Latvia men's national ice hockey team
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Association | Latvian Ice Hockey Federation |
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Assistants | Juris Klodans Kārlis Zirnis |
Captain | Kaspars Daugaviņš |
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 (first in 2005) |
Lowest IIHF ranking | 12 (first in 2010) |
Team colors | |
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First international | |
![]() ![]() (Riga, Latvia; 27 February 1932)[1] |
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Biggest win | |
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Biggest defeat | |
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IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 25 (first in 1933) |
Best result | 7th (1997, 2004, 2009) |
IIHF European Championships | |
Appearances | 1 |
Best result | 8th (1932) |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 5 (first in 1936) |
International record (W–L–T) | |
191–157–36 |
The Latvian men's national ice hockey team represents Latvia in international ice hockey. The team is currently ranked 10th in the world by IIHF as of 2015. 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. In 2014 World Championship team finished 11th. Latvia reached quarterfinals at the 2014 Winter Olympics losing 1–2 to Canada. Latvia has 4,271 players (0.21% of its population).
Overview
Rank | Olympics | World Championships | European Championships |
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4th | |||
5th | |||
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7th | 1997, 2004, 2009 | ||
8th | 2014 | 2000 | 1932 |
9th | 2002 | 1998, 2003, 2005 | |
10th | 1933, 1938, 1939, 2006, 2012 | ||
11th | 1999, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014 | ||
12th | 2006, 2010 | ||
13th | 1936 | 1935, 1996 (1.B)↑, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
14th | 1994 (2.B), 1995 (2.B) | ||
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16th | |||
↑: promoted, ↓: relegated, (3.B): (rank.pool) |
Tournament record
Olympic Games
Games | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish |
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1936 Garmisch- Partenkirchen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 27 | ? | ? | Finished tied in 13th place |
2002 Salt Lake City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | Curt Lindström | Harijs Vītoliņš | Finished in 9th place |
2006 Turin | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 29 | Leonīds Beresņevs | Kārlis Skrastiņš | Finished in 12th place |
2010 Vancouver | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 | Oļegs Znaroks | Kārlis Skrastiņš | Finished in 12th place |
2014 Sochi | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 | Ted Nolan | Sandis Ozoliņš | Finished in 8th place |
World Championship
Championships | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ? | ? | Finished in 10th place |
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 25 | ? | ? | Finished in 13th place |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ? | ? | Finished tied in 10th place |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 21 | ? | ? | Finished in 10th place |
World Championships not held from 1940–1946 during World War II | |||||||||
Did not participate from 1947–1992. Latvia was part of USSR | |||||||||
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7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 9 | Helmuts Balderis | ? | Finished in the 21st place (Won "Group C") |
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7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 9 | Helmuts Balderis | ? | Finished in the 14th place (2nd in "Group B") |
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7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 16 | Ēvalds Grabovskis | ? | Finished in the 14th place (2nd in "Group B") |
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7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 16 | Leonīds Beresņevs | ? | Finished in the 13th place (Won "Group B") |
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 23 | Leonīds Beresņevs | Normunds Sējējs | Finished in the 7th place |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 18 | Leonīds Beresņevs | Oļegs Znaroks | Finished in the 9th place |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 22 | Leonīds Beresņevs | Oļegs Znaroks | Finished in the 11th place |
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7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 17 | Haralds Vasiļjevs | Harijs Vītoliņš | Finished in the 8th place |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | Haralds Vasiļjevs | Harijs Vītoliņš | Finished in the 13th place |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | Curt Lindström | ? | Finished in the 11th place |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 16 | Curt Lindström | Harijs Vītoliņš | Finished in the 9th place |
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | Curt Lindström | Sergejs Žoltoks | Finished in the 7th place |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 21 | Leonīds Beresņevs | Kārlis Skrastiņš | Finished in the 9th place |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 24 | Petr Vorobiev | Aleksandrs Semjonovs | Finished in the 10th place |
Championships | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 22 | Oļegs Znaroks | Rodrigo Laviņš | Finished in the 13th place |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 19 | Oļegs Znaroks | Rodrigo Laviņš | Finished in the 11th place |
