# 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship (commonly known as the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships) was the 37th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC). It was hosted in Ufa, Russia. It began on December 26, 2012, and ended with the gold medal game played on January 5, 2013. The United States defeated defending-champion Sweden 3–1 to win their third title, their first one since 2010. American goalie John Gibson was named MVP of the tournament.
Russia defeated Canada 6–5 in overtime to win the bronze medal, sending the Canadians home without a medal for the first time since 1998. Latvia was relegated to Division I and Norway was promoted to the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

## Venues

| Ufa Arena Capacity: 8,250 | Ufa | Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev Capacity: 4,043 |
| Russia – Ufa | Ufa | Russia – Ufa |

## Match officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship
They were the following:

### Referees

* Harry Dumas
* Roman Gofman
* Pavel Hodek
* Georg Jablukov
* Sergei Kulakov
* Jari Levonen
* Didier Massy
* Mikael Nord
* Steve Patafie
* Mikael Sjöqvist
* Pat Smith
* Daniel Sticker

### Linesmen

* François Dussureault
* Tommy George
* Tobias Haster
* Raivis Jučers
* Roman Kaderli
* Masi Puolakka
* Stanislav Raming
* Anton Semjonov
* Dmitry Sivov
* Peter Stano

## Top Division

Each round will be a round-robin tournament, where the teams play each other once within their group. The Preliminary round is divided into two groups: Group A and Group B, which includes five teams each. From each group, the top three teams will qualify for the playoffs; the 1st-ranked teams earn a direct trip to the Semifinals, while the 2nd and 3rd-ranked teams qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 4th and 5th-ranked teams have to play in the Relegation round, where the three best teams qualify for the Top Division tournament the following year, with the last-placed team being relegated to the Division I tournament the following year. In the Semifinals, the directly qualified Semifinalists face the winners from the Quarterfinals.

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 11 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Finland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Latvia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times are local (Yekaterinburg Time – UTC+6).

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 12 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Russia (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 1 | Relegation round |
All times are local (Yekaterinburg Time – UTC+6).

### Relegation round

The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 9 | |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 5 | |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | |
| 4 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 0 | Relegated to the 2014 Division I A |
All times are local (Yekaterinburg Time – UTC+6).

### Final round
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | A1 | Sweden (GWS) | 3 | | | |
| B2 | Russia (GWS) | 4 | B2 | Russia | 2 | | | |
| A3 | Switzerland | 3 | | | | A1 | Sweden | 1 |
| | | | | | | B3 | United States | 3 |
| | | | B1 | Canada | 1 |
| A2 | Czech Republic | 0 | B3 | United States | 5 |
| B3 | United States | 7 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | B1 | Canada | 5 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Russia (OT) | 6 |

#### Final
### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Canada | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | +6 | 4 |
| 2 | Joel Armia | Finland | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Markus Granlund | Finland | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 | Teuvo Teräväinen | Finland | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +6 | 2 |
| 5 | Johnny Gaudreau | United States | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +2 | 4 |
| 6 | Marko Daňo | Slovakia | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −1 | 12 |
| 7 | Jacob Trouba | United States | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +2 | 10 |
| 8 | Jonathan Huberdeau | Canada | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | J. T. Miller | United States | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +5 | 2 |
| 10 | Sven Andrighetto | Switzerland | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +1 | 4 |
| 10 | Mark Scheifele | Canada | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +1 | 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 | John Gibson | United States | 398:07 | 9 | 1.36 | 95.54 | 1 |
| 2 | Andrei Vasilevski | Russia | 264:50 | 8 | 1.81 | 95.00 | 1 |
| 3 | Niklas Lundström | Sweden | 224:25 | 6 | 1.60 | 94.39 | 0 |
| 4 | Andrei Makarov | Russia | 180:31 | 9 | 2.99 | 93.28 | 0 |
| 5 | Melvin Nyffeler | Switzerland | 261:39 | 16 | 3.67 | 90.24 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

### Tournament awards

References: 1 2

#### Most Valuable Player

* Goaltender: John Gibson

#### All-star team

* Goaltender: John Gibson
* Defencemen: Jacob Trouba, Jake McCabe
* Forwards: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Filip Forsberg, Johnny Gaudreau

