2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Year:2013
Size:x240px
Country:Russia
City:Ufa
Dates:December 26, 2012 – January 5, 2013
Num Teams:10
Venues:Ufa Arena and Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev[1]
Cities:1
Type:ihj
Winners:USA
Count:3
Second:SWE
Third:RUS
Fourth:CAN
Games:31
Goals:220
Attendance:110175
Scoring Leader: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (15 points)
Mvp: John Gibson
Website:2013 World Juniors
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014

The 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship (commonly known as the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships) was the 37th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC). It was hosted in Ufa, Russia.[2] [3] 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.

Match officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship
They were the following:[4]

Referees
Linesmen

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.[5]

Rosters

See main article: 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters.

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are local (Yekaterinburg TimeUTC+6).

Group B

All times are local (Yekaterinburg TimeUTC+6).

Relegation round

The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.

All times are local (Yekaterinburg TimeUTC+6).

Final round

Bracket

Final

Statistics

Scoring leaders

width=30Poswidth=150PlayerCountrywidth=20GPwidth=20Gwidth=20A !width=30Ptswidth=30+/−width=30PIM
1 6 4 11 15 +6 4
2 6 6 6 12 0 12
3 6 5 7 12 −1 4
4 6 5 6 11 +6 2
5 7 7 2 9 +2 4
6 6 4 5 9 −1 12
7 7 4 5 9 +2 10
8 6 3 6 9 0 4
9 7 2 7 9 +5 2
10 6 5 3 8 +1 4
10 6 5 3 8 +1 2
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

width=30Poswidth=150PlayerCountrywidth=20TOIwidth=20GAwidth=20GAAwidth=20Sv%width=20SO
1 398:07 9 1.36 95.54 1
2 264:50 8 1.81 95.00 1
3 224:25 6 1.60 94.39 0
4 180:31 9 2.99 93.28 0
5 261:39 16 3.67 90.24 0
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Tournament awards

References: 1 2

Most Valuable Player
All-star team
IIHF best player awards

Final standings

width=30Rankwidth=160Team
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Relegated to the 2014 Division I A

Medalists

Source:123

Division I

See main article: 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Amiens, France, from 9 to 15 December 2012.[6]

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Donetsk, Ukraine, from 10 to 16 December 2012.[7]

Division II

See main article: 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II.

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 9 to 15 December 2012.[8]

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 12 to 18 January 2013.[9]

Division III

See main article: 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III.

The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 14 to 20 January 2013.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ufa excited to host in 2013. 2012-01-03. iihf.com.
  2. http://www.worldjunior2013.com/ 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship official website
  3. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/306/ 2013 Top Division statistics
  4. Web site: Referee Assignments. IIHF.com. 24 October 2012.
  5. Web site: Top Division format . iihf.com . . 2012-12-31.
  6. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/320/statistics.html 2013 Division I A statistics
  7. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/322/statistics.html 2013 Division I B statistics
  8. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/321/statistics.html 2013 Division II A statistics
  9. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/323/statistics.html 2013 Division II B statistics
  10. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/327/statistics.html 2013 Division III statistics