2013 Women's Under-18 Australian Hockey Championships, Competition format
The tournament followed a single round-robin format, with each team playing each other once during the pool stage. The top four ranked teams qualified for the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams progressed to the classification round.


2013 Women's Volleyball Thai-Denmark Super League
2013 Women's Volleyball Thai–Denmark Super League (Thai: วอลเลย์บอลหญิงไทยเดนมาร์คซูเปอร์ลีก 2013) was the first edition of the tournament. It was held at the MCC Hall of The Mall Ngamwongwan in Nonthaburi, Thailand from 8 – 11 June 2013.


2013 Women's World Draughts Championship
The 2013 Women's World Draughts Championship was an international draughts tournament held in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Sixteen female players in total competed in the tournament, which began on October 4, 2013, and ended on October 15, 2013. The tournament was round-robin style, with a total of 15 rounds played, each of which was a micro-match from two games. Arbiter — Rima Danileviciene (Lithuania).


2013 Women's World Draughts Championship, Competition
The competition began with sixteen players from 10 countries. The players in the tournament were Viktoriya Motrichko, Erdenetsogt Mandakhnaran, Odgejrel Molomjamts, Nyamjargal Numkhbaatar, Laima Adlyte, Darya Tkachenko, Alatenghua, Matrena Nogovitsyna, Ayyyna Sobakina, Heike Verheul, Zoja Golubeva, Tamara Tansykkuzhina, Hanqing Zhao, Olga Fedorovich, Piret Viirma, and Natalia Sadowska. The tournament ended with Zoja Golubeva coming in first place, having won a total of eight matches. Darya Tkachenko came in second place with a total of seven wins.


2013 Women's World Draughts Championship, Competition
Also on October 2 the blitz tournament took place (5 min + 3 sec per move) Swiss-system 9 tours – 22 players from 8 countries. Matrena Nogovitsyna came in first place, Viktoriya Motrichko in second place and Darya Tkachenko in third place.


2013 Women's World Draughts Championship, Competition
October 3 was the rapid tournament (15 min + 3 sec per move) Swiss-system 7 tours – 22 players from 6 countries. Darya Tkachenko came in first place, Viktoriya Motrichko in second place and Natalia Sadowska in third place.


2013 Women's World Floorball Championships
The 2013 Women's World Floorball Championships was the ninth World Championships in women's floorball. The tournament took place in Ostrava and Brno in Czech Republic in December 2013. Sixteen teams participated. Sweden won the tournament defeating Finland, 5-1, in the final-game.


2013 Women's World Junior Squash Championships
The 2013 Women's World Junior Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2013 World Junior Squash Championships, which serves as the individual world Junior championship for squash players. The event took place at the Hasta La Vista Club in Wroclaw in Poland from 16 to 21 July 2013. Nour El Sherbini won her third World Junior Open title, defeating Mariam Ibrahim Metwally in the final.


2013 Women's World Junior Team Squash Championships
The 2013 Women's World Junior Team Squash Championships was held in Wroclaw, Poland. The event takes place from 22 to 27 July 2013.


2013 Women's World Open Squash Championship
The 2013 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the 2013 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place at the PISA Stadium in Penang in Malaysia from 14 March to 21 March 2014. Laura Massaro won her first World Open title, beating Nour El Sherbini in the final.


2013 Women's World Open Squash Championship, Prize money and ranking points
For 2013, the prize purse was $120,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:


2013 Wood Buffalo municipal election
The 2013 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013. From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold elections every three years. The Alberta Legislative Assembly passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act. Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle.


2013 Wood Buffalo municipal election
The citizens of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, elected one mayor, ten councillors, the five Fort McMurray Public School District trustees (in Fort McMurray), five of the Northland School Division No. 61's 23 school boards (outside Fort McMurray, three or five trustees each), and the five Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32 trustees (in Fort McMurray). Wood Buffalo includes Fort McMurray, an urban service area deemed equivalent of a city.


2013 Wood Buffalo municipal election, Results, Councillors
Council consists of ten councillors, six from Ward 1, two from Ward 2, one from Ward 3, and one from Ward 4.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season
The 2013 S.League season is Woodlands Wellington's 18th competitive and consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and 26th year in existence as a football club.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, League Cup
Woodlands Wellington was drawn into Group A of the League Cup's First Round alongside Harimau Muda B, Home United and preliminary playoff winners Admiralty FC.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, League Cup
The Rams progressed to the quarterfinals after they finished as runners-up of Group A. They subsequently qualified for the semifinals after beating Geylang International 4-1 on penalties after the match ended 0-0  and will face Brunei DPMM in the semifinals in September 2013.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, First team statistics, Appearances and goals
Updated to games played on 16 July 2013*Released during mid-season transfer window.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, First team statistics, First team goalscoring statistics
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, First team statistics, First team goalscoring statistics
Updated to games played on 16 July 2013*Two of Woodlands Wellington's goals was scored via own goals from opposing players – Sheikh Abdul Hadi during the match against Courts Young Lions on 5 April 2012 and Lau Meng Meng during the match against Hougang United on 26 June 2012.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, First team statistics, First team goal assist statistics
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, First team statistics, First team goal assist statistics
Updated to games played on 16 July 2013*Two goals was not recorded with assists as they was scored via a direct free kick and a penalty kick respectively. One of Jang Jo-yoon's assists was deflected by Sheikh Abdul Hadi into his own goal during Woodlands Wellington's match against Courts Young Lions on 5 April 2013. One of Moon Soon-ho's assists was deflected by Lau Meng Meng into his own goal during Woodlands Wellington's match against Hougang United on 26 June 2013.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, First team statistics, First team clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, First team statistics, First team disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, Prime League, Prime League squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, Prime League matches, Appearances and goals
Last updated: 17 June 2013Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, Prime League matches, Prime League goalscoring statistics
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, Prime League matches, Prime League disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.


2013 Woodlands Wellington FC season, Prime League matches, Prime League disciplinary record
Last updated: 17 June 2013Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2013 Worcestershire County Council election
An election to Worcestershire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 57 councillors were elected from 53 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. The election saw the Conservative Party retain overall control of the council with a significantly reduced majority of just 2 seats.


2013 Worcestershire County Council election
All locally registered electors (British, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections.


2013 Worcestershire County Council election
It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.


2013 Worcestershire County Council election, Summary
The Conservative Party retained control of the council with a majority of two seats. The Labour Party, who had in 2009 won a total of 3 seats, became the official opposition with a total of 12 seats.


2013 Worcestershire County Council election, Summary
UKIP became the third largest party, gaining 4 seats. The Liberal Democrats, who formed the official opposition prior to the election, won three seats, a net loss of five.


2013 Worcestershire County Council election, Summary
The Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern and the Green Party both won two seats, while the Wythall Residents Association and continuation Liberal Party won one seat each.


2013 World 3D Archery Championships
The 2013 World 3D Archery Championships was the 6th edition of the World Archery Championships in 3D archery. The event was held in Italy between October 7–12.


2013 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships
The 2013 World Aesthetic Gymnastics Championships, the 14th edition of the Aesthetic group gymnastics competition, was held in Lahti, Finland from June 7 to 9, at the Isku Areena.


2013 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships, Medal winners
Daria Ereshchenko, Olesya Vanyukova, Aminat Gutsunaeva, Yuliya Sidorova, Marina Onishchenko, Anastasia Karnaukh, Margarita Atamalova, Ksenia Ryazantseva


2013 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships, Medal winners
Iida Laitinen, Marianne Vikkula, Johanna Vikkula, Mira Syrjälä, Emiia Jokinen, Jenny Pennamen, Viivi Suomalainen, Jenna Alavahtola


2013 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships, Medal winners
Mariya Asporuhova, Ralitsa Gercheva, Dzhuliya Todorova, Radka Nasteva, Elena Basheva, Viktoria Stoyanova, Desislava Paycheva, Greta Hristova, Veronika Simova


2013 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships, Results, Senior
The top 12 teams (2 per country) and the host country in Preliminaries qualify to the Finals.


2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place between 16 and 17 February 2013, at Vikingskipet in Hamar, Norway.


2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Sven Kramer won the men's title for a record sixth time. Ireen Wüst won the women's title for the fourth time. Three of the six medalists, including both winners, represented the Netherlands.


2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All 24 participating skaters were allowed to skate the first three distances; only 8 skaters took part on the fourth and longest distance. These 8 skaters were determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:


2013 World Aquatics Championships
The 15th FINA World Championships (Catalan: Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, Spanish: Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The 2013 World Championships featured 6 aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, high diving, open water, and synchronised swimming.


2013 World Aquatics Championships
The Championships were originally awarded to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in July 2009; however, Dubai withdrew as host in May 2010. FINA then re-bid the meet, and Barcelona was selected on September 26, 2010.


