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The 2006 Men's Ice Hockey Championships was held in May, 2006 in Riga, Latvia. It was the 70th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Image File history File links Current_sport. ... See also: 2006 in sports April 27, 2006 (Thursday) Football (soccer): UEFA Cup 2005-06, Semi-final, Second leg, teams progressing to the Final in bold. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Riga (Latvian: RÄ«ga), the capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of the River Daugava, at . ... The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) was founded in 1908 and is the worldwide governing body for both ice hockey and in-line hockey. ...

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 IIHF has since finalized Latvia as the host. This marks the first time a former Soviet state apart from Russia has hosted the event. The mascot of the event is a beaver called RIX (after Riga International Airport's IATA code.) State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, Florida. ... Species C. canadensis C. fiber Beavers are semi-aquatic rodents native to North America and Europe. ... RÄ«ga International Airport (IATA: RIX, ICAO: EVRA) was built in Skulte in 1973. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

It was preceded 2 months earlier by the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, where ice hockey was also a major event. Neve and Gliz, the 2006 Olympics mascots, on display in Turin The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were held in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. ... Turin (Italian: ; Piedmontese: Türín) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ... Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy. ...

In the gold medal game, Sweden won against the Czech Republic and thus became the first hockey team to win both the Winter Olympics and the World Championships in the same year. [1]

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	3	2	0	1	13	6	5
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	9	8	4
Latvia	3	1	1	1	6	7	3
Slovenia	3	0	3	0	8	16	0

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May 5, 2006
	Finland	5–3 Riga Arena	Slovenia
	T. Kallio 17:07 (PP) A. Miettinen 25:03 (PP) S. Bergenheim 37:44 (ES) T. Kallio 41:56 (PP) M. Lehtonen 53:16 (PP)		A. Kranjic 07:10 (PP) A. Kopitar 14:41 (PP) A. Kopitar 27:21 (PP)

	Latvia	1–1 Riga Arena	Czech Republic
	A. Sirokovs 06:22 (ES)		D. Vyborny 19:32 (ES)

May 7, 2006
	Czech Republic	5–4 Riga Arena	Slovenia
	T. Plekanec 01:09 (ES) J. Balastik 03:04 (PP) M. Erat 10:35 (PP) Z. Michalek 13:23 (PP) Z. Michalek 24:28 (PP)		E. Muric 14:13 (ES) M. Sotlar 20:24 (PP) A. Kranjc 34:54 (ES) T. Razingar 59:59 (ES)

	Finland	5–0 Riga Arena	Latvia
	J. Viuhkola 24:32 (PP) T. Kallio 35:02 (SH) V. Peltonen 48:38 (PP) A. Berg 51:51 (PP) J. Rita 55:10 (ES)

May 9, 2006
	Slovenia	1–5 Riga Arena	Latvia
	M. Sivic 05:35 (ES)		A. Semjonovs 24:15 (ES) M. Cipulis 28:20 (ES) A. Jerofejevs 29:51 (PP) L. Tambijevs 37:51 (ES) H. Vasiļjevs 50:06 (PP2)

	Czech Republic	3–3 Riga Arena	Finland
	M. Erat 02:28 (PP) J. Balastik 02:58 (ES) J. Hlavac 34:41 (ES)		L. Kukkonen 08:19 (PP) A. Berg 40:30 (PP) P. Nummelin 58:43 (ES)

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Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	3	2	0	1	12	6	5
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	9	6	5
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	7	8	2
Italy	3	0	3	0	3	11	0

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May 6, 2006
	Switzerland	3–1 Skonto Arena	Italy
	I. Rüthemann 44:56 (ES) P. Dellarossa 52:31 (ES) M.Pluss 59:40 (EN)		A. Iob 30:18 (PP)

	Ukraine	2–4 Skonto Arena	Sweden
	K. Kasianchuk 19:16 (PP) A. Mikhnov 34:55 (ES)		F. Emvall 17:55 (PP) F. Emvall 20:50 (PP) A. Karlsson 38:55 (PP) M. Hannula 46:38 (PP)

May 8, 2006
	Switzerland	2–1 Skonto Arena	Ukraine
	G. Bezina 09:57 (PP) A. Ambuhl 18:06 (SH)		A. Mikhnov 33:54 (ES)

	Sweden	4–0 Skonto Arena	Italy
	A. Karlsson 14:02 (PP) J. Lundqvist 16:00 (PP) K. Jonsson 22:36 (PP) K. Jonsson 47:19 (ES)

