2013 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2013 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A contested in Budapest, Hungary and Group B contested in Donetsk, Ukraine, both running from April 14 through April 20, 2013.

For the third consecutive year the two nations that had been demoted from the top level, were sent right back. In Group A Kazakhstan and Italy narrowly held off Hungary to achieve promotion, who lost for the first time in their history to South Korea. The Koreans also defeated Great Britain on the final day, relegating the British, and achieveing a placement of 21st overall, their best ever finish.

In Group B, Ukraine returned to Group A, Estonia returned to Division II, and the other four nations repeated their placements from 2012. The final day was dramatic though, as it featured head-to-head match-ups to determine promotion and relegation. Both Poland and Ukraine were undefeated until they met in the final game of the tournament, Ukraine came out ahead four to three. The game between the two winless Baltic nations was not as dramatic, as Lithuania scored twelve to stay in Division I.

Officials
The IIHF selected 11 referees and 14 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF World Championship DIV I. Division I Group A has 7 referees and 7 linesman. DIV I Group B has 4 referees and 7 linesman. They were the following:

2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A in Hungary


 * Referees
 * 🇦🇹 Thomas Berneker
 * 🇧🇾 Maxim Sidorenko
 * 🇨🇦 Pascal St-Jacques
 * 🇫🇷 Jimmy Bergamelli
 * 🇵🇱 Pawel Meszynski
 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Sergeev
 * 🇸🇰 Daniel Konc


 * Linesmen
 * 🇨🇦 Justin Hull
 * 🇨🇿 Jiří Gebauer
 * 🇭🇺 Attila Nagy
 * 🇭🇺 Marton Németh
 * 🇳🇴 Alexander Waldejer
 * Joris Müller
 * 🇺🇸 David Brown

2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B in Ukraine


 * Referees
 * 🇬🇧 Michael Hicks
 * Andris Ansons
 * 🇸🇰 Peter Lokšík
 * 🇺🇦 Maksym Urda


 * Linesmen
 * 🇧🇪 Frederic Monnaie
 * Rene Jensen
 * 🇮🇹 Ulrich Pardatscher
 * 🇸🇰 Martin Korba
 * 🇸🇮 Damir Rakovič
 * 🇺🇦 Anton Hladchenko
 * 🇺🇦 Artem Korepanov

Schedule
The 2013 DIV I Group A fixtures were released by the IIHF on 15 October 2012.

All times local.

Top 10 scorers
IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

IIHF.com

Tournament awards
IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇮🇹 Adam Dennis
 * Best Defenseman: 🇯🇵 Aaron Keller
 * Best Forward: 🇮🇹 Patrick Iannone

Schedule
The 2013 DIV I Group B fixtures were released by the IIHF on 15 October 2012.

All times local.

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 * date       = 20 April 2013
 * time       = 12:00
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 * team1      = {{ih-rt|NED}}
 * team2      = {{ih|ROU}}
 * score      = 6–2
 * periods    = (3–0, 1–1, 2–0)
 * reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/347/IHM347913_74_3_0.pdf
 * goalie1    = Martijn Oosterwijk
 * goalie2    = Adrian Catrinoi Cornea Gellert Ruczuj
 * progression = 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1 6–1 6–2
 * goals1     = T. Demelinne (K. Bruijsten, M. Postma} – 11:10 R. Joly (M. Postma} – 13:10 L. van Sloun (R. Wurm} – 14:27 D. Hagemeijer (I. van den Heuvel} (PP) – 24:40  J-J. Natte (J. Smid} – 49:08 R. Wurm (D. van den Velden} – 57:10
 * goals2     =    34:55 – E. Moldovan (A. Goga)   58:29 – Y. Pysarenko (C. Virag, Z. Molnar)
 * official   = 🇬🇧 Michael Hicks
 * linesman   = 🇺🇦 Anton Gladchenko
 * linesman2  = 🇺🇦 Artem Korepanov
 * stadium    = Druzhba Palace of Sports, Donetsk
 * attendance = 1,014
 * penalties1 = 8
 * penalties2 = 16
 * shots1     = 26
 * shots2     = 28

Top 10 scorers
IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

IIHF.com

Tournament awards
IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goalkeeper: Martijn Oosterwijk
 * Best Defenseman: 🇵🇱 Paweł Dronia
 * Best Forward: 🇺🇦 Oleh Tymchenko