The Group A tournament began on 2 April 2006 in Merano, Italy. Estonia, the Netherlands, Serbia and Montenegro and Spain returned to compete in the Division II competition after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championships. Italy entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Belgium entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. Italy won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division I for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Netherlands finished in second place, losing only to Italy and Estonia finished in third. Spain finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated to Division III for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. Ivan Demetz of Italy finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 12 points including three goals and nine assists. Italy's Massimo Camin finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 97.56.
Standings
Team
1
5
5
0
0
35
2
+33
10
2
5
4
0
1
28
8
+20
8
3
5
2
1
2
13
20
–7
5
4
5
1
1
3
12
23
–11
3
5
Serbia and Montenegro
5
1
0
4
15
26
–11
2
6
5
1
0
4
8
32
–24
2
Fixtures
All times local.
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player
5
3
9
12
+8
6
F
5
6
3
9
+10
2
F
5
3
6
9
–3
20
F
5
5
2
7
+5
22
F
5
3
4
7
+7
35
F
5
2
5
7
+1
6
F
5
1
6
7
+7
18
D
5
5
1
6
+3
6
F
5
4
2
6
+3
0
F
5
4
2
6
+3
4
F
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Player
149:53
41
1
0.40
97.56
2
120:00
24
1
0.50
95.83
1
150:07
23
1
0.40
95.65
2
249:30
116
12
2.89
89.66
1
280:00
172
18
3.86
89.53
0
Group B tournament
The Group B tournament began on 15 March 2006 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania. Croatia, Iclenad, Lithuania and Mexico all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous yeard World Championships. Great Britain entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Australia entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. Great Britain won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division I for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. Lithuania finished second after losing only to Great Britain and Australia finished in third place. Iceland finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated to Division III for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. Robert Dowd of Great Britain finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 14 points including six goals and eight assists. Great Britain'sMartin Clarkson finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 94.92.
Standings
Team
1
5
5
0
0
40
5
+35
10
2
5
4
0
1
39
12
+27
8
3
5
2
0
3
13
30
–17
4
4
5
2
0
3
22
23
–1
4
5
5
2
0
3
10
21
–11
4
6
5
0
0
5
7
40
–33
0
Fixtures
All times local.
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player
5
6
8
14
+13
18
F
5
4
10
14
+12
10
F
5
8
5
13
+8
12
F
5
7
6
13
+14
0
F
5
4
8
12
+7
8
F
5
5
6
11
+8
12
F
5
5
3
8
-3
10
F
5
4
4
8
+4
8
F
5
1
7
8
+2
2
F
5
5
2
7
-1
32
F
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Serbia and Montenegro
