2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
The track was wet at the start of the race, making it the first wet Hungarian Grand Prix. Polesitter Kimi Räikkönen took the lead early on. Alonso and Schumacher made their way through the field with Schumacher up into 6th place from 11th into the first corner, and Alonso climbing from 15th place with a spectacular first hard-fought lap. He went on to pass Schumacher on the outside of turn 5 after a straight fight for several laps and reached 3rd place. He then took the lead after the McLarens of Pedro de la Rosa and Räikkönen pitted.


2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Bridgestone wet-tyres used to dictate the field in non-dry conditions but today it seemed a one-off for the Japanese rubber. All Bridgestone-drivers, including the Ferraris, were seen struggling and seriously down on pace compared to their competitors. Schumacher fell right back in the clutches of Giancarlo Fisichella and lost his front wing battling for 5th place, hitting the Italian mid-corner fighting off snap-oversteer. This forced the German to pit, going a lap down. Soon after Jenson Button overtook Massa, Fisichella and Schumacher in just under the space of 2 laps.


2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Räikkönen struggled on his second set of tyres and ended up crashing into the back of Vitantonio Liuzzi's Toro Rosso, vaulting the car and bringing out the safety car. Alonso then pitted, allowing Schumacher to get back on the lead lap. Another beneficiary of the safety car was Jenson Button, who decided not to pit during the safety car period and climbed up to 2nd place behind Alonso. After the period was over Button began to challenge Alonso, but soon had to pit for fuel.


2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Alonso led, but after a pitstop for dry tyres his right-rear wheel nut detached, causing the Spaniard to lose control and crash. Button inherited the lead and was never challenged from then on. Schumacher made his way up to 2nd by staying on intermediate tyres as others around him pitted for dry weather ones, but this gamble backfired as the cars on drys caught him in the final laps. Schumacher defended his position (including controversially cutting a chicane on consecutive laps without penalty), but Pedro de la Rosa and Nick Heidfeld both ultimately passed him. Whilst he was being overtaken Schumacher banged wheels with Heidfeld, damaging his Ferrari's suspension and forcing him out of the race three laps short of the finish.


2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Button won the race despite beginning in 14th place through relentless driving with de la Rosa scoring his first podium with second place, and Heidfeld getting BMW Sauber's first podium with 3rd. Debutant driver Robert Kubica finished in seventh place and would have scored two points, but was later disqualified as his car was found to be underweight due to excessive tyre wear. This coincidentally meant that Michael Schumacher earned a point despite not finishing, as he was elevated to 8th place in the final results.


2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, Awards
ITV's coverage of this race won a BAFTA in 2007, in the category "Best Sport". The awards took place May 20, 2007.


2006 Hungarian local elections
Hungarian local elections, 2006 took place on 1 October 2006 amidst a period of protests and demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. In many cities, demonstrators urged people not to vote for the MSZP candidate at the elections, and Fidesz made heavy use of the fact that Gyurcsány had admitted lying in its campaign leaflets and phone calls.


2006 Hungarian local elections
In response, Gyurcsány insisted in a speech he held in Szeged on 15 September that the local elections would have no bearing on his party staying in power, and "those who don't want a war between the government and the city should know whom to vote for".


2006 Hungarian local elections
Before the elections, the polling firm Szonda Ipsos had predicted a victory for candidates of the main opposition party Fidesz – 34% of the people asked said they would vote for Fidesz, while only 22% voiced a preference for the MSZP. The opinion poll showed Fidesz with a clear lead in towns having fewer than 10,000 inhabitants (Fidesz 38%, MSZP 19%) and a narrow lead in larger towns (Fidesz 30%, MSZP 26%), while the two parties ran equal at 27% each in Budapest.


2006 Hungarian local elections, Results
Turnout in the local elections was 53.1%, which was two points higher than in 2002  and the highest for municipal elections since the return to democracy in 1990.


2006 Hungarian local elections, Results
Interpretation of the results is complicated by the fact that a number of different offices are at stake in municipal elections. Hungarian voters elect their mayors; the county and Budapest assemblies; and the municipal corporations of their local settlement or Budapest district. (Moreover, the latter of those three elections, at least in mid- and large-sized settlements and the Budapest districts, take place under a mixed electoral system, which means votes are cast both for an individual candidate and a party list.)


2006 Hungarian local elections, Results
Regarding the mayoral elections, these are the results of the cities with county rights:


2006 Hungarian local elections, Results
In Budapest, Gábor Demszky was re-elected as city mayor as SZDSZ/MSZP candidate. These are the results of the mayoral races for the individual Budapest districts:


2006 Hungarian local elections, Results
The polling firm Median opined that the scandal concerning Gyurcsany's admission of having lied did not affect the outcome of the elections as much as it was expected to, as support for MSZP had already hit an all-time low by early September: 33% of the voters polled had expressed their support for Gyurcsány in September, as compared to 35% in August and 38% in July.


2006 Hungarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 9 April 2006, with a second round of voting in 110 of the 176 single-member constituencies on 23 April. The Hungarian Socialist Party emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly with 186 of the 386 seats, and continued the coalition government with the Alliance of Free Democrats. It marked the first time a government had been re-elected since the end of Communist rule.


2006 Hungarian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The unicameral, 386-member National Assembly (Országgyűlés), the highest organ of state authority, initiates and approves legislation sponsored by the prime minister. A party had to win at least 5% of the national vote to form a parliamentary faction. The National Assembly had 386 members, elected for a four-year term: 176 members in single-seat constituencies, 152 by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies (using territorial lists) and 58 members (using a national list) to realize proportional representation.


2006 Hungarian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The election took over two days. On 9 April elections took place in every constituency, both single-seat and multi-seat. In order to get elected into a single-seat constituency, a candidate needs to receive more than 50% of the vote; in the 2006 elections, the victor received more than 50% of the vote in 66 of the 176 single-seat constituencies. There will be another election in the remaining 110 single-seat constituencies in the 2nd round, in which all but the top three candidates (and every candidate reaching 15%) from the 1st round are excluded. Usually parties form alliances between the two rounds and withdraw many of their 3rd place candidates and call for supporting the allied party so the winning candidate of the 2nd round will receive more than 50% of the vote. However, this process is not automatic; it is grounded by negotiations.


2006 Hungarian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The multi-seat elections also took place during the first round of voting. 146 of the 152 seats were filled using proportional representation. The remaining 6 were added to the national list. The country was divided into 20 regions for the multi-seat elections with varying numbers of members per region. Where a party won more members in a regional than it merited, the surplus votes were deducted from the total it received in the second round. Correspondingly, a party that received fewer seats than it merited had the shortfall votes added to its total in the second round.


2006 Hungarian parliamentary election, Electoral system
A further 58 (plus 6 more not elected from the single-seat constituencies in the first round) extra members were elected using a national list in order to achieve a more proportional result.


2006 Hungarian parliamentary election, Electoral system
Before the election the parties needed to be registered by the National Electoral Office. After registration the parties had the right to collect references. Each candidate had to collect 750 references in their district. If one party collected the required number in two districts (in Budapest 8, Pest 5 and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 3) in a county, then it could present a list in regional constituencies. If a party had at least seven regional lists, it could present a national compensation list. 17 March was the last day when a party could be registered and a list or a candidate could be registered. By 28 February, 49 parties had sought registration, and 45 were registered by the National Electoral Office.