May 10, 2006
	Italy	2–4 Skonto Arena	Ukraine
	G. Busillo 32:25 (ES) C. Borgatello 55:38 (PP)		K. Kasianchuk 14:54 (PP) R. Salnikov 21:08 (PP) I. Gunko 51:11 (ES) Y. Dyachenko 57:56 (EN)

	Sweden	4–4 Skonto Arena	Switzerland
	H. Zetterberg 13:34 (ES) H. Zetterberg 44:11 (ES) J. Matsson 44:37 (ES) A. Karlsson 51:16 (ES)		V. Wirz 23:19 (PP) R. Sannitz 45:02 (ES) I. Rüthemann 51:35 (ES) R. Sannitz 56:44 (ES)

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Group C

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	3	3	0	0	17	6	6
Belarus	3	2	1	0	11	5	4
Slovakia	3	1	2	0	10	6	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	2	23	0

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May 6, 2006
	Belarus	2–1 Riga Arena	Slovakia
	D. Meleshko 34:18 (PP) O. Antonenko 39:27 (PP)		I. Ciernik 37:29 (ES)

	Russia	10–1 Riga Arena	Kazakhstan
	A. Ovechkin 01:36 (PP) D. Arkhipov 02:44 (PP) K. Gorovikov 10:44 (ES) D. Bykov 18:48 (PP) A. Ovechkin 24:13 (ES) E. Malkin 26:41 (SH) A. Ovechkin 29:39 (PP) A. Semin 32:24 (ES) A. Semin 44:38 (ES) A. Semin 53:52 (PP)		Y. Koreshkov 17:40 (PP)

May 8, 2006
	Russia	3–2 Riga Arena	Belarus
	I. Yemeleyev 10:57 (PP) D. Kulyash 43:28 (PP) A. Kharitonov 53:19 (ES)		O. Antonenko 21:40 (PP2) A. Makritsky 23:28 (ES)

	Slovakia	6–0 Riga Arena	Kazakhstan
	R. Kapus 20:41 (PP) T. Surovy 34:42 (PP) M. Bartovic 39:48 (ES) R. Pavlikovsky 49:05 (ES) M. Kovacik 55:06 (ES) M. Jurcina 56:22 (ES)

May 10, 2006
	Slovakia	3–4 Riga Arena	Russia
	T. Surovy 06:00 (ES) A. Kollar 09:03 (SH) I. Ciernik 36:45 (PP)		D. Kulyash 03:56 (PP) E. Malkin 17:26 (ES) D. Zaripov 27:23 (PP) A. Mikhnov 46:02 (PP)

	Kazakhstan	1–7 Riga Arena	Belarus
	A. Spiridonov 18:57 (ES)		S. Zadelenov 02:07 (PP) S. Zadelenov 29:08 (SH) Y. Chupris 34:28 (PP) V. Kostyuchenok 39:25 (PP) S. Zadelenov 45:11 (ES) D. Dudik 46:13 (ES) M. Grabovsky 48:42 (PS)

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Group D

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	14	5	6
United States of America	3	2	1	0	7	3	4
Norway	3	1	2	0	8	13	2
Denmark	3	0	3	0	6	14	0

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May 5, 2006
	United States of America	3–1 Skonto Arena	Norway
	D. Brown 21:21 (PP) D. Brown 45:42 (PP) D. Brown 55:46 (ES)		T. Jakobsen 13:32 (PP)

	Denmark	3–5 Skonto Arena	Canada
	F. Nielsen 27:43 (SH) J. Nielsen 30:46 (PP) K. Staal 37:49 (ES)		B. Boyes 05:01 (PP) S. Crosby 07:18 (PP2) M. Comrie 13:41 (ES) S. Crosby 43:17 (ES) M. Richards 53:09 (ES)

May 7, 2006
	United States of America	3–0 Skonto Arena	Denmark
	A. Alberts 20:33 (ES) Y. Stastny 26:32 (ES) R. Park 52:52 (ES)

	Canada	7–1 Skonto Arena	Norway
	P. Bergeron 08:09 (PP) B. Boyes 08:33 (ES) M. Comrie 13:35 (ES) S. Crosby 21:05 (ES) J. Williams 23:00 (PP) P. Bergeron 31:56 (ES) B. Shanahan 33:53 (PP)		P. Thoresen 47:42 (PP2)

