2013 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification events, Peace Curling Association, Results
Moore and DeJong played a two-game series to determine the ranking they would receive in the provincials, which affects the placement of teams in the provincials draw. Moore won the first game with a score of 8–6, but DeJong won the second game with a score of 12–2. The two teams then played a skills competition, which Moore won, giving her the A ranking and DeJong the B ranking.


2013 Alberta floods
In the days leading up to June 19, 2013, Alberta, Canada, experienced heavy rainfall that triggered catastrophic flooding described by the provincial government as the worst in Alberta's history. Areas along the Bow, Elbow, Highwood, Red Deer, Sheep, Little Bow, and South Saskatchewan rivers and their tributaries were particularly affected. A total of 32 states of local emergency were declared and 28 emergency operations centres were activated as water levels rose and numerous communities were placed under evacuation orders.


2013 Alberta floods
Five people were confirmed dead as a direct result of the flooding and over 100,000 people were displaced throughout the region. Some 2,200 Canadian Forces (CF) troops were deployed to help in flooded areas in addition to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Alberta Sheriffs Branch response. Total damage estimates exceeded C$5 billion and in terms of insurable damages, made the 2013 Alberta floods the costliest disaster in Canadian history at $1.7 billion, until the occurrence of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire. Receding waters gave way to a mammoth cleanup of affected areas, aided by a spontaneous volunteer campaign in which many homeowners were assisted by complete strangers.


2013 Alberta floods, Meteorology
Situated east of the Canadian Rockies, southern Alberta is a semi-arid region that does not usually receive high amounts of rainfall. A high-pressure system in northern Alberta blocked the passage to a low-pressure area to the south, 19-21 June. This blocked circulation and easterly winds pumped humidity on the rising slopes of the Rocky Mountains foothills, causing heavy rain into the province with rainfall amounts of over 200 millimetres (7.9 in) to fall in less than two days in many regions of the province, particularly west and southwest of Calgary.


2013 Alberta floods, Meteorology
In Canmore, a town in Alberta's Rockies, over 220 millimetres (8.7 in) fell in just 36 hours, nearly half of the town's annual average rainfall. In the town of High River, rainfall amounts at one weather station recorded 325 milimetres (12.8 in) in less than 48 hours. The rain falling on already saturated ground, coupled with the steep watershed and heavy snow loads remaining in the front ranges of the Rocky Mountains, resulted in a rapid increase in the size and flow of several rivers.


2013 Alberta floods, Meteorology
At the peak of the flooding, the Bow and Elbow rivers were flowing through Calgary at three times their peak levels from a 2005 flood that caused C$400 million in damages. Within 48 hours, by 8 a.m. MDT on June 21, the flow rate on the Bow River had reached 1,458 cubic metres (51,489 cubic ft.) per second (m3/s), five times its normal rate for this time of the year. The Elbow and Highwood rivers reached flow rates of 544 m3/s (inside Calgary) and 734 m3/s respectively, ten times their averages for this time of year. According to data tracked by Alberta's Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, "in the space of a day or two, the flows of the three rivers rocketed up five to 10 times their normal rates."


2013 Alberta floods, Impact
Government officials called the flooding the worst in Alberta's history.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact
By June 24, 2013, some 2,200 Canadian Forces (CF) troops had been deployed to help in flooded areas. Land Force Western Area brought in Coyote reconnaissance vehicles, Bison armoured vehicles, G-Wagen Jeeps, and other military vehicles.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact
As communities began to flood and people became displaced, area residents mobilized to offer support and assistance to evacuees and emergency response personnel. Some volunteers and several police officers worked up to 20 hours to help evacuation efforts despite knowing their own homes had been damaged or completely washed away. While coverage of the flooding spread throughout social media sites, many people and businesses also took to Facebook and Twitter to open their homes up to neighbours and strangers who did not have other places to stay or offer whatever support they could.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, Calgary
In Calgary, Alberta's largest city, 26 neighbourhoods in the vicinity of the Bow and Elbow rivers were placed under a mandatory evacuation order on June 20 and 21 as the rivers spilled over their banks and flooded communities. Affecting 75,000 people, it was the largest evacuation order in the city's history. The city's downtown core was among the areas evacuated, as officials called for a "Neighbour Day" on June 21 and requested people to stay home, particularly the 350,000 people who work downtown. All schools in both the public and Catholic school districts were closed and officials urged residents to avoid unnecessary travel.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, Calgary
On June 21, the Bow River had reached a record high water level of 4.09 m (13.4 ft). That same day, the river also reached a record high flow rate of 1,750 m3/s (62,000 cu ft/s).


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, Calgary
Through social media, websites and blogs with a constant stream of updated contributions from the Calgary's mayor, numerous city councillors, the Calgary Police, media at all levels, and numerous Calgarians with Twitter, Flickr and Facebook accounts, the flood was extremely well-covered.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, Calgary
The city's largest indoor arena, the Scotiabank Saddledome, was among the facilities damaged as flood waters were reported to have filled up to the first ten rows of the lower seating bowl. The Calgary Stampede grounds adjacent to the arena were also severely flooded, less than two weeks before the scheduled opening of the annual exhibition and rodeo, however officials vowed the event would go on.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, Calgary
While emergency officials began to announce the partial lifting of some evacuation orders on June 22, Mayor Naheed Nenshi stated that it would be several days before power could be restored to the downtown core. City workers, assisted by Canadian Forces personnel from The Calgary Highlanders, reinforced a particularly large erosion of river bank near 8th Avenue S.E., which endangered several houses in the neighbourhood of Inglewood.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, Calgary
Calgary's central business district, home to many of Canada's oil company headquarters, remained inaccessible until June 26. A spokesman for Imperial Oil, Canada's second-largest producer and refiner, said the company was working on plans to maintain essential operations, including allowing employees to work from other locations. Shorcan Energy Brokers, which provides live prices for many Canadian crude grades, operated out of Toronto on June 21 rather than at its usual Calgary base, although no trades in either Western Canada Select heavy blend or light synthetic crude from the oil sands were executed. Net Energy Inc, the other main Calgary crude broker, was closed on Friday, June 21, and there was no trading.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, Calgary
As the water began to recede, the city lifted evacuation orders for several communities. It allowed 65,000 residents to return to their homes and business on June 23 to assess for damage, but parts of 14 communities remained off-limits.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, Calgary
On June 27, the Bonnybrook Bridge collapsed under the weight of a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train. One of the pilings of the 101-year-old rail bridge had been scoured by floodwaters on the Bow River and undermined. CPR officials said that because the scour occurred underwater, they had not been able to inspect it, due to river conditions. However, rail regulations require the ability to inspect underwater. The buckled bridge caused the train to derail. As the train was carrying hazardous petrochemicals, an evacuation was ordered for the local area and regions downstream, and the train was slowly pumped dry.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, High River
South of Calgary, the town of High River was evacuated after flooding of the Highwood River caused water to rise over the top of vehicles in the town's main streets and necessitated the rescue of over 150 people from the rooftops of their homes. 350 Canadian Forces personnel and 80 Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were dispatched to assist with rescue efforts. Members of the Alberta Sheriffs Branch were also involved in this effort.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, High River
All 13,000 residents of High River were ordered to evacuate on June 20, and the community was largely abandoned within three days as the town suffered what local officials called "unprecedented" damage. Among internationally recognized sites flooded in High River was the "Maggie's Diner" standing set for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) series Heartland.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, High River
During the state of emergency in High River, the RCMP entered numerous homes in the area and seized hundreds of firearms, along with magazines and ammunition. Although the RCMP claimed that it only seized firearms that were in plain view, many residents have complained that their firearms were well hidden, and that the RCMP caused significant damage inside homes while searching for firearms. There are further complaints that RCMP members subjected homes to second or even third searches in their quest for firearms in plain view.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, High River
The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP concluded that the RCMP had exceeded its authority by seizing firearms that were properly secured or not in plain view, by not keeping proper records of the damage caused when they broke into homes, and by failing to report the seizure of firearms to a justice of the peace. The report concluded that, although they were not legally required to do so, communicating adequately with the public during the crisis would have prevented much confusion among partners and anger among residents.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, High River
While residents of other communities were returning and beginning their cleanup, High River remained off limits a week after the flooding first hit. Residents grew increasingly frustrated at what they perceived as a lack of communication from local officials, particularly the lack of a timeline to return. Officials argued the town remained unsafe; some residences remained accessible only to divers, while E. coli had been discovered in the water.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, High River
The neighbourhood of Beechwood estates, with many luxury homes worth over a million dollars, was among those hard hit by the flood. The Province of Alberta decided to purchase the 94 homes, demolish most of them and return the area to its natural state as a floodplain. Twenty-six of the houses were auctioned off for relocation.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, Southern Alberta
The mountain towns of Banff and Canmore, west of Calgary, were cut off from neighbouring communities after flooding and mudslides forced the closure of the Trans-Canada Highway. Several homes were swept away in Canmore by the rise of Cougar Creek.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, Southern Alberta
In addition to Calgary, High River and Canmore, nine other municipalities, including the City of Lethbridge; the towns of Black Diamond, Cochrane, Sundre and Turner Valley; the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass; Rocky View County; and the municipal districts of Bighorn No. 8, Pincher Creek No. 9 and Foothills No. 31, had declared states of emergency on June 20 due to flooding and some communities had evacuated residents. Additionally, the City of Red Deer declared a state of emergency over the potential of flooding ahead of a planned release of water from the Dickson Dam into the Red Deer River. Another dozen communities have declared a state of emergency on June 21, including several First Nation reserves; the Siksika First Nation, east of Calgary evacuated 1,000 residents.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, Southern Alberta
The city of Medicine Hat, located on the South Saskatchewan River downstream from the confluence of the Bow and Oldman rivers was also hit with significant flooding. The city evacuated 10,000 residents ahead of the flooding, and facilities including the Medicine Hat Arena had begun to flood late Sunday evening, June 23. The South Saskatchewan River peaked at 5,460m3/s, which was below earlier predictions of 6,000m3/s, but exceeded the highest recorded rate of 5,100m3/s in 1995.