2013 World Aquatics Championships, Venues
The venues that hosted the events were previously used for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships:


2013 World Aquatics Championships, Schedule
This was the first time the World Aquatic Championships included high diving.


2013 World Aquatics Championships, Competition, Open water swimming
On the first day of competition on July 20, American Haley Anderson won the first gold of the competition in the women's 5 km, just beating Brazilian Poliana Okimoto 56:34.2 to 56:34.4. In the second event on day one, Tunisian Oussama Mellouli won the men's 5 km race with a time of 53:30.4.


2013 World Aquatics Championships, Participating nations
181 nations entered the competition. Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA, participated under the FINA flag as independent athletes.


2013 World Archery Championships
The 2013 World Archery Championships was the 47th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Belek in the Antalya Province of Turkey from September 29 to October 6, 2013, and was organised by World Archery (FITA). It will be immediately preceded by the 50th World Archery congress in the same location. Qualification and elimination rounds took place at the Papillon Sports Centre in nearby Kadriye, with the medal matches on 5–6 October on the beach of Belek.


2013 World Archery Championships
For the first time, the event was streamed live on the World Archery YouTube channel, . The recurve team final was broadcast live on Eurosport 2 and other finals shown on a delay.


2013 World Archery Championships, Participating nations
At the close of registrations, 69 nations had registered 441 athletes, fewer than the 2011 World Championships which had doubled as qualification for the 2012 Olympic competition.


2013 World Archery Championships – Compound Mixed Team
The mixed team compound competition at the 2013 World Archery Championships took place from 29 September to 6 October 2013 in Belek, Turkey.


2013 World Archery Championships – Compound Mixed Team
35 countries entered at least one male and one female archer into the qualification round, thus becoming eligible for the mixed team competition. The combined totals of the highest scoring archers of each gender from the same country in the qualification rounds were added together, and the 16 teams with the highest combined scores competed the elimination rounds.


2013 World Archery Championships – Compound Mixed Team, Qualification round
Pre -tournament world rankings ('WR') are taken from the 28 August 2013 World Archery Rankings. 16th place was determined by a shootoff between Germany and Australia.


2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Individual Compound
The men's individual compound competition at the 2013 World Archery Championships took place from 29 September–6 October 2013 in Belek, Turkey.


2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Individual Compound
102 archers from 44 countries entered the competition, with a maximum of three entries per country. All archers qualified for the 7-round knockout tournament, with the top 8 scores in qualifying receiving a bye to the third round. The reigning champion was Christopher Perkins of Canada.


2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Individual Compound, Qualification round
Pre -tournament world rankings ('WR') are taken from the 28 August 2013 World Archery Rankings. The qualification round consisted of two sessions of 36 arrows at 50m, with equal scores separated by number of 10s, then number of X's and world ranking.


2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Individual Recurve
The men's individual recurve competition at the 2013 World Archery Championships took place from 29 September–6 October 2013 in Belek, Turkey.


2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Individual Recurve
146 archers from 62 countries entered the competition, with a maximum of three entries per country. The top 104 archers qualified for the knockout tournament, with the top 8 scores in qualifying receiving a bye to the third round. Reigning champion Kim Woo-Jin was not selected as part of the South Korean representation. Nevertheless, for the fifth Championships in succession the title was won by a Korean, in this case 18-year-old Lee Seung-Yun, who in his first season representing Korea defeated teammate, Olympic champion, World Cup champion and world number one archer Oh Jin-Hyek in the final in 5 sets.


2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Individual Recurve, Qualification round
Pre -tournament world rankings ('WR') are taken from the 28 August 2013 World Archery Rankings. Qualification consisted of 4 rounds of 36 arrows, at 90m, 70m, 50m and 30m. This was the last World Archery Championships in which a 30m round was used in qualification. A three-way shootoff was required to determine 7-9th places.


2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Team Compound
The men's team compound competition at the 2013 World Archery Championships took place from 29 September–6 October 2013 in Belek, Turkey.


2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Team Compound
27 countries entered the full quota of 3 archers into the qualification round, thus becoming eligible for the team competition. The combined totals of the 3 archers from each country in the qualification round were added together, and the 16 teams with the highest combined scores competed in the elimination rounds.


2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Team Compound, Qualification round
Pre -tournament world rankings ('WR') are taken from the 28 August 2013 World Archery Rankings.


2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Team Recurve
The men's team recurve competition at the 2013 World Archery Championships took place from 29 September–6 October 2013 in Belek, Turkey.


2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Team Recurve
37 countries entered the full quota of 3 archers into the qualification round, thus becoming eligible for the team competition. The combined totals of the 3 archers from each country in the qualification round were added together, and the 16 teams with the highest combined scores competed in the elimination rounds.


2013 World Archery Championships – Men's Team Recurve, Qualification round
Pre -tournament world rankings ('WR') are taken from the 28 August 2013 World Archery Rankings.


2013 World Archery Championships – Recurve Mixed Team
The mixed team recurve competition at the 2013 World Archery Championships took place from 29 September–6 October 2013 in Belek, Turkey.


2013 World Archery Championships – Recurve Mixed Team
46 countries entered at least one male and one female archer into the qualification round, thus becoming eligible for the mixed team competition. The combined totals of the highest scoring archers of each gender from the same country in the qualification rounds were added together, and the 16 teams with the highest combined scores competed in the elimination rounds.


2013 World Archery Championships – Recurve Mixed Team, Qualification round
Pre -tournament world rankings ('WR') are taken from the 28 August 2013 World Archery Rankings.


2013 World Archery Championships – Women's Individual Compound
The women's individual compound competition at the 2013 World Archery Championships took place from 29 September–6 October 2013 in Belek, Turkey.


2013 World Archery Championships – Women's Individual Compound
78 archers from 37 countries entered the competition, with a maximum of three entries per country. All archers qualified for the 7-round knockout tournament, with the top 8 scores in qualifying receiving a bye to the third round. The reigning champion was Albina Loginova of Russia.


2013 World Archery Championships – Women's Individual Compound, Qualification round
Pre -tournament world rankings ('WR') are taken from the 28 August 2013 World Archery Rankings. The qualification round consisted of two sessions of 36 arrows, with equal scores separated by number of 10s, then number of X's and world ranking, expect in the case of 7-9th place which was resolved by shoot-off. With fewer than 104 entrants, all archers qualified for the elimination rounds with those ranked 9th-34th effectively receiving byes to the 2nd round.


2013 World Archery Championships – Women's Individual Recurve
The women's individual recurve competition at the 2013 World Archery Championships took place from 29 September–6 October 2013 in Belek, Turkey.


2013 World Archery Championships – Women's Individual Recurve
115 archers from 49 countries entered the competition, with a maximum of three entries per country. The top 104 archers qualified for the knockout tournament, with the top 8 scores in qualifying receiving a bye to the third round. The reigning champion, Denisse van Lamoen of Chile, did not defend her title as she was momentarily retired from the international scene.


2013 World Archery Championships – Women's Individual Recurve, Qualification round
Pre -tournament world rankings ('WR') are taken from the 28 August 2013 World Archery Rankings. Qualification consisted of 4 rounds of 36 arrows, at 70m, 60m, 50m and 30m.


2013 World Archery Championships – Women's Team Compound
The women's team compound competition at the 2013 World Archery Championships took place from 29 September–6 October 2013 in Belek, Turkey.


2013 World Archery Championships – Women's Team Compound
18 countries entered the full quota of 3 archers into the qualification round, thus becoming eligible for the team competition. The combined totals of the 3 archers from each country in the qualification round were added together, and the 16 teams with the highest combined scores competed in the elimination rounds.


2013 World Archery Championships – Women's Team Compound, Qualification round
Pre -tournament world rankings ('WR') are taken from the 28 August 2013 World Archery Rankings.


2013 World Archery Championships – Women's Team Recurve
The women's team recurve competition at the 2013 World Archery Championships took place from 29 September–6 October 2013 in Belek, Turkey.


2013 World Archery Championships – Women's Team Recurve
32 countries entered the full quota of 3 archers into the qualification round, thus becoming eligible for the team competition. The combined totals of the 3 archers from each country in the qualification round were added together, and the 16 teams with the highest combined scores competed in the elimination rounds.


2013 World Archery Championships – Women's Team Recurve, Qualification round
Pre -tournament world rankings ('WR') are taken from the 28 August 2013 World Archery Rankings.


