The 2006 IIHF World Championship was held in between 5–21 May 2006 in Riga, Latvia. It was the 70th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

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]

Arena Riga Capacity: 10,300	Arena Riga Skonto Hall	Skonto Hall Capacity: 6,500
Latvia – Riga		Latvia – Riga

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

•  Kazakhstan^[a]

Europe

North America

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.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Finland	3	2	1	0	13	6	+7	5	Qualifying round
Czech Republic	3	1	2	0	9	8	+1	4
Latvia	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	3
Slovenia	3	0	0	3	8	15	−7	0	Relegation round

All times local (UTC +3)

5 May 2006 17:15

Finland

5–3 (1–2, 2–1, 2–0)

Slovenia

Arena Riga Attendance: 5386

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	0–1 7:10 - A. Kranjc (A. Kopitar) (PP1) 0–2 14:41 - A. Kopitar (M. Sotlar, M. Rodman) (PP1) 17:07 - T. Kallio (P. Nummelin (PP1) 1–2 25:03 - A. Miettinen (J. Jokinen) (PP1) 2–2 2–3 27:21 - A. Kopitar (T. Razingar, M. Rodman) (PP1) 37:44 - S. Bergenheim (M. Lehtonen) 3–3 41:56 - T. Kallio (A. Miettinen, J. Jokinen) (PP1) 4–3 53:16 - M. Lehtonen (J. Viuhkola) (PP1) 5–3
	18 min	Penalties	30 min
	49	Shots	16

5 May 2006 21:15

Latvia

1–1 (1–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga Attendance: 10669

Game reference
	Sergejs Naumovs	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Brent Reiber
	6:22 - A. Sirokovs 1–0 1–1 19:32 - D. Výborný
	22 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	32

7 May 2006 16:15

Czech Republic

5–4 (4–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Slovenia

Arena Riga Attendance: 9018

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Gaber Glavic Robert Kristan	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	1:09 - T. Plekanec (J. Hlaváč, T. Kaberle) 1–0 3:04 - J. Balaštík (T. Kaberle, M. Erat) (PP1) 2–0 10:35 - M. Erat (D. Výborný, T. Kaberle) (PP1) 3–0 13:23 - Z. Michálek (M. Erat, D. Výborný) (PP1) 4–0 4–1 14:30 - E. Murič (T. Hafner) 4–2 20:24 - M. Sotlar (T. Razingar, A. Kopitar) (PP1) 24:28 - Z. Michalek (M. Erat, J. Balaštík) (PP1) 5–2 5–3 34:54 - A. Kranjc (A. Kopitar, T. Razingar) 5–4 59:59 - T. Razingar (U. Vidmar)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	41	Shots	16

7 May 2006 20:15

Finland

5–0 (0–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Latvia

Arena Riga Attendance: 10,616

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs	Referee: Chris Savage
	24:32 - J. Viuhkola (J. Hentunen, M. Lehtonen) (PP1) 1–0 35:02 - T. Kallio (SH1) 2–0 48:38 - V. Peltonen (P. Nummelin) (PP1) 3–0 51:51 - A. Berg (P. Nummelin, J. Jokinen) (PP1) 4–0 55:10 - J. Rita (E. Pirnes) 5–0
	47 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	18

9 May 2006 16:15

Slovenia

1–5 (1–0, 0–4, 0–1)

Latvia

Arena Riga Attendance: 9539

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	5:35 - Sivic (Zagar) 1–0 1–1 24:15 - A. Semjonovs (A. Ņiživijs, M. Rēdlihs) 1–2 28:20 - M. Cipulis (J. Sprukts) 1–3 29:51 - A. Jerofejevs (L. Tambijevs, A. Ņiživijs) (PP) 1–4 37:51 - L. Tambijevs (A. Ņiživijs) 1–5 50:06 - H. Vasiļjevs (A. Sirokovs, A. Tribuncovs) (PP2)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	18	Shots	29

9 May 2006 20:15

Czech Republic

3–3 (2–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Finland

Arena Riga Attendance: 6758

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Peter Jonak
	2:28 - M. Erat (J. Balaštík) (PP1) 1–0 2:52 - J. Balaštík (J. Hlinka) 2–0 2–1 8:19 - L. Kukkonen (M. Lehtonen, J. Hentunen) (PP1) 34:41 - J. Hlaváč (D. Výborný) 3–1 3–2 40:30 - A. Berg (P. Nummelin, J. Jokinen) (PP1) 3–3 58:48 - P. Nummelin (J. Jokinen)
	24 min	Penalties	18 min
	27	Shots	24

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	3	2	1	0	12	6	+6	5	Qualifying round
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	5
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	2
Italy	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0	Relegation round

All times local (UTC +3)

