| Event: | Nations team event |
| Championship: | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 |
| Venue: | Planai Schladming, Austria |
| Date: | 12 February 2013 |
| Teams: | 15 |
| Gold: | Nicole Hosp Michaela Kirchgasser Carmen Thalmann Marcel Hirscher Marcel Mathis Philipp Schörghofer |
| Goldnoc: | AUT |
| Silver: | Nathalie Eklund Frida Hansdotter Maria Pietilä Holmner Jens Byggmark Mattias Hargin André Myhrer |
| Silvernoc: | SWE |
| Bronze: | Lena Dürr Maria Höfl-Riesch Veronique Hronek Fritz Dopfer Stefan Luitz Felix Neureuther |
| Bronzenoc: | GER |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The nations team event competition at the 2013 World Championships was held on 12 February at 17:00 local time, the seventh race of the championships. Athletes from the best 16 nations in the FIS Overall Nations Cup ranking competed.
The 16 best nations in the FIS Overall Nations Cup Ranking were eligible to participate in this event. Each team consisted of 4 to 6 skiers, but at least two female and two male skiers.
The format was a knock-out round competition with the pairings being made according to the Nations Cup Ranking. In each pairing, two female and two male skiers from each team raced a parallel slalom in a best-of-4 system. In the event of a tie, the faster cumulated time of the best male and the best female skier decides which team advanced to the next round.[1]
The standings prior to the World Championships:[2]
| Rank | Country | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7856 | ||
| 2 | 4208 | ||
| 3 | 4084 | ||
| 4 | 3697 | ||
| 5 | 3472 | ||
| 6 | 2568 | ||
| 7 | 2455 | ||
| 8 | 2093 | ||
| 9 | 1908 | ||
| 10 | 1344 | ||
| 11 | 737 | ||
| 12 | 705 | ||
| 13 | 508 | ||
| 14 | 171 | ||
| 15 | 164 | ||
| 16 | 148 | ||
| 17 | 112 | ||
| 18 | 87 | ||
| 19 | 32 | ||
| 20 | 29 | ||
| 21 | 16 | ||
| 22 | 8 |
Every nation consists of 4 to 6 athletes.[3]
| Country | Skiers |
|---|---|
| Mona Løseth | |
| Nina Løseth | |
| Leif Kristian Haugen | |
| Henrik Kristoffersen | |
| Marie-Michèle Gagnon | |
| Erin Mielzynski | |
| Brittany Phelan | |
| Elli Terwiel | |
| Philip Brown | |
| Michael Janyk | |
| Nina Halme | |
| Tanja Poutiainen | |
| Merle Soppela | |
| Victor Malmström | |
| Eemeli Pirinen | |
| Marcus Sandell | |
| Andrea Komšić | |
| Sofija Novoselić | |
| Sasa Tršinski | |
| Ivica Kostelić | |
| Dalibor Šamšal | |
| Filip Zubčić | |
| Veronika Zuzulová | |
| Petra Vlhová | |
| Matej Falat | |
| Adam Žampa | |
| Andreas Žampa | |
| Anna-Laura Bühler | |
| Joana Frick | |
| Marina Nigg | |
| Nico Gauer | |
| Simon Heeb | |
| Marco Pfiffner | |
| Martina Dubovská | |
| Katerina Paulathová | |
| Valentina Volopichová | |
| Ondřej Bank | |
| Ondřej Berndt | |
| Filip Trejbal |
After the withdrawal of Spain and with only 15 nations remaining, top-seed Austria received a bye to second round.[4]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
