2006 IIHF World Championship Division II

2006 IIHF World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria  New Zealand
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	March 27 – April 9
Teams	12 (two groups of 6)
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The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from March 27 to April 9, 2006. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria. Group B's games were played in Auckland, New Zealand. Romania and China finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2007. While South Africa finished last in Group A and hosts New Zealand last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2007.

Team	Qualification
Romania	Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2005.[1]
Serbia and Montenegro	Placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2005.[2]
Belgium	Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2005.[2]
Bulgaria	Host, placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2005.[3]
Spain	Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2005.[2]
South Africa	Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2005.[4]

Team	Qualification
China	Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2005.[5]
Australia	Placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2005.[3]
South Korea	Placed 3rd in Division II-Group A in 2005.[3]
North Korea	Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2005.[2]
New Zealand	Host, Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2005.[3]
Mexico	Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2005.[4]

All times local.

March 27, 2006 12:00

Romania

4–2 (2–0, 2–0, 0–2)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Andrian Catrinoi	Goalies	Bjorn Stejlen	Referee: Frederic Bachelet
	0:38 – Basilidesz (Nagy) 1 – 0 11:36 – Goga (Geru, Laczko) 2 – 0 27:30 – Timaru (Basilidesz, Nicolescu) (PP1) 3 – 0 31:57 – Peter (Moldovan, Elekes) (PP1) 4 – 0 4 – 1 45:28 – Van Buren (PP1) 4 – 2 57:53 – Szarzinsky (de Herdt, Vos)
	24 min	Penalties	28 min
	30	Shots	25

March 27, 2006 15:30

Serbia and Montenegro

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Spain

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 93

Game reference
	Tihomir Zecevic	Goalies	Jose Luis Alonso	Referee: Asger Krog
	0 – 1 12:33 – Armino (Brabo) 16:22 – Tumbas (Juloski) 1 – 1 28:13 – Prokic (Gabric) 2 – 1 35:12 – Prokic (Radovic) (SH1) 3 – 1 59:59 – Gabric (Prokic, Prokic) 4 – 1
	40 min	Penalties	20 min
	21	Shots	12

March 27, 2006 19:00

Bulgaria

14–1 (5–0, 3–1, 6–0)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 873

Game reference
	Konstantin Mihaylov	Goalies	David Berger Gary Bock	Referee: Reinhard Kowalczyk
	1:24 – Stoumbov (Bachvarov) (PP1) 1 – 0 4:33 – Velev (Veselinov) (PP2) 2 – 0 12:18 – Radkov (Polizoev) (SH1) 3 – 0 12:51 – Bachvarov (Alexandrov) 4 – 0 17:53 – Vasilev (Velev) (PP1) 5 – 0 21:56 – Bachvarov (Alexandrov) 6 – 0 25:36 – Simeonov (Veselinov) 7 – 0 7 – 1 28:40 – Booysen (Joyce) (PP1) 37:23 – Radkov (Morgunov) 8 – 1 42:00 – Morgunov (Milanov, Radkov) (PP1) 9 – 1 46:34 – Simeonov (Milanov) (PP1) 10 – 1 46:56 – Zinoviev (Bachvarov, Blagoev) 11 – 1 48:01 – Simeonov (Milanov, Velev) 12 – 1 55:57 – Petrov (PP1) 13 – 1 59:41 – Radkov (Simeonov) 14 – 1
	36 min	Penalties	30 min
	37	Shots	14

March 28, 2006 12:00

Belgium

2–2 (0–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Serbia and Montenegro

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 87

Game reference
	Bjorn Stejlen	Goalies	Tihomir Zecevic	Referee: Reinhard Kowalczyk
	25:57 – Szarzinsky (Vos) (PP1) 1 – 0 1 – 1 46:21 – Gabric (Jerkovic) (PP1) 1 – 2 48:32 – Gabric (Trifunovic) (PP1) 53:39 – de Herdt (Lootens, Vos) 2 – 2
	38 min	Penalties	22 min
	20	Shots	32

March 28, 2006 15:30

South Africa

3–19 (0–5, 0–6, 3–8)

