2013 World Ladies Snooker Championship
The 2013 World Ladies Snooker Championship was the 2013 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976, and was played at Cambridge Snooker Centre from 14 to 15 April. The tournament was won by Reanne Evans, who achieved her ninth consecutive world title by defeating Maria Catalano 6–3 in the final, compiling two century breaks during the match, including a 117 that was the highest of the tournament.


2013 World Ladies Snooker Championship
There were four round-robin qualifying groups, each of five players, with the top three players in each group progressing into the knockout stage. The 2013 World Women's Billiards Championship, won by Emma Bonney, and a doubles snooker event, won by Ng On-yee and So Man Yan, were organised alongside the main snooker championship.


2013 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge
The 2013 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships (or 2013 World Long Distance MR Championships), was the 10th edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Szklarska Poreba, Poland on 3 August 2013.


2013 World Masters (darts)
The 2013 Winmau World Masters was a major tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2013. It took place from 10–13 October, with 10 October play at the Bonus Arena for the non-stage matches, and 11–13 October play at the Hull City Hall, which hosted the stage element of the event for the third year.


2013 World Masters (darts)
Stephen Bunting and Julie Gore both attempted to defend the titles they won in 2012. Bunting was the top seed for the Men's competition after a successful year on the circuit, whilst Gore was third seed. Bunting successfully defended his title without dropping a set. In the women's event Gore was beaten in the last 16 by Maud Jackson. Deta Hedman beat Rachel Brooks 4–1 in the final.


2013 World Masters (darts), Seeds
These are finalised on completion of the 2013 French Open on 31 August – 1 September. For the second consecutive year, there are 32 seeds (an increase from 8 between 2007–2011) with the Top 16 exempt until the Last 32 stage.


2013 World Masters (darts), Seeds
These are finalised on completion of the 2013 French Open on 31 August – 1 September. The ladies seeds enter at the start of the competition however can not play each other until the quarter final stage.


2013 World Masters (darts), Seeds
There are no seedings in the boys or girls events.


2013 World Masters (darts), Television coverage
Eurosport are scheduled to show the final session of play of the event across Europe.


2013 World Masters Athletics Championships
The twentieth World Masters Athletics Championships were held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from October 16-27, 2013. This was the penultimate odd year of the biennial championship as beginning in 2016, the championships were be held in even numbered years. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as Masters athletics. A full range of track and field events were held, along with a half and a full marathon.


2013 World Matchplay
The 2013 BetVictor World Matchplay was the 20th annual staging of the darts tournament, the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 20 to 28 July 2013 at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.


2013 World Matchplay
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won the last five stagings of the event, and he won his sixth consecutive World Matchplay title and 14th in total by defeating Adrian Lewis 18–13 in the final. His average of 111.23 in the final is the highest ever in a World Matchplay final.


2013 World Matchplay
For the first time since the 2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic, the top four players in the world all reached the semi-final stage.


2013 World Matchplay, Prize money
For the fifth consecutive World Matchplay, the prize fund was £400,000.


2013 World Matchplay, Format
In the previous stagings of the event all games had to be won by two clear legs with no sudden-death legs. However, this year, after consulting the host broadcaster Sky Sports, the PDC decided that games will now only proceed for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a best of 19 legs first round match, if the score reaches 12–12 then the 25th leg will be the decider.


2013 World Matchplay, Qualification
The top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit qualified as seeded players. The other 16 places went to the top 16 non-qualified players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit who are unseeded players.


2013 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2013 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2013 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 30 to April 7, 2013 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. This marked the twenty-first time that Canada hosted the World Men's Championship, the fifth time that the province of British Columbia hosted the World Men's Championship, and the second time that Victoria hosted the World Men's Championship. Victoria previously hosted the championships in 2005. The event was also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at this tournament.


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship:


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Brad JacobsThird: Ryan FrySecond: E. J. HarndenLead: Ryan Harnden Alternate: Matt Dumontelle


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Liu RuiThird: Xu XiaomingSecond: Ba DexinLead: Zang JialiangAlternate: Zou Dejia


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jiří SnítilThird: Martin SnítilSecond: Jakub BarešLead: Marek VydraAlternate: Jindřich Kitzberger


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Rasmus StjerneThird: Johnny FrederiksenSecond: Mikkel PoulsenLead: Troels HarryAlternate: Lars Vilandt


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Aku KausteThird: Jani SullanmaaSecond: Pauli JäämiesLead: Janne PitkoAlternate: Leo Mäkelä


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Yusuke MorozumiThird: Tsuyoshi YamaguchiSecond: Tetsuro ShimizuLead: Kosuke MorozumiAlternate: Yoshiro Shimizu


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Thomas UlsrudThird: Thomas LøvoldSecond: Christoffer SvaeLead: Håvard Vad PeterssonAlternate: Markus Høiberg


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andrey DrozdovThird: Alexey StukalskiySecond: Alexey TselousovLead: Petr DronAlternate: Anton Kalalb


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : David MurdochThird: Tom BrewsterSecond: Scott AndrewsLead: Michael GoodfellowAlternate: Greg Drummond


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Niklas Edin Third: Sebastian Kraupp Second: Fredrik Lindberg Lead: Viktor Kjäll Alternate: Oskar Eriksson


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Sven MichelThird: Claudio PätzSecond: Sandro TrollietLead: Simon GempelerAlternate: Benoît Schwarz


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Brady ClarkThird: Sean BeightonSecond: Darren LehtoLead: Phil TilkerAlternate: Greg Persinger


2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7).


2013 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2013 World Men's Handball Championship was the 23rd World Men's Handball Championship, an international handball tournament that took place in Spain from 11 to 27 January 2013. This was the first time Spain hosted the World Men's Handball Championship, becoming the twelfth country to host the competition.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship
Spain won the title, beating Denmark in the final 35–19. It was Denmark's second final in a row.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship, Venues
Games in Madrid were scheduled to be played in the Madrid Arena but on 1 November 2012, five young people were killed in a human stampede during a Halloween party. The venue was subsequently closed because of the judicial investigation and the IHF changed the location of games to Caja Mágica.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship, Qualified teams
The qualification for the 2013 World Handball Championship took place in the calendar years of 2011 and 2012. As the host nation, Spain and as defending champions, France were automatically qualified for the tournament.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship, Draw
The draw took place on 19 July 2012 in Madrid, Spain.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round
The draw was held on 19 July 2012. The playing schedule was published on 5 August 2012. The throw-off times were published on 12 September 2012.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round
Twenty-four participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the eighth-finals. The last two teams in each group will play placement matches.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Tie-breaking criteria
For the three game group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order


2013 World Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Group D
Spain's 51–11 win over Australia has been the third highest scoring win at a world championship.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship, Knockout stage, Bracket, Final
The final match, watched by 19,500 people, was played at the Palau Sant Jordi hall in Barcelona. Denmark entered the final as the only unbeaten team during the tournament, having won all eight matches they previously played. Host nation Spain won seven of their eight matches before the final, losing only to Croatia in the final match in the group phase.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship, Knockout stage, Bracket, Final
Spain won their second World Men's Handball Championship, beating Denmark 35–19. While in the early minutes of the game the teams were closely matched, Spain played tough defense, limited Denmark's scoring chances and went on a scoring run to end the first half leading 18–10. The Spanish team then increased their lead in the second half, outscoring Denmark 17–9 to close out the game. It was the third World Championship final that Denmark lost, having also been defeated in 1967 and 2011.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship, Statistics, Final ranking
Teams 9 to 16 and 5 to 8 are ranked first by points, then by goal difference, then by plus goals from the preliminary round games against teams placed 1 to 4.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship, Statistics, Final ranking
Arpad Sterbik, José Manuel Sierra, Alberto Entrerríos, Albert Rocas, Jorge Maqueda, Víctor Tomás, Dani Sarmiento, Julen Aguinagalde, Joan Cañellas, Ángel Montoro, Viran Morros, Carlos Ruesga, Antonio García, Valero Rivera, Aitor Ariño, Gedeón Guardiola. Head Coach: Valero Rivera.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship squads
This article displays the squads for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consists of 16 players.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship squads
A provisional squad list was published on 19 December 2012, of those 28-players lists, the 16 participating players must be selected.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification
The European qualification for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship, in Spain, was played over two rounds. The 2013 hosts Spain, the 2011 holders France and the 3 best teams from the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship, Denmark, Serbia and Croatia were qualified automatically for the World Championship. In the first round of qualification, 21 teams who were not participating at the European Championship were split into seven groups. The group winners and the remaining 11 teams from the European Championship played a playoff afterwards to determine the other nine qualifiers.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Group stage
The draw was held on July 3, 2011 at 12:00 at Brno, Czech Republic.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Playoff round, Seedings
Following the main round of the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was concluded, five of the sixteen participants earned an automatic spot for the World Championship, namely Spain (hosts), France (title holders), Croatia, Denmark and Serbia. The remaining eleven teams were split into two pots, with the 7 best ranked national teams in the first one, and the remaining four in the second one.


2013 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification, Playoff round, Seedings
The drawing procedure was carried out on 29 January 2012 at the Belgrade Arena during the final day of the European Championship. Games are scheduled to be played on 9–10 June and 16–17 June 2012.


2013 World Men's Military Cup
The 2013 World Military Cup take part in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. The Tournament is also known as CISM World Football Trophy. It's the first edition of the new format in additional to the Military World Championship.


2013 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2013 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 13 to 20 at the newly constructed Grant-Harvey Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The event was held in conjunction with the 2013 World Senior Curling Championships. This event marked the first time that Canada has hosted a World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship since its inception in 2008.


