan	Referee: David Hansen
	34:18 - Meleshko (Zhurik) (PP1) 39:27 - Antonenko (Skabelka, Grabovsky) (PP1)	1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 1	37:29 - Čiernik (Kovacik, Kapuš)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	36	Shots	13

May 6, 2006 20:15

Russia

10 - 1 (4-1, 4-0, 2-0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga Attendance: 7190

Game reference
	Sergei Zvyagin Alexander Fomichev	Goalies	Roman Medvedev Sergey Tambulov	Referee: Jari Levonen
	1:36 - Ovechkin (Malkin, Sushinsky) (PP1) 2:44 - Arkipov (Nikulin) (PP1) 10:44 - Gorovikov (Grigorenko) 18:48 - Bykov (Kruchinin, Yemeleyev) (PP1) 24:13 - Ovechkin (Malkin) 26:41 - Malkin (SH1) 29:39 - Ovechkin (Malkin) (PP1) 32:24 - Semin (Arkhipov, Nikulin) 44:38 - Semin (Nikulin, Zaripov) 53:52 - Semin (Zaripov, Nikulin) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 3 - 1 4 - 1 5 - 1 6 - 1 7 - 1 8 - 1 9 - 1 10 - 1	17:40 - Y. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov, Zhailauov) (PP1)
	26 min	Penalties	40 min
	27	Shots	17

May 8, 2006 16:15

Russia

3 - 2 (1-0, 0-2, 2-0)

Belarus

Arena Riga Attendance: 7945

Game reference
	Sergei Zvyagin	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Chris Savage
	10:57 - Yemeleyev (Bykov) (PP1) 43:28 - Kulyash (Gorovikov) (PP1) 53:19 - Kharitonov (Yemeleyen)	1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 2 3 - 2	21:40 - Antonenko (Kostitsyn) (PP2) 23:28 - Makritsky (Denisov, Kurilin)
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	28	Shots	15

May 8, 2006 20:15

Slovakia

6 - 0 (0-0, 3-0, 3-0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga Attendance: 6788

Game reference
	Karol Križan	Goalies	Sergey Ogureshnikov	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	20:41 - Kapuš (Marián Hossa, Marcel Hossa) (PP1) 32:42 - Surový (Pavlikovsky, Bartovič) (PP1) 39:48 - Bartovič (Pavalikovsky, Marian Hossa) 49:05 - Pavlikovsky (Zálešák, Čiernik) 55:06 - Kovacik 56:22 - Jurčina (Surovy)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0
	14 min	Penalties	32 min
	52	Shots	8

May 10, 2006 16:15

Slovakia

3 - 4 (2-2, 1-1, 0-1)

Russia

Arena Riga Attendance: 7467

Game reference
	Karol Križan	Goalies	Sergei Zvyagin	Referee: Brett Reiber
	6:00 - Surový (Cibák) 9:03 - Kollar (SH1) 36:45 - Ciernik (Milo) (PP1)	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 2 2 - 3 3 - 3 3 - 4	3:56 - Kulyash (Grigorenko, Khomitsky) (PP1) 17:26 - Malkin 27:23 - Zaripov (Khomitsky) (PP1) 46:02 - Mikhnov (Arkhipov, Semin) (PP1)
	22 min	Penalties	41 min
	27	Shots	25

May 10, 2006 20:15

Kazakhstan

1 - 7 (1-1, 0-3, 0-3)

Belarus

Arena Riga Attendance: 6359

Game reference
	Sergey Ogureshnikov Sergey Tambulov	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Rick Looker
	18:57 - Spiridonov (Krasnoslabotsev, Pupkov)	0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 3 1 - 4 1 - 5 1 - 6 1 - 7	2:07 - Kostitsyn (Skabelka, Kopat) (PP1) 29:08 - Zadelenov (Makritsky, Mezin) (SH1) 34:28 - Chupris (Zadelenov, Erkovich) (PP1) 39:25 - Grabovsky (Kostyuchenok) (PP1) 45:11 - Zadelenov (Grabovsky, Ugarov) 46:13 - Dudik (Mikhalev, Ugarov) 48:42 - Grabovsky
	22 min	Penalties	39 min
	32	Shots	35

Group D

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	14	5	11	6
United States of America	3	2	0	1	7	3	4	4
Norway	3	1	0	2	8	13	-5	2
Denmark	3	0	0	3	6	14	-8	0

