2013 IPP Open – Doubles
Mikhail Elgin and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions, but Zelenay did not participate that year. Elgin played alongside Michal Mertiňák and they lost in the quarterfinals to Henri Kontinen and Jarkko Nieminen, who won the title, defeating Dustin Brown and Philipp Marx in the final, 7–5, 5–7, [10–5].


2013 IPP Open – Singles
Lukáš Lacko was the defending champion, but lost to Jan-Lennard Struff in quarterfinals. Jarkko Nieminen won the title, beating Ričardas Berankis in the final, 6–3, 6–1.


2013 IRB Junior World Championship
The 2013 IRB Junior World Championship was the sixth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in France by rugby's governing body, the IRB. A total of twelve nations played in the tournament. South Africa went into the tournament as defending champions, after winning the tournament for the first time in 2012. England were crowned the 2013 champions for the first time after defeating Wales 23–15 in the final on the 23 June at Stade de la Rabine in Vannes.


2013 IRB Junior World Championship
After finishing last at the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship, Italy were relegated to the IRB Junior World Trophy and therefore didn't participate in this year's event. After finishing first at the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, the United States were promoted to this competition for 2013. Their stay in the IRB Junior World Championship was short lived however as they lost in the 11th place final to Fiji 46–12 and were relegated to the IRB Junior World Trophy being replaced for the 2014 competition by its winners Italy.


2013 IRB Junior World Championship, Venues
The championship was held in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vannes and Nantes in France. In an effort to improve TV broadcasting for all matches, only three venues were used.


2013 IRB Junior World Championship, Venues
For the first time since the competitions inception, the final was contested by two northern hemisphere teams. Also for the first time New Zealand did not participate in the final.


2013 IRB Junior World Championship, Teams
The following teams participated in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship:


2013 IRB Junior World Championship, Teams
1  United States were promoted from the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy.


2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
The 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy was the sixth annual international rugby union competition for under-20 national teams, second-tier world championship.


2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
The event was held in Temuco, Chile and was organized by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board. The tournament was originally to be held in Antofagasta, but that city pulled out of hosting only a few months before the tournament.


2013 IRB Nations Cup
The 2013 IRB Nations Cup was the eighth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. For the seventh time in a row, it was held in Bucharest, Romania. It was played between 8 June and 16 June and ran alongside the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup in Georgia. All fixtures were played at the 5,000 capacity Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, the Home stadium for Hosts Romania.


2013 IRB Nations Cup
Hosts Romania were joined by ENC side Russia and regular A sides Italy A and 2012 IRB Nations cup runners-up, Argentina Jaguars.


2013 IRB Nations Cup
Romania retained the title they won in 2012 by winning all three of their matches.


2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
The 2013 Pacific Nations Cup rugby union tournament was held between five national sides in the Pacific Region: Canada, Fiji, Japan, Tonga, and USA.


2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
Samoa were the reigning champion after they defeated Fiji in the 2012 competition but took the year off to compete in a tournament with South Africa, Scotland and Italy in the South African Quadrangular Tournament. Meanwhile, with the demise of the Churchill Cup, Canada and United States joined this competition for the first time.


2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
The tournament ran from 25 May to 23 June 2013. Five of the matches were held in Japan, three in Canada, one in the U.S., and one in Fiji.


2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
As with previous years, the tournament was a round-robin where each team played each of the other teams once. Four points were awarded for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat. There were also bonus points offered with one bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one bonus point for losing by 7 points or less.


2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Canada
Canada's 44-man squad for their Summer 2013 games, including the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, the June international against Ireland, and the two Rugby World Cup Qualifiers vs the United States.


2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Canada
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Fiji
35-man extended Fiji squad for the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.


2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Japan
Japanese 35-man squad for 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup and 2013 Welsh rugby union tour of Japan.


2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Japan
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, Tonga
28-man Tonga squad for the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, 10 non-travelling reserves were also named.


2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, United States
Eagles squad 30-man training squad for the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.


2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, Squads, United States
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup
The 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup was the inaugural edition of this international rugby union tournament, created by the International Rugby Board and was played from 7 to 16 June 2013 at the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi.


2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup
The hosts Georgia were joined by Uruguay, who regularly take part in the IRB Nations Cup, and two newly founded teams: Emerging Ireland, who were made up of young Irish players that didn't get selected for the Lions tour to Australia or the national side's tour to North America, and a South Africa President's XV, composed of Currie Cup players.


2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup
South Africa President's XV won the inaugural tournament after winning all three of their games.


2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup
Following this tournament, Georgia played Argentina for the first time outside the Rugby World Cup on 22 June as part of the 2013 mid-year tests.


2013 IS Open
The 2013 IS Open was a professional tennis tournament being played on hard courts. It was the first edition and only edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It is taking place in São Paulo, Brazil between 30 September and 6 October 2013.


2013 IS Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 IS Open de Tênis
The 2013 IS Open de Tênis was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in São Paulo, Brazil, on 22–28 April 2013.


2013 IS Open de Tênis, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 IS Open de Tênis, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2013 IS Open de Tênis, Doubles entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 IS Open de Tênis – Doubles
Paul Capdeville and Marcel Felder were the defending champions but Felder decided not to participate. Capdeville played alongside Hans Podlipnik-Castillo, but they withdrawn after the first round. Marcelo Demoliner and João Souza defeated James Cerretani and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6–2, 4–6, [10–6] in the final to win the title.


2013 IS Open de Tênis – Singles
Blaž Kavčič was the defending champion, but chose not to compete. Paul Capdeville won the final 6–2, 6–2 against Renzo Olivo.


2013 IS Open – Doubles
Roman Borvanov and Artem Sitak won the title defeating Sergio Galdós and Guido Pella in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–3).


2013 IS Open – Singles
Guido Pella won the title defeating Facundo Argüello in the final, 6–1, 6–0.


2013 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship
The 2013 ISAF Women's Match World Championship was held in Busan, South Korea between June 4 and June 9, 2013.


2013 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating
The 2013 ISU World Team Trophy was an international team figure skating competition in the 2012–13 season. Participating countries selected two men's single skaters, two ladies' single skaters, one pair and one ice dancing entry to compete in a team format with points based on the skaters' placement.


2013 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating, Overview
Six countries qualified for the event: Canada (7824 points), the United States (7156), Japan (6823), Russia (6648), France (4826), and China (4702). Japan had no pair entry due to the split of Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran. There were several changes to the initial roster. Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev withdrew due to an injury to Soloviev and Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin were named in their place. Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat were replaced by Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones, Florent Amodio by Romain Ponsart, and Song Nan by Wang Yi.


2013 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating, Overview
Japan and the United States were tied with 47 points each after the first day of competition, with Russia in third. Madison Chock / Evan Bates, Patrick Chan, and Adelina Sotnikova were the leaders in the short dance, men's, and ladies' short programs, respectively. The second day featured the pair's short program, free dance, and men's free skating. Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov took the lead in pairs, while Daisuke Takahashi and Chock / Bates won the men's and dance free programs respectively. Konstantin Menshov, third after the short program, withdrew after dislocating his right shoulder attempting a triple Axel in the free skating. The United States moved into the lead with 55 points, Canada rose to second place (50), and Japan slipped to third (48).


