2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group the first place team was promoted to the next level, while the last place team was relegated to play in a lower level. The winner of Group B was promoted to Group A and the winner of Group A was promoted to the top division.Group A formatGroup B format Group A was played in Amiens, France, between December 9 and December 15, 2012. Group B was played in Donetsk, Ukraine, between December 10 and December 16, 2012.Official Group A siteOfficial Group B site
==Participants==
===Group A===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 4th in Relegation round of the Top Division and were relegated in 2012.
 	Placed 2nd in Division I A last year.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
 	Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
 	Host Placed 1st in Division I B last year and was promoted.
===Group B===
Team	Qualification
 	placed 6th in Division I A last year and was relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
 	Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
 	Host, Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.
==Officials==
The IIHF selected 8 referees and 14 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF U20 World Championship DIV I.
Division I Group A had 4 referees and 7 linesman. DIV I Group B had 4 referees and 7 linesman.
They were the following:
2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group A in France
;Referees
* Thomas Chmielewski
* Tom Darnell 
* Juraj Konc 
* Anssi Salonen
;Linesmen
* Matthieu Barbez
* Thomas Caillot
* Scott Dalgleish
* Andreas Kowert
* Jacques Riisom-Birker
* David Tschirner
* Sotaro Yamaguchi
2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group B in Ukraine
;Referees
* Savice Fabre
* Linus Ohlund 
* Vladimir Proskurov
* Tobias Wehrli
;Linesmen
* Orjan Ahlen
* Andriy Bakumenko
* Oleksander Govorun
* Balazs Kovacs
* Peter Sefcik
* Florian Widmann
* Milan Zrnic
==Group A==
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	4	1 	0 	0	19	7 	14
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	19	8 	12
 	5 	3	0 	1 	1	20	15	10
 	5 	1	1 	0 	3	13	14	5
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	13	21	4
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	9 	28	0
Promoted to Top Division	Relegated to Division I B
All times local.
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==Statistics==
===Top 10 scorers===
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1 	Artur Gavrus 	 	5 	5	5	10 	+7 	4
2 	Andreas Heier 	 	5 	5	4	9 	+4 	2
3 	Oliver Bjorkstrand 	 	5 	5	3	8 	+4 	2
4 	Sebastian Ehlers 	 	5 	4	4	8 	+3 	6
5 	Thomas Spelling 	 	5 	1	7	8 	+3 	2
6 	Johannes Bischofberger	 	5 	6	1	7 	0 	0
7 	Roman Kolenchukov 	 	5 	3	4	7 	+5 	0
8 	Miha Pesjak 	 	5 	2	5	7 	0 	0
9 	Markus Soberg 	 	5 	1	6	7 	+4 	2
10 	Jonas Knutsen 	 	5 	4	2	6 	+3 	0
10 	Axel Rioux 	 	5 	4	2	6 	-3 	4
=== Goaltending leaders ===
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
1 	Steffen Soberg	 	303:23	7 	95.10	1.38	0
2 	Luka Gracnar 	 	303:59	14	94.12	2.76	1
3 	Yan Shelepnyov	 	283:14	7 	92.63	1.48	2
4 	David Kickert 	 	262:27	14	91.52	3.20	0
5 	Sebastian Feuk	 	283:23	14	90.54	2.96	0
===Awards===
====Best Players Selected by the Directorate====
* Goaltender: Luka Gracnar
* Defenceman: Bjorn Uldall
* Forward: Artur Gavrus
====Best players of each team selected by the coaches====
* Alexander Cijan
* Artur Gavrus
* Sebastian Ehlers
* Marius Serer
* Steffen Soberg
* Luka Gracnar
==Group B==
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	20	9 	12
 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	16	9 	11
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	15	6 	9
 	5 	2	1 	1 	1	8 	7 	9
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	8 	18	4
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	1 	19	0
Promoted to Division I A	Relegated to Division II A
All times local.
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==Statistics==
===Top 10 scorers===
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1 	Kacper Guzik 	 	5 	8	3	11 	+7 	6
2 	Filip Starzynski 	 	5 	2	6	8 	+6 	4
3 	Adam Domogala 	 	5 	1	7	8 	+6 	0
4 	Yesmukhanbet Tolepbergen	 	5 	3	4	7 	+5 	4
5 	Marcello Borghi 	 	5 	3	2	5 	+3 	4
5 	Artyom Likhotnikov 	 	5 	3	2	5 	+5 	4
7 	Damian Zarotynski 	 	5 	2	3	5 	+3 	4
8 	Raphael Andergassen 	 	5 	2	2	4 	+3 	0
9 	Nikita Mikhailis 	 	5 	1	3	4 	+3 	0
9 	Ruslan Romashenko 	 	5 	1	3	4 	+3 	0
=== Goaltending leaders ===
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
1 	Mykhailo Shevchuk	 	309:44	6 	96.47	1.16	1
2 	Valeri Sevidov 	 	272:48	5 	94.95	1.10	1
3 	Martin Rabanser 	 	297:51	6 	94:69	1.21	2
4 	David Zabolotny 	 	299:08	9 	93:33	1.81	1
5 	Mate Tomljenovic 	 	299:03	19	91:85	3.81	0
===Awards===
====Best Players Selected by the Directorate====
* Goaltender: Mykhailo Shevchuk
* Defenceman: Alex Trivellato
* Forward: Kacper Guzik
====Best players of each team selected by the coaches====
* Mate Tomljenovic
* Paul Swindlehurst
* Alex Trivellato
* Yesmukhanbet Tolepbergen
* Kacper Guzik
* Mykhailo Shevchuk
==References==
==External links==
*IIHF.com
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