#### IIHF best player awards

* Goaltender: John Gibson
* Defenceman: Jacob Trouba
* Forward: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Sweden |
| | Russia |
| 4th | Canada |
| 5th | Czech Republic |
| 6th | Switzerland |
| 7th | Finland |
| 8th | Slovakia |
| 9th | Germany |
| 10th | Latvia |
* Relegated to the 2014 Division I A
* 2013 Junior Ice Hockey World champions
* United States Third title

### Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| United States #3 – Seth Jones #5 – Connor Murphy #6 – Mike Reilly #7 – Sean Kuraly #8 – Jacob Trouba #10 – J. T. Miller #12 – Mario Lucia #13 – Johnny Gaudreau #14 – Shayne Gostisbehere #15 – Alex Galchenyuk #16 – Riley Barber #18 – Cole Bardreau #19 – Jake McCabe #20 – Blake Pietila #21 – Ryan Hartman #22 – Tyler Biggs #23 – Rocco Grimaldi #25 – Vincent Trocheck #26 – Jimmy Vesey #27 – Patrick Sieloff #29 – Garret Sparks #30 – Jon Gillies #35 – John Gibson | Sweden #1 – Joel Lassinantti #4 – Christian Djoos #5 – Rasmus Bengtsson #6 – Emil Djuse #7 – Tom Nilsson #8 – Linus Arnesson #9 – Mikael Vikstrand #10 – Alexander Wennberg #11 – Jeremy Boyce-Rotevall #13 – Viktor Arvidsson #14 – Robert Hägg #15 – Sebastian Collberg #16 – Filip Forsberg #17 – William Karlsson #19 – Elias Lindholm #23 – Victor Rask #24 – Rickard Rakell #25 – Jacob de la Rose #26 – Nick Sörensen #27 – Filip Sandberg #29 – Emil Molin #30 – Niklas Lundström #35 – Oscar Dansk | Russia #1 – Igor Ustinski #5 – Albert Yarullin #7 – Artyom Sergeyev #8 – Maxim Shalunov #9 – Nikita Nesterov #10 – Nail Yakupov #11 – Yevgeni Mozer #12 – Andrei Sigaryov #14 – Vladimir Tkachyov #15 – Valeri Nichushkin #16 – Nikita Kucherov #17 – Anton Slepyshev #18 – Yaroslav Kosov #19 – Alexander Khokhlachev #20 – Andrei Makarov #21 – Kirill Kapustin #22 – Andrei Mironov #25 – Mikhail Grigorenko #26 – Daniil Zharkov #27 – Kirill Dyakov #28 – Yaroslav Dyblenko #29 – Pavel Koledov #30 – Andrei Vasilevski |
Source: 1 2 3

## Division I
### Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Amiens, France, from 9 to 15 December 2012.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Norway | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 14 | Promoted to the 2014 Top Division |
| 2 | Belarus | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 12 | |
| 3 | Denmark | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 10 | |
| 4 | Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 5 | |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 4 | |
| 6 | France (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 28 | −19 | 0 | Relegated to the 2014 Division I B |

### Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Donetsk, Ukraine, from 10 to 16 December 2012.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Poland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 12 | Promoted to the 2014 Division I A |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 11 | |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 9 | |
| 4 | Ukraine (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 4 | |
| 6 | Croatia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 | Relegated to the 2014 Division II A |

## Division II
### Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 9 to 15 December 2012.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 15 | Promoted to the 2014 Division I B |
| 2 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 11 | |
| 3 | Romania (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 9 | |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 7 | |
| 5 | Lithuania | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 3 | |
| 6 | Spain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 0 | Relegated to the 2014 Division II B |

### Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 12 to 18 January 2013.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Estonia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 6 | +56 | 15 | Promoted to the 2014 Division II A |
| 2 | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 12 | |
| 3 | Serbia (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 6 | |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 6 | |
| 5 | Iceland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 6 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 47 | −34 | 0 | Relegated to the 2014 Division III |

## Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 14 to 20 January 2013.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6 | +26 | 15 | Promoted to the 2014 Division II B |
| 2 | Bulgaria (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 12 | |
| 3 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 9 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 6 | |
| 5 | Turkey | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 28 | −13 | 3 | |
| – | United Arab Emirates (D) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 | Disqualified |
* ↑ United Arab Emirates were disqualified and all their games were counted as 5-0 wins for their opponents. They played each team in an exhibition schedule, losing each game with a combined total of two goals for and sixty-eight goals against.