# 2013 IIHF World Championship Division I

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, Hungary and Group B contested in Donetsk, Ukraine, 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 | Qualification |
| Italy | placed 15th in 2012 Top Division and were relegated |
| Kazakhstan | placed 16th in 2012 Top Division and were relegated |
| Hungary | hosts, placed 3rd in 2012 |
| Japan | placed 4th in 2012 |
| Great Britain | placed 5th in 2012 |
| South Korea | placed 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

| 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 | Promoted to the 2014 Top Division |
| 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 |

### Results

All times are local (CEST – UTC+2).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/− |
| 1 | Roman Starchenko | Kazakhstan | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | +4 |
| 2 | Patrick Iannone | Italy | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +1 |
| 2 | Kim Ki-sung | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Shuhei Kuji | Japan | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Márton Vas | Hungary | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | +3 |
| 6 | Dmitry Upper | Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | +3 |
| 7 | Brock Radunske | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | −2 |
| 7 | Talgat Zhailauov | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
| 9 | Balazs Ladanyi | Hungary | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | +1 |
| 10 | Kim Sang-wook | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | −1 |
IIHF.com

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Vitaly Kolesnik | Kazakhstan | 274:43 | 4 | 96.77 | 0.87 | 2 |
| 2 | Adam Dennis | Italy | 240:00 | 3 | 96:30 | 0.75 | 1 |
| 3 | Levente Szuper | Hungary | 179:08 | 5 | 94.19 | 1.67 | 0 |
| 4 | Park Sung-Je | South Korea | 142.14 | 6 | 93.02 | 2.53 | 0 |
| 5 | Yutaka Fukufuji | Japan | 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 | Qualification |
| Ukraine | hosts, placed 6th in 2012 Division I A and were relegated |
| Poland | placed 2nd in 2012 |
| Netherlands | placed 3rd in 2012 |
| Romania | placed 4th in 2012 |
| Lithuania | placed 5th in 2012 |
| Estonia | placed 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

| 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 |

### Results

All times are local (EEST – UTC+3).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/− |
| 1 | Oleh Tymchenko | Ukraine | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | +6 |
| 2 | Oleg Shafarenko | Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | +6 |
| 3 | Ivy van den Heuvel | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | +5 |
| 4 | Daniel Bogdziul | Lithuania | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | -1 |
| 5 | Aimas Fiscevas | Lithuania | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | +3 |
| 5 | Aleksei Sibirtsev | Estonia | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | -7 |
| 7 | Paweł Dronia | Poland | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | +6 |
| 7 | Marcin Kolusz | Poland | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | +5 |
| 9 | Oleksandr Toryanyk | Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | +7 |
| 10 | Roman Blahoi | Ukraine | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +6 |
IIHF.com

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Kamil Kosowski | Poland | 120:00 | 1 | 96.97 | 0.50 | 1 |
| 2 | Martijn Oosterwijk | Netherlands | 301:14 | 15 | 91.33 | 2.99 | 0 |
| 3 | Mantas Armalis | Lithuania | 178:54 | 11 | 90.98 | 3.69 | 0 |
| 4 | Przemyslaw Odrobny | Poland | 179:48 | 8 | 90.91 | 2.67 | 0 |
| 5 | Yevhen Napneko | Ukraine | 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