2013 Alberta floods, Impact, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Officials in the neighbouring provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba were bracing for potential flooding along the South Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan rivers, into which many of the affected rivers in Alberta drain. The South Saskatchewan River reached record levels through Saskatoon, but the city did not experience significant flooding. 2,200 people were evacuated from the Cumberland House area in eastern Saskatchewan. In Manitoba, flood warnings were issued for The Pas.


2013 Alberta floods, Fatalities
Four people are confirmed to have died as direct result of the flooding. Three people drowned in the Highwood River near High River, while an elderly woman drowned in her ground-floor apartment in Calgary's Mission neighbourhood. Additionally, Okotoks resident Robert David Nelson was killed in an ATV rollover while checking a neighbour's home for flood damage.


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, Estimated costs
On June 24, 2013 although total damage caused by the flooding remained unknown, Alberta Premier Alison Redford, predicted it would surpass the $700 million caused by the Slave Lake fire, with much of the cost likely to be uninsurable. In a report issued on June 24, 2013, Tom MacKinnon, BMO Capital Markets insurance analyst, suggested an early estimate of between $3 billion and $5 billion of total damages to "homes, businesses, vehicles and other private property."


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, Estimated costs
That would be "20 to 30 times" the amount of damage caused by southern Alberta's 2005 major flood, and the second costliest natural disaster in Canadian history. The Province of Alberta estimated in August that the cost of repairing the damage would exceed $5 billion. The Insurance Bureau of Canada stated in September that insurable losses had exceeded $1.7 billion, making it the costliest disaster in Canadian history in terms of insured damages (and without accounting for inflation), surpassing the $1.6 billion cost of the North American Ice Storm of 1998. The bureau called the cost "staggering", and said the figure continued to rise.


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, Estimated costs
The Albertan government granted the Siksika nation $93M to rebuild their communities; $10M of this grant would be used to train and upgrade the vocational skills needed to perform construction repairs.


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, Municipal level
Alberta's Minister of Municipal Affairs, Doug Griffiths, announced that a task force that represents numerous government agencies and which earned praise for its coordination of recovery efforts following the 2011 Slave Lake wildfire would be reconvened. John McGowan, CEO of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) described how AMSC is applying what they learned from the $700-million clean-up process following the Slave Lake fire in 2011 in their response to the flood.


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, Municipal level
McGowan explained how the AUMA's subsidiary Alberta Municipal Services Corporation (AMSC) will provide a wide variety of services which include general insurance to the approximately 278 cities, towns and villages in Alberta affected by the flood. Damaged public buildings, vehicles and key public infrastructure, including subsidiary damage such as, structural damage to bridges or tunnels, need to be repaired or replaced in the "biggest cleanup in provincial history". "Neighbours, strangers, friends, and friends-of-friends-of-friends" helped those whose homes were damaged in Calgary's flood. Calgary's first official call, early on the morning of June 24, for 600 volunteers resulted in an estimated 2,500 people arriving ready to work. Calgary Emergency Management Agency director Bruce Burrell said that the City of Calgary hired contractors on larger infrastructure repairs but volunteers were needed.


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, Provincial level
Upon touring the affected areas, Alberta Premier Alison Redford who represents the Calgary-Elbow riding, promised provincial assistance in recovery efforts. The Alberta Treasury board met early on June 24 to approve a preliminary $1 billion emergency fund for the disaster recovery program, covering immediate clean-up and repair costs. Losses to homeowners and municipalities caused by overland flooding, not covered by regular insurance, will be covered by the province. While making the funding announcement Premier Redford cautioned that it could take up to ten years to fully recover from the disaster.


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, Federal level
Prince William and his wife sent on June 24, via the Canadian Secretary to the Queen, a message of support, expressing their "best wishes to the Lieutenant Governor and Premier of Alberta and to the brave emergency services and all those volunteering to help their neighbours during this ongoing period of intense efforts."


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, Federal level
His father, Prince Charles also, following the destruction of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, on July 8, issued a statement mentioning both that disaster and the Alberta floods, saying "this has been a most testing time for Canadians" and praising the "extraordinary efforts which have led to the Calgary Stampede being opened on time" as demonstration that "it is only too clear how courageous and resourceful Canadians are, and we have nothing but the greatest admiration for such determination and resilience in the face of terrible adversity."


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, Federal level
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who also represents the Calgary Southwest riding, toured the flooded area and promised federal assistance in recovery efforts. Harper, Redford and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi took a helicopter tour of flood-damaged areas on the afternoon of June 21, and discussed the trilateral co-operation to the flood response.


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, Federal level
It was announced in 2013 that $2 billion was earmarked from the government's Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements for the province and that the government was seeking a $689-million increase in funding for the program from parliament.


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, First Nations
A state of emergency for Siksika First Nation, east of Calgary, was declared in the evening of June 20 with approximately one thousand people evacuated from their homes. By June 23, with 200 homes still underwater, Chief Fred Rabbitcarrier told CTV that there was a "feeling of hopelessness." However, as news outlets began to cover the story and a  account, set-up using a cellphone, helped coordinate relief efforts, donations and volunteers have responded to the community's call for help.


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, Volunteering
Soon after the flood started to recede, volunteer efforts began to help clean up the aftermath of the flood in Calgary. Thousands of people descended on heavily hit areas to help neighbours and strangers clean up in the aftermath. Buses were organized to transport volunteers into High River, where the majority of residents were expected to require assistance.


2013 Alberta floods, Cleanup and recovery, Flood mitigation
In November 2013, the Government of Alberta announced various projects to mitigate future flooding within Calgary and High River. The projects include construction of a channel to divert water around High River and a dry dam for the Elbow River west of Bragg Creek, which is upstream of Calgary. A grant was also announced for Calgary to investigate construction of a 5 km (3.1 mi) tunnel to divert Elbow River flood waters away from neighbourhoods.


2013 Alberta floods, Gallery - Calgary flooding 2013
Looking toward Downtown Calgary from Riverfront Avenue during the 2013 Alberta floods (June 21, 2013)


2013 Alberta floods, Gallery - Okotoks flooding 2013
Flood waters rush by the Okotoks 32nd Street bridge on the evening of June 20, 2013.


2013 Alberta floods, Gallery - Okotoks flooding 2013
Flood waters rush in from the Sheep River into a local Okotoks campground (June 20, 2013).


2013 Alberta floods, Gallery - Okotoks flooding 2013
Flood waters from the Sheep River in Okotoks rush into the local campground (June 20, 2013).


2013 Alberta floods, Gallery - Okotoks flooding 2013
Viewpoint is on the south edge of the River Valley looking towards Okotoks library (June 20, 2013).