Romania

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 79

Game reference
	David Berger	Goalies	Viorel Radu	Referee: Ruud Vanbaast
	0 – 1 2:00 – Georgescu (Geru, Andrei) 0 – 2 6:01 – Geru (Andrei, Georgescu) 0 – 3 11:56 – Peter (Moldovan, Elekes) 0 – 4 15:36 – Moldovan (Elekes, Andrei) 0 – 5 19:27 – Andrei (Stoiculescu, Geru) (PP1) 0 – 6 20:36 – Timaru (Nicolescu) 0 – 7 23:39 – Vargyas (Nagy, Goga) 0 – 8 28:56 – Geru (Elekes, Peter) 0 – 9 32:33 – Nicolescu (Timaru) (PP2) 0 – 10 35:15 – Geru (Andrei) 0 – 11 36:08 – Goga (Vargyas, Nicolescu) 0 – 12 43:28 – Vargyas (Timaru, Nagy) (PP1) 0 – 13 43:51 – Timaru (Nicolescu, Vargyas) 44:07 – Saffy (Booysen) 1 – 13 46:03 – Kemp (Mngoma, Eeckhoven) 2 – 13 2 – 14 46:17 – Geru (Andrei, Georgescu) 2 – 15 47:20 – Geru (Andrei) 2 – 16 49:53 – Geru (Georgescu, Andrei) 53:38 – Kemp (Olivier, Eeckhoven) (PP1) 3 – 16 3 – 17 54:10 – Andrei (Geru, Vargyas) 3 – 18 56:32 – Elekes (SH1) 3 – 19 57:04 – Geru (Laczko, Kostandi)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	12	Shots	57

March 28, 2006 19:00

Spain

1–3 (0–2, 1–1, 0–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 1249

Game reference
	Jose Luis Alonso	Goalies	Konstantin Mihaylov	Referee: Ruud Vanbaast
	0 – 1 12:42 – Simeonov (Veselinov) 0 – 2 15:05 – Morgunov (velev, Petrov) (PP1) 27:26 – Betran (Munoz) 1 – 2 1 – 3 32:32 – Bachvarov (Milanov) (PP1)
	22 min	Penalties	36 min
	30	Shots	19

March 30, 2006 12:00

Romania

16–3 (6–0, 5–0, 5–3)

Spain

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 54

Game reference
	Andrian Catrinoi	Goalies	Jose Luis Alonso Juan Gonzalez	Referee: Reinhard Kowalczyk
	3:58 – Elekes 1 – 0 7:02 – Elekes (Moldovan, Kosa) (PP1) 2 – 0 10:42 – Nicolescu (Timaru, Basilidesz) 3 – 0 11:45 – Elekes 4 – 0 13:00 – Mihaly (Flinta, Balint) 5 – 0 14:18 – Moldovan (Kosa) 6 – 0 20:48 – Vargyas (PP1) 7 – 0 27:07 – Moldovan (Papp) (SH1) 8 – 0 30:01 – Geru (Goga, Vargyas) (PP1) 9 – 0 33:50 – Kostandi (Stoiculescu, Balint) 10 – 0 35:58 – Elekes (Vargyas) 11 – 0 46:50 – Moldovan (SH1) 12 – 0 52:12 – Andrei (Geru, Goga) 13 – 0 52:50 – Geru (Goga) 14 – 0 54:03 – Timaru (Laczko, Vargyas) (SH1) 15 – 0 55:27 – Elekes (Vargyas) 16 – 0 16 – 1 56:25 – Stransky (Gijon, Armino) 16 – 2 58:43 – Gavilanes (Torres) 16 – 3 59:23 – Gavilanes (Salegui, Bosom)
	26 min	Penalties	24 min
	36	Shots	11