2013 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating, Overview
The third and final day of competition features the pairs' and ladies' free skating.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit
The 2013 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2013 edition of the entry level tour for men's professional tennis, and is the third tier tennis tour below the Association of Tennis Professionals, World Tour and Challenger Tour. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) who additionally organizes the ITF Women's Circuit which is an entry level tour for women's professional tennis.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit
Future tournaments are organized to offer either $10,000 or $15,000 in prize money and tournaments which offering hospitality to players competing in the main draw give additional ranking points which are valid under the ATP ranking system, and are to be organized by a national association or approved by the ITF Men's Circuit Committee.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit
The tournaments are played on a rectangular flat surface, commonly referred to as a tennis court. The dimenstion of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the ITF and the court is 23.78 meters (78.0 feet) long, 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) wide. Its width is 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) for singles matches and 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) for doubles matches. Tennis is played on a variety of surfaces and each surface has its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. There are four main types of courts depending on the materials used for the court surface, clay, hard, grass and carpet courts with the ITF classifying five different pace settings ranging from slow to fast.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit, Participating host nations
Countries that are hosting a tournament in 2013, but did not in 2012.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit (April–June)
The 2013 ITF Men's Circuit was the 2013 edition of the entry level tour for men's professional tennis, and the third tier tennis tour below the Association of Tennis Professionals, World Tour and Challenger Tour. It was organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) which also organizes the ITF Women's Circuit, an entry level tour for women's professional tennis.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit (April–June)
Later tournaments were organized to offer either $10,000 or $15,000 in prize money and tournaments which offered hospitality to players competing in the main draw to give additional ranking points which are valid under the ATP ranking system, and were organized by a national association or approved by the ITF Men's Circuit Committee.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit (April–June)
The tournaments were played on a rectangular flat surface, commonly called a tennis court. The dimensions of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the ITF and the court is 23.78 meters (78.0 feet) long, 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) wide. Its width is 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) for singles matches and 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) for doubles matches. Tennis is played on a variety of surfaces and each surface has its own characteristics which affect playing style. The four main types of courts, depending on the materials used for the surface, are clay, hard, grass and carpet courts, with the ITF classifying five different pace settings ranging from slow to fast.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit (January–March)
The 2013 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2013 edition of the entry level tour for men's professional tennis, and is the third tier tennis tour below the Association of Tennis Professionals, World Tour and Challenger Tour. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) who additionally organizes the ITF Women's Circuit which is an entry level tour for women's professional tennis.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit (January–March)
Future tournaments are organized to offer either $10,000 or $15,000 in prize money and tournaments which offering hospitality to players competing in the main draw give additional ranking points which are valid under the ATP ranking system, and are to be organized by a national association or approved by the ITF Men's Circuit Committee.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit (January–March)
The tournaments are played on a rectangular flat surface, commonly referred to as a tennis court. The dimenstion of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the ITF and the court is 23.78 meters (78.0 feet) long, 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) wide. Its width is 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) for singles matches and 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) for doubles matches. Tennis is played on a variety of surfaces and each surface has its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. There are four main types of courts depending on the materials used for the court surface, clay, hard, grass and carpet courts with the ITF classifying five different pace settings ranging from slow to fast.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit (July–September)
The 2013 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2013 edition of the entry level tour for men's professional tennis, and is the third tier tennis tour below the Association of Tennis Professionals, World Tour and Challenger Tour. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) who additionally organizes the ITF Women's Circuit which is an entry level tour for women's professional tennis.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit (July–September)
Future tournaments are organized to offer either $10,000 or $15,000 in prize money and tournaments which offering hospitality to players competing in the main draw give additional ranking points which are valid under the ATP ranking system, and are to be organized by a national association or approved by the ITF Men's Circuit Committee.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit (October–December)
The 2013 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2013 edition of the entry level tour for men's professional tennis, and is the third tier tennis tour below the Association of Tennis Professionals, World Tour and Challenger Tour. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) who additionally organizes the ITF Women's Circuit which is an entry level tour for women's professional tennis.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit (October–December)
Future tournaments are organized to offer either $10,000 or $15,000 in prize money and tournaments which offering hospitality to players competing in the main draw give additional ranking points which are valid under the ATP ranking system, and are to be organized by a national association or approved by the ITF Men's Circuit Committee.


2013 ITF Men's Circuit (October–December)
The tournaments are played on a rectangular flat surface, commonly referred to as a tennis court. The dimenstion of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the ITF and the court is 23.78 meters (78.0 feet) long, 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) wide. Its width is 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) for singles matches and 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) for doubles matches. Tennis is played on a variety of surfaces and each surface has its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. There are four main types of courts depending on the materials used for the court surface, clay, hard, grass and carpet courts with the ITF classifying five different pace settings ranging from slow to fast.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit
The 2013 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2013 edition of the second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit, Statistical information
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should only be updated after the end of the week.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit (April–June)
The 2013 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2013 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit (January–March)
The 2013 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2013 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit (July–September)
The 2013 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2013 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit (October–December)
The 2013 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2013 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Sanya
The 2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Sanya was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Sanya, China, on 9–15 September 2013.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Sanya, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Sanya, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Sanya – Doubles
Erika Sema and Zheng Saisai were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but both players decided not to participate in 2013.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Sanya – Doubles
Sun Ziyue and Xu Shilin won the title, defeating Yang Zhaoxuan and Zhao Yijing in the final, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–3].


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Sanya – Singles
Wang Qiang was the defending champion, having won the event in 2012, but lost in the first round to Wang Yafan.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Sanya – Singles
Karolína Plíšková won the title, defeating Zheng Saisai in the final, 6–3, 6–4


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan
The 2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Wenshan City, China, on 22–28 April 2013.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan – Doubles
Hsieh Shu-ying and Hsieh Su-wei were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but Hsieh Su-wei chose not to participate. Hsieh Shu-ying paired up with Zhu Aiwen but lost in the first round to Li Ting and Zhang Kailin.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan – Doubles
Miki Miyamura and Varatchaya Wongteanchai won the title, defeating Rika Fujiwara and Junri Namigata in the final, 7–5, 6–3.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan – Singles
Hsieh Su-wei was the defending champion, having won the event in 2012, but decided not to participate in 2013.


2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan – Singles
Zhang Yuxuan won the tournament, defeating Wang Qiang in the final, 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2.


2013 ITM 400 Auckland
The 2013 ITM 400 Auckland was a motor race meeting for the Australasian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the third event of the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship. Four races were held during the race meeting.


2013 ITM 400 Auckland
It was the first running of the event since 2007. The event replaced the Hamilton 400 on the championship calendar and is the sole New Zealand race.


2013 ITM Cup
The 2013 ITM Cup season was the eighth season of New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition since it turned professional in 2006. The regular season began on August 15, when Counties Manukau hosted Wellington. It involved the top fourteen rugby unions of New Zealand. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as the ITM Cup and it was the fourth season under the lead sponsor. The winner of the Championship, Tasman was promoted to the Premiership, the seventh placed Premiership team, Bay of Plenty was relegated to the Championship.


2013 ITM Cup, Format
The ITM Cup standings were sorted by a competition points system. Four points were awarded to the winning team, a draw equaled two points, whilst a loss amounted to zero points. Unions could also win their side a respectable bonus point. To receive a bonus point, they must have scored four tries or more or lose by seven or fewer points or less. Each team was placed on their total points received. If necessary of a tiebreaker, when two or more teams finish on equal points, the union who defeated the other in a head-to-head got placed higher.


2013 ITM Cup, Format
In case of a draw between them, the side with the biggest points deferential margin got rights to be ranked above. If they were tied on points difference, it was then decided by a highest scored try count or a coin toss. This seeding format was implemented since the beginning of the 2006 competition.


2013 ITM Cup, Format
The competition included a promotion-relegation process with the winner of the Championship receiving automatic promotion to the Premiership, replacing the seventh-placed team in the Premiership which was relegated to the Championship for the following year. The regular season consisted of two types of matches. The internal division matches were when each team played the other six unions in their division once, home or away. The cross-division matches were when each team played four teams from the other division, thus missing out on three teams, each from the opposite division.


2013 ITM Cup, Format
Each union played home or away games against teams from the other division, making a total of ten competition games for each union. The finals format allowed the top four teams from each division move on to the semi-finals. The top two division winners, based on table points, received a home semi-final. In the first round of the finals, the semi-finals, the second division winner hosted the third division winner, and the first division winner hosted the fourth division winner. The final was hosted by the top remaining seed.


2013 ITM Cup, Regular season
The 2013 ITM Cup was played across nine weeks with every team playing one Wednesday night fixture in a double-up round where they played twice that week. The competition started on Thursday, August 15, with Counties Manukau taking on Wellington at ECOLight Stadium.


2013 ITS Cup
The 2013 ITS Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Olomouc, Czech Republic, on 15–21 July 2013.


2013 ITS Cup, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 ITS Cup – Doubles
Inés Ferrer Suárez and Richèl Hogenkamp were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but both players chose not to defend their title.


2013 ITS Cup – Doubles
Renata Voráčová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová won the tournament, defeating Martina Borecká and Tereza Malíková in the all-Czech final, 6–3, 6–4.


2013 ITS Cup – Singles
María Teresa Torró Flor won the event in 2012 but chose to compete at the 2013 Gastein Ladies instead of defending her title.


2013 ITS Cup – Singles
Polona Hercog won the title, defeating Katarzyna Piter in the final, 6–0, 6–3.


2013 ITU Triathlon World Cup
The 2013 ITU Triathlon World Cup was a series of triathlon races organised by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) for elite-level triathletes held during the 2013 season. For 2013, Ten races were announced as part of the World Cup series. Each race was held over a distance of 1500 m swim, 40 km cycle, 10 km run (an Olympic-distance triathlon). Alongside a prize purse, points were awarded at each race contributing towards the overall point totals.


2013 ITU World Triathlon Series
The 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series was a series of eight World Championship Triathlon events that led up to a Grand Final held in London in September 2013. The Series was organised under the auspices of the world governing body of triathlon, the International Triathlon Union (ITU).


2013 ITU World Triathlon Series
The World Triathlon Series (WTS) visited Auckland, San Diego, Madrid, Yokohama, Kitzbühel, Hamburg, Stockholm, and London.