2006 Hungarian parliamentary election, Campaign
On 10 April the two parties of the governing coalition (Hungarian Socialist Party and Alliance of Free Democrats) announced their alliance for the second round. The Socialist Party withdrew three of their candidates in favour of the Alliance one, and the Alliance withdrew their remaining 55 candidates (all of which had finished third), and called on its voters to support the Socialists. The leaders of the two parties ran a common campaign between the two rounds.


2006 Hungarian parliamentary election, Campaign
The opposition was not united. The Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) which hit the 5% threshold contrary to the polls and expectations made it clear that they would not support Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party. Orbán tried to get their support by declaring that he resigned from Prime Minister candidacy, and sought a compromise candidate, Péter Ákos Bod, but the MDF held on to their independency; thus they did not withdraw their 3rd place candidates. However, some MDF candidates did not agree with this, and withdrew in favour of Fidesz.


2006 Huntingdonshire District Council election
The 2006 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2006 Huntingdonshire District Council election, Election result
The Liberal Democrat gain in Huntingdon East by David Priestman was the first time the party had won a seat in the town of Huntingdon on the council.


2006 Huntsville bus crash
The Huntsville bus crash involved a school bus carrying 40 students from Lee High School to the Huntsville Center for Technology and occurred on November 20, 2006, on an elevated portion of Interstate 565 in Huntsville, Alabama.


2006 Huntsville bus crash, Incident
On November 20, 2006, around 10 AM, a school bus carrying forty students from Lee High School to the Huntsville Center for Technology was traveling in the left lane on the elevated two-lane I-565. A 1990 Toyota Celica driven by another Lee High student merged from the left lane to the right and accelerated to pass the bus, but his vehicle began to fishtail and became impossible to control. A student on the bus stated that he saw the car attempted to overtake the bus and lose control, but closed his eyes and grabbed his seat after the collision.


2006 Huntsville bus crash, Incident
Police stated that the bus went over the side of the road after a car driven by another Lee High student tried to swerve around the bus, causing the bus driver to swerve going over the edge of the elevated roadway. The driver was ejected from the bus before it went over the side of the bridge, as he was not wearing a seat belt. The bus hit the 32-inch-high cement bridge rail and rode the top of the rail for 117 feet before it plunged over the side. The NTSB report for the accident stated that the bus had nose-dived into the ground before coming to a stop.


2006 Huntsville bus crash, Incident
In later interviews students stated that many grabbed for other students to help them brace and keep them from falling forward, with varying degrees of success. A student recounted that some students were able to evacuate the bus on their own via the emergency door in the back and ceiling of the vehicle. Some students also reportedly tried to enter back into the bus to help students pinned between the seats.


2006 Huntsville bus crash, Incident
Four students were killed and 23 were injured after the bus plunged almost 40 feet (12 m). Of the four, all were female students who ranged in age from 16 to 19 years old.


2006 Huntsville bus crash, Investigation
The initial investigation indicated that the secondary car that had attempted to overtake the bus, had veered into the bus's lane, causing it to scrape along the concrete barrier. The teenage driver of the second car, claimed that a part of the vehicle had malfunctioned and caused the car to drift into the other lane. Investigators raised potential theories that the car might have had a malfunction in the steering system. A criminal investigation into the accident was closed without any charges after toxicology reports for both the bus and car drivers were found to be negative for controlled substances or alcohol.


2006 Huntsville bus crash, Investigation
An investigation into the crash was opened by the NTSB, that was concluded after three years of investigating. It concluded that the driver had lost control of the vehicle during a "passing maneuver" around a curve, during the same time that the driver of a Toyota Celica attempted to overtake the bus prior to an upcoming exit.


2006 Huntsville bus crash, Legal
The families of the four teenagers killed in the accident, filed lawsuits shortly after the accident. The suits named Laidlaw Transit, Anthony Scott, the school bus drive and the driver of the Toyota Celica as defendants, and each suit was settled in 2008. Additional lawsuits were filed by families of about two dozen students who were injured and settled after the first four suits.


2006 Huntsville bus crash, Aftermath
The crash was extensively covered by CNN and USA Today. A photograph of James "Rusty" Edward Moore Jr. sitting next to his girlfriend who was covered by a blanket went viral, as many thought Moore Jr was sitting next to a dead body. The girlfriend, however, was just resting and cold.


2006 Huntsville bus crash, Aftermath
The crash reignited debate over the installation of seat belts in buses, and whether Alabama should follow the lead of states such as Florida in legislating compulsory lap belts. Following the crash Alabama Governor Bob Riley ordered a report be made into the issue. A study group consisting of education and transport officials interviewed 17 expert witnesses, and in early 2007 released recommendations that a pilot program be run with lap and shoulder belts being installed in a limited number of new buses from 2008.


2006 Huntsville bus crash, Aftermath
A similar accident occurred on November 21, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where a school bus driver lost control of a bus causing it to roll over on its side and crash into a tree, killing six students and injuring 23.


2006 Hyndburn Borough Council election
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Two seats had been lost to Labour in by elections in 2005 (Rishton and Overton) but both these were won back at this election. However the Conservatives did lose one seat to Labour, Immanuel Ward reducing their majority to 19. (18+2-1=19)


2006 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Ward results
Susan Shorrocks had won the seat for Labour from the Conservatives 30 June 2005 after the resignation of Wyn Frankland. The Tories won it back at this election.


2006 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Ward results
Claire Hamilton had won the seat for Labour from the Conservatives 17 March 2005 following the death of June Butler. The Tories won it back at this election.


2006 Hypo Group Tennis International
The 2006 Hypo Group Tennis International was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the 2006 ATP Tour. The event was won by Nikolay Davydenko in men's singles and Paul Hanley and Jim Thomas in men's doubles.


2006 Hypo Group Tennis International, Finals, Doubles
Paul Hanley /  Jim Thomas defeated  Oliver Marach /  Cyril Suk, 6–3, 4–6, [10–5]


2006 Hypo Group Tennis International – Doubles
Lucas Arnold and Paul Hanley were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Arnold partnered Martín García, losing in the semifinals. Hanley partnered Jim Thomas, winning the title.


2006 Hypo Group Tennis International – Doubles
Hanley and Thomas defeated Oliver Marach and Cyril Suk 6–3, 4–6, [10–5] in the final.


2006 Hypo Group Tennis International – Singles
Filippo Volandri was the defending champion but chose to compete in the 2006 World Team Cup which was held in the same week. Nikolay Davydenko defeated Andrei Pavel 6–3, 6–0 to win the 2006 Hypo Group Tennis International singles event.


2006 Hypo-Meeting
The 32nd edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 27 and May 28, 2006 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event was part of the 2006 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.


2006 IAAF Golden League
The 2006 Golden League was the ninth edition of the IAAF's annual series of six athletics meets, held across Europe, with athletes having the chance to win the Golden League Jackpot of $1 million.


2006 IAAF World Athletics Final
The 4th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart, Germany on September 9 and September 10, 2006.


2006 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results
These are the results of the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final, which took place in at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart, Germany between September 9–10.


2006 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results
The year's top seven athletes, based on their points ranking of the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour, qualified to compete in each event, with an extra four athletes selected for races of 1500 metres and above. One additional athlete, a wildcard, was allocated to each event by the IAAF and replacement athletes were admitted to replace the qualified athletes that could not attend the final.