May 9, 2006
	Norway	6–3 Skonto Arena	Denmark
	M. Trygg 16:36 (PP) M. Hansen 28:41 (PP) P. Skroder 30:02 (PP) P. Thoresen 33:34 (PP) M. Holtet 41:08 (ES) T. Vikingstad 59:18 (EN)		M. Green 17:30 (PP) K.Staal 19:59 (PP2) J. Hansen 43:43 (PP)

	Canada	2–1 Skonto Arena	United States of America
	S. Crosby 29:01 (ES) B. Shanahan 47:44 (PP)		P. Kessel 13:53 (ES)

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Qualification round

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.

Group E

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	5	4	1	0	28	10	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	17	7	7
United States of America	5	3	2	0	11	10	6
Czech Republic	5	2	1	2	14	12	6
Latvia	5	1	3	1	7	23	3
Norway	5	0	5	0	5	20	0

May 11, 2006
	Canada	11–0 Riga Arena	Latvia
	J. Williams 05:41 (PP) S. Crosby 08:49 (PP2) B. Boyes 14:40 (PP) P. Bergeron 17:43 (PP) B. Shanahan 25:58 (PP) J. Carter 40:24 (ES) M. Pettinger 41:18 (PP2) M. Richards 42:24 (PP) K. Calder 45:59 (PP) K. Calder 46:31 (ES) S. Hartnell 50:17 (PP)

May 12, 2006
	Czech Republic	3–1 Riga Arena	Norway
	J. Hlavac 27:21 (ES) J. Balastik 38:31 (ES) P. Tenkrat 58:26 (ES)		M. Ask 12:21 (PP)

	Finland	4–0 Riga Arena	United States of America
	M. Koivu 11:13 (ES) S. Bergenheim 26:01 (ES) P. Nummelin 32:44 (PP2) L. Kukkonen 54:27 (ES)

May 13, 2006
	United States of America	4–2 Riga Arena	Latvia
	R. Malone 20:59 (ES) D. Brown 34:29 (PP) P. O'Sullivan 42:27 (PP) R. Suter 49:50 (PP)		L. Dārziņš 22:12 (ES) A. Semjonovs 41:00 (PP)

May 14, 2006
	Norway	0–3 Riga Arena	Finland
			J. Hentunen 09:35 (ES) J. Jokinen 33:30 (PP) E. Pirnes 55:58 (ES)

	Canada	4–6 Riga Arena	Czech Republic
	S. Robidas 15:44 (ES) M. Richards 21:51 (ES) D. Hamhuis 31:26 (ES) S. Crosby 41:01 (ES)		P. Hubacek 06:34 (ES) D. Vyborny 08:06 (ES) T. Plekanec 13:30 (ES) Z. Irgl 35:04 (ES) J. Balastik 46:29 (ES) M. Erat 53:39 (ES)

May 15, 2006
	Finland	2–4 Riga Arena	Canada
	M. Koivu 18:15 (ES) P. Nummelin 50:46 (PP)		P. Bergeron 05:58 (PP) J. Carter 16:57 (SH) J. Carter 26:33 (SH) B.Boyes 51:36 (ES)

May 16, 2006
	Czech Republic	1–3 Riga Arena	United States of America
	Z. Michalek 27:25 (ES)		R. Malone 13:03 (ES) M. Cullen 19:43 (ES) D. Brown 47:25 (ES)

	Latvia	4–2 Riga Arena	Norway
	A. Rekis 06:44 (PP) V. Blinovs 08:34 (ES) L. Darzins 36:02 (ES) A. Semjonovs 53:16 (PP)		P. Skroder 30:58 (PP) K. Nygard 59:34 (ES)

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Jan Hlaváč (born September 20, 1976 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech ice hockey player. ... Jaroslav Balastik (born November 28, 1979 in Gottwaldov, Czech Republic) is a professional ice hockey player who plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League. ... Petr Tenkrát (born 31 May 1977, Kladno) is a Czech ice hockey player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Riga Arena is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Mikko Koivu (born March 12, 1983 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing his rookie season for the Minnesota Wild. ... Sean Bergenheim (born February 8, 1984, Helsinki, Finland) is an NHL forward who plays for the New York Islanders. ... Petteri Nummelin (born November 25, 1972 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenseman. ... 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Patrice Bergeron (born July 24, 1985 in Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey centre in the National Hockey League. ... Jeff Carter (born January 1, 1985 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. ... Jeff Carter (born January 1, 1985 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. ... Brad Boyes born April 17, 1982 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian ice hockey player currently playing for Boston Bruins of the NHL. Boyes played four years in the OHL for the Erie Otters before being drafted 24th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2000 NHL Entry... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Riga Arena is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... 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Group F