All times local (UTC +3)

May 5, 2006 16:15

United States of America

3 - 1 (0-1, 1-0, 2-0)

Norway

Skonto Arena Attendance: 4300

Game reference
	Craig Anderson	Goalies	Pal Grotnes	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	21:21 - Brown (Hilbert) (PP1) 45:42 - Brown (PP1) 55:46 - Brown (Malone, Komisarek) (PP1)	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1	13:32 - Jakobsen (Holtet) (PP1)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	21

May 5, 2006 20:15

Denmark

3 - 5 (0-3, 3-0, 0-2)

Canada

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3427

Game reference
	Peter Hirsch	Goalies	Marc Denis	Referee: Milan Minar
	27:43 - F. Nielsen (Kjaergaard) (SH1) 30:46 - J. Nielsen (Johnsen, Kjaergaard) (PP1) 37:49 - Staal (Green)	0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 1 - 3 2 - 3 3 - 3 3 - 4 3 - 5	5:01 - Boyes (Bergeron, Stuart) (PP1) 7:18 - Crosby (Boyes, Bergeron) (PP2) 13:41 - Comrie (DuPont) 43:17 - Crosby (Bergeron) 53:09 - Richards (Carter)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	44

May 7, 2006 16:15

United States of America

3 - 0 (0-0, 2-0, 1-0)

Denmark

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3886

Game reference
	Craig Anderson	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Brent Reiber
	20:33 - Alberts (Brown) 26:32 - Stastny (Suter, Kelser) 52:52 - Park (Hilbert)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	19

May 7, 2006 20:15

Canada

7 - 1 (3-0, 4-0, 0-1)

Norway

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3983

Game reference
	Alex Auld	Goalies	Pal Grotnes Mathias Gundersen	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	8:09 - Bergeron (Robidas, Crosby) (PP1) 8:33 - Boyes (Crosby) 13:35 - Comrie 21:05 - Crosby (Bergeron, Hamhuis) 23:00 - Williams (Comrie, Hamhuis) (PP1) 31:56 - Bergeron (Crosby, Schultz) 33:53 - Shanahan (Cammalleri) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0 7 - 0 7 - 1	47:42 - Thoresen (Ask) (PP2)
	14 min	Penalties	26 min
	36	Shots	15

May 9, 2006 16:15

Norway

6 - 3 (1-2, 3-0, 2-1)

Denmark

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3885

Game reference
	Mathias Gundersen	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	16:36 - Trygg (Myrvold, Vikingstad) (PP1) 28:41 - Hansen (Bastiansen, Ask) (PP1) 30:02 - Skrøder (Trygg, Vikingstad) (PP1) 33:34 - Thoresen (Vikingstad, Myrvold) (PP1) 41:08 - Holtet (Bastiansen, Ask) 59:18 - Vikingstad (Trygg)	1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 2 3 - 2 4 - 2 5 - 2 5 - 3 6 - 3	17:30 - Green (D. Nielsen) (PP1) 19:59 - Staal (Green) (PP2) 43:43 - Hansen (D. Nielsen) (PP1)
	20 min	Penalties	18 min
	45	Shots	23

May 9, 2005 20:15

Canada

2 - 1 (0-1, 1-0, 1-0)

United States of America

Skonto Arena Attendance: 4553

Game reference
	Alex Auld	Goalies	Jason Bacashihua	Referee: Jari Levonen
	29:01 - Crosby (Bergeron) 47:44 - Shanahan (Cammalleri, Williams) (PP1)	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1	13:53 - Kessel (Slater, Stafford)
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	30	Shots	19

Qualifying round

The top three teams from each group in the Preliminary round advance to the Qualifying Round. The top three teams from Groups A and D advance to Group E, and the top three teams from Groups B and C advance to Group F.

Teams in the Qualifying Round carry forward the results and points gained in the Preliminary Round with the teams that they have played and advance with. Teams, which have played in the Preliminary Round, do not meet again in the Qualifying Round.

