2013 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2013 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A contested in Budapest, Hungary and Group B contested in Donetsk, Ukraine, both running from April 14 through April 20, 2013.
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 achieveing 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. 
==Participants==
===Group A===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
 	Host, placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
 	Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2012.
 	Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
 	Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2012.
 	Placed 1st in Division I B last year and was promoted.
===Group B===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.
 	Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
 	Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
 	Host, placed 6th in Division I A last year and was relegated.
==Officials==
The IIHF selected 11 referees and 14 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF World Championship DIV I. 
Division I Group A has 7 referees and 7 linesman. DIV I Group B has 4 referees and 7 linesman. 
They were the following:
2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A in Hungary
;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
2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B in Ukraine
;Referees
* Michael Hicks
* Andris Ansons
* Peter Lokšík
* Maksym Urda
;Linesmen
* Frederic Monnaie
* Rene Jensen
* Ulrich Pardatscher
* Martin Korba
* Damir Rakovič
* Anton Hladchenko
* Artem Korepanov
==Group A Tournament==
===Standings===
	Promoted to Elite Division for 2014
	Relegated to Division I B for 2014
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	4	0	0	1	18	6 	+12	12
 	5	4	0	0	1	15	6 	+9 	12
 	5	3	0	1	1	12	10	+2 	10
 	5	2	0	0	3	13	16	−3 	6
 	5	1	1	0	3	16	19	−3 	5
 	5	0	0	0	5	5 	22	−17	0
===Schedule===
The 2013 DIV I Group A fixtures were released by the IIHF on 15 October 2012.
All times local.
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===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−
1 	Roman Starchenko	 	5 	5	2	7 	2 	+4
2 	Patrick Iannone 	 	5 	4	2	6 	4 	+1
2 	Kim Ki-sung 	 	5 	4	2	6 	0 	0
4 	Shuhei Kuji 	 	5 	2	4	6 	0 	0
5 	Márton Vas 	 	5 	1	5	6 	2 	+3
6 	Dmitry Upper 	 	5 	0	6	6 	2 	+3
7 	Brock Radunske 	 	5 	3	2	5 	2 	−2
7 	Talgat Zhailauov	 	5 	3	2	5 	4 	+1
9 	Balazs Ladanyi 	 	5 	1	4	5 	0 	+1
10 	Kim Sang-wook 	 	5 	0	5	5 	2 	−1
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====Goaltending leaders====
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	TOI 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
1 	Vitaly Kolesnik	 	274:43	4 	96.77	0.87	2
2 	Adam Dennis 	 	240:00	3 	96:30	0.75	1
3 	Levente Szuper 	 	179:08	5 	94.19	1.67	0
4 	Park Sung-Je 	 	142.14	6 	93.02	2.53	0
5 	Yutaka Fukufuji	 	298:50	16	90.48	3.21	0
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===Tournament awards===
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goalkeeper: Adam Dennis
**Best Defenseman: Aaron Keller
**Best Forward: Patrick Iannone
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==Group B Tournament==
===Standings===
	Promoted to Division I A for 2014
	Relegated to Division II A for 2014
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	4	1	0	0	30	7 	+23	14
 	5	4	0	0	1	22	9 	+13	12
 	5	3	0	1	1	19	15	+4 	10
 	5	2	0	0	3	12	24	−12	6
 	5	1	0	0	4	16	22	−6 	3
 	5	0	0	0	5	14	36	−22	0
===Schedule===
The 2013 DIV I Group B fixtures were released by the IIHF on 15 October 2012.
All times local.
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===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−
1 	Oleh Tymchenko 	 	5 	5	5	10 	4 	+6
2 	Oleg Shafarenko 	 	5 	2	8	10 	2 	+6
3 	Ivy van den Heuvel	 	5 	2	7	9 	6 	+5
4 	Daniel Bogdziul 	 	5 	1	8	9 	0 	-1
5 	Aimas Fiscevas 	 	5 	6	2	8 	0 	+3
5 	Aleksei Sibirtsev 	 	5 	6	2	8 	2 	-7
7 	Paweł Dronia 	 	5 	1	7	8 	6 	+6
7 	Marcin Kolusz 	 	5 	1	7	8 	2 	+5
9 	Oleksandr Toryanyk	 	5 	3	4	7 	4 	+7
10 	Roman Blahyi 	 	5 	6	0	6 	2 	+6
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====Goaltending leaders====
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	TOI 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
1 	Kamil Kosowski 	 	120:00	1 	96.97	0.50	1
2 	Martijn Oosterwijk	 	301:14	15	91.33	2.99	0
3 	Mantas Armalis 	 	178:54	11	90.98	3.69	0
4 	Przemyslaw Odrobny	 	179:48	8 	90.91	2.67	0
5 	Yevhen Napneko 	 	242.14	7 	90.54	1.73	0
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===Tournament awards===
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goalkeeper: Martijn Oosterwijk
**Best Defenseman: Paweł Dronia
**Best Forward: Oleh Tymchenko
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==References==
==External links==
*IIHF.com
Division I