2013 ITU World Triathlon Series
The series included two sprint distance races and six Olympic distance races. The series stop in Hamburg also served as the location for the 2013 ITU Team Triathlon World Championships. The Grand Final in London included the World Championships for Under 23, Junior and Paratriathlon division, which were decided over a single race. Elite level competitors were crowned champions based on the final WTS point standings.


2013 IWBF Men's European Championship
The 2013 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 21st edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship held in Frankfurt, Germany  from 27 June to 8 July 2013.


2013 IWBF Men's European Championship
Nations ranked 1 to 7 are qualified for participation at the 2014 World Championship in Incheon, South Korea.


2013 IWBF Men's European Championship, Squads
Each of the 12 teams selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.


2013 IWBF Men's European Championship, Squads
Athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.


2013 IWBF Men's U23 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
The 2013 IWBF Men's U23 World Championship was the fifth edition of the IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship held in Adana, Turkey from 7 to 14 September 2013. The tournament was played in two venues, the Yüreğir Serinevler Arena and the Menderes Sports Hall.


2013 IWBF Men's U23 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship, Squads
Each of the 12 teams selected a squad of up to 12 players for the tournament.


2013 IWBF Men's U23 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship, Squads
Athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.


2013 IWRF European Championship
2013 IWRF European Championship was the 9th international European wheelchair rugby competition, taken place between 10 August - 17 August. The championships was contested between Europe's twelve top national teams and was held at the Pajulahti Sports Institute in Antwerp, Belgium. The tournament was won by Sweden, their fourth title.


2013 IWRF European Championship
The finalists of the competition, Denmark and Sweden, won the two European qualification slots for the wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2014 IWRF World Championships.


2013 IWRF European Championship, Tournament
Twelve teams contested the 2013 IWRF European Championship. The preliminary rounds consisted of a group stage where the teams were split into two leagues which were contested as a round-robin. The winner of group A then faced the second placed team from Group B and the winner of group B faced the second placed team from group A in elimination matches to determine the two finalists. The eventual winners, Great Britain, finished the competition unbeaten.


2013 Iba local elections
Local elections were held in  Iba, Zambales on May 13, 2013 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors.


2013 Iba local elections, Results
The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.


2013 Icelandic Cup
The 2013 Icelandic Cup, also known as the Borgunarbikar for sponsorship reasons, was the 54th edition of the Icelandic national football cup. It began with the first round on 30 April 2013 and ended on 17 August 2013. The final was played at Laugardalsvöllur, the Icelandic national stadium, and was won by Fram, who beat Stjarnan in a penalty shoot-out after the match had finished 3–3. It was Fram's eighth Icelandic Cup triumph, and their first since 1989.


2013 Icelandic Cup, First round
The First Round consisted of 38 teams from the lower Icelandic levels and 6 clubs from the 2. deild karla. The 20 matches were played between 30 April and 4 May 2013. Two teams, Stál-úlfur and Fjarðabyggð, were given walkovers after their opponents withdrew from the competition.


2013 Icelandic Cup, Second round
The Second Round consisted of the 20 winning teams of the First Round, Stál-úlfur and Fjarðabyggð who had walkovers in the First Round, the remaining 6 teams from the 2. deild karla and the 12 teams from the 1. deild karla. The 20 matches were played between 10 May and 14 May 2013.


2013 Icelandic Cup, Third round
The Third Round consisted of the 20 winning teams of the Second Round and the 12 teams from the Úrvalsdeild. The 16 matches were played on 29 May and 30 May 2013.


2013 Icelandic Cup, Round of 16
The draw for the last 16 was made on 3 June 2013 at the headquarters of the KSÍ.


2013 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The 2013 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the 18th season of the Icelandic Men's League Cup, a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. The competition started on 15 February 2013 and concluded on 27 April 2013. KR were the reigning champions, having won their fifth League Cup last year.


2013 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The 24 teams from the Úrvalsdeild karla and 1. deild karla were divided into 3 groups of 8 teams. Every team played every other team of its group once, home, away or on a neutral ground for a total of 7 games. Each group winner, each runner-up and the two best third-place finishes entered the quarter-finals.


2013 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, Group stage
The games were played from 15 February to 20 April 2013.


2013 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, Knockout stage
The final round saw the 8 progressed teams meet in a knockout stage to determine the winner of the 2013 League Cup.


2013 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, Knockout stage, Quarterfinals
The games were played on 18 and 19 April 2013.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 27 April 2013. Fifteen parties contested the elections, compared to just seven in the previous elections. The result was a victory for the two centre-right opposition parties, the Independence Party and Progressive Party, which subsequently formed a coalition government. The parties were eurosceptic and their win brought to a halt partially completed negotiations with the European Union regarding Icelandic membership.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Background
The previous elections in 2009 were won by the Social Democratic Alliance — the first time that the Independence Party was not the largest party in the Althing. The Social Democratic Alliance was able to form a coalition with the Left-Green Movement. As a result of this, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir became the first female prime minister of Iceland, as well as the first openly lesbian head of government in the world.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Incumbent parliament
Five parties were elected at the previous election, held in April 2009. Since then, the parliamentary representation for one of these, Citizens' Movement, first mostly moved to The Movement and then, in March 2012, to the new party Dawn. One of the MPs elected for the Citizens' movement, Þráinn Bertelsson,  left the parliamentary party almost immediately and then a 16 months after the 2009 election he joined the Left-green movement. In January 2012, the new party Solidarity was founded by an incumbent MP, Lilja Mósesdóttir, who was elected as a member of the Left-Green Movement.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Incumbent parliament
Another new party, Bright Future, was formed in February 2012 with the involvement of two MPs from, respectively, the Progressive Party and Social Democratic Alliance. One MP originally elected for Citizens' Movement, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, also participated in the establishment of a new party in 2012, namely the Pirate Party. Two eurosceptic Left-Green Movement MPs, Jón Bjarnason and Atli Gíslason, also decided to defect and form the new Rainbow Movement in March 2013. The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament on 28 March 2013, the last working day of the parliament's term.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies
There are 6 constituencies in Iceland. According to the Law on Parliamentary Elections (nr.24/2000), each constituency is allocated 9 seats decided by proportional voting, with 9 special leveling seats (either 1 or 2 per constituency, depending on population size) adjusting the result so that proportionality is maintained according to the overall number of votes received by a party at the national level.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies
The number of constituency seats will, however, be adjusted ahead of the next election, if the number of residents with suffrage per available seat in the constituency increases to more than twice as many as in the last election, when comparing the constituency with the highest number against the one with the lowest. In that case a constituency seat will be reassigned from the constituency with the lowest number to the one with the highest, until the rule is met. However, the total number of seats (including leveling seats) may never fall to less than six in any constituency. The box below shows the number of seats available in each constituency at the 2013 parliamentary election.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats
The available constituency seats are first distributed to each party according to the D'Hondt method, so that proportional representation is ensured within each of the constituencies. The next step is to apportion these party distributed seats to the candidates within the party having the highest "vote score", after counting both direct candidate votes and their share of party votes in the constituency.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats
In Iceland the "candidate vote system" is that, for each constituency, each party provides a pre-ranked list of candidates beneath each party name (listed according to the preferred order decided by the party), but where the voters voting for the party can alter this pre-ranked order by renumbering the individual candidates and/or crossing out those candidates they do not like, so that such candidates will not get a share of the voter's "personal vote" for the party.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats
As a restriction on the possibility of re-ranking candidates, it is however only possible to alter the first several candidates on the list. The borderline for alterations is drawn for the first three candidates if the party only win one of the total seats in the constituency, or if more than one seat is won the borderline shall be drawn at the pre-ranked number equal to two times the total number of seats being won by the party in the constituency.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats
So if a party has won two seats in a constituency, then the voter is only allowed to re-rank the top four ranked candidates on the list, with any rank altering by voters below this line simply being ignored when subsequently calculating the candidate vote shares within each party. Final calculation of the candidate vote shares is always done according to the Borda method, where all candidates above the previously described borderline in the ranking are granted voting fraction values according to the voters noted rank.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats
If the number of considered candidates consist of four (as in the given example), then the first ranked candidate is assigned a value of 1 (a so-called full personal vote), the next one get the value 0.75 (1/4 less), followed likewise by 0.50 and 0.25 respectively for the two last candidates. If the number of considered candidates instead had been six (due to winning 3 seats), then the first ranked candidate in a similar way would be assigned a value of 1 (a so-called full personal vote), with the following five candidates receiving respectively 5/6, 4/6, 3/6, 2/6 and 1/6.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats
As mentioned above, crossed out names will always be allocated a 0.00 value. The accumulated total score of the candidates voting fractions, will be used in determining which candidates receive the seats won by their party.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats
Note that candidate vote scores are not directly comparable to candidates from other parties, as how many seats are being won in a constituency by a particular party will effect how their candidates receive voting fractions (like in the above examples, where a candidate ranked number four for a party winning two seats would receive a voting fraction of 0.25, compared to 0.50 for an equally ranked candidate belonging to a party winning 3 seats)


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of leveling seats
After the initial apportionment of constituency seats, all the parties that exceed the election threshold of 5% nationally will also qualify to potentially be granted the extra leveling seats, which seek to adjust the result towards seat proportionality at the national level.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of leveling seats
The calculation procedure for the distribution of leveling seats is, first, for each party having exceeded the national threshold of 5%, to calculate the ratio of its total number of votes at the national level divided by the sum of one extra seat added to the number of seats the party have so far won. The first leveling seat will go to the party with the highest ratio of votes per seat. The same calculation process is then repeated, until all 9 leveling seats have been allocated to specific parties.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of leveling seats
A party's "votes per seat" ratio will change during this calculation process, after each additional leveling seat being won. The second and final step is for each party being granted a leveling seat to pin point, across all constituencies, which of its runner-up candidates (candidates that came short of winning direct election through a constituency seat) should then win this additional seat.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of leveling seats
This selection is made by first identifying the constituency having the strongest "relative constituency vote shares for this additional seat of the party", which is decided by another proportional calculation, where the "relative vote share for the party list in each constituency", is divided with the sum of "one extra seat added to the number of already won constituency seats by the party list in the constituency".


