| Tourney Name: | IIHF World Championship Division II |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Country2: | New Zealand |
| Dates: | March 27 – April 9 |
| Num Teams: | 12 (two groups of 6) |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Nextseason: | 2007 |
See main article: 2006 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships. 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2005.[1] | ||
| Placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2005.[2] | ||
| Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2005. | ||
| Host, placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2005.[3] | ||
| Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2005. | ||
| Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2005.[4] |
| Team | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2005.[5] | ||
| Placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2005. | ||
| Placed 3rd in Division II-Group A in 2005. | ||
| Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2005. | ||
| Host, Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2005. | ||
| Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2005. |
All times local.
| width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Promoted to Division I for 2007[6] | ||
| width=10px bgcolor="#ffccff" | Relegated to Division III for 2007 |
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | GP | width=20 | W | width=20 | T | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GDF | width=20 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 9 | 50 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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 |
All times local.
| width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Promoted to Division I for 2007[7] | ||
| width=10px bgcolor="#ffccff" | Relegated to Division III for 2007 |
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | GP | width=20 | W | width=20 | T | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GDF | width=20 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 23 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 23 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 34 | −25 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +5 | 12 | F | ||
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +7 | 14 | F | ||
| 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +3 | 4 | F | ||
| Lee Yong-jun | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 6 | D | |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +8 | 6 | D | ||
 Joseph Hughes | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +3 | 0 | F | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 2 | F |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240:00 | 123 | 9 | 2.25 | 92.68 | 1 | ||
| 220:00 | 76 | 6 | 1.64 | 92.11 | 0 | ||
| 220:00 | 208 | 18 | 4.91 | 91.35 | 0 | ||
| 179:31 | 96 | 9 | 3.01 | 90.62 | 0 | ||
| 120:00 | 35 | 4 | 2.00 | 88.57 | 0 |