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	5	4	0	1	22	11	9
Sweden	5	2	1	2	17	15	6
Belarus	5	3	2	0	15	10	6
Slovakia	5	2	2	1	19	10	5
Switzerland	5	1	2	2	12	15	4
Ukraine	5	0	5	0	4	29	0

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May 11, 2006
	Russia	6–0 Riga Arena	Ukraine
	M. Sushinsky 16:06 (PP) M. Sushinsky 41:03 (PP) A. Ovechkin 46:06 (ES) D. Kulyash 48:19 (PP2) S. Mozyakin 53:47 (ES) I. Grigorenko 57:03 (PP)

May 12, 2006
	Switzerland	2–2 Skonto Arena	Slovakia
	M. Reichert 49:50 (PP) S. Jeannin 58:04 (ES)		M. Cibak 14:18 (ES) D. Milo 31:33 (PP)

	Sweden	4–1 Skonto Arena	Belarus
	M. Nylander 04:10 (PP) J. Nordquist 07:18 (ES) M. Johansson 16:40 (ES) P. Hallberg 18:58 (ES)		S. Zadelenov 49:14 (PP)

May 13, 2006
	Belarus	9–1 Skonto Arena	Ukraine
	M. Grabovsky 10:36 (PP) V. Kostyuchenok 22:11 (PP) O. Antonenko 22:37 (ES) M. Grabovsky 35:47 (PP) D. Dudik 45:06 (ES) A. Skabelka 46:17 (PP2) V. Kopat 56:40 (ES) M. Grabovsky 57:26 (ES) D. Dudik 57:48 (PP)		I. Gunko 39:47 (ES)

May 14, 2006
	Russia	6–3 Skonto Arena	Switzerland
	D. Zaripov 13:55 D. Arkhipov 22:26 D. Bykov 40:51 (PP) I. Nikulin 42:38 (PP) N. Kulemin 57:25 E. Malkin 59:45		T. Paterlini 22:36 B. Forster 32:33 G. Bezina 45:17 (PP2)

	Slovakia	5–2 Skonto Arena	Sweden
	Marian Hossa 1:45 M. Cibak 8:57 (PP) R. Vydareny 21:57 (PP) Marcel Hossa 26:22 (PP) A. Kollar 46:33 (SH)		M. Johansson 22:20 A. Karlsson 23:29 (PP)

May 15, 2006
	Sweden	3–3 Skonto Arena	Russia
	M. Samuelsson 7:33 (PP) M. Samuelsson 20:14 (PP) J. Jonsson 22:58 (ES)		A. Ovechkin 01:22 (ES) A. Mikhnov 11:28 (PP) A. Mikhnov 55.47 (ES)

May 16, 2006
	Switzerland	1–2 Skonto Arena	Belarus
	M. Luss 48:17 (ES)		A. Skabelka 09:04 (ES) S. Zadelenov 29:58 (ES)

	Ukraine	0–8 Skonto Arena	Slovakia
			R. Kapus 12:52 (ES) D. Milo 21:36 (ES) M. Strbak 25:11 (PP) M. Kovacik 35:46 (ES) M. Bartovic 36:58 (ES) R. Kapus 44:25 (ES) M. Hudec 49:19 (PP) M. Jurcina 58:25 (PP)