March 30, 2006 15:30

South Africa

0–7 (0–3, 0–1, 0–3)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 48

Game reference
	Gary Bock	Goalies	Bjorn Stejlen	Referee: Asger Krog
	0 – 1 3:16 – Morgan (Vos, Peusens) (SH1) 0 – 2 12:12 – Nuyts (Mertens, Kustermans) (PP1) 0 – 3 18:51 – de Herdt (SH1) 0 – 4 30:31 – Mertens (Steijen) (SH1) 0 – 5 41:50 – Van Buren 0 – 6 50:29 – Morgan 0 – 7 52:47 – Kustermans
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	10	Shots	33

March 30, 2006 19:00

Serbia and Montenegro

2–4 (0–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 589

Game reference
	Tihomir Zecevic Milan Lukovic	Goalies	Konstantin Mihaylov	Referee: Ruud Vanbaast
	0 – 1 4:49 – Alexandrov (Bachvarov, Blagoev) (PP1) 23:28 – Gabric (Prokic, Prokic) 1 – 1 1 – 2 28:53 – Radkov (Stoumbov, Polizoev) (SH1) 1 – 3 33:46 – Morgunov (Milanov, Radkov) 1 – 4 46:00 – Veselinov (PP1) 49:26 – Rus (Ilic, Prokic) (PP1) 2 – 4
	18 min	Penalties	18 min
	22	Shots	23

April 1, 2006 12:00

Serbia and Montenegro

14–5 (3–1, 8–1, 3–3)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 62

Game reference
	Milan Lukvic	Goalies	David Berger	Referee: Frederic Bachelet
	15:38 – Radovic (Milojkovic, Petrovic) 1 – 0 15:54 – Prokic (Gabric) 2 – 0 17:25 – Rus (Prokic) 3 – 0 3 – 1 19:35 – Vervey (Edwards) 22:20 – Radovic (PP1) 4 – 1 28:35 – Juloski (Banovic, Bogdanovic) 5 – 1 5 – 2 30:31 – Mngoma (Booysen) 31:44 – Rakovic (Radovic) 6 – 2 32:42 – Bogdanovic (Juloski) 7 – 2 34:08 – Gabric (Prokic, Rus) 8 – 2 35:50 – Bogdanovic (Banovic, Ilic) (PP1) 9 – 2 37:13 – Rus (Prokic) 10 – 2 38:15 – Savic (Milojkovic) 11 – 2 42:16 – Milokovic (Savic, Radovic) 12 – 2 12 – 3 46:19 – Lyon (Edwards) 12 – 4 47:02 – Kemp 51:54 – Rakovic (Milojkovic, Prokic) 13 – 4 53:47 – Juloski (Bogdanovic, Banovic) 14 – 4 14 – 5 57:50 – Joyce
	0 min	Penalties	10 min
	52	Shots	17

April 1, 2006 15:30

Belgium

4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Spain

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 137

Game reference
	Bjorn Stejlen	Goalies	Jose Luis Alonso	Referee: Ruud Vanbaast
	6:37 – Kustermans (Szarzinsky, Peusens) (PP1) 1 – 0 17:56 – Steijnen (PP1) 2 – 0 42:57 – Steijnen (Mertens) (PP1) 3 – 0 46:18 – Mertens (Nuyts, Steijnen) (PP1) 4 – 0
	24 min	Penalties	32 min
	35	Shots	14

April 1, 2006 19:00

Bulgaria

0–9 (0–1, 0–1, 0–7)

Romania

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 1843

Game reference
	Konstantin Mihaylov Ivaylo Asenov	Goalies	Viorel Radu	Referee: Asger Krog
	0–1 12:30 – Timaru (Goga, Geru) 0–2 37:37 – Timaru (Nicolescu) (PP1) 0–3 42:46 – Timaru (Nicolescu, Andrei) 0–4 43:54 – Basilidesz 0–5 45:22 – Geru (Goga, Andrei) 0–6 46:55 – Moldovan (Elekes, Andrei) 0–7 47:07 – Basilidesz (Laczko, Georgescu) 0–8 51:21 – Georgescu (Vargyas) 0–9 52:11 – Vargyas (Stoiculescu, Timaru) (PP1)
	55 min	Penalties	18 min
	10	Shots	59