2013 World Archery Youth Championships
The 2013 World Archery Youth Championships was the 13th edition of World Youth Archery Championships. The event was held in Wuxi, China 13–20 October 2013, and was organised by World Archery. Junior events were held for those under 20, and Cadet for those under 17.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Antwerp, Belgium, from 30 September to 6 October 2013 at Antwerp's Sports Palace. Kōhei Uchimura won the men's all-around gold medal and finished the competition with four total medals. Simone Biles won the women's all-around title and also finished the competition with four medals.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Men's results, Individual all-around
The final was held on 3 October. Kōhei Uchimura won his fourth consecutive all-around world championship, outscoring silver medalist Ryohei Kato by 1.958 points. Uchimura became the first gymnast to win four world all-around titles. He posted the highest score on three of the six apparatuses.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Men's results, Floor
The final was held on 5 October. Japan's Kenzo Shirai became the first gymnast to successfully perform a backward quadruple-twisting layout somersault (the Shirai) and a forward triple-twisting layout somersault (the Shirai 2) in the final of a major event, and he won the gold medal. At 17 years, 1 month and 11 days, Shirai also became the youngest male gymnast at these championships to win a gold medal as well as the youngest ever male world champion on floor exercise.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Men's results, Pommel horse
The final was held on 5 October. Kohei Kameyama of Japan won the gold medal.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Men's results, Rings
The final was held on 5 October. Arthur Zanetti, the Olympic champion on this event, won the gold.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Men's results, Vault
The final was held on 6 October. The Olympic vault champion, Yang Hak-Seon, took the gold.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Men's results, Parallel bars
The final was held on 6 October. Kōhei Uchimura of Japan and Lin Chaopan of China shared the gold medal.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Men's results, Horizontal bar
The final was held on 6 October. Epke Zonderland, the reigning Olympic champion, had a routine "full of gravity-defying leaps" and won the gold medal.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Individual all-around
The final was held on 4 October. The top two finishers were Simone Biles and Kyla Ross, both of the United States. It was the third time that the US won the World Championship all-around gold and silver medals. Ross led going into the final apparatus, floor exercise, but Biles had a higher D score and overtook Ross to win the gold medal by 0.884 points. Russia's Aliya Mustafina, the 2010 champion in this event, won the bronze.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Vault
The final was held on 5 October. Defending champion McKayla Maroney received 15.724 points and won the gold medal. As the last gymnast to perform, she nearly stuck her Amanar vault for a 15.966, and then her Yurchenko half-on, front layout full off earned a score of 15.483. Simone Biles, who had won the all-around title the day before, won silver in this event. 2008 Olympic Vault Champion Hong Un Jong took the bronze.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Uneven bars
The final was held on 5 October. Kyla Ross, who had won the all-around silver medal the day before, won another silver in this event. Huang Huidan took the gold, and Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina took the bronze.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Balance beam
The final was held on 6 October. Aliya Mustafina won the gold medal, finishing ahead of Americans Kyla Ross and Simone Biles. All three filed petitions to change their difficulty scores but only Ross' and Biles' were accepted.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's results, Floor
The final was held on 6 October. Simone Biles won her second gold and fourth total medal of the competition. 2006 World all-around champion Vanessa Ferrari took the silver. Romanian Olympic medalist Larisa Iordache got the bronze medal.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Qualification, Men's Qualification
Men's qualifications details for the remaining individual apparatus finals can be referenced on the website of USA Gymnastics.


2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's qualification
This page lists the women's qualification results of the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.


2013 World Baseball Classic
The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to March 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009.


2013 World Baseball Classic
Unlike the two previous WBCs, which consisted of the same sixteen countries, only the twelve countries that won at least one game in the 2009 WBC were guaranteed a berth in the main tournament. The automatic qualifiers were Australia, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, the United States, and Venezuela. Four qualification brackets were held in late 2012 and respectively won by Canada, Taiwan, Spain, and Brazil, who joined the WBC as the final four teams (the latter two making their Classic debuts).


2013 World Baseball Classic
As in the 2006 tournament, the first round had a round-robin format, which led to South Korea being eliminated on a run difference tiebreaker. Venezuela also failed to advance out of a tough group. The fourth-place teams in each group – Brazil, Australia, Spain, and Mexico – will have to participate in the qualifying round in order to return for the 2017 tournament.


2013 World Baseball Classic
The second round was a modified double-elimination format, as in the 2009 tournament, where the modification was that the final game of each bracket was winner-take-all, even if won by the team emerging from the loser's bracket, although that game only affected seeding as two teams advanced from each bracket. The Netherlands improved on its surprising 2009 run by advancing to the semifinal game, as did two-time defending champion Japan. However, the two-time defending champions Japan were eliminated in the semi-finals game against stunning Puerto Rico. In the final game, the Dominican Republic defeated Puerto Rico to become the first WBC champion from the Western Hemisphere, as well as the first team to complete the WBC with an undefeated record. Robinson Canó was named the Most Valuable Player of the Classic.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Revenue-sharing dispute
The preparations for the third World Baseball Classic were complicated by a dispute between the Japanese Professional Baseball Players Association (JPBPA), the union for all Nippon Professional Baseball players, and MLB over revenue sharing. JPBPA demanded a larger share of advertising and merchandise sponsorship revenue for the tournament, a large chunk of which came from Japanese companies. MLB resisted the move in part due to the fact that the World Baseball Classic is a joint production of MLB and the MLB Player's Association, meaning that those two organizations bore the cost of the tournament.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Revenue-sharing dispute
In July 2012, the JPBPA voted unanimously to boycott the 2013 World Baseball Classic. The move was interpreted by some news outlets as a non-final decision, aimed at raising the pressure on MLB. In September 2012, Japanese players agreed to take part after reaching a compromise with tournament organizers on sharing sponsorship and licensing revenue.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Qualification
The top three teams from each pool of the first round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic automatically qualified.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Format
In the first round, each team played the other three teams in its pool once. Teams were ranked by winning percentage in the first round, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the second round. There, the teams from Pools A and B (in Pool 1) and the teams from Pools C and D (in Pool 2) competed in a double-elimination format.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Format
The top two teams in each pool in the second round entered the four-team single-elimination semifinals. The four qualifying teams crossed over for the semifinals, with the winner of each pool playing against the runner-up from the other pool.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Format
In the final, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If the teams competing in the final had identical winning percentages in the tournament, then World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) would conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Format
In the first round, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:


2013 World Baseball Classic, Rosters
The deadline for submitting provisional rosters was January 16, but teams had until February 20 to finalize their roster decisions. Many Major League Baseball (MLB) players participated. The United States provisional roster was made up entirely of players from MLB, and champions Dominican Republic provisional roster had only one player not signed to an MLB team in 2013. The Canadian team had 12 players who appeared in MLB in 2012. Japan had none and two prominent Japanese MLB players, Yu Darvish and Ichiro Suzuki, chose not to play. Though five members who competed for the Cuban national team in the 2009 WBC have since defected, the Cuban team was considered strong despite its 2nd-round sacking. Three members of MLB.com's Top 100 prospect participated: Xander Bogaerts, Eddie Rosario, and Jameson Taillon.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Pools composition
The top 12 teams that participated in the 2009 World Baseball Classic were invited back for the 2013 tournament. Spain, Canada, Brazil, and Chinese Taipei won their pools of qualification.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Pools composition
Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the WBSC World Rankings at the time of the tournament.


2013 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool A
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RS − Runs scored. IPO − Innings the team batted. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. TQB − The index of (RS/IPO)−(RA/IPD).


2013 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool B
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RS − Runs scored. IPO − Innings the team batted. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. TQB − The index of (RS/IPO)−(RA/IPD).


2013 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool C
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RS − Runs scored. IPO − Innings the team batted. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. TQB − The index of (RS/IPO)−(RA/IPD).


2013 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool D
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RS − Runs scored. IPO − Innings the team batted. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. TQB − The index of (RS/IPO)−(RA/IPD).


2013 World Baseball Classic, Final standings
Organizer WBCI has no interest in the final standings and did not compute. So, it was calculated by IBAF for the IBAF Men's Baseball World Rankings.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Final standings
In the final standings, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:


2013 World Baseball Classic, Statistics leaders, Pitching
* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game** Wang is tied with 14 others with a 0.00 ERA but he pitched the most innings with 12.0


2013 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
Once again there were limits on the number of pitches thrown in a game, though the limits themselves were changed from the previous tournament:


2013 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
If a pitcher reached his limit during an at bat, he was allowed to finish pitching to the batter, but was removed from the game at the end of the at bat.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
For purposes of the pitcher use limitation rules, both semifinal games were to be deemed to have been played on the day of the latest semifinal game.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
A mercy rule came into effect when one team led by either fifteen runs after five innings, or ten runs after seven innings in the first two rounds.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
Instant replay was also available to umpires during the tournament. As was introduced in Major League Baseball during the 2008 season, replays were only used to adjudicate on home run decisions, to determine whether the ball was fair or foul, over the fence or not, and the impact of fan interference.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules
An alternative version of the IBAF's extra inning rule was also used. If after 12 innings the score was still tied, each half inning thereafter would have started with runners on second and first base. The runners would have been the eighth and ninth hitters due in that inning respectively. For example, if the number five hitter was due to lead off the inning, the number three hitter would have been on second base, and the number four hitter on first base. However, this rule was never actually employed in this year's Classic, as the only extra-inning game in the tournament ended prior to a 13th inning.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Media coverage
MLB Network has been announced as the English-language broadcaster of the 2013 and 2017 tournaments. ESPN Deportes provided Spanish-language coverage, and ESPN Radio had audio rights.