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Skonto Hall (also Skonto Arena) is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Denis Arkhipov (born May 19, 1979, in Kazan, USSR) is a professional hockey player. ... Evgeni Malkin (Russian: Евгений Малкин, Jevgenij Malkin) (born July 31, 1986 in Magnitogorsk, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian professional ice hockey player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Skonto Hall (also Skonto Arena) is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Marian Hossa, #18 (born January 12, 1979, in Stara Lubovna, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)) is a professional ice hockey right winger in the NHL, playing for the Ottawa Senators. ... Martin Cibak (born May 17, 1980 in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey center currently (2005) with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL. He won the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2004. ... Marcel Hossa (born October 12, 1981 in Ilava, Czechoslovakia) is an ice hockey player for the New York Rangers (he originally played his first three seasons for the Montreal Canadiens) franchise of the National Hockey League. ... Magnus Johansson (born 10 November 1971 in Ölme) is a Swedish football defender. ... Andreas Karlsson A Journalist/writer of Swedish hip hop, based in Stockholm. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Skonto Hall (also Skonto Arena) is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Mikael Samuelsson (born December 23, 1976 in Mariefred, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. Samuelsson was drafted in the 5th round, 145th overall by the San Jose Sharks, in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. ... Mikael Samuelsson (born December 23, 1976 in Mariefred, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. Samuelsson was drafted in the 5th round, 145th overall by the San Jose Sharks, in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. ... Jörgen Jönsson (born September 29, 1972, in Ängelholm, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey player that started his professional career in Rögle BK. Categories: Ice hockey player stubs | 1972 births | Swedish ice hockey players ... Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (Ru: Александр Михайлович Овечкин; born September 17, 1985 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR; now Moscow, Russia), colloquially known as Alexander the Great or Alexander the GR8, AO, O-V-1, Alex the Eight, and Ovi, is a professional ice hockey player who is widely considered one of the most promising... Alexei Mikhnov (b. ... Alexei Mikhnov (b. ... 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He was drafted 35st overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. ... Richard KapuÅ¡ (born February 9, 1973, Bratislava) is a Slovak ice hockey center currently (2006) with the Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the Russian Hockey Super League. ... Milan Jurčina (born June 7, 1983 in Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey defenceman currently (2005) with the Boston Bruins of the NHL and the Providence Bruins of the AHL. The 6-foot-4 Slovak was drafted by the Bruins 241st overall in the 2001 NHL Entry...

Final Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

F1

Russia

3

E4

Czech Republic

4

E4

Czech Republic

3

E2

Finland

1

E2

Finland

3

F3

Belarus

0

E4

Czech Republic

0

F2

Sweden

4

F2

Sweden

6

E3

United States of America

0

F2

Sweden

5

E1

Canada

4

E1

Canada

4

F4

Slovakia

1

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Quarterfinals

May 17, 2006
	Sweden	6–0 Riga Arena	United States of America
	M. Hannula 2:48 (ES) M. Hannula 15:40 (ES) M. Samuelsson 25:51 (ES) K. Jönsson 35:34 (PP) M. Hannula 48:41 (ES) A. Karlsson 58:36 (PP)

	Canada	4–1 Riga Arena	Slovakia
	M. Cammalleri 34:35 (ES) P. Bergeron 52:53 (ES) S. Crosby 54:23 (ES) J. Carter 54:32 (ES)		D. Milo 17:36 (ES)

May 18, 2006
	Russia	3–4 Riga Arena	Czech Republic
	A. Ovechkin 2:30 (ES) S. Mozyakin 45:10 (ES) A. Mikhnov 58:55 (ES)		T. Kaberle 25:45 (PP) J. Hlinka 43:49 (PP) P. Stefan 47:06 (PP) Z. Irgl 67:58 (ES)

	Finland	3–0 Riga Arena	Belarus
	R. Hahl 9:24 (ES) V. Peltonen 43:58 (ES) O. Jokinen 54:48 (PP2)

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Semifinals

May 20, 2006
	Finland	1–3 Riga Arena	Czech Republic
	R. Hahl 08:03 (ES)		T. Plekanec 28:26 (SH) D. Vyborny 56:17 (PP) J. Hlinka 59:14 (EN)

	Canada	4–5 Riga Arena	Sweden
	K. Calder 08:11 (ES) M. Comrie 16:38 (PP) S. Crosby 39:25 (ES) P. Bergeron 43:38 (PP)		N. Kronwall 1:27 (ES) J. Jönsson 4:11 (PP) T. Mårtensson 11:52 (ES) M. Samuelsson 21:33 (ES) J. Nordquist 22:41 (ES)

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Bronze Medal Game

May 21, 2006
	Finland	5–0 Riga Arena	Canada
	T. Kallio 4:06 (PP) O. Jokinen 25:20 (PP2) R. Hahl 36:18 (ES) A. Miettinen 42:55 (ES) J. Jokinen 53:56 (PP2)

May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Riga Arena is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Olli Jokinen (b. ... Riku Hahl (born November 1, 1980 in Hämeenlinna, Finland) was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche #183 overall, in 1999. ... Antti Miettinen (born July 3, 1980 in Hämeenlinna, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. ... Jussi Jokinen (born April 1, 1983 in Kalajoki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. ...