6 May 2006 16:15

Switzerland

3–1 (0–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Italy

Skonto Arena Attendance: 4450

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti	Referee: Rick Looker
	0–1 30:18 - A. Iob (G. de Bettin, J. Parco) (PP1) 44:56 - I. Rüthemann (S. Jeannin, M. Plüss) 1–1 52:31 - P. Della Rossa 2–1 59:40 - M. Plüss (I. Rüthemann, S. Blindenbacher) 3–1
	24 min	Penalties	26 min
	41	Shots	14

6 May 2006 20:15

Ukraine

2–4 (1–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3492

Game reference
	Kostyantyn Simchuk	Goalies	Johan Holmqvist	Referee: Peter Jonak
	0–1 17:55 - F. Emvall (A. Karlsson) (PP1) 19:16 - K. Kasianchuk (Y. Dyachenko) (PP1) 1–1 1–2 20:50 - Emvall (B. Melin) (PP1) 34:55 - A. Mikhov (O. Shafarenko) 2–2 2–3 38:55 - A. Karlsson (B. Melin, R. Sundin) (PP1) 2–4 46:38 - M. Hannula (J. Nordquist) (PP1)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	45

8 May 2006 16:15

Switzerland

2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Ukraine

Skonto Arena Attendance: 4609

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Igor Karpenko	Referee: Milan Minar
	9:57 - G. Bezina (S. Jeannin) (PP1) 1–0 18:06 - A. Ambühl (SH1) 2–0 2–1 33:54 - A. Mikhnov (O. Materukhin, A. Sryubko)
	30 min	Penalties	36 min
	25	Shots	26

8 May 2006 20:15

Sweden

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Italy

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3586

Game reference
	Stefan Liv	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti Thomas Tragust	Referee: David Hansen
	14:02 - A. Karlsson (N. Kronwall, J. Franzén) (PP1) 1–0 16:00 - J. Lundqvist (H. Zetterberg, M. Johansson) (PP1) 2–0 22:36 - K. Jönsson (A. Holmqvist, J. Franzén) (PP1) 3–0 47:19 - K. Jönsson (N. Kronwall) 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	13

10 May 2006 16:15

Italy

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Ukraine

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2174

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Kostyantyn Simchuk	Referee: Chris Savage
	0–1 14:54 - K. Kasianchuck (V. Shakhraychuk, A. Ostroushko) (PP1) 0–2 21:08 - R. Salnikov (V. Bobrovnikov, Y. Dyachenko) (PP1) 32:25 - G. Busillo (C. Trevisani, J. Cirone) 1–2 1–3 51:11 - I. Gunko (V. Lytvynenko) 55:38 - C. Borgatello (A. Molteni) (PP1) 2–3 2–4 57:56 - Y. Dyachenko (Gunko)
	52 min	Penalties	42 min
	21	Shots	27

10 May 2006 20:15

Sweden

4–4 (1–0, 0–1, 3–3)

Switzerland

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3031

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	13:43 - H. Zetterberg (M. Johansson, N. Kronwall) 1–0 1–1 23:19 - V. Wirz (M. Streit, R. Lemm) (PP2) 44:11 - H. Zetterberg 2–1 44:37 - J. Mattsson (A. Karlsson, N. Kronwall) 3–1 3–2 45:02 - R. Sannitz (S. Jeannin, M. Streit) 51:16 - A. Karlsson (F. Emvall, N. Kronwall) 4–2 4–3 51:35 - I. Rüthemann (M. Plüss, P. Della Rossa) 4–4 56:44 - R. Sannitz (S. Jeannin, R. Lemm)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	17

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	3	3	0	0	17	6	+11	6	Qualifying round
Belarus	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	4
Slovakia	3	1	0	2	10	6	+4	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	2	23	−21	0	Relegation round

All times local (UTC +3)

6 May 2006 16:15

Belarus

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Arena Riga Attendance: 6,960

Game reference
	Andrei Mezin	Goalies	Ján Lašák Karol Križan	Referee: David Hansen
	34:18 - D. Meleshko (A. Zhurik) (PP1) 1–0 1–1 37:29 - I. Čiernik (M. Kováčik, R. Kapuš) 39:27 - O. Antonenko (A. Skabelka, M. Grabovsky) (PP1) 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	36	Shots	13

6 May 2006 20:15

Russia

10–1 (4–1, 4–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga Attendance: 7,190

Game reference
	Sergei Zvyagin Alexander Fomichev	Goalies	Roman Medvedev Sergey Tambulov	Referee: Jari Levonen
	1:36 - A. Ovechkin (E. Malkin, M. Sushinsky) (PP1) 1–0 2:44 - D. Arkipov (I. Nikulin) (PP1) 2–0 10:44 - K. Gorovikov (I. Grigorenko) 3–0 3–1 17:40 - Y. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov, T. Zhailauov) (PP1) 18:48 - D. Bykov (A. Kruchinin, I. Yemeleyev) (PP1) 4–1 24:13 - A. Ovechkin (E. Malkin) 5–1 26:41 - E. Malkin (SH1) 6–1 29:39 - A. Ovechkin (E. Malkin) (PP1) 7–1 32:24 - A. Semin (D. Arkhipov, I. Nikulin) 8–1 44:38 - A. Semin (I. Nikulin, D. Zaripov) 9–1 53:52 - A. Semin (D. Zaripov, I. Nikulin) (PP1) 10–1
	26 min	Penalties	40 min
	27	Shots	17

