The 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I A and Division I B represent the second and third tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.

Division I Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played at DNB Arena in Stavanger, Norway, from 7 to 13 April 2013.2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A statistics

The winners of this tournament were initially presumed to be promoted to the 2015 Top Division. However, with the Divisions I and II playing in an Olympic year, and the eight Olympic entries being in none of those tournaments, it was determined that the last-placed Olympic team will play a challenge series with the 2014 Division I Group A champion for promotion to the 2015 Top Division.2015 Top Division Promotion format So Japan, as the last team of the 2014 Olympics, did not participate in the World Championships in 2014 and advanced to the 2015 Top Division playoff.

The last-placed team of the Division I Group A was relegated to the Division I Group B for 2014.

Participating teams Team Qualification placed 8th in Top Division last year and were relegated hosts; placed 2nd in Division I A last year placed 3rd in Division I A last year placed 4th in Division I A last year placed 5th in Division I A last year placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Final standings

Match results All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Janine Weber 5 4 3 7 +7 6 2 Marie Henriksen 5 2 5 7 +1 2 3 Hanae Kubo 5 1 6 7 +5 4 4 Denise Altmann 5 4 2 6 0 4 5 Josefine Jakobsen 5 3 3 6 +2 12 6 Jana Kapustová 5 3 3 6 +3 2 7 Line Bialik Øien 5 2 4 6 –2 0 8 Victoria Hummel 5 3 2 5 +3 0 9 Esther Kantor 5 2 3 5 –1 4 9 Chiho Osawa 5 2 3 5 +3 2 9 Tomoko Sakagami 5 2 3 5 +2 2GP = 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)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Zuzana Tomčíková 298:55 9 1.81 95.05 1 2 Kamilla Lund Nielsen 304:00 9 1.78 94.04 0 3 Azusa Nakaoku 305:00 7 1.38 93.27 2 4 Paula Marchhart 300:18 15 3.00 91.62 0 5 Evija Tētiņa 299:37 26 5.21 89.60 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards Goaltender: Kamilla Lund Nielsen, Defenseman: Ayaka Toko, Forward: Line Bialik Øien,

Source: IIHF.com

Division I Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played from 7 to 13 April 2013 at Patinoire Iceberg in Strasbourg, France.2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B statistics

The winners of this tournament were promoted to the Division I Group A, while the last-placed team was relegated to the Division II Group A for 2014.

Participating teams Team Qualification placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated placed 2nd in Division I B last year hosts; placed 3rd in Division I B last year placed 4th in Division I B last year placed 5th in Division I B last year placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Final standings

Match results All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Marion Allemoz 5 3 7 10 +6 4 2 Mieneke de Jong 5 6 3 9 +6 14 3 Savine Wielenga 5 5 4 9 +4 2 4 Emmanuelle Passard 5 5 3 8 +4 2 5 Lore Baudrit 5 4 4 8 +7 10 6 Sun Rui 5 6 1 7 +2 4 7 Zhang Mengying 5 5 2 7 +3 0 8 Driane Gicquel 5 3 4 7 +7 2 9 Zarina Tukhtieva 5 4 2 6 0 4 10 Anouck Bouche 5 3 2 5 +3 4 10 Ryu Hyon-mi 5 3 2 5 +2 4 10 Angela Taylor 5 3 2 5 –2 16GP = 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)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Caroline Baldin 180:00 1 0.33 97.56 2 2 Claudia van Leeuwen 305:00 12 2.36 93.68 0 3 Jeanne Morin 120:00 3 1.50 90.62 0 4 Jia Dandan 292:05 15 3.08 89.36 1 5 Daria Obydennova 290:53 15 3.09 88.37 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards Goaltender: Claudia van Leeuwen, Defenseman: Athena Locatelli, Forward: Marion Allemoz, Source: IIHF.com

References

External links Official website of IIHF Complete results at the hockeyarchives.info