The 2013 IIHF World Championship Division I was a pair of international Ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A contested in Budapest, Hungary2013 Division I A statistics and Group B contested in Donetsk, Ukraine,2013 Division I B statistics both running from 14 April to 20 April 2013. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of the Ice Hockey World Championships.
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 achieving 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.
Division I A
Participants Team Qualificationplaced 15th in 2012 Top Division and were relegatedplaced 16th in 2012 Top Division and were relegatedhosts, placed 3rd in 2012placed 4th in 2012placed 5th in 2012placed 1st in 2012 Division I B and were promoted
Officials
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
Final standings
Results All times are local (CEST – UTC+2).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGA PtsPIM+/− 1 Roman Starchenko 5 5 2 7 2 +4 2 Patrick Iannone 5 4 2 6 4 +1 2 Kim Ki-sung 5 4 2 6 0 0 4 Shuhei Kuji 5 2 4 6 0 0 5 Márton Vas 5 1 5 6 2 +3 6 Dmitry Upper 5 0 6 6 2 +3 7 Brock Radunske 5 3 2 5 2 −2 7 Talgat Zhailauov 5 3 2 5 4 +1 9 Balazs Ladanyi 5 1 4 5 0 +1 10 Kim Sang-wook 5 0 5 5 2 −1 IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Vitaly Kolesnik 274:43 4 96.77 0.87 2 2 Adam Dennis 240:00 3 96:30 0.75 1 3 Levente Szuper 179:08 5 94.19 1.67 0 4 Park Sung-Je 142.14 6 93.02 2.53 0 5 Yutaka Fukufuji 298:50 16 90.48 3.21 0 IIHF.com
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Adam Dennis Best Defenseman: Aaron Keller Best Forward: Patrick Iannone IIHF.com
Division I B
Participants Team Qualificationhosts, placed 6th in 2012 Division I A and were relegatedplaced 2nd in 2012placed 3rd in 2012placed 4th in 2012placed 5th in 2012placed 1st in 2012 Division II A and were promoted
Officials
Referees Michael Hicks Andris Ansons Peter Lokšík Maksym Urda
Linesmen Frederic Monnaie Rene Jensen Ulrich Pardatscher Martin Korba Damir Rakovič Anton Hladchenko Artem Korepanov
Final standings
Results All times are local (EEST – UTC+3).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGA PtsPIM+/− 1 Oleh Tymchenko 5 5 5 10 4 +6 2 Oleg Shafarenko 5 2 8 10 2 +6 3 Ivy van den Heuvel 5 2 7 9 6 +5 4 Daniel Bogdziul 5 1 8 9 0 -1 5 Aimas Fiscevas 5 6 2 8 0 +3 5 Aleksei Sibirtsev 5 6 2 8 2 -7 7 Paweł Dronia 5 1 7 8 6 +6 7 Marcin Kolusz 5 1 7 8 2 +5 9 Oleksandr Toryanyk 5 3 4 7 4 +7 10 Roman Blahoi 5 6 0 6 2 +6 IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Kamil Kosowski 120:00 1 96.97 0.50 1 2 Martijn Oosterwijk 301:14 15 91.33 2.99 0 3 Mantas Armalis 178:54 11 90.98 3.69 0 4 Przemyslaw Odrobny 179:48 8 90.91 2.67 0 5 Yevhen Napneko 242.14 7 90.54 1.73 0 IIHF.com
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Martijn Oosterwijk Best Defenseman: Paweł Dronia Best Forward: Oleh Tymchenko IIHF.com
References
External links IIHF.com