April 2, 2006 12:00

Spain

5–3 (2–1, 2–0, 1–2)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 43

Game reference
	Jose Luis Alonso	Goalies	Gary Bock	Referee: Asger Krog
	4:55 – Echevarria (Lizundia, Zapata) 1 – 0 6:12 – Gavilanes (Brabo, Salegui) 2 – 0 2 – 1 8:12 – Edwards (SH1) 32:16 – Lizundia (Stransky) (PP1) 3 – 1 35:58 – Bosom (Codina) (PP1) 4 – 1 4 – 2 42:08 – Edwards (Vervey, Olivier) 4 – 3 45:07 – Vervey (Edwards, Matthews) 58:17 – Munoz 5 – 3
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	38	Shots	13

April 2, 2006 15:30

Romania

11–1 (3–1, 3–0, 5–0)

Serbia and Montenegro

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 213

Game reference
	Adrian Catrinoi Viorel Radu	Goalies	Tihomir Zecevic Milan Lukovic	Referee: Reinhard Kowalczyk
	0 – 1 1:13 – Prokic (Gabric, Rus) (PP1) 6:37 – Basilidesz (Nicolescu, Timaru) 1 – 1 11:28 – Basilidesz (Nicolescu, Timaru) 2 – 1 13:31 – Andrei (Goga, Georgescu) (PP1) 3 – 1 22:33 – Geru (Andrei) 4 – 1 32:34 – Goga (Geru) 5 – 1 36:06 – Geru (Andrei, Georgescu) (PP1) 6 – 1 43:55 – Mihaly (Balint, Kosa) 7 – 1 46:08 – Moldovan (Elekes, Peter) (PP1) 8 – 1 52:42 – Geru (Andrei) 9 – 1 53:15 – Elekes (Peter) 10 – 1 58:14 – Andrei (Geru) 11 – 1
	28 min	Penalties	24 min
	37	Shots	17

April 2, 2006 19:00

Bulgaria

4–4 (2–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 797

Game reference
	Konstantin Mihaylov	Goalies	Bjorn Stejlen	Referee: Frederic Bachelet
	0 – 1 4:31 – Peusens (Vos, Szarzinsky) (PP1) 7:13 – Velev (Simeonov) 1 – 1 14:01 – Radkov (Milanov, Atanasov) (PP1) 2 – 1 2 – 2 18:42 – Nuyts (Mertens, Steijnen) (PP1) 2 – 3 20:17 – Peusens (Szarzinsky, Vos) (PP1) 28:14 – Zinoviev (Bachvarov, Stoumbov) 3 – 3 44:23 – Polizoev (Milanov) (PP1) 4 – 3 4 – 4 59:37 – Van Looy (de Herdt, Morgan)
	41 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	44

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Romania	5	5	0	0	59	9	50	10
Bulgaria	5	3	1	1	25	17	8	7
Belgium	5	2	2	1	19	10	9	6
Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	1	2	23	23	0	5
Spain	5	1	0	4	10	30	−20	2
South Africa	5	0	0	5	12	59	−47	0

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
Catalin Geru	5	13	8	21	+19	4	F
Nutu Andrei	5	5	13	18	+20	0	F
Ioan Timaru	5	7	6	13	+11	2	F
Levente Elekes	5	7	6	13	+8	4	F
Laszlo Vargyas	5	4	8	12	+17	0	D
Ivan Prokić	5	4	7	11	+5	22	F
Attila Goga	5	3	7	10	+12	8	D
Viorel Nicolescu	5	2	8	10	+8	0	F
Ervin Moldovan	5	6	3	9	+9	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

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
Konstantin Mihaylov	280:00	151	10	2.14	93.38	0
Bjorn Stejlen	299:16	104	10	2.00	90.38	2
Viorel Radu	140:00	28	3	1.29	89.29	2
Adrian Catrinoi	160:00	47	6	2.25	87.23	0
Jose Luis Alonso	250.42	92	17	4.07	81.52	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

All times local.

