Latvia men's national ice hockey team

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Latvia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationLatvian Ice Hockey Federation
Head coachHarijs Vītoliņš
AssistantsArtis Ābols
Viktors Ignatjevs
Juris Klodāns
Raimonds Vilkoits
CaptainRodrigo Ābols
Most gamesRodrigo Laviņš (230)
Top scorerLeonīds Tambijevs (66)
Most pointsLeonīds Tambijevs (150)
Home stadiumArēna Rīga
Team colors   
IIHF codeLAT
Latvia national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 IHWC.png
Ranking
Current IIHF11 Steady (29 September 2022)[1]
Highest IIHF9 (first in 2005)
Lowest IIHF13 (first in 2018)
First international
Latvia  3–0  Lithuania
(Riga, Latvia; 27 February 1932)[2]
Biggest win
Latvia  32–0  Israel
(Bled, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)[2]
Biggest defeat
Canada  14–0  Latvia
Davos, Switzerland; 20 January 1935)[2]
IIHF World Championships
Appearances33 (first in 1933)
Best result7th (1997, 2004, 2009)
IIHF European Championships
Appearances1
Best result8th (1932)
Olympics
Appearances6 (first in 1936)
International record (W–L–T)
194–161–39

The Latvian men's national ice hockey team represents Latvia in international ice hockey. The team is ranked 10th in the world by IIHF as of 2019. 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. At the 2018 World Championship the team finished 8th. Latvia reached the quarterfinals at the 2014 Winter Olympics, losing 2–1 to Canada. Latvia has 7,145 registered players (0.36% of its population).

Overview

Rank Olympics World Championships European Championships
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th 1997, 2004, 2009
8th 2014 2000, 2018 1932
9th 2002 1998, 2003, 2005
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
Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 3 0 0 3 3 27 Arvīds Jurgens Leonīds Vedējs 13
1953–1991 As part of  Soviet Union
Norway 1994 Lillehammer Did not qualify
Japan 1998 Nagano
United States 2002 Salt Lake City 4 2 1 1 20 14 Curt Lindström Harijs Vītoliņš 9
Italy 2006 Turin 5 0 1 4 11 29 Leonīds Beresņevs Kārlis Skrastiņš 12
Games GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish
Canada 2010 Vancouver 4 0 0 1 3 6 22 Oļegs Znaroks Kārlis Skrastiņš 12
Russia 2014 Sochi 5 1 0 0 4 9 14 Ted Nolan Sandis Ozoliņš 8
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Did not qualify
China 2022 Beijing 4 0 0 0 4 7 14 Harijs Vītoliņš Lauris Dārziņš 11
Italy 2026 Milan/Cortina TBA