2013 World Baseball Classic, Media coverage
Sportsnet was the broadcaster in Canada and ESPN America in United Kingdom, Ireland and other parts of Europe.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 1
Pool 1 of the Second Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan from March 8 to 12, 2013.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 1
Pool 1 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine seeding for the semifinals.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 2
Pool 2 of the Second Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Marlins Park, Miami, Florida, United States from March 12 to 16, 2013.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 2
Pool 2 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The losers of the first two preliminary games (Games 1 and 2) matched up in a third preliminary game (Game 3), which was also an elimination game, while the winners of Games 1 and 2 faced each other in the first of two qualifier games (Game 4). The winner of the elimination game then played the loser of the non-elimination game in the second qualifier game (Game 5), which was another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other (in Game 6), to determine seeding for the semifinals of the championship round.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 2, Results, Puerto Rico 4, Italy 3
Italy's early lead in the 5th inning has caused team Puerto Rico to bring themselves closer to elimination until they have managed to ultimately steal the lead from the Italians when the Puerto Rican scored three additional runs from the eighth inning, as the Italian teams struggle to get ahead, only to end up earning themselves two more errors, as Puerto Rico clinched their win over Italy.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 2, Results, Dominican Republic 3, United States 1
Tournament RBI leader and American leader David Wright sat the game out with a sore back. The game was close all the way to the 9th inning. American closer Craig Kimbrel came in for the 9th inning of the 1−1 game, to try to keep the score tied. Immediately Kimbrel gave up a lead-off double to Nelson Cruz, despite not giving up one all year with the Atlanta Braves in 2012. Erick Aybar drove Cruz in and would later score himself, on a single by José Reyes, as the Dominican Republic would maintain their undefeated record.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 2, Results, Dominican Republic 3, United States 1
MLB Network announcer Tom Verducci, on seeing the jubilant reaction of the Dominican players after they took the lead in the game, said "this is beyond October."


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 2, Results, Puerto Rico 4, United States 3
The US team (with David Wright unable to play) and the Puerto Rico team played a second time. Puerto Rico took an early lead in the first inning and stretched the lead further in the sixth inning 4-0. The US struggled to catch up, but J.C. Romero barely managed to stave off from the bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning. The Puerto Rico team defeated the US team, 4-3, so that Puerto Rico qualified as the pool's second team in the championship round, and earning their payback from a 6-5 loss in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A
Pool A of the First Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan from March 2 to 6, 2013.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A
Pool A was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 1.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Standings
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RS − Runs scored. IPO − Innings the team batted. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. TQB − The index of (RS/IPO)−(RA/IPD).


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Japan 5, Brazil 3
Brazil got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning with an RBI-single by third baseman Leonardo Reginatto that scored center fielder Paulo Orlando. After a scoreless second inning, Japan tied the game in the third inning via an RBI single by right fielder Yoshio Itoi scoring shortstop Hayato Sakamoto. Sakamoto hit an RBI single of his own in the fourth inning to give Japan a 2-1 advantage. Designated hitter Reinaldo Sato tied the game in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI single that scored Reginatto.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Japan 5, Brazil 3
Reginatto doubled in the fifth for his second RBI once again scoring Orlando. Pinch hitter Hirokazu Ibata came off the bench to tie the game with a single that scored Seiichi Uchikawa in the eighth inning. Later in the inning, Japan scored two insurance runs via a fielders choice and a single making the score 5-3. Closer Kazuhisa Makita got the save after throwing a scoreless ninth inning.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Cuba 5, Brazil 2
After the first four innings were scoreless, Cuba struck first in the top of the fifth inning scoring two runs. The first was off center fielder Guillermo Heredia's RBI ground out to shortstop which scored second baseman Jose Fernandez, while the second was an RBI single by right fielder Alexei Bell which scored shortstop Erisbel Arruebarruena to put the Cubans up 2-0. Cuba added three more runs in the top of the sixth via an RBI fielder's choice and then a 2-RBI single by Arruebarruena.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Cuba 5, Brazil 2
It wasn't until the bottom of the sixth that Brazil got on the board, scoring two runs. The first was off of an RBI infield single by Daniel Matsumoto to score Felipe Burin, while the second came off of a double play scoring Leonardo Reginatto. After the sixth inning, there was no more scoring for the remainder of the game. Cuban ace Ismel Jimenez got the win after throwing 42⁄3 innings giving up four hits and striking out six without surrendering a single run. Reliever Raciel Iglesias threw the final three innings of the game and got the save after surrendering no runs and giving up only one hit and striking out five.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Japan 5, China 2
After a scoreless first in the bottom of the second Japan got an RBI single by Sho Nakata. In the bottom of the 4th Japan scored 4 runs making it 5-0 Japan. China retaliated in the top of the 9th scoring two runs making the final 5-2 Japan.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Cuba 12, China 0
China was only able to muscle 3 hits in a 12-0 loss to a powerful Cuba team.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, China 5, Brazil 2
As both China and Brazil entered the game with 0−2 records, neither had a chance of advancing to the second round. However, with its eighth-inning rally leading to a win, China clinched third place in the pool and an automatic berth in the 2017 tournament.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A, Results, Cuba 6, Japan 3
Cuba clinched first place in the pool with the win.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool B
Pool B of the First Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Taichung, Taiwan from March 2 to 5, 2013.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool B
Pool B was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 1.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool B, Standings
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RS − Runs scored. IPO − Innings the team batted. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. TQB − The index of (RS/IPO)−(RA/IPD).


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool B, Results, Netherlands 5, South Korea 0
The Netherlands earned their first win against 2009 finalists South Korea. South Korea committed four errors while accumulating a run deficit in the pool that would eventually lead to their elimination on tiebreakers.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool B, Results, Chinese Taipei 8, Netherlands 3
Overcoming an early deficit, Chinese Taipei scored a convincing win over the Netherlands, putting it into a commanding position as it went into the pool's final game against South Korea.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool B, Results, Netherlands 4, Australia 1
The Netherlands took an early lead and did not relinquish it. With the win, the Netherlands clinched at least a three-way tie for the two second-round berths, and its favorable position with respect to tiebreakers meant that it was assured of advancing regardless of the outcome of the final game between Chinese Taipei and South Korea.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool B, Results, South Korea 3, Chinese Taipei 2
South Korea went into the final game needing not only to win (which would cause a three-way tie for the two second-round berths) but to win by at least five runs in order to have a chance of advancing on tiebreakers. Although Chinese Taipei lost its 2−0 lead in Korea's three-run eighth-inning rally, and then lost the game, they emerged as winners of the pool and of the second-round berth since Korea's margin of victory was only one run.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool C
Pool C of the First Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 7 to 10, 2013.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool C
Pool C was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once each, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 2.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool C, Standings
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RS − Runs scored. IPO − Innings the team batted. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. TQB − The index of (RS/IPO)−(RA/IPD).


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool D
Pool D of the First Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Chase Field, Phoenix and Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States from March 7 to 10, 2013.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool D
Pool D was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 2.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool D, Standings
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RS − Runs scored. IPO − Innings the team batted. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. TQB − The index of (RS/IPO)−(RA/IPD).


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool D, Results, Italy 14, Canada 4
Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings. No outs when last run scored.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool D, Results, Canada 10, Mexico 3, Brawl
The Canada-Mexico game was marred by a bench-clearing brawl in the top of the ninth inning. Team Canada, who had a sizeable 9-3 lead at that point, began the frame with a Chris Robinson bunt single. Though bunting for a hit would customarily be against baseball etiquette with a large lead, the fact that run differential would be used in tie-breaking procedures made the play more of a strategic move. Still, Team Mexico took the play as a slight, with television cameras catching third baseman Luis Cruz motioning to pitcher Arnold Leon to bean the next Canadian batter, Rene Tosoni.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool D, Results, Canada 10, Mexico 3, Brawl
Leon's first two pitches were thrown inside to Tosoni, neither of which made contact. Both benches were warned after the second pitch, but nonetheless, Leon threw at Tosoni a third time, finally hitting him. Tosoni then walked towards the mound, with both benches emptying to incite the brawl. After the fighting had died down, with both teams returning to their benches, Mexican fans from behind the Canadian dugout began to get involved, with a fan throwing a water bottle that hit Canadian pitching coach Denis Boucher in the head. Shortstop Cale Iorg responded by firing the bottle back into the stands. Seven players total were ejected, and no disciplinary measures such as suspensions were taken following the game.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool D, Results, United States 6, Italy 2
The United States went ahead of Italy in the fifth inning on a grand slam hit by third baseman David Wright and held on to win the game. Wright's home run was seen as a turning point of lackluster play by the US up until that point.


