Other countries in the running were Hungary, Czech Republic and Latvia (which withdrew from the race and endorsed the Swedish bid).

[5] At the congress in Bern in 2009, it was announced that Finland (the host for the 2012 World Championship) and Sweden would co-host both the 2012 and 2013 tournaments.

[8] Tampere was also a candidate to be the Finnish venue, but due to a delay in construction of the new Tampereen Keskusareena, Helsinki was named as co-host.

[9] Also in Stockholm, the Tele2 Arena, a new retractable-roof multi-purpose stadium seating 30,000 spectators on the side of the Globen, was planned to host at least one game, but due to construction delays it would not be finished until July 2013, two months after the World Championship.

However, Russia and the Czech Republic swapped their slots between their groups to optimize the seeding for the Finnish-Swedish organizers.

Best players selected by the directorate:[14] Media All-Star Team:[15] List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: IIHF.com Only the top ten goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.