April 3, 2006 12:00

North Korea

1–5 (0–3, 0–1, 1–1)

Australia

Botany Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Song Chol Ri	Goalies	Matthew Ezzy	Referee: Travis Smith
	0 – 1 1:42 – Hughes (Matus) 0 – 2 8:02 – Sekura (PP1) 0 – 3 9:37 – Nelson Bond (James Keane, Brlecic) 0 – 4 29:06 – Nelson Bond 0 – 5 46:00 – Rummukainen (PP2) 48:12 – Ri (Han) 1 – 5
	18 min	Penalties	18 min
	18	Shots	46

April 3, 2006 15:30

Mexico

1–4 (0–2, 1–2, 0–0)

China

Botany Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Alfonso de Alba	Goalies	Yang Yu	Referee: Kazuhiko Kawamura
	0 – 1 1:35 – Meng (Zhang) 0 – 2 2:53 – Yin (Liu) 0 – 3 21:01 – Zhou (Yin) (PP1) 33:52 – Pineyro (Cervantes) (SH1) 1 – 3 1 – 4 35:35 – Wang (Chen) (PP1)
	34 min	Penalties	40 min
	34	Shots	36

April 3, 2006 19:00

New Zealand

1–8 (0–5, 1–1, 0–2)

South Korea

Botany Attendance: 570

Game reference
	Mike Parsons	Goalies	Ho-Seung Son	Referee: Miroslav Jebavy
	0 – 1 0:51 – KS Kim (SH1) 0 – 2 2:57 – YH Kim (KS Kim) 0 – 3 4:11 – HS Kim (MK Kim) 0 – 4 6:18 – Kwak (KH Kim) 0 – 5 7:13 – KS Kim (Lee) 20:27 – Speirs (Sam, Glass) 1 – 5 1 – 6 38:16 – MK Kim (DH Kim, KS Kim) (PP1) 1 – 7 42:38 – KH Kim (MK Kim) 1 – 8 55:33 – Lee (KS Kim)
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	11	Shots	78

April 4, 2006 12:00

China

14–2 (6–0, 4–1, 4–1)

North Korea

Botany Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Ming Xie	Goalies	Song Chol Ri Kun Hyok Pak	Referee: Miroslav Jebavy
	4:13 – Zhang (Hou) (PP1) 1 – 0 4:27 – Chen (Hao) 2 – 0 11:49 – Chao du (Zhang) 3 – 0 12:48 – Liu (Dong) 4 – 0 13:55 – Wang (Zhang) 5 – 0 19:59 – Dong 6 – 0 24:09 – Zhang 7 – 0 7 – 1 26:26 – Kim (Ri) (PP2) 28:19 – Wang (PP1) 8 – 1 36:46 – Zhang (Yin, Li) (PP1) 9 – 1 37:09 – Wang (Wang) 10 – 1 44:56 – Su (Chao du) 11 – 1 47:11 – Chen (Wang) 12 – 1 12 – 2 54:45 – Kim 55:19 – Chao du (Wang) (PP1) 13 – 2 59:31 – Dong (Chen, Wang) (PP1) 14 – 2
	22 min	Penalties	26 min
	39	Shots	23

April 4, 2006 15:30

South Korea

15–2 (5–0, 7–2, 3–0)

Mexico

Botany Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Sung-Bae Kim Ho-Seung Son	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba Andres de la Garma	Referee: Travis Smith
	7:00 – Lee (KH Kim, HI Kim) (PP1) 1 – 0 7:59 – DH Kim (Choi, HS Kim) 2 – 0 13:17 – KH Kim (Jang) (SH1) 3 – 0 14:58 – Bae (Lee, HI Kim) 4 – 0 16:20 – Pyo (Choi, HS Kim) 5 – 0 21:35 – Lee (KS Kim, KT Kim) 6 – 0 25:02 – Kwak (Jang, KH Kim) (PP1) 7 – 0 25:20 – KS Kim 8 – 0 25:27 – KS Kim (KT Kim) 9 – 0 32:36 – KT Kim (Lee, KS Kim) 10 – 0 33:30 – KT Kim (KS Kim, Lee) 11 – 0 11 – 1 36:15 – Cervantes (Chabat, Ugarte) (PP1) 11 – 2 37:12 – de la Vega (Sierra, Meza) 38:08 – KT Kim (KS Kim, HI Kim) 12 – 2 43:48 – KS Kim (KH Kim, DY Kim) 13 – 2 46:58 – DY Kim (KS Kim, KH Kim) 14 – 2 53:00 – MK Kim (Choi, Pyo) 15 – 2
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	54	Shots	19