2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour
The 2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the first edition of the annual global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series featured 24 one-day meetings, consisting of the six meetings of the 2006 IAAF Golden League, six IAAF Super Grand Prix meetings, and twelve IAAF Grand Prix meetings. In addition, there were 25 Area Permit Meetings that carried point-scoring events. The series culminated in the two-day 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Stuttgart, Germany from 9–10 September.


2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour
The series replaced the IAAF World Outdoor Meetings series which had launched in 2003. As part of this change, the IAAF Grand Prix II category was dropped in favour of an Area Permit Meeting structure. In comparison to the preceding year's series, the Herculis meet returned to Super Grand Prix status, having hosted the IAAF World Athletics Final for three years. The British Grand Prix, Golden Spike Ostrava and Meeting de Atletismo Madrid all dropped down from Super to regular Grand Prix status.


2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour
All previous Grand Prix II meetings were dropped from the main series, with the exception of the Melbourne Track Classic which was promoted to Grand Prix status. The Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar was included as a Grand Prix for the first time. Among other Grand Prix meets, the Meeting Lille-Métropole and Gugl Grand Prix were demoted to Area Permit Meeting and the Gran Premio Diputación was dropped from the circuit entirely.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on April 1/2, 2006. The races were held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, Japan's National Cross Country Course which is the permanent residence of the annual Fukuoka International Cross Country meeting.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The event was once again dominated by Ethiopian and Kenyan runners and also Eritrean runners. Kenenisa Bekele won both men's individual races, proving himself the most successful Cross country runner. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, and for the IAAF.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Complete results for senior men, for senior men's teams, for men's short race, for men's short race teams, for junior men, for junior men's teams, senior women, for senior women's teams, for women's short race, for women's short race teams, for junior women,  for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Senior men's race (12 km)
Kenenisa Bekele took his fifth consecutive long race title. At the team competition Eritrea surprisingly beat Ethiopia and lost to Kenya only by four points.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Men's short race (4 km)
Kenenisa Bekele took his fifth consecutive short race title. The 1999 winner, Benjamin Limo of Kenya finished fourth.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Women's short race (4 km)
Ethiopia won the team competition beating Kenya only by a single point.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 574 athletes from 59 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from  Equatorial Guinea did not show.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
The Junior men's race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 2, 2006. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, and for the IAAF.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Race results, Junior men's race (8 km), Individual
†: Thomas Longosiwa of  Kenya originally finished 13th in 24:25 and Tareq Taher of  Bahrain originally finished 20th in 24:49, but were disqualified for age falsification.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 98 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
The Junior women's race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 1, 2006. Reports onf the event were given in The New York Times, and for the IAAF.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, Race results, Junior women's race (6 km), Individual
†: Yuliya Mochalova from  Russia finished 24th in 21:03 min, but was disqualified because of doping violations.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 78 athletes from 25 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
The Men's short race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 1, 2006. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, and for the IAAF.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 128 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Men's short race. The announced athlete from  Equatorial Guinea did not show.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
The Senior men's race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 2, 2006. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, and for the IAAF.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 140 athletes from 40 countries participated in the Senior men's race.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
The Senior women's race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 1, 2006. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, and for the IAAF.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 99 athletes from 32 countries participated in the Senior women's race.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
The Women's short race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 2, 2006. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, and for the IAAF.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 92 athletes from 26 countries participated in the Women's short race.


2006 IAAF World Cup
The 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event, held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, which took place on 16 and 17 September 2006 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.


2006 IAAF World Cup – Results
These are the results of the 2006 IAAF World Cup, which took place in Athens, Greece on 16 and 17 September.


2006 IAAF World Cup – Results
Five continental teams were present (Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) and three full national teams competed (United States, Russia and host nation Greece). Furthermore – following victories at the 2006 European Cup on the men's and women's sides respectively – France fielded a men's team, while Poland fielded a women's team.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was held in Moscow from March 10 to March 12, 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport arena.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The announcement by the IAAF in November 2003 was a blow to Madrid, which was also in the running to hold the event but Spain had already held the competition twice. This was the first major senior athletics competition to be held in the country since the highly boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The majority of athletes from Great Britain, Australia and Jamaica, amongst other countries, did not attend the Championships, due to the coinciding 2006 Commonwealth Games.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Results, Women
† Tatyana Kotova was the original winner with 7.00m, but was stripped of the title in 2013 after retested samples from the 2005 World Championships found her to have been doping. All her results from August 2005 to July 2007 were subsequently annulled.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The Men's 1500 metres event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–11.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The Men's 3000 metres event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The Men's 4 x 400 metres relay event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final. The heats were started at 10:41.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
The Men's 400 metres event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The Men's 60 metres event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The Men's 60 metres hurdles event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The Men's 800 metres event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
The men's heptathlon event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11–12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The Men's high jump event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–11.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 2.30 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The Men's long jump event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–11.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 7.95 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The Men's pole vault event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11–12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
The Men's shot put event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put, Medalists
Note: In 2013 it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich, the original silver medalist, tested positive for a prohibited substance at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 on were annulled.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 20.30 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The Men's triple jump event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11–12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 16.95 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The Women's 1500 metres event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11–12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The Women's 3000 metres event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The Women's 4 x 400 metres relay event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The Women's 400 metres event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The Women's 60 metres event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The Women's 60 metres hurdles event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The Women's 800 metres event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
The Women's high jump event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11–12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 1.96 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11–12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump, Medalists
Note: The gold medal had been originally won by Tatyana Kotova of Russia but her result was later voided as a banned substance was found in her retested sample from the 2005 World Championships.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying performance 6.55 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
The Women's pentathlon event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
The Women's pole vault event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–11.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 4.55 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
The Women's shot put event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11–12.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 18.20 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump
The Women's triple jump event  at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–11.


2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 14.15 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
he 2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 13 and 14 May 2006 in the streets of A Coruña, Spain. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given for the IAAF.


2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Participation
The participation of 393 athletes (257 men/136 women) from 58 countries is reported.


2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships
The 1st IAAF World Road Running Championships were held in Debrecen, Hungary on 8 October 2006, the women's race starting at 11:00 and the men's race at 13:00. This was the first time the title of World Road Running Champion had been competed for, with this competition replacing the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in the international sporting calendar. 140 athletes from 39 nations took part in the two races.


2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships
As well as individual honours, there is also a team event where the times of the first three runners home from each country are added together to produce the team standings. Only nations with at least three competitors entered in the race are eligible for this competition.


2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships
The race was notable for having the first disabled athlete to take part in a world championship athletics event. Mark Brown, who was competing for Gibraltar, lost his left arm in a traffic accident in 1981.


2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships
Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given bothfor the men's race and for the women's race.


2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships, The course
The total race distance was 20 kilometres, and consisted of four laps around a 5000-metre course. The race started and finished in front of the main building of the University of Debrecen (pictured left) on the northern edge of the city, and travelled in a clockwise direction around nearby parkland.


2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships, The course
The runners started on Egyetem Square, outside the University, before heading around the circular Nagyerdei Avenue. Most of the course followed Nagyerdei Avenue, with two detours onto the roads inside the circle, passing the thermal baths and the Aquaticum Thermal & Wellness Hotel, before rounding the boating lake, passing the Nagyerdõ Stadium and the Hunguest Nagyerdõ Hotel. The race then headed back to Egyetem Square to complete the lap.


2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships, Race results
Complete results were published for the men's race, for the women's race, for men's team, and for women's team.


2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships, Participation
The participation of 140 athletes (83 men/57 women) from 39 countries is reported.