Gold Medal Game

May 21, 2006
	Czech Republic	0–4 Riga Arena	Sweden
			J. Mattsson 14:36 (ES) F. Emvall 15:13 (ES) N. Kronwall 24:07 (ES) J. Jönsson 37:01 (PP2)

May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Riga Arena is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Jesper Mattsson (born May 13, 1975 in Malmö, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward. ... Niklas Kronwall Niklas Kronwall (Born January 12, 1981, in Stockholm), is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. ... Jörgen Jönsson (born September 29, 1972, in Ängelholm, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey player who started his professional career in Rögle BK. He has also played in the NHL (for the New York Islanders and Anaheim Mighty Ducks) and in the Swedish National Team. ...

Relegation round

The relagation 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	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Denmark	3	2	0	1	11	5	5
Italy	3	1	1	1	6	10	3
Kazakhstan	3	1	2	0	9	6	2
Slovenia	3	0	1	2	6	11	2

Kazakhstan and Slovenia are demoted to Division I. Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kazakhstan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ...

May 12, 2006
	Slovenia	3–3 Riga Arena	Denmark
	T. Razingar 24:50 (PP) A. Kranjc 40:23 (PP) Mitja Sotlar 57:59 (ES)		M. Dahlmann 01:38 (PP) K. Staal 08:43 (PP) K. Staal 25:12 (PS)

	Italy	3–2 Skonto Arena	Kazakhstan
	G. Busillo 05:30 (PP) G. Busillo 44:55 (ES) A. Helfer 50:16 (PP)		A. Samokhvalov 28:24 (PP) T. Zhailauov 33:35 (PP)

May 13, 2006
	Kazakhstan	5–0 Riga Arena	Slovenia
	R. Starchenko 06:09 (ES) A. Pchelyakov 07:48 (ES) A. Litvinenko 27:10 (PP) R. Starchenko 29:56 (ES) V. Krasnoslabotsev 32:11 (ES)

	Italy	0–5 Skonto Arena	Denmark
			M. Boedker 04:16 (ES) K. Staal 37:19 (PP) F. Nielsen 49:46 (ES) F. Nielsen 55:23 (PP) J. Damgaard 59:50 (PP2)

May 15, 2006
	Slovenia	3–3 Riga Arena	Italy
	A. Kranjc 05:01 (PP) A. Kopitar 22:03 (ES) D. Kontrec 25:25 (ES)		L. Ansoldi 27:26 (ES)

	Denmark	3–2 Skonto Arena	Kazakhstan
	C. Kjaergaard 13:27 (PP) J. Hansen 34:17 (ES) J. Amgaard 57:26 (PP2)		Y. Pupkov 34:46 (PP) A. Argokov 59:40 (ES)

May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Riga Arena is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Kim Staal (born March 10, 1978) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward. ... Kim Staal (born March 10, 1978) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Skonto Hall (also Skonto Arena) is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kazakhstan. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kazakhstan. ... Riga Arena is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Skonto Hall (also Skonto Arena) is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Kim Staal (born March 10, 1978) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward. ... Frans Nielsen is a Danish ice hockey player. ... Frans Nielsen is a Danish ice hockey player. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Riga Arena is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Anže Kopitar (born August 24, 1987) is a highly rated 17 year old Slovenian hockey player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Skonto Hall (also Skonto Arena) is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kazakhstan. ...

Leading scorers

Player		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	SOG
	Sidney Crosby	4	5	4	9	+3	4	7
	Patrice Bergeron	4	3	5	8	+5	0	7
	Martin Erat	3	2	3	5	+1	0	7
	Petteri Nummelin	3	1	4	5	0	0	11
	Tore Vikingstad	3	1	4	5	+1	6	11
	Jussi Jokinen	3	0	5	5	+1	2	11
	Dustin Brown	3	3	1	4	+1	0	14
	Jaroslav Balastik	3	2	2	4	-1	0	11
	Anže Kopitar	3	2	2	4	-1	2	5
	Tomaž Razingar	3	1	3	4	-1	0	4
	Evgeni Malkin	2	1	3	4	+2	6	2

Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Sidney Crosby Sidney Patrick Crosby (born August 7, 1987, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player for the NHLs Pittsburgh Penguins. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Patrice Bergeron (born July 24, 1985 in Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey centre in the National Hockey League. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Martin Erat in a Nashville Predators 3rd jersey Martin Erat (Born August 28, 1981, in Trebic, Czech Republic), is a professional ice hockey player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Petteri Nummelin (born November 25, 1972 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenseman. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Tore Vikingstad (born October 8, 1975 in Trondheim, Norway) is a professional Norwegian ice-hockey player currently playing for DEG in the German league, Deutsche Eishockey-Liga. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Jussi Jokinen (born April 1, 1983 in Kalajoki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Dustin Brown (Born: November 4, 1984 in Ithaca, New York) is an American professional hockey rightwinger. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Jaroslav Balastik (born November 28, 1979 in Gottwaldov, Czech Republic) is a professional ice hockey player who plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Anže Kopitar (born August 24, 1987 in Jesenice, Slovenia) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Evgeni Malkin (Russian: Евгений Малкин, Jevgenij Malkin) (born July 31, 1986 in Magnitogorsk, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian professional ice hockey player. ...

Leading goaltenders

Player	MINS	GA	GAA	SO	Sv%
Fredrik Norrena	326	6	1.11	3	.951
Karol Krizan	380	12	1.90	3	.915
Sergei Zvyagin	279	9	1.94	1	.914
Johan Holmqvist	420	14	2.00	2	.908
Andrei Mezin	417	14	2.01	0	.941

Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Fredrik Norrena (born November 29, 1973 in Pietarsaari, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Karol Križan (born June 5, 1980) is a Slovak ice hockey goaltender currently (2006) with the MODO Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ...

Division I

Division I in the World Championships are composed of national teams that are not at the calibre of the teams in the main division. They play in a tournament that is separate from the main tournament, and which is composed of two groups. In each group all the teams play in a round-robin fashion and the first-placed team in each group is promoted to the main tournament, and the last-placed team in each division is relegated to Division II in the following year's tournament.

Group A

Division I, Group A was played at Amiens, France, April 24–30 The cathedral in Amiens Location within France Amiens is a city and commune in the north of France, 120 km north of Paris. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ...

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Germany	5	5	0	0	34	4	10
France	5	3	1	1	17	9	7
Japan	5	3	2	0	18	14	6
Hungary	5	2	2	1	20	18	5
Great Britain	5	1	4	0	17	17	2
Israel	5	0	5	0	3	47	0

Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_bordered. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ...

Scores

Team	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ISR	JPN
FRA		1–0	0–5	3–3	9–0	4–1
GBR	0–1		0–8	3–4	12–0	2–4
GER	5–0	8–0		6–2	11–2	4–0
HUN	3–3	4–3	2–6		8–0	3–6
ISR	0–9	0–12	2–11	0–8		1–7
JPN	1–4	4–2	0–4	6–3	7–1

Germany is promoted to the 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, while Israel is demoted to Division II. Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... The French national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The British national mens ice hockey team also known as Team GB is the name of the national Ice Hockey Team for Great Britain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... The German national mens ice hockey team first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 European Hockey Championship. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... The Hungarian national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_bordered. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... The French national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The British national mens ice hockey team also known as Team GB is the name of the national Ice Hockey Team for Great Britain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... The German national mens ice hockey team first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 European Hockey Championship. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... The Hungarian national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships, the IIHF World Hockey Championships and the Olympic Games. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_bordered. ... The 2007 Mens Ice Hockey Championships are to be held between April 27 and May 13, 2007 in Moscow and St. ...

Group B

Division I, Group B was played at Tallinn, Estonia, April 23–29 County Harju County Mayor Jüri Ratas Area 159. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ...

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Austria	5	5	0	0	27	9	10
Lithuania	5	3	1	1	24	14	7
Poland	5	3	2	0	19	10	6
Estonia	5	2	3	0	19	21	4
Netherlands	5	1	3	1	13	24	3
Croatia	5	0	5	0	11	35	0

Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ...

Scores

Team	AUT	CRO	EST	LTU	NED	POL
AUT		6-0	3-1	5-3	8-2	5-3
CRO	0-6		6-8	3-9	1-5	1-7
EST	1-3	8-6		2-7	7-2	1-3
LTU	3-5	9-3	7-2		3-3	2-1
NED	2-8	5-1	2-7	3-3		1-5
POL	3-5	7-1	3-1	1-2	5-1

Austria is promoted to the 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, while Croatia is demoted to Division II. Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... The Austrian national mens hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... The Polish national mens ice hockey team is a national ice hockey team. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... The Austrian national mens hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... The Polish national mens ice hockey team is a national ice hockey team. ... The 2007 Mens Ice Hockey Championships are to be held between April 27 and May 13, 2007 in Moscow and St. ...