2013 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 2013 World Modern Pentathlon Championships was held in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei from August 19 to August 28, 2013. The event includes pistol shooting, fencing, 200m swimming, show jumping and a 3 km run.


2013 World Mountain Running Championships
The 2013 World Mountain Running Championships were held on 8 September in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. It was the 29th edition of the championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). The competition featured four races, with senior and junior (under-19) races for both men and women. A total of 329 runners from 39 nations were present at the start of the races.


2013 World Mountain Running Championships
The men's course was 13.56 km long with an incline of 1,630 m. The women's and junior men's course had a distance of 9.1 km with an ascent of 1,090 m. The junior women's race was 4.6 km in length with a climb of 550 m. Each of the races had an individual and team race element


2013 World Mountain Running Championships
Ten nations reached the medal table, Italy being the most successful country with three gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze. Uganda followed with two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal. Great Britain won one gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal. The USA took one gold medal and one silver medal, the Czech Republic one gold medal. Turkey won one silver and two bronze, Slovenia one silver and Austria, Russia and Ireland with one bronze medal each.


2013 World Open (snooker)
The 2013 Yearly Yuan-jiang Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 February–3 March 2013 at the Hainan International Exhibition Center in Haikou, China. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.


2013 World Open (snooker)
Mark Allen defended the title he won in 2012, by defeating Matthew Stevens 10–4 in the final. This was Allen's second ranking title.


2013 World Open (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2013 World Open (snooker), Wildcard round
These matches were played in Haikou on 25 and 26 February 2013.


2013 World Open (snooker), Qualifying
These matches were held between 18 and 21 December 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.


2013 World Orienteering Championships
The 30th World Orienteering Championships was held in Vuokatti, Finland, from 6 to 14 July 2013.


2013 World Orienteering Championships, Participating countries
A total of 44 countries participated at this World Championships.


2013 World Orienteering Championships, Results, Sprint
The sprint finals were held on 8 July 2013 at Hiukka, Sotkamo.


2013 World Orienteering Championships, Results, Middle distance
The middle distance finals were held on 12 July 2013 at Koulurinne, Vuokatti.


2013 World Orienteering Championships, Results, Long distance
The long distance finals were held on 9 July 2013 at Kumpula, Sotkamo.


2013 World Orienteering Championships, Results, Relay
The relay events were held on 13 July 2013 at Koulurinne, Vuokatti.


2013 World Outgames
The 2013 World Outgames is a multi-sports event held from 31 July - 11 August 2013 in Antwerp. It was the third iteration of the World Outgames, featuring competitions in 36 sports, and coinciding with Antwerp Pride Week.


2013 World Para-archery Championships
The 2013 World Para-archery Championships were the 12th edition of the World Para Archery Championships. The event took place in Thailand between November 1-7.


2013 World Pool Masters
The 2013 World Pool Masters, also known as World Pool Masters XXI, was a nine-ball pool tournament that took place in Barnsley, England, between 25 and 27 October 2013. It was the 21st edition of the invitational tournament organised by Matchroom Sport. Netherlands' Niels Feijen won the event, defeating Darren Appleton in the final 8–6.


2013 World Pool Masters
Defending champion Ralf Souquet lost his first round match to Chris Melling 8–3.


2013 World Port Tournament
The 2013 World Port Tournament was an international baseball competition held at the DOOR Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from June 30 through July 7, 2013. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and featured teams from Cuba, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and Curacao.


2013 World Port Tournament
Cuba won the tournament with a 5–2 win–loss record, followed by the Netherlands (4–3), Taiwan (3–3) and Curacao (1–5).


2013 World Port Tournament, Rosters
Cuba's roster was composed of Yulieski Gourriel, José Miguel Fernández, Guillermo Heredia Jr., Yasmani Tomás, Alexander Malleta, Erisbel Arruebarruena, Stayler Hernández, Andy Ibáñez, Eriel Sánchez, Yadiel Hernández, Frank Camilo Morejón, José Dariel Abreu, Yosvani Peraza, Pavel Quesada, Johan Moncada, Ismel Jiménez, Wilber Pérez, Vladimir Baños, Noelvis Entenza, Jorge Hernández, Raicel Iglesias and Duniel Ibarra. Yovani Aragón was the manager. Odrisamer Despaigne was to be on the team but defected shortly prior to the event.


2013 World Port Tournament, Rosters
The host Dutch team consisted of Rudy van Heydoorn, Bas Nooij, Jeffrey Arends, Jesse Aussems, Mike Duursma, Dwayne Kemp, Stijn van der Meer, Vince Rooi, Gianison Boekhoudt, Quintin de Cuba, Shaldimar Daantji, Bryan Engelhardt, Roelie Henrique, Danny Rombley, Arshwin Asjes, David Bergman, Leon Boyd, Rob Cordemans, Bayron Cornelissen, Berry van Driel, Kevin Heijstek, Diegomar Markwell, Chris Mowday and Orlando Yntema. Steve Janssen managed them.


2013 World Port Tournament, Rosters
Curaçao's roster had the following players: Sherwenne Antersijn, Quincy Ascencion, Sidney Antonia, Ramiro Balentina, Rojean Cleofa, Amir Daou, Johnny Gregorius, Raydell Isabella, Duko Jansen, Kevin Kellij, Randolph Kirindongo, Ruderly Manuel, Dienston Manuela, Quincy Martina, Edinho Meyer, Shurendell Mujica, Mirangelo Muller, Dennis Neuman, Christefer Obispo, Ulrich Snijders, Michaelangel Trinidad, Rupert Ustasia, Raywendley van Gurp and Nick Veltkamp. Johnny Balentina was their skipper.


2013 World Port Tournament, Rosters
Taiwan was composed of Jhih-Long Yang, Yi-Hsun Chen, Tsung-Hao Wang, Kuo-Yi Lin, Jung-Hao Hsieh, Sheng-Hsiung Huang, Hsien-Chih Chang, Kai-Chun Chang, Meng-Chen Fan, Chia-Hao Sung, Chia-Wei Huang, Chun-Wei Kuo, Shih-Hao Liu, Han Lin, Wei-Chih Chen, Ming-Jen Kuo, Chun-Kai Liao, Chi-Hung Hsu, Yu-Te Ho, Meng-Hsiung Yu, Ju-Liang Tai, Wang-Wei Lin, Guo-Long Luo and Po-Jung Wang.


2013 World Ports Classic
The 2013 World Ports Classic is the second edition of the two-day cycle race between the port cities of Rotterdam and Antwerp. It is scheduled to start on 30 August 2013 and finish one day later on 31 August 2013.


2013 World Rally Championship
The 2013 World Rally Championship was the 41st season of the World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the highest class of international rallying. The season was run over 13 rallies, starting with the Rallye Monte Carlo on 16 January, and finishing with the Wales Rally of Great Britain on 17 November. Volkswagen entered the series as a constructor with the Polo R WRC, while Ford and Mini ended their factory support for the Fiesta RS WRC and John Cooper Works WRC respectively, though both continued to make their cars available to customer teams.


2013 World Rally Championship
The 2013 season also marked the first appearances of the Super 2000 and Group N replacement category, Group R. As part of this introduction, the support series – Super 2000, Group N Production Cars and the World Rally Championship Academy – were restructured, with the Super 2000, four-wheel-drive Group R and Group N categories reorganised as the FIA World Rally Championship-2, two-wheel-drive Group R categories becoming FIA World Rally Championship-3, and the WRC Academy becoming the FIA Junior World Rally Championship. An FIA Production Car Cup will also be awarded to a registered entrant in WRC-2 who is driving a Group N car.


2013 World Rally Championship
Sébastien Loeb started the season as the defending World Champion after securing his ninth consecutive title in 2012. However, Loeb did not return to contest the full 2013 season. Citroën were the defending Constructors' Champions. Both Loeb and Citroën secured their titles at the 2012 Rallye de France Alsace.


2013 World Rally Championship
Volkswagen Motorsport driver Sébastien Ogier won the Drivers' Championship at the Rallye de France Alsace, after Qatar World Rally Team driver Thierry Neuville failed to score maximum points on the rally-opening power stage. Neuville finished runner-up in the championship, ahead of Ogier's teammate, Jari-Matti Latvala. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Volkswagen Motorsport won the Championship at the Rally de España as Ogier and Latvala finished in the top two placings. Abu Dhabi Citroën Total World Rally Team finished second with Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team in third.


2013 World Rally Championship, Calendar
The 2013 calendar was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Singapore on 28 September 2012. The 2013 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.


2013 World Rally Championship, Signed teams and drivers, World Rally Championship
The following teams and drivers are scheduled to compete in the World Rally Championship during the 2013 season:


2013 World Rally Championship, Changes, Class changes
The 2013 season will see the introduction of a new rally category, Group R. No new cars will be homologated under the Group A and Group N regulations for production cars, and will instead be reclassified under Group R before being phased out of competition. With the introduction of Group R, the rules for the feeder categories re-written in a bid to boost entries:


2013 World Rally Championship, Changes, Organisational structure
After the collapse of promoter North One Sport and parent company Convers Sports Initiatives in early 2012, and being forced to arrange event coverage on an event-by-event basis for most of the 2012 season, the World Rally Championship sought out a new promoter for 2013 in Red Bull House Media.