	Team advanced to the Playoff round
	Team eliminated from advancing

Group E

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Canada	5	4	0	1	28	10	18	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	17	7	10	7
United States of America	5	3	0	2	11	10	1	6
Czech Republic	5	2	2	1	14	12	2	6
Latvia	5	1	1	3	7	23	-16	3
Norway	5	0	0	5	5	20	-15	0

All times local (UTC+3)

May 11, 2006 20:15

Canada

11 - 0 (4-0, 1-0, 6-0)

Latvia

Arena Riga Attendance: 8389

Game reference
	Marc Denis	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs Martins Raitums	Referee: Rick Looker
	5:41 - Williams (Stuart) (PP1) 8:49 - Crosby (Williams) (PP2) 14:40 - Boyes (Williams) (PP1) 17:43 - Bergeron (Boyes, Crosby) (PP1) 25:58 - Shanahan (Williams, Cammalleri) (PP1) 40:24 - Carter (Calder, Schultz) 41:18 - Pettinger (Daley, Metropolit) (PP2) 42:24 - Richards (Stuart, Carter) (PP1) 45:59 - Calder (PP1) 46:31 - Calder (Hamhuis, Richards) 50:17 - Hartnell (Metropolit) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0 7 - 0 8 - 0 9 - 0 10 - 0 11 - 0
	16 min	Penalties	32 min
	40	Shots	26

May 12, 2006 16:15

Czech Republic

3 - 1 (0-1, 2-0, 1-0)

Norway

Arena Riga Attendance: 7004

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Mathias Gundersen	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	27:21 - Hlaváč (Škoula, Richter) 38:31 - Balaštík (Richter) 58:26 - Tenkrát (Hlinka)	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1	12:21 - Ask (Hansen) (PP1)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	21

May 12, 2006 20:15

Finland

4 - 0 (1-0, 2-0, 1-0)

United States of America

Arena Riga Attendance: 7379

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Craig Anderson	Referee: Milan Minar
	11:13 - Koivu (Luoma, Jokinen) 26:01 - Bergenheim (Ruutu, Hahl) 32:44 - Nummelin (Koivu) (PP2) 54:27 - Kukkonen (Hahl)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	24

May 13, 2006 20:15

United States of America

4 - 2 (0-0, 2-1, 2-1)

Latvia

Arena Riga Attendance: 9083

Game reference
	Craig Anderson	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs	Referee: Peter Jonak
	20:59 - Malone (Cullen, Brown) 34:19 - Brown (Kessel) (PP1) 42:27 - Patrick O'Sullivan (Cullen) (PP1) 49:50 - Suter (PP1)	1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 2 3 - 2 4 - 2	22:12 - Dārziņš 41:00 - Semjonovs (Daugaviņš) (PP1)
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	27	Shots	24

May 14, 2006 16:15

Norway

0 - 3 (0-1, 0-1, 0-1)

Finland

Arena Riga Attendance: 7345

Game reference
	Mathias Gundersen	Goalies	Fredrik Norrena	Referee: Peter Jonak
		0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3	9:35 - Hentunen (Pirnes, Kallio) 33:30 - Jokinen (Nummelin) (PP1) 55:58 - Pirnes (Hentunen, Kallio)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	40

May 14, 2006 20:15

Canada

4 - 6 (1-3, 2-1, 1-2)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga Attendance: 7474

Game reference
	Alex Auld	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	15:44 - Robidas 21:51 - Richards (Calder) 31:26 - Hamhuis (Boyes, Crosby) 41:01 - Crosby (Bergeron)	0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 1 - 3 2 - 3 3 - 3 3 - 4 4 - 4 4 - 5 4 - 6	6:34 - Hubáček (Hlinka) 8:06 - Výborný 13:30 - Plekanec (Irgl) 35:04 - Irgl 46:29 - Balaštík (Škoula) 53:39 - Erat (Výborný)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	40

May 15, 2006 20:15

Finland

2 - 4 (1-2, 0-1, 1-1)

Canada

Arena Riga Attendance: 7171

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Marc Denis	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	18:15 - Koivu (Saravo) 50:46 - Nummelin (Luoma, Koivu) (PP1)	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 3 2 - 3 2 - 4	5:58 - Bergeron (Boyes, Crosby) (PP1) 16:57 - Carter (SH1) 26:33 - Carter (SH1) 51:36 - Boyes (Crosby, Bergeron)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	25

May 16, 2006 15:15

Czech Republic

1 - 3 (0-2, 1-0, 0-1)

United States of America

Arena Riga Attendance: 7441

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Jason Bacashihua	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	27:25 - Michálek (Erat, Výborný)	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 3	13:03 - Malone 19:43 - Cullen (Park, Hilbert) 47:25 - Brown (Malone)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	27