8 May 2006 16:15

Russia

3–2 (1–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Belarus

Arena Riga Attendance: 7,945

Game reference
	Sergei Zvyagin	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Chris Savage
	10:57 - I. Yemeleyev (D. Bykov) (PP1) 1–0 1–1 21:40 - O. Antonenko (A. Kostitsyn) (PP2) 1–2 23:28 - A. Makritsky (U. Denisov, E. Kurilin) 43:28 - D. Kulyash (K. Gorovikov) (PP1) 2–2 53:19 - A. Kharitonov (I. Yemeleyev) 3–2
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	28	Shots	15

8 May 2006 20:15

Slovakia

6–0 (0–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga Attendance: 6,788

Game reference
	Karol Križan	Goalies	Sergey Ogureshnikov	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	20:41 - R. Kapuš (Mari. Hossa, Marc. Hossa) (PP1) 1–0 32:42 - T. Surový (R. Pavlikovský, M. Bartovič) (PP1) 2–0 39:48 - M. Bartovič (R. Pavlikovský, Mari. Hossa) 3–0 49:05 - R. Pavlikovský (M. Zálešák, I. Čiernik) 4–0 55:06 - M. Kováčik 5–0 56:22 - M. Jurčina (T. Surový) 6–0
	14 min	Penalties	32 min
	52	Shots	8

10 May 2006 16:15

Slovakia

3–4 (2–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Russia

Arena Riga Attendance: 7,467

Game reference
	Karol Križan	Goalies	Sergei Zvyagin	Referee: Brett Reiber
	0–1 3:56 - D. Kulyash (I. Grigorenko, V. Khomitsky) (PP1) 6:00 - T. Surový (M. Cibák) 1–1 9:03 - A. Kollar (SH1) 2–1 2–2 17:26 - E. Malkin 2–3 27:23 - D. Zaripov (V. Khomitsky) (PP1) 36:45 - I. Čiernik (D. Milo) (PP1) 3–3 3–4 46:22 - A. Mikhnov (D. Arkhipov, A. Semin) (PP1)
	22 min	Penalties	41 min
	27	Shots	25

10 May 2006 20:15

Kazakhstan

1–7 (1–1, 0–3, 0–3)

Belarus

Arena Riga Attendance: 6359

Game reference
	Sergey Ogureshnikov Sergey Tambulov	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Rick Looker
	0–1 2:07 - Kostitsyn (Skabelka, Kopat) (PP1) 18:57 - Spiridonov (Krasnoslabotsev, Pupkov) 1–1 1–2 29:08 - Zadelenov (Makritsky, Mezin) (SH1) 1–3 34:28 - Chupris (Zadelenov, Erkovich) (PP1) 1–4 39:25 - Grabovsky (Kostyuchenok) (PP1) 1–5 45:11 - Zadelenov (Grabovsky, Ugarov) 1–6 46:13 - Dudik (Mikhalev, Ugarov) 1–7 48:42 - Grabovsky
	22 min	Penalties	39 min
	32	Shots	35

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	3	0	0	14	5	+9	6	Qualifying round
United States	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	4
Norway	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5	2
Denmark	3	0	0	3	6	14	−8	0	Relegation round

All times local (UTC +3)

5 May 2006 16:15

United States

3–1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Norway

Skonto Arena Attendance: 4300

Game reference
	Craig Anderson	Goalies	Pal Grotnes	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	0–1 13:32 - Jakobsen (Holtet) (PP1) 21:21 - Brown (Hilbert) (PP1) 1–1 45:42 - Brown (PP1) 2–1 55:46 - Brown (Malone, Komisarek) (PP1) 3–1
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	21

5 May 2006 20:15

Denmark

3–5 (0–3, 3–0, 0–2)

Canada

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3427

Game reference
	Peter Hirsch	Goalies	Marc Denis	Referee: Milan Minar
	0–1 5:01 - Boyes (Bergeron, Stuart) (PP1) 0–2 7:18 - Crosby (Boyes, Bergeron) (PP2) 0–3 13:41 - Comrie (DuPont) 27:43 - F. Nielsen (Kjaergaard) (SH1) 1–3 30:46 - J. Nielsen (Johnsen, Kjaergaard) (PP1) 2–3 37:49 - Staal (Green) 3–3 3–4 43:17 - Crosby (Bergeron) 3–5 53:09 - Richards (Carter)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	44