2013 Alberta floods, Gallery - Okotoks flooding 2013
From the viewpoint of the north bank of the Sheep River, just east of the Okotoks library (June 23, 2013).


2013 Alberta floods, Gallery - Okotoks flooding 2013
The picnic and day use area of an Okotoks campground, once a grassy meadow, now in some places buried several feet deep in silt and rocks (June 23, 2013)


2013 Alberta floods, Gallery - Okotoks flooding 2013
Swingset at Rich's Playground in Okotoks campground after flood waters receded (June 23, 2013)


2013 Alberta floods, Gallery - Okotoks flooding 2013
Rich's Playground at Okotoks campground after flood water receded (June 23, 2013)


2013 Alberta municipal censuses
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision, to capitalize on per capita based grant funding from higher levels of government, or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.


2013 Alberta municipal censuses
Alberta had 358 municipalities between April 1 and June 30, 2013, down from 359 during the same three-month period in 2012. At least 40 of these municipalities (11.2%) conducted a municipal census in 2013. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 38 of these municipalities. By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 8 of Alberta's 17 cities, 16 of 108 towns, 5 of 94 villages, 1 of 51 summer villages and 8 of 64 municipal districts. In addition to those recognized by Municipal Affairs, censuses were conducted by the Town of Swan Hills and the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16.


2013 Alberta municipal censuses
Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2013 censuses. The cities of Lethbridge and Lloydminster surpassed the 90,000 and the 30,000 marks respectively. Furthermore, the Alberta and Saskatchewan portions of Lloydminster exceeded the 20,000 and 10,000 milestones respectively as well. Okotoks, Alberta's largest town, surpassed 25,000 residents, while the Town of Whitecourt became eligible for city status by eclipsing 10,000 people. The Town of Blackfalds and the Municipal District of Taber each surpassed the 7,000-mark and the Town of Wainwright grew beyond 6,000.


2013 Alberta municipal censuses, Municipal census results
The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2013.


2013 Alberta municipal censuses, Breakdowns, Lloydminster
The following is a breakdown of the results of the City of Lloydminster's 2013 municipal census by provincial component.


2013 Alberta municipal censuses, Breakdowns, Hamlets
The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2013 municipal censuses conducted by three municipalities.


2013 Alberta municipal censuses, Shadow population counts
Alberta Municipal Affairs defines shadow population as "temporary residents of a municipality who are employed by an industrial or commercial establishment in the municipality for a minimum of 30 days within a municipal census year." Numerous municipalities conducted shadow population counts at the same time as their municipal censuses in 2013. The following presents the results of those municipalities that conducted shadow population counts and compares them with their municipal census results.


2013 Alberta municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in Alberta, Canada on Monday, October 21, 2013. Mayors (reeves), councillors (aldermen), and trustees were elected to office in 16 of the 17 cities, all 108 towns, all 93 villages, all 5 specialized municipalities, all 64 municipal districts, 3 of the 8 improvement districts, and the advisory councils of the 3 special areas. The City of Lloydminster is on the Saskatchewan schedule (quadrennial), and held elections on October 24, 2012, while 5 improvement districts (Nos. 12, 13, 24, 25, and 349) have no councils and are led solely by the Minister of Municipal Affairs.


2013 Alberta municipal elections
Since the 2010 municipal elections, portions of Lac La Biche County and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo formed Improvement District No. 349, and the villages of New Norway and Tilley were dissolved. From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold elections every three years. The Alberta Legislative Assembly passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act. Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities
The following are the elections for all Alberta cities. Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Airdrie
Citizens of Airdrie will elect six at large councillors. No mayoral election will be held due to Peter Brown being acclaimed.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Brooks
Citizens of Brooks will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Calgary
In the 2013 elections, the citizens of Calgary elected one mayor, 14 councillors (one from each of 14 wards), the seven Calgary School District trustees (each representing 2 of 14 wards), and five of the seven Calgary Catholic School District trustees (each representing 2 of 14 wards).


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Camrose
Citizens of Camrose will elect one mayor and eight at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Cold Lake
Citizens of Cold Lake will elect six at large councillors. No mayoral election will be held due to Craig Copeland being acclaimed.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Edmonton
In the 2013 elections, the citizens of Edmonton elected one mayor, 12 councillors (one from each of 12 wards), seven of the nine Edmonton Public Schools trustees (one from each of nine wards), and the seven Edmonton Catholic School District trustees (one from each of seven wards).


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Fort Saskatchewan
Citizens of Fort Saskatchewan will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Grande Prairie
Citizens of Grande Prairie will elect one mayor and eight at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Lacombe
Citizens of Lacombe will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Leduc
Citizens of Leduc will elect one mayor and six at large aldermen (councillors).


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Lethbridge
In the 2013 elections, the citizens of Lethbridge elected one mayor, eight councillors (all at large), the seven Lethbridge School District No. 51 trustees, and five of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4's nine trustees (as Ward 2). This election marks a change of title for council members from "alderman" to "councillor".


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Medicine Hat
Citizens of Medicine Hat will elect one mayor and eight at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Red Deer
In the 2013 elections, the citizens of Red Deer elected one mayor, eight councillors (all at large), the seven Red Deer School District No. 104 trustees (at large), and five of the Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39's seven trustees (as Red Deer Ward). They also voted to not implement a ward system in a plebiscite.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Spruce Grove
Citizens of Spruce Grove will elect one mayor and six at large aldermen (councillors).


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, St. Albert
Citizens of St. Albert will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Wetaskiwin
Citizens of Wetaskiwin will elect one mayor and six at large aldermen (councillors).


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns
The following are the elections for Alberta towns with a population over 5,000. Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Banff
Citizens of Banff will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Beaumont
Citizens of Beaumont will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Blackfalds
Citizens of Blackfalds will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Bonnyville
Citizens of Bonnyville will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Canmore
Citizens of Canmore will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Chestermere
Citizens of Chestermere will elect six at large councillors. No mayoral election will be held due to Patricia Matthews being acclaimed.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Coaldale
Citizens of Coaldale will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Cochrane
Citizens of Cochrane will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Cochrane
Morgan Justice Nagel was also elected as the youngest of the six councillors, of 13 candidates, becoming the youngest councillor in Cochrane at 23 years old.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Devon
Citizens of Devon will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Drayton Valley
Citizens of Drayton Valley will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Drumheller
Citizens of Drumheller will elect six at large councillors. No mayoral election will be held due to Terry Yemen being acclaimed.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Edson
Citizens of Edson will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, High River
Citizens of High River will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Hinton
Citizens of Hinton will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Innisfail
Citizens of Innisfail will elect six at large councillors. No mayoral election will be held due to Brian Spiller being acclaimed.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Morinville
Citizens of Morinville will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Okotoks
Citizens of Okotoks will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Olds
Citizens of Olds will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Peace River
Citizens of Peace River will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Ponoka
Citizens of Ponoka will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Redcliff
Citizens of Redcliff will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Rocky Mountain House
Citizens of Rocky Mountain House will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Slave Lake
Citizens of Slave Lake will elect six at large councillors. No mayoral election will be held due to Tyler Warman being elected with no opposition.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Stettler
Citizens of Sttetler will elect six at large councillors. No mayoral election will be held due to Dick Richards being elected with no opposition.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Stony Plain
Citizens of Stony Plain will elect six at large councillors. No mayoral election will be held due to William Choy being acclaimed.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, St. Paul
Citizens of St. Paul will elect six at large councillors. No mayoral election will be held due to Glenn Andersen being elected with no opposition.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Strathmore
Citizens of Strathmore will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Sylvan Lake
Citizens of Sylvan Lake will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Taber
Citizens of Taber will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Vegreville
Citizens of Vegreville will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Wainwright
Citizens of Wainwright will elect six at large councillors. No mayoral election will be held due to Brian Bethune being elected with no opposition.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Whitecourt
Citizens of Whitecourt will elect one mayor and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Specialized municipalities
The following are the elections for Alberta specialized municipalities with a population over 5,000, which include the urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Specialized municipalities, Crowsnest Pass
In the 2013 elections, the citizens of Crowsnest Pass will elect one mayor, and six at large councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Specialized municipalities, Mackenzie County
In the 2013 elections, the citizens of Mackenzie County were to elect ten councillors (one from each of ten wards). As six of them were acclaimed, citizens of wards 1, 3, 7 and 9 will elect the remaining four councillors.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Specialized municipalities, Strathcona County
In the 2013 elections, the citizens of Strathcona County elected one mayor, eight councillors (one from each of eight wards), five of the Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14's nine trustees (three from Sherwood Park, one from Strathcona County north, and one from Strathcona County south), and four of the Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41's seven trustees (supporters in Sherwood Park).