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of leveling seats
When this strongest constituency has been identified, the leveling seat will be automatically granted to the highest placed unelected runner-up candidate on the party list in this constituency, who among the remaining candidates have the highest personal vote score (the same figure as the one used when ranking candidates for constituency seats).


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of leveling seats
The above described method is used for apportionment of all the party allocated leveling seats. Note that when selecting which of a party's constituencies shall receive its apportioned leveling seat, this identification may only happen in exactly the same numerical order as the leveling seats were calculated at the party level. This is important because the number of available leveling seats are limited per constituency, meaning that the last calculated leveling seats in all circumstances can never be granted to candidates who belong to constituencies where the available leveling seats already were granted to other parties.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Participating parties
The final deadline for parties to apply for participation in the parliamentary election was 9 April 2013. To be approved for a list letter to participate in the election, new parties were required to submit a minimum of 300 signatures from supporters in each constituency where they intended to list. The participating parties also needed to submit a valid candidate list to the election committee in each of the constituencies where they intended to run, comprising twice as many candidate names as the number of available seats in the constituency, before 12 April.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Participating parties
On 16 April the National Election Committee (Icelandic: Landskjörstjórn) published its list of 15 approved parties with 72 candidate lists, as 11 parties had opted to run in all six constituencies, while 2 parties opted only to run in two constituencies, and the final 2 parties were only present in one constituency.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Participating parties
Despite of having a current member presence in the incumbent parliament, the party Solidarity (C list) decided not to run for election. Likewise these recently established parties also decided not to participate: Optimism Party (E list), Christian Political Movement, and Liberal Democrats.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Participating parties
While all applying party lists by the end of the day were getting approved, it was clear that all those who had applied for running the election as single independent candidates were disapproved. According to the Icelandic constitution and election law, independent candidates are not allowed to run in parliamentary elections, unless they manage to join forces with other independent candidates to establish a full complete candidate list for a new group named "independent candidates" in the constituency they intend to run. Last time Iceland had a list of "independent candidates" approved to participate was back in the 2003 elections, where "Independents from the South constituency (Óháðir í Suðurkjördæmi)" was approved as a local list in the South constituency.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, European Union accession negotiations
On 14 January 2013, the two governing parties of Iceland, the Social Democratic Alliance and Left-Green Movement, announced that because it was no longer possible to complete EU accession negotiations before the parliamentary elections, they had decided to slow down the process and that the 6 remaining unopened chapters would not be opened until after the election. However, negotiations would continue for the 16 chapters already opened. The new party Bright Future supports the completion of negotiations, while two opposition parties, Independence Party and Progressive Party, argue that negotiations should be completely stopped.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, European Union accession negotiations
In February 2013, the national congress of both the Independence Party and Progressive Party reconfirmed their policy that further membership negotiations with the EU should be stopped and not resumed unless they are first approved by a national referendum, while the national congresses of the Social Democratic Alliance, Bright Future and Left-Green Movement reiterated their support for the completion of EU accession negotiations.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, European Union accession negotiations
On 19 March 2013, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, an Independence Party MP, put forward a motion in the Althing calling for a referendum asking the Icelandic public whether EU accession negotiations should continue. She proposed that the referendum be held during the upcoming parliamentary election in April if possible, or else during local elections in the spring of 2014.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, European Union accession negotiations
In response to Þorgerður and other proponents of EU integration within the Independence Party, Bjarni Benediktsson, the leader of the party, reiterated the party's policy of stopping negotiations with the EU, but promised to hold a referendum on continuing the negotiations in the first half of their term if they form government.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Campaign
The list below gives a short summary of significant events in the electoral campaign of each participating party.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results
The centre-right Independence party was one of the election's winners with 26.7% of the votes, regaining their position as Iceland's largest party. Two new parties entered the Althing for the first time. The green liberal Bright Future got 8.3% of the votes and The Pirate Party got 5.1% of the votes, just above the 5% threshold for leveling mandates.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results
Following the election, a coalition government was formed between the Progressive Party and Independence Party with Progressive Party's Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson as prime minister. The Progressive Party received four ministries, and the Independence Party received five.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Turnout
The 81.4% turn-out was the lowest in any general election since Iceland's independence from Denmark.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Turnout
By 20, 9 April 582 people had voted using early voting. This represented an increase of approximately 1,400 votes over the number of early votes cast in the 2009 election. By 26 April, 24,850 people had voted. Prior to the election, it was not clear whether this meant that turnout would be increased or just that early voting had become more popular.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Elected MPs
1. Illugi Gunnarsson (D)2. Frosti Sigurjónsson (B)3. Katrín Jakobsdóttir (V)4. Össur Skarphéðinsson (S)5. Brynjar Þór Níelsson (D)6. Björt Ólafsdóttir (A)7. Sigrún Magnúsdóttir (B)8. Árni Þór Sigurðsson (V)9. Birgir Ármannsson (D)


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Elected MPs
1. Hanna B. Kristjánsdóttir (D)2. Vigdís Hauksdóttir (B)3. Sigríður I. Ingadóttir (S)4. Pétur H. Blöndal (D)5. Svandís Svavarsdóttir (V)6. Róbert Marshall (A)7. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (D)8. Karl Garðarsson (B)9. Helgi Hjörvar (S)


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Elected MPs
1. Bjarni Benediktsson (D)2. Eygló Harðardóttir (B)3. Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir (D)4. Árni Páll Árnason (S)5. Willum Þór Þórsson (B)6. Jón Gunnarsson (D)7. Guðmundur Steingrímsson (A)8. Ögmundur Jónasson (V)9. Vilhjálmur Bjarnason (D)10.Þorsteinn Sæmundsson (B)11.Katrín Júlíusdóttir (S)


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Elected MPs
1. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson (B)2. Einar K. Guðfinnsson (D)3. Ásmundur Einar Daðason (B)4. Haraldur Benediktsson (D)5. Guðbjartur Hannesson (S)6. Elsa Lára Arnardóttir (B)7. Jóhanna M. Sigmundsdóttir (B)


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Elected MPs
1. Sigmundur D. Gunnlaugsson (B)2. Kristján Þór Júlíusson (D)3. Höskuldur Þór Þórhallsson (B)4. Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (V)5. Líneik Anna Sævarsdóttir (B)6. Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir (D)7. Kristján L. Möller (S)8. Þórunn Egilsdóttir (B)9. Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir (V)


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Elected MPs
1. Sigurður I. Jóhannsson (B)2. Ragnheiður E. Árnadóttir (D)3. Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir (B)4. Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir (D)5. Páll Jóhann Pálsson (B)6. Oddný G. Harðardóttir (S)7. Ásmundur Friðriksson (D)8. Haraldur Einarsson (B)9. Vilhjálmur Árnason (D)


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Elected MPs
For the parties having qualified with a national result above the 5% election threshold, the 9 leveling seats (L1-L9) were first distributed party-wise according to the calculation method in this particular order (where the party's total number of national votes was divided by the sum of "won seats plus 1" - with an extra leveling seat granted to the party with the highest fraction - while repeating this process until all 9 leveling seats had been determined).


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Elected MPs
At the next step, these leveling seats were then by the same order distributed one by one to the relative strongest constituency of the seat winning party (while disregarding the constituencies that already ran out of vacant leveling seats). At the third step, the specific leveling seat is finally granted to the party's highest ranked runner-up candidate within the constituency, according to the same accumulated candidate vote score as being used when apportioning the constituency seats.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Elected MPs
The table below display how the leveling seats were apportioned, and the "relative constituency strength" figures for each party, which is measured for each constituency as the "party vote share" divided by "won constituency seats of the party +1". To illustrate how the selection method works, each party in a constituency being apportioned a leveling seat, have got their figure for relative strength (vote share per seat) bolded in the table, with a parenthesis noting the number of the leveling seat.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Elected MPs
Because constituencies run out of available leveling seats one by one as the calculation progress, it can sometimes happen that the constituency with the highest relative strength needs to be disregarded.