7 May 2006 16:15

United States

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3886

Game reference
	Craig Anderson	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Brent Reiber
	20:33 - Alberts (Brown) 1–0 26:32 - Stastny (Suter, Kelser) 2–0 52:52 - Park (Hilbert) 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	19

7 May 2006 20:15

Canada

7–1 (3–0, 4–0, 0–1)

Norway

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3983

Game reference
	Alex Auld	Goalies	Pal Grotnes Mathias Gundersen	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	8:09 - Bergeron (Robidas, Crosby) (PP1) 1–0 8:33 - Boyes (Crosby) 2–0 13:35 - Comrie 3–0 21:05 - Crosby (Bergeron, Hamhuis) 4–0 23:00 - Williams (Comrie, Hamhuis) (PP1) 5–0 31:56 - Bergeron (Crosby, Schultz) 6–0 33:53 - Shanahan (Cammalleri) (PP1) 7–0 7–1 47:42 - Thoresen (Ask) (PP2)
	14 min	Penalties	26 min
	36	Shots	15

9 May 2006 16:15

Norway

6–3 (1–2, 3–0, 2–1)

Denmark

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3885

Game reference
	Mathias Gundersen	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	16:36 - Trygg (Myrvold, Vikingstad) (PP1) 1–0 1–1 17:30 - Green (D. Nielsen) (PP1) 1–2 19:59 - Staal (Green) (PP2) 28:41 - Hansen (Bastiansen, Ask) (PP1) 2–2 30:02 - Skrøder (Trygg, Vikingstad) (PP1) 3–2 33:34 - Thoresen (Vikingstad, Myrvold) (PP1) 4–2 41:08 - Holtet (Bastiansen, Ask) 5–2 5–3 43:43 - Hansen (D. Nielsen) (PP1) 59:18 - Vikingstad (Trygg) 6–3
	20 min	Penalties	18 min
	45	Shots	23

9 May 2006 20:15

Canada

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

United States

Skonto Arena Attendance: 4553

Game reference
	Alex Auld	Goalies	Jason Bacashihua	Referee: Jari Levonen
	0–1 13:53 - Kessel (Slater, Stafford) 29:01 - Crosby (Bergeron) 1–1 47:44 - Shanahan (Cammalleri, Williams) (PP1) 2–1
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	30	Shots	19

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.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	5	4	0	1	28	10	+18	8	Playoff round
Finland	5	3	1	1	17	7	+10	7
United States	5	3	0	2	11	10	+1	6
Czech Republic	5	2	2	1	14	12	+2	6
Latvia	5	1	1	3	7	23	−16	3	Eliminated
Norway	5	0	0	5	5	20	−15	0

All times local (UTC+3)

11 May 2006 20:15

Canada

11–0 (4–0, 1–0, 6–0)

Latvia

Arena Riga Attendance: 8389

Game reference
	Marc Denis	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs Martins Raitums	Referee: Rick Looker
	5:41 - Williams (Stuart) (PP1) 1–0 8:49 - Crosby (Williams) (PP2) 2–0 14:40 - Boyes (Williams) (PP1) 3–0 17:43 - Bergeron (Boyes, Crosby) (PP1) 4–0 25:58 - Shanahan (Williams, Cammalleri) (PP1) 5–0 40:24 - Carter (Calder, Schultz) 6–0 41:18 - Pettinger (Daley, Metropolit) (PP2) 7–0 42:24 - Richards (Stuart, Carter) (PP1) 8–0 45:59 - Calder (PP1) 9–0 46:31 - Calder (Hamhuis, Richards) 10–0 50:17 - Hartnell (Metropolit) (PP1) 11–0
	16 min	Penalties	32 min
	40	Shots	26

12 May 2006 16:15

Czech Republic

3–1 (0–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

Arena Riga Attendance: 7004

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Mathias Gundersen	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	0–1 12:21 - Ask (Hansen) (PP1) 27:21 - Hlaváč (Škoula, Richter) 1–1 38:31 - Balaštík (Richter) 2–1 58:26 - Tenkrát (Hlinka) 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	21

12 May 2006 20:15

Finland

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

United States

Arena Riga Attendance: 7379

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Craig Anderson	Referee: Milan Minar
	11:13 - Koivu (Luoma, Jokinen) 1–0 26:01 - Bergenheim (Ruutu, Hahl) 2–0 32:44 - Nummelin (Koivu) (PP2) 3–0 54:27 - Kukkonen (Hahl) 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	24

13 May 2006 20:15

United States

4–2 (0–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Latvia

Arena Riga Attendance: 9083

Game reference
	Craig Anderson	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs	Referee: Peter Jonak
	20:59 - Malone (Cullen, Brown) 1–0 1–1 22:12 - Dārziņš 34:19 - Brown (Kessel) (PP1) 2–1 2–2 41:00 - Semjonovs (Daugaviņš) (PP1) 42:27 - Patrick O'Sullivan (Cullen) (PP1) 3–2 49:50 - Suter (PP1) 4–2
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	27	Shots	24