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Specialized municipalities, Wood Buffalo
In the 2013 elections, the citizens of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo elected one mayor, ten councillors (from four wards), the five Fort McMurray Public School District trustees (in Fort McMurray), five of the Northland School Division No. 61's 22 school boards (outside Fort McMurray, three or five trustees each), and the five Fort McMurray Catholic School District trustees (in Fort McMurray).


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts
The following are the election results for Alberta municipal districts (counties) with a population over 5,000 and have an elected mayor or reeve position. Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Bonnyville No. 87
Citizens of the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 will elect six councillors from six wards.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Brazeau County
Citizens of Brazeau County will elect six councillors from six divisions.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Lac La Biche County
Citizens of Lac La Biche County will elect seven councillors from seven wards.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Red Deer County
Citizens of Red Deer County will elect six councillors from six divisions. No mayoral election will be held due to Jim Wood being acclaimed.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, St. Paul County No. 19
Citizens of the County of St. Paul No. 19 will elect six councillors from six divisions.


2013 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Yellowhead County
Citizens of Yellowhead County elected eight councillors from eight wards.


2013 Albuquerque mayoral election
The Albuquerque mayoral election of 2013 occurred on October 8, 2013. The candidate that garnered more than 50% of the vote was elected Mayor. Otherwise, the two candidates with the most votes would advance to a runoff, scheduled for November 19, 2013. The election is officially nonpartisan but candidates receive support and endorsements from their respective parties or affiliated organizations.


2013 Albuquerque mayoral election
Incumbent Republican Mayor Richard J. Berry ran for re-election to a second term in office, and won the election with 68% of the vote.


2013 Alcorn State Braves football team
The 2013 Alcorn State Braves football team represented Alcorn State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Braves were led by second year head coach Jay Hopson and played their home games at Casem-Spinks Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Braves finished the season with a 9–3 record.


2013 Alcorn State Braves football team
On Media Day, Alcorn State was picked to finish fifth in the Eastern Division of the SWAC. They had one player, defensive back Jamison Knox, that was picked to the Pre-season All-SWAC 2nd Team Defense.


2013 Algarve Cup
The 2013 Algarve Cup was the twentieth edition of the Algarve Cup, an annual invitational women's football tournament hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).


2013 Algarve Cup, Teams
The following teams were taking part. There were no debutantes, as all teams played in previous editions.


2013 Algarve Cup, Format
The twelve invited teams were divided into three groups, and played in a round-robin tournament format within each group.


2013 Algarve Cup, Format
Groups A and B contained the strongest ranked teams, and were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contested the final – to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up played for third place, and those that finish the group third played for fifth place.


2013 Algarve Cup, Format
The teams in Group C played for places 7–12. The winner of Group C played the team that finished fourth in Group A or B (whichever has the better record) for seventh place. The Group C runner-up played the team who finishes last in Group A or B (with the worse record) for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for the eleventh place.


2013 Algarve Cup, Format
Points awarded follow the standard soccer formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two teams were tied with the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the final standings.


2013 Algarve Cup squads
This article lists the squads for the 2013 Algarve Cup, held in Portugal. The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


2013 Algarve Cup squads
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad.


2013 Algerian Cup Final
The 2013 Algerian Cup Final was the 49th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on May 1, 2013, at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers with kick-off at 16:00. USM Alger beat MC Alger 1-0 to win their eighth Algerian Cup.


2013 Algerian Cup Final
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 clubs MC Alger and USM Alger will contest the final, in what will be the 92nd edition of the Algiers derby. The competition winners are awarded a berth in the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup.


2013 Algerian Cup Final, Pre-match
MC Alger were appearing in an Algerian Cup final for a seventh time. They had won the cup six times previously (in 1971, 1973, 1976, 1983, 2006, 2007) and had never lost in the final, with four of their six final wins came against USM Alger. USM Alger were appearing in a final a record seventeenth time and had won the cup seven times previously (in 1981, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004).


2013 Algerian Super Cup
The 2013 Algerian Super Cup is the  7th edition of Algerian Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the Ligue 1 and 2012–13 Algerian Cup competitions. The match was scheduled to be played on 11 January 2014 at Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida between 2013-14 Ligue 1 winners ES Sétif and 2012–13 Algerian Cup winners USM Alger.


2013 Alianza Lima season
The 2013 season is Alianza Lima's 112th in existence and the club's 96th season in the top flight of Peruvian football. The season marks the return of manager Wilmar Valencia, who assumed management of the club first in 2005.


2013 Alianza Lima season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Alianza presidential primary
The presidential primaries of the Alliance of 2013 were the method of election of the presidential candidate of such Chilean center-right coalition, for the presidential election of 2013. On that same date the conglomerate would also realize its parliamentary primaries in the districts but the UDI decided not to participate in them, being reduced to the candidates of National Renewal (RN).


2013 Alianza presidential primary
It was the first time that the Alliance held primary elections in its history, since its origins as the Democracy and Progress pact in 1989, joining the process just established by the law of primaries approved during 2012.]


2013 Alianza presidential primary
UDI candidate Pablo Longueira managed to obtain 51.37% of the votes of the primary, surpassing the representative of RN Andrés Allamand. Yet, soon after he resigned due to a diagnosis of clinical depression. Labor Minister Evelyn Matthei was then nominated as the Alliance's candidate.


2013 Alianza presidential primary, History and development
The right-wing coalition (which has had various names such as Democracia y Progreso, Alianza por Chile and Coalición por el Cambio) has never held primary elections to define its presidential candidate. In some elections, such as those of 1989, 1999 and 2009, a consensus was reached between the two main parties of the coalition (National Renewal and Independent Democrat Union), while in the 2005 elections both parties preferred to bring their two candidates up to the first round instead of performing primaries.


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Definition of applications
With a view to the presidential elections of 2013, the Alliance focused its expectations on the ministers of the government of Sebastián Piñera with greater popularity. The independent Laurence Golborne had a rapid rise in the polls in 2010 after successfully achieving the rescue of the 33 miners trapped in Atacama while he served as Minister of Mining, later going to the Ministry of Energy and then to Public Works.


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Definition of applications
Historical senators of the Right wing that sounded like potential successors of Sebastián Piñera were incorporated during 2011 to the cabinet of Piñera to reinforce it before the different crises that its government lived: in January entered Andam Allamand (RN) and Evelyn Matthei (UDI) to the ministries of Defense and Labor, Respectively, while Pablo Longueira (UDI) would do to Economy in late June. Although the three appeared with presidential options, Allamand managed to stand out especially after the work of rescue of the accident of the C-212 Aviocar of the Air Force of Chile.


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Definition of applications
Laurence Golborne, who was the Minister of Mining, Energy and Public Works of the government of Sebastián Piñera, was the most competitive letter to face the presidential elections.4 Despite the initial support of the UDI, finally had to leave his candidacy and give way to Pablo Longueira.


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Definition of applications
Already in 2012, Allamand and Golborne looked like those destined to be the candidates for the Alliance, and the prospect of a primary school was envisaged, boosted by the fact that the primary law was passed, which would give them official status for the first time. Following the strong electoral defeat that the ruling party experienced in the October municipal elections, it was decided to specify the departure of the cabinet of both figures on November 5 to boost their campaigns and avoid a victory of the Concertación in the following elections. Two days later, both ministers announced their respective candidatures.


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Golborne fall and replacement by Longueira
Although most polls ranked Laurence Golborne as the best card to face Michelle Bachelet's potential bid in the November 2013 elections, the idea began that Andrés Allamand had considerably reduced his distance from Laurence Golborne, who Faced his first election to a popular position and that had been chosen as candidate of the UDI although he was not affiliated to that party.


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Golborne fall and replacement by Longueira
A few days after the official registration of the candidates for the primary elections, a succession of conflicts sullied Golborne's candidacy.8 At the end of April 2013, a ruling by the Supreme Court of Chile condemned Cencosud-holding That Golborne was former general manager to be minister - by unilateral rises in the commissions of the credit card of the company; Golborne said that the increases, made during his term, had been approved by the board of the company and that he had only complied.