2013 World Rally Championship, Changes, Organisational structure
At the end of the 2012 season, the FIA elected not to renew their contract with British firm Stage One Technology to provide timing services for stages. They were replaced by Spanish outfit Sistemas Integrales de Telecomunicacion.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 1 — Monte Carlo Rally
The opening event of the season was run in difficult conditions, with heavy snowfalls recorded the length of the route. In his final appearance at the Monte Carlo Rally, Sébastien Loeb secured a record seventh victory on the event, winning by over a minute and a half. The World Champion took the lead during the first day and quickly established a one-minute margin to his former teammate, Sébastien Ogier. Ogier went on to finish second in the Volkswagen Polo R WRC's debut, having set the fastest time on the opening stage of the rally.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 1 — Monte Carlo Rally
Teammate Jari-Matti Latvala was less-fortunate, sliding off the road on the fourth leg of the rally and retiring. Despite beating Loeb's times on several stages, Ogier was quoted as saying he had no intention of challenging Loeb's lead as it was "never a part of the plan", whilst team principal Jost Capito stated that it was more important for the team to secure a strong result than it was to challenge for outright victory. Nevertheless, some observers admitted that Loeb was untouchable, regardless Ogier's motivation.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 1 — Monte Carlo Rally
Dani Sordo secured third place after spending most of the rally trading place with Qatar M-Sport's Evgeny Novikov until the Russian crashed out of the event on the Col de Turini. The event was ultimately cut short when rally organisers cancelled the final two stages in the face of overwhelming spectator numbers that blocked access to the stages. As a result, no points were offered for the Power stage.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 2 — Rally Sweden
Sébastien Ogier secured the Volkswagen Polo R WRC's maiden victory in Sweden, winning the rally by forty seconds ahead of Sébastien Loeb. Ogier took the lead of the rally early on the first day, and steadily built up a thirty-second lead over the rest of the field. After struggling with a poor set-up early in the rally, Sébastien Loeb steadily began to recover, and eventually launched a final assault as the rally crossed over the border into Norway.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 2 — Rally Sweden
Loeb successfully took ten seconds away from Ogier as he won three consecutive stages until made a mistake on the penultimate stage and hit a snowbank, at which point he decided to back off. Ogier and teammate Jari-Matti Latvala went on to set the two fastest times on the Power Stage, with the three bonus World Championship points giving Ogier the lead in World Drivers' Championship. Mads Østberg completed the podium, narrowly beating Latvala. Mikko Hirvonen lost twenty minutes in an accident on the first day and ultimately went on to finish seventeenth, whilst Evgeny Novikov rolled on the final day and fell from fifth to ninth overall.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 3 — Rally Mexico
With Sébastien Loeb contesting just four events in 2013, the Rally of Mexico became the first rally since the 1992 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire to start without a World Champion driver taking part. The first leg of the rally was marked by a three-way battle, with Thierry Neuville, Sébastien Ogier and Mads Østberg all holding the lead of the rally. As Ogier gradually established a lead over Østberg as Neuville fell behind until a mechanical issue forced Østberg into a premature retirement.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 3 — Rally Mexico
Østberg was able to re-enter the rally the next day under "Rally 2" regulations, but the accompanying five-minute penalty put him out of contention and Mikko Hirvonen emerged as Ogier's closest challenger; Østberg ultimately finished eleventh, but scored two bonus world championship points on the Power Stage. Ogier went on to win his second rally in succession by three and a half minutes, with Hirvonen second and Neuville completing the podium. Dani Sordo—driving for the Citroën works team in Loeb's absence—was fourth, while Nasser al-Attiyah, Chris Atkinson and Ken Block all marked their return to the WRC with fifth, sixth and seventh place respectively.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 4 — Rally de Portugal
Sébastien Ogier took his third consecutive win in Portugal. Mads Østberg took an early lead, but rolled his Ford Fiesta RS WRC when he mis-heard a pace note on the first day, and he was forced to retire. Dani Sordo emerged as Ogier's next challenger, but his bid to win the rally came to an abrupt end when he was similarly forced to retire after crashing. Ogier and teammate Jari-Matti Latvala built up a lead over third-placed Mikko Hirvonen until disaster struck the two Volkswagen Polo R WRCs on the final day.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 4 — Rally de Portugal
Ogier lost thirty seconds on a single stage with a mechanical problem, whilst the same fate befell Latvala, who subsequently lost second place to Hirvonen. The Volkswagens recovered quickly, and Ogier went on to win the power stage and the rally, but the damage had been done and Latvala finished three minutes behind Hirvonen. Evgeny Novikov recovered from a slow start to his season to finish fourth, the highest-placed Ford driver, with Nasser Al-Attiyah in fifth and Andreas Mikkelsen sixth in the third Volkswagen. Østberg re-entered the rally after his roll and went on to finish eighth, picking up two extra World Championship points on the power stage.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 5 — Rally Argentina
After missing the rallies of Mexico and Portugal to compete in the FIA Grand Touring Series, Sébastien Loeb marked his return to rallying with first place in the Rally Argentina. Sébastien Ogier took the lead early on, but made a mistake whilst driving in heavy fog. He lost forty seconds, allowing Loeb to seize the advantage. Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen fought over the final podium position until Hirvonen's Citroën DS3 WRC developed an electrical problem. Latvala could not afford to rest, as he found himself fighting with Evgeny Novikov. A late charge on the final day—including the fastest time on the power stage—was enough for Latvala to secure third place and his first podium in Argentina. Hirvonen recovered to finish sixth overall, finishing third on the power stage to score an additional World Championship point.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 6 — Acropolis Rally
Jari-Matti Latvala took his first win of the 2013 season, and his first win for Volkswagen on the Acropolis Rally. The opening forty-seven kilometre stage proved to be difficult, claiming three high-profile victims in Sébastien Ogier, Mads Østberg and Mikko Hirvonen in short order, and Evgeny Novikov emerged as the surprise early leader, building up a thirty-second advantage at the end of the first leg. The Russian's lead was short-lived, as he developed a puncture early in the second leg and was forced to limp back to the service park.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 6 — Acropolis Rally
Latvala took control of the rally while Andreas Mikkelsen in the third factory-supported Polo R began to work his way up through the points-paying positions. He ultimately missed out on a podium finish of his own, as Dani Sordo and Thierry Neuville each took their second podium finish of the season with second and third place respectively. Latvala's result was briefly challenged by Citroën, who believed his car was in violation of the technical regulations, but the protest was dismissed and Latvala's result was confirmed, allowing him to secure second place in the drivers' championship standings behind teammate Ogier.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 7 — Rally Italia Sardegna
Sébastien Ogier held the lead of the rally from start to finish; with three stage wins on the first day, Ogier held a lead of 46.6 seconds over Mikko Hirvonen, who battled for second with Thierry Neuville, with a difference of only 3.1 seconds at the end of the day. Both Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team drivers, Mads Østberg and Evgeny Novikov retired. On the second day, Hirvonen started with a stage win, but on the next stage went wide and got stuck into a ditch, leaving second place to Neuville.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 7 — Rally Italia Sardegna
Ogier's teammate, Jari-Matti Latvala recovered from 12th position after a puncture on stage one, to finish third. Dani Sordo was the best Citroën finisher in fourth, ahead of Martin Prokop in fifth, while Elfyn Evans finished sixth on his début in a World Rally Car. Michał Kościuszko got his best result of the year in seventh, ahead of Østberg – recovering from his accident – to finish eighth via Rally-2. Robert Kubica got his first championship points by finishing ninth and Khalid Al Qassimi completed the top ten finishers.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 8 — Rally Finland
Sébastien Ogier won the rally to become the fifth non-Scandinavian driver to win the rally. Rally Finland started with a four-way fight between Volkswagen Motorsport's Ogier, Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT's Mikko Hirvonen, Qatar M-Sport WRT's Mads Østberg and Qatar World Rally Team's Thierry Neuville. Ogier won the first stage, but Neuville won the second one to become the leader jointly with Hirvonen. Ogier set the fastest time for the third stage, and joined Neuville at the front. Hirvonen fought back on the very next stage, and returned to the joint lead with Neuville.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 8 — Rally Finland
The next stage saw heavy rain and a complicated Hirvonen lost sixteen seconds to be back in the fight. Østberg won the stage, but Neuville became the outright leader. Jari-Matti Latvala hit a rock on the second stage and had to retire for the day. The second day started with a swap of the leading position between M-Sport's Neuville and Østberg. But on the second loop, both hit trouble and Ogier become the leader by over 30 seconds.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 8 — Rally Finland
Kris Meeke lost nearly 25 seconds behind Evgeny Novikov, but Meeke was attributed his afternoon time for both passes through the stage, and finished the day in fifth. The final day saw the podium finishers remain as the previous evening, after second placed Neuville won the battle with Østberg, when the latter went off to avoid a rock. Hirvonen finished fourth, with teammate Dani Sordo finishing fifth after Meeke rolled his Citroën DS3 WRC. Novikov recovered to finish sixth, with local Jari Ketomaa in seventh in his Ford Fiesta R5. The top ten finishers were completed by Per-Gunnar Andersson, Robert Kubica – scoring again with the Citroën DS3 RRC – and Andreas Mikkelsen.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 9 — Rallye Deutschland
Dani Sordo won his first ever WRC event at the all-tarmac Rallye Deutschland after fighting back from fourth place. The first day finished with Volkswagen Motorsport's Sébastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala in first and second, with Thierry Neuville in third. The second day of competition started with leader Ogier off the road after missing a braking point. This handed the lead to teammate Latvala, who fought to maintain this position from Neuville. Neuville won the first three stages of the day, but Latvala went on to win three stages from the second loop.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 9 — Rallye Deutschland
Latvala lost the lead after an accident on stage 12, on a stage where Neuville and Mads Østberg also went off the road. Neuville took the lead, but lost it on the next stage to Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT's Sordo. Day 3 finished with Sordo leading by only 0.8 seconds. In the final day of competition, Sordo retained the lead after Neuville went off in the very last stage and settled with second position and Mikko Hirvonen completed the podium. Martin Prokop and WRC-2 frontrunners Robert Kubica and Elfyn Evans got their best results with fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. Latvala went on to finish seventh, with Hayden Paddon in eighth with a Škoda Fabia S2000. Teammates Østberg and Evgeny Novikov completed the top ten finishers.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 10 — Rally Australia
Sébastien Ogier won the last non-European rally of the year. Volkswagen Motorsport II's Andreas Mikkelsen started leading the event with temporary co-driver Paul Nagle before losing the lead to championship leader Ogier, who won eight stages on the day. Early leader Mikkelsen finished the day in seventh position. On the second day, Ogier kept his stage-winning streak, to extend the lead to 45.9 seconds from Mikko Hirvonen. Kris Meeke went off the road in the third stage of the day.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 10 — Rally Australia
In the final day of competition, Ogier almost claimed the championship, but lost the opportunity when Hirvonen got a puncture on the final stage of the rally, to lose second place to Thierry Neuville; his fourth consecutive second place. After his puncture, Hirvonen finished third, ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala, Mads Østberg, Mikkelsen, Evgeny Novikov, local Nathan Quinn, Khalid Al Qassimi and Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 11 — Rallye de France Alsace
Sébastien Ogier clinched the title after Thierry Neuville failed to win the opening stage of the event, which was denoted as the Power Stage. After struggling through the first day, Ogier took the lead on the final day of the rally. Neuville finished the first day in the lead, but lost it after a puncture on stage 11, and eventually finished fourth. Dani Sordo finished second, after battling for the lead from most of the rally, with Jari-Matti Latvala completing the podium in third overall. Evgeny Novikov finished fifth ahead of Mikko Hirvonen, Andreas Mikkelsen and Mads Østberg.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 11 — Rallye de France Alsace
WRC-2 frontrunner Robert Kubica scored more championship points with ninth, with sportscar racer Romain Dumas completing the points in tenth, in a one-off drive. Nine-time World Champion Sébastien Loeb failed to finish his last appearance in the championship after his car slid wide on stage 15 and rolled into a ditch.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 12 — Rally Catalunya
The Mixed event saw the first rally of Sébastien Ogier as a World Champion. Ogier started the event in the best way, winning all the night stages of the first day. Teammate Jari-Matti Latvala got the second place from local Dani Sordo on the last stage. On the second day of tarmac stages, Ogier lost the lead to Latvala after a puncture, promoting Sordo and Thierry Neuville to second and third respectively. The last day of competition, on gravel, saw Ogier fight back from sixth to become the rally leader. Latvala finished second.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 12 — Rally Catalunya
This one-two finish for Volkswagen Motorsport enabled the team to win the Manufacturers' Championship. Mikko Hirvonen finished third after teammate Sordo retired with a broken suspension. M-Sport's trio of Neuville, Evgeny Novikov and Mads Østberg finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively, followed by Martin Prokop and Hayden Paddon in seventh and eighth. In ninth was Robert Kubica, to clinch the WRC2 title, ahead of rival Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 13 — Wales Rally GB
Sébastien Ogier won the last event of the season to round up a year with nine wins. Ogier led the event from start to finish, with teammate Jari-Matti Latvala and Thierry Neuville completing the podium after taking their final positions on stage 6. Robert Kubica, who was making his début in a Citroën DS3 WRC, rolled his car on the first stage of the second day of competition. Kubica later rejoined on the third day, only to roll out again on stage 11.


