# 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

The 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I A and Division I B represent the second and third tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.

## Division I Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played at DNB Arena in Stavanger, Norway, from 7 to 13 April 2013.
The winners of this tournament were initially presumed to be promoted to the 2015 Top Division. However, with the Divisions I and II playing in an Olympic year, and the eight Olympic entries being in none of those tournaments, it was determined that the last-placed Olympic team will play a challenge series with the 2014 Division I Group A champion for promotion to the 2015 Top Division. So Japan, as the last team of the 2014 Olympics, did not participate in the World Championships in 2014 and advanced to the 2015 Top Division playoff.
The last-placed team of the Division I Group A was relegated to the Division I Group B for 2014.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Slovakia | placed 8th in Top Division last year and were relegated |
| Norway | hosts; placed 2nd in Division I A last year |
| Japan | placed 3rd in Division I A last year |
| Austria | placed 4th in Division I A last year |
| Latvia | placed 5th in Division I A last year |
| Denmark | placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 13 | |
| 2 | Denmark | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 11 | |
| 3 | Slovakia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 9 | |
| 4 | Austria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 7 | |
| 5 | Norway (H) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 5 | |
| 6 | Latvia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 0 | Relegated to the 2014 Division I B |

### Match results

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

### Statistics and awards
#### Scoring leaders

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Janine Weber | Austria | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +7 | 6 |
| 2 | Marie Henriksen | Denmark | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +1 | 2 |
| 3 | Hanae Kubo | Japan | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +5 | 4 |
| 4 | Denise Altmann | Austria | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Josefine Jakobsen | Denmark | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +2 | 12 |
| 6 | Jana Kapustová | Slovakia | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 2 |
| 7 | Line Bialik Øien | Norway | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 0 |
| 8 | Victoria Hummel | Austria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 0 |
| 9 | Esther Kantor | Austria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –1 | 4 |
| 9 | Chiho Osawa | Japan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 2 |
| 9 | Tomoko Sakagami | Japan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 2 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Zuzana Tomčíková | Slovakia | 298:55 | 9 | 1.81 | 95.05 | 1 |
| 2 | Kamilla Lund Nielsen | Denmark | 304:00 | 9 | 1.78 | 94.04 | 0 |
| 3 | Azusa Nakaoku | Japan | 305:00 | 7 | 1.38 | 93.27 | 2 |
| 4 | Paula Marchhart | Austria | 300:18 | 15 | 3.00 | 91.62 | 0 |
| 5 | Evija Tētiņa | Latvia | 299:37 | 26 | 5.21 | 89.60 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

#### Directorate Awards

* Goaltender: Kamilla Lund Nielsen, Denmark
* Defenseman: Ayaka Toko, Japan
* Forward: Line Bialik Øien, Norway
Source: IIHF.com

## Division I Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played from 7 to 13 April 2013 at Patinoire Iceberg in Strasbourg, France.
The winners of this tournament were promoted to the Division I Group A, while the last-placed team was relegated to the Division II Group A for 2014.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Kazakhstan | placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated |
| China | placed 2nd in Division I B last year |
| France | hosts; placed 3rd in Division I B last year |
| Great Britain | placed 4th in Division I B last year |
| Netherlands | placed 5th in Division I B last year |
| North Korea | placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | France (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | +19 | 15 | Promoted to the 2014 Division I A |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 11 | |
| 3 | North Korea | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 6 | |
| 4 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 5 | |
| 6 | Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 2 | Relegated to the 2014 Division II A |

### Match results

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

### Statistics and awards
#### Scoring leaders

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Marion Allemoz | France | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +6 | 4 |
| 2 | Mieneke de Jong | Netherlands | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +6 | 14 |
| 3 | Savine Wielenga | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +4 | 2 |
| 4 | Emmanuelle Passard | France | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +4 | 2 |
| 5 | Lore Baudrit | France | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +7 | 10 |
| 6 | Sun Rui | China | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +2 | 4 |
| 7 | Zhang Mengying | China | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +3 | 0 |
| 8 | Driane Gicquel | France | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 2 |
| 9 | Zarina Tukhtieva | Kazakhstan | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Anouck Bouche | France | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 4 |
| 10 | Ryu Hyon-mi | China | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 4 |
| 10 | Angela Taylor | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | –2 | 16 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Caroline Baldin | France | 180:00 | 1 | 0.33 | 97.56 | 2 |
| 2 | Claudia van Leeuwen | Netherlands | 305:00 | 12 | 2.36 | 93.68 | 0 |
| 3 | Jeanne Morin | France | 120:00 | 3 | 1.50 | 90.62 | 0 |
| 4 | Jia Dandan | China | 292:05 | 15 | 3.08 | 89.36 | 1 |
| 5 | Daria Obydennova | Kazakhstan | 290:53 | 15 | 3.09 | 88.37 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

#### Directorate Awards

* Goaltender: Claudia van Leeuwen, Netherlands
* Defenseman: Athena Locatelli, France
* Forward: Marion Allemoz, France
Source: IIHF.com