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Golborne fall and replacement by Longueira
The UDI candidate's response was widely disputed by Allamand, who took the opportunity to give a major blow to his opponent's candidacy: he said that Cencosud's attitude had been "abusive" and that Golborne had to decide whether to defend or not the consumers. Allamand's strategy outraged the UDI, putting even the completion of the primaries in check, but also raised strong criticism of Golborne's wrong reaction.


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Golborne fall and replacement by Longueira
In the same days, the estate declaration was made public when he was a minister, omitting a company owned by him that was registered in the Virgin Islands, known as a tax haven.9 10 Although Golborne defended himself by saying that society was Declared as part of another and that his existence was not an irregularity, the information was fatal for his candidacy. An important number of historical militants expressed their dissatisfaction with having a candidate who did not come from their ranks, who did not share the values of the UDI and lost ground to Allamand. The bench of deputies requested to lower the candidacy of Golborne and to take a proper candidacy to the first return.


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Golborne fall and replacement by Longueira
In the midst of this crisis, the UDI board decided in a few hours to withdraw its support for Laurence Golborne's candidacy and to define a new candidate. After shuffling the name of Evelyn Matthei, finally they decided to bet for Pablo Longueira, one of the personages more respected by the militants of the UDI. Golborne resigned his candidacy on April 29, stating that "I am here for the people, but people are not enough, the support of a cohesive, organized and well-led party is needed."


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Golborne fall and replacement by Longueira
Longueira quickly assumed his new position, Resigning his ministerial position and ensuring the realization of primaries, before the attempts to cancel them and go to the first round. UDI president Patricio Melero said days later that they would not participate in parliamentary primaries (a mechanism that would use RN) to "concentrate all our energies on Pablo Longueira being the candidate of the Alliance".


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Reactions
The participation in the primary of the Alliance was considerably smaller than that of the New Majority, center-left coalition; Three out of four votes went to the latter. This caused some sectors of the Alliance to be very self-critical with this result, especially the candidate for Senator Manuel Jose Ossandón, who affirmed that "the Government and the Alliance were the culprits of the results".


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Reactions
On the night when the results of the primary were announced, Andrés Allamand attended the UDI headquarters to congratulate Longueira for the triumph, but the meeting was not public; At that moment Allamand would have rebuked the Longueira's Generalissimo, Joaquin Lavin, who was accused of humiliating him. Lavin, in the days that followed, apologized to Allamand.


2013 Alianza presidential primary, Reactions
On July 17, 2013, in a surprise decision even within the Alliance, the family of Pablo Longueira announced that he was lowering his candidacy for a depression that had been medically diagnosed.19 With this, and according to the primary election legislation, Parties of the Alliance could nominate their own candidate for the election, or decide to appoint a candidate in common.20 Shortly afterwards, on Saturday 20 of the same month, Labor Minister Evelyn Matthei was nominated by the UDI as her presidential candidate.21 On August 10 he received the support of National Renewal.


2013 All England Super Series Premier
The 2013 All England Super Series Premier was the third super series tournament of the 2013 BWF Super Series. The tournament was held in Birmingham, England from 5–10 March 2013. A qualification was held to fill four places in all five disciplines of the main draws.


2013 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships
The 2013 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on Carpet. It was the 17th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kyoto, Japan between 4 and 10 March.


2013 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received entry as an alternate into the doubles main draw:


2013 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Champions, Doubles
Purav Raja /  Divij Sharan def. Chris Guccione /  Matt Reid, 6–4, 7–5


2013 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles
Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Purav Raja and Divij Sharan defeated Chris Guccione and Matt Reid 6–4, 7–5 in the final, to win the title.


2013 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Singles
Tatsuma Ito was the defending champion but decided to participate at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open instead. In the final, fourth seeded John Millman outlasted second seeded Marco Chiudinelli in 2 hours and 26 minutes to claim the title with a scoreline of 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2).


2013 All Stars match
The 2013 All Stars Match was the fourth of the annual representative exhibition matches played between the Indigenous All Stars and the NRL All Stars team which was held on 9 February 2013. Once again the players were selected through a voting scheme which over 40,000 fans polled their selections over the two online voting stages. Final stage voting for both sides were closed on the midnight 14 January. After the success of the previous three events the match was moved from Gold Coast's Skilled Park to the larger capacity Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.


2013 All Stars match
The Indigenous All Stars won the match 32–6 to even the ledger with two wins from the four games played so far. Both Ben Barba and Reece Robinson became the first players to score a hat-trick in an All Stars match. The preceding game included a Women's All Stars exhibition match which was won by the NRL Women's All Stars 22-6.


2013 All Stars match, Teams
Benji Marshall (New Zealand captain) and Cameron Smith (Australian captain) were automatic selections for the NRL All Stars side whilst Johnathan Thurston was made captain and an automatic pick for his Indigenous side. After the 16 best voted players for each side were selected by their respective coaches, the coaches were then allowed to personally pick further players to complete their 20-man squads. An asterisk(*) next to a player's name represents debutants for their respective sides.


2013 All Stars match, Teams
1 - Dave Taylor was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Ashley Harrison. 2 - Billy Slater was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jarryd Hayne whilst Justin O'Neill filled Hayne's spot on the bench. 3 - Cooper Cronk was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Shaun Johnson. 4 - Anthony Watmough was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Kieran Foran. 5 - Paul Gallen was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Chris Heighington.


2013 All Stars match, Women's All Stars match
The NRL announced the Women's and Indigenous Women's All Stars teams to take the field as part of the Harvey Norman Rugby League All Stars match on Saturday 9 February in Brisbane. This was the Second Women's rugby league match for the women as part of the fixture, with the level of competition stepping up again the following year, thanks to increased women's pathways nationally and female participation levels across the game at an all-time high.


2013 All Stars match, Women's All Stars match, Women's Teams
The two teams were selected and announced in November for the match in February.


2013 All Thailand Golf Tour
The 2013 All Thailand Golf Tour is the 15th season of the All Thailand Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Thailand since it was established in 1999.


2013 All-Australian team
The 2013 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2013 season. It was announced on 16 September as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.


2013 All-Australian team, Selection panel
The selection panel for the 2013 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Andrew Demetriou, Mark Evans, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Mark Ricciuto and Cameron Ling.


2013 All-Australian team, Team, Initial squad
At the conclusion of the 2013 AFL home and away season, a provisional squad of 40 players was chosen. The most controversial omissions were Tom Liberatore, who led the league for clearances, Steve Johnson and Pearce Hanley, as well as no selections from finalists Richmond or Carlton. 25 players in the squad had not previously been selected in an All-Australian team.


2013 All-Australian team, Team, Final team
Geelong had the most selections, with four players. Geelong captain Joel Selwood was announced as the All-Australian captain and Gold Coast star Gary Ablett Jr. was announced as vice-captain.


2013 All-Australian team, Team, Final team
Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.


2013 All-Big 12 Conference football team
The 2013 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 2013 Big 12 Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


2013 All-Big 12 Conference football team, Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel


2013 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 2013 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2013 Big Ten Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team). Only one Big Ten player, Darqueze Dennard of Michigan State, was also selected as a consensus first-team player on the 2013 College Football All-America Team


2013 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and media


2013 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2013 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 30th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961. The championship began on 2 June 2013 and ended on 31 August 2013.


2013 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Tipperary were the defending champions and successfully retained the title after defeating Kilkenny by 2–14 to 2–11 in the All-Ireland final.


2013 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 2013 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for under-18 competitors who play the game of Gaelic football in Ireland. The games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The 2013 series of games started in May with the majority of the games played during the summer months. The All-Ireland Minor Football Final took place on the 22 September in Croke Park, Dublin, preceding the Senior Game. In 2013 the title sponsor is Electric Ireland. Mayo won the title after a 2-13 to 1-13 win against Tyrone.


2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (also known as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 11 April 2013 and ended on 8 September 2013.


2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were beaten by Limerick in the Munster semi-final.


2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 8 September 2013 Waterford won the championship following a 1-21 to 0-16 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 3rd All-Ireland title overall and their first since 1948.