April 4, 2006 19:00

Australia

6–2 (1–0, 2–0, 3–2)

New Zealand

Botany Attendance: 1200

Game reference
	Stuart Denman	Goalies	Gareth Livingstone	Referee: Koji Yamada
	13:59 – Oddy 1 – 0 38:09 – Oddy (Lovering) 2 – 0 39:44 – Hughes (Rummukainen, Nelson Bond) 3 – 0 3 – 1 41:15 – Lee (Smith) 41:59 – Hughes (Rummukainen) 4 – 1 47:20 – Sekura (Lovering, Thilthorpe) (PP1) 5 – 1 5 – 2 51:24 – Speirs (Glass, Sam) 52:03 – Thilthorpe (Oddy) 6 – 2
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	74	Shots	14

April 6, 2006 12:00

Australia

2–4 (0–3, 1–0, 1–1)

South Korea

Botany Attendance: 108

Game reference
	Matthew Ezzy	Goalies	Ho-Seung Son	Referee: Travis Smith
	0 – 1 2:56 – KH Kim (Kwak) 0 – 2 16:56 – HI Kim (Bae) 0 – 3 17:24 – KH Kim (Kwak) 39:58 – White (Rummukainen, Webster) 1 – 3 46:20 – Brlecic (Rubes) (PP1) 2 – 3 2 – 4 57:48 – KH Kim
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	32	Shots	39

April 6, 2006 15:30

Mexico

0–3 (0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

North Korea

Botany Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Alfonso de Alba	Goalies	Song Chol Ri	Referee: Koji Yamada
	0 – 1 3:12 – SCI Ri 0 – 2 9:43 – Song 0 – 3 55:39 – Mun (KS Ri)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	31

April 6, 2006 19:00

China

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

New Zealand

Botany Attendance: 550

Game reference
	Yang Yu	Goalies	Mike Parsons Gareth Livingstone	Referee: Kazuhiko Kawamura
	4:02 – Meng (Li) 1 – 0 28:03 – Zhang (Yin) 2 – 0 33:31 – Z Wang (Dong) 3 – 0 43:13 – Chao du (D Wang) 4 – 0 48:04 – Z Wang (Chen) 5 – 0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	70	Shots	13

April 7, 2006 12:00

Australia

9–2 (2–0, 4–0, 3–2)

Mexico

Botany Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Stuart Denman	Goalies	Andreas de la Garma Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Kazuhiko Kawamura
	6:04 – Walsh 1 – 0 18:08 – Wand (Rubes) 2 – 0 26:28 – Hughes (Matus, Webster) (PP1) 3 – 0 30:22 – Webster (Harding) 4 – 0 32:11 – Oddy (Walsh) (SH1) 5 – 0 38:31 – Wand (Rubes) 6 – 0 49:45 – Sekura (Thilthorpe) 7 – 0 53:18 – Thilthorpe (Walsh, Lovering) (PP1) 8 – 0 54:26 – Rubes (Wand) 9 – 0 9 – 1 58:20 – Sierra (Cervantes, Pineyro) 9 – 2 58:43 – Cervantes
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	45	Shots	21

April 7, 2006 15:30

South Korea

3–6 (1–0, 1–4, 1–2)

China

Botany Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Sung-Bae Kim	Goalies	Yang Yu	Referee: Miroslav Jebavy
	17:32 – KS Kim (KT Kim) (SH1) 1 – 0 1 – 1 21:41 – Yin (Li, Zhou) (PP1) 1 – 2 24:00 – Yin (SH1) 34:07 – Lee (DY Kim) 2 – 2 2 – 3 36:48 – Zhang (Zhou) 2 – 4 38:22 – Liu (Chen) 2 – 5 55:40 – Liu (Zhou) 2 – 6 57:50 – Chao du (D Wang) (PP1) 59:45 – KS Kim (KT Kim) 3 – 6
	42 min	Penalties	34 min
	32	Shots	34

