2006 IIHF World Championship
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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.)
Sweden shut out the Czech Republic 4-0 in the Gold Medal Game to win the IIHF World Championships. Sweden had won the 2006 Winter Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Gold 3-2 versus Finland in Turin, Italy two months earlier. They therefore became the first hockey team to win both the Winter Olympics and the IIHF World Championships in the same year.[1]
Venues
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Nations
The following 16 nations qualified for the elite hockey tournament – 13 nations from Europe, two nations from North America and one nation from Asia are represented.
- Asia
- Europe
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- File:Flag of Denmark.svg DenmarkTemplate:Efn
- File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg BelarusTemplate:Efn
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- File:Flag of Latvia.svg LatviaTemplate:Efn
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- File:Flag of Norway.svg NorwayTemplate:Efn
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- File:Flag of Slovenia.svg SloveniaTemplate:Efn
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Rosters
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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.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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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.
Group E
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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.
Group G
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Playoff round
Bracket
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
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Ranking and statistics
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Tournament Awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Template:Flagicon Johan Holmqvist
- Best Defenceman: Template:Flagicon Niklas Kronwall
- Best Forward: Template:Flagicon Sidney Crosby
- Most Valuable Player: Template:Flagicon Niklas Kronwall
- Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: Template:Flagicon Andrei Mezin
- Defence: Template:Flagicon Niklas Kronwall, Template:Flagicon Petteri Nummelin
- Forward: Template:Flagicon Sidney Crosby, Template:Flagicon Alexander Ovechkin, Template:Flagicon David Výborný
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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| 4 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| 5 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| 6 | File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg Belarus |
| 7 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| 8 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia |
| 9 | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland |
| 10 | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia |
| 11 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway |
| 12 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine |
| 13 | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark |
| 14 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
| 15 | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan |
| 16 | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg 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.
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| Template:Flagicon Sidney Crosby | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 | +7 | 10 | F |
| Template:Flagicon Patrice Bergeron | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +5 | 2 | F |
| Template:Flagicon Petteri Nummelin | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 2 | D |
| Template:Flagicon Niklas Kronwall | 8 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +3 | 10 | D |
| Template:Flagicon Alexander Ovechkin | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +6 | 6 | F |
| Template:Flagicon Mikhail Grabovski | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +2 | 2 | F |
| Template:Flagicon Andreas Karlsson | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 6 | F |
| Template:Flagicon Mikael Samuelsson | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +7 | 4 | F |
| Template:Flagicon Anže Kopitar | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 2 | F |
| Template:Flagicon Evgeni Malkin | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +7 | 6 | F |
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.
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| Template:Flagicon Fredrik Norrena | 325:43 | 122 | 6 | 1.11 | 95.08 | 3 |
| Template:Flagicon Andrei Mezin | 417:01 | 239 | 14 | 2.01 | 94.14 | 0 |
| Template:Flagicon Karol Križan | 379:41 | 142 | 12 | 1.90 | 91.55 | 3 |
| Template:Flagicon Sergey Zvyagin | 278:32 | 105 | 9 | 1.94 | 91.43 | 1 |
| Template:Flagicon Marc Denis | 262:41 | 123 | 11 | 2.51 | 91.06 | 1 |
Source: IIHF.com
IIHF broadcasting rights
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- Austria
- Austrian Matches: ORF
- Other Matches: ORF Sport Plus
- Canada
- Czech Republic: Czech Television (ČT2, ČT4 Sport)
- Denmark: TV2 Sport
- Finland: YLE
- France: Sport+
- Germany
- 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
- Ukraine: Megasport
IIHF honors and awards
The 2006 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Riga during the World Championships.[2] Bo Tovland of Sweden was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.[3]
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
- Henryk Gruth, Poland[4]
- Anatoli Khorozov, Ukraine[5]
- Kent Nilsson, Sweden[6]
- Vladimir Petrov, Russia[7]
- Shoichi Tomita, Japan[8]
- Juhani Wahlsten, Finland[9]
See also
References
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- ↑ Recap of Swedish golden double at IHWC official site
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External links
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