2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results, Elected MPs
In example, if there had been no restrictions to the available number of leveling seats in a constituency, then the table below would have distributed the Independence Party's L8-seat to its relative strongest Northwest Constituency with an 8.22% vote share per seat; But as the one and only leveling seat of this constituency had already been granted to the Left-Green party (who won the L6-seat), then the L8-seat instead had to be granted to a relatively weaker constituency, which to be more exact ended only being the fourth strongest constituency for the Independence Party - namely the Southwest constituency with a 6.14% vote share per seat.


2013 Idaho State Bengals football team
The 2013 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bengals were led by third year head coach Mike Kramer and played their home games at Holt Arena. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place.


2013 Idaho Vandals football team
The 2013 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Vandals were led by first year head coach Paul Petrino and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome. This was Idaho's first and only season as an independent. They became a football only member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2014.


2013 Idol Star Athletics – Archery Championships
The 2013 Idol Star Athletics – Archery Championship (Hangul: 아이돌 스타 육상 양궁 선수권 대회) was held at Goyang Gymnasium in Goyang, South Korea on January 28, 2013 and was broadcast on MBC on February 11, 2013 (a small part was broadcast on February 20, 2013). At the championships a total number of 8 events in athletics and 2 events in archery were contested: 5 by men, 4 by women and 1 mixed. There were a total number of 150 participating K-pop singers and celebrities, divided into 10 teams.


2013 Idol Star Olympics Championships
The 2013 Idol Star Athletics Championships (Hangul: 아이돌 스타 올림픽), also known as the 2013 Idol Athletics - Chuseok Special, was held at Goyang Gymnasium in Goyang, South Korea on September 3, 2013 and was broadcast on MBC from September 19 to 20, 2013. At the championships a total number of 10 events (7 in athletics, 2 in archery and 1 in futsal) were contested: 5 by men and 5 by women. There were a total number of 160 participating K-pop singers and celebrities, divided into 5 teams.


2013 If Stockholm Open
The 2013 If Stockholm Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 45th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Kungliga tennishallenin Stockholm, Sweden between 14 and 20 October 2013.


2013 If Stockholm Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 If Stockholm Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 If Stockholm Open – Doubles
Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares were the defending champions, but Soares chose to compete in Vienna instead. Melo was scheduled to play alongside Ivan Dodig, but withdrew due to an abdominal injury. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer won the title, defeating Jonas Björkman and Robert Lindstedt in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2013 If Stockholm Open – Singles
Tomáš Berdych was the defending champion, but chose not to compete. Grigor Dimitrov won the title, defeating David Ferrer in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4.


2013 If Stockholm Open – Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election
A by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti on 29 June 2013. The seat was vacated by the death of incumbent member of parliament Parekura Horomia two months earlier, who had represented the electorate for the Labour Party since its inception for the 1999 election. The election was won by Labour's Meka Whaitiri.


2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election, Date
Horomia died on 29 April 2013. Once the Registrar of Birth and Deaths receives the registration of death for a sitting MP, they must inform the Speaker of the House within 12 hours, and then the Speaker must publish, without delay, the notice of vacancy of the seat in the New Zealand Gazette. The notice was published in the Gazette on 8 May 2013.


2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election, Date
The Governor-General must issue the writ for a by-election to fill a vacant electorate seat within 21 days of the Gazette notice (i.e. 29 May 2013). The writ must be returned with the successful candidate within 50 days of its issue, which means the writ must be returned, and therefore the election must have taken place, by 18 July 2013. As polling day must be a Saturday, and two weeks are generally required for the counting of special votes, the last possible polling day is therefore Saturday 29 June 2013.


2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election, Date
After the notice of vacancy was published, Prime Minister John Key announced the by-election date has been set as Saturday 29 June 2013.


2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election, Candidates
Seven candidates were contesting the by-election. It was won by Meka Whaitiri of the Labour Party.


2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election, Impact
Political editor Patrick Gower reported two days before the election that, according to sources within the Labour caucus, Labour leader David Shearer has been put on notice and given two months to achieve better poll results, or else face a leadership challenge. This followed recent polls for the next general election that showed Labour in the low 30 percent, (e.g. the Herald-DigiPoll from mid-June that showed Labour at 30.9%, with a margin of error of 3.6%. ), although the party was well up on its 2011 general election result of 27.48 percent. Earlier in the week, Shearer had downplayed Labour's hopes for winning the by-election, despite the party having held the electorate since its inception for the 1999 election and expected by mainstream media to again win the by-election.


2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election, Impact
Matt McCarten of the Mana Party claimed that sources within the Māori Party had told him that if Mana came ahead of their party, they would make amends, and commentators agreed that a strong result for Mana away from their Northland base would spell the end to the Māori Party's claim to be independent political voice for tangata whenua.


2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election, Impact
Right-wing political blogger David Farrar called the poll result "a good victory for Labour", and commented that Whaitiri "could be one of the better Labour MPs".


2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election, Results
The following table shows the final results of the by-election:


2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election, Results
Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election. Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.


2013 Iligan local elections
Local elections held in Iligan City on May 13, 2013 within the Philippine general election. The resident voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the one congressman, and twelve councilors. Each official is elected publicly to a 3-year term and can be re-elected up to 3 terms in succession.


2013 Iligan local elections
At the last of voter's registration last October 2012, the city has accumulated a total of 138,744 registered voters. Registered voters of the city no longer vote for provincial candidates such as the Governor and Vice Governor unlike its nearby towns. In 2010, through Republic Act 9724, Iligan City separated from the First District of Lanao del Norte.


2013 Iligan local elections
Lawrence Lluch Cruz is the incumbent on his third consecutive term. Thus, he is prohibited to run due to term limits. Instead, Cruz's tandem and incumbent vice-mayor Henry Dy was challenged by the two other popular candidates, retired Colonel Celso Regencia and former mayor Franklin Quijano .


2013 Iligan local elections
On May 14, 2013, Celso Regencia and Ruderic Marzo were proclaimed newly elected city mayor and vice-mayor of the city by the Board of Canvassers.


2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Tim Beckman, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the Leaders Division.


2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Previous season
Illinois finished the 2012 season with 2–10, 0–8 in Big 10 Leaders play, where they placed last and failed to become bowl eligible for first time since 2009.


2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Schedule, Chicago homecoming
For only the second time in Soldier Field's 89 year history, the stadium hosted the Illinois Fighting Illini football team. The Fighting Illini's last appearance at Soldier Field was during the 1994 season in which the team lost 10–9 to #22 ranked Washington State Cougars. Additionally, the University of Illinois Alumni Association, Illinois Foundation, and Division and Intercollegiate Athletics are hosting an "Illini Fest" family tailgate prior the start of the football game. The event is modeled after Chicago Street Festivals that are popular throughout Neighborhoods in Chicago.


2013 Illinois State Redbirds football team
The 2013 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. Illinois State was a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). The Redbirds  finished the season 5–6 overall 4–4 in MVFC play to place sixth.


2013 Illinois State Redbirds football team, Home attendance average
The Illinois State Redbird football program averaged 10,138 fans for the 2013 home football games.


2013 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election
A special election for Illinois' 2nd congressional district was held on April 9, 2013, to fill a seat in the United States House of Representatives for Illinois's 2nd congressional district, after Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. resigned on November 21, 2012. The special election was required to be held within 115 days of Jackson's resignation. It was won by Democratic candidate Robin Kelly, formerly the Chief Administrative Officer of Cook County.


2013 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election
Pat Quinn, the Governor of Illinois, set the primary elections for February 26, coinciding with municipal primary elections, and initially set the general election for March 19. However, legislation was enacted at Quinn's request to allow the general election to coincide with municipal general elections held on April 9.


2013 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election
The winner of the Democratic primary was Robin Kelly and Paul McKinley won the Republican Primary. The Green Party nominated 2010 U.S. Senate candidate LeAlan Jones.


2013 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election, Green Party
The Green Party nominated 2010 U.S. Senate candidate and journalist LeAlan Jones to run on the Green Party ticket.


2013 Imus local elections
Local elections were held in the newly created city of Imus in Cavite on May 13, 2013 in conjunction with the 2013 Philippine midterm elections. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: district representative, provincial board members representing the city, mayor, vice mayor, and twelve councilors at-large.


2013 Imus local elections
Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi of the Liberal Party narrowly won over ousted Mayor Homer Saquilayan while his running mate, Vice Mayor Mandy Ilano was reelected overwhelmingly. Maliksi's ticket took all but two seats in the Sangguniang Panlungsod.