2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Waterford's Patrick Curran was the championship's top scorer with 3-56.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons— is the premier competition of the 2013 camogie season. It commenced on 22 June 2013 and ended with the final on 15 September won by Galway. Nine county teams compete in the Senior Championship out of twenty-seven who compete overall in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Championships.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Structure
The nine teams are drawn into two groups, one of five teams (Group 1) and one of four (Group 2). All the teams play each other once, scoring two points for a win and one for a draw.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the eighty-second All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2013 to determine the winners of the 2012–13 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 43rd season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Kilcormac/Killoughey of Offaly and St. Thomas' of Galway, with St. Thomas' winning by 1–11 to 1–9.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Kilcormac/Killoughey and St. Thomas' was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams. Similarly, both sides were appearing in their first ever All-Ireland decider.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
In the week before the final Kilcormac/Killoughey suffered a huge blow with injury to key attacker Dan Currams, however, they started well thanks to the accuracy of Ciarán Slevin.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The game was extremely tight in the opening ten minutes with Kilcormac/Killoughey taking the lead three times with St. Thomas' drawing level on each occasion. The Galway side claimed the lead for the first time in the 16th minute following a Conor Cooney pointed free. Immediately from Conor Slevin's puck out Kilcormac/Killoughey moved the ball up field with a high-ball delivered on top of their full-forward line, and former Tipperary hurler Trevor Fletcher kicking it to the net.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
St. Thomas's remained composed and after a Conor Cooney point, they took the lead in the 24th minute when Richie Murray followed up a Cooney effort to push the Galway side into a 1–5 to 1–3 lead. Kilcormac/Killoughey fought back but St. Thomas's led by 1–7 to 1–5 at the break.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
With heavy rain prevailing and the skies becoming dusky Croke Park officials opted to turn on the floodlights for the second half. Ciaran Slevin opened the second half account in the 35th minute. Two further scores followed from Slevin to push Kilcormac 1–8 to 1-7 ahead, with a Fletcher point extending that lead to two points by the 42nd minute. The Offaly champions were dealt a major blow in the 51st minute after Killian Leonard was shown a straight red card after lashing out on the advancing Darragh Burke.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
St. Thomas' took the lead a minute later after Conor Cooney fired his fourth point, and although there were chances for Kilcormac/Killoughey to take scores, they failed to convert them. Kilmartin followed Leonard in being sent off, after receiving his second yellow card with two minutes remaining. Cooney sealed victory in injury time with his fifth point and a 1–11 to 1–9 victory for St. Thomas'.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
St. Thomas' All-Ireland victory was their first ever. They became the 24th club to win the All-Ireland title.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 127th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament, played between 31 counties of Ireland (excluding Kilkenny), London and New York. The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was contested by Dublin and Mayo at Croke Park on 22 September 2013, with Dublin winning by 2:12 to Mayo's 1:14.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Several historic events of note occurred in the 2013 Championship. London won a Connacht Championship game for the first time in 36 years by defeating the Sligo side in the first round of the Connacht Senior Football Championship. They went on to reach the Connacht Final which they lost to Mayo, before progressing to play at Croke Park in a Round 4 All-Ireland Qualifier at which point they exited after the longest Championship run in their history.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Hawk-Eye was introduced for Championship matches at Croke Park and was first used to confirm that Offaly substitute Peter Cunningham's attempted point had gone wide 10 minutes into the second half of a game against Kildare. 2013 also brought the first Friday night game in the history of the Championship – a first round qualifier between Carlow and Laois.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The game of the Championship was the second All-Ireland semi-final, contested by Dublin and Kerry. The game featured six goals, three of which were scored by Kerry in the first half, two of these in the first eleven minutes of the game. Dublin also scored three goals, one in the first half and two in the second half, the second half goals coming in the final moments, to send them through to an All-Ireland final against Mayo, despite having been behind for much of the game. Many people hailed it as the greatest game of the modern era.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Teams
A total of 33 teams contested the championship. These included 31 teams from Ireland, as well as London and New York. As in previous years, Kilkenny decided not to field a team.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Referees
Ahead of the 2013 Championship, one referee was dropped for his incompetence: Michael Collins, the 2001 All-Ireland final referee, of Cork. Syl Doyle of Wexford had also chosen to step away the previous January. Their replacements were David Gough, who refereed the 2013 All-Ireland U21 final, of Meath and Fergal Kelly of Longford.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Referees
Padraig Hughes of Armagh remained injured after running into Eamonn Doherty and collapsing during live play in the NFL Division 1 clash between Donegal and Dublin in Ballybofey. Ciarán Brannigan of Down took the place of Hughes until his return to fitness.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Team summaries
Against New York, Leitrim record their easiest win in history.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship of 2013 was run on a provincial basis as usual. It was a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random in the respective provinces – there were no seeds.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Each match was played as a single leg. If a match was drawn there was a replay. If that match ended in a draw a period of extra time was played; however, if both sides were still level at the end of extra time another replay would have taken place.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Quarter-finals: (3 matches) These were three matches between six of the Connacht teams drawn first. The three winning teams advanced to the semi-finals, while the three losing teams entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the three quarter-final games joined the other two Connacht teams to make up the semi-final pairings. The two winning teams advanced to the final, while the two losing teams entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game. The winning team advanced to the All-Ireland quarter-final, while the losing team entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Preliminary Round: (3 matches) These were three matches between six of the Leinster teams drawn first. The three winning teams advanced to the quarter-finals, while the three losing teams entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Quarter-finals: (4 matches) The winners of the three preliminary round games joined the other five Leinster teams to make up four quarter-final pairings. The four winning teams advanced to the semi-finals, while the four losing teams entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Semi-finals: (two matches) The four winners of the quarter-finals made up the semi-final pairings. The two winning teams advanced to the final, while the two losing teams entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Final: (one match) The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game. The winning team advanced to the All-Ireland quarter-final, while the losing team entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Quarter-finals: (two matches) These were two matches between four of the Munster teams drawn first. The two winning teams advanced to the semi-finals, while the two losing teams entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Semi-finals (two matches): The winners of the two quarter-final games joined the other two Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. The two winning teams advanced to the final, while the two losing teams entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Final (one match): The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game. The winning team advanced to the All-Ireland quarter-final, while the losing team entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Preliminary Round: (1 match) This was a lone match between two of the Ulster teams drawn first. The winning team advanced to the quarter-finals, while the losing team entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Quarter-finals: (4 matches) The winners of the lone preliminary round game joined the other seven Ulster teams to make up four quarter-final pairings. The four winning teams advanced to the semi-finals, while the four losing teams entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four winners of the quarter-finals made up the semi-final pairings. The two winning teams advanced to the final, while the two losing teams entered the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
The qualifiers gave teams defeated in the provincial championships another chance at winning the All-Ireland title.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Round 1 (8 matches): the sixteen teams who failed to reach a provincial semi-final entered the qualifiers at this stage (New York do not compete). An open draw was made to determine the eight match pairings.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Round 2 (8 matches): the eight teams who failed to progress from their provincial semi-finals entered the qualifiers at this stage. They were paired with the eight winners from round 1 of the qualifiers. An open draw was made to determine the eight match pairings.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Round 3 (4 matches): the eight teams from round 2 of the qualifiers were paired against each other. An open draw was made to determine the four match pairings.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Round 4 (4 matches): the four teams who lost their provincial finals entered the qualifiers at this stage. They were paired with the four winners from round 3 of the qualifiers. An open draw was made to determine the four match pairings. The four winners advanced to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Quarter-finals: (4 matches) the four teams from round 4 of the qualifiers were paired against the four provincial winners. An open draw was made to determine the four match pairings. The four winning teams advanced to the semi-finals, while the two losing teams were eliminated from the championship.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four winners of the quarter-finals make up the semi-final pairings. The two winning teams advanced to the final, while the two losing teams were eliminated from the championship.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Championship format
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 1
The first round consisted of all teams that failed to reach their respective provincial semi-finals. The following 16 teams entered the first round of the qualifiers.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 1
The draw for the first round took place on Monday 17 June. It was aired on RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 2
The second round saw the addition of teams beaten in the provincial semi-finals. The teams added were;


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 2
The draw for the second round took place on Monday 1 July, and was broadcast on TV3's Ireland AM.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 3
The third round saw the teams that had made it through Round 2 play against each other. The draw for the third-round games took place on Monday 15 July and, as with the Round 1 draw, was aired on RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 4
The fourth round was contested by all the teams that made it through the third round and the beaten finalists of each provincial championship. The beaten finalists were;


