2006 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	Iceland
Venue(s)	Reykjavík
Dates	April 24 – April 29
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Iceland
Runner-up	Turkey
Third place	Armenia
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Scoring leader(s)	Cengiz Çıplak (14 pts)
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The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested on April 24–29, 2006 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Iceland won the championship and gained promotion, along with Turkey, into the 2007 Division II tournament.

Participants

Team	2005 result
Iceland	Host, placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated. [1]
Turkey	Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated. [2]
Luxembourg	Placed 3rd in Division III. [3]
Ireland	Placed 4th in Division III. [3]
Armenia	Placed 5th in Division III. [3]

Fixtures

All times local.

April 24, 2006 16:00

Armenia

3–8 (0–2, 2–4, 1–2)

Turkey

Reykjavík Attendance: 205

Game reference
	Lavik Ghazaryan	Goalies	Cagil Uyar Levent Ozbaydogan	Referee: Lars–Johan Rhyed
	0 – 1 5:51 – Çıplak (SH1) 0 – 2 11:22 – Çıplak (Coskun, Yapicilar) (PP1) 0 – 3 21:01 – Yapicilar (Coskun, Çıplak) 0 – 4 22:52 – Yavuzarslan (Cetinkaya, 31:48 – Balyan (Blikyan) (PP1) 1 – 4 1 – 5 34:34 – Çıplak 1 – 6 36:10 – Coskun (PP1) 39:06 – Ghazanchyan (Balyan, Kandakharyan) 2 – 6 2 – 7 45:46 – Çıplak (Hamarat) (PP1) 2 – 8 54:54 – Çıplak 59:21 – Balyan (Bubushyan, Khachatryan) 3 – 8
	18 min	Penalties	26 min
	34	Shots	49

April 24, 2006 20:00

Luxembourg

2–5 (0–0, 2–2, 0–3)

Iceland

Reykjavík Attendance: 550

Game reference
	Michel Welter	Goalies	Birgir Orn Sveinsson	Referee: Andy Carson
	20:43 – Beran (PP1) 1–0 1–1 23:16 – Ericsson (Hrafnsson) 1–2 32:14 – Thordarsson (Magnusson, Bjorgvinsson) (SH1) 36:17 – Schons (Scheier) 2–2 2–3 55:43 – Allengard (SH1) 2–4 57:24 – Thormodsson (Runarsson) (SH1) 2–5 59:31 – Thordmodsson (Hallgrimson, Jakobsson)
	26 min	Penalties	20 min
	17	Shots	51

April 25, 2006 20:00

Ireland

0–6 (0–3, 0–3, 0–0)

Armenia

Reykjavík Attendance: 239

Game reference
	Kevin Kelly	Goalies	Lavik Ghazaryan	Referee: Benny Haxelmans
	0–1 14:01 – Ghazanchyan (Khachatryan, Kandakharyan) (PP1) 0–2 16:53 – Elmazyan (Abrahamyan) 0–3 18:12 – Kandakharyan (Blikyan, Ghazanchyan) 0–4 27:33 – Kandakharyan (Ghazanchyan) (PP2) 0–5 31:36 – Ghazanchyan (Kandakharyan) (PP1) 0–6 39:35 – Khachatryan (Ghazanchyan) (PP2)
	30 min	Penalties	32 min
	19	Shots	50

April 26, 2006 16:30

Turkey

8–2 (1–0, 3–1, 4–1)

Luxembourg

Reykjavík Attendance: 189

Game reference
	Cagil Uyar Levent Ozbaydogan	Goalies	Michel Welter	Referee: Benny Haxelmans
	6:30 – Çıplak (Coskun) (PP1) 1 – 0 25:00 – Çıplak (Coskun, Tasdemir) 2 – 0 26:03 – Çıplak (Tasdemir) (PP1) 3 – 0 31:59 – Coskun (SH1) 4 – 0 4 – 1 32:20 – Beran (Scheier, Schons) 46:17 – Coskun (Öztürk, Cetinkaya) 5 – 1 51:12 – Yapicilar (Coskun, Çıplak) 6 – 1 51:54 – Çıplak (Yapicilar) (PP1) 7 – 1 55:08 – Çıplak (PP1) 8 – 1 8 – 2 56:49 – Dessouroux (Houdremont, Scheier)
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	46	Shots	16

April 26, 2006 20:00

Iceland

8–0 (0–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Ireland

Reykjavík Attendance: 820

Game reference
	Birgir Orm Sveinsson	Goalies	Kevin Kelly Hugh Smyth	Referee: Lars–Johan Rhyed
	21:23 – Runarsson (Allengard, Jonsson) 1 – 0 28:30 – Allengard (Thormodsson) (SH1) 2 – 0 39:10 – Runarsson (Vidarsson, Allengard) (PP1) 3 – 0 40:20 – Vidarsson (Allengard, Thormodsson) (PP1) 4 – 0 46:05 – Runarsson (Allengard, Jonsson) (PP1) 5 – 0 47:22 – Ericsson (Allengard, Magnusson) 6 – 0 51:43 – Thormodsson (Runarsson, Allengard) (PP1) 7 – 0 54:10 – Jonsson (Allengard, Runarsson) 8 – 0
	49 min	Penalties	28 min
	53	Shots	9