2013 Imus local elections, Overview
The most recent elections conducted in the then-municipality of Imus in 2010 is considered as one of the most controversial, if not the most controversial, elections with questionable results. In the country's first-ever automated election, where precinct optical count scanning (PCOS) machines were utilized, then comebacking Homer T. Saquilayan defeated the then incumbent Mayor Manny Maliksi, once his vice mayor and the son of then governor Ayong Maliksi, by 8,499 votes. On May 21, 2010, Maliksi filed an election protest alleging irregularities caused by the PCOS machine count, among others "double-shading" of ballots, ambiguous votes, and over-voting.


2013 Imus local elections, Overview
After the first recount, Imus Regional Trial Court Judge Cesar Mangrobang released a decision in November 2011 declaring the younger Maliksi as the duly elected mayor of the town, with 41,088 votes as against that of Saquilayan's 40,423, for a difference of 665 votes. This decision angered the incumbent mayor's supporters and municipal employees and on December 2, 2011, they successfully prevented Maliksi in formally assuming office, thereby causing further tension between the rival camps. Such tension only averted three days before the turn of the year on December 28, 2011, when Saquilayan ceded the post to his rival with the promise of avenging his latest setback before the courts and the COMELEC.


2013 Imus local elections, Overview
Barely five months later, in May 2012, the COMELEC overturned the decision of Mangrobang, citing that he gravely abused its discretion when it issued the order since it did not have the necessary grounds and ordered Saquilayan to be reinstated. This prompted Maliksi to file a motion for reconsideration but it was dismissed by the poll body in September 2012 "for lack of merit." On October 10, 2012, Maliksi elevated his appeal to the Supreme Court and filed a petition for an issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO). Five days later, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno issued him a TRO.


2013 Imus local elections, Overview
The TRO was lifted by the Supreme Court on March 12, 2013 and declared Saquilayan as the duly elected mayor. He took his oath six days later, on March 18. Maliksi, however, refused to recognize the ruling and filed for a motion for reconsideration, which the court granted on April 11, 2013, thereby reinstating him as mayor.


2013 Imus local elections, Results, District Representative
The candidates for district representative, mayor, and vice mayor with the highest number of votes win their respective seats. They are elected separately; therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.


2013 Imus local elections, Results, District Representative
Ayong Maliksi is running for Governor, his party nominates former Board Member, Alex Advincula. Albert Villaseca is also nominate by Nacionalista party.


2013 Imus local elections, Results, Board Members
Voters of Imus elect two members to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Cavite as part of the third district, which is contiguous with the legislative district. The two candidates with the highest number of votes for the positions win.


2013 Imus local elections, Results, Board Members
Larry Boy Nato is the only incumbent who sought reelection, which Rodrigo Arguelles did not run in favor of Councilor Arnel Cantimbuhan.


2013 Imus local elections, Results, City Councilors
Upon the adoption of a city charter, seats in the new Sangguniang Panglungsod of Imus (Imus City Council) have increased from eight to twelve and were elected at-large, similar to that of neighboring city of Dasmariñas and 98% of component cities in the Philippines.


2013 Imus local elections, Results, City Councilors, Candidates
Of the incumbent councilors elected in 2010, only one did not seek re-election:


2013 Imus local elections, Results, City Councilors, Candidates
Aside from re-electionist candidates, names in italics denote appointed councilors and ex officio officials, in the case of SK Federation President Darlon Jay Sayarot.


2013 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team
The 2013 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represented the University of the Incarnate Word in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals played their first season of a transition to the FCS level. However, they were not considered a FCS team for scheduling purposes until 2014. They were led by second-year head coach Larry Kennan. Home games were played at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium. This was a transition season for the Cardinals. As a transitioning school from D2 to D1, the Cardinals were ineligible for the FCS Playoffs and the D2 playoffs.


2013 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team
They played a mixed schedule of schools from the FCS, NAIA, and D-II. The Cardinals joined the Southland Conference for football in the 2014 season, and it counted as the 2nd year in a 4-year transition into the D1 level that will make them eligible for the FCS Playoffs in 2017–18. They finished the season 6–5.


2013 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, Audio streaming
All Incarnate Word games were broadcast on KKYX with the voices of Gabe Farias and Shawn Morris. KKYX's broadcasts were available at their . produced a student media broadcast every week, that is available online, and they provided streaming of all non-televised home games were shown via .


2013 Incheon United FC season
The 2013 season was Incheon United's ninth season in the K-League in South Korea. Incheon United competed in K League Classic and Korean FA Cup. It also marked the tenth anniversary of the club's founding and Kim Bong-Gil's first full season as manager.


2013 Incheon United FC season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Incheon United FC season, Current squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 India Super Series
The 2013 India Super Series will be the fourth super series tournament of the 2013 BWF Super Series. The tournament was held in New Delhi, India from 23–28 April 2013 and had a total purse of $200,000. A qualification will be held to fill four places in both singles events and Men's doubles of the main draws.


2013 Indian Badminton League
2013 Indian Badminton League was the first season of Indian Badminton League started from 14 August 2013.


2013 Indian Badminton League, Teams
Six teams participate in the first edition of Indian Badminton League:


2013 Indian Badminton League, Venues
Six venues have been selected for the first edition of Indian Badminton League:


2013 Indian Badminton League, Schedule
The following is the schedule for 2013 Indian Badminton League.


2013 Indian Grand Prix
The 2013 Indian Grand Prix (formally the 2013 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 27 October 2013 at the Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was the sixteenth round of the 2013 Formula One season, and the third Indian Grand Prix. The race, contested over 60 laps, was won by Sebastian Vettel, driving a Red Bull, from a pole position start. Nico Rosberg finished second in a Mercedes, with Romain Grosjean third for the Lotus team. Vettel's win confirmed him as 2013 Drivers' Champion, as Fernando Alonso could not pass Vettel's points total with only three races remaining. Red Bull also clinched their fourth consecutive Constructors' Championship.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Background
The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams, each of two drivers. The teams, also known as "constructors", were Red Bull-Renault, Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Lotus-Renault, Mercedes, Sauber-Ferrari, Force India-Mercedes, Williams-Renault, Toro Rosso-Ferrari, Caterham-Renault and Marussia-Cosworth.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Before the race, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel led the Drivers' Championship with 297 points; Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso was second on 207 points. A maximum of 100 points were available in the remaining four races, which meant Alonso could still win the title. Vettel only needed a fifth place or higher to become Drivers' Champion, even if Alonso won. Behind Vettel and Alonso in the Drivers' Championship, Kimi Räikkönen was third with 177 points in a Lotus, with Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber on 161 and 148 points respectively. In the Constructors' Championship, Red Bull were leading on 445 points and Ferrari were second on 297 points, with Mercedes third on 287 points.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Background
In the week leading up to the race, the organisers of the race, Jaypee Sports International attended a court hearing on a dispute over unpaid entertainment taxes from the previous running of the Grand Prix. A court official confirmed, the case would be heard the week after the race, thereby ending speculation that the Grand Prix would be cancelled.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Background
On 21 October, four days before the event's first free practice sessions took place, Toro Rosso confirmed the team was signing GP3 Series driver Daniil Kvyat for the 2014 season, partnering Jean-Éric Vergne.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Background
The drag reduction system (DRS) had two activation zones for the race; one was on the straight between turns 3 and 4, and the second was on the start/finish straight from the final to first corners. The sport's sole tyre supplier Pirelli, provided two specifications of slick compound tyres for the race, designated Medium (also referred to as the "prime" tyre) and Soft (also referred to as the "option" tyre). The Medium compound was distinguished by a white-band with the Soft compound being distinguished by a yellow-band. As was the case for all the 2013 Grands Prix, the rules stipulated that all cars should use both types of tyre during the course of the race, and each driver was limited to eleven sets of dry tyres for the weekend.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday from 11:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 15:30 local time, and a third on Saturday morning between 11:00 to 12:00. The first practice session took place in dry conditions with an ambient temperature of 30 °C (86 °F). and a track temperature of 32 °C (90 °F). Vettel set the session's fastest time with a lap of 1 minute and 26.683, almost two-tenths of a second faster than teammate Webber.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
The Mercedes of Nico Rosberg set the third fastest time ahead of Renault driver Romain Grosjean who was fourth fastest. Hamilton set the fifth fastest time in his Mercedes. The two McLaren drivers were sixth and seventh, Jenson Button ahead of Sergio Pérez. Felipe Massa and Nico Hülkenberg set the eighth and ninth fastest lap times respectively for Ferrari and Sauber. Valtteri Bottas in the Williams completed the top ten. Alonso's Ferrari car was afflicted by a gearbox problem; this restricted him to completing only six timed laps, and he was 12th overall.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
The second practice session was held in similar weather to the first; the only difference was a slightly higher peak track temperature of 40 °C (104 °F). During this session, Vettel set the fastest lap of the day, a 1:25.722; Webber finished with the second-fastest time. Grosjean ended up with the third fastest time. The Mercedes drivers were again quick—Hamilton in fourth and Rosberg sixth. They were split by Alonso; with teammate Massa in seventh. Räikkonen set the eighth fastest time. The McLaren drivers ran slower— Button in ninth and Pérez tenth. Williams driver Pastor Maldonado suffered from a loose wheel nut which deflated his right-front tyre, as a result of an earlier pitstop. Williams were fined €60,000.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Saturday's weather was again dry for third and final practice session, with an ambient temperature of 28 °C (82 °F) and a track temperature of 35 °C (95 °F). The start of session was delayed by 20 minutes as the medical helicopter was unable to take off, due to poor visibility caused by smog. The Red Bull drivers were again quickest—Vettel setting the fastest time, a 1:25.332, over half a second faster than Webber. Alonso was able to improve his pace and set the third-fastest time. Hamilton and Rosberg set the eighth and tenth fastest times respectively; they were separated by Button.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
"The car felt good all weekend and it just got better as the track improved. The car was amazing; it's a great circuit, I really like the flow of it, especially around the middle sector with the high speed corners. If the car behaves the way you want it to through that section then you're always then going to enjoy it, as we did today. It's a great result for the team; Mark is on a different strategy, so we'll see what the race brings tomorrow.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
We have been getting a lot of questions about the championship this weekend, but we'll keep doing what we've done in the past, just focusing on every single step – we won't change that for tomorrow, or the next couple of races. We've worked hard to get here and tomorrow will be a long race. With the strategy, I think it's always tricky do the right thing, but we have a good package so we should be in good shape."


