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.

Overview


Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championship

ChampionshipsGPWTLGFGACoachCaptainFinish
1933 Prague410339Arvīds JurgensFinished in 10th place
1935 Davos51041125Leonīds VedējsFinished in 13th place
1938 Prague410348Arvīds JurgensLeonīds VedējsFinished tied in 10th place
1939 Zürich/Basel3102621Larry MarshLeonīds VedējsFinished in 10th place
1993 Bled/Ljubljana 76101019Helmuts BalderisFinished in 21st place
1994 Copenhagen/Aalborg 7601619Helmuts BalderisKonstantīns GrigorjevsFinished in 14th place
1995 Bratislava 76016516Ēvalds GrabovskisAleksandrs BeļavskisFinished in 14th place
1996 Eindhoven 76104116Leonīds BeresņevsOļegs ZnaroksFinished in 13th place
1997 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku84223723Leonīds BeresņevsNormunds SējējsFinished in 7th place
1998 Zürich/Basel63122118Leonīds BeresņevsOļegs ZnaroksFinished in 9th place
1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer62042422Leonīds BeresņevsOļegs ZnaroksFinished in 11th place
2000 Saint Petersburg73131517Haralds VasiļjevsHarijs VītoliņšFinished in 8th place
2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover63121913Haralds VasiļjevsHarijs VītoliņšFinished in 13th place
2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping61051118Curt LindströmHarijs VītoliņšFinished in 11th place
2003 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku63031416Curt LindströmHarijs VītoliņšFinished in 9th place
2004 Prague/Ostrava72231214Curt LindströmSergejs ŽoltoksFinished in 7th place
2005 Vienna/Innsbruck62131021Leonīds BeresņevsKārlis SkrastiņšFinished in 9th place
2006 Riga62131224Petr VorobievAleksandrs SemjonovsFinished in 10th place

European Championship

Team

Current roster

Most recent international roster.
Head coach: Bob Hartley
No.Pos.NameHeightWeightBirthdateTeam
3DKristers Freibergs HK Liepāja
10FDeniss Smirnovs Genève-Servette HC
11DArtūrs Salija
12FDeivids Sarkanis HK Mogo
13FRomāns Nekļudovs HK Liepāja
14FRihards BukartsA Düsseldorfer EG
15FMārtiņš Karsums Traktor Chelyabinsk
16FKaspars DaugaviņšA HC Vityaz
19FRalfs Jevdokimovs HK Dinaburga
18FRaimonds Mikus Vītoliņš Sioux Falls Stampede
21FRihards Melnalksnis SCL Tigers
23DEduards Hugo Jansons Saryarka Karagandy
24FToms Andersons SCL Tigers
25DRoberts Mamčics
26DUvis Jānis Balinskis
27DSandis Smons Genève-Servette HC
28FSandis Zolmanis
29DRalfs Freibergs HC Kometa Brno
30GBruno Brūveris HK Riga
31GAntons Naumovs HK Olimp Riga
32DArtūrs Kulda
33FZemgus Girgensons Buffalo Sabres
38FRūdolfs Balcers Ottawa Senators
41FFrenks Razgals
44FGatis Sprukts HC Zemgale/LUA
50GKristers Gudļevskis Fischtown Pinguins
52DRihards Ķuzis HK Olimp Riga
62FDaniels Bērziņš Dinamo Riga
68FRičards Puriņš HK Olimp Riga
70FMiks Indrašis- C Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
71FRoberts Bukarts Severstal Cherepovets
72DArvils Bergmanis
73DTomass Zeile HK Olimp Riga
74GKristaps Nazarovs IK Guts
75DPauls Svars HK Olimp Riga
77DRičards Birziņš
79FNikolajs Jeļisejevs HK Olimp Riga
83FReinis Mārtiņš Lejnieks
87FKirils Galoha GKS Tychy
91FKārlis Ozoliņš HK Mogo
92FRenārs Cipruss HK Olimp Riga
94FVladislavs Barkovskis HK Dinaburga
95FBruno Zabis HK Liepāja
96FLauris Bajaruns

Coaching history