2013 IIHF World Championship

2013 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host nations	Sweden / Finland
Dates	3–19 May
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Sweden (9 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	64
Goals scored	332  (5.19 per game)
Attendance	427,818  (6,685 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Petri Kontiola (16 points)
MVP	Roman Josi

Icy, the mascot for the tournament.

The 2013 IIHF World Championship was the 77th event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), held in Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland, between 3–19 May 2013. TV4 and MTV3 served as host broadcasters of the event.

The host team Sweden won the team's ninth title in history by defeating Switzerland in the final 5–1, and became the first host team to win the tournament since the Soviet Union team won the 1986 World Championship in Moscow, Soviet Union. The Swedish team started the tournament with an unconvincing performance but managed to get a collective boost when the Sedin brothers joined the team after the Vancouver Canucks had been eliminated in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Switzerland sent a clear message about their recently improved hockey program by going undefeated through the tournament before the final; finishing first in their group (ahead of Canada and Sweden); and earning their second silver medal in history, as well as the team's first medal since 1953.

Bidding

At the semi-annual congress in Vancouver on 21 September 2007, Sweden was voted the host of the 2013 tournament, defeating the runner-up Belarus by 55 votes. Other countries in the running were Hungary, Czech Republic and Latvia (which withdrew from the race and endorsed the Swedish bid). At the congress in Bern in 2009, it was announced that Finland (the host for the 2012 World Championship) and Sweden would co-host both the 2012 and 2013 tournaments.

Voting results

Country	Votes
Sweden	70
Belarus	15
Hungary	8
Czech Republic	3

Format

The format of the tournament was the same as in 2012, which was also co-hosted by Helsinki and Stockholm. Sixteen teams were divided into two groups of eight, who played a seven-game round-robin within their groups. The top four teams in each group advanced to a three-round single-knockout playoff.

The only difference from 2012 was that the semifinals and medal games were played in Stockholm instead of Helsinki.

Nations

Europe Austria^ Belarus* Czech Republic* Denmark* Finland† France* Germany* Latvia*

Norway* Russia* Slovakia* Slovenia^ Sweden† Switzerland* North America Canada* United States*

* = Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2012 IIHF World Championship

^ = Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2012 IIHF World Championship Division I

^† = Qualified as hosts (and as automatic qualifier)

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round is based on the 2012 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2012 IIHF World Championship. The teams were grouped according to seeding (in parenthesis is the corresponding world ranking). However, Russia and the Czech Republic swapped their slots between their groups to optimize the seeding for the Finnish-Swedish organizers.

Group S Czech Republic (3) Sweden (4) Canada (5) Norway (8) Switzerland (9) Denmark (12) Belarus (13) Slovenia (18)

Group H Russia (1) Finland (2) Slovakia (6) United States (7) Germany (10) Latvia (11) France (14) Austria (15)

Preliminary round

	Team advanced to the Playoff round
	Team relegated to 2014 Division I A

Group H

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	7	4	2	0	1	23	14	+9	16
Russia	7	5	0	0	2	29	14	+15	15
United States	7	5	0	0	2	24	16	+8	15
Slovakia	7	3	0	1	3	18	17	+1	10
Germany	7	2	1	1	3	13	16	−3	9
Latvia	7	2	0	1	4	14	25	−11	7
France	7	2	0	1	4	13	21	−8	7
Austria	7	1	1	0	5	18	29	−11	5

All times are local (UTC+3).

3 May 2013 16:15

France

2–6 (0–1, 0–2, 2–3)

Slovakia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,966

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	37

3 May 2013 20:15

Finland

4–3 OT (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) (OT 1–0)

Germany

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,115

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	38	Shots	18

4 May 2013 12:15

United States

5–3 (1–2, 4–1, 0–0)

Austria

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 8,202

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	21

4 May 2013 16:15

Russia

6–0 (1–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Latvia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 5,293

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	31 min
	34	Shots	15

4 May 2013 20:15

Finland

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,078

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	36

5 May 2013 12:15

France

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Austria

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 3,471

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	36

5 May 2013 16:15

Germany

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 3,705

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	26

5 May 2013 20:15

Latvia

1–4 (0–0, 1–2, 0–2)

United States

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 5,048

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	26

6 May 2013 16:15

Germany

2–3 (1–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 5,078

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	33

6 May 2013 20:15

Finland

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

France

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,158

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	22

7 May 2013 16:15

Austria

6–3 (2–1, 2–1, 2–1)

Latvia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 3,051

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	39

7 May 2013 20:15

Russia

5–3 (2–2, 1–1, 2–0)

United States

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,038

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	30	Shots	22

8 May 2013 16:15

Austria

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Germany

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,820

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	35

8 May 2013 20:15

United States

4–1 (1–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Finland

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,484

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	32

9 May 2013 16:15

Russia

1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0)

France

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 3,173

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	19

9 May 2013 20:15

Slovakia

3–5 (1–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Latvia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 3,124

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	24

10 May 2013 16:15

Slovakia

1–2 SO (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Austria

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 8,449

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	43	Shots	35

10 May 2013 20:15

Russia

2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Finland

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,383

Game reference
	35 min	Penalties	41 min
	36	Shots	24

11 May 2013 12:15

United States

4–2 (2–0, 0–1, 2–1)

France

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 7,458

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	17

11 May 2013 16:15

Finland

7–2 (2–0, 1–0, 4–2)

Austria

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,121

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	41 min
	43	Shots	18

11 May 2013 20:15

Germany

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 9,199

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	31 min
	34	Shots	26

12 May 2013 16:15

United States

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 11,057

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	30

12 May 2013 20:15

Slovakia

1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 4,041

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	23

13 May 2013 16:15

Latvia

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

France

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 2,204

Game reference
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	30

13 May 2013 20:15

Austria

4–8 (3–3, 1–3, 0–2)

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 4,455

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	18

14 May 2013 12:15

Slovakia

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

United States

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 9,262

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	20 min
	26	Shots	21

14 May 2013 16:15

France

2–3 OT (1–1, 1–0, 0–1) (OT 0–1)

Germany

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 5,062

Game reference
		1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3
	24 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	36

14 May 2013 20:15

Latvia

2–3 OT (1–1, 0–1, 1–0) (OT 0–1)

Finland

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,289

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	29

Group S

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	7	6	1	0	0	29	10	+19	20
Canada	7	5	1	1	0	25	10	+15	18
Sweden	7	5	0	0	2	17	11	+6	15
Czech Republic	7	3	1	0	3	19	12	+7	11
Norway	7	3	0	0	4	12	26	−14	9
Denmark	7	1	1	1	4	13	20	−7	6
Belarus	7	1	0	0	6	10	21	−11	3
Slovenia	7	0	0	2	5	12	27	−15	2

All times are local (UTC+2).

3 May 2013 16:15

Czech Republic

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Belarus

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 5,127

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	21

3 May 2013 20:15

Sweden

2–3 (0–0, 1–2, 1–1)

Switzerland

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 12,500

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	31	Shots	24

4 May 2013 12:15

Norway

3–1 (2–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Slovenia

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 3,832

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	22

4 May 2013 16:15

Canada

3–1 (0–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 5,577

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	25

4 May 2013 20:15

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Sweden

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 12,500

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	18	Shots	39

5 May 2013 12:15

Belarus

4–3 (1–1, 1–0, 2–2)

Slovenia

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 1,411

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	30

5 May 2013 16:15

Switzerland

3–2 SO (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Canada

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 6,107

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	21

5 May 2013 20:15

Norway

3–2 (1–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Denmark

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 3,754

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	29

6 May 2013 16:15

Switzerland

5–2 (1–0, 1–2, 3–0)

Czech Republic

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 3,537

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	39

6 May 2013 20:15

Sweden

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Belarus

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 10,473

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	21

7 May 2013 16:15

Slovenia

16:15

Denmark

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 1,051

7 May 2013 20:15

Canada

7–1 (4–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Norway

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 3,678

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	14

8 May 2013 16:15

Slovenia

1–7 (1–3, 0–3, 0–1)

Switzerland

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,132

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	38

8 May 2013 20:15

Norway

1–5 (0–2, 1–0, 0–3)

Sweden

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 12,293

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	48

9 May 2013 16:15

Czech Republic

2–1 SO (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Denmark

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 3,359

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	19

9 May 2013 20:15

Sweden

0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Canada

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 12,500

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	27

10 May 2013 16:15

Slovenia

2–4 (2–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 1,949

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	35

10 May 2013 20:15

Belarus

1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Canada

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 4,927

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	10	Shots	37

11 May 2013 12:15

Switzerland

4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 3,543

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	33

11 May 2013 16:15

Sweden

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Slovenia

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 12,500

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	40	Shots	21

11 May 2013 20:15

Norway

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Belarus

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 3,115

Game reference
	25 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	19

12 May 2013 16:15

Canada

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 6,117

Game reference
	29 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	23

12 May 2013 20:15

Norway

1–3 (0–2, 0–1, 1–0)

Switzerland

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 3,226

Game reference
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	17	Shots	37

13 May 2013 16:15

Denmark

3–2 (2–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Belarus

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 537

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	33	Shots	19

13 May 2013 20:15

Canada

4–3 OT (0–2, 2–1, 1–0) (OT 1–0)

Slovenia

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,184

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	20

14 May 2013 12:15

Belarus

1–4 (0–1, 0–0, 1–3)

Switzerland

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,206

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	40

14 May 2013 16:15

Czech Republic

7–0 (3–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Norway

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,769

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	17

14 May 2013 20:15

Denmark

2–4 (1–0, 1–1, 0–3)

Sweden

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 11,568

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	41

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

The games in Stockholm are UTC+2, while the games in Helsinki are UTC+3.

16 May 2013 13:00

Russia

3–8 (1–2, 0–2, 2–4)

United States

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 5,506

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	31

16 May 2013 14:45

Switzerland

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,237

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	34

16 May 2013 18:30

Finland

4–3 (3–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Slovakia

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	36

16 May 2013 20:15

Canada

2–3 SO (0–0, 1–0, 1–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Sweden

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 11,153

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	29 min
	43	Shots	33

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

18 May 2013 15:00

Finland

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Sweden

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 11,674

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	31

18 May 2013 19:00

Switzerland

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

United States

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 7,136

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	29

Bronze medal game

Time is local )UTC+2).

19 May 2013 16:00

Finland

2–3 SO (0–2, 0–0, 2–0) (OT 0–0) (SO 0–1)

United States

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 6,836

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	0 min
	38	Shots	26

Gold medal game

Time is local (UTC+2).

19 May 2013 20:30

Switzerland

1–5 (1–2, 0–0, 0–3)

Sweden

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 12,500

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	27

Team Photos

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  France

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  Norway

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  Sweden

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  Slovakia

Ranking and statistics

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