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7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 23 | Oļegs Znaroks | Kārlis Skrastiņš | Finished in the 7th place |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | Oļegs Znaroks | Herberts Vasiļjevs | Finished in the 11th place |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 19 | Oļegs Znaroks | Herberts Vasiļjevs | Finished in the 13th place |
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7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | Ted Nolan | Jānis Sprukts | Finished in the 10th place |
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7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 25 | Ted Nolan | Lauris Dārziņš | Finished in the 11th place |
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7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 24 | Ted Nolan | Herberts Vasiļjevs | Finished in the 11th place |
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7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 25 | Aleksandrs Beļavskis | Kaspars Daugaviņš | Finished in the 13th place |
European Championship
- 1932 – Finished in 8th place
Team
Current roster
The roster for the 2015 IIHF World Championship.[2] [3]
Head coach: Aleksandrs Beļavskis
No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
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1 | G | Jānis Kalniņš | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 13 December 1991 (aged 23) | ![]() |
3 | D | Maksims Širokovs | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 13 December 1982 (aged 32) | ![]() |
4 | D | Jānis Andersons | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 7 October 1986 (aged 28) | ![]() |
5 | F | Jānis Sprukts – A | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | 31 January 1982 (aged 33) | ![]() |
9 | D | Krišjānis Rēdlihs | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 15 January 1981 (aged 34) | ![]() |
10 | F | Lauris Dārziņš – A | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 28 January 1985 (aged 30) | ![]() |
11 | D | Kristaps Sotnieks | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 29 January 1987 (aged 28) | ![]() |
13 | D | Guntis Galviņš | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 25 January 1986 (aged 29) | ![]() |
16 | F | Kaspars Daugaviņš – C | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 18 May 1988 (aged 26) | ![]() |
17 | F | Kaspars Saulietis | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 12 June 1987 (aged 27) | ![]() |
18 | F | Rodrigo Ābols | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 5 January 1996 (aged 19) | ![]() |
21 | F | Armands Bērziņš | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 27 December 1983 (aged 31) | ![]() |
22 | D | Māris Jass | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 18 January 1985 (aged 30) | ![]() |
23 | D | Aleksandrs Jerofejevs | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 12 April 1984 (aged 31) | ![]() |
24 | F | Miķelis Rēdlihs | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 1 July 1984 (aged 30) | ![]() |
25 | F | Andris Džeriņš | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 14 February 1988 (aged 27) | ![]() |
31 | G | Edgars Masaļskis | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 31 March 1980 (aged 35) | ![]() |
33 | G | Ervīns Muštukovs | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 7 April 1984 (aged 31) | ![]() |
44 | D | Oskars Cibuļskis | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 9 April 1988 (aged 27) | ![]() |
47 | F | Mārtiņš Cipulis | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 29 November 1980 (aged 34) | ![]() |
59 | F | Lauris Bajaruns | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 31 March 1989 (aged 26) | ![]() |
70 | F | Miks Indrašis | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 30 September 1990 (aged 24) | ![]() |
71 | F | Roberts Bukarts | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 27 June 1990 (aged 24) | ![]() |
73 | F | Gunārs Skvorcovs | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 13 January 1990 (aged 25) | ![]() |
90 | F | Koba Jass | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 1 May 1990 (aged 25) | ![]() |
Coaching history
Coach | GP | W | T | L | GD | P-ts | |
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1992—1994 | Helmuts Balderis | 34 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 256:86 | 52 |
1994 | Mihails Beskašnovs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3:6 | 0 |
1995 | Ēvalds Grabovskis | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 79:25 | 18 |
1996—1999 | Leonīds Beresņevs | 56 | 36 | 7 | 13 | 275:143 | 79 |
1999—2001 | Haralds Vasiļjevs | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 81:76 | 32 |
2001—2004 | Curt Lindström | 65 | 32 | 8 | 25 | 202:161 | 72 |
2004—2006 | Leonīds Beresņevs | 32 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 112:113 | 53 |
2006 | Petr Vorobiev | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 25:35 | 9 |
2006—2011 | Oļegs Znaroks | ||||||
2011—2014 | Ted Nolan | ||||||
2014-2015 | Aleksandrs Beļavskis |
Current top players
Former and current players in NHL
Players from Latvia who have played in the NHL
NHL Drafts
Players from Latvia to be drafted in the NHL
Former notable players
IIHF Hall-of-Famers
- Helmuts Balderis, RW, 1993, inducted 1998
- Artūrs Irbe, G, 1996–2006, inducted 2010
Retired jerseys
- 7 - Kārlis Skrastiņš
- 19 - Helmuts Balderis
Notable players
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