2013 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Germany
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| Dates | 2 June – 8 June |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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 United States (6th title)
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Runner-up 
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 Sweden
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Third place 
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 Canada
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 239 (10.39 per match) |
| Attendance | 7,040 (306 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Travis Noe |
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The 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 18th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship ran alongside the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 2 and 8 June 2013 in Dresden, Germany. The tournament was won by the United States, earning their sixth World Championship title. Sweden finished in second place and Canada in third after defeating Slovakia in the bronze medal match. Slovenia after losing their placement round game and finishing last in the standings was relegated to Division I for 2014.
Seven of the eight teams automatically qualified for the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship while the eighth spot was awarded to the winner of the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I tournament. The 2012 Division I tournament was won by Slovakia who defeated Hungary in the final to earn promotion back to the World Championship after they were relegated in 2011.
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the final standings at the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship and 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship Division I. The World Championships groups are named Group A and Group B while the 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament use Group C and Group D, as both tournaments were held in Dresden, Germany. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding at the previous year's tournament (in parenthesis is the corresponding seeding):
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