World Championship

Graph shows Latvian results in IIHF World Championship since 1993.
Championships GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish
Czechoslovakia 1933 Prague 4 1 0 3 3 9 – Arvīds Jurgens Finished in 10th place
Switzerland 1935 Davos 5 1 0 4 11 25 – Leonīds Vedējs Finished in 13th place
Czechoslovakia 1938 Prague 4 1 0 3 4 8 Arvīds Jurgens Leonīds Vedējs Finished tied in 10th place
Switzerland 1939 Zürich/Basel 3 1 0 2 6 21 Larry Marsh Leonīds Vedējs Finished in 10th place
Slovenia 1993 Bled/Ljubljana (Group C) 7 6 1 0 101 9 Helmuts Balderis – Finished in 21st place (Won Group C)
Denmark 1994 Copenhagen/Aalborg (Group B) 7 6 0 1 61 9 Helmuts Balderis Konstantīns Grigorjevs Finished in 14th place (2nd in Group B)
Slovakia 1995 Bratislava (Group B) 7 6 0 1 65 16 Ēvalds Grabovskis Aleksandrs Beļavskis Finished in 14th place (2nd in Group B)
Netherlands 1996 Eindhoven (Group B) 7 6 1 0 41 16 Leonīds Beresņevs Oleg Znarok Finished in 13th place (Won Group B)
Finland 1997 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku 8 4 2 2 37 23 Leonīds Beresņevs Normunds Sējējs Finished in 7th place
Switzerland 1998 Zürich/Basel 6 3 1 2 21 18 Leonīds Beresņevs Oleg Znarok Finished in 9th place
Norway 1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer 6 2 0 4 24 22 Leonīds Beresņevs Oleg Znarok Finished in 11th place
Russia 2000 Saint Petersburg 7 3 1 3 15 17 Haralds Vasiļjevs Harijs Vītoliņš Finished in 8th place
Germany 2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover 6 3 1 2 19 13 Haralds Vasiļjevs Harijs Vītoliņš Finished in 13th place
Sweden 2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping 6 1 0 5 11 18 Curt Lindström Harijs Vītoliņš Finished in 11th place
Finland 2003 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku 6 3 0 3 14 16 Curt Lindström Harijs Vītoliņš Finished in 9th place
Czech Republic 2004 Prague/Ostrava 7 2 2 3 12 14 Curt Lindström Sergejs Žoltoks Finished in 7th place
Austria 2005 Vienna/Innsbruck 6 2 1 3 10 21 Leonīds Beresņevs Kārlis Skrastiņš Finished in 9th place
Latvia 2006 Riga 6 2 1 3 12 24 Petr Vorobiev Aleksandrs Semjonovs Finished in 10th place
Championships GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish
Russia 2007 Moscow 6 2 0 1 3 20 22 Oleg Znarok Rodrigo Laviņš Finished in 13th place
Canada 2008 Halifax/Quebec City 6 2 0 0 4 11 19 Oleg Znarok Rodrigo Laviņš Finished in 11th place
Switzerland 2009 Bern/Kloten 7 2 2 0 3 15 23 Oleg Znarok Kārlis Skrastiņš Finished in 7th place
Germany 2010 Cologne/Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen 6 2 0 0 4 15 18 Oleg Znarok Herberts Vasiļjevs Finished in 11th place
Slovakia 2011 Bratislava/Košice 6 2 0 2 2 18 19 Oleg Znarok Herberts Vasiļjevs Finished in 13th place
Finland Sweden 2012 Helsinki/Stockholm 7 2 0 0 5 11 19 Ted Nolan Jānis Sprukts Finished in 10th place
Sweden Finland 2013 Stockholm/Helsinki 7 2 0 1 4 14 25 Ted Nolan Lauris Dārziņš Finished in 11th place
Belarus 2014 Minsk 7 3 0 0 4 20 24 Ted Nolan Herberts Vasiļjevs Finished in 11th place
Czech Republic 2015 Prague/Ostrava 7 0 2 1 4 11 25 Aleksandrs Beļavskis Kaspars Daugaviņš Finished in 13th place
Russia 2016 Moscow/Saint Petersburg 7 1 0 3 3 13 22 Leonīds Beresņevs Kaspars Daugaviņš Finished in 13th place
Germany France 2017 Cologne/Paris 7 3 0 1 3 14 18 Bob Hartley Kaspars Daugaviņš Finished in 10th place
Denmark 2018 Copenhagen/Herning 8 3 1 2 2 18 19 Bob Hartley Roberts Bukarts Finished in 8th place
Slovakia 2019 Bratislava/Košice 7 3 0 0 4 21 20 Bob Hartley Lauris Dārziņš Finished in 10th place
Switzerland 2020 Zürich/Lausanne Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[3]
Latvia 2021 Riga 7 2 0 3 2 15 16 Bob Hartley Lauris Dārziņš Finished in 11th place
Finland 2022 Helsinki/Tampere 7 2 1 0 4 14 20 Harijs Vītoliņš Rodrigo Ābols Finished in 10th place
Finland Latvia 2023 Tampere/Riga1[4][5]
Czech Republic 2024 Czech Republic
Denmark Sweden 2025 Sweden/Denmark
Switzerland 2026 Zürich/Lausanne

1 On Friday, 27 May the IIHF congress is scheduled to confirm Finland and Latvia as hosts.

European Championship

Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
Germany 1932 Berlin 4 1 0 3 5 13 – Arvīds Jurgens Consolation Round 8th

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2022 IIHF World Championship.[6]

Head coach: Harijs Vītoliņš[7]