May 16, 2006 19:15

Latvia

4 - 2 (2-0, 1-1, 1-1)

Norway

Arena Riga Attendance: 9173

Game reference
	Sergejs Naumovs	Goalies	Mathias Gundersen	Referee: Milan Minar
	6:44 - Reķis (Cipulis) (PP1) 8:34 - Blinovs (Širokovs) 36:02 - Dārziņš (Rēdlihs) 53:16 - Semjonovs (Tambijevs) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 3 - 1 4 - 1 4 - 2	30:58 - Skrøder (Vikingstad, Myrvold) (PP1) 59:34 - Nygard (Jakobsen)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	18

Group F

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Russia	5	4	1	0	22	11	11	9
Sweden	5	2	2	1	17	15	2	6
Belarus	5	3	0	2	16	10	6	6
Slovakia	5	2	1	2	19	10	9	5
Switzerland	5	1	2	2	12	15	-3	4
Ukraine	5	0	0	5	4	29	-25	0

All times local (UTC +3)

May 11, 2006 16:15

Russia

6 - 0 (1-0, 0-0, 5-0)

Ukraine

Arena Riga Attendance: 6963

Game reference
	Sergei Zvyagin Alexander Fomichev	Goalies	Igor Karpenko	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	16:06 - Sushinski (Ovechkin, Kulyash) (PP1) 41:03 - Sushinski (Ovechkin, Malkin) (PP1) 46:06 - Ovechkin (Kruchinin, Sushinski) 48:19 - Kulyash (Nikulin) (PP2) 53:47 - Mozyakin (Misharin) 57:03 - Grigorenko (Mozyakin, Gorovikov) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0
	8 min	Penalties	41 min
	50	Shots	25

May 12, 2006 16:15

Switzerland

2 - 2 (0-1, 0-1, 2-0)

Slovakia

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2325

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Karol Križan	Referee: Chris Savage
	49:50 - Reichert (Plüss) (PP1) 58:04 - Jeannin (Bezina)	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 2 - 2	14:18 - Cibák 31:33 - Milo (Pavlikovsky, Surový) (PP1)
	37 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	15

May 12, 2006 20:15

Sweden

4 - 1 (4-0, 0-0, 0-1)

Belarus

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2209

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Sergei Shabanov	Referee: Jari Levonen
	4:16 - Nylander (Zetterberg, Johansson) (PP1) 7:18 - Nordquist (Timander, Jönsson) 16:40 - Johansson (Franzén) 18:58 - Hållberg (Samuelsson, Timander)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 4 - 1	49:14 - Zadelenov (Meleshko, Chupris)
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	42	Shots	23

May 13, 2006 20:15

Belarus

9 - 1 (1-0, 3-1, 5-0)

Ukraine

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2732

Game reference
	Andrei Mezin	Goalies	Igor Karpenko	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	10:36 - Grabovski (Skabelka) (PP1) 22:11 - Kostyuchenok (Grabovski, Kostitsyn) (PP1) 22:37 - Antonenko (Skabelka, Zadelenov) 35:47 - Grabovski (Kostitsyn, Zadelenov) (PP1) 45:06 - Dudik (Skabelka) 46:17 - Skabelka (Antonenko) (PP2) 56:40 - Kopat (Zadelenov, Skabelka) 57:26 - Grabovski (Kostitsyn) 57:48 - Dudik (Mikhalev) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 4 - 1 5 - 1 6 - 1 7 - 1 8 - 1 9 - 1	39:47 - Gunko (Bobrovnikov)
	14 min	Penalties	38 min
	39	Shots	32

May 14, 2006 16:15

Russia

6 - 3 (1-0, 1-2, 4-1)

Switzerland

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3729

Game reference
	Sergey Zvyagin	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Milan Minar
	13:55 - Zaripov (Kulemin, Sushinski) 22:26 - Arkhipov (Mikhnov, Semin) 40:51 - Bykov (Zaripov, Sushinski) (PP1) 42:38 - Nikulin (Mikhnov, Arkhipov) (PP1) 57:25 - Kulemin 59:45 - Malkin (Atyushov)	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 2 3 - 2 4 - 2 4 - 3 5 - 3 6 - 3	22:36 - Paterlini (Ambühl, Reichert) 32:33 - Forster (Wirz, Déruns) 45:17 - Bezina (Streit, Blindenbacher) (PP2)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	31	Shots	25

