2013 IIHF Women's World Championship

2013 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	April 2–9, 2013
Opened by	David Johnston
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	109 (5.19 per game)
Attendance	97,156 (4,626 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Marie-Philip Poulin (12 points)
MVP	Marie-Philip Poulin
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The 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 15th world championship sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and was the last world championship before the 2014 Winter Olympics. The tournament was hosted in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and was primarily played in small community arenas,^[where?] including the Nepean Sportsplex, but most games were held in Scotiabank Place arena.

The United States won their fifth world title with a 3–2 win over Canada,^[1][2] while Russia defeated Finland, 2–0, to win its second bronze medal in tournament history.^[3]

The tournament was held at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the site of the first Women's World Championship in 1990. Organizers set a tournament record of over 150,000 tickets sold, and a preliminary round contest between Canada and Finland set an all-time attendance mark for a women's hockey game of 18,013. Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin was named top forward and most valuable player after leading the tournament with 12 points. Finland's Jenni Hiirikoski was named top defenceman and Russia's Nadezhda Alexandrova was named top goaltender.