2006 IBF World Championships
The 2006 IBF World Championships (15th tournament) was held in Madrid, the capital of Spain, from September 18 to September 24, 2006.


2006 IBF World Championships, Host city selection
Aarhus (Denmark) and Madrid (Spain) were the candidates for hosting the championships. During the 2004 IBF council meeting held in Jakarta, it was announced that Madrid will host the championships.


2006 IBSF World Grand Prix
The 2006 IBSF World Grand Prix was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 22 February to 6 March 2006 in Prestatyn, Wales  It was the 31st edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.


2006 IBSF World Grand Prix
The 2005 IBSF World Snooker Championship was originally due to be held in Pakistan. However, due to the Kashmir earthquake the tournament was cancelled. As a result, a new tournament was organised to be held in Prestatyn, Wales in 2006 under the name IBSF World Grand Prix so as not to cause confusion between with the 2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship due to be held in Amman, Jordan later that year, with the winner of the World Grand Prix qualifying for the vacant place on World Snooker Tour 2006/07 season.


2006 IBSF World Grand Prix
The tournament was won by 14-year old Michael White who defeated 24th seed Mark Boyle 11–5 in the final, in doing so White became the youngest winner in the tournaments history. Despite being the runner-up Boyle was awarded with World Tour qualification place due to White's age at the time. White would go on to join the World Snooker Tour for the 2007/08 season after winning the European Under-19 Championship. He would cement his reputation as one of the most promising upcoming snooker talents in the world at the time by reaching the top 16 in 2015 and winning his first ranking title at the Indian Open.


2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship
The 2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker event, sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation, held at the Amman Olympics Sports Centre in Amman, Jordan from November 5-November 15, 2006.


2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship, Results, Men
A total of 32 players qualified for finishing in the top 4 positions in eight groups. They were drawn into a 32 player knock-out bracket to decide the winner.


2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship, Results, Women
Reanne Evans, the 2004 champion, did not enter the event. There were twenty entries, and two qualifying groups of ten players were set, each to be played as a round-robin, with the top four from each group qualifying for the eight-player knock-out phase to decide the winner. Following withdrawals, only nine players participated in each group. Wendy Jans scored nine of the eleven top breaks in the competition on her way to winning the title.


2006 ICC Americas Championship
The ICC Americas Championship is the continental cricket championship for the Americas region, for Affiliate and Associate members of the International Cricket Council in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. This is the first year that the tournament is organized in three divisions.


2006 ICC Americas Championship
The division three was played in Suriname. This tournament was won by the host and won one spot in division two (played in Argentina. Division two was won by the host. Argentina won one spot in division one. Division one was played in Canada, and was won by Bermuda.


2006 ICC Americas Championship, Division One
Division One was held in Canada, commencing on 21 August. Five teams took part: Argentina, Bermuda, Canada (host and holder), the Cayman Islands and the United States. The venues were in the Maple Leaf Ground and the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club.


2006 ICC Americas Championship, Division two
Division Two was held in Argentina, commencing on 3 April. Five teams took part: Argentina (host), Bahamas, Belize, Panama, and Suriname. The venues were St Albans Club and Hurlingham Club in Buenos Aires. Argentina and Bahamas qualified for Wcl5.


2006 ICC Americas Championship, Division three
Division Three was held in Suriname, commencing on 15 February. Four teams took part: Brazil, Chile, Suriname (host), and Turks and Caicos. The venues were Snellen Park and Axwijk Sports Centre in Paramaribo.


2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One
The 2006 ICC Americas Championship was a cricket tournament in Canada, taking place between 21–26 August 2006. It gave five North and South American Associate and Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket.


2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One
This was the first edition of the Americas Championship in which the tournament was split up into divisions.


2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Teams
There were 5 teams that played in the tournament. These teams were non-test member nations of the Americas Cricket Association. The teams that played were:


2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Squads
Alejandro FergusonPablo FergusonDonald ForresterCharles GibsonBernardo IrigoyenDiego LordEsteban MacDermottEstaban NinoLucas PaterliniMatias PaterliniHernan PereyraPablo RyanGary Savage


2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Squads
Lionel CannHasan DurhamKevin HurdleMalachi JonesStefan KellyDwayne LeverockSaleem MukuddemGeorge O'BrienSteven OuterbridgeAzeem PitcherIrving RomaineClay SmithJaneiro TuckerKwame Tucker


2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Squads
Trevin BastiampillaiIan BillcliffAustin CodringtonGeorge CodringtonJohn DavisonSandeep JyotiKendon OttleyAbdool SamadKevin SandherSurendra SeerajEasan SinnathambyDurand SoraineSteven Welsh


2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Squads
Ryan BovellRonald EbanksRyan EbanksSteve GordonFranklyn HindsAbali HoilettKeneil IrvingJalon LintonSaheed MohamedTroy TaylorMichael WightPhilip Wight


2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One, Squads
Lennox CushJignesh DesaiImran AwanKhawaja ShujaSteve MassiahSushil NadkarniChintan PatelAbhishek PawarSteve PitterGowkaran RoopnarineNiraj ShahCarl Wright


2006 ICC Awards
The 2006 ICC Awards were held on 3 November 2006 in Mumbai, India. The annual awards had been instigated in London in 2004 and in 2005 they were announced in Sydney. They were sponsored by Hyundai and conducted during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy. For the first time, honours for both Captain of the Year and Women's Cricketer of the Year were awarded.


2006 ICC Awards, Selection Committee
Nominees were voted on by a 56-member academy of current and ex-players and officials from among players chosen by the ICC Selection Committee, chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar.


2006 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC Test Team of the Year
Rahul Dravid was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were announced as follows:


2006 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC ODI Team of the Year
Mahela Jayawardene was selected as the captain of the ODI Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were announced as follows:


2006 ICC Champions Trophy
The 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India from 7 October to 5 November 2006. It was the fifth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy (previously known as the ICC Knock-out). The tournament venue was not confirmed until mid-2005 when the Indian government agreed that tournament revenues would be free from tax (the 2002 tournament had been due to be held in India, but was switched to Sri Lanka when an exemption from tax in India was not granted). Australia won the tournament, their first Champions Trophy victory.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy
They were the only team to get one loss in the tournament, as all other teams lost at least two matches. West Indies, their final opponents, beat Australia in the group stage but were bowled out for 138 in the final and lost by eight wickets on the Duckworth–Lewis method. West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle was named Player of the Tournament.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy
English writer Tim de Lisle said the tournament "had been fun" because "it had been unpredictable." The unpredictability was in part shown by the fact that no Asian side qualified for the semi-final, for the first time in a major ICC tournament since the 1975 World Cup. De Lisle also claimed that "the pitches" had been the "tournament's secret," saying that they were "sporting and quixotic" and "quite untypical of both one-day cricket and the subcontinent."


