The 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship (commonly known as the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships) was the 37th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC). It was hosted in Ufa,

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. It began on December 26, 2012, and ended with the gold medal game played on January 5, 2013. The

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defeated defending-champion

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3–1 to win their third title, their first one since

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. American goalie John Gibson was named MVP of the tournament.

defeated

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6–5 in overtime to win the bronze medal, sending the Canadians home without a medal for the first time since 1998.

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was relegated to Division I and

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was promoted to the

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Venues

Match officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship
They were the following: ;Referees * Harry Dumas * Roman Gofman * Pavel Hodek * Georg Jablukov * Sergei Kulakov * Jari Levonen * Didier Massy * Mikael Nord * Steve Patafie * Mikael Sjöqvist * Pat Smith * Daniel Sticker ;Linesmen * François Dussureault * Tommy George * Tobias Haster * Raivis Jučers * Roman Kaderli * Masi Puolakka * Stanislav Raming * Anton Semjonov * Dmitry Sivov * Peter Stano

Top Division

Each round will be a

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, where the teams play each other once within their group. The Preliminary round is divided into two groups: Group A and Group B, which includes five teams each. From each group, the top three teams will qualify for the playoffs; the 1st-ranked teams earn a direct trip to the Semifinals, while the 2nd and 3rd-ranked teams qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 4th and 5th-ranked teams have to play in the Relegation round, where the three best teams qualify for the Top Division tournament the following year, with the last-placed team being relegated to the Division I tournament the following year. In the Semifinals, the directly qualified Semifinalists face the winners from the Quarterfinals.

Rosters

Preliminary round

Group A

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).''

Group B

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).''

Relegation round

The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round. ''All times are local ( Yekaterinburg Time –

).''

Final round

;Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Final

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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; PIM = Penalties In Minutes'' Source
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Goaltending leaders

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Tournament awards

References
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* Forwards:

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;IIHF best player awards * Goaltender: John Gibson * Defenceman: Jacob Trouba * Forward:

Final standings

Medalists

Source
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Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in

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, France, from 9 to 15 December 2012.

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in

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, Ukraine, from 10 to 16 December 2012.

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in

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, Romania, from 9 to 15 December 2012.

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in

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, Serbia, from 12 to 18 January 2013.

Division III

The Division III tournament was played in

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, Bulgaria, from 14 to 20 January 2013.2013 Division III statistics
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References

External links

Official website of IIHF
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