International ice hockey competition
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.
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. 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.
Final standings.
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Match results.
"All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)."
Statistics and awards.
Directorate Awards.
Source: 
Division I Group B.
The Division I Group B tournament was played from 7 to 13 April 2013 at Patinoire Iceberg in Strasbourg, France.
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.
Final standings.
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Match results.
"All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)."
Statistics and awards.
Directorate Awards.
Source: 
References.
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