2006 ICC Champions Trophy
His viewed were echoed by panelists in a roundtable discussion organized by Cricinfo, "who hoped that the tournament would not be a one-off in a batsman-dominated game," according to news site rediff.com. The tournament recorded five of the 10 lowest team totals in the tournament's history, and totals of 80 (for West Indies v Sri Lanka) and 89 (for Pakistan v South Africa) were the lowest recorded in matches involving the top eight ranked One-day International sides of the world.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy, Qualifying
The Ten full member teams competed in the tournament and were seeded according to the ICC ODI Championship standings on 1 April 2006. Bangladesh became the last team to qualify, claiming tenth place ahead of Kenya on 23 March 2006. The first six teams on the ICC ODI table (Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, India, and England) qualified automatically; the next four teams (Sri Lanka, the defending champions West Indies, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh) played a pre-tournament round-robin qualifying round from 7 to 14 October to determine which two will proceed to play in the tournament proper.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy, Tournament structure
Two teams from the qualifying round, plus the other six teams, played in a group stage, split into two groups of four in a round-robin competition, played from 15 to 29 October. Matches in the preliminary round and the group round were played in the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali, Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur, and the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The matches in Mumbai were the first ODIs at Brabourne Stadium for 11 years.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy, Tournament structure
The top two teams from each group qualified for the semi-finals played in Mohali on 1 November and in Jaipur on 2 November. The final was played in Mumbai on 5 November.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy, Off the field issues
The BCCI, Indian cricket's governing body, made efforts to ensure that this is the last ICC Champions Trophy. They stated that it was a "financial burden" for host nations and that the ICC should host only one international tournament, the World Cup. However, in April, BCCI president Sharad Pawar said that he would "respect the decision" if the ICC unanimously agreed to keep the Champions Trophy on the calendar.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy, Off the field issues
After the bombings in Mumbai in July 2006, there were concerns raised about the security of players, but no team decided to withdraw on these grounds.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy, Off the field issues
Herschelle Gibbs returned to India for the first time in six years; he had refused to tour the country following the match-fixing scandal on the tour of India in 2000, over fears he might be arrested. He eventually agreed to a questioning session with the Delhi police, incriminating several more people in the scandal.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy, Off the field issues
Pakistan's team composition frequently changed; the original captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was suspended following his decision to forfeit the fourth Test of Pakistan's match against England over an umpiring decision. Younis Khan was instated as captain, withdrew himself, then was appointed for the job again. On 16 October, the day before their first match, Pakistan fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar were sent home following a positive A sample of a drugs test.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy, Off the field issues, Award ceremony controversy
During the Award ceremony after the finals, Ricky Ponting tapped the shoulders of BCCI President  Sharad Pawar and gestured him to hand over the trophy. Soon after the trophy was handed over, Damien Martyn nudged Sharad Pawar off the stage, eager to relish the moment and to pose for the waiting photographers. Former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar who was also present on the stage, later disclosed that one of the Australian team members referred to Pawar as "Hiya Buddy."


2006 ICC Champions Trophy, Off the field issues, Award ceremony controversy
Although Pawar tried to play down the incident by stating that "it wasn't intentional," some cricketers, including the usually diplomatic Sachin Tendulkar and Nikhil Chopra reacted strongly to this. In Mumbai, a section of NCP workers took to the streets demanding an apology from the Australian cricket team. Chaggan Bhujbal, a NCP leader, said, "This is an insult to a senior leader. We will make a formal complaint to the Australian embassy."


2006 ICC Champions Trophy, Off the field issues, Award ceremony controversy
The BCCI, however, decided not to complain to Cricket Australia officially. However, the issue soon got resolved when Ricky Ponting tended his apology to Pawar.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy, Umpires and match referees
Three match referees and eight umpires were named for the tournament. Of the ten umpires on the ICC elite panel, neither Darrell Hair, who was not nominated due to security concerns, nor Billy Doctrove was employed for the tournament. Those were two umpires calling Pakistan for ball tampering in August. An ICC spokesman said, "this didn't mean Billy Doctrove is a bad umpire," and that there was "nothing sinister" about the decision.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy, Qualifying round
West Indies and Sri Lanka had qualified with a game to spare, and their match only determined position on the ICC ODI Championship table as well as group opposition in the main stage.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final
The final of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was played on 5 November 2006 between the West Indies and Australia at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Australia qualified into the final by defeating New Zealand in the first semi-final at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on 1 November 2006. The West Indies  made their way into the final after defeating South Africa in the second semi-final played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on 2 November 2006. The match was interrupted by rain during the Australian innings.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final
Australia won the final by 8 wickets applying Duckworth–Lewis method (D/L method), winning the Champions Trophy for the first time. Shane Watson earned the man of the match award for his performance in the match. Chris Gayle was named the man of the series for scoring 474 runs in the tournament.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final
Australia were criticised by the Indian media for pushing the President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Minister in the Government of India, Sharad Pawar, off the dais.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Route to the Final, Semi-finals
The first semi final was played between Australia and New Zealand on 1 November 2006 at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali. Australia batted first and scored 240 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs. Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds scored 58 runs each. Kyle Mills took four wickets for 38 runs in 10 overs. In the reply, New Zealand were all out for 206 runs in 46 overs with Daniel Vettori scoring 79 runs. Glenn McGrath, who took three wickets conceding 22 runs in 10 overs, was given man of the match award.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Route to the Final, Semi-finals
West Indies played South Africa in the second semi-final on 2 November 2006 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, and defeated them by 6 wickets. South Africa scored 258 runs for eight wickets in 50 overs with Herschelle Gibbs scoring 77 runs. Dwayne Bravo took two wickets for 44 runs in seven overs. West Indies had lost four wickets before reaching the target in 44 overs. Their highest scorer Chris Gayle—133 runs not out from 135 balls—shared an opening partnership of 154 runs with Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who scored 57. South African bowler Robin Peterson conceded 36 runs in seven overs for taking one wicket. Gayle's performance earned him the man of the match award.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Match, Summary
The final of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was played between Australia and West Indies Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on 5 November 2006. West Indies batted first after winning the toss. Chanderpaul and Gayle opened the innings, shared a partnership of 49 runs in 5.1 overs. Chanderpaul scored 27 runs from 18 balls. Brett Lee, who was struck for a six and four fours by Chanderpaul, conceded 36 runs in his opening spell three overs. Gayle scored 37 runs from 27 balls hitting McGrath for 14 runs in three consecutive deliveries including two sixes.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Match, Summary
McGrath conceded 22 runs in his first two overs, but his next five overs cost just two runs for two wickets. Despite their 80 runs in the first 10 overs, West Indies were all out for 138 runs in 30.4 overs. Their last eight batsmen added just 58 runs to the total; and last five players scored 25 runs in eight overs. Australian left-arm fast bowler Nathan Bracken took three wickets for 22 runs in six overs whereas Shane Watson took two wickets for 11 runs in three overs.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Match, Summary
Australia started their batting with the early losses of Adam Gilchrist and captain Ricky Ponting, and were restricted to 13 runs for two wickets in four overs. Before the scheduled dinner break, Watson and Damien Martyn had taken the total to 45 runs in 10 overs. The match was then delayed for two hours due to rain, and the revised target of 116 runs was set in 35 overs applying the Duckworth–Lewis method (D/L method). Australia reached the target in 28.5 overs with Watson and Martyn scoring 57 and 47 runs (both not out) respectively.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Match, Summary
West Indian fast bowler Ian Bradshaw took one wicket for 21 runs in six overs. Watson was given the man of the match award for his all-round performance. Gayle was named the man of the tournament for scoring 474 runs in eight games including three centuries. West Indies, the winner of the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, were not able to defend the title. Australia won the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Controversy
Australia were criticised for pushing Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President and Minister in the Government of India, Sharad Pawar off the podium once he presented the trophy to Australian captain Ponting. Television replays showed Martyn  placing his hand on the minister's shoulder and asking him to move aside, Ponting showing Pawar his forefinger as asking to give him the trophy. Indian media described  Australia as "rude and arrogant".


