Latvia men's national ice hockey team

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).

Latvia
AssociationLatvian Ice Hockey Federation
Head coachHarijs Vītoliņš
AssistantsArtis Ābols
Edgars Masaļskis
CaptainKaspars Daugaviņš
Most gamesRodrigo Laviņš (230)
Top scorerLeonīds Tambijevs (66)
Most pointsLeonīds Tambijevs (150)
Home stadiumArēna Rīga
Team colors   
IIHF codeLAT
Ranking
Current IIHF10 (6 June 2021)[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
Appearances32 (first in 1933)
Best result7th (1997, 2004, 2009)
IIHF European Championships
Appearances1
Best result8th (1932)
Olympics
Appearances5 (first in 1936)
International record (W–L–T)
194–161–39

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
11th 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 3 0 0 3 3 27 Arvīds Jurgens Leonīds Vedējs 13
1953–1991As part of  Soviet Union due to Soviet occupation
1994 Lillehammer Did not qualify
1998 Nagano
2002 Salt Lake City 4 2 1 1 20 14 Curt Lindström Harijs Vītoliņš 9
2006 Turin 5 0 1 4 11 29 Leonīds Beresņevs Kārlis Skrastiņš 12
Games GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish
2010 Vancouver 4 0 0 1 3 6 22 Oļegs Znaroks Kārlis Skrastiņš 12
2014 Sochi 5 1 0 0 4 9 14 Ted Nolan Sandis Ozoliņš 8
2018 Pyeongchang Did not qualify
2022 Beijing TBA Harijs Vītoliņš Teodors Bļugers TBA
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
1933 Prague 4 1 0 3 3 9 – Arvīds Jurgens Finished in 10th place
1935 Davos 5 1 0 4 11 25 – Leonīds Vedējs Finished in 13th place
1938 Prague 4 1 0 3 4 8 Arvīds Jurgens Leonīds Vedējs Finished tied in 10th place
1939 Zürich/Basel 3 1 0 2 6 21 Larry Marsh Leonīds Vedējs Finished in 10th place
1993 Bled/Ljubljana (Group C) 7 6 1 0 101 9 Helmuts Balderis – Finished in 21st place (Won Group C)
1994 Copenhagen/Aalborg (Group B) 7 6 0 1 61 9 Helmuts Balderis Konstantīns Grigorjevs Finished in 14th place (2nd in Group B)
1995 Bratislava (Group B) 7 6 0 1 65 16 Ēvalds Grabovskis Aleksandrs Beļavskis Finished in 14th place (2nd in Group B)
1996 Eindhoven (Group B) 7 6 1 0 41 16 Leonīds Beresņevs Oleg Znarok Finished in 13th place (Won Group B)
1997 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku 8 4 2 2 37 23 Leonīds Beresņevs Normunds Sējējs Finished in 7th place
1998 Zürich/Basel 6 3 1 2 21 18 Leonīds Beresņevs Oleg Znarok Finished in 9th place
1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer 6 2 0 4 24 22 Leonīds Beresņevs Oleg Znarok Finished in 11th place
2000 Saint Petersburg 7 3 1 3 15 17 Haralds Vasiļjevs Harijs Vītoliņš Finished in 8th place
2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover 6 3 1 2 19 13 Haralds Vasiļjevs Harijs Vītoliņš Finished in 13th place
2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping 6 1 0 5 11 18 Curt Lindström Harijs Vītoliņš Finished in 11th place
2003 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku 6 3 0 3 14 16 Curt Lindström Harijs Vītoliņš Finished in 9th place
2004 Prague/Ostrava 7 2 2 3 12 14 Curt Lindström Sergejs Žoltoks Finished in 7th place
2005 Vienna/Innsbruck 6 2 1 3 10 21 Leonīds Beresņevs Kārlis Skrastiņš Finished in 9th place
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
2007 Moscow 6 2 0 1 3 20 22 Oleg Znarok Rodrigo Laviņš Finished in 13th place
2008 Halifax/Quebec City 6 2 0 0 4 11 19 Oleg Znarok Rodrigo Laviņš Finished in 11th place
2009 Bern/Kloten 7 2 2 0 3 15 23 Oleg Znarok Kārlis Skrastiņš Finished in 7th place
2010 Cologne/Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen 6 2 0 0 4 15 18 Oleg Znarok Herberts Vasiļjevs Finished in 11th place
2011 Bratislava/Košice 6 2 0 2 2 18 19 Oleg Znarok Herberts Vasiļjevs Finished in 13th place
2012 Helsinki/Stockholm 7 2 0 0 5 11 19 Ted Nolan Jānis Sprukts Finished in 10th place
2013 Stockholm/Helsinki 7 2 0 1 4 14 25 Ted Nolan Lauris Dārziņš Finished in 11th place
2014 Minsk 7 3 0 0 4 20 24 Ted Nolan Herberts Vasiļjevs Finished in 11th place
2015 Prague/Ostrava 7 0 2 1 4 11 25 Aleksandrs Beļavskis Kaspars Daugaviņš Finished in 13th place
2016 Moscow/Saint Petersburg 7 1 0 3 3 13 22 Leonīds Beresņevs Kaspars Daugaviņš Finished in 13th place
2017 Cologne/Paris 7 3 0 1 3 14 18 Bob Hartley Kaspars Daugaviņš Finished in 10th place
2018 Copenhagen/Herning 8 3 1 2 2 18 19 Bob Hartley Roberts Bukarts Finished in 8th place
2019 Bratislava/Košice 7 3 0 0 4 21 20 Bob Hartley Lauris Dārziņš Finished in 10th place
2020 Zürich/Lausanne Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[3]
2021 Riga 7 2 0 3 2 15 16 Bob Hartley Lauris Dārziņš Finished in 11th place
2022 Helsinki/Tampere Harijs Vītoliņš
2023 Saint Petersburg
2024 Czech Republic
2025 Sweden/Denmark
2026 Zürich/Lausanne