2013 World Rally Championship, Rally summaries, Round 13 — Wales Rally GB
Day four saw the end of a three-way battle for third in favour of Neuville between him, Mads Østberg and Andreas Mikkelsen, who finished fourth and fifth respectively. Martin Prokop finished sixth, with Dani Sordo in seventh after taking a five-minute penalty for a breach of the chassis regulations. The top ten finishers were completed by WRC2 drivers Elfyn Evans, Jari Ketomaa and Mark Higgins, all driving Ford Fiesta R5 cars.


2013 World Rally Championship, Results and standings, FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. There are also 3 bonus points awarded for Power Stage wins, 2 for second place and 1 for third.


2013 World Rally Championship-2
The 2013 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the first season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013.


2013 World Rally Championship-2
Unlike its predecessor, the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, the World Rally Championship-2 does not have a fixed calendar. Instead, teams and drivers competing in the series are free to contest any of thirteen rallies that form the 2013 World Rally Championship. They must nominate up to seven events to score points in, and their best six results from these seven events will count towards their final championship points score. The World Rally Championship is open to cars complying with R4, R5, Super 2000 and Group N regulations.


2013 World Rally Championship-2
At the penultimate round of the season in Spain, Robert Kubica won the championship title by 25 points from Seashore Qatar Rally Team's Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari. Yuriy Protasov finished third in the championship. In the teams' championship, Seashore Qatar Rally Team won the championship with a lead of 47 points over Yazeed Racing. Peruvian Nicolás Fuchs has amassed enough points to win the Production Car Cup, having finished as best privateer at six of the seven events he has completed.


2013 World Rally Championship-2, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers have competed in the 2013 World Rally Championship-2 season:


2013 World Rally Championship-3
The 2013 FIA World Rally Championship-3 was the first season of the World Rally Championship-3, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013.


2013 World Rally Championship-3
Unlike its predecessor, the Production Car World Rally Championship, the World Rally Championship-3 does not have a fixed calendar. Instead, teams and drivers competing in the series are free to contest any of thirteen rallies that form the 2013 World Rally Championship. They must nominate up to six events to score points in, and their best five results from these six events will count towards their final championship points score. The World Rally Championship is open to two-wheel drive cars complying with R1, R2 and R3 regulations.


2013 World Rally Championship-3
Also in WRC-3, the Citroën Top Driver was established. Within the WRC-3, the drivers race in identical Citroën DS3 R3T cars, with the winner receiving the opportunity to race in the Citroën DS3 R5, in the 2014 season.


2013 World Rally Championship-3
Sébastien Chardonnet clinched the Drivers' Championship at the Rallye de France-Alsace.


2013 World Rally Championship-3, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers will take part in the 2013 World Rally Championship-3 season:


2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from August 28 to September 1, 2013 at the Palace of Sports.


2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
Yana Kudryavtseva of the Russian Federation became the youngest individual World All-around champion in rhythmic gymnastics history at the age of 15 years.


2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The official song of the tournament was "We make this world go!" performed by Ireesha ().


2013 World Ringette Championships
The 2013 World Ringette Championships were the 10th World Ringette Championships. They were held in North Bay, Ontario, Canada between 31 December 2013 and 4 January 2014.


2013 World Ringette Championships
Participating teams were Canada, Finland, Sweden, United States, Canada U19 and Finland U19.


2013 World Ringette Championships, Sam Jacks Series
Canada and Finland were competing for the World Championship title in the Sam Jacks Series, named after Sam Jacks, the inventor of ringette. The series was played in a best-of-three playoff format. The winner Finland claimed the Sam Jacks Trophy.


2013 World Ringette Championships, Presidents' Pool and U19 World Ringette Championship
Sweden, United States, Canada U19 and Finland U19 competed in the presidents' Pool. It was played in a round-robin series, with the top team claiming the President's Trophy.


2013 World Ringette Championships, Presidents' Pool and U19 World Ringette Championship
Sweden and United States also played for the World Ringette Championship bronze medal. Canada U19 and Finland U19 played for the U19 World Championship title


2013 World Rowing Championships
The 2013 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 25 August to 1 September 2013 at Tangeum Lake, Chungju in South Korea. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). In non-Olympic Games years the regatta is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.


2013 World Rowing Championships, Medal summary, Event codes
Adaptive rowing categories — AS: arms & shoulders, TA: trunk & arms, LTA: legs, trunk, arms


2013 World Sambo Championships
The 2013 World Sambo Championships was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia between the 21 and 25 November 2013. This tournament included competition in both Sambo, and Combat Sambo.


2013 World Senior Curling Championships
The 2013 World Senior Curling Championships was held at the newly constructed Grant-Harvey Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick from April 13 to 20. The event was held in conjunction with the 2013 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of the 2013 World Senior Curling Championships will be held at the Grant-Harvey Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick from April 13 to 20.


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Skip : Aleš PlešekThird: Jan ŽolčȧkSecond: Petr CapoušekLead: Vratislav CízlAlternate: Luděk Hajtl


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Skip : Patrick BoezThird: Christophe LehuenenSecond: Michel CambrayLead: Yvon LebaillyAlternate: Pierre Perrin


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Skip : Peter WilsonThird: Peter J. D. WilsonSecond: Neil FyfeLead: Tom RocheAlternate: John Jo Kenny


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Skip : Carlo CarreraThird: Adriano RegisSecond: Pasquale ValliLead: Bruno Paulo MoscaAlternate: Eraldo Quero


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Skip : Masayasu SatoThird: Tomiyasu GoshimaSecond: Takahiro HashimotoLead: Shozo ItohAlternate: Hisashi Urashima


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Skip : Hans FrauenlobThird: Lorne De PapeSecond: Allan LangilleLead: Pat CooneyAlternate: Dan Mustapic


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Skip : David HayThird: Norman BrownSecond: Andrew McQuistinLead: Hugh AitkenAlternate: Gordon Muirhead


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Skip : Werner AttingerThird: Peter AttingerSecond: Ronny MüllerLead: Toni KnobelAlternate: Bernhard Attinger


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Hugh MillikinThird: Jim AllanSecond: Steve HewittLead: Dan HoganAlternate: Wyatt Buck


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Rob ArmitageThird: Keith GloverSecond: Randy PonichLead: Wilf EdgarAlternate: Lyle Treiber


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Bent Juul KristoffersenThird: Hans Anton JørgensenSecond: Bernd HaustedLead: John Hansen


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Michael SutherlandThird: Tommy CampbellSecond: John SummersLead: Charles JacksonAlternate: Alastair Fyfe


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Kari KeränenThird: Jaakko LemettinenSecond: Ari PitkoLead: Matti VirtaalaAlternate: Kari Kuskelin


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Klaus UnterstabThird: Uli SutorSecond: Lenard SchulzeLead: Matthias SteinerAlternate: Andreas Helwig


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Sergey KorolenkoThird: Sergey NarudinovSecond: Mikhail RivkindLead: Oleg BadilinAlternate: Aleksander Kolesnikov


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Karl NordlundThird: Wolger JohanssonSecond: Lars-Åke AnderssonLead: Hans ÖbergAlternate: Per-Arne Andersson


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Gert MessingThird: Dennis MellerupSecond: Donald NickleLead: Bill PeskoffAlternate: Paul Pustovar


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3).