April 7, 2006 19:00

North Korea

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

New Zealand

Botany Attendance: 800

Game reference
	Song Chol Ri	Goalies	Mike Parsons	Referee: Koji Yamada
	20:51 – Kim 1 – 0 43:34 – Ri (Ho) 2 – 0 49:57 – Ku (Yun, Kim) 3 – 0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	46	Shots	18

April 9, 2006 12:00

South Korea

5–1 (2–1, 2–0, 1–0)

North Korea

Botany Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Sung-Bae Kim	Goalies	Song Chol Ri	Referee: Travis Smith
	1:46 – Choi (Lee) 1 – 0 1 – 1 5:30 – Song (Ri) 6:34 – KS Kim (Pyo, DH Kim) 2 – 1 25:17 – KS Kim (Lee, KT Kim) 3 – 1 29:04 – Lee (KT Kim, Kwak) 4 – 1 58:59 – KS Kim 5 – 1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	45	Shots	16

April 9, 2006 15:30

China

5–5 (2–2, 1–1, 2–2)

Australia

Botany Attendance: 550

Game reference
	Yang Yu	Goalies	Matthew Ezzy	Referee: Miroslav Jebavy
	1:49 – Dong (Chen) 1 – 0 1 – 1 4:07 – Hughes (Matus) (PP1) 10:14 – Chao du (PP1) 2 – 1 2 – 2 14:49 – Wand (Rubes) (PP1) 2 – 3 26:07 – Oddy (White) (PP1) 27:10 – Z Wang (Chen) 3 – 3 3 – 4 40:20 – Sekura (Lovering, Thilthorpe) (PP1) 49:06 – Chao du (D Wang) 4 – 4 4 – 5 51:05 – Sekura 57:59 – Li (Chao du) (PP1) 5 – 5
	34 min	Penalties	48 min
	40	Shots	44

April 9, 2006 19:00

New Zealand

3–4 (0–2, 1–2, 2–0)

Mexico

Botany Attendance: 1200

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	Mike Parsons	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Koji Yamada
	0 – 1 13:16 – Miller (Chabat) 0 – 2 17:11 – Sierra (Ugarte, Chabat) (PP1) 0 – 3 22:07 – Cervantes (Pineyro) 27:46 – Glass (Speirs, Sam) (PP1) 1 – 3 1 – 4 30:15 – Ehlers (Ortega) 48:35 – Speirs 2 – 4 58:01 – Hay 3 – 4
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	28	Shots	34

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
China	5	4	1	0	34	11	23	9
South Korea	5	4	0	1	35	12	23	8
Australia	5	3	1	1	27	14	13	7
North Korea	5	2	0	3	10	24	−14	4
Mexico	5	1	0	4	9	34	−25	2
New Zealand	5	0	0	5	6	26	−20	0

GP = Games played; W = Wins; T = Ties;L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points

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
Kim Ki-sung	5	10	8	18	+16	4	F
Kim Kyu-hun	5	5	5	10	+4	6	F
Kim Kyung-tae	5	3	6	9	+12	2	F
Du Chao	5	6	2	8	+5	12	F
Chen Lei	5	2	6	8	+7	14	F
Wang Zhiqiang	5	6	1	7	+3	4	F
Lee Yong-jun	5	3	4	7	+7	6	D
Yin Kai	5	3	3	6	+8	6	D
Joseph Hughes	5	5	0	5	+3	0	F
Chris Sekura	5	5	0	5	+2	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

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
Yu Yang	240:00	123	9	2.25	92.68	1
Son Ho-seung	220:00	76	6	1.64	92.11	0
Mike Parsons	220:00	208	18	4.91	91.35	0
Matthew Ezzy	179:31	96	9	3.01	90.62	0
Stuart Denman	120:00	35	4	2.00	88.57	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