14 May 2006 16:15

Norway

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Arena Riga Attendance: 7345

Game reference
	Mathias Gundersen	Goalies	Fredrik Norrena	Referee: Peter Jonak
	0–1 9:35 - Hentunen (Pirnes, Kallio) 0–2 33:30 - Jokinen (Nummelin) (PP1) 0–3 55:58 - Pirnes (Hentunen, Kallio)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	40

14 May 2006 20:15

Canada

4–6 (1–3, 2–1, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga Attendance: 7474

Game reference
	Alex Auld	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	0–1 6:34 - Hubáček (Hlinka) 0–2 8:06 - Výborný 0–3 13:30 - Plekanec (Irgl) 15:44 - Robidas 1–3 21:51 - Richards (Calder) 2–3 31:26 - Hamhuis (Boyes, Crosby) 3–3 3–4 35:04 - Irgl 41:01 - Crosby (Bergeron) 4–4 4–5 46:29 - Balaštík (Škoula) 4–6 53:39 - Erat (Výborný)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	40

15 May 2006 20:15

Finland

2–4 (1–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Canada

Arena Riga Attendance: 7171

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Marc Denis	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	0–1 5:58 - Bergeron (Boyes, Crosby) (PP1) 0–2 16:57 - Carter (SH1) 18:15 - Koivu (Saravo) 1–2 1–3 26:33 - Carter (SH1) 50:46 - Nummelin (Luoma, Koivu) (PP1) 2–3 2–4 51:36 - Boyes (Crosby, Bergeron)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	25

16 May 2006 15:15

Czech Republic

1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

United States

Arena Riga Attendance: 7441

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Jason Bacashihua	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	0–1 13:03 - Malone 0–2 19:43 - Cullen (Park, Hilbert) 27:25 - Michálek (Erat, Výborný) 1–2 1–3 47:25 - Brown (Malone)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	27

16 May 2006 19:15

Latvia

4–2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Norway

Arena Riga Attendance: 9173

Game reference
	Sergejs Naumovs	Goalies	Mathias Gundersen	Referee: Milan Minar
	6:44 - Reķis (Cipulis) (PP1) 1–0 8:34 - Blinovs (Širokovs) 2–0 2–1 30:58 - Skrøder (Vikingstad, Myrvold) (PP1) 36:02 - Dārziņš (Rēdlihs) 3–1 53:16 - Semjonovs (Tambijevs) (PP1) 4–1 4–2 59:34 - Nygard (Jakobsen)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	18

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	5	4	1	0	22	11	+11	9	Playoff round
Sweden	5	2	2	1	17	15	+2	6
Belarus	5	3	0	2	16	10	+6	6
Slovakia	5	2	1	2	19	10	+9	5
Switzerland	5	1	2	2	12	15	−3	4	Eliminated
Ukraine	5	0	0	5	4	29	−25	0

All times local (UTC +3)

11 May 2006 16:15

Russia

6–0 (1–0, 0–0, 5–0)

Ukraine

Arena Riga Attendance: 6963

Game reference
	Sergei Zvyagin Alexander Fomichev	Goalies	Igor Karpenko	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	16:06 - Sushinski (Ovechkin, Kulyash) (PP1) 1–0 41:03 - Sushinski (Ovechkin, Malkin) (PP1) 2–0 46:06 - Ovechkin (Kruchinin, Sushinski) 3–0 48:19 - Kulyash (Nikulin) (PP2) 4–0 53:47 - Mozyakin (Misharin) 5–0 57:03 - Grigorenko (Mozyakin, Gorovikov) (PP1) 6–0
	8 min	Penalties	41 min
	50	Shots	25

12 May 2006 16:15

Switzerland

2–2 (0–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2325

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Karol Križan	Referee: Chris Savage
	0–1 14:18 - Cibák 0–2 31:33 - Milo (Pavlikovsky, Surový) (PP1) 49:50 - Reichert (Plüss) (PP1) 1–2 58:04 - Jeannin (Bezina) 2–2
	37 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	15

12 May 2006 20:15

Sweden

4–1 (4–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Belarus

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2209

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Sergei Shabanov	Referee: Jari Levonen
	4:16 - Nylander (Zetterberg, Johansson) (PP1) 1–0 7:18 - Nordquist (Timander, Jönsson) 2–0 16:40 - Johansson (Franzén) 3–0 18:58 - Hållberg (Samuelsson, Timander) 4–0 4–1 49:14 - Zadelenov (Meleshko, Chupris)
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	42	Shots	23

13 May 2006 20:15

Belarus

9–1 (1–0, 3–1, 5–0)