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament
The women's tournament of the 2013 World Senior Curling Championships was held at the Grant-Harvey Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick from April 13 to 20.


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Skip : Veronika HuberThird: Edeltraud KoudelkaSecond: Anna ReinerLead: Heidlinde GasteigerAlternate: Adelheid Wallner


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Skip : Cathy KingThird: Carolyn MorrisSecond: Lesley McEwanLead: Doreen GaresAlternate: Christine Jurgenson


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Skip : Marie O'KaneThird: Louise Kerr (curler)Louise KerrSecond: Gillian DruryLead: Christina Graham


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Fourth: Helen GreerThird: Christine DiackSecond: Carolyn CooneySkip: Elizabeth MatthewsAlternate: Glenys Taylor


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams, Pool A
Skip : Margie SmithThird: Norma O'LearySecond: Debbie DexterLead: Shelly KosalAlternate: Lucy DeVore


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Irena MackováThird: Jana HorackováSecond: Vlasta SivekováLead: Ivana SedlackováAlternate: Jitka Slaviková


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Kirsti KausteThird: Tuula MerentieSecond: Riitta-Liisa HämäläinenLead: Helena SorvariAlternate: Kristiina Nokelainen


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Lucillia MacchiatiThird: Caterina ColucciSecond: Roberta MasinariLead: Mafalda HausbergerAlternate: Lorenza Depaulis


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Christine CannonThird: Margaret RichardsonSecond: Janet LindsayLead: Margaret RobertsonAlternate: Marion Craig


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Ingrid MeldahlThird: Ann-Catrin KjerrSecond: Birgitta TörnLead: Sylvia LiljeforsAlternate: Mia Lehander


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Teams, Pool B
Skip : Erika MüllerThird: Barbara GuriniSecond: Cristina LestanderLead: Anna MüllerAlternate: Barbara Sieber


2013 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3).


2013 World Seniors Championship
The 2013 World Seniors Championship (Known for sponsorship reasons as the 888casino World Seniors Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 20 October 2013 at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, England.


2013 World Seniors Championship
Steve Davis won his 82nd professional title by defeating defending champion Nigel Bond 2–1 in the final.


2013 World Seniors Championship, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2013 World Seniors Championship, Main draw
The draw for the last 16 was made on 12 August 2013 at the Doncaster Dome in Doncaster during the qualifying stage of the 2013 Indian Open. The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was made on a random basis. All matches were best of 3 frames and all frames were subject to a 30-second shot clock after ten minutes of play. All times are BST. The highest break of the tournament was 94 made by Steve Davis.


2013 World Seniors Championship, Qualifying
These matches were held on 3 October 2013 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. There was only one century break during the qualifying. Philip Williams made a 100 break against Karl Townsend.


2013 World Series
The 2013 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2013 season. The 109th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; the Red Sox won, 4 games to 2. The Red Sox had home field advantage for the series, based on the AL's win in the 2013 MLB All-Star Game on July 16. This was the first World Series since 1999 to feature both #1 seeds from the American League and National League. The Series started on Wednesday, October 23, ending on Game 6 the following Wednesday, October 30, 2013.


2013 World Series
The Red Sox won the first game at Fenway Park on October 23, followed by the Cardinals winning the second game on October 24 to tie the series 1–1. The series then moved to Busch Stadium, where the Cardinals won the third game on October 26 to gain a 2–1 lead. The Red Sox won the fourth game on October 27 to tie the series at 2–2, then won the last of three games at Busch Stadium on October 28 for a 3–2 lead. The series then moved back to Fenway Park, where the Red Sox decisively won the final game on October 30, becoming the World Series champions for 2013.


2013 World Series
This was the fourth meeting of the Cardinals and the Red Sox in the World Series (previously meeting in 1946, 1967, and 2004). Winning in six games, the Red Sox clinched their first World Series championship at their home field of Fenway Park since 1918, and the last such Series to date won by the home team. David Ortiz was awarded the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. He became the first non-Yankee to win three World Series titles with one team since Jim Palmer (Baltimore Orioles 1966, 1970, and 1983).


2013 World Series, Background, St. Louis Cardinals
The Cardinals finished the 2013 regular season at 97–65, earning the best record in the National League. They set a new Major League Baseball record for hitting efficiency with runners in scoring position, hitting .330 (447–for–1,355), the best in baseball since the Boston Red Sox hit .312 in 1950, also beating the 2007 Detroit Tigers, and 1996 Colorado Rockies with a .311 average.


2013 World Series, Background, St. Louis Cardinals
Despite losing first baseman Albert Pujols to the Angels and manager Tony La Russa to retirement, the Cardinals under new manager Mike Matheny still came within one game of a return trip to the World Series, but lost the final three games to the eventual World Series champion San Francisco Giants in the 2012 National League Championship Series. However, with the help of Matheny and general manager John Mozeliak, the Cardinals were able to stay in contention even with a roster consisting mostly of rookies, free-agent veteran additions, and a few holdovers from the 2011 World Series championship team.


2013 World Series, Background, St. Louis Cardinals
The Cardinals' offense was led by catcher Yadier Molina, second baseman Matt Carpenter, and first baseman Allen Craig, all of whom finished in the top 10 in batting average. They were joined by outfielders Carlos Beltrán and Matt Holliday, third baseman David Freese, and first baseman Matt Adams. The Cardinals' pitching staff were led by Adam Wainwright, who returned to form after posting an NL-leading 19 wins. Wainwright was joined by youngsters Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly, Shelby Miller, and late-season call-up Michael Wacha.


2013 World Series, Background, St. Louis Cardinals
Wainwright's return to form, along with the emergence of the young starters, helped fill the void left by star pitcher Chris Carpenter, who missed the entire season due to various injuries. The bullpen were also powered by youngsters, led by closer Trevor Rosenthal, set-up man Carlos Martínez, and middle relievers Seth Maness and Kevin Siegrist.


2013 World Series, Background, St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis opened the playoffs by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in five games in the Division Series. Then, in their third consecutive National League Championship Series appearance, St. Louis defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to two for their 19th National League pennant.


2013 World Series, Background, Boston Red Sox
After finishing last in the AL East with a 69–93 record in 2012, the Red Sox fired Bobby Valentine and hired John Farrell as their new manager. Under Farrell, the team finished the 2013 regular season at 97–65, the best record in the American League.


2013 World Series, Background, Boston Red Sox
In the aftermath of the infamous September collapse in 2011 and the ill-fated Valentine experiment of 2012, general manager Ben Cherington brought in Farrell, a former pitching coach under Terry Francona, and several role players in hopes of turning the Red Sox around. The Boston Marathon bombing on April 15 helped inspire a season-long rally for the Red Sox in support of the victims and the city of Boston. In games after the marathon, the Red Sox hung a jersey on the dugout saying Boston Strong and 617, representing the city's area code.


2013 World Series, Background, Boston Red Sox
The team also wore "B Strong" patches in their uniforms. In addition, some of the Red Sox players grew beards during the season as a sign of unity. The inspired play of the Red Sox took them from last place the previous season to American League East champions with a 28-game turnaround, helped by Farrell's calming presence and familiarity with some of the players.


2013 World Series, Background, Boston Red Sox
Boston's offense was powered by designated hitter David Ortiz, who hit .309 during the season. They also relied on the baserunning exploits of center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, whose 52 stolen bases led the major leagues, while right fielder Shane Victorino, second baseman Dustin Pedroia, first baseman Mike Napoli, catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and outfielder Jonny Gomes helped the Red Sox to a league-leading 853 runs scored. The pitching staff was led by Jon Lester, who rebounded from a miserable 2012 campaign to post a 15–8 record and 3.75 ERA.


2013 World Series, Background, Boston Red Sox
Lester was joined by Clay Buchholz, John Lackey and midseason acquisition Jake Peavy. The bullpen were led by closer Koji Uehara, who unexpectedly took over following injuries to Joel Hanrahan and Andrew Bailey to post 21 saves and a 1.09 ERA. He was joined by compatriot and set-up man Junichi Tazawa, and middle relievers Brandon Workman and Craig Breslow. While Stephen Drew and David Ross were limited offensively, their defense proved to be an asset to the team's success, especially during the postseason.