 Slovenia | 2–2 |  Norway |
| Drev 20.87 | M. Løseth 20.40 | |
| Kranjec 19.56 | Kristoffersen 19.96 | |
| Bucik 20.40 | N. Løseth 20.86 | |
| Kuerner 20.02 | Haugen 19.62 | |
| Germany | 3–1 | Croatia |
| Dürr 20.84 | Novoselić 20.83 | |
| Dopfer 19.28 | Šamšal 20.52 | |
| Höfl-Riesch 20.57 | Tršinski 22.26 | |
| Neureuther | Zubčić DQ | |
 France | 4–0 |  Slovakia |
| Worley 20.02 | Zuzulová 20.08 | |
| Mermillod-Blondin 19.80 | Falat 20.44 | |
| Marmottan 20.37 | Vlhová 20.89 | |
| Missillier 19.42 | Adam Zampa 19.66 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
 Sweden | 3–1 |  Finland |
| Hansdotter 20.41 | Poutiainen 20.18 | |
| Hargin 19.45 | Sandell 20.01 | |
| Pietilä-Holmner 20.42 | Soppela 21.06 | |
| Myhrer 19.39 | Pirinen 20.08 | |
 United States | 3–2 |  Liechtenstein |
| Cook 24.46 | Nigg 21.80 | |
| Jitloff 20.39 | Heeb 20.39 | |
| Ross 21.84 | Bühler DNF | |
| Chodounsky 19.76 | Pfiffner 20.14 | |
| Switzerland | 1–3 |  Canada |
| Holdener 20.63 | Gagnon 21.03 | |
| Vogel 24.10 | Janyk 19.73 | |
| Kopp 20.54 | Mielzynski 20.31 | |
| Caviezel 19.87 | Brown 19.72 | |
 Czech Republic | 3–1 |  Italy |
| Paulathova 20.94 | Costazza 21.04 | |
| Berndt 20.26 | Simoncelli 20.31 | |
| Dubovska 21.42 | Curtoni 21.06 | |
| Trejbal 20.19 | Nani 21.03 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
 Austria | 3–1 | Slovenia |
| Thalmann 21.81 | Drev 20.75 | |
| Hirscher 19.08 | Kranjec DNF | |
| Kirchgasser 20.68 | Bucik 21.20 | |
| Schörghofer 20.04 | Zerak 22.27 | |
| Germany | 2–2 | France |
| Dürr 20.51 | Marmottan 20.48 | |
| Neureuther 19.47 | Mermillod-Blondin DNF | |
| Höfl-Riesch 21.01 | Worley 20.53 | |
| Dopfer 19.35 | Missillier 19.42 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 3–1 | United States |
| Pietilä-Holmner 20.61 | Ross 21.64 | |
| Hargin 19.71 | Chodounsky 19.55 | |
| Hansdotter 20.65 | Cook 21.61 | |
| Myhrer 19.44 | Jitloff 20.14 | |
| Canada | 2–2 | Czech Republic |
| Mielzynski 20.49 | Paulathova 20.69 | |
| Brown 19.98 | Berndt DNF | |
| Gagnon 21.18 | Dubovska 20.69 | |
| Janyk 20.02 | Trejbal 19.95 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 4–0 | Germany |
| Hosp 21.13 | Dürr DNF | |
| Hirscher 18.90 | Dopfer 19.35 | |
| Kirchgasser 20.73 | Höfl-Riesch DNF | |
| Schörghofer 19.23 | Neureuther 19.54 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 3–1 | Canada |
| Hansdotter 20.70 | Phelan 21.83 | |
| Hargin 19.54 | Janyk 19.44 | |
| Pietilä-Holmner 20.30 | Mielzynski 20.50 | |
| Myhrer 19.53 | Brown 21.62 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2–2 | Canada |
| Dürr 20.70 | Phelan 21.21 | |
| Neureuther 19.28 | Janyk 19.21 | |
| Höfl-Riesch 20.73 | Mielzynski 20.72 | |
| Dopfer 19.18 | Brown 19.19 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 4–0 | Sweden |
| Hosp 20.95 | Pietilä-Holmner 22.29 | |
| Hirscher 19.08 | Hargin 19.52 | |
| Kirchgasser 20.32 | Hansdotter 20.72 | |
| Schörghofer | Myhrer DQ |