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Saturday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three parts. The first part ran for 20 minutes and eliminated the cars from qualifying that finished the session 17th or lower. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107% of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. The second part of qualifying lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions 11 to 16. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
The session was held in dry weather; the ambient temperature was 30 °C (86 °F) with a track temperature of 39 °C (102 °F). Vettel set the fastest time in the second and final parts of the session, which clinched him pole position with a lap of 1:24.119. Vettel was joined on the front row by Rosberg, who was nearly eight-tenths of a second slower.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Ricciardo was the fastest driver not to advance into the final session, qualifying 11th; his best time of 1:25.519 was nearly a second slower than Vettel's pace in the second session. Grosjean (Renault), Jules Bianchi (Marussia), Caterham drivers Giedo van der Garde and Charles Pic and Max Chilton (Marussia) failed to advance beyond the first part of qualifying, and thus completed the final rows of the grid. In the first part of qualifying (the only section in which all drivers took part), the entire field was covered by just over two seconds.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Race
The race took place in the afternoon from 15:00 local time, in dry and sunny weather, with an ambient temperature of 30 °C (86 °F) and a track temperature of 35 °C (95 °F). Vettel, from pole position on the grid, held onto the lead into the first corner. Massa, from fifth, made a good start, moving from 5th to 2nd place by the end of the first lap. Maldonado made the best start in the field, moving from 17th to 13th. Going into the second corner, Alonso touched Webber, resulting in damage to his Ferrari's front wing. At the end of the first lap, Vettel led from Massa, Rosberg, Hamilton, Hülkenberg and Räikkönen.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel began to immediately pull clear of Massa. di Resta and Vergne became the first two drivers to pit by coming in on lap 2. Vettel pitted for a new set of medium compound tyres at the end of lap 2, allowing Massa to take the lead.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Race
On lap 40, Webber suffered an alternator failure and became the third retirement of the race.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel won his tenth race of the season in a time of 1:31:12.187, at an average speed of 125.598 miles per hour (202.130 km/h). Vettel was crowned the 2013 Drivers' Championship as Alonso could not catch his points total with three races remaining. He became the fourth driver after Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio and Alain Prost to have won four or more Drivers' Championships. Rosberg finished second in his Mercedes car, 29 seconds behind Vettel, with Grosjean third. Massa was fourth in his Ferrari with Pérez fifth for McLaren.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Hamilton took sixth place in the other Mercedes and Räikkönen took seventh in the other Lotus car. The Force India cars of di Resta and Sutil were eighth and ninth respectively, with Ricciardo taking the final point in tenth place for Toro Rosso. Alonso finished eleventh with Maldonado trailing behind in twelfth. Vergne, Button, Gutiérrez and Bottas filled the next places, one lap behind the leader, while Chilton and Bianchi were two laps down in seventeenth and eighteenth. Hülkenberg was the final classified driver in nineteenth.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
The top three finishers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies, and in the subsequent press conference. Sebastian Vettel was given a reprimand for failing to drive straight to parc fermé after the race, while Red Bull Racing were given a €25,000 fine for failing to adequately instruct him to do so.


2013 Indian Grand Prix, Classification, Race
2: This was the last ever Indian GP. The circuit had tax disputes with the Uttar Pradesh government, and was closed after this race.


2013 Indian Open
The 2013 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 14 and 18 October 2013 at the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi, India. It was the first ranking event held in India, and the fourth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.


2013 Indian Open
Ding Junhui won his eighth ranking title by defeating Aditya Mehta 5–0 in the final. Ding became the first player to win two consecutive ranking titles in the same season since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2002/2003, who won the 2003 European Open and the 2003 Irish Masters. At the tournament Mehta became the first Indian player to reach the final of a ranking event.


2013 Indian Open, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2013 Indian Open, Wildcard round
These matches were played in New Delhi on 14 October 2013. The Indian wildcard players were selected through a qualifying tournament.


2013 Indian Open, Qualifying
These matches were held on 11 and 12 August 2013 at the Doncaster Dome in Doncaster, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.


2013 Indian Premier League
The 2013 season of the Indian Premier League, abbreviated as IPL 6 or Pepsi IPL 2013, was the sixth season of the IPL, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament featured nine teams and was held from 3 April to 26 May 2013. The opening ceremony was held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 2 April 2013. This was the first season with PepsiCo as the title sponsor. The Kolkata Knight Riders were the defending champions, having won the 2012 season. A spot fixing case was revealed by Delhi Police, leading to arrest of three cricketers from Rajasthan Royals and other persons. Mumbai Indians won the tournament for the first time, defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final by 23 runs.


2013 Indian Premier League, Background, Sponsorship
PepsiCo replaced DLF Ltd as the title sponsor starting with the 2013 season. DLF did not renew their contract after their initial five-year contract, for ₹ 2.50 billion, ended with the previous season. PepsiCo's contract is ₹ 3968 million for five years, ending with the 2017 season. In response to questions about the higher sponsorship costs compared to DLF's, a representative of PepsiCo said, "Our estimate is that we will get five to six times the value of the money we paid." However, Brand Finance had assessed the IPL's brand value to have fallen from $4.1 billion in 2010 to $2.9 billion in 2012, attributed to the decline in television ratings over the two years.


2013 Indian Premier League, Background, Termination of Deccan Chargers
Deccan Chargers, champions of the 2009 Indian Premier League, became the second team to be terminated from the IPL after Kochi Tuskers Kerala. The owners failed to save the team after several attempts were made with the Bombay High Court and Supreme Court of India. Immediately after the Chargers' termination, the BCCI invited bidders for a replacement team also based in Hyderabad. It was announced on 25 October 2012 that Sun TV Network won the bid at ₹ 850.5 million per year. The new team was named the Sunrisers Hyderabad.


2013 Indian Premier League, Background, Personnel changes
In October 2012, the teams were allowed to release any number of their players from their contracts to reduce their player costs. The released players would have the option of entering the auction. The players' auction was held on 3 February 2013, where 37 players were sold.


2013 Indian Premier League, Background, Overseas participation
Availability of Bangladeshi players was put in doubt when the Bangladesh Cricket Board considered not issuing the players with the No Objection Certificates they needed to participate in the tournament. Their deliberation was due to the tournament's dates clashing with the Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe. Regardless, both affected players, Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, missed the start of the tournament due to injury.


2013 Indian Premier League, Background, Overseas participation
Despite the progress on the restoration of cricketing relations between India and Pakistan after the Pakistan national cricket team toured India in December 2012 and January 2013, no Pakistani players were included in the auction. Several South Africans missed the start of the tournament to play in the knockout stage of the Ram Slam T20 Challenge. Two New Zealand players were released early by their teams to join the New Zealand tour of England. Both players were not performing for their teams. Sri Lanka Cricket made a similar request to allow some of their players to join their preparations for the ICC Champions Trophy.


