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. Group A contested in

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and Group B contested in

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. For the third consecutive year the two nations that had been demoted from the top level, were sent right back. In Group A Kazakhstan and Italy narrowly held off Hungary to achieve promotion, who lost for the first time in their history to South Korea. The Koreans also defeated Great Britain on the final day, relegating the British, and achieving a placement of 21st overall, their best ever finish. In Group B, Ukraine returned to Group A, Estonia returned to Division II, and the other four nations repeated their placements from 2012. The final day was dramatic though, as it featured head-to-head match-ups to determine promotion and relegation. Both Poland and Ukraine were undefeated until they met in the final game of the tournament, Ukraine came out ahead four to three. The game between the two winless Baltic nations was not as dramatic, as Lithuania scored twelve to stay in Division I.

Division I A

Participants

Officials

Referees * Thomas Berneker * Maxim Sidorenko * Pascal St-Jacques * Jimmy Bergamelli * Pawel Meszynski * Alexander Sergeev * Daniel Konc Linesmen * Justin Hull * Jiří Gebauer * Attila Nagy * Marton Németh * Alexander Waldejer * Joris Müller * David Brown

Final standings

Results

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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Goaltending leaders

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Tournament awards

*Best players selected by the directorate: **Best Goalkeeper: Adam Dennis **Best Defenseman: Aaron Keller **Best Forward: Patrick Iannone IIHF.com
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Division I B

Participants

Officials

Referees * Michael Hicks * Andris Ansons * Peter Lokšík * Maksym Urda Linesmen * Frederic Monnaie * Rene Jensen * Ulrich Pardatscher * Martin Korba * Damir Rakovič * Anton Hladchenko * Artem Korepanov

Final standings

Results

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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Goaltending leaders

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Tournament awards

*Best players selected by the directorate: **Best Goalkeeper: Martijn Oosterwijk **Best Defenseman: Paweł Dronia **Best Forward: Oleh Tymchenko IIHF.com
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References

External links

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2013 IIHF World Championship Division I The 2013 IIHF World Championship Division I was a pair of international Ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A contested in Budapest, Hungary and Group B contested in Donetsk, Ukraine, both running from 14 ...