2013 World Series, Background, Boston Red Sox
Boston opened the playoffs by defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in four games in the Division Series. Then in the American League Championship Series, the Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers four games to two to win their 13th American League pennant.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Boston Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski threw the ceremonial first pitch, as he had done before Game 1 in 2004 and 2007. After Boston starter Jon Lester pitched a scoreless top half of the first inning, St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright found trouble in the bottom of the inning. He walked leadoff batter Jacoby Ellsbury and after an out, Dustin Pedroia singled. Wainwright then got David Ortiz to ground to second base, but Matt Carpenter's flip was mishandled by shortstop Pete Kozma, ending the possibility of a double play.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Initially, the Cardinals had been awarded a force-out at second base, but after conferring, the umpires ruled that Kozma never had control of the ball, and Pedroia was reinstated at second base. With the bases loaded and one out, Mike Napoli doubled to left-center, scoring Ellsbury, Pedroia and Ortiz, the latter after Shane Robinson misplayed a carom off the wall. In the bottom of the second inning, Stephen Drew led off with a pop-up in front of the pitcher's mound. Wainwright and catcher Yadier Molina both converged, but both let the ball drop for a leadoff single.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
David Ross then singled to center field, followed by a flyout by Ellsbury. Shane Victorino then hit a ground ball to deep short, but Kozma again mishandled it, his second error of the game, and once again the bases were loaded with one out. Pedroia then singled under the glove of a diving David Freese to make the score 4–0. Ortiz then hit a deep fly to right field, but was robbed of a grand slam by Carlos Beltrán. Ross did tag and score to give Boston a 5–0 lead.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Beltrán would leave the game, with Robinson moving to right field, and Jon Jay taking over in center. Meanwhile, Lester was brilliant for the Red Sox, pitching 7+2⁄3 scoreless innings. The Red Sox added to their lead in the bottom of the seventh with Ortiz hitting a two-run home run off Kevin Siegrist to give them a 7–0 lead. After the Red Sox plated another run in the eighth inning, the Cardinals finally got on the board with Matt Holliday leading off the ninth with a home run off Ryan Dempster. Dempster recovered and closed out the 8–1 victory by striking out Matt Adams. Lester was accused of using a foreign substance on his glove, but he claimed that it was just rosin, which is legal, and the Cardinals organization elected to not file a complaint.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Game 2 pitted the NLCS MVP Michael Wacha against the Red Sox' John Lackey. Several members of the 2004 Red Sox championship team, including Pedro Martínez, threw ceremonial first pitches. After three scoreless innings, Matt Holliday led off the fourth inning for the Cardinals with a triple to center field. After Matt Adams lined out, catcher Yadier Molina grounded out softly to Dustin Pedroia to score Holliday and give the Cardinals a 1–0 lead.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The Red Sox threatened in the bottom half as the first two batters reached with Pedroia leading off with a double and David Ortiz drawing a walk. Mike Napoli then grounded into a double play to partially kill the threat and Wacha got Jonny Gomes to pop out to Matt Carpenter to end the inning. In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Red Sox finally got on the scoreboard, as Pedroia walked with one out and Ortiz hit a two-run home run to left center field on a 3–2 changeup to give the Red Sox a 2–1 lead.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
In the seventh inning, the Red Sox' defense let them down. With one out and the bases loaded (David Freese walked, Jon Jay singled and Daniel Descalso walked), Carpenter hit a fly ball to Gomes in left field for the second out. With Pete Kozma, who pinch-ran for Freese, scoring on the throw, the ball got away from catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Jay and Descalso attempted to advance on the misplay and pitcher Craig Breslow, who was backing up on the play, tried to get Jay at third but his throw was wild and went into the stands.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Jay scored and Descalsco went to third as the Cardinals now led 3–2. Carlos Beltrán then singled to right to score Descalso and give the Cardinals a 4–2 lead. Things got a little interesting in the bottom of the eighth inning. With Carlos Martinez on the mound for the Cardinals, the Red Sox had Jacoby Ellsbury reach on an error and after two strikeouts, Ortiz reached on a single. With two outs, Martinez jammed Napoli and he popped out to short to end the inning.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
In the bottom of the ninth with the 4–2 lead, Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal entered the game and made quick work of the Red Sox by striking out Gomes, Saltalamacchia and pinch-hitter Daniel Nava on 17 pitches. The Cardinals evened up the series at one game each as the series shifted to St. Louis for the next three games.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
With the win, St. Louis snapped Boston's nine-game winning streak in the World Series.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by 1985 NL MVP Willie McGee. The Cardinals got off to a good start in the bottom of the first inning, putting two on the board from RBI singles by Matt Holliday and Yadier Molina off of Boston starter Jake Peavy. It wasn't until the top of the fifth inning before the Red Sox got on the board themselves, when pinch hitter Mike Carp grounded into a fielder's choice off Cardinals starter Joe Kelly. In the next inning, Boston tied the game at 2–2 on a Daniel Nava single.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
But in the bottom of the seventh, Matt Holliday hit a line drive off of reliever Junichi Tazawa that just got past a diving Will Middlebrooks that drove in two, and Holliday advanced to third on the throw. Even though this happened with no outs, Holliday was stranded at third. Boston quickly responded in the top of the eighth by loading the bases off Carlos Martínez. Trevor Rosenthal came in to pitch, and the first batter he faced, Daniel Nava, grounded in to a fielder's choice, after a great diving stop by rookie second baseman Kolten Wong. The next batter, Xander Bogaerts, bounced a ball up the middle for an RBI single of his own, knotting the game at 4–4.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
In the bottom of the ninth inning, Boston reliever Brandon Workman stayed in, having pitched in the eighth inning and having batted in the top of the ninth, striking out in his first professional at bat. He gave up a one out single to Molina. Boston closer Koji Uehara was brought in to face pinch hitter Allen Craig, who doubled on the first pitch. With one out, Jon Jay hit a grounder to second baseman Dustin Pedroia. He made a diving stab and threw home to catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who tagged out the sliding Molina.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
But then Saltalamacchia threw to third trying to get Craig, who was running on the play. Saltalamacchia's throw was wide, and it pulled third baseman Will Middlebrooks toward the second-base side of the bag. Middlebrooks tried to keep the ball on the infield, but it skipped into foul territory. Craig slid into third, popped up and started for home. He made contact with Middlebrooks, who was lying face-first on the dirt, with his feet in the air. Craig fell, got back up and ran home. Saltalamacchia, receiving the throw from foul territory, applied the tag to the sliding Craig.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
However, the third base umpire, Jim Joyce, called obstruction on the play; home plate umpire Dana DeMuth determined that Craig would have scored without the obstruction, giving the Cardinals the win and a 2–1 lead in the World Series. The Red Sox were furious about the call, as manager John Farrell stayed out to argue the call, as did most of the players. They protested that Middlebrooks' feet were in the air as he was getting up when Craig ran over him.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The largest paid crowd in the history of Busch Stadium (47,432) saw the game. It was the first time in a World Series game that a winning play was on an obstruction call and only the second time in baseball history.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The largest paid crowd in the history of Busch Stadium (47,469) saw the game, surpassing the previous night's record attendance. Hall of Famer and two-time World Series MVP Bob Gibson threw the ceremonial first pitch. After Boston starter Clay Buchholz, pitching through a shoulder injury, was removed for a pinch-hitter after four innings, five Red Sox relievers combined to hold St. Louis to one run on three hits the rest of the way. In the sixth inning, the bases were empty with two outs before Dustin Pedroia singled and David Ortiz walked.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Then, outfielder Jonny Gomes came to bat and the Cardinals brought in Seth Maness to face him. Gomes worked the count to 2–2 before he broke the tie with a three-run homer that would become the difference in the game. The game ended when Boston closer Koji Uehara picked off pinch runner Kolten Wong with Carlos Beltrán at the plate, making it the first postseason game in baseball history to end on a pickoff. (However, it was not the first time a World Series game ended with a runner being tagged out during an at-bat; in the 1926 World Series, Babe Ruth was caught stealing for the final out of Game 7.)


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Felix Doubront pitched 2⅔ innings out of the bullpen to earn his first career postseason win. John Lackey, who pitched a scoreless eighth, made his first relief appearance since 2004 and first in the postseason since 2002.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Hall of Fame inductee Ozzie Smith threw the ceremonial first pitch. In a rematch of the staff who faced off in Game 1, Jon Lester again outdueled Adam Wainwright to give the Red Sox a 3–2 series lead. Boston scored first for the first time since Game 1 when Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz hit back-to-back doubles with one out in the first. Matt Holliday tied the score with a home run to center in the fourth inning, but it would be the only run Lester would allow over strong 7⅔ innings of work.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Wainwright matched Lester until the seventh inning, when a ground-rule RBI double by David Ross and RBI single by Jacoby Ellsbury scored Xander Bogaerts and Stephen Drew to give Boston a 3–1 lead. Koji Uehara relieved Lester with two outs in the eighth and retired all four Cardinals he faced to earn his second save of the series.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Uehara tied John Wetteland, Robb Nen, Troy Percival, and Brad Lidge for most saves in one postseason year, with 7 (since then, Greg Holland matched this record the next year). In addition, Lester joined Babe Ruth as the only Red Sox lefthanders to win three World Series games.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame members Carlton Fisk and Luis Tiant, both of whom played in historic Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, threw ceremonial first pitches. Boston won Game 6 in a rout, by scoring six runs on the Cardinals rookie Michael Wacha, who had previously been unbeaten in the playoffs. World Series Most Valuable Player David Ortiz was walked by the Cardinals four times, and scored twice. Boston's Shane Victorino opened the scoring with a three-run double in the third inning and had four runs batted in. Red Sox pitcher John Lackey pitched six scoreless innings.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
The Cardinals only seriously threatened in the seventh inning when they scored on Carlos Beltrán's single and had the bases loaded with two outs, but Boston reliever Junichi Tazawa got the final out. Koji Uehara came in again to pitch a perfect ninth, striking out Matt Carpenter swinging to end the game, series, baseball season, and clinch their eighth overall title.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
With this win, Boston won the championship at Fenway Park for the first time since 1918. The win was the third championship in the last ten seasons for the Red Sox. This was the most recent World Series in which the championship was won by the home team until 2020, which the Dodgers won the series clinching Game 6 as the home team (Game 6 in 2020 was not played at Dodger Stadium due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic).


