2013 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
# 2013 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

The 2013 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I was two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championships.

## Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 7 to 13 April 2013. Danish goalie George Sørensen scored a goal against France, joining Anton Khudobin as the only goaltenders ever to accomplish this feat in an IIHF event.

### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| - | - |
| Denmark | placed 10th in 2012 Top Division and were relegated |
| Norway | placed 2nd in 2012 Division I A |
| Italy | hosts, placed 3rd in 2012 Division I A |
| France | placed 4th in 2012 Division I A |
| Slovenia | placed 5th in 2012 Division I A |
| Belarus | placed 1st in 2012 Division I B and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 14 | Promoted to the 2014 Top Division |
| 2 | Norway | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 12 | |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 7 | |
| 4 | Belarus | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 7 | |
| 5 | France | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 5 | |
| 6 | Slovenia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 0 | Relegated to the 2014 Division I B |

### Results

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

## Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 14 to 20 April 2013.

### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| - | - |
| Japan | placed 6th in 2012 Division I A and were relegated |
| Kazakhstan | placed 2nd in 2012 Division I B |
| Austria | placed 3rd in 2012 Division I B |
| Ukraine | placed 4th in 2012 Division I B |
| Poland | hosts, placed 5th in 2012 Division I B |
| South Korea | placed 1st in 2012 Division II A and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11 | +23 | 15 | Promoted to the 2014 Division I A |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | Austria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 9 | |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 9 | |
| 5 | Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 3 | |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 0 | Relegated to the 2014 Division II A |

### Results

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