2013 World Baseball Classic Pool D, Results, United States 9, Canada 4
Team USA and Canada went toe to toe until outfielder Adam Jones doubled home two runs in the eighth inning off of Canada's Jimmy Henderson. Jones later scored on a single by Shane Victorino and the USA tacked on four more run in the ninth inning, punctuated by a three-run double by Eric Hosmer. The United States went on to win the game 9-4, earning them the Pool D victory and a berth to the second round in Miami, as Canada was eliminated from the tournament for the third time.


2013 World Baseball Classic championship
The championship round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at AT&T Park, San Francisco, California, United States from March 17 to 19, 2013.


2013 World Baseball Classic championship
The championship round was a single-elimination tournament. In the final (championship) game, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If the teams competing in the final had identical winning percentages in the tournament, then World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) would conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team.


2013 World Baseball Classic championship
The Dominican Republic defeated the Netherlands and Puerto Rico to win their first World Baseball Classic championship. Robinson Canó was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.


2013 World Baseball Classic championship, Results, Semifinal 1 − Puerto Rico 3, Japan 1
Two time World Baseball Classic defending champions Japan faces off against surprising upstart Puerto Rico in the first semi-final matchup. Puerto Rico scores a run from the first inning and scored two additional runs from a home run by Alex Ríos as the Japanese team struggle to catch up. Japan, however, only managed to score at least a run; Seiichi Uchikawa made a baserun snafu in an effort to steal second but was caught up between first and second bases as catcher Yadier Molina tags Uchikawa for a second out. Despite the efforts, Japan eventually loses to Puerto Rico 3-1 as their championship streak from two previous World Baseball Classic games has ended and the Japanese team gracefully bows out to the stands and the Puerto Rican baseball team after their defeat.


2013 World Baseball Classic championship, Results, Final − Dominican Republic 3, Puerto Rico 0
In the final, Samuel Deduno started for the Dominican Republic, while Giancarlo Alvarado started for Puerto Rico. 35,703 fans attended the game at AT&T Park in San Francisco. An additional 50,000 Dominican fans watched the game at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In Puerto Rico, the final was the most watched sporting event for the past year with nearly three-fourths of all households tuning in.


2013 World Baseball Classic championship, Results, Final − Dominican Republic 3, Puerto Rico 0
Edwin Encarnación hit a two-run double in the first inning, giving the Dominican Republic the lead. Erick Aybar had the game's third run batted in for the Dominican Republic. Deduno recorded five strikeouts in five scoreless innings pitched and Fernando Rodney completed the game with a save, his seventh save of the tournament. Four Dominican relief pitchers combined for 4 scoreless innings.


2013 World Baseball Classic championship, Results, Final − Dominican Republic 3, Puerto Rico 0
This was the third time in the tournament that the Dominican Republic defeated Puerto Rico. The Dominican Republic completed the tournament with an 8–0 record, becoming the first undefeated team to win the World Baseball Classic. Robinson Canó was named the Most Valuable Player of the Classic after he batted 15-for-32 (.469), the most hits in tournament history. After the match the team was congratulated immediately for their victory by Dominican president Danilo Medina.


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification
The Qualifying Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held from September 19 to November 19, 2012. Although the 2006 and 2009 editions of the World Baseball Classic were contested by the same pre-selected field of 16 teams, for the 2013 tournament only the 12 teams that won at least one game in 2009 were guaranteed a berth in the main tournament. The other four (Canada, Chinese Taipei, Panama, and South Africa) contested the qualifying round along with 12 additional teams invited by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF).


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification
The qualifiers were organized as four independent modified double-elimination tournaments featuring four teams each. The final game was winner-take-all, even if won by the team emerging from the loser's bracket. That is, the team emerging from the winner's bracket might be eliminated despite losing only one game (as, in fact, happened to Israel in Qualifier 1).


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification
Canada and Chinese Taipei dominated in Qualifiers 2 and 4 to advance easily. In Qualifier 1, Spain and Israel both won in the first round, then Israel beat Spain in the winner's bracket. Spain then eliminated South Africa (the only team in the qualifier to have previously contested the WBC) to earn a rematch with Israel, which was without its several Major League players due to the qualifier taking place during the MLB season. Spain won the winner-take-all final game, 9–7 in 10 innings, to advance to the main tournament.


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification
In Qualifier 3, favorites Panama and Nicaragua lost in the first round, and Panama then eliminated Nicaragua. After both teams defeated Colombia, underdog Brazil defeated Panama 1–0 to advance to the main tournament.


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players
Under the Classic's rules, Team Israel was entitled to have non-Israeli citizens of Jewish heritage play for the team. Such players included major leaguers catcher Ryan Lavarnway, first baseman Ike Davis, second basemen Ian Kinsler and Josh Satin, third basemen Kevin Youkilis and Danny Valencia, outfielders Ryan Braun (whose father is Israeli), Sam Fuld, Ryan Kalish, and Gabe Kapler, and pitchers Jason Marquis, Scott Feldman, Craig Breslow, and John Grabow, as well as what were then recent major leaguers catcher Brad Ausmus and pitcher Scott Schoeneweis. Kinsler said:


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players
"Wow, I would be happy to play for Team Israel.... The truth is that if a proposal comes from Team USA to play for them, I will have a very difficult decision to make. Yuk [Kevin Youkilis], Braun [Ryan Braun], and I could make a fantastic team. I am sure that I'll talk it over with Yuk – we always laugh about things like this."


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players
Outfielder Shawn Green, who retired in 2007, was also eligible because he is Jewish. In early June 2011 he said it "would be an honor" and he "would love to" play for Israel in the Classic.


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players
Because they were held in September, while the Major League Baseball season was still in progress, Qualifiers 1 and 2 could not feature major league players. Kevin Youkilis announced that he would play for the team if they made it past the qualifying round.


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players
The highest-level players involved in Qualifiers 1 and 2 were minor-league prospects ranked among the top 20 in their respective organizations. Team Israel, managed by former major league All Star Brad Ausmus, included minor league pitchers Eric Berger (1–0) and Brett Lorin, first baseman Nate Freiman (.417; 4 HR in 12 AB), second baseman Josh Satin (.273), shortstops Jake Lemmerman and Ben Orloff, and outfielders Adam Greenberg, Ben Guez, Joc Pederson (.308), and Robbie Widlansky. Retired major leaguer Shawn Green played for Israel (.333).


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players
Similarly, Joey Votto and Justin Morneau were unable to play for Canada. They were led by minor league first baseman Jimmy Van Ostrand (.538; 10 RBIs in 13 at-bats). Although Canada advanced easily despite the unavailability of its Major Leaguers, Israel was eliminated after narrowly losing the final game to Spain.


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players
By contrast, all four teams in Qualifier 3 boasted Major League players, as it took place in November and did not conflict with the MLB season. Established Major Leaguers included Carlos Ruiz, Rubén Tejada, Manny Acosta, Manny Corpas, and Carlos Lee of Panama; and Everth Cabrera and J. C. Ramírez of Nicaragua. Major League rookies and prospects included Erasmo Ramírez and Cheslor Cuthbert of Nicaragua; Yan Gomes of Brazil; and Luis Martinez and brothers Donavan and Jhonatan Solano of Colombia. Retired Major Leaguers included Ramiro Mendoza of Panama and Édgar Rentería of Colombia.


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Players
Although Qualifier 4 also took place in November, it did not feature any current MLB players, as both Wei-Yin Chen and Chien-Ming Wang of Chinese Taipei elected to skip the qualifier. Chinese Taipei did feature Japanese major leaguer Yao-Hsun Yang as well as Taiwanese league players such as Peng Cheng-min and Lin Chih-sheng, and qualified easily. Both New Zealand and the Philippines included minor league players, while Thailand included former Major Leaguer Johnny Damon.


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Pools composition
Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the WBSC World Rankings at the time of the tournament.


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Statistics leaders, Pitching
* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game** Mendoza is tied with 27 others with a 0.00 ERA but he pitched the most innings with 8.2


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Additional rules
A pitcher threw no more than 85 pitches per game in the Qualifying Round unless the pitcher needed more to complete a batter's plate appearance.


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Additional rules
A mercy rule came into effect when one team led by either fifteen runs after five innings, or ten runs after seven innings.


