2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship was the 37th World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (WJHC). 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.
== 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 ===
Legend
Advance to the Semifinals
Advance to the Quarterfinals
Advance to the Relegation Round
====Group A====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Advanced to
 	4 	3	1 	0 	0	19	8 	11 	Semifinals
 	4 	2	1 	0 	1	12	10	8 	Quarterfinals
 	4 	1	0 	3 	0	16	14	6 	Quarterfinals
 	4 	1	1 	0 	2	15	15	5 	Relegation Round
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	6 	21	0 	Relegation Round
====Group B====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Advanced to
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	21	8 	12 	Semifinals
 	4 	2	1 	0 	1	13	7 	8 	Quarterfinals
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	19	7 	6 	Quarterfinals
 	4 	0	1 	1 	2	10	19	3 	Relegation Round
 	4 	0	0 	1 	3	4 	26	1 	Relegation Round
=== Relegation round ===
The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.
Legend
Advance to the 2014 World Junior Championships Top Division
Relegated to Division I A for 2014
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	24	5 	9
 	3 	1	1 	0 	1	11	15	5
 	3 	1	0 	1 	1	6 	12	4
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	6 	15	0
=== Final round ===
==== Quarterfinals ====
==== Semifinals ====
==== Fifth place game ====
==== Bronze medal game ====
==== Final ====
===Final standings===
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==Division I==
===Division I A===
The Division I A tournament was played in Amiens, France, from 9 to 15 December 2012.Division I A statistics
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 the 2014 Top Division	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.Division I B statistics
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 the 2014 Division I A	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.Division II A statistics
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	31	8 	15
 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	22	16	11
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	18	19	9
 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	17	23	7
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	14	19	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	12	29	0
Promoted to the 2014 Division I B	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.Division II B statistics
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	62	6 	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	23	14	12
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	17	21	6
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	12	22	6
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	12	29	6
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	13	47	0
Promoted to the 2014 Division II A	Relegated to the 2014 Division III
==Division III==
The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 14 to 20 January 2013.Division III statistics
Team	GP 	W 	OTW 	OTL 	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
 	5 	5 	0 	0 	0 	32 	6 	15
 	5 	4 	0 	0 	1 	19 	14 	12
 	5 	3 	0 	0 	2 	13 	12 	9
 	5 	2 	0 	0 	3 	18 	12 	6
 	5 	1 	0 	0 	4 	15 	28 	3
* 	Disqualified	Disqualified	Disqualified	Disqualified	Disqualified	Disqualified	Disqualified	Disqualified
promoted to the 2014 Division II B
* were disqualified and all their games were counted as 5-0 wins for their opponents.
==References==
==External links==
*Official site
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