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
2 D Kārlis Čukste 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 98 kg (216 lb) (1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 27) Finland Lahti Pelicans
9 F Renārs Krastenbergs 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 (age 25) Austria EC VSV
11 D Kristaps Sotnieks 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 94 kg (207 lb) (1987-01-29) 29 January 1987 (age 37) Latvia Dinamo Riga
12 F Rihards Marenis 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1993-04-18) 18 April 1993 (age 31) Sweden HC Vita Hästen
13 F Rihards Bukarts 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1995-12-31) 31 December 1995 (age 28) Russia Admiral Vladivostok
17 F Mārtiņš Dzierkals 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 27) Czech Republic HC Škoda Plzeň
18 F Rodrigo Ābols – C 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 28) Sweden Örebro HK
21 F Rūdolfs Balcers – A 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (1997-04-08) 8 April 1997 (age 27) United States San Jose Sharks
25 F Andris Džeriņš 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 36) Austria Steinbach Black Wings Linz
31 G Artūrs Šilovs 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (2001-03-22) 22 March 2001 (age 23) Canada Abbotsford Canucks
32 D Artūrs Kulda – A 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 96 kg (212 lb) (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 36) Germany Krefeld Pinguine
55 D Roberts Mamčics 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 105 kg (231 lb) (1995-04-06) 6 April 1995 (age 29) Sweden Linköping HC
65 D Arvils Bergmanis 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (1999-12-29) 29 December 1999 (age 24) United States Alaska Nanooks
69 F Nikolajs Jeļisejevs 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 30) Sweden MoDo Hockey
71 F Roberts Bukarts 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1990-06-27) 27 June 1990 (age 34) Czech Republic HC Vítkovice Ridera
72 D Jānis Jaks 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1995-08-22) 22 August 1995 (age 28) Russia HC Sochi
73 F Deniss Smirnovs 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1999-03-07) 7 March 1999 (age 25) Switzerland Genève-Servette HC
77 D Kristaps Zīle 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 (age 26) Sweden Örebro HK
80 G Elvis Merzļikins 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30) United States Columbus Blue Jackets
83 F Klavs Veinbergs 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (200 lb) (2003-03-27) 27 March 2003 (age 21) Latvia HK Zemgale/LLU
88 G Gustavs Grigals 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 26) United States Alaska Nanooks
90 D Sandis Smons 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 25) Switzerland Genève-Servette HC
91 F Ronalds Ķēniņš 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 33) Switzerland Lausanne HC
94 D Kristiāns Rubīns 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 96 kg (212 lb) (1997-12-11) 11 December 1997 (age 26) Canada Toronto Marlies
95 F Oskars Batņa 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 106 kg (234 lb) (1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 29) Finland Mikkelin Jukurit

Retired numbers

Coaching history

Coach GP W T L GD P-ts
1939 Canada Larry Marsh[9][10] 3 1 0 2 6:21 n/a
1992–1994 Latvia Helmuts Balderis -- -- - -- --- --
1995 Latvia Ēvalds Grabovskis -- -- - -- --- --
1996–1999 Latvia Leonīds Beresņevs 56 36 7 13 275:143 79
1999–2001 Latvia Haralds Vasiļjevs 32 12 8 12 81:76 32
2001–2004 Sweden Curt Lindström 65 32 8 25 202:161 72
2005–2006 Latvia Leonīds Beresņevs 32 25 3 14 112:113 53
2006 Russia Petr Vorobiev 11 4 16 25:35 9
2007–2011 Germany Oļegs Znaroks 37 15 0 22 98:126 41
2011–2014 Canada Ted Nolan 26 11 0 15 57:65 35
2015 Latvia Aleksandrs Beļavskis 7 0 2 5 11:25 5
2016 Latvia Leonīds Beresņevs 7 1 3 3 13:22 6
2016 Latvia Haralds Vasiļjevs 3 2 0 1 13:5 6
2017-2021 Canada Bob Hartley 15 6 4 5 32:37 23
2021- Latvia Harijs Vītoliņš 7 3 0 4 24:15 9

Uniform evolution

  • National team jerseys
  • 1996-2005 IIHF jerseys

    1996-2005 IIHF jerseys

  • former IIHF jerseys

    former IIHF jerseys

  • 2014 Winter Olympics

    2014 Winter Olympics

  • 2018– IIHF jerseys

    2018– IIHF jerseys

  • 2022 Winter Olympics

    2022 Winter Olympics

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Includes Olympics, World Championships, World Cups, Canada Cups and Summit Series.
  3. ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ^ "IIHF to move 2023 World Championship". iihf.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  5. ^ Merk, Martin. "Tampere/Riga candidate for 2023". IIHF. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Zināms Latvijas izlases sastāvs izbraukuma spēlēm pret Šveici" (in Latvian). lhf.lv. 29 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Team Roster Latvia" (PDF). iihf.com. 15 May 2021.
  8. ^ "LHF iemūžina Žoltoka 33. Numuru un godina viņa piemiņu". 24 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Ted Nolan to coach Latvia". webarchive.iihf.com. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  10. ^ Zariņš, Viesturs (4 May 2006). "Latvia's hockey history spans a century". Latvians Online. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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