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification, Additional rules
An alternative version of the IBAF's extra inning rule was also used. If after 12 innings the score was still tied, each half inning thereafter would have started with runners on second and first base. The runners would have been the eighth and ninth hitters due in that inning respectively. For example, if the number five hitter was due to lead off the inning, the number three hitter would have been on second base, and the number four hitter on first base. However, this rule was never actually employed in this year's qualifiers, as the two extra-inning games in the qualifying round ended prior to a 13th inning.


2013 World Baseball Classic qualification rosters
Sixteen nations are competing at the 2013 World Baseball Classic qualification.


2013 World Baseball Classic rosters
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC). The deadline for submitting provisional rosters was January 16, but teams had until February 20 to finalize their roster decisions. Provisional rosters were announced on January 17, and final rosters were announced on February 20.


2013 World Baseball Classic rosters
In the WBC, starting pitchers are allowed to throw 65 pitches in first-round games. This limit increases to 80 in the second round and 95 in the semifinal and final rounds. If a starting pitcher throws over 50 pitches in a game, he must not pitch again for a minimum of four days. Relief pitchers are allowed to pitch on consecutive days only if they threw less than 30 pitches on the previous day. Pitchers are not allowed to pitch on three consecutive days under any circumstances.


2013 World Baseball Classic rosters
Injured players could be freely replaced before the team's first game. Once a team begins play, injured catchers can be replaced at any time, but other injured players cannot be replaced until the team advances to the next round of the tournament.


2013 World Baseball Classic rosters
The United States provisional roster is made up entirely of players from Major League Baseball (MLB), and the Dominican Republic provisional roster has only one player not signed to a team for the 2013 season. The Canadian team has 12 players who appeared in MLB in 2012, while Japan has none (three prominent Japanese MLB players, Yu Darvish, Ichiro Suzuki and two-time defending WBC MVP Daisuke Matsuzaka, chose not to play). Though five members who competed for the Cuban national team in the 2009 WBC have since defected, the Cuban team is considered strong. Three members of MLB.com's Top 100 prospect list are participating in the 2013 WBC: Xander Bogaerts, Eddie Rosario, and Jameson Taillon.


2013 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool B, Australia
Note: All player birthplaces are in Australia unless indicated otherwise.


2013 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool D, Canada
Note: All player birthplaces are in Canada unless indicated otherwise.


2013 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool D, Mexico
Note: All player birthplaces are in Mexico unless indicated otherwise.


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 1
Qualifier 1 of the Qualifying Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Roger Dean Stadium, Jupiter, Florida, United States from September 19 to 23, 2012.


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 1
Qualifier 1 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winner of the elimination game then played the loser of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine the winner of the Qualifier 1.


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 1
Team Israel, under the Classic's rules, was entitled to have non-Israeli citizens of Jewish heritage play for the team. The players who qualified to play on the Israeli team included major leaguers catcher Ryan Lavarnway, first baseman Ike Davis, second basemen Ian Kinsler and Josh Satin, third basemen Kevin Youkilis and Danny Valencia, outfielders Ryan Braun (whose father is Israeli), Sam Fuld, Ryan Kalish, and Gabe Kapler, and pitchers Jason Marquis, Scott Feldman, Craig Breslow, and John Grabow, as well as what were then recent major leaguers catcher Brad Ausmus and pitcher Scott Schoeneweis. Kinsler said:


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 1
"Wow, I would be happy to play for Team Israel.... The truth is that if a proposal comes from Team USA to play for them, I will have a very difficult decision to make. Yuk [Kevin Youkilis], Braun [Ryan Braun], and I could make a fantastic team. I am sure that I'll talk it over with Yuk – we always laugh about things like this."


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 1
Outfielder Shawn Green, who retired in 2007, was also eligible inasmuch as he is Jewish, and said in early June 2011 that assuming it works out, it "would be an honor" and he "would love to" play for Israel in the Classic.


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 1
Because they were held in September, however, with the Major League Baseball season still in progress, Qualifiers 1 and 2 could not feature major league players such as the above ones who qualified to play for Team Israel. Kevin Youkilis announced that he would play for the team if they made it past the qualifying round.


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 1
The highest-level players involved in Qualifiers 1 and 2 were minor-league prospects ranked among the top 20 in their respective organizations. Team Israel, managed by former major league All Star Brad Ausmus and coached by former major leaguer Gabe Kapler, included minor league pitchers Eric Berger (1–0) and Brett Lorin, first baseman Nate Freiman (.417; 4 HR in 12 AB), second baseman Josh Satin (.273), shortstops Jake Lemmerman and Ben Orloff, and outfielders Adam Greenberg, Ben Guez, Joc Pederson (.308), and Robbie Widlansky. Also, retired major leaguer Shawn Green played for Israel (.333).


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 1
In Qualifier 1, Israel and Spain both won easily in the first round. Israel then beat Spain in the winner's bracket. Spain then eliminated South Africa to earn a rematch with Israel. Spain won the winner-take-all final game, 9–7 in 10 innings, to advance to the main tournament.


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 2
Qualifier 2 of the Qualifying Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg, Germany from September 20 to 24, 2012.


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 2
Qualifier 2 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine the winners of the Qualifier 2.


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 3
Qualifier 3 of the Qualifying Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City, Panama from November 15 to 19, 2012.


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 3
Qualifier 3 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine the winners of the Qualifier 3.


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 4
Qualifier 4 of the Qualifying Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium, New Taipei City, Taiwan from November 15 to 18, 2012.


2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 4
Qualifier 4 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine the winners of the Qualifier 4.


2013 World Championships in Athletics
The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013) (Russian: [Чемпионат мира по лёгкой атлетике 2013]) was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 2001. It was also the first time ever the host nation took the top of the medal table.


2013 World Championships in Athletics
However, after disqualification of Russian sprinter Antonina Krivoshapka for doping and following redistribution of medals in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay (as well as after series of other disqualifications of Russian athletes for doping offences), United States topped the medal table with eight golds. In the overall medal count, the United States won 26 medals in total, followed by Kenya with 12. With 1,784 athletes from 203 countries it was the biggest single sports event of the year. The number of spectators for the evening sessions was 268,548 surpassing Daegu 2011.


2013 World Championships in Athletics
Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce both won three gold medals in the men's and women's 100 metres, 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay respectively to become the most successful athletes at the event. This achievement also earned Bolt the title of being the most successful athlete in the history of the World Championships with eight gold and two silver medals. Prior to the competition, four sprinters were banned on doping charges.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Bidding process
When the seeking deadline passed on 1 December 2006, four candidate cities had confirmed their candidatures. These were: Barcelona (Spain), Brisbane (Australia), Moscow (Russia) and Gothenburg (Sweden). The IAAF announced Moscow the winning candidate at the IAAF Council Meeting in Mombasa on 27 March 2007.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Bidding process
Gothenburg backed out already in December, citing lack of financial support from the Swedish government. Barcelona had a record of hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. It was chosen over Madrid and Valencia, which were at one point outlined as possible candidates. (Barcelona was later selected as the host for the 2010 European Athletics Championships).