Division II

Group A

Division II, Group A was played at Sofia, Bulgaria, March 27-April 4 Official website: sofia. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ...

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

Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ...

Scores

Team	BEL	BUL	ESP	ROM	RSA	SCG
BEL		4-4	4-0	2-4	7-0	2-2
BUL	4-4		3-1	0-9	14-1	4-2
ESP	0-4	1-3		3-16	5-3	1-4
ROM	4-2	9-0	16-3		19-3	11-1
RSA	0-7	1-14	3-5	3-19		5-14
SCG	2-2	2-4	4-1	1-11	14-5

Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium. ... The Belgian national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships from 1910 to 1932. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... The Bulgarian national mens ice hockey team is ranked 33rd in the IIHF World Ranking (January 2006) and competes in Division II at the Ice Hockey World Championships. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium. ... The Belgian national ice hockey team has participated in the IIHF European Championships from 1910 to 1932. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... The Bulgarian national mens ice hockey team is ranked 33rd in the IIHF World Ranking (January 2006) and competes in Division II at the Ice Hockey World Championships. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro. ...

Group B

Division II, Group B was played at Auckland, New Zealand, April 3-9 The Auckland Metropolitan Area, or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ...

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
People's Republic of China	5	4	0	1	34	11	9
South Korea	5	4	1	0	35	12	8
Australia	5	3	1	1	27	14	7
North Korea	5	2	3	0	10	24	4
Mexico	5	1	4	0	9	34	2
New Zealand	5	0	5	0	6	26	0

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea_bordered. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_North_Korea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ...

Scores

Team	AUS	CHN	KOR	MEX	NZL	PRK
AUS		5-5	2-4	9-2	6-2	5-1
CHN	5-5		6-3	4-1	5-0	14-2
KOR	4-2	3-6		15-2	8-1	5-1
MEX	2-9	1-4	2-15		4-3	0-3
NZL	2-6	0-5	1-8	3-4		0-3
PRK	1-5	2-14	1-5	3-0	3-0

Romania and People's Republic of China are promoted to Division I, South Africa and New Zealand are demoted to Division III. Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... The Australian National Ice Hockey Team is is the national ice hockey team for Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_North_Korea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... The Australian National Ice Hockey Team is is the national ice hockey team for Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_North_Korea. ...

Division III

Division III was played at Reykjavík, Iceland, April 24-29 Reykjavík (pronounced (♫) in Icelandic) is the capital of Iceland, its largest city and the worlds most northern national capital. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ...

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Iceland	4	4	0	0	27	6	8
Turkey	4	2	1	1	18	16	5
Armenia	4	2	2	0	23	19	4
Republic of Ireland	4	1	2	1	5	17	3
Luxembourg	4	0	4	0	11	26	0

Image File history File links Flag_of_Iceland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Armenia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Luxembourg. ...

Scores

Team	ARM	IRL	ISL	LUX	TUR
ARM		6-0	4-5	10-6	3-8
IRL	0-6		0-8	3-1	2-2
ISL	5-4	8-0		5-2	9-0
LUX	6-10	1-3	2-5		2-8
TUR	8-3	2-2	0-9	8-2

Iceland and Turkey are promoted to Division II at the 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Image File history File links Flag_of_Armenia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iceland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Luxembourg. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... The Turkish Ice Sports Federation is currently ranked 43rd, third from last in the IIHF World Ranking. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Armenia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iceland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Luxembourg. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... The Turkish Ice Sports Federation is currently ranked 43rd, third from last in the IIHF World Ranking. ... The 2007 Mens Ice Hockey Championships are to be held between April 27 and May 13, 2007 in Moscow and St. ...

The 2005 Mens Ice Hockey Championships were held April 30-May 15, 2005 in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria. ... The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ... The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Vancouver, Kelowna (Okanagan valley), and Kamloops (Okanagan valley), British Columbia, Canada. ... Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy. ... The 2007 Mens Ice Hockey Championships are to be held between April 27 and May 13, 2007 in Moscow and St. ...

External links

• Official site