Latvia national handball team


The Latvia national handball team is the national handball team of Latvia and is controlled by the Latvian Handball Federation. It has competed since 1993, playing its opening match in the 1994 European Championship qualifiers against Cyprus on 15 April 1993 in Nicosia, winning 32:28.
In 2019 the team qualified for the 2020 European Championships for the first time in their history, previously reaching the qualification play-off stage in 2005. The team has not yet qualified for neither the Olympic Games nor World Championships, with their best results so far being participation in the world qualifiers play-offs in 2004 and 2016.
To this date Andris Gulbis has had the longest stint managing the team. Since 2017, the team is managed by Armands Uščins.

Tournament record

European Championship

Current squad

Squad for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Armands Uščins

Notable players