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Bidding process
Brisbane simultaneously bid for 2011 and 2013 World Championships with the primary focus being on the 2011 event. Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (ANZ Stadium) was the proposed venue. The venue had hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games and 2001 Goodwill Games. It was also a failed bidder for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, which was eventually won by Berlin.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Bidding process
In the case of Moscow, Deputy Mayor Valery Vinogradov announced on 13 March 2006 that the city would bid for the 2011 Championships and suggested Luzhniki Stadium as venue. When the IAAF elected to decide the 2011 and 2013 events at the same meeting, Moscow added its name to the 2013 list. The city had hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics (also at the Luzhniki Stadium) and the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Venue
Main venue was Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow with a capacity of 78,360 spectators.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Event summary
The championships featured 3 championship records, 22 world leadings, 2 area records, 48 national records but no world records. In addition to gold medals, individual winners received prize money of $60,000 where as members of winning relay teams received $20,000.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Event summary, Men
Usain Bolt of Jamaica moved to the top of the all-time World Championships medal table by winning three gold medals. He won the 100 metres, the 200 metres, and Jamaica won the 4x100 metre relay behind a strong anchor leg from Bolt who passed the United States' Justin Gatlin down the stretch. It was Bolt's second three gold performance at the World Championships. After the meet, his career total stood at 8 golds and 2 silvers, narrowly surpassing Carl Lewis' 8 golds, 1 silver, and 1 bronze.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Event summary, Men
Trinidad and Tobago's Jehue Gordon edged America's Michael Tinsley by a hundredth of a second to win the 400-metre hurdles. It was the first gold for Trinidad and Tobago since 1997. Serbia's Emir Bekrić took bronze in national record time. Félix Sánchez, competing for the Dominican Republic, also made the final of the event, marking his seventh consecutive World Championship 400-metre hurdles final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Event summary, Men
Great Britain's Mo Farah won the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres to become the second man in history to win both events at both the World Champions and the Olympics. The only man to do it before had been Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia. Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda became the first non-Kenyan to win the marathon at the World Championships since 2005. It was also Uganda's first men's title in the history of the event. Kiprotich became only the second man, after Gezahegne Abera, to follow an Olympic marathon gold medal with a world championship marathon gold medal. Ethiopians Lelisa Desisa and Tadese Tola took second and third respectively.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Event summary, Men
In the high jump, Bohdan Bondarenko set a Championship record of 2.41 (7'10.75") en route to a gold medal in a highly competitive final. Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar took second and Derek Drouin set a Canadian national record while winning bronze.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Event summary, Women
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the first woman in World Championships history to sweep the sprint events when anchored Jamaica to gold in the 4×100-metre relay. Jamaica's time of 41.29 set a Championships record. Earlier in the meet, Fraser-Pryce won the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In the final of the 200 metres, Allyson Felix tore her right hamstring. A photo-finish gave Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast the silver over Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare after both finished in the same time.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Event summary, Women
Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogu won the 400 metres in a national record time of 49.41. She came from behind to edge out defending champion Amantle Montsho of Botswana by 4 thousands of a second in a photo finish. Zuzana Hejnova won gold and set a Czech national record in the 400-metre hurdles. Eunice Sum of Kenya won her first major title, besting Olympic champion Mariya Savinova of Russia in the 800 metres.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Event summary, Women
In the 4×400 m relay, although the United States suffered a time-wasting exchange on the final leg, the Americans won by more than two seconds over Great Britain and France. The medal ceremony for the event took place at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London upon the certification of results by the IAAF following the retroactive disqualification of first-place Russia when Antonina Krivoshapka was retroactively disqualified on a positive drug test in a 2017 retest of samples.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Event summary, Women
Russia's Tatyana Lysenko set a World Championships record in the hammer throw en route to the gold. Caterine Ibargüen won Colombia's first ever World Championship gold by finishing first in the triple jump. Christina Obergföll of Germany won her first World Championships title in javelin.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Statistics, Medal table
A total of 47 sets of medals were distributed between 38 countries. Initially, host nation Russia topped the medal table with seven gold medals. However, after numerous disqualifications of Russians athletes for doping, the United States topped the medal table with eight golds. In the overall medal count, the United States won 26 medals in total, followed by Kenya with 12.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Statistics, Points
The IAAF placing table assigns eight points to the first place and so on to the eight finalists (except teams that do not start or are disqualified). 60 IAAF members received points.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Participating nations
206 countries (or more accurately, IAAF members) participated with a total of 1974 athletes. The biggest delegation was the one of USA with 137 athletes. The number of athletes sent per nation is show in parentheses.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Broadcasting, American coverage
In the United States the IAAF sold exclusive rights to Universal Sports, a network associated with NBC Sports. Universal Sports can only be seen in about ten percent of the households in the American market. While NBC provided an hour and a half of coverage on weekend days, Universal Sports limited other distribution of the content, even online content requiring login with cable subscription user names. For those viewers without access to Universal Sports, nationwide coverage of the entire meet was generally limited to six hours of weekend coverage. The IAAF provided short YouTube highlight clips, a fraction of the online coverage they provided from Daegu two years earlier, instead promoting an internet radio feed and Twitter updates.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Controversies
The introduction of a Russia federal law in June banning "homosexual propaganda" affected the championships hosted in Moscow. Western and international bodies had already condemned the move prior to the event, which was scheduled several months prior to the more prominent 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The IAAF deputy secretary general, Nick Davies, stated that the international nature of the competition might alter the country's perspective, but that the matter of gay rights would not be addressed by the championships, as long as its athletes were unaffected.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Controversies
Russian politician Vitaly Milonov had stated that the law would apply to athletes and tourists in the same way as Russian citizens. He also said those suggesting a boycott of the championships in protest of the laws were merely avoiding their competitors, saying "sports competitions are a place where there can't be any politics".


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Controversies
Several athletes voiced their concerns over the issue of gay rights in Russia, but none boycotted the event. American runner Nick Symmonds, a supporter of the NOH8 Campaign for equal rights, said he would respect the host nation and its laws and would focus on sporting competition only in Moscow. However, he maintained his position as an advocate of gay rights and would silently dedicate his performance "to my gay and lesbian friends back home".


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Controversies
Two Swedish athletes, high jumper Emma Green Tregaro and sprinter Moa Hjelmer, attracted attention when they painted their nails in a rainbow pattern in support of gay rights and displayed the colours during the qualifying rounds. The IAAF notified the Swedish Athletics Federation that this gesture was in breach of rules on athlete conduct. The Swedish officials stood by Green Tregaro, but she relented under the pressure – in the high jump finals, she sported all red nails as a symbol of love. While watching the high jump finals, Paavo Arhinmäki, the Finnish Minister for Culture and Sport, waved a rainbow flag at the arena. Hjelmer had been eliminated in the first round of the 200 metres and did not compete again at the championships.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Controversies
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva was a popular winner in the women's pole vault, but later drew controversy for her remarks criticizing Green Tregaro's nails. She said the protests were disrespectful towards the host nation and commented in English: "We consider ourselves like normal, standard people, we just live boys with women, girls with boys... We have our law which everyone has to respect. When we go to different countries, we try to follow their rules."


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Controversies
Following the negative reactions from other athletes and Western media she said that she had been misunderstood due to her grasp of English: "What I wanted to say was that people should respect the laws of other countries particularly when they are guests. But let me make it clear I respect the views of my fellow athletes, and let me state in the strongest terms that I am opposed to any discrimination against gay people on the grounds of their sexuality (which is against the Olympic Charter)."


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Controversies
During the medal ceremony for the women's 4×400 metres relay images of Kseniya Ryzhova and Yuliya Gushchina sharing a kiss on the lips spread through social media and were interpreted as a protest against the anti-gay laws. Both Ryzhova and Gushchina denied any intention to make such a protest, rather they were simply happy with their athletic success, and stated that they were married to men. Although reports were principally focused on the pair, all four of the Russia relay runners briefly kissed each other on the podium. Ryzhova described her assumed connection to LGBT as insulting. The Russian Minister for Sport, Vitaly Mutko, said that Western media had over-emphasised the issue, noting that same-sex relations are not illegal in Russia and sparser coverage of the issue in domestic media.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Anti-doping
At the championships the IAAF collected blood samples from all participating athletes, following the procedure introduced at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, in line with supporting its Athlete Biological Passport programme. This assisted the federation in detecting athlete's potential usage of banned substances, including steroids, human growth hormone, EPO and blood doping. In addition to the mandatory blood tests, the IAAF also conducted around 500 urine tests at the championships in three groups: all medallists were subjected to urine tests, those showing biological passport anomalies were targeted, and random urine tests were also applied. Continuing with procedures initiated at the 2005 edition, all urine tests were scheduled for long-term storage to allow retrospective testing in future. All athlete samples were processed at the Moscow Anti- Doping Laboratory accredited by the World Anti- Doping Agency.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Anti-doping
In the months preceding the event around 40 Russian athletes received doping bans. The most prominent of these were Darya Pishchalnikova (discus runner-up at the 2012 Summer Olympics) and Olga Kuzenkova (former Olympic and world champion in the hammer throw). The Russian Athletics Federation president Valentin Balakhnichev defended the bans as proof of the increasing effectiveness of RUSADA (the Russian Anti- Doping Agency) which had been formed three years before. According to The New York Times, Pishchalnikova was a whistleblower who sent the World Anti- Doping Agency (WADA) a December 2012 email detailing state-run doping programs in which Russian athletes had to participate; her ban by the Russian Athletics Federation was likely in retaliation.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Anti-doping
A month before the competition it was reported that the head of the Moscow Anti- Doping Laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, had been arrested on charges of drug distribution, but the case against him had been dropped. His sister was convicted of purchasing banned drugs with the intention to supply them to athletes. Former Russian coach Oleg Popov and 400 metres runner Valentin Kruglyakov stated that athletes were ordered to dope and paid officials to conceal their positive tests.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Anti-doping
The coach of the national athletics team, Valentin Maslakov, noted that Kruglyakov had tested positive for drugs and that Popov coached Lada Chernova, who had twice tested positive. He also stated that RUSADA and its labs were independent from the national sports federations. On 18 November 2015, WADA suspended laboratory of RUSADA – Moscow Anti- Doping Laboratory, however the organization was not dissolved and tests are to be done by other independent labs.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Anti-doping
In February 2016, two high-ranking directors of the organisation – Vyacheslav Sinyev and Nikita Kamayev – died. According to Sunday Times, Kamayev approached the news agency shortly before his death planning to publish a book on "the true story of sport pharmacology and doping in Russia since 1987".


