2013 IIHF World Championship The 2013 IIHF World Championship was the 77th event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) , held in Stockholm , Sweden , and Helsinki , Finland , between 3 – 19 May 2013 . TV4 and MTV3 served as host broadcasters of the event . The host team Sweden won the team ' s ninth title in history by defeating Switzerland in the final 5 – 1 , and became the first host team to win the tournament since the Soviet Union team won the 1986 World Championship in Moscow , Soviet Union . The Swedish team started the tournament with quite a poor performance but managed to get a collective boost when the Sedin brothers joined the team after the Vancouver Canucks had been defeated in the Stanley Cup playoffs . Switzerland sent a clear message about their recently improved hockey program by going undefeated through the tournament before the final ; finishing first in their pool ( ahead of Canada and Sweden ) ; and earning their second silver medal in history , as well as the team ' s first medal since 1953 . Bidding . At the semi - annual congress in Vancouver on 21 September 2007 , Sweden was voted the host of the 2013 tournament , defeating the runner - up Belarus by 55 votes . Other countries in the running were Hungary , Czech Republic and Latvia ( which withdrew from the race and endorsed the Swedish bid ) . At the congress in Bern in 2009 it was announced that Finland ( the host for the 2012 World Championship ) and Sweden would co - host both the 2012 and 2013 tournaments . Locations . The host arenas were the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm ( 12 , 500 permitted seats ) and Hartwall Areena in Helsinki ( 13 , 506 permitted seats ) . Capacity has been limited to these numbers because of modern health and safety rules . Malmö Arena was originally planned to co - host according to the Swedish bid , but the Swedish Hockey Federation decided to drop Malmö as a host city when they decided to collaborate with Finland before the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 , which took place in that arena . Tampere was also a candidate to be the Finnish venue , but due to a delay in construction of the new Tampereen Keskusareena , Helsinki was named as co - host . Tele2 Arena , a new retractable - roof multi - purpose stadium seating 30 , 000 spectators , was planned to host at least one game , but due to construction delays it wouldn ' t be finished until July 2013 , two months after the World Championship . Format . The format of the tournament was the same as in 2012 , which was also co - hosted by Helsinki and Stockholm . Sixteen teams were divided into two groups of eight , who played a seven - game round - robin within their groups . The top four teams in each group advanced to a three - round single - knockout playoff . The only difference from 2012 was that the semifinals and medal games were played in Stockholm instead of Helsinki . Rosters . Each team ' s roster consisted of at least 15 skaters ( forwards and defencemen ) and two goaltender s , and at most 22 skaters and three goaltenders . All sixteen participating nations , through the confirmation of their respective national associations , had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting . Officials . The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF World Championship . They were the following : Seeding and groups . The seeding in the preliminary round is based on the 2012 IIHF World Ranking , which ended at the conclusion of the 2012 IIHF World Championship . The teams were grouped according to seeding ( in parenthesis is the corresponding world ranking ) . However Russia and the Czech Republic swapped their slots between their groups to optimize the seeding for the Finnish - Swedish organizers . Group S Group H Ranking and statistics . Final ranking . The official IIHF final ranking of the tournament : Scoring leaders . List shows the top skaters sorted by points , then goals . Leading goaltenders . Only the top five goaltenders , based on save percentage , who have played at least 40 % of their team ' s minutes , are included in this list .