May 14, 2006 20:15

Slovakia

5 - 2 (2-0, 2-2, 1-0)

Sweden

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2882

Game reference
	Karol Križan	Goalies	Daniel Henriksson	Referee: David Hansen
	1:45 - Marián Hossa (Pavlikovsky, Marcel Hossa) 8:57 - Cibák (Jurčina, Marián Hossa) (PP1) 21:57 - Vydarený (Čiernik, Milo) (PP1) 26:22 - Marcel Hossa (Marián Hossa, Pavlikovsky) (PP1) 46:33 - Kollar (Milo) (SH1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 3 - 1 3 - 2 4 - 2 5 - 2	22:20 - Johansson (Mattsson, Zetterberg) 23:29 - Karlsson (Emvall, Mattson) (PP1)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	36

May 15, 2006 20:15

Sweden

3 - 3 (1-2, 2-0, 0-1)

Russia

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3983

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Maxim Sokolov	Referee: Chris Savage
	7:33 - Samuelsson (K. Jönsson, Nylander) (PP1) 20:14 - Samuelsson (K. Jönsson) (PP1) 22:58 - J. Jönsson (Hållberg, Samuelsson)	0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 2 3 - 2 3 - 3	1:22 - Ovechkin (Kulemin, Malkin) 11:28 - Mikhnov (Zhukov, Arkhipov) (PP1) 55:47 - Mikhnov (Semin, Khomitsky)
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	29	Shots	24

May 16, 2006 15:15

Switzerland

1 - 2 (0-1, 0-1, 1-0)

Belarus

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3170

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: David Hansen
	48:17 - Plüss (Rüthemann)	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2	9:04 - Skabelka (Grabovski) 29:58 - Zadelenov (Skabelka, Meleshko)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	21

May 16, 2006 19:15

Ukraine

0 - 8 (0-1, 0-4, 0-3)

Slovakia

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2982

Game reference
	Igor Karpenko	Goalies	Karol Križan	Referee: Jari Levonen
		0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 0 - 4 0 - 5 0 - 6 0 - 7 0 - 8	12:52 - Kapuš (Čiernik, Bartovič) 21:36 - Milo (Marcel Hossa, Marián Hossa) 25:11 - Štrbák (Kapuš, Bartovič) (PP1) 35:46 - Kovacik (Kollar) 36:58 - Bartovič 44:25 - Kapuš (Bartovič) 49:19 - Hudec (Štrbák, Kollar) (PP1) 58:25 - Jurčina (Pavlikovsky) (PP1)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	10	Shots	37

Relegation round

The relegation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D. They play in a round-robin fashion, and the bottom two teams get relegated to the Division I group in next year's World Championships.

	Team qualified for the 2007 IIHF World Championship
	Team relegated to Division I

Group G

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Denmark	3	2	1	0	11	5	6	5
Italy	3	1	1	1	6	10	-4	3
Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	9	6	3	2
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	6	11	-5	2

All times local (UTC +3)

May 12, 2006 12:15

Slovenia

3 - 3 (0-2, 1-1, 2-0)

Denmark

Arena Riga Attendance: 7666

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: David Hansen
	24:50 - Razingar (Kopitar) (PP1) 40:23 - Kranjc (Rodman) (PP1) 57:59 - Sotlar (Kopitar, Kranjc)	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 3 2 - 3 3 - 3	1:38 - Dahlmann (Nielsen, Kjaergaard) (PP1) 8:43 - Staal (Green, Damgaard) (PP1) 25:12 - Staal
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	32

May 12, 2006 12:15

Italy

3 - 2 (1-0, 0-2, 2-0)

Kazakhstan

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3193

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Sergey Ogureshnikov	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	5:30 - Busillo (Borgatello, Cirone) (PP1) 44:55 - Busillo (Helfer) 50:16 - Helfer (Busillo) (PP1)	1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 2 3 - 2	28:24 - Samokhvalov (Litvinenko) (PP1) 33:35 - Zhailauov (Koreshkov, Argokov) (PP1)
	14 min	Penalties	26 min
	25	Shots	37

May 13, 2006 16:15

Kazakhstan

5 - 0 (2-0, 3-0, 0-0)