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 4
The draw for Round 4 took place on Monday 15 July along as with the Round 3 draw, with the teams in Round 3 knowing who they would face if they progressed.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland series
The draw for the quarter-finals took place live draw on RTÉ Radio 1 on Saturday 27 July, immediately after the last of the Round 4 Qualifiers concluded.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 22 September, the night of the final and included six of Dublin's winning team. Dublin's Michael Darragh MacAuley was named as the Sunday Game player of the year.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards
On 8 November, the All Star football team for 2013 was announced and the players were presented with their awards at Croke Park.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Media
In December 2013, SAM 13 a double DVD was released containing highlights of the 2013 football championship season along with full match coverage of the final and Dublin v Kerry semi-final.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2013 All-Ireland Football Final, the 126th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was played between Dublin and Mayo at Croke Park, Dublin on 22 September 2013. Mayo were defeated by Dublin by a single point on a scoreline of 2-12 to 1-14.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Dublin went into the final looking for their second All-Ireland in three seasons. Mayo entered the 2013 final without a title since 1951, amassing a trail of six finals losses since then, most recently in the previous decider against Donegal. They continued their losing streak for a seventh time, adding Dublin to a list of teams to have defeated them on All-Ireland final days of recent times, among them Donegal, Kerry, Meath and Cork.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The game was televised nationally by RTÉ Two as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Joe Brolly, Pat Spillane, and Colm O'Rourke. Match commentary was by Ger Canning, with colour commentary by Martin Carney. It received a 74% audience share on television.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final
Dublin defeated Westmeath, Kildare and Meath to win the Leinster Senior Football Championship. Their defeat of Kildare was their biggest Championship win over the team since 1897. Dublin defeated Cork in the All-Ireland quarter-final and Kerry in the semi-final. Many people hailed the Dublin versus Kerry semi-final as the greatest game of the modern era.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final
Mayo defeated Galway, Roscommon and London to win the Connacht Senior Football Championship. They overcame Donegal in the All-Ireland quarter-final and Tyrone in the semi-final.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Tickets and betting odds
Tickets for the match sold for more than €500 each. On Facebook, people were selling tickets for €1000 each. There were reports of people buying tickets for 10 times the face value and arriving at the gates to be told the ticket was counterfeit. Dublin were priced at evens to win the match with Mayo at 11/10 and the draw at 9/1.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Football Stars of the 1980s Team
The GAA announced on 10 September that a special Football Stars of the 1980s team, a specially-chosen line-up of players who were unsuccessful in winning an All-Ireland medal would be acknowledged before the senior final.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Team selection
Dublin made one change to the starting team from the semi-final with Philly McMahon replacing Kevin O'Brien at right corner back. The Mayo team was unchanged from the semi-final win against Tyrone with Cillian O'Connor named at corner forward after recovering from a dislocated shoulder.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Minors
Earlier on the day of the senior final, Mayo won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final, defeating Tyrone by 2-13 to 1-13.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary, First half
Joe McQuillan of Cavan refereed the game. Mayo won the toss and elected to play into the canal end goals for the first half. Andy Moran, Lee Keegan, Keith Higgins and Cillian O'Connor all scored points to give Mayo a lead of 0-4 to Dublin's 0-1. Bernard Brogan equalised for Dublin by scoring his and the game's first goal, a deft flick of the ball over Mayo's Ger Cafferkey and goalkeeper Rob Hennelly at the hill 16 end. At the half-time interval Mayo were ahead at 0-8 to 1-4.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Andy Moran scored a goal in the 50th minute to draw Mayo level, beating Cluxton with a low shot under his body. Bernard Brogan then scored his second goal, and the game's third in the 54th minute, to give Dublin a lead of 2-9 to 1-9. Denis Bastick sprinted forward and hand-passed to the unmarked Brogan who flicked the ball two handed to the back of the net for his second goal.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Dublin players Eoghan O'Gara had a hamstring injury and Rory O'Carroll had concussion after a collision and so were effectively out of the game but still on the pitch due to Dublin using all of their substitutes by the 53rd minute. Mayo were two points behind heading into stoppage time. Cillian O'Connor had a free and, instead of going for the goal that would have won Mayo the game, he kicked it over the bar. The referee blew his whistle to end the game.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Trophy presentation
Dublin captain Stephen Cluxton accepted the Sam Maguire cup from GAA president Liam O'Neill in the Hogan Stand and gave a speech in which he thanked the Dublin panel, selectors, and back room team for their work throughout the year. He also thanked Mayo for a competitive game and said that their time will come.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Reaction
Mayo player Andy Moran afterwards claimed that the referee had told his teammate Cillian O'Connor there was another 30 seconds left when he scored the late free that left a point between the sides. Referee Joe McQuillan said after the match that he told O'Connor "there's 30 seconds left, There was absolutely no suggestion that it would be after the kick-out or anything like that, Immediately after the game some Mayo players said to me that 'you said there was going to be another play', but I never said that because there is no such thing as that."


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Reaction
Speaking in November 2013, Cillian O'Connor said that he assumed that the 30 seconds would be incorporated after Stephen Cluxton's kick-out and acknowledged that it was a mix-up for which Joe McQuillan wasn't culpable for. "If I could go back now knowing that the game would be blown from the restart, obviously I would have thrown caution to the wind and tried to go for the goal," “The way it went, I thought there might be one more passage of play.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Reaction
My understanding was that there would be another little bit of time, and if we had maybe won the kickout, and scored an equaliser . . . I’m just saying it would have looked like a good decision. But if I knew there was as little time as there was I would have gone for the goal.” he said.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Reaction
Mayo manager James Horan felt that basic errors cost his team saying "We had enough ball to win the game but we made too many basic mistakes, Our handpassing let us down, Quite simply the ball has to stick, Coughing up needless possession is killing in an All-Ireland final, We created the chances, but we didn't get the return that was required." Dublin manager Jim Gavin felt that the players deserve great credit saying "It's not about the manager or the management team - it's about the players.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Reaction
It's about, commitment, resolve and self-sacrifice that they have shown to help their county this year, There is great spirit and a collective will within the group. Five or six players were up in the stand today that didn't feature - but they are just as important as those down on the pitch and on the bench." Gavin was also critical of the high number of frees given against Dublin, 32 against Dublin (12 against Mayo) saying "Not only were we playing Mayo but we were playing the referee as well,". James Horan expressed amazement at Gavin's comments about frees saying "I find that amazing. I find that absolutely amazing if that was the comment. I know Jim made another interesting comment – that he'd walk away if his team were cynical, so maybe that's another comment Jim should look at."


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Reaction
Man of the Match, Bernard Brogan speaking about scoring two goals in the final said “Obviously it’s nice to get a goal in the All-Ireland final but it’s about winning medals and that’s the second one there, I’ve one more to go to catch my dad, that’s the next one, any day you win an All-Ireland is a special day. But there’s a whole new group of lads in there and you just saw how much it meant to them after the final whistle, it’s a special day and hopefully we’ve another couple left in us, please God."


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Reaction
RTÉ analyst Joe Brolly was disappointed with what he called "appalling cynicism" in the game's last quarter where Dublin picked up four yellow cards in the final 10 minutes, saying via Twitter "So much for Dublin's 'playing the game the right way' philosophy. Their last quarter display was a master class in cynicism".