Ukraine

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2732

Game reference
	Andrei Mezin	Goalies	Igor Karpenko	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	10:36 - Grabovski (Skabelka) (PP1) 1–0 22:11 - Kostyuchenok (Grabovski, Kostitsyn) (PP1) 2–0 22:37 - Antonenko (Skabelka, Zadelenov) 3–0 35:47 - Grabovski (Kostitsyn, Zadelenov) (PP1) 4–0 4–1 39:47 - Gunko (Bobrovnikov) 45:06 - Dudik (Skabelka) 5–1 46:17 - Skabelka (Antonenko) (PP2) 6–1 56:40 - Kopat (Zadelenov, Skabelka) 7–1 57:26 - Grabovski (Kostitsyn) 8–1 57:48 - Dudik (Mikhalev) (PP1) 9–1
	14 min	Penalties	38 min
	39	Shots	32

14 May 2006 16:15

Russia

6–3 (1–0, 1–2, 4–1)

Switzerland

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3729

Game reference
	Sergey Zvyagin	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Milan Minar
	13:55 - Zaripov (Kulemin, Sushinski) 1–0 22:26 - Arkhipov (Mikhnov, Semin) 2–0 2–1 22:36 - Paterlini (Ambühl, Reichert) 2–2 32:33 - Forster (Wirz, Déruns) 40:51 - Bykov (Zaripov, Sushinski) (PP1) 3–2 42:38 - Nikulin (Mikhnov, Arkhipov) (PP1) 4–2 4–3 45:17 - Bezina (Streit, Blindenbacher) (PP2) 57:25 - Kulemin 5–3 59:45 - Malkin (Atyushov) 6–3
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	31	Shots	25

14 May 2006 20:15

Slovakia

5–2 (2–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2882

Game reference
	Karol Križan	Goalies	Daniel Henriksson	Referee: David Hansen
	1:45 - Marián Hossa (Pavlikovsky, Marcel Hossa) 1–0 8:57 - Cibák (Jurčina, Marián Hossa) (PP1) 2–0 21:57 - Vydarený (Čiernik, Milo) (PP1) 3–0 3–1 22:20 - Johansson (Mattsson, Zetterberg) 3–2 23:29 - Karlsson (Emvall, Mattson) (PP1) 26:22 - Marcel Hossa (Marián Hossa, Pavlikovsky) (PP1) 4–2 46:33 - Kollar (Milo) (SH1) 5–2
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	36

15 May 2006 20:15

Sweden

3–3 (1–2, 2–0, 0–1)

Russia

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3983

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Maxim Sokolov	Referee: Chris Savage
	0–1 1:22 - Ovechkin (Kulemin, Malkin) 7:33 - Samuelsson (K. Jönsson, Nylander) (PP1) 1–1 1–2 11:28 - Mikhnov (Zhukov, Arkhipov) (PP1) 20:14 - Samuelsson (K. Jönsson) (PP1) 2–2 22:58 - J. Jönsson (Hållberg, Samuelsson) 3–2 3–3 55:47 - Mikhnov (Semin, Khomitsky)
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	29	Shots	24

16 May 2006 15:15

Switzerland

1–2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Belarus

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3170

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: David Hansen
	0–1 9:04 - Skabelka (Grabovski) 0–2 29:58 - Zadelenov (Skabelka, Meleshko) 48:17 - Plüss (Rüthemann) 1–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	21

16 May 2006 19:15

Ukraine

0–8 (0-1, 0-4, 0-3)

Slovakia

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2982

Game reference
	Igor Karpenko	Goalies	Karol Križan	Referee: Jari Levonen
	0–1 12:52 - Kapuš (Čiernik, Bartovič) 0–2 21:36 - Milo (Marcel Hossa, Marián Hossa) 0–3 25:11 - Štrbák (Kapuš, Bartovič) (PP1) 0–4 35:46 - Kováčik (Kollar) 0–5 36:58 - Bartovič 0–6 44:25 - Kapuš (Bartovič) 0–7 49:19 - Hudec (Štrbák, Kollar) (PP1) 0–8 58:25 - Jurčina (Pavlikovsky) (PP1)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	10	Shots	37

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.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
Denmark	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	5	Qualified for the 2007 IIHF World Championship
Italy	3	1	1	1	6	10	−4	3
Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	9	6	+3	2	Relegated to Division I
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	6	11	−5	2

All times local (UTC +3)

May 12, 2006 12:15

Slovenia

3–3 (0–2, 1–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Arena Riga Attendance: 7666

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: David Hansen
	0–1 1:38 - Dahlmann (Nielsen, Kjaergaard) (PP1) 0–2 8:43 - Staal (Green, Damgaard) (PP1) 24:50 - Razingar (Kopitar) (PP1) 1–2 1–3 25:12 - Staal 40:23 - Kranjc (Rodman) (PP1) 2–3 57:59 - Sotlar (Kopitar, Kranjc) 3–3
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	32