Slovenia

Arena Riga Attendance: 7563

Game reference
	Sergey Ogureshnikov	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referee: Brent Reiber
	6:09 - Starchenko (Belyayev) 7:48 - Pchelyakov (Shafranov) 27:10 - Litvinenko (Pchelyakov, Blokhin) (PP1) 29:56 - Starchenko (Trockshinskiy, Belyayev) 32:11 - Krasnoslabotsev (Zarzhitskiy, Spiridonov)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0
	22 min	Penalties	35 min
	25	Shots	31

May 13, 2006 16:15

Italy

0 - 5 (0-1, 0-1, 0-3)

Denmark

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2640

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Rick Looker
		0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 0 - 4 0 - 5	4:16 - Boedker 37:19 - Staal (D. Nielsen, Green) (PP1) 49:46 - F. Nielsen 55:23 - F. Nielsen (Staal) (PP1) 59:50 - Damgaard (J. Nielsen) (PP2)
	69 min	Penalties	12 min
	15	Shots	39

May 15, 2006 16:15

Slovenia

3 - 3 (1-0, 2-1, 0-2)

Italy

Arena Riga Attendance: 6574

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti Thomas Tragust	Referee: Brent Reiber
	5:01 - Kranjc (Rodman, Razingar) (PP1) 22:03 - Kopitar (Kranjc) 25:25 - Kontrec (Kopitar)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 3 - 1 3 - 2 3 - 3	27:26 - Ansoldi (Margoni, Parco) 44:35 - Ansoldi 58:21 - Strazzabosco (de Bettin, Busillo)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	30

May 15, 2006 16:15

Denmark

3 - 2 (1-0, 1-1, 1-1)

Kazakhstan

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2903

Game reference
	Peter Hirsch	Goalies	Sergey Ogureshnikov	Referee: Jari Levonen
	13:27 - Kjaergaard (PP1) 34:17 - Hansen (Damgaard) 57:26 - Damgaard (Green, Nielsen) (PP2)	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 3 - 1 3 - 2	36:46 - Pupkov (Spiridonov) (PP1) 59:40 - Argokov (Koreshkov)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	24

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinal

F1

Russia

3

E4

Czech Republic

4

Semifinal

QF1

Czech Republic

3

Quarterfinal

QF2

Finland

1

E2

Finland

3

F3

Belarus

0

Final

SF1

Czech Republic

0

Quarterfinal

SF2

Sweden

4

F2

Sweden

6

E3

United States of America

0

Semifinal

Bronze Medal Game

QF3

Sweden

5

SF2

Canada

0

Quarterfinal

QF4

Canada

4

SF1

Finland

5

E1

Canada

4

F4

Slovakia

1

Quarter-finals

May 17, 2006 15:15

Sweden

6 - 0 (2-0, 2-0, 2-0)

United States of America

Arena Riga Attendance: 2800

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Craig Anderson Jason Bacashihua	Referee: Brent Reiber
	2:48 - Hannula (Sundin) 15:40 - Hannula (Kronwall, Jönsson) 25:51 - Samuelsson (Nylander) 35:34 - Jönsson (Nylander, Samuelsson) (PP1) 48:41 - Hannula (Nordquist) 58:36 - Karlsson (Mårtensson, Kronwall) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	18

May 17, 2006 19:15

Canada

4 - 1 (0-1, 1-0, 3-0)

Slovakia

Arena Riga Attendance: 7129

Game reference
	Marc Denis	Goalies	Karol Križan	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	34:35 - Cammalleri (Shanahan) 52:53 - Bergeron (Hamhuis) 54:23 - Crosby (Bergeron) 54:32 - Carter	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1 4 - 1	17:36 - Milo (Hossa)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	23

May 18, 2006 16:15

Russia

3 - 4 (OT) (1-0, 0-1, 2-2, 0-1)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga Attendance: 8082

Game reference
	Maxim Sokolov	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	2:30 - Ovechkin (Malkin, Kulemin) 45:10 - Mozyakin (Gorovikov) 58:55 - Mikhnov (Atyushov, Ovechkin)	1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 3 3 - 3 3 - 4	25:45 - Kaberle (Výborný, Erat) (PP1) 43:39 - Hlinka (PP1) 47:06 - Štefan (Hlinka, Kaberle) (PP1) 67:58 - Irgl (Výborný)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	34	Shots	36

May 18, 2006 20:15

Finland

3 – 0 (1-0, 0-0, 2-0)

