The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation

International Ice Hockey Federation

The International Ice Hockey Federation is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 70 members...

. The tournament was contested from April 24–29, 2006 in Reykjavik

Reykjavík

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, Iceland

Iceland

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. Iceland won the championship and gained promotion, along with Turkey, into the 2007 Division II

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:...

 tournament.

Participants

Team	2005 Result
	Host, placed 6th in Division II-Group B and were relegated in 2005.
	Placed 6th in Division II-Group A and were relegated in 2005.
	Placed 3rd in Division III in 2005.
	Placed 4th in Division III in 2005.
	Placed 5th in Division III in 2005.

Fixtures

All times local.

Ranking and statistics

Promoted to Division II for 2007

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
	4	4	0	0	27	6	21	8
	4	2	1	1	18	16	2	5
	4	2	0	2	23	19	4	4
	4	1	1	2	5	17
3
	4	0	0	4	11	26
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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
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Gevork Kandakharyan	4	7	7	14	+3	0	F
Emil Allengard	4	2	11	13	+6	35	F
Manuk Balyan	4	7	2	9	+1	2	F
Erdogan Coskun	4	3	6	9	+3	2	F
Robert Beran	4	5	3	8	0	6	F
Runar Freyr Runarsson	4	4	4	8	+5	0	F
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
Birgir Orn Sveinsson	220:00	69	6	1.64	91.30	2
Kevin Kelly	229:54	138	15	3.91	89.13	0
Lavik Ghazaryan	240:00	142	19	4.75	86.62	1
Michel Welter	209:00	150	21	6.03	86.00	0
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 = Shutout

Shutout

In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....

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Source: IIHF.com

External links

• International Ice Hockey Federation