April 27, 2006 20:00

Armenia

4–5 (2–0, 0–2, 2–3)

Iceland

Reykjavík Attendance: 674

Game reference
	Lavik Ghazaryan	Goalies	Birgir Orn Sveinsson	Referee: Andy Carson
	7:42 – Kandakharyan (PP1) 1 – 0 16:16 – Khachatryan (Elmazyan, Kandakharyan) (PP1) 2 – 0 2 – 1 27:53 – Jonsson (Runarsson, Allengard) (PP2) 2 – 2 29:43 – Ingolfsson (Allengard) (PP2) 42:48 – Balyan (Khachatryan, Kandakharyan) 3 – 2 3 – 3 43:09 – Jonsson (Thormodsson, Allengard) 3 – 4 51:28 – Runarsson (Thormodsson, Allengard) 3 – 5 52:55 – Magnusson (Heimisson, Thordarsson) 58:48 – Mazmanyan (Kandakharyan, Balyan) 4 – 5
	32 min	Penalties	22 min
	29	Shots	44

April 28, 2006 16:30

Luxembourg

6–10 (4–1, 1–8, 1–1)

Armenia

Reykjavík Attendance: 297

Game reference
	Philippe Lepage Michel Welter	Goalies	Lavik Ghazaryan	Referee: Benny Haxelmans
	2:59 – Beran (Welter, Houdremont) 1 – 0 9:58 – Beran (Welter, Houdremont) 2 – 0 10:50 – Welter (Beran, Houdremont) (PP1) 3 – 0 3 – 1 11:35 – Kandakharyan (Apelyan) 18:44 – Welter (Beran) 4 – 1 21:09 – Beran (Welter) (SH1) 5 – 1 5 – 2 21:54 – Balyan (Mazmanyan) (SH1) 5 – 3 26:42 – Apelyan (Khachatryan, Kandakharyan) (PP1) 5 – 4 30:05 – Balyan (Blikyan) 5 – 5 31:00 – Balyan 5 – 6 31:30 – Kandakharyan (Parsamyan) 5 – 7 37:34 – Kandakharyan (Blikyan) (PP1) 5 – 8 37:42 – Balyan (Blikyan) 5 – 9 38:42 – Kandakharyan (Khachatryan, Khachatryan) 5 – 10 54:24 – Blikyan (Khachatryan) 58:07 – Welter (Beran) 6 – 10
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	30	Shots	34

April 28, 2006 20:00

Turkey

2–2 (1–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Ireland

Reykjavík Attendance: 356

Game reference
	Cagil Uyar	Goalies	Kevin Kelly	Referee: Andy Carson
	6:33 – Çıplak (Coskun) 1 – 0 1 – 1 29:17 – Mc Caul Coxner (Morrison, Mac Neill) (PP1) 1 – 2 41:55 – Kitchen (Lecky) (PP2) 57:38 – Yapicilar (Çıplak) (PP1) 2 – 2
	26 min	Penalties	26 min
	28	Shots	14

April 29, 2006 16:30

Ireland

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Luxembourg

Reykjavík Attendance: 179

Game reference
	Kevin Kelly	Goalies	Michel Welter	Referee: Benny Haxelmans
	3:36 – Mc Carter (Hamill, Mac Neill) (PP1) 1 – 0 9:59 – Mac Neill (Morrison) (PP1) 2 – 0 2 – 1 38:41 – Houdremont (Scheier) 52:08 – Mc Caul Coxner (Keaney, Mac Neill) (PP1) 3 – 1
	20 min	Penalties	20 min
	40	Shots	16

April 29, 2006 20:00

Iceland

9–0 (1–0, 6–0, 2–0)

Turkey

Reykjavík Attendance: 978

Game reference
	Birgir Orn Sveinsson Gunnlauger Bjornsson	Goalies	Cagil Uyar Levent Ozbaydogan	Referee: Lars-Johan Rhyed
	15:39 – Magnusson (Heimisson) 1 – 0 23:34 – Thordarsson (Magnusson, Bjorgvinsson) (PP1) 2 – 0 25:39 – Magnusson (PS) 3 – 0 31:28 – Hallgrimson (Ericsson) 4 – 0 33:11 – Thordarsson 5 – 0 33:42 – Hrafnsson (Ericsson) 6 – 0 38:28 – Hallgrimson (Thormodsson) 7 – 0 51:37 – Andresson (Vidarsson) (PP1) 8 – 0 53:05 – Jonsson (Ericsson) 9 – 0
	47 min	Penalties	99 min
	32	Shots	21

Ranking and statistics

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Iceland	4	4	0	0	27	6	+21	8	Promoted to Division II for 2007
2	Turkey	4	2	1	1	18	16	+2	5
3	Armenia	4	2	0	2	23	19	+4	4
4	Ireland	4	1	1	2	5	17	−12	3
5	Luxembourg	4	0	0	4	11	26	−15	0

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
Cengiz Çıplak	4	11	3	14	+5	47	F
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
Çağıl 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 = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

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