2013 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2013 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were the 77th such event organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 48 teams representing their countries participated in seven levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2014 competition.

2013 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
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Championship

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The Top division championship took place between sixteen teams from 3 to May 19, 2013. Sweden and Finland hosted the event with games played in Stockholm and Helsinki.[1]
The IIHF's official final ranking of the tournament:[2]

Division I

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Division I A

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The Division I A tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary, from 14 to 20 April 2013.[3]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
  Kazakhstan 5 4 0 0 1 18 6 +12 12 Promoted to the 2014 Top Division
  Italy 5 4 0 0 1 15 6 +9 12
  Hungary 5 3 0 1 1 12 10 +2 10
  Japan 5 2 0 0 3 13 16 −3 6
  South Korea 5 1 1 0 3 16 19 −3 5
  Great Britain 5 0 0 0 5 5 22 −17 0 Relegated to the 2014 Division I B

Division I B

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The Division I B tournament was played in Donetsk, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2013.[4]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
  Ukraine 5 4 1 0 0 30 7 +23 14 Promoted to the 2014 Division I A
  Poland 5 4 0 0 1 22 9 +13 12
  Netherlands 5 3 0 1 1 19 15 +4 10
  Romania 5 2 0 0 3 12 24 −12 6
  Lithuania 5 1 0 0 4 16 22 −6 3
  Estonia 5 0 0 0 5 14 36 −22 0 Relegated to the 2014 Division II A

Division II

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Division II A

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The Division II A tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 14 to 20 April 2013.[5]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
  Croatia 5 5 0 0 0 27 8 +19 15 Promoted to the 2014 Division I B
  Belgium 5 3 0 0 2 15 13 +2 9
  Iceland 5 2 1 0 2 16 16 0 8
  Australia 5 2 0 1 2 13 13 0 7
  Serbia 5 2 0 0 3 14 21 −7 6
  Spain 5 0 0 0 5 12 26 −14 0 Relegated to the 2014 Division II B

Division II B

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The Division II B tournament was played in İzmit, Turkey, from 21 to 27 April 2013.[6]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
  Israel 5 4 0 0 1 30 14 +16 12 Promoted to the 2014 Division II A
  New Zealand 5 4 0 0 1 24 16 +8 12
  Mexico 5 3 1 0 1 25 18 +7 11
  China 5 2 0 0 3 20 25 −5 6
  Turkey 5 1 0 0 4 16 19 −3 3
  Bulgaria 5 0 0 1 4 23 46 −23 1 Relegated to the 2014 Division III

Division III

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Qualification tournament

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The Division III qualification tournament was played in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 14 to 17 October 2012.[7]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 0 14 3 +11 9 Advanced to the Main tournament
  Greece 3 2 0 0 1 18 4 +14 6
  Mongolia 3 1 0 0 2 10 8 +2 3
  Georgia 3 0 0 0 3 1 28 −27 0

Main tournament

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The Division III main tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 15 to 21 April 2013.[8]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
  South Africa 5 5 0 0 0 39 8 +31 15 Promoted to the 2014 Division II B
  North Korea 5 4 0 0 1 20 11 +9 12
  Luxembourg 5 3 0 0 2 20 13 +7 9
  Ireland 5 2 0 0 3 18 20 −2 6
  Greece 5 1 0 0 4 11 27 −16 3
  United Arab Emirates 5 0 0 0 5 10 39 −29 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Official Website
  2. ^ "Playoffs and Final Ranking" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  3. ^ 2013 Division I A statistics
  4. ^ 2013 Division I B statistics
  5. ^ 2013 Division II A statistics
  6. ^ 2013 Division II B statistics
  7. ^ 2013 Division III (Q) statistics
  8. ^ 2013 Division III statistics
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