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 coachBob Hartley
AssistantsArtis Ābols
Valērijs Kuļibaba
Sergejs Kuzņecovs
Maksims Širokovs
Aleksandrs Cicurskis
Ēriks Visockis
CaptainMiks Indrašis
Most gamesRodrigo Laviņš (230)
Top scorerLeonīds Tambijevs (66)
Most pointsLeonīds Tambijevs (150)
Home stadiumArēna Rīga
Team colors   
IIHF codeLAT
Ranking
Current IIHF10th (as of may 23rd, 2019)
Highest IIHF9 (first in 2005)
Lowest IIHF13 (first in 2018)
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
Appearances26 (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
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 L T GF GA Coach Captain Finish
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 3 0 3 0 3 27 Arvīds Jurgens Leonīds Vedējs 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
2022 Beijing Bob Hartley
2026 Milan/Cortina

World Championship
Graph shows Latvian results in IIHF World Championship up until 2018. Breaks in the graph represent the years Latvia didn't play in IIHF World Championship.
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 Oļegs Znaroks 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 Oļegs Znaroks Finished in 9th place
1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer 6 2 0 4 24 22 Leonīds Beresņevs Oļegs Znaroks 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 Oļegs Znaroks Rodrigo Laviņš Finished in 13th place
2008 Halifax/Quebec City 6 2 0 0 4 11 19 Oļegs Znaroks Rodrigo Laviņš Finished in 11th place
2009 Bern/Kloten 7 2 2 0 3 15 23 Oļegs Znaroks Kārlis Skrastiņš Finished in 7th place
2010 Cologne/Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen 6 2 0 0 4 15 18 Oļegs Znaroks Herberts Vasiļjevs Finished in 11th place
2011 Bratislava/Košice 6 2 0 2 2 18 19 Oļegs Znaroks 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[2]
2021 Riga Bob Hartley
2022 Helsinki/Tampere Bob Hartley
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

Most recent international roster.[3]