2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Controversy
The Times of India reported that "Australia showed they aren't exactly polite off it too" while Indian Express headlined that "this is how champions behave when they get the trophy." Former Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar called the incident as "unpleasant" and said that "such incidents should be avoided." Indian chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar reacted that it was a "behavior from uneducated people" and called it "appalling." Pawar, however, recalled the incident "a small thing, stupid thing," and said that he did not "want to react."


2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads
These were the 10 squads picked to take part in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, the fourth instalment of the Champions Trophy cricket tournament. The tournament was held in India from 7 October to 5 November 2006. Teams could name a preliminary squad of 30, but only 14-man squads were permitted for the actual tournament, and these had to be submitted by 7 September, one month before the start of the tournament.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads
Several of the squads were changed during or before the tournament due to injuries or suspensions; Pakistan changed their captains three times before the tournament had begun, and also sent home two players due to doping allegations. Both India and Zimbabwe had to replace a player during the tournament, which required the permission of the International Cricket Council's Technical Committee.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Australia
Australia picked a preliminary squad of 30 players, before cutting it down to 14 on 4 September. Stuart Clark suffered a thigh injury and missed the tournament. Dan Cullen was called up as a replacement on 5 October.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads, England
England announced a squad of 14 on 12 September, after picking their preliminary squad of 30. Andrew Flintoff, who had not played cricket since July, was named captain.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads, India
India selected their squad at the same time as announcing their squad for the 2006–07 DLF Cup. Spinner Anil Kumble, with 264 ODIs under his belt, was not selected, which was made headline news by cricket website Cricinfo.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads, New Zealand
New Zealand selected a preliminary squad of 30, before cutting it down to 14 on 7 September. Scott Styris was included despite missing a county match with Middlesex due to injury; Shane Bond, Jacob Oram and Daniel Vettori had all recovered from injuries and were included, while Michael Mason was ruled out by an injury. The selection of Wellington seamer Mark Gillespie, described by coach John Bracewell as "the domestic season's outstanding pace bowler", was described by Herald on Sunday writer Dylan Cleaver as a "bolter".


2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Pakistan
Pakistan selected their squad on 6 September. Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq have been suspended for four matches due to "bringing the game into disrepute" during the fourth Test of the 2006 series between England and Pakistan, and was thus withdrawn from the squad, and was unable to take any part in the tournament, as Faisal Iqbal was called up as replacement. Younis Khan was named replacement captain, only to resign two days before the tournament began, leading Shahid Afridi to take over. However, on 7 October, the new Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Naseem Ashraf announced that Younis would captain the side.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Pakistan
On 16 October, before Pakistan had started playing any games in the tournament, it was revealed that two Pakistani players, Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar had failed a drugs test for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone. Abdur Rehman and Yasir Arafat were called up to replace them.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads, South Africa
South Africa selected their squad of 14 on 7 September. The omission of spinner Nicky Boje, with 115 ODI caps for South Africa, was described as "interesting" by Cricinfo.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka picked a 14-man squad on 25 August 2006.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads, West Indies
West Indies went in with the same 14-man squad as in the 2006–07 DLF Cup triangular tournament in Malaysia in September.


2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads, Zimbabwe
Gary Brent replaced Terry Duffin before the match with Bangladesh on 13 October.


2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day)
The 2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy was held in Brisbane, Australia from 27 June – 2 July 2006, functioning as the East Asia-Pacific regional final for the 2011 Cricket World Cup and EAP qualification tournament for the inaugural ICC World Cricket League, Division 3. Hosted by Queensland Cricket, the 50-over competition was held at the Peter Burge Oval of the Redlands Cricket Club, located on Wellington Point in southeast Brisbane.


2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day)
Affiliate nation Cook Islands, plus Associates Japan and Fiji made up the three-team field. Japan and Cook Islands advanced from the six-team 2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup for fledgling cricketing nations. Fiji were inserted into the latter stage of regional qualifying rather than playing in the EAP Cricket Cup because they were the second-best team (and only other Associate) in the region during 2007 World Cup qualifying. (In fact, fellow EAP region Associate Papua New Guinea defeated Fiji in the WCQS Division 2 repechage competition, earning the final berth into the 2005 ICC Trophy.)


2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day)
Each team faced the others twice in a double round-robin format, for a total of six matches and four per team. Fiji rolled to easy victories, racking up the maximum of 8 points, while the Japanese and the Cooks split their matches to finish with one win apiece. (Cook Islands finished second based on a higher net run rate.) The closest match was the rain-shortened third match where Japan, chasing 74, rallied from a 5-over total of 14/3 to defeat the Cook Islands on the Duckworth-Lewis method.


2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day)
Fiji advanced as the East Asia-Pacific region representative in Division 3 of the 2007 World Cricket League.


2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day), 2011 World Cup implications
The three-team tournament determined the East Asia-Pacific representative for Division 3 of the 2007 World Cricket League. (One representative from each International Cricket Council Region qualifies for Division 3, the bottom division of the WCL, which will begin play in the early part of the year.)


2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day), 2011 World Cup implications
Qualification for the 2011 Cricket World Cup was and is the ultimate goal of regional and WCL matches, since Division 3 teams can gain promotion up to 2009's World Cup qualifying tournament (or "Division 1") through WCL Division 2. The top teams from Division 2 advance to the 2009 qualifier. Lower teams in Division 2 will return to Division 3 in 2009 without having to advance through the 2008 regional qualifiers to earn a third-division slot.


2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day), 2011 World Cup implications
WCL play is the primary route into the 2011 Cup for non-Test playing nations. (The 2009 WCQ tournament replaces the 2005 ICC Trophy, the qualifying system for the 2007 version, as the pathway to the World Cup.)


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three
The 2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three was a cricket tournament in South Africa, taking place between 23 April and 28 April 2006. It gave eight African Associate and Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and formed part of the global World Cricket League structure.


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Teams
There were 8 teams that played in the tournament. These teams were non-test member nations of the African Cricket Association. The teams that played were:


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads
Moses BahoumPeter CampbellAniru ContehAlfred CrookesBakary DarboeMbye DumbuyaMalamin FofanaJohnny GomezGeorge GreywoodePrince JohnsonAniel MendyWilfred RileyMusa Sillah


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads
Obed H AgbomadzieLawrence AhadziKodom AnafieMoses AnafiePeter AnanyaSamson AwiahMichael K AyirewujeFrancis BakiweyemThomas BakiweyemMark BawaMatthew BawaRufus NtiamoahAbdul-Karim SumailaJames Vifah


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads
Thabiso LemphaneTunisang LeoisaTs'epo LephemaRannakoe MahaoMalebanye NkokoMotsielo NonyaneLesole Nts'ekheRelebohile QhasheleTanki SenekaneMoshabesha SetsoamaliDaniel SkinnerPhoka Thene


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads
Imran BandaShoaib ChinoyFaraz JunejoYaseen JunejoI KaraImran KhanAubrey MsosaHenry NjokaMusaeed QureshiZafar SukheraT TarmohamedIrfan VadiaSeraz Zaveri


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads
Mehdi BenetayabTarek El GhaniSalah El MouridiAbdelghani EnnaouiMohammed EnnaouiSoufiane EssayehAzhar HanchaouiRachid HarmaouiI KeltaniKishour KirpalaniKamal MouddenAmine MoussaouiZakaria Zaki


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads
Kaleem ShahNadir KarimImtiyaz LiliMohammad ShahzadJulio NhamaliziMuhammad PanjwaniZainul PatelChandra PuspussenQurban AliShoaib YounisMohammad SidatBineesh Vadavathy


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads
Hussain BudhwaniEmmanuel ByiringiroEric DusabemunguKiran KapadiyaAndre KayiteraGopi KrishnanVinith KumarJulius MbaragaMehboob JasatMohamed JesatDennis MukamaKalpin PatelSrinath Vardhineni


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three, Squads
Alusine DumbuyaMohamed DumbuyaMustapha KallonAbubakarr KamaraAlie KamaraEmmanuel KamaraMohamed KamaraSheka KamaraGeorge KpundehMomoe KpundehLansana LaminMohamed MansarayIbrahim Sesay


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two
The 2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two was a cricket tournament in Tanzania, taking place between 23 April and 27 August 2006. It gave five African Associate and Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and formed part of the global World Cricket League structure.