2013 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
The average list price on the resale market for a ticket to Game 6 was $1,860, according to TiqIQ, a ticket tracking company. This was the final World Series of the 2010s in which the home team won a deciding game and received the Commissioner's Trophy on their home field.


2013 World Series, Matchups, Composite line score
2013 World Series (4–2): Boston Red Sox (A.L.) beat St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.)


2013 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
Fox televised the series in the United States and Canada, with Joe Buck calling play-by-play and Tim McCarver handling color commentary. This was McCarver's 24th and final World Series broadcast (including four with ABC and four with CBS prior to his joining Fox in 1996), as he had announced that he would retire from the network's lead crew following the season. Working with Buck and McCarver were field reporters Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews.


2013 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
Pregame coverage was handled by host Matt Vasgersian, joined by regular analyst Harold Reynolds. They were joined by special guest analysts A. J. Pierzynski of the Texas Rangers (his third consecutive World Series as a guest analyst), and Jimmy Rollins of the Philadelphia Phillies.


2013 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
A partnership with Fox Sports featured Pearl Jam as the November artist of month for all entities within the Fox Sports domain and licensed 48 songs from their catalogue to play during the 2013 World Series. The group's music was included in anything from "opening teases and commercial bumpers to montages, as well as additional promotional inventory across Fox prime-time and cable."


2013 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
Major League Baseball International syndicated the television coverage outside Canada and the U.S., with English-language commentary provided by Baltimore Orioles play-by-play announcer Gary Thorne and ESPN analyst Rick Sutcliffe.


2013 World Series, Broadcasting, Television, Ratings
According to Nielsen Media Research, the six-game series on Fox averaged an 8.9 rating and 15 share. The 8.9 rating was, by a large margin, the lowest for a six-game World Series (the 2009 World Series that pulled an 11.7 was the prior lowest) and the fourth lowest overall, behind the 2010, 2008 and 2012 series (the latter holding the record low at 7.6). Game 3, which pulled a 7.4 rating, is the fourth lowest rated MLB World Series game, ahead of just Game 3 of the 2011 World Series (6.6), Game 3 of the 2012 World Series (6.1), and Game 3 of the 2008 World Series (6.1).


2013 World Series, Broadcasting, Television, Ratings
Some analysts expressed alarm at the low ratings, considering the prestigious franchises involved (a combined 20 World Championships and 32 pennants). Boston, moreover, had a storybook narrative because of the recent Boston Marathon bombing, which, some felt, should have attracted casual audiences.


2013 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio
ESPN Radio broadcast the series in the U.S., with commentators Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser. Locally, the two teams' flagship radio stations broadcast the series with their respective announcing crews. Mike Shannon and John Rooney called the games for the Cardinals on KMOX in St. Louis, while Joe Castiglione, Dave O'Brien, and Lou Merloni announced for the Red Sox on WEEI in Boston.


2013 World Series, Celebration
Following the team's World Series win, Boston Red Sox fans congregated at the site of the Boston Marathon bombing to celebrate the title. The white lights of Boston's Prudential Tower displayed "GO SOX." Red Sox owner John Henry said after the game that the parade would take place on Saturday, November 2.


2013 World Series, Celebration
On November 2, the Red Sox parade began at Fenway Park and headed down Boylston Street. The 25 duck boats carrying the players and executives paused at the Boston Marathon finish line where three spectators died during the April bombing.


2013 World Series, Celebration
On April 1, 2014, the Red Sox visited the White House and met with President Obama.


2013 World Series, Aftermath, Red Sox
The 2013 World Series triumph would be the pinnacle of the John Farrell era. The Red Sox went from first to worst in the AL East following the 2014 season, finishing with a 71–91 record. The next season, they improved their record to 78–84, though still in last place in the AL East. In both 2016 and 2017, the Red Sox finished atop the AL East with identical 93–69 records; however, both seasons ended in the division series, losing to the Cleveland Indians 3–0 in the 2016 ALDS, and the Houston Astros 3–1 in the 2017 ALDS. After the 2017 season, Farrell was fired and replaced by Alex Cora, who managed the Red Sox to the 2018 World Series championship.


2013 World Series, Aftermath, Red Sox
The Farrell era oversaw the departure of Ben Cherington and the entry of Dave Dombrowski as general manager, the retirement of David Ortiz following the 2016 season, and the emergence of Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Andrew Benintendi, Jackie Bradley Jr., Brock Holt, Christian Vázquez, Eduardo Rodríguez and Rafael Devers. Star pitchers David Price, Chris Sale and Craig Kimbrel also joined the team. Those players would form the core of the 2018 champion Red Sox, managed by Alex Cora. However, the Red Sox also signed high-priced free agent flops Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramírez, neither of whom became productive players.


2013 World Series, Aftermath, Red Sox
Jon Lester, David Ross, John Lackey, Jake Peavy and Franklin Morales would win another World Series with different teams: Peavy with the 2014 Giants, Morales with the 2015 Royals, and Lackey, Lester and Ross with the 2016 Cubs.


2013 World Series, Aftermath, Cardinals
The Cardinals' 2013 World Series appearance was also the pinnacle of the Mike Matheny era. In 2014, the Cardinals made their fourth consecutive NLCS after a 90–72 finish and the NL Central title, but lost to the eventual champion San Francisco Giants 4–1. The following season, they won 100 games to once again clinch the NL Central, but lost to their archrival Chicago Cubs in the NLDS. The Cardinals' 86–76 finish in 2016 and 83–79 finish in 2017 ended without a postseason appearance. Midway through the 2018 season, Matheny was fired and replaced by Mike Shildt.


2013 World Series, Aftermath, Cardinals
As of 2021, Adam Wainwright, Yadier Molina, Matt Carpenter and Carlos Martínez were the only players remaining from the 2013 Cardinals team.


2013 World Series, Aftermath, Cardinals
Carlos Beltrán, Joe Kelly and Matt Adams would later win the World Series with different teams: Beltrán with the 2017 Astros, Kelly with the 2018 Red Sox and 2020 Dodgers, and Adams with the 2019 Nationals.


2013 World Series by Renault
The 2013 World Series by Renault was the ninth season of Renault Sport's series of events, with four different championships racing under one banner. Consisting of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, the Eurocup Mégane Trophy and Eurocup Clio, the World Series by Renault ran at seven different venues where fans could get into the meetings for no cost whatsoever, such is the uniqueness of the series.


2013 World Series by Renault
The series began on 27 April at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón in Alcañiz, and finished on 20 October at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, just outside Barcelona. Round Nürburgring dropped. While Red Bull Ring made its debut in the series' schedule, while Formula Renault 3.5 had two extra races on its own, in support of the Monaco Grand Prix and Monza Superstars Series round and Eurocup Clio had additional rounds in support of the Imola round of the Italian Clio Cup, and the Alcañiz round of the International Clio Cup.


2013 World Series of Darts
The 2013 World Series of Darts was the inaugural tour of the World Series of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. There were two  events of the tour, the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters and the Sydney Darts Masters. The two tournaments featured slightly different formats. The Dubai Masters only seeing the top eight Order of Merit players in a seeded bracket over two days, with the Sydney masters seeing the top eight being joined by eight regional qualifiers.


2013 World Series of Poker
The 2013 World Series of Poker was the 44th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada between May 29-July 15, 2013. There was 62 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event beginning on July 6. The November Nine concept returned for a sixth year, with the Main Event finalists returning on November 4.


2013 World Series of Poker
The One Drop Foundation, a charity founded by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté devoted to providing safe water supplies in developing countries, continued a relationship with the WSOP that began with the 2012 edition. While last year's $1 million Big One for One Drop was not held this year, the WSOP held two events that raised money for the charity. The first event was the One Drop High Roller, with a buy-in of $111,111; the Rio donated its 3% rake of the entry fees to One Drop. The other was the "Little One for One Drop", with a $1,111 buy-in plus unlimited rebuys, with One Drop receiving $111 from each buy-in and rebuy.


2013 World Series of Poker
In April 2013, the WSOP expanded and held bracelet events in Australia at the 2013 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific.


2013 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 6 with the first of three starting days. Remaining players from days 1A and 1B returned on Day 2AB, while the players from Day 1C returned on Day 2C with the entire field combining on Day 3. The final table of nine players was reached on July 15, with the November Nine returning on November 4.


2013 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The Main Event attracted 6,352 entrants, creating a prize pool of $59,708,800. The top 648 finishers placed in the money, with the top nine players receiving at least $733,224. The winner of the Main Event earned $8,359,531.


2013 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Performance of past champions
* Indicates the place of a player who finished in the money


2013 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other notable high finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.


2013 World Series of Poker, Main Event, November Nine
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2013 Main Event.


2013 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific
Below are the results for the 2013 (and inaugural) World Series of Poker Asia Pacific tournaments.


2013 World Series of Poker Europe
The seventh World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from October 11, 2013 to October 25, 2013, at Casino Barriere in Enghien-les-Bains, France. There were eight bracelet events.


