Latvia men's national ice hockey team

The Latvian men's national ice hockey team represents Latvia in international ice hockey. 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. Their best ever finish at the World Championships was in 2023, when they won the bronze medal. Latvia reached the quarterfinals at the 2014 Winter Olympics, losing 2–1 to Canada
==Overview==
Rank 	Olympics 	World Championships 	European Championships
1st 	 	 	
2nd 	 	 	
3rd 	 	2023 	
4th 	 	 	
5th 	 	 	
6th 	 	 	
7th 	 	1997, 2004, 2009 	
8th 	2014 	2000, 2018 	1932
9th 	2002 	1998, 2003, 2005, 2024 	
10th 	 	1933, 1938, 1939, 2006, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2022 	
11th 	2022 	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)	↑: promoted, ↓: relegated, (3.B): (rank.pool)	↑: promoted, ↓: relegated, (3.B): (rank.pool) 	↑: promoted, ↓: relegated, (3.B): (rank.pool)
==Tournament record==
===Olympic Games===
Games 	GP 	W 	T 	T 	L 	GF 	GA 	Coach 	Captain 	Finish
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	3 	0 	0 	0 	3 	3 	27 	Arvīds Jurgens 	Leonīds Vedējs 	13
1953–1991 	As part of 	As part of 	As part of 	As part of 	As part of 	As part of 	As part of 	As part of 	As part of 	As part of
1994 Lillehammer 	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify 	did not qualify 	did not qualify
1998 Nagano 	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify 	did not qualify 	did not qualify
2002 Salt Lake City 	4 	2 	1 	1 	1 	20 	14 	Curt Lindström 	Harijs Vītoliņš 	9
2006 Turin 	5 	0 	1 	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	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify 	did not qualify 	did not qualify
2022 Beijing 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	7 	14 	Harijs Vītoliņš 	Lauris Dārziņš 	11
2026 Milan/Cortina 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA
===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 	Konstantīns Grigorjevs	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 	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Riga 	7 	2 	0 	3 	2 	15 	16 	Bob Hartley 	Lauris Dārziņš 	Finished in 11th place
2022 Helsinki/Tampere 	7 	2 	1 	0 	4 	14 	20 	Harijs Vītoliņš 	Rodrigo Ābols 	Finished in 10th place
2023 Tampere/Riga 	10 	4 	3 	0 	3 	30 	25 	Harijs Vītoliņš 	Kaspars Daugaviņš 	Finished in 3rd place
2024 Prague/Ostrava 	7 	1 	3 	0 	3 	19 	29 	Harijs Vītoliņš 	Kaspars Daugaviņš 	Finished in 9th place
===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
==All-time record==
As of 5 April 2024.
Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD
 	25 	21 	0 	4 	98 	56 	+42
 	40 	19 	3 	18 	106 	97 	+9
 	2 	2 	0 	0 	31 	4 	+27
 	23 	1 	1 	21 	28 	119 	-91
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	22 	0 	+22
 	19 	1 	1 	17 	34 	66 	−32
 	2 	0 	0 	2 	0 	16 	−16
 	36 	23 	0 	13 	124 	87 	+37
 	5 	5 	0 	0 	32 	6 	+26
 	31 	4 	2 	25 	57 	122 	−65
 	54 	34 	4 	16 	183 	110 	+73
 	40 	13 	4 	23 	90 	103 	-13
 	11 	6 	1 	4 	44 	39 	+5
 	6 	4 	1 	1 	31 	12 	+19
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	32 	0 	+32
 	19 	14 	1 	4 	71 	30 	+41
 	13 	12 	0 	1 	79 	26 	+53
 	14 	9 	0 	5 	52 	31 	+21
 	5 	5 	0 	0 	45 	2 	+43
 	6 	6 	0 	0 	45 	6 	+39
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	4 	0 	+4
 	40 	24 	0 	16 	130 	108 	+22
 	20 	15 	0 	5 	67 	46 	+21
 	8 	6 	0 	2 	49 	7 	+42
 	22 	6 	1 	15 	38 	83 	−45
 	34 	10 	2 	22 	71 	114 	-43
 	12 	10 	0 	2 	40 	21 	+19
 	3 	3 	0 	0 	38 	2 	+36
 	28 	3 	1 	24 	48 	113 	−65
 	39 	9 	3 	27 	72 	119 	-47
 	19 	13 	1 	5 	62 	48 	+14
 	18 	4 	2 	12 	35 	55 	−20
 	2 	2 	0 	0 	10 	0 	+10
Total 	598 	286	28 	284 	1 868	1 648	+220
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
*IIHF profile
Category:Ice hockey teams in Latvia
Category:National ice hockey teams in Europe