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Teams
There were 5 teams that played in the tournament. These teams were non-test member nations of the African Cricket Association. The teams that played were:


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads
Aslam ChandDanish ShiraziFeroz EssackG Mosa GaolekweKaran KapoorTshepo MhozyaJohn MokokweJames WM MosesNoor AhmadOmar AliAbdul Razak Mosa PatelDenzil Kenan Sequeira


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads
Jawaid AbbasAmin MohamadElisio ChitsonzoIrfan JamalKaleem ShahImtiyaz Shafikbhai LiliMohammad ShahzadMuhammad PanjwaniZainulabidin Gulam PatelChandra SC PuspussenQurban AliShoaib Younis


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads
Yemi AdegbolaMakanjuola AkinyemiAdelayo AtoloyeOlajide J BejideThomas EzehOluwadolapo GafarThomas HarunaRoland IlubeSeun OdekuEndurance OfemJoshua O OgunlolaTayo OkusanyaAdemola A Onikoyi


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads
Hasnain Muhsin DamjiHussein MuhamedAthumani KakonziHatim KudratiBenson MwitaKazim NasserKassim NassoroAbhik Ramesh PatwaKhalil Zulfiqar Rehmtullah Shaheed Dhanani


2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two, Squads
Godfrey KandelaRueben KositaSaidi MalamaShahid MohamedMadaliso MvulaIsaac MwabaImran Suleman PatelJavid PatelShahid PatelSarfraz A PatelHussain Patel MohammedSharif Tangy


2006 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 2006 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Prague, Czech Republic between 2-6 August 2006 under the auspices of International Canoe Federation at the Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre. It was the 30th edition. Prague became the second city to host both the slalom and sprint world championships, having hosted the latter in 1958 when Prague was part of Czechoslovakia. Nottingham, Great Britain was the first, hosting the slalom world championships in 1995 and the sprint world championships in 1981.


2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Szeged, Hungary, from August 17 to 20 2006. This was the second time the Hungarian city had hosted the championships, doing so previously in 1998.


2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Men race as individuals, pairs and quads over 200 m, 500 m and 1000 m in both Canoe (Canadian) (C) and Kayak (K) events, giving a total of 18 gold medals. Women compete for only 9 gold medals as they race in kayak events only.


2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Highlights
Host nation Hungary won twelve of the twenty-seven gold medals. Germany, who had topped the medal table in Zagreb in 2005, took four golds, as did Russia.


2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Highlights
Hungary's medal haul included victories in all nine women's finals, Natasa Janics and Katalin Kovács winning six titles each.


2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Highlights
In the men's races, Mexican Everardo Cristóbal shocked the top Europeans with victory in the C-1 1000 m final, giving Mexico their first-ever world championship gold medal. The K-1 1000 m, the Blue Riband event, was won by Markus Oscarsson of Sweden.


2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Highlights
Germany's Ronald Rauhe won three gold medals to give him a career total of ten. Hungarian György Kolonics, who holds the (men's) record for paddlers currently in competition, won the fourteenth gold medal of his career in the C-2 1000 m final. Russia's Maxim Opalev won his eleventh title. Other perennial favourites such as Andreas Dittmer, Eirik Verås Larsen and Adam van Koeverden however were unable to repeat previous successes. Germany won their first-ever C-4 title (1000 m). In the men's K-4 races, however, no German boats made the podium - the first time that had happened since 1977. Special mention should also go to the Czech Petr Procházka, the oldest man at the championships, who took gold in the C-4 200 m final.


2006 IF Elfsborg season
In 2006 IF Elfsborg, the Swedish football club located in Borås, won their first national title since 1961, thanks to a dramatic finish to the season, where Elfsborg hit top form at the end of the year, sealing the title thanks to Joakim Sjöhage's goal against Djurgården. When Djurgården's claim for a penalty was waved off in stoppage time, Elfsborg overhauled AIK by a single point.


2006 IFK Göteborg season
IFK Göteborg had a largely disappointing season, finishing in the bottom half of Allsvenskan, also letting go of highly rated Norwegian coach Arne Erlandsen, only for his successor Reine Almqvist to endure an even worse run of results, which saw him being let go after the season, too.


2006 IFK Göteborg season
The club was also embroiled in controversy, as Peter Ijeh and Stefan Selaković were among with club director Mats Persson and an accountant trialled for tax evasion with regards to sign-on fees. In the end, Persson was sentenced to jail, while Selaković escaped that punishment, but was still convicted.


2006 IIHF European Champions Cup
The 2006 IIHF European Champions Cup was the second edition of IIHF European Champions Cup. It was held in Saint Petersburg at the Ice Palace arena, from January 5 to January 8. The champions of 2005 of the six strongest hockey nations of Europe participate: HC Dynamo Moscow (RUS), Frölunda HC (SWE), HC Slovan Bratislava (SVK), Kärpät (FIN), HC Moeller Pardubice (CZE), HC Davos (SUI).


2006 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup
The 2006 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup was the third holding of the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup. AIK IF Solna of Sweden's  Riksserien won the tournament for the third consecutive time.


2006 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup
An additional group was introduced in the Qualification of this tournament, adding four teams and bringing the total number of participating teams to seventeen from sixteen countries. As the defending cup holders, AIK IF progressed directly to the Super Final and did not participate in the Qualification.


2006 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup
Like the other IIHF tournaments in the 2006–07 season, games in this year's tournament could no longer end in a tie. If no winner was determined after overtime, the game would progress to a shootout. The change necessitated a reassessment of points awarded for match outcomes: three points were awarded for a regulation win, two points for an overtime/shootout win, one point for a regulation loss, and no points/zero points for an overtime/shootout loss.


2006 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup
Each of the Qualification groups and the Super Final were played as single round-robin tournaments.


2006 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
The 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships is the 11th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It took place  between July 10 and July 16, 2006.


2006 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
The preliminary round will be played in 4 groups (A-D) with 4 teams each. The groups A and B form Pool A, the groups C and D form Pool B.


2006 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
The two last-placed teams of the groups A and B and the two first-placed teams of the groups C and D play for 4th place in group A and B to participate in the Play-Offs of Pool A. The losers of the games between 4th


2006 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship
A and 1st C, 4th B and 1st D play as first place in group C and D to participate in the Play-Offs of Pool B. The ranking of the groups is based according to the result of the last World Championships performance of the respective countries in the IIHF Inline Hockey Program and the qualification rounds.