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Reaction
In December 2013, Dublin manager Jim Gavin speaking after receiving the 2013 Philips Sports Manager of the Year award revealed that the most enjoyable moment after the final was that brief interlude, when the dressing room doors were closed, and the room contained only the people who were most involved in the 2013 campaign.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Awards
On The Sunday Game programme later that night, Bernard Brogan was named as the man of the match for his overall contribution of 2-3. Kevin McStay, Eamonn O'Hara and Ciarán Whelan picked the winner from three candidates which also included Lee Keegan from Mayo and Michael Darragh MacAuley. The award was presented by GAA President Liam O'Neill and Michael Lyster at the Dublin team's celebration banquet at the Gibson Hotel. The Sunday Game panel also picked their 2013 Team of the Year on the Sunday night programme, with five members of the Dublin team and four members of the Mayo team included.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Celebrations
The Dublin team celebrated on the Monday night after the final at a victory party at Merrion Square in Dublin with a crowd of up to 35,000 present. The homecoming celebration was hosted by Lord Mayor of Dublin Oisín Quinn and Dublin City Council. The Sunday Game presenter Des Cahill was the MC for the proceedings which started at 7pm and finished shortly after 8.30pm, with Ryan Sheridan entertaining the crowd before the Dublin team were presented on stage. Following the conclusion of the event, the players and management boarded an open top bus to Parnells GAA Club, the home club of Dublin captain Stephen Cluxton.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 126th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment in 1887. The draw for the 2013 fixtures took place on 4 October 2012. The championship began on 5 May 2013 and ended on 28 September 2013 with Clare winning their fourth All Ireland title after a 5–16 to 3–16 win against Cork in the replayed final.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Kilkenny were the defending champions. However, they were knocked out of the Leinster Championship by eventual Leinster champions Dublin at the semi-final stage and Cork saw them off in the All-Ireland quarter-final. Limerick won the Munster Championship for the first time since 1996. Cork defeated Dublin and Clare defeated Limerick in the All-Ireland semi-finals.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2013 Championship has been described by many as one of the best ever. In February 2014, the GAA announced that both the 2013 football and hurling Championships brought in €11.9m in gate receipts, an increase of €1.3m for the hurling championship.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The introduction of Hawk-Eye for Championship matches at Croke Park fell foul in a high-profile blunder by the computer system which led to use of Hawk-Eye being suspended during the All-Ireland semi-finals on 18 August. During the minor game between Limerick and Galway, Hawk-Eye ruled a point for Limerick as a miss although the graphic showed the ball passing inside the posts, causing confusion around the stadium - the referee ultimately waved the valid point wide provoking anger from fans, viewers and TV analysts covering the game live.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The system was subsequently stood down for the senior game which followed, owing to "an inconsistency in the generation of a graphic". Hawk-Eye admitted they were to blame and as a result Limerick, who were narrowly defeated after extra-time, announced they would be appealing over Hawk-Eye's costly failure. The incident drew attention from the UK, where Hawk-Eye had made its debut in English soccer's Premier League the day before.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
All teams from the 2012 championship continued to line out in hurling's top tier in 2013.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
Kilkenny were installed as the favourites to retain the All-Ireland title for a third consecutive year and to secure a remarkable tenth championship in fourteen seasons. Tipperary and Galway, the last two teams to beat Kilkenny in championship hurling, were regarded as the two teams most likely to provide the strongest challenge to Kilkenny's supremacy once again. Limerick were ranked at 20/1 as they hoped to end a forty-year wait for the Liam MacCarthy Cup.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
Waterford, a team who won four Munster titles between 2002 and 2010, were seen as a team to have missed out on their chance at an All-Ireland title and were ranked at 25/1. London, the winners of the 2012 Christy Ring Cup, availed of their automatic right to promotion to the top tier and joined the Leinster championship.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
Prior to the championship draw it emerged that Croke Park officials had written to the Laois County Board inviting the county hurlers to participate in the 2013 Christy Ring Cup. This was prompted by Laois's poor results during the previous few seasons. In spite of these concerns Laois decided to remain in hurling's top tier and subsequently won two Leinster Championship matches.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcasting
RTÉ and TV3 provide live coverage and highlights of matches in Ireland on The Sunday Game Live and Championship Live respectively, with RTÉ showing the All-Ireland Final live. Setanta Sports and TG4 show highlights of matches in Ireland also. Setanta Sports broadcasts live Championship matches in Australia. Also Setanta Sports provides live matches in Asia. The Championship Live live programme was presented by Matt Cooper, usually from an on-pitch studio with analysis from Daithí Regan, Jamesie O'Connor, and Nicky English.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcasting
The Sunday Game live programme was presented by Michael Lyster with analysis usually from Cyril Farrell, Ger Loughnane, Liam Sheedy, and Tomás Mulcahy. Highlights of all games were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired usually at 9:30pm on Sundays on RTÉ Two and was presented by Des Cahill with analysis from Eddie Brennan and Donal Óg Cusack.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcasting
Television coverage, in particular that of the Leinster Hurling Championship has been criticised in some circles. Neither RTÉ or TV3 decided to broadcast both Leinster Hurling Championship semi-finals. Both channels also declined the offer from the Leinster GAA to reschedule the Dublin - Kilkenny semi-final replay in order for it to be broadcast.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers
Teams eliminated prior to the semi finals of their provincial championship compete in the Preliminary rounds and Phase 1. Teams eliminated in the provincial semi finals take part in Phase 2. Phase 3 sees the winners of Phase 1 take on the winners of Phase 2, with the winners advancing to the All Ireland Quarter Finals


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
2013 will be remembered as a year that the traditionally weaker counties made an impact.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
Limerick who hadn't been in an All-Ireland Final since 2007 beat reigning Munster Champions Tipperary by 3 points, 1–18 to 1–15 in a Munster semi-final.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
Clare under David Fitzgerald held off Waterford in a Munster Quarter-final winning by 2–20 to 1-15. They were overcome by a stronger Cork side in the Munster Semi-final losing 0–23 to 0-15.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
Laois made it to the Leinster semi-final where they put it up to Galway even leading by a point at half time [0-08 - 0-07], but Galway's physicality helped them run out 7 point victors [2-17 - 1-13].


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
Dublin came into the season after a disappointing 2012 season and a hammering by Tipperary in the league semi-final [4-20 0-17]. In their Leinster Quarter-Final they drew with Wexford, 1-17 - 1-17 but in the replay ran out easy 8 point winners, 1-17 - 0-12.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
Offaly jumped to a 1–01 to 0–00 start against Kilkenny in their Quarter-Final clash. They led at half time by 2–06 to 0-11 but failed to stop Kilkenny, although they managed to score 4 goals as Kilkenny won 0–26 to 4-09.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
In their semi-final Dublin ran at Kilkenny and held out for a draw in the match, 0-17 - 1-14. In the replay Dublin raced to a 0–04 to 0–01 lead after 10 mins and lead 0–11 to 0–07 at half time. They ran out 3 point winners, 1-17 0-17. Dublin made it to a Leinster final while Kilkenny where exiled to the qualifiers for a second year.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
Kilkenny fought hard against Tipperary and sent them out of the Championship, winning by three points.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
Dublin beat Galway by 12 points to claim their first Leinster title in 52 years.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
Kilkenny knocked out Waterford in the final stage of the Qualifiers after extra time.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
Carlow lead Wexford for most of their game in the qualifiers, until a late goal sent them out.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
At the quarter-final stage, Cork knocked out Championship favourites and title holders, Kilkenny. Clare knocked out Galway, the previous year's runners-up.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
Both Provincial Champions were beaten in the semi-finals. Cork defeated Dublin after the game of the season by 1–24 to 1-19, and Clare beat Limerick by 1–22 to 0-18.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Notable matches
The 2013 Championship was described by many as one of the best ever.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 28 September, which was the night of the final replay. Clare's victorious All-Ireland winning side had seven players in the hurling team of the year. Tony Kelly of Clare was also picked as The Sunday Game player of the year.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
The 2013 All-Star hurling team were announced on 6 November.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
Speaking at the announcement, GAA President Liam O'Neill said "This year's hurling selection was of particular interest to hurling followers everywhere after the incredible year we had, the players who have made the final cut can take particular satisfaction on doing so in a season of stiff competition as new teams and players emerged - something evidenced in the final make up of the team, I congratulate all 15 players - and those who were nominated too - as their inclusion further underlines their roles as excellent ambassadors through their commitment and dedication to the pursuit of excellence."


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
Tony Kelly of Clare was named Young Hurler of the Year and Hurler of the Year for 2013 at the All Stars award ceremony on 8 November at Croke Park.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Media, DVD release
In December 2013, LIAM 13 a double DVD was released containing highlights of the 2013 hurling championship season along with full match coverage of the final and final replay.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Media, Documentary
A documentary called The Magic of Hurling aired on 27 December 2013 on RTÉ Two. This documentary featured Davy Fitzgerald, Anthony Daly and Ger Loughnane talking to Ger Canning about the 2013 year in hurling and discussing the tactics that brought the All-Ireland title to Clare.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the deciding game of the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played on 8 September 2013 at Croke Park, Dublin. For the second straight year, the final ended in a draw, requiring a replay that was held on 28 September 2013 at Croke Park.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
In the replay Clare beat Cork 5-16 to 3-16 to claim their fourth All Ireland title. The replay has been described by some as one of the greatest finals of all time.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The game between Cork and Clare was an all Munster All-Ireland for the second time ever, the first having been in 1997 between Clare and Tipperary.