May 12, 2006 12:15

Italy

3–2 (1–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3,193

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Sergey Ogureshnikov	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	5:30 - G. Busillo (C. Borgatello, J. Cirone) (PP1) 1–0 1–1 28:24 - A. Samokhvalov (A. Litvinenko) (PP1) 1–2 33:35 - T. Zhailauov (A. Koreshkov, A. Argokov) (PP1) 44:55 - G. Busillo (A. Helfer) 2–2 50:16 - A. Helfer (G. Busillo) (PP1) 3–2
	14 min	Penalties	26 min
	25	Shots	37

May 13, 2006 16:15

Kazakhstan

5–0 (2–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Slovenia

Arena Riga Attendance: 7,563

Game reference
	Sergey Ogureshnikov	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referee: Brent Reiber
	6:09 - R. Starchenko (M. Belyayev) 1–0 7:48 - A. Pchelyakov (K. Shafranov) 2–0 27:10 - A. Litvinenko (A. Pchelyakov, Y. Blokhin) (PP1) 3–0 29:56 - R. Starchenko (A. Trockshinskiy, M. Belyayev) 4–0 32:11 - V. Krasnoslabotsev (N. Zarzhitskiy, A. Spiridonov) 5–0
	22 min	Penalties	35 min
	25	Shots	31

May 13, 2006 16:15

Italy

0–5 (0–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Denmark

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2,640

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Rick Looker
	0–1 4:16 - M. Bødker 0–2 37:19 - K. Staal (D. Nielsen, M. Green) (PP1) 0–3 49:46 - F. Nielsen 0–4 55:23 - F. Nielsen (K. Staal) (PP1) 0–5 59:50 - J. Damgaard (J. Nielsen) (PP2)
	69 min	Penalties	12 min
	15	Shots	39

May 15, 2006 16:15

Slovenia

3–3 (1–0, 2–1, 0–2)

Italy

Arena Riga Attendance: 6,574

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti Thomas Tragust	Referee: Brent Reiber
	5:01 - A. Kranjc (M. Rodman, T. Razingar) (PP1) 1–0 22:03 - A. Kopitar (A. Kranjc) 2–0 25:25 - D. Kontrec (A. Kopitar) 3–0 3–1 27:26 - L. Ansoldi (S. Margoni, J. Parco) 3–2 44:35 - L. Ansoldi 3–3 58:21 - M. Strazzabosco (G. de Bettin, G. Busillo)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	30

May 15, 2006 16:15

Denmark

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2,903

Game reference
	Peter Hirsch	Goalies	Sergey Ogureshnikov	Referee: Jari Levonen
	13:27 - C. Kjærgaard (PP1) 1–0 34:17 - J. Hansen (J. Damgaard) 2–0 2–1 36:46 - Y. Pupkov (A. Spiridonov) (PP1) 57:26 - J. Damgaard (M. Green, J. Nielsen) (PP2) 3–1 3–2 59:40 - A. Argokov (Y. Koreshkov)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	24

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

F1

Russia

3

E4

Czech Republic

4

QF1

Czech Republic

3

QF2

Finland

1

E2

Finland

3

F3

Belarus

0

SF1

Czech Republic

0

SF2

Sweden

4

E1

Canada

4

F4

Slovakia

1

QF4

Canada

4

Bronze medal game

QF3

Sweden

5

F2

Sweden

6

SF2

Canada

0

E3

United States

0

SF1

Finland

5

17 May 2006 15:15

Sweden

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

United States

Arena Riga Attendance: 2,800

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Craig Anderson Jason Bacashihua	Referee: Brent Reiber
	2:48 - M. Hannula (R. Sundin) 1–0 15:40 - M. Hannula (N. Kronwall, K. Jönsson) 2–0 25:51 - M. Samuelsson (M. Nylander) 3–0 35:34 - K. Jönsson (M. Nylander, M. Samuelsson) (PP1) 4–0 48:41 - M. Hannula (J. Nordquist) 5–0 58:36 - A. Karlsson (T. Mårtensson, N. Kronwall) (PP1) 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	18

17 May 2006 19:15

Canada

4–1 (0–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Arena Riga Attendance: 7,129

Game reference
	Marc Denis	Goalies	Karol Križan	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	0–1 17:36 - D. Milo (Mari. Hossa) 34:35 - M. Cammalleri (B. Shanahan) 1–1 52:53 - P. Bergeron (D. Hamhuis) 2–1 54:23 - S. Crosby (P. Bergeron) 3–1 54:32 - J. Carter 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	23

18 May 2006 16:15

Russia

3–4 (OT) (1–0, 0–1, 2–2, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga Attendance: 8,082

Game reference
	Maxim Sokolov	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	2:30 - A. Ovechkin (E. Malkin, N. Kulemin) 1–0 1–1 25:45 - T. Kaberle (D. Výborný, M. Erat) (PP1) 1–2 43:39 - J. Hlinka (PP1) 45:10 - S. Mozyakin (K. Gorovikov) 2–2 2–3 47:06 - P. Štefan (J. Hlinka, T. Kaberle) (PP1) 58:55 - A. Mikhnov (V. Atyushov, A. Ovechkin) 3–3 3–4 67:58 - Z. Irgl (D. Výborný)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	34	Shots	36