2006 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship, Top Division, Qualifying Round
Austria remains in Top Division, Hungary remains in Division I


2006 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship, Top Division, Qualifying Round
Slovenia remains in Top Division, Great Britain remains in Division I


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


2006 IIHF World Championship
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.)


2006 IIHF World Championship
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.


2006 IIHF World Championship, Nations
The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament – 13 nations from Europe, two nations from North America and one nation from Asia are represented.


2006 IIHF World Championship, Preliminary round
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.


2006 IIHF World Championship, Preliminary round
Groups A and D were played in Kloten, groups B and C in Berne.


2006 IIHF World Championship, Qualifying 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship, Qualifying round
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.


2006 IIHF World Championship, Relegation round
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.


2006 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division I
The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 23 to April 30, 2009. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Amiens, France. Group B's games were played in Tallinn, Estonia. Germany and Austria finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to the 2007 World Championship. While Israel finished last in Group A and Croatia last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2007.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Ranking and statistics
GP = Games played; G = Goals; T = Ties; L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = PointsSource:


2006 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Ranking and statistics, 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2006 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Ranking and statistics, 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2006 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Ranking and statistics
GP = Games played; G = Goals; T = Ties; L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = PointsSource:


2006 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Ranking and statistics, 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2006 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Ranking and statistics, 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2006 IIHF World Championship Division II
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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Ranking and statistics, 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2006 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Ranking and statistics, 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2006 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Ranking and statistics
GP = Games played; W = Wins; T = Ties;L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points


2006 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Ranking and statistics, 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2006 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Ranking and statistics, 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2006 IIHF World Championship Division III
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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division III, Ranking and statistics
GP = Games played; W = Wins; T = Ties;L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points


2006 IIHF World Championship Division III, Ranking and statistics, 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division III, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2006 IIHF World Championship Division III, Ranking and statistics, 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.


2006 IIHF World Championship Division III, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2006 IIHF World Championship Final
The 2006 IIHF World Championship Final was an ice hockey match that took place on 21 May 2006 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia, to determine the winner of the 2006 IIHF World Championship. Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 4–0 to win its 8th championship. It's the only time the Czechs have lost the gold medal game in tournament history.


2006 IIHF World Championship Final, Background
The game marked the first time that Sweden and the Czech Republic would meet in the World Championship finals. The Czech Republic were finalists for the second time in as many years, and they were defending champions having beaten Canada to win the 2004 edition. However, Sweden were just coming off a gold medal winning performance at the 2006 Olympics. This was seen as either a curse or good-luck, on the one hand, no team had ever won Olympic and World Championship gold in the same year, on the other it showed the strength of the Swedish team.


2006 IIHF World Championship Final, Venue
The Arena Riga in Riga was determined to host the final of the championship. Previously at the tournament, the venue hosted the both semi-finals, and the Bronze medal match. In the final, the attendance was 9,800.


2006 IIHF World Championship Final, The Match, Summary
Jesper Mattsson opened the scoring for Sweden at 14:36 minutes into the first period, assisted by Niklas Kronwall, and Andreas Karlsson. This ended up to be the game-winning goal. Just 37 seconds later Fredrik Emvall put one in five-hole on Milan Hnilička, assisted by Karlsson, and Mattson.


2006 IIHF World Championship Final, The Match, Summary
At 4:07 into the second period, Kronwall received a pass from Ronnie Sundin, off of Michael Nylander and rushed down the right wing, cut into the slot and put it backhand on Hnilička. With only minutes remaining in the second period Jörgen Jönsson fired a successful one-timer shot from a pass by Mikael Samuelsson.


2006 IIHF World Championship Final, The Match, Summary
The Czechs were lacking offense and only managed 15 shots the entire game including only 4 in the second period. The Swedes dominated all three zones, and Johan Holmqvist, the Swedish goaltender came away with only the second ever shutout in a single game World Championship final.


2006 IIHF World Championship Final, The Match, Summary
The Swedish coach, Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, said of his team's historic win: "Most people believed it was impossible. To win an Olympics by itself is an achievement that was something special. But coming here with a new team, new guys, is special as well."


2006 IIHF World Championship rosters
The 2006 IIHF World Championship rosters consisted of 370 players on 16 national ice hockey teams. Run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the Ice Hockey World Championships is the sport's highest-profile annual international tournament. The 2006 IIHF World Championship was the 70th edition of the tournament and was held in Riga, Latvia. Sweden won the Championship, the eighth time they had done so.


2006 IIHF World Championship rosters
Before the start of the World Championship, each participating nation had to submit a list of players for its roster. A minimum of fifteen skaters and two goaltenders, and a maximum of twenty skaters and three goaltenders had to be selected. If a country selects fewer than the maximum allowed, they must choose the remaining players prior to the start of the tournament. After the start of the tournament, each team was allowed to select an additional two players, either skaters or goaltenders, to their roster, for a maximum roster of 25 players. Once players were registered to the team, they could not be removed from the roster.


2006 IIHF World Championship rosters
To qualify for a national team under IIHF rules, a player must follow several criteria. He must be a citizen of the nation, and be under the jurisdiction of that national association. Players are allowed to switch which national team they play for, providing they fulfill the IIHF criteria. If participating for the first time in an IIHF event, the player would have had to play two consecutive years in the national competition of the new country without playing in another country. If the player has already played for a national team before, he may switch countries if he is a citizen of the new country, and has played for four consecutive years in the national competition of the new country. This switch may only happen once in the player's life.


2006 IIHF World Championship rosters
Niklas Kronwall of Sweden was named the tournament's most valuable player and best defenceman by the IIHF directorate. Sidney Crosby of Canada led the tournament in goals and total point scoring, and was named the top forward. Swede Johan Holmqvist was selected as top goaltender. Finland's Fredrik Norrena led goaltenders in save percentage, with 0.951.


2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
The 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournaments made up the second level of competition at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 3 April and 9 April 2006 in Miskolc, Hungary and the Group B tournament took place between 2 April and 8 April 2006 in Riga, Latvia. Switzerland and Latvia won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Hungary finished last in Group A and South Korea last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2007.


2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament
The Group A tournament began on 3 April 2006 in Miskolc, Hungary. Austria, France, Kazakhstan and Slovenia all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships. Hungary gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group B tournament and Switzerland was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship.


2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament
Switzerland won the tournament after winning four of their five games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. Slovenia finished in second place after losing only to Switzerland and Kazakhstan finished in third place. Hungary finished in last place, managing to tie one of their games and lose the other four and were relegated back to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament
Matija Pintarič of Slovenia led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 0.940, and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate. Kazakhstan's Yevgeniy Rymarev was named as top forward and Marco Maurer of Switzerland was selected as top defenceman. France's Remy Rimann was the tournaments leading scorer with ten points, including five goals and five assists.


2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Leading goaltenders
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.


2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament
The Group B tournament began on 2 April 2006 in Riga, Latvia. Japan, Latvia, Poland and Ukraine all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships. South Korea gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group A tournament and Denmark was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament
Latvia won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. Denmark finished second after losing only to Latvia and Japan finished in third place. South Korea finished in last place, managing only to tie one of their games and lose the other four and were relegated to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. Arturs Dzelzs of Latvia led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 0.948, and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate. Denmark's Philip Larsen was named as top defenceman and Andris Džeriņš of Latvia was selected as top forward. Džeriņš also led the tournament in scoring with 13 points, including six goals and seven assists.


2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Leading goaltenders
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.