Head coach: Bob Hartley

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
3DKristers Freibergs1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)90 kg (200 lb) (1992-07-03)3 July 1992 (aged 26) HK Liepāja
10FDeniss Smirnovs1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1999-03-07)7 March 1999 (aged 20) Genève-Servette HC
11DArtūrs Salija1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)87 kg (192 lb) (1992-05-15)15 May 1992 (aged 26)
12FDeivids Sarkanis1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)75 kg (165 lb) (1994-11-07)7 November 1994 (aged 24) HK Mogo
13FRomāns Nekļudovs1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1995-03-31)31 March 1995 (aged 24) HK Liepāja
14FRihards Bukarts – A1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1995-12-31)31 December 1995 (aged 23) Düsseldorfer EG
15FMārtiņš Karsums1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)95 kg (209 lb) (1986-02-26)26 February 1986 (aged 33) Traktor Chelyabinsk
16FKaspars Daugaviņš – A1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)97 kg (214 lb) (1988-05-18)18 May 1988 (aged 30) HC Vityaz
19FRalfs Jevdokimovs1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)80 kg (180 lb) (2001-07-23)23 July 2001 (aged 17) HK Dinaburga
18FRaimonds Mikus Vītoliņš1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)74 kg (163 lb) (2002-01-12)12 January 2002 (aged 17) Sioux Falls Stampede
21FRihards Melnalksnis1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)78 kg (172 lb) (1999-05-10)10 May 1999 (aged 20) SCL Tigers
23DEduards Hugo Jansons1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1997-09-07)7 September 1997 (aged 21) Saryarka Karagandy
24FToms Andersons1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1993-11-25)25 November 1993 (aged 25) SCL Tigers
25DRoberts Mamčics1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)105 kg (231 lb) (1995-04-06)6 April 1995 (aged 24)
26DUvis Jānis Balinskis1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1996-08-01)1 August 1996 (aged 22)
27DSandis Smons1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1999-05-19)19 May 1999 (aged 19) Genève-Servette HC
28FSandis Zolmanis1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1994-08-20)20 August 1994 (aged 24)
29DRalfs Freibergs1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1991-05-17)17 May 1991 (aged 27) HC Kometa Brno
30GBruno Brūveris1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)74 kg (163 lb) (2002-03-09)9 March 2002 (aged 17) HK Riga
31GAntons Naumovs1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)67 kg (148 lb) (1997-12-31)31 December 1997 (aged 21) HK Olimp Riga
32DArtūrs Kulda1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)96 kg (212 lb) (1988-07-25)25 July 1988 (aged 30)
33FZemgus Girgensons1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)96 kg (212 lb) (1994-01-05)5 January 1994 (aged 25) Buffalo Sabres
38FRūdolfs Balcers1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1997-04-08)8 April 1997 (aged 22) San Jose Sharks
41FFrenks Razgals1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)81 kg (179 lb) (1996-08-08)8 August 1996 (aged 22)
44FGatis Sprukts1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)81 kg (179 lb) (1996-08-29)29 August 1996 (aged 22) HK Zemgale/JLSS
50GKristers Gudļevskis1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)96 kg (212 lb) (1992-07-31)31 July 1992 (aged 26) Fischtown Pinguins
52DRihards Ķuzis1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)88 kg (194 lb) (2000-06-29)29 June 2000 (aged 18) HK Olimp Riga
62FDaniels Bērziņš1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1999-02-06)6 February 1999 (aged 20) Dinamo Riga
68FRičards Puriņš1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)70 kg (150 lb) (2000-07-25)25 July 2000 (aged 18) HK Olimp Riga
70FMiks Indrašis- C1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 28) Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
71FRoberts Bukarts1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1990-06-27)27 June 1990 (aged 28) Severstal Cherepovets
72DArvils Bergmanis1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)79 kg (174 lb) (1999-12-29)29 December 1999 (aged 19)
73DTomass Zeile1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1998-01-26)26 January 1998 (aged 21) HK Olimp Riga
74GKristaps Nazarovs1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1995-12-19)19 December 1995 (aged 23) IK Guts
75DPauls Svars1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)83 kg (183 lb) (1998-03-11)11 March 1998 (aged 21) HK Olimp Riga
77DRičards Birziņš1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)89 kg (196 lb) (1989-04-24)24 April 1989 (aged 30)
79FNikolajs Jeļisejevs1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1994-06-07)7 June 1994 (aged 24) HK Olimp Riga
83FReinis Mārtiņš Lejnieks1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)90 kg (200 lb) (1997-11-10)10 November 1997 (aged 21)
87FKirils Galoha1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)72 kg (159 lb) (1996-04-14)14 April 1996 (aged 23) GKS Tychy
91FKārlis Ozoliņš1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1994-03-16)16 March 1994 (aged 25) HK Mogo
92FRenārs Cipruss1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)77 kg (170 lb) (1999-03-12)12 March 1999 (aged 20) HK Olimp Riga
94FVladislavs Barkovskis1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)76 kg (168 lb) (2000-09-04)4 September 2000 (aged 18) HK Dinaburga
95FBruno Zabis1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1991-01-15)15 January 1991 (aged 28) HK Liepāja
96FLauris Bajaruns1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)95 kg (209 lb) (1989-03-31)31 March 1989 (aged 30)

Retired numbers

Coaching history
Coach GP W T L GD P-ts
1939 Larry Marsh[5][6] 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 Znaroks
2011–2014 Ted Nolan
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
2017–2022 Bob Hartley1564532:3723

References
  1. Includes Olympics, World Championships, World Cups, Canada Cups and Summit Series.
  2. Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. "Latvia international roster". eliteprospects.com. 4 November 2019.
  4. http://sportacentrs.com/hokejs/latvijas_izlases/24042019-lhf_iemuzina_zoltoka_33_numuru_un_godina_
  5. "Ted Nolan to coach Latvia". webarchive.iihf.com. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  6. Zariņš, Viesturs (4 May 2006). "Latvia's hockey history spans a century". Latvians Online. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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