18 May 2006 20:15

Finland

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Belarus

Arena Riga Attendance: 7,164

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Chris Savage
	9:24 - R. Hahl (J. Ruutu, S. Bergenheim) 1–0 43:58 - V. Peltonen (P. Nummelin, O. Jokinen) 2–0 54:48 - O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, P. Nummelin) (PP2) 3–0
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	20

20 May 2006 16:15

Finland

1–3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga Attendance: 8,763

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	8:03 - R. Hahl (J. Ruutu, P. Nummelin) 1–0 1–1 28:26 - T. Plekanec (Z. Irgl) (SH1) 1–2 56:17 - D. Výborný (T. Kaberle) (PP1) 1–3 59:14 - J. Hlinka (EN)
	45 min	Penalties	37 min
	34	Shots	21

20 May 2006 20:15

Canada

4–5 (2–3, 1–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Arena Riga Attendance: 8,845

Game reference
	Marc Denis Alex Auld	Goalies	Johan Holmqvist	Referee: Milan Minář
	0–1 1:27 - N. Kronwall (M. Nylander) 0–2 4:11 - J. Jönsson (M. Samuelsson, M. Nylander) (PP1) 8:11 - K. Calder (M. Richards) 1–2 1–3 11:52 - T. Mårtensson (M. Timander) 16:38 - M. Comrie (M. Cammalleri) (PP1) 2–3 2–4 21:33 - M. Samuelsson (P. Hallberg, M. Nylander) 2–5 22:41 - J. Nordquist (M. Hannula) 39:25 - S. Crosby 3–5 43:38 - P. Bergeron (S. Crosby, J. Williams) (PP1) 4–5
	18 min	Penalties	39 min
	32	Shots	25

21 May 2006 16:15

Canada

0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

Arena Riga Attendance: 9,365

Game reference
	Alex Auld	Goalies	Fredrik Norrena	Referee: Peter Jonak
	0–1 4:06 - T. Kallio (E. Pirnes, A. Miettinen) (PP1) 0–2 25:20 - O. Jokinen (P. Nummelin, M. Lehtonen) (PP2) 0–3 36:18 - R. Hahl 0–4 42:55 - A. Miettinen (P. Nummelin) 0–5 53:56 - J. Jokinen (P. Nummelin, V. Peltonen) (PP2)
	32 min	Penalties	34 min
	37	Shots	33

21 May 2006 20:15

Sweden

4–0 (2–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga Attendance: 9,800

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	14:36 - J. Mattsson (N. Kronwall, A. Karlsson) 1–0 15:13 - F. Emvall (J. Mattsson, A. Karlsson) 2–0 24:07 - N. Kronwall (R. Sundin, M. Nylander) 3–0 37:01 - J. Jönsson (M. Samuelsson, M. Nylander) (PP2) 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	15

2006 IIHF World Championship winners
Sweden 8th title

Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Johan Holmqvist
  • Best Defenceman: Niklas Kronwall
  • Best Forward: Sidney Crosby
  • Most Valuable Player: Niklas Kronwall
• Media All-Star Team:
  • Goaltender: Andrei Mezin
  • Defence: Niklas Kronwall, Petteri Nummelin
  • Forward: Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, David Výborný

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Sweden
	Czech Republic
	Finland
4	Canada
5	Russia
6	Belarus
7	United States
8	Slovakia
9	Switzerland
10	Latvia
11	Norway
12	Ukraine
13	Denmark
14	Italy
15	Kazakhstan
16	Slovenia

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
Sidney Crosby	9	8	8	16	+7	10	F
Patrice Bergeron	9	6	8	14	+5	2	F
Petteri Nummelin	9	3	11	14	-1	2	D
Niklas Kronwall	8	2	8	10	+3	10	D
Alexander Ovechkin	7	6	3	9	+6	6	F
Mikhail Grabovski	7	5	4	9	+2	2	F
Andreas Karlsson	9	5	4	9	0	6	F
Mikael Samuelsson	8	4	5	9	+7	4	F
Anže Kopitar	6	3	6	9	-2	2	F
Evgeni Malkin	7	3	6	9	+7	6	F

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	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Fredrik Norrena	325:43	122	6	1.11	95.08	3
Andrei Mezin	417:01	239	14	2.01	94.14	0
Karol Križan	379:41	142	12	1.90	91.55	3
Sergey Zvyagin	278:32	105	9	1.94	91.43	1
Marc Denis	262:41	123	11	2.51	91.06	1

Source: IIHF.com

• 2006 in ice hockey
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• 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

• 2006 IIHF World Championship official site Archived 5 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine