2013 IIHF Women's World Championship

The preliminary round was divided into two pools and introduced a new format that placed the top four seeds into Group A, and the bottom four in Group B. The top two finishers in Group A advanced directly to the semifinals, while the two remaining teams and the top two in Group B played a quarterfinal round.[8] The change in format helped reduce the number of severely one-sided contests in a tournament praised by IIHF president René Fasel for its increasing competitiveness.[9]

Each team's roster for the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate.

The IIHF selected six referees and nine linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship. They were the following:[10]

The opening night featured a match-up of the game's top powers, Canada and the United States. The contest ended with a 3–2 Canadian win, decided by a shootout, in what was viewed as a preview of the probable gold medal final.[11] The Canadian team made headlines by wearing yellow and black uniforms in lieu of the team's usual red and white colors. This was part of a promotion for the Nike-backed Livestrong cancer awareness initiative, whose founder Lance Armstrong had confessed to doping a few months earlier. Nike hoped to attach the Livestrong brand to other athletes, and the jerseys were subsequently auctioned in support of the charity.[12] Both teams easily won their remaining pool games,[13] to earn byes to the semifinals.[6]

After failing to win a game in the 2012 tournament,[8] Russia rebounded in 2013 by winning all of its pool games to lead Group B. It clinched first place with a 4–0 victory over Sweden, a nation that entered the tournament with high medal hopes but was instead forced to play a best-of-three series against the Czech Republic to avoid relegation.[14] The Swedes, who hosted the next tournament in 2015, retained their position in the top division by winning the series against the Czechs by 2–1 (SO) and 4–0 scores.[15] The Czech Republic, who were promoted from Division 1A for this tournament, were relegated back to the lower division.[16]

In the medal round, Germany joined Russia in reaching the quarterfinal round from Group B, while Finland and Switzerland qualified out of Group A.[13] The Russians won their fourth consecutive game in the tournament by defeating the 2012 bronze medal-winning Switzerland team 2–1 to earn a semifinal game against Canada. Forty-year-old Yekaterina Pashkevich, the eldest player in the tournament, said that her nation's turnaround following a winless 2012 tournament could be attributed to increased "drive and motivation" in the country as a result of Russia hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics.[17] In the second semifinal, Finland beat Germany 1–0 to earn a match-up with the United States. Goaltender Meeri Raisanen recorded the shutout after unexpectedly being named her team's starter in favour of Finland's number-one goaltender, Noora Raty.[18]

Russia's unbeaten run came to an end in the semifinals as they were routed by Canada, 8–1.[19] In a closer contest, the United States defeated Finland, 3–0.[20] The results set up the 15th consecutive gold medal match-up between the two North American rivals.[19]

In the bronze medal game, the Russians captured only their second medal in tournament history with a 2–0 victory over Finland. They earned the win on the goaltending of Nadezhda Alexandrova, who stopped all 32 shots she faced for the shutout.[21]

The United States defeated Canada, 3–2 to win its fifth world championship in seven years. The winning goal was scored by Amanda Kessel for the American team that outshot their opponents 30–16.[22] The goaltending of Shannon Szabados was credited with keeping Canada close as Americans used their speed advantage to overcome Canada's size and physical presence.[23]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	0	24	2	+22	8	Advance to semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	0	11	5	+6	7
3	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	4	13	−9	3	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

All times are local (UTC−4).

2 April 2013 15:30

Finland

2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Scotiabank Place, Ottawa Attendance: 3,366

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Melanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Kate Connolly Michaela Kúdelová
	0–1 04:37 – K. Nabholz (S. Marty, J. Marty) A. Rajahuhta (L. Välimäki, M. Karvinen) (PP) – 26:54 1–1 M. Karvinen – 29:24 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	44	Shots	17

2 April 2013 19:30

Canada

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

United States

Scotiabank Place, Ottawa Attendance: 11,174

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Jessica Vetter	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Zuzana Svobodová Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 04:05 – M. Lamoureux-Kolls (J. Lamoureux, G. Marvin) (PP) 0–2 18:54 – B. Decker (A. Kessel, A. Carpenter) R. Johnston (S. Vaillancourt, J. Wakefield) – 51:13 1–2 C. Ward (H. Irwin, S. Vaillancourt) – 58:13 2–2
	J. Hefford M. Agosta-Marciano S. Vaillancourt J. Wakefield	Shootout	H. Knight M. Lamoureux-Kolls B. Decker H. Knight
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	29

3 April 2013 15:30

United States

4–2 (4–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Finland

Scotiabank Place, Ottawa Attendance: 3,113

Game reference
	Brianne McLaughlin	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee: Aina Hove Linesmen: Ilona Novotná Zuzana Svobodová
	M. Lamoureux-Kolls (J. Lamoureux, L. Chesson) – 05:06 1–0 B. Decker (G. Marvin, A. Kessel) – 10:35 2–0 2–1 12:39 – R. Lindstedt (K. Rantamäki, N. Tikkinen) A. Kessel (B. Decker, M. Bozek) – (PP) 17:26 3–1 M. Lamoureux-Kolls (J. Lamoureux, K. Coyne) – 18:47 4–1 4–2 21:11 – M. Karvinen (L. Välimäki, M. Jalosuo)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	13

3 April 2013 19:30

Switzerland

0–13 (0–2, 0–6, 0–5)

Canada

Scotiabank Place, Ottawa Attendance: 9,904

Game reference
	Sophie Anthamatten Dominique Slongo	Goalies	Charline Labonté	Referee: Kristine Langley Linesmen: Therese Bjorkman Michaela Kúdelová
	0–1 04:40 – J. Wakefield 0–2 12:48 – M-P. Poulin (L. Fortino) 0–3 23:49 – R. Johnston (C. Ward, J. Wakefield) (PP) 0–4 25:30 – J. Hefford (M-P. Poulin, J. Larocque) (SH) 0–5 28:11 – N. Spooner (R. Johnston, J. Larocque) 0–6 33:32 – B. Jenner 0–7 37:46 – S. Vaillancourt (H. Irwin, L. Rougeau) 0–8 39:58 – B. Jenner (J. Wakefield, M. Mikkelson Reid) 0–9 46:23 – H. Irwin (M. Agosta-Marciano) (PP) 0–10 47:37 – M-P. Poulin (J. Hefford) 0–11 50:44 – Marie-Philip Poulin (J. Hefford) 0–12 55:42 – M. Mikkelson Reid (B. Bram, G. Apps) 0–13 56:45 – M-P. Poulin (T. Bonhomme, B. Jenner)
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	16	Shots	79

5 April 2013 15:30

United States

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Scotiabank Place, Ottawa Attendance: 5,626

Game reference
	Jessie Vetter	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Marie Picavet Linesmen: Therese Bjorkman Ilona Novotná
	A. Carpenter (J. Lamoureux, H. Knight) (PP) – 19:20 1–0 B. Decker (L. Stecklein, A. Kessel) – 19:31 2–0 B. Decker (A. Kessel, K. Coyne) – 28:08 3–0 K. Coyne (A. Kessel, B. Decker) – 41:23 4–0 J. Chu (K. Bellamy, M. Bozek) – 43:03 5–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	61	Shots	6

5 April 2013 19:30

Canada

8–0 (3–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Finland

Scotiabank Place, Ottawa Attendance: 18,014

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Noora Räty Meeri Räisänen	Referee: Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Laura Johnson Michaela Kúdelová
	B. Bram (C. Ouellette, C. Ward) – 14:25 1–0 B. Jenner (C. Birchard, M-P. Poulin) – 16:03 2–0 B. Jenner (J. Hefford, M-P. Poulin) (EA) – 18:06 3–0 M. Agosta-Marciano (H. Irwin, S. Vaillancourt) – 39:00 4–0 M. Agosta-Marciano (H. Irwin, C. Ward) – 41:38 5–0 S. Vaillancourt (M. Agosta-Marciano, T. Bonhomme) – 44:26 6–0 J. Wakefield (R. Johnston) – 45:47 7–0 M. Agosta-Marciano (S. Vaillancourt, C. Birchard) – 46:52 8–0
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	1	0	1	1	8	10	−2	4
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	7	11	−4	3	Advance to relegation round
4	Sweden	3	0	1	0	2	5	9	−4	2

All times are local (UTC−4).

2 April 2013 12:00

Russia

4–0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Germany

Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa Attendance: 409

Game reference
	Nadezhda Alexandrova	Goalies	Viona Harrer	Referee: Kristine Langley Linesmen: Therese Bjorkman Denise Caughey
	Y. Solovyova (I. Gavrilova, Y. Smolentseva) – 14:42 1–0 L. Belyakova (A. Vafina, A. Shibanova) – 52:18 2–0 Y. Smolentseva (A. Shibanova, Y. Smolina) (PP) – 54:23 3–0 S. Tkachyova (V. Pavlova, I. Dyubanok) – 59:25 4–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	14

2 April 2013 16:00

Sweden

2–3 (0–2, 2–1, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa Attendance: 186

Game reference
	Valentina Lizana	Goalies	Radka Lhotská	Referee: Aina Hove Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Laura Johnson
	0–1 08:24 – L. Povová (D. Vopravilová) (PP) 0–2 14:02 – K. Chmelová (P. Herzigová) (PP) E. Grahm (E. Eliasson) – 27:48 1–2 E. Holmlöv (J. Asserholt) – 28:37 2–2 2–3 37:09 – E. Holešová (A. Lédlová, T. Vanišová)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	26

3 April 2013 12:00

Russia

3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa Attendance: 1,045

Game reference
	Anna Prugova	Goalies	Radka Lhotská	Referee: Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Kate Connolly Laura Johnson
	Y. Lebedeva (T. Burina) – 03:22 1–0 A. Vafina (Y. Smolentseva, I. Gavrilova) – 33:37 2–0 2–1 36:51 – D. Křížová (A. Polenska, K. Mrázová) T. Burina (Y. Lebedeva) (SH) – 54:38 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	19	Shots	20

3 April 2013 16:00

Germany

2–3 OT (2–1, 0–0, 0–1) (OT 0–1)

Sweden

Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa Attendance: 291

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referee: Marie Picavet Linesmen: Denise Caughey Stephanie Gagnon
	S. Götz (S. Seiler) (PP) – 13:04 1–0 S. Seiler (M. Becker) – 14:59 2–0 2–1 17:40 – L. Johansson (L. Wester) 2–2 49:54 – L. Johansson (A. Borgqvist) 2–3 60:53 – P. Winberg
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	11	Shots	33

5 April 2013 12:00

Czech Republic

3–6 (1–1, 0–3, 2–2)

Germany

Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa Attendance: 1,234

Game reference
	Radka Lhotská Kateřina Bečevová	Goalies	Viona Harrer	Referee: Melanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 09:27 – J. Zorn (F. Busch, M. Anwander) K. Chmelová (K. Mrázová) – 14:11 1–1 1–2 21:13 – A. Lanzl (K. Spielberger) (PP) 1–3 29:04 – F. Busch (J. Zorn, M. Anwander) (PP) 1–4 30:29 – M. Becker (K. Spielberger) 1–5 46:51 – F. Busch (S. Fellner) 1–6 49:44 – L. Schuster (N. Kamenik, S. Kratzer) L. Manhartová (K. Chmelová, A. Lédlová) – 54:29 2–6 D. Lásková (K. Chmelová, J. Fialová) – 55:41 3–6
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	23

5 April 2013 16:00

Sweden

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Russia

Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa Attendance: 635

Game reference
	Valentina Lizana Sara Grahn	Goalies	Nadezhda Alexandrova Anna Prugova	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Kate Connolly Zuzana Svobodová
	0–1 06:41 – Y. Smolentseva (I. Gavrilova, A. Shibanova) (PP) 0–2 23:55 – G. Skiba (Y. Lebedeva) 0–3 30:59 – A. Vafina (A. Kapustina, A. Shibanova) (PP) 0–4 59:44 – Y. Dergachyova (A. Kapustina) (ENG)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	36

Best of three.

All times are local (UTC−4).

6 April 2013 16:00

Czech Republic

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

Sweden

Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa Attendance: 667

Game reference
	Radka Lhotská	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referee: Aina Hove Linesmen: Michaela Kúdelová Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 11:12 – L. Johansson (L. Wester, E. Eliasson) A. Polenska (L. Povová, D. Křížová) – 50:42 1–1
	P. Herzigová K. Mrázová V. Přibylová	Shootout	E. Holmlöv P. Winberg E. Eliasson
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	36

8 April 2013 12:00

Sweden

4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa Attendance: 604

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Radka Lhotská	Referee: Melanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Kate Connolly Laura Johnson
	L. Hedengren (O. Carlsson, P. Winberg) – 21:45 1–0 L. Wester (A. Borgqvist) – 29:56 2–0 J. Olofsson (A. Borgqvist) – 48:34 3–0 E. Holmlöv (P. Winberg) (PP) – 59:35 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	19

List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Marie-Philip Poulin	5	6	6	12	+12	2
Brianna Decker	5	6	2	8	+8	4
Jenn Wakefield	5	4	4	8	+5	2
Amanda Kessel	5	2	6	8	+6	0
Sarah Vaillancourt	5	2	5	7	+8	2
Catherine Ward	5	1	6	7	+7	18
Meghan Agosta-Marciano	5	4	2	6	+7	0
Brianne Jenner	5	4	2	6	+6	2
Jayna Hefford	5	2	4	6	+11	2
Haley Irwin	5	2	4	6	+8	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.COM

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Nadezhda Alexandrova	209:44	73	1	0.29	98.63	2
Sara Grahn	211:06	67	3	0.85	95.52	1
Jennifer Harß	120:53	76	4	1.99	94.74	0
Shannon Szabados	243:35	93	6	1.48	93.55	1
Florence Schelling	237:51	159	13	3.28	91.82	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

• Media All-Stars[24]
  • Goaltender:  Noora Räty (FIN)
  • Defense:  Meaghan Mikkelson Reid (CAN),  Catherine Ward (CAN)
  • Forwards:  Marie-Philip Poulin (CAN),  Brianna Decker (USA),  Jenn Wakefield (CAN)
• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender:  Nadezhda Alexandrova (RUS)
  • Best Defenceman:  Jenni Hiirikoski (FIN)
  • Best Forward:  Marie-Philip Poulin (CAN)

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Stavanger, Norway, from 7 to 13 April 2013.[25]

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
Japan[Note 1]	5	4	0	1	0	17	7	+10	13
Denmark	5	3	1	0	1	15	9	+6	11
Slovakia	5	3	0	0	2	15	10	+5	9
Austria	5	2	0	1	2	15	16	−1	7
Norway	5	1	1	0	3	13	15	−2	5
Latvia	5	0	0	0	5	9	27	−18	0	Relegated to the 2014 Division I B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Strasbourg, France, from 7 to 13 April 2013.[26]

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
France	5	5	0	0	0	23	4	+19	15	Promoted to the 2014 Division I A
Netherlands	5	3	1	0	1	16	12	+4	11
North Korea	5	1	1	1	2	12	17	−5	6
China	5	2	0	0	3	15	15	0	6
Kazakhstan	5	1	1	0	3	12	16	−4	5
Great Britain	5	0	0	2	3	8	22	−14	2	Relegated to the 2014 Division II A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Auckland, New Zealand, from 8 to 14 April 2013.[27]

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
Hungary	5	4	0	0	1	27	12	+15	12	Promoted to the 2014 Division I B
Italy	5	4	0	0	1	18	8	+10	12
Australia	5	3	0	0	2	21	17	+4	9
New Zealand	5	2	0	1	2	14	20	−6	7
Poland	5	1	1	0	3	10	16	−6	5
Slovenia	5	0	0	0	5	10	27	−17	0	Relegated to the 2014 Division II B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Puigcerdà, Spain, from 1 to 7 April 2013.[28]

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	20	3	+17	15	Promoted to the 2014 Division II A
Spain	5	4	0	0	1	23	7	+16	12
Croatia	5	2	1	0	2	27	14	+13	8
Iceland	5	1	1	0	3	12	16	−4	5
Belgium	5	1	0	2	2	12	10	+2	5
South Africa	5	0	0	0	5	6	50	−44	0	Relegated to the 2014 Division II B Qualification

The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in İzmir, Turkey, from 7 to 9 December 2012.[29]

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
Turkey	2	2	0	0	0	11	4	+7	6	Promoted to the 2014 Division II B
Bulgaria	2	1	0	0	1	9	5	+4	3
Ireland	2	0	0	0	2	2	13	−11	0