Latvia men's national ice hockey team
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| Association | Latvian Ice Hockey Federation |
|---|---|
| Most games | Rodrigo Laviņš (230) |
| Top scorer | Leonīds Tambijevs (66) |
| Most points | Leonīds Tambijevs (150) |
| Home stadium | Arena Riga |
| IIHF code | LAT |
| IIHF ranking | 10 |
| Highest IIHF ranking | 9 (2005-06, 2014) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 13 (2018) |
| Team colors | |
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| First international | |
 Latvia 3–0 Lithuania  (Riga, Latvia; 27 February 1932)[1] | |
| Biggest win | |
Latvia 32–0 Israel  (Bled, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)[1] | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Canada 14–0 Latvia (Davos, Switzerland; 20 January 1935)[1] | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 35 (first in 1933) |
| Best result |
 (2024) |
| IIHF European Championships | |
| Appearances | 1 |
| Best result | 8th (1932) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1936) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 286–284–28 | |
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| World Championship | ||
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2023 Finland/Latvia | |
The Latvian men's national ice hockey team represents Latvia in international ice hockey. The team is controlled by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. Their best ever finish at the World Championships was 7th place in 1997, 2004 and 2009. Their best ever finish at the World Championships was in 2023, when they won the bronze medal. Latvia reached the quarterfinals at the 2014 Winter Olympics, losing 2–1 to Canada
Overview
| Rank | Olympics | World Championships | European Championships |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | |||
| 2nd | |||
| 3rd | 2023 | ||
| 4th | |||
| 5th | |||
| 6th | |||
| 7th | 1997, 2004, 2009 | ||
| 8th | 2014 | 2000, 2018 | 1932 |
| 9th | 2002 | 1998, 2003, 2005, 2024 | |
| 10th | 1933, 1938, 1939, 2006, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2022 | ||
| 11th | 2022 | 1999, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2021 | |
| 12th | 2006, 2010 | ||
| 13th | 1936 | 1935, 1996 (1.B)↑, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016 | |
| 14th | 1994 (2.B), 1995 (2.B) | ||
| 15th | |||
| 16th | |||
| ↑: promoted, ↓: relegated, (3.B): (rank.pool) | |||
Tournament record
Olympic Games
| Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 27 | Arvīds Jurgens | Leonīds Vedējs | 13 | |
| 1953–1991 | As part of  Soviet Union
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 1994 Lillehammer
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did not qualify | |||||||||
 1998 Nagano
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 2002 Salt Lake City
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | Curt Lindström | Harijs Vītoliņš | 9 | |
 2006 Turin
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 29 | Leonīds Beresņevs | Kārlis Skrastiņš | 12 | |
| Games | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish |
 2010 Vancouver
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4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 22 | Oļegs Znaroks | Kārlis Skrastiņš | 12 |
 2014 Sochi
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5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | Ted Nolan | Sandis Ozoliņš | 8 |
 2018 Pyeongchang
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did not qualify | |||||||||
 2022 Beijing
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | Harijs Vītoliņš | Lauris Dārziņš | 11 |
| 2026 Milan/Cortina
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TBA | |||||||||
World Championship
European Championship
| Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1932 Berlin
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | – | Arvīds Jurgens | Consolation Round | 8th |
All-time record
As of 5 April 2024.[5]
| Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
25 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 98 | 56 | +42 |
 Belarus |
40 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 106 | 97 | +9 |
 Belgium |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | +27 |
 Canada |
23 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 119 | -91 |
 China |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | +22 |
 Czech Republic |
19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 34 | 66 | −32 |
 Czechoslovakia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | −16 |
 Denmark |
36 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 124 | 87 | +37 |
 Estonia |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6 | +26 |
 Finland |
31 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 57 | 122 | −65 |
 France |
54 | 34 | 4 | 16 | 183 | 110 | +73 |
 Germany |
40 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 90 | 103 | -13 |
 Great Britain |
11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 39 | +5 |
 Hungary |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12 | +19 |
| Israel |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | +32 |
 Italy |
19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 71 | 30 | +41 |
 Japan |
13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 26 | +53 |
 Kazakhstan |
14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 31 | +21 |
| Lithuania |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2 | +43 |
 Netherlands |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6 | +39 |
 North Korea |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
 Norway |
40 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 130 | 108 | +22 |
 Poland |
20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 46 | +21 |
 Romania |
8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 7 | +42 |
 Russia |
22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 38 | 83 | −45 |
 Slovakia |
34 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 71 | 114 | -43 |
 Slovenia |
12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 21 | +19 |
 South Korea |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | +36 |
 Sweden |
28 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 48 | 113 | −65 |
 Switzerland |
39 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 72 | 119 | -47 |
 Ukraine |
19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 48 | +14 |
 United States |
18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 35 | 55 | −20 |
 Yugoslavia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 |
| Total | 598 | 286 | 28 | 284 | 1 868 | 1 648 | +220 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Includes Olympics, World Championships, World Cups, Canada Cups and Summit Series.
- ↑ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm/news/18344/2020-iihf-ice-hockey-world-championship-cancelled.
- ↑ "IIHF to move 2023 World Championship". https://www.iihf.com/en/news/33098/iihf_to_move_2023_world_championship.
- ↑ Merk, Martin. "Tampere/Riga candidate for 2023". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/news/35328/tampere_riga_candidate_for_2023.
- ↑ "Latvia - National Teams of Ice Hockey" (in en-US). 2016-08-07. https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/latvia/.
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