2013 Indian Premier League, Background, Overseas participation
Shortly before the start of the season, the IPL governing council ruled that Sri Lankan cricketers and match officials will not participate in any matches held in Chennai. This was a result of the growing political tensions in Tamil Nadu concerning the ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils. The anti-Sinhalaese sentiments from the people of Tamil Nadu raised security concerns for Sri Lankan involvement. The decision was made after Jayalalithaa, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, wrote to the Prime Minister of India requesting the ban.


2013 Indian Premier League, Background, Overseas participation
Other than the Chennai Super Kings, the franchises were not in support of the decision as they believed it offered Chennai an added advantage in their home matches. Chennai's Sri Lankan players hold secondary positions in their team while some Sri Lankans in other teams play key roles and their absence in those matches would affect their team strategies. Another concern was with how the decision did not follow the precedence of moving the matches to a different venue. However, the playoff matches originally scheduled to be held in Chennai were later relocated to Delhi.


2013 Indian Premier League, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held at the largest stadium in India, and the second largest stadium in the world by capacity, the Salt Lake Stadium or Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, on 2 April 2013. All nine teams, led by their captains, took the "MCC Spirit of Cricket" pledge. Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, was present at the ceremony. It featured live performances of American rapper Pitbull and Indian film stars Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone.


2013 Indian Premier League, Season summary, April
The season began on 3 April with the defending champions the Kolkata Knight Riders defeating the Delhi Daredevils. Kolkata would then struggle and lose five of their next six matches due to good batting performances only coming from captain Gautam Gambhir and Eoin Morgan. Delhi, who topped the group stage in 2012, had a six-match losing streak due to batting failures apart from three half-centuries from captain Mahela Jayawardene and David Warner. Both Delhi and Kolkata were positioned at the bottom of the points table for the first half of the season.


2013 Indian Premier League, Season summary, April
Two-time runners-up the Royal Challengers Bangalore won six of their first eight matches with a six-of-six home record. This was credited to good death-over bowling from Vinay Kumar and prolific and quick run-scoring from captain Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers. This included Gayle's score of 175 not out, the highest in Twenty20 cricket. However, their performances were fluctuant. Included was a 130-run victory, two Super Overs and two other matches involving a tight finish. Two-time champions the Chennai Super Kings were similarly dominant, with good batting from captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Michael Hussey and Suresh Raina and an all-round bowling attack. They came up with an IPL record-equalling seven-match winning streak, which took them to the top of the points table.


2013 Indian Premier League, Season summary, April
The Mumbai Indians, who made playoff-stage appearances in each of the past three years, were inconsistent with both batting and bowling. Good batting performances from Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard put Mumbai at the middle of the points table halfway through the season. The Sunrisers Hyderabad produced results contrary to the poor performance last season by their predecessors the Deccan Chargers. With no stand-out individual batting performances, Hyderabad managed to win five of their first seven matches. Their strength was in their strong and economical bowling from an attack centred around Dale Steyn and Amit Mishra. Mishra got the second hat-trick of the season, becoming the first to achieve three IPL hat-tricks.


2013 Indian Premier League, Season summary, April
Also at the middle of the points table was the Rajasthan Royals. They won matches with cohesive batting and bowling where different players delivered match-winning contributions. Shane Watson produced scores of 101 and 98 not out while James Faulkner was briefly the season's top wicket-taker after taking 5 for 20. The Pune Warriors India and the Kings XI Punjab continue their form from 2012. Pune won two matches from eight with significant contributions coming only from Aaron Finch, Steve Smith and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Punjab had average performances with poor contributions from their international players and a dependency on their less-accomplished local players.


2013 Indian Premier League, Season summary, May
In the second half of the season, Chennai continued to be dominant and held their number-one position on the points table while Mumbai, Rajasthan, Bangalore and Hyderabad were evenly matched as they switched between the positions of second to fifth. Mumbai excelled to win seven out of eight matches with improved bowling performances around Mitchell Johnson and Pollard producing an unbeaten innings of 66 runs from 27 balls. Rajasthan were also strong and had four consecutive victories and a perfect record at home. Ajinkya Rahane scored three consecutive half-centuries, Sanju Samson made a strong IPL debut and Watson continued his good form.


2013 Indian Premier League, Season summary, May
Bangalore's schedule had them play six consecutive away matches, of which they could only win two due to their bowling attack struggling on away surfaces and repeatedly failures to defend high scores set by Gayle, Kohli and de Villiers. Hyderabad's bowlers continued to perform while their batting was strengthened with the inclusion of Shikhar Dhawan, who returned from injury after scoring the fastest Test-debut hundred two months ago, and Darren Sammy. Bangalore and Hyderabad slowly fell behind Mumbai and Rajasthan in the points table, allowing a chance for other teams.


2013 Indian Premier League, Season summary, May
Delhi and Pune failed to recover from their poor starts to the season and were the first to be eliminated from the tournament, similar to their performances in 2011. Punjab's form deteriorated as they faced teams at the top-half of the points table, with only Shaun Marsh and David Miller making significant batting contributions. Kolkata showed signs of improvement as their bowlers limited the opposition to low scores but this only lifted their position to sixth. Both Punjab and Kolkata needed to win every one of their remaining matches for any chance of qualification.


2013 Indian Premier League, Season summary, May
With ten matches remaining in the group stage, Chennai, Mumbai and Rajasthan were first to earn playoff stage berths while a few losses by Bangalore and Hyderabad gave Kolkata and Punjab a slim chance of competing for the final spot. Kolkata was eliminated after suffering an upset at home by Pune. Punjab, despite finishing their season with three straight wins, failed to catch up. The tie between Bangalore and Hyderabad came down to the final match of the group stage, between Hyderabad and Kolkata. Hyderabad won to place themselves narrowly ahead of Bangalore by one win and qualify.


2013 Indian Premier League, Season summary, May, Playoff stage
Amidst the spot-fixing controversy and despite Faulkner's second five-wicket haul, Rajasthan finished the group stage with two consecutive losses and gave Mumbai and Chennai the advantageous top two positions. In Qualifier 1 between Chennai and Mumbai, a 140-run partnership between Raina and Hussey against Mumbai's formidable bowling helped Chennai win by 48 runs and qualify for their fifth IPL Final. Dwayne Smith's innings of 68 runs was the only highlight of Mumbai's innings. Rajasthan faced Hyderabad in the Eliminator. On a slow pitch that troubled batsmen, Brad Hodge top-scored with an unbeaten innings of 54 runs to help Rajasthan win in a low-scoring match.


2013 Indian Premier League, Season summary, May, Playoff stage
In Qualifier 2, Mumbai defeated Rajasthan by 4 wickets. Mumbai bowled better, as Harbhajan Singh's 3 wickets earned him the man of the match. Smith was again the top-scorer for Mumbai, scoring 68 but better support from other batsmen allowed Mumbai to win with one ball remaining. Mumbai faced Chennai in the Final, in which the Mumbai Indians had a shaky start but due to some great batting by Kieron Pollard (he scored 60*), they managed to reach a score of 148–9. They started well with the ball, reducing Chennai to 39–6, but captain MS Dhoni led from the front. However, he lacked support from the other end. Finally they finished at 125–9, giving the Mumbai Indians an unexpected victory and won their first IPL Title.


2013 Indian Premier League, Other incidents, Spot-fixing
On 16 May 2013, Rajasthan Royals players Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila were arrested from Mumbai's Trident Hotel by Delhi Police along with seven bookies on charges of spot-fixing in the tournament. Police sources said the players have been accused of spot-fixing in their matches on 9 and 15 May 2013 against Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians respectively.


2013 Indian Premier League, Other incidents, Withdrawal by Pune Warriors India
On 21 May 2013, Pune Warriors India terminated their participation in the league due to disagreements with their franchisee fees for the BCCI.


2013 Indian Premier League, Venues
12 venues were selected to host the matches, with Raipur and Ranchi hosting for the first time in the tournament's history. In the playoff stage, Delhi will host the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator while Kolkata will host the Qualifier 2 and Final. Chennai was originally scheduled to host the playoff stage matches instead of Delhi on account of Chennai and Kolkata being the home venues of the runners-up and champions of the 2012 season. The change was made due to the political tension in Tamil Nadu preventing Sri Lankan players and management staff from entering the state.


2013 Indian Premier League, Teams and standings, Points table
("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. ' R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)


2013 Indian Premier League, Statistics, Most runs
The leading run-scorer of the tournament wears an orange cap while fielding.


2013 Indian Premier League, Statistics, Most runs
Michael Hussey's 733 runs makes him the joint second highest run scorer in a single IPL season tied with Chris Gayle who also scored 733 runs in 2012 and behind Virat Kohli who scored 973 runs in 2016.


2013 Indian Premier League, Statistics, Most wickets
The leading wicket-taker of the tournament wears a purple cap while fielding.


2013 Indian Premier League, Statistics, Most wickets
Dwayne Bravo's 32 wickets made him the highest wicket taker in a single IPL season. He broke Lasith Malinga's record of 28 wickets in 2011.