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

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2022 Winter Olympics Qualification.

Head coach: Harijs Vītoliņš[4]

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
5DKārlis Čukste1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)98 kg (216 lb) (1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 Dinamo Riga
9FRenārs Krastenbergs1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 EC VSV
10FLauris Dārziņš1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)91 kg (201 lb) (1985-01-28) 28 January 1985 Dinamo Riga
11DKristaps Sotnieks1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)94 kg (207 lb) (1987-01-29) 29 January 1987 Dinamo Riga
14FRihards Bukarts1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1995-12-31) 31 December 1995 Admiral Vladivostok
16FKaspars Daugaviņš1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)97 kg (214 lb) (1988-05-18) 18 May 1988 SC Bern
17FMārtiņš Dzierkals1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 HC Škoda Plzeň
18FRodrigo Ābols1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)93 kg (205 lb) (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 Örebro HK
21FRūdolfs Balcers1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)79 kg (174 lb) (1997-04-08) 8 April 1997 San Jose Sharks
23FTeodors Bļugers – C1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 Pittsburgh Penguins
25FAndris Džeriņš1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)87 kg (192 lb) (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 Steinbach Black Wings 1992
26DUvis Jānis Balinskis1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1996-08-01) 1 August 1996 HC Litvínov
27DOskars Cibuļskis1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)97 kg (214 lb) (1988-04-09) 9 April 1988 Dinamo Riga
28FZemgus Girgensons1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)92 kg (203 lb) (1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 Buffalo Sabres
29DRalfs Freibergs1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1991-05-17) 17 May 1991 Dinamo Riga
30GArtūrs Šilovs1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)88 kg (194 lb) (2001-03-22) 22 March 2001 Manitoba Moose
35GMareks Egīls Mitens1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 Utica Comets
70FMiks Indrašis1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1990-09-30) 30 September 1990 HC Vityaz
71FRoberts Bukarts1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1990-06-27) 27 June 1990 HC Vítkovice Ridera
72DJānis Jaks1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1995-08-22) 22 August 1995 HC Sochi
73FDeniss Smirnovs1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1999-03-07) 7 March 1999 Genève-Servette HC
74GIvars Punnenovs1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 SCL Tigers
80DSandis Smons1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 Genève-Servette HC
81FRonalds Ķēniņš1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)91 kg (201 lb) (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 Lausanne HC
94DKristiāns Rubīns1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)96 kg (212 lb) (1997-12-11) 11 December 1997 Toronto Marlies

Retired numbers

Coaching history
Coach GP W T L GD P-ts
1939 Larry Marsh[6][7] 3 1 0 2 6:21 n/a
1992–1994 Helmuts Balderis------------
1995 Ēvalds Grabovskis------------
1996–1999 Leonīds Beresņevs5636713275:14379
1999–2001 Haralds Vasiļjevs321281281:7632
2001–2004 Curt Lindström6532825202:16172
2005–2006 Leonīds Beresņevs3225314112:11353
2006 Petr Vorobiev1141625:359
2007–2011 Oļegs Znaroks371502298:12641
2011–2014 Ted Nolan261101557:6535
2015 Aleksandrs Beļavskis 7 0 2 5 11:25 5
2016 Leonīds Beresņevs 7 1 3 3 13:22 6
2016 Haralds Vasiļjevs 3 2 0 1 13:5 6
2017-2021 Bob Hartley1564532:3723
2021- Harijs Vītoliņš330017:19

References
  1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. 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. "Team Roster Latvia". iihf.com. 25 August 2021.
  5. "LHF iemūžina Žoltoka 33. Numuru un godina viņa piemiņu". 24 April 2019.
  6. "Ted Nolan to coach Latvia". webarchive.iihf.com. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  7. Zariņš, Viesturs (4 May 2006). "Latvia's hockey history spans a century". Latvians Online. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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