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Anti-doping
Outside of Russia, three of the world's top sprinters had positive tests during the buildup: Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and Veronica Campbell-Brown.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Anti-doping
The drug testing results from the competition revealed several athletes had been using performance-enhancing drugs. The fifth-place finisher in the men's javelin, Roman Avramenko of Ukraine, tested positive for 4-Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (a steroid), as did Turkmenistan's Yelena Ryabova (a competitor in the women's 200 m). Another 200 m runner, Yelyzaveta Bryzgina, also of Ukraine, was banned for the steroid drostanolone. Afghan 100 m runner Masoud Azizi had nandrolone in his sample. Two athletes in the walking events, Ayman Kozhakhmetova and Ebrahim Rahimian, failed their tests for EPO, as did Guatemala's marathon runner Jeremias Saloj.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Anti-doping, Russian doping scandal
Media attention began growing in December 2014 when German broadcaster ARD reported on state-sponsored doping in Russia, comparing it to doping in East Germany. In November 2015, the World Anti- Doping Agency (WADA) published a report and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) suspended Russia indefinitely from world track and field events. The 335-page report, compiled following a nearly yearlong investigation by a commission led by former anti-doping agency President Dick Pound, urged the International Association of Athletics Federations to suspend Russia from competition, including the Olympics in Brazil.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Anti-doping, Russian doping scandal
The report said Russia "sabotaged" the 2012 Olympics by allowing athletes who should have been banned for doping violations to compete in the London Games. It recommended the anti-doping agency impose lifetime suspensions for 10 Russian coaches and athletes, including women's 800-meters gold medalist Mariya Savinova. The United Kingdom Anti- Doping agency later assisted WADA with testing in Russia. In June 2016, they reported that they were unable to fully carry out their work and noted intimidation by armed Federal Security Service (FSB) agents.


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Anti-doping, Russian doping scandal
After a Russian former lab director made allegations about the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, WADA commissioned an independent investigation led by Richard McLaren. McLaren's investigation found corroborating evidence, concluding in a report published in July 2016 that the Ministry of Sport and the FSB had operated a "state-directed failsafe system" using a "disappearing positive [test] methodology" (DPM) from "at least late 2011 to August 2015".


2013 World Championships in Athletics, Athlete desertion
Orlando Ortega, a Cuban athlete who competes in the 110 metres hurdles deserted his national delegation during the championships and did not return to Cuba at its conclusion. Ortega had received a six-month ban from the Cuban Athletics Federation earlier in the season for unspecified disciplinary reasons. Valentin Balakhnichev, the president of the Russian Athletics Federation, stated that he had had no contact from the athlete and in any case the federation was not looking to recruit him.


2013 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards
The following marks are the A and B qualification standards for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. The standards have been changed from the 2011 standards. Each country may send a maximum of four athletes who have attained the A qualification mark in each specific event. A maximum of three athletes can compete in that event, with the sole exception of the relays, in which four of a possible six athletes may compete. In the case that no athlete of that nationality has achieved the A standard in an event, a country may send two athletes with the B qualification times, of which only one may compete at the Championships.


2013 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards
Area Champions (i.e. athletes who have won an event at their continental level championships) are granted automatic entrance, irrespective of whether they have achieved the qualification marks. The reigning World Champion in each event is also granted a bye into the competition, and does not count as part of their country's quota of athletes in that event. Furthermore, host countries may enter one unqualified athlete if no one of the respective nationality has achieved the required mark.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics were held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
With the temperature at the start of the race over 27º the competitors were taking heat precautions. Olympic Champion Mo Farah dropped to last place in the early stages, later there occasions when he would go to the front of the pack, though he made no effort to quicken the pace from the lead. With the lead pack down to about 10, with a kilometer to go, American Dathan Ritzenhein charged around the pack and into the lead. That woke up the rest of the contenders, quickly swallowing up Ritzenhein's effort.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
After some jockeying by a host of contenders, Farah seized the lead just before the last lap. Down the backstretch, the remaining contenders, Ibrahim Jeilan, Paul Tanui and Galen Rupp sprinted to keep up with Farah and rounding the final turn, defending champion Jeilan seemed to be moving into position to repeat his sprint past Farah to the finish. But unlike 2011, Farah had an extra gear to hold off Jeilan, crossing the line holding his hands high, before doing his post race "Mobot" dance. The 27:21.71 sets a new Russian all comers record.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10 and 11 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
Two national records were set in the preliminary round and Zhang Peimeng tied his own Chinese national record while qualifying in the heats. Zhang improved his record to 10.00 in the semifinal, but failed to advance to the final, it took 9 thousands faster as Christophe Lemaitre was the last qualifier. He was also timed officially in 10.00 in the same second heat of the semifinal round. Jamaica qualified four individuals into the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
With his record, Usain Bolt was the favorite and with defending champion Yohan Blake injured, Justin Gatlin was Bolt's closest expected rival. Gatlin did have an early season victory against Bolt.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
The final was held in a rainstorm. Gatlin got the best start, but Bolt, who overtook Gatlin, pulled away for the win. Nesta Carter chased them to finish third. Under the conditions, the medallists were the only finalists to improve upon their semifinal time in better weather earlier in the evening.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
With the Russian all comers record at 10.03 coming into this meet, three competitors improved upon this mark through the heats. First Kemar Bailey-Cole improved the record to 10.02 in heat 1, which stood for less than 10 minutes when Gatlin took the record to 9.99 in heat 3 and 15 minutes later, Mike Rodgers improved it to 9.98 in heat 6. In the first semifinal, Gatlin regained the record, running 9.94, which lasted until the next semifinal when Nickel Ashmeade ran 9.90. Bolt settled the issue in the final with his 9.77.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Preliminary round
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the heats.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Preliminary round
Despite being last in his heat and among the slowest runners to feature at the championships, Afghanistan's Masoud Azizi was disqualified for performance-enhancing drug use after a positive test for nandrolone.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Preliminary round
Wind:Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.5 m/s, Heat 4: -0.4 m/s


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: −0.2 m/s, Heat 2: −0.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s, Heat 4: −0.2 m/s, Heat 5: −0.1 m/s, Heat 6: −0.1 m/s, Heat 7: −0.4 m/s


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the finals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11 and 12 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +0.5 m/, Heat 2: -0.3 m/, Heat 3: +0.5 m/, Heat 4: -0.6 m/


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–18 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
For those competitors lucky enough to get into semifinal 1, they were treated to a rather pedestrian tactical race controlled by defending champion, Olympic champion and world leader Asbel Kiprop. If you can't kick with him, you go home. Semifinal 2 was a different story with a much faster pace all the time qualifiers came from this race, with several also rans left out with times faster than Kiprop.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
With three Kenyans qualified, rumors were out that there would be a fast pace for the final. That wasn't the case, first Kiprop looked around for his teammates and they weren't there. On the second lap Nixon Chepseba took off into the lead, but all eyes were on Kiprop and nobody followed. Matthew Centrowitz took up the position directly behind Kiprop on the rail, Mekonnen Gebremedhin on his shoulder. For the next two laps Chipseba ran on his own, opening up as much as a 10-meter lead.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
But when the running got serious everybody jockeyed for position behind Kiprop, Chipseba acting more like a blockade. Kiprop didn't really unleash his kick until 90 meters from the finish. Centrowitz moved right with him following Kiprop to the line for silver, with Johan Cronje squeezing past Chipseba on the inside to take bronze.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 11 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The first leader was Takumi Saito who set the pace for the first 5K, opening up a gap on the pack, with his Japanese teammate Yusuke Suzuki the first to chase him down. Suzuki moved out to a 13-second lead by the 10K mark. The six chasers included all three 2012 Olympic medalists. The first to catch him was bronze medalist Wang Zhen who pulled out to the lead only to get disqualified. Even though he had received the notification, Wang continued until he was taken off the course. Behind him, Olympic gold medalist Chen Ding, Erick Barrondo silver medalist and local favorite Aleksandr Ivanov took up the front, 22 seconds ahead of the next group. But Barrondo picked up two red cards.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
After 15K, Ivanov took off, with Barrondo giving chase. First Ivanov picked up a red card and slowed down. Then Barrondo picked up his third red card and was told to leave the race to his disbelief. When Chen passed him, he raised his arm to wave good bye. But Chen couldn't catch Ivanov, who took a ten-second victory in front of cheering Russian fans.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
One walker gave a positive test at the competition: second last finisher Ebrahim Rahimian of Iran had used erythropoietin.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16 and 17 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
In the final, Adam Gemili seemed to get the best start, but flanked by the Jamaican uniforms, he was quickly swallowed up. Mid way into the turn, Usain Bolt had a clear lead. Coming off the turn, Bolt had several meters on the field. The winner determined, Bolt eased off and cruised across the finish in what would be a great time for any other human being, just a slow 200 for Bolt in 19.66.