Belarus

Arena Riga Attendance: 7164

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Chris Savage
	9:24 - Hahl (Ruutu, Bergenheim) 43:58 - Peltonen (Nummelin, Jokinen) 54:48 - Jokinen (Peltonen, Nummelin) (PP2)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	20

Semi-finals

May 20, 2006 16:15

Finland

1 – 3 (1-0, 0-1, 0-2)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	8:03 - Hahl (Ruutu, Nummelin)	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3	28:26 - Plekanec (Irgl) (SH1) 56:17 - Výborný (Kaberle) (PP1) 59:14 - Hlinka
	45 min	Penalties	37 min
	34	Shots	21

May 20, 2006 20:15

Canada

4 – 5 (2-3, 1-2, 1-0)

Sweden

Arena Riga Attendance: 8845

Game reference
	Marc Denis Alex Auld	Goalies	Johan Holmqvist	Referee: Milan Minar
	8:11 - Calder (Richards) 16:38 - Comrie (Cammalleri) (PP1) 39:25 - Crosby 43:38 - Bergeron (Crosby, Williams) (PP1)	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 2 – 4 2 – 5 3 – 5 4 – 5	1:27 - Kronwall (Nylander) 4:11 - Jönsson (Samuelsson, Nylander) (PP1) 11:52 - Mårtensson (Timander) 21:33 - Samuelsson (Hallberg, Nylander) 22:41 - Nordquist (Hannula)
	18 min	Penalties	39 min
	32	Shots	25

Bronze medal game

May 21, 2006 16:15

Canada

0 – 5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

Arena Riga Attendance: 9365

Game reference
	Alex Auld	Goalies	Fredrik Norrena	Referee: Peter Jonak
		0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5	4:06 - Kallio (Pirnes, Miettinen) (PP1) 25:20 - O. Jokinen (Nummelin, Lehtonen) (PP2) 36:18 - Hahl 42:55 - Miettinen (Nummelin) 53:56 - J. Jokinen (Nummelin, Peltonen) (PP2)
	32 min	Penalties	34 min
	37	Shots	33

Gold medal game

May 21, 2006 20:15

Sweden

4 – 0 (2–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	14:36 - Mattson (Kronwall, Karlsson) 15:13 - Emvall (Mattsson, Karlsson) 24:07 - Kronwall (Sundin, Nylander) 37:01 - Jönsson (Samuelsson, Nylander) (PP2)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	15

Ranking and statistics

2006 IIHF World Championship Winners  Sweden 8th title Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Johan Holmqvist Best Defenseman: Niklas Kronwall Best Forward: Sidney Crosby Most Valuable Player: Niklas Kronwall Media All-Star Team: Goalkeeper: Andrei Mezin Defense: Petteri Nummelin, Niklas Kronwall Forward: Sidney Crosby, David Výborný, Alexander Ovechkin

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Sweden
	Czech Republic
	Finland
4	Canada
5	Russia
6	Belarus
7	United States of America
8	Slovakia
9	Switzerland
10	Latvia
11	Norway
12	Ukraine
13	Denmark
14	Italy
15	Kazakhstan
16	Slovenia

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
Sidney Crosby	9	8	8	16	+7	10	F
Patrice Bergeron	9	6	8	14	+5	2	F
Petteri Nummelin	9	3	11	14	-1	2	D
Niklas Kronwall	8	2	8	10	+3	10	D

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	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Fredrik Norrena	325:43	122	6	1.11	95.08	3
Andrei Mezin	417:01	239	14	2.01	94.14	0
Karol Križan	379:41	142	12	1.90	91.55	3
Sergey Zvyagin	278:32	105	9	1.94	91.43	1
Marc Denis	262:41	123	11	2.51	91.06	1

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF broadcasting rights

Austria: Austrian Matches: ORF Other Matches: ORF Sport Plus Canada: English: TSN French: RDS Czech Republic: Česká televize (ČT2, ČT4 Sport) Denmark: TV2 Sport Finland: YLE France: Sport+ Germany: German Matches: ARD , ZDF Other Matches: DSF

Latvia: TV3, 3+ Latvia Norway: Norwegian Matches: NRK Other Matches: Viasat SportN, Viasat Sport 3 Russia: RTR Sport Slovakia: STV Slovenia: RTV Slovenija Sweden: Viasat Switzerland: German: SF zwei French: TSR2 Italian: TSI 2 Ukraine: Megasport

External links

• 2006 IIHF World Championship official site