2013 World Series of Poker Europe, Main Event
The 2013 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event began on October 19 and finished October 25. The event drew 375 entrants, generating a prize pool of €3,600,000. The top 40 players finished in the money, with the winner earning €1,000,000.


2013 World Series of Poker Europe, Main Event, Final table
*-Career statistics prior to start of 2013 WSOPE Main Event


2013 World Series of Poker Europe results
Below are the results for the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe.


2013 World Series of Poker results
Below are the results for the 2013 World Series of Poker.


2013 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2013 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 8 to 10 March 2013 at the Főnix Hall in Debrecen, Hungary. They were the 38th World Short Track Speed Skating Championships and the first to be held in Hungary.


2013 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in each race, to determine to the overall world champion. Points are only awarded to the athletes that have taken part in the final of each race. The leader after the first 1000 m in the 3000 m super-final is awarded extra 5 points. Relays do not count for the overall classification.


2013 World Shotgun Championships
The 2013 World Shotgun Championships were held in September 2013 in Lima, Peru. As in all odd-numbered years, separate ISSF World Shooting Championships were carried out in the trap, Double Trap and skeet events.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
The 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships took place between 21 and 24 March 2013 in the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia. It was a test event for the 2014 Olympic Games.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres race of the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 23 March at 14:25 local time.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1000 metres
The men's 1000 metres race of the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 22 March at 15:00 local time.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres race of the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 21 March at 16:35 local time.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 500 metres
The men's 500 metres race of the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 24 March at 15:44 and 17:17 local time.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres race of the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 22 March at 17:00 local time.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's team pursuit
The men's team pursuit race of the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 24 March at 18:51 local time.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1000 metres
The women's 1000 metres race of the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 23 March at 13:30 local time.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres race of the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 22 March at 15:55 local time.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres race of the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 21 March at 17:40 local time.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres
The women's 500 metres race of the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 24 March at 15:00 and 16:28 local time.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres race of the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 23 March at 17:35 local time.


2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's team pursuit
The women's team pursuit race of the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 24 March at 18:06 local time.


2013 World Snooker Championship
The 2013 World Snooker Championship (also called as the 2013 Betfair World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 20 April to 6 May 2013 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 37th consecutive year the Crucible had hosted the World Snooker Championship; the 2013 event was  last ranking tournament of the 2012–13 snooker season. Sports betting company Betfair sponsored the event for the first time.


2013 World Snooker Championship
Despite not having played a competitive match all season, defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan did not lose one session in the tournament and defeated Barry Hawkins 18–12 in the final to become a five-time World Champion, joining Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry as the only players to have successfully defended their titles at the Crucible. O'Sullivan broke Hendry's record of 127 career centuries at the Crucible, finishing the tournament with 131, and also became the first player to make six century breaks in a World Championship final. Of the 55 century breaks made during the event, Neil Robertson made the highest break, a 143, in his first-round loss to Robert Milkins.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Overview
The World Snooker Championship is an annual cue sport tournament and the official professional world championship of the game of snooker. Since 1977, the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield has hosted the event. During the tournament, 32 professional players compete in one-on-one snooker matches in a single elimination format, each of which is played over several frames. The event's 32-player lineup is selected using the snooker world rankings and a pre-tournament qualification round. English player Ronnie O'Sullivan won the previous year's championship by defeating fellow countryman Ali Carter in the final 18–11. The winner of the 2013 event earned prize money of £250,000, from a pool of £1,111,000. Sports betting company Betfair sponsored the event for the first time in 2013.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format
The 2013 World Snooker Championship was held between 20 April and 6 May 2013 in Sheffield, England. It was the last of 11 rankings events in the 2012-13 snooker season on the World Snooker Tour. The tournament featured a 32-player main draw that took place at the Crucible Theatre and a 92-player qualifying draw that was played on 6 and 11 April 2015 at the English Institute of Sport. This was the 45th successive world championship to be contested using the knockout format after reverting from a challenge match system in the 1960s.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format
Ordinarily the top-16 players in the world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players. Despite not playing a competitive event since the last world championship, Ronnie O'Sullivan was seeded first overall as the defending champion; the remaining 15 seeds were allocated using the latest world rankings, which were released after the China Open,  the penultimate event of the season. The number of frames needed to win a match increased with each round of the main draw, starting with best-of-19-frames matches in the first round and ending with the final, which was played as a best-of-35-frames match.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Prize fund
The event had a prize fund of £1,111,000, of which the winner received £250,000. A breakdown of prize money for 2013 is shown below:


2013 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
The first round was played between 20 and 25 April 2013; matches were held as the best-of-19 frames over two sessions. Players Jack Lisowski, Michael White, Ben Woollaston, Dechawat Poomjaeng, Matthew Selt and Sam Baird made their debuts at the main stages of the event. Poomjaeng was only the third player from Thailand, after James Wattana and Tai Pichit, to reach the event. Two of the debuting players progressed to the second round; Michael White advanced by defeating two-time champion Mark Williams 10–6, while Dechawat Poomjaeng advanced by beating Stephen Maguire 10–9.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Four Chinese players—a record for the event—had played in the 2012 competition but Ding Junhui was the only Chinese player to appear in 2013. Ding defeated Alan McManus 10–5 to reach the second round. Peter Ebdon was playing in his 22nd consecutive World Championship, equalling the number of consecutive appearances made by Steve Davis and putting him third for consecutive appearances behind Stephen Hendry on 27 and O'Sullivan on 26. In a repeat of the final of the 2006 event, Ebdon faced Graeme Dott; the match overran and was played over three sessions.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Dott was ahead 8–6 after the second session and eventually won 10–6. The match lasted for more than seven hours; Ebdon had a high break of 37. Dott criticised Ebdon for his perceived slow play and called for a rule to limit the time a player could spend over a shot.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
The ending of the match between defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan and Marcus Campbell was not aired on the BBC, which instead broadcast a repeat episode of the 1970s sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. The match was also unavailable on the BBC Red Button service, leading to viewers expressing their anger on social networks. The CEO of World Snooker Barry Hearn, apologised to fans on Twitter and wrote a formal letter of complaint to the BBC. O'Sullivan won the match 10–4; he had not played a competitive match since winning the title the year before. O'Sullivan said he wanted to "take some time off" and had refused to sign the player's contract for the following season.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Robert Milkins defeated the 2010 champion Neil Robertson 8–10. Robertson made the highest break of the event—a 143 in frame six—and led 5–2 but Milkins tied the match at 8–8 before winning the next two frames. In other matches, four-time champion John Higgins lost 6–10 to Mark Davis whilst former finalist Matthew Stevens lost 7–10 to qualifier Marco Fu.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
The second round was played between 25 and 30 April as the best of 25 frames over three sessions. Shaun Murphy defeated Graeme Dott 13–11 after leading 6–2 after the first session. Dott's elimination meant there were no Scottish players in the last eight for the first time since 1988. Michael White reached his first ranking event quarter-final by defeating Poomjaeng 13–3 after two of the three scheduled sessions. In the fourth frame, Poomjaeng used the spider to bridge over the blue ball but missed a red ball on three occasions and  forfeited the frame.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
O'Sullivan became the first defending champion since Murphy in 2006 to reach the quarter-finals when he defeated Ali Carter, his opponent in the 2008 and 2012 World Championship finals, 13–8. Ricky Walden, in his first world championship second-round appearance, defeated Robert Milkins 13–11. Milkins trailed 3–9 but recovered to 10–11 and 11–12 but Walden won the frame he needed for victory. Barry Hawkins also reached his first Crucible quarter-final after defeating world number one Mark Selby 13–10.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played on 31 April and 1 May as best-of-25 frames matches over three sessions. In his match against Stuart Bingham, O'Sullivan won 11 of the first 12 frames and won the match 13–4 in the first frame of the third session. Judd Trump trailed 3–8 against Shaun Murphy but tied the score at 12–12 to force a deciding frame. The final frame lasted 53 minutes and was won by Trump. Ricky Walden defeated Michael White 13–6 and Hawkins defeated Ding Junhui 13–7, eliminating the two remaining non-English competitors from the tournament. Walden reached the semi-finals of the World Championship on his third attempt, despite not having previously won a match in his earlier appearances in the main stages of the event in 2009 and 2011.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played between 2 and 4 May 2013 over four sessions as the best-of-33 frames. This was the third semi-finals round in the modern history of snooker in which all of the players were English. O'Sullivan played Judd Trump in the first semi-final; in the 23rd frame, O'Sullivan received a reprimand from referee Michaela Tabb for allegedly making an obscene gesture with his cue. A World Snooker spokesman later stated eyewitnesses had also observed O'Sullivan making an inappropriate gesture but it was not captured on camera. O'Sullivan defeated Trump 17–11 and became the first defending champion to reach the final since Ken Doherty in 1998. In the other semi-final, Barry Hawkins trailed Ricky Walden 8–12 but won nine of the next eleven frames to win 17–14.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The 2013 final between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Barry Hawkins was played on 5 and 6 May as the best-of-35 frames over four sessions and officiated by Jan Verhaas. O'Sullivan led 5–3 after the first session; Hawkins drew level at 7–7 but O'Sullivan won the last three frames of the day to take a 10–7 overnight lead. O'Sullivan's break of 103 in the 15th frame was his 128th century break at the Crucible Theatre, breaking Stephen Hendry's record of 127 Crucible centuries, and he extended the record to 131 century breaks.


2013 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
O'Sullivan won the third session by five frames to three to lead 15–10. O'Sullivan went on to win the final 18–12 to take his fifth world title and become the first defending champion to retain his title since Hendry in 1996 and the first player to score six century breaks in a world championship final.