| Tourney Name: | IIHF World U18 Championship Division II |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Country: | Italy |
| Country2: | Lithuania |
| Dates: | 2 – 8 April 2006 15 March – 21 March 2006 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Type: | other |
| Prevseason: | 2005 |
| Nextseason: | 2007 |
The 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 2 and 8 April 2006 in Merano, Italy and the Group B tournament took place between 15 and 21 March 2006 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania. Italy and Great Britain won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Spain finished last in Group A and Iceland last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2007.
The Group A tournament began on 2 April 2006 in Merano, Italy.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] [4]
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.[1] The Netherlands finished in second place, losing only to Italy and Estonia finished in third.[1] 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.[1] Ivan Demetz of Italy finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 12 points including three goals and nine assists.[5] Italy's Massimo Camin finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 97.56.[6]
All times local.
List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[5]
| 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 |
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.[6]
| 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 |
The Group B tournament began on 15 March 2006 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania.[7] Croatia, Iclenad, Lithuania and Mexico all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous year's World Championships.[8] 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.[9] [4]
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.[7] Lithuania finished second after losing only to Great Britain and Australia finished in third place.[7] 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.[7] Robert Dowd of Great Britain finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 14 points including six goals and eight assists.[10] Great Britain's Martin Clarkson finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 94.92.[11]
All times local.
List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[10]
| 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 |
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.[11]
| Player | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 210:37 | 59 | 3 | 0.85 | 94.92 | 2 | |
| | 184:09 | 95 | 7 | 2.28 | 92.62 | 1 | |
| 298:38 | 171 | 23 | 4.62 | 86.55 | 1 | ||
 | 142:54 | 94 | 14 | 5.88 | 85.11 | 0 | |
 | 194:49 | 112 | 18 | 5.54 | 83.93 | 1 |