Latvian national ice hockey team
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| Association | Latvijas Hokeja Federācija |
| IIHF member | since 1992 |
| World ranking | 11th place |
| Trainer | Bob Hartley |
| Assistant coach | Jacques Cloutier |
| Most games | Rodrigo Laviņš (230) |
| Most of the points | Leonīds Tambijevs (154) |
| Homepage | www.lhf.lv |
| Olympic games | |
| Participation | 5 (since 1936 ) |
| Best result: | 8th place 2014 |
| World Championship | |
| Participation | 27 (since 1933 ) |
| best result | 7th place in 1997 , 2004 and 2009 |
| (As of December 30, 2018) | |
The Latvian national ice hockey team of the men 's national ice hockey combined team of men in Latvia . After the 2018 World Cup , it is ranked 11th in the IIHF world rankings .
history
The first game of the national team took place in Riga on February 27, 1932 , when the Lithuanian national team was defeated 3-0. The biggest win since then was the 32-0 victory over Israel on March 15, 1993 in Bled , Slovenia , while the biggest defeat was the 0:14 against Canada on January 20, 1935. The top scorer of the team is Leonīds Tambijevs with 154 points, Aleksandrs Semjonovs has the most appearances with 209 international matches.
The team has been supported by the Latvian Ice Hockey Association since 1993 . The most successful participations in world championships since then have been in 2000 , 2004 and 2009 , when the national selection could reach the quarter-finals. In May 2006 , the Latvian Ice Hockey Association organized the Ice Hockey World Championship in the Latvian capital Riga .
Between 2011 and 2014 Ted Nolan was national coach, who was supported by Harijs Vītoliņš as assistant coach. Bob Hartley has been the head coach of the Latvian selection since December 2016 .
Squad
Current squad
The squad for the 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship, which will be held from May 10 to 26, 2019 in Bratislava and Košice , Slovakia :
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| function | Nat. | Surname | Date of birth |
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Bob Hartley | Sep 9 1960 |
| Assistant coach |
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Artis Ābols | Jan. 3, 1973 |
| Assistant coach |
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Jacques Cloutier | Jan. 3, 1960 |
Well-known former players
- Sandis Ozoliņš
- Helmuts Balderis
- Artūrs Irbe
- Aleksandrs Kerčs
- Olegs Znaroks
- Sergejs Žoltoks
- Harijs Vītoliņš
- Igors Pavlovs
- Leonīds Tambijevs
- Kaspars Daugaviņš
Trainer since 1993
| Period | Trainer | Games | Victories | draw | Defeats | Goal difference | Points |
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| 1992-1994 |
Helmuts Balderis
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34 | 25th | 2 | 7th | 256: 86 | 52 |
| 1994 |
Mihails Beskašnovs
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3: 6 | 0 |
| 1995 |
Ēvalds Grabovskis
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11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 79:25 | 18th |
| 1996-1999 |
Leonīds Beresņevs
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56 | 36 | 7th | 13 | 275: 143 | 79 |
| 1999-2001 |
Haralds Vasiļjevs
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32 | 12 | 8th | 12 | 81:76 | 32 |
| 2001-2004 |
 Curt Lindström
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65 | 32 | 8th | 25th | 202: 161 | 72 |
| 2004-2006 |
Leonīds Beresņevs
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32 | 25th | 3 | 14th | 112: 113 | 53 |
| 2006 |
 Pyotr Vorobyov
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11 | 4th | 1 | 6th | 25:35 | 9 |
| 2006-2009 |
Oļegs Znaroks
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27 | 13 | - | 14th | 73:80 | 46 |
| 2011-2014 |
Ted Nolan
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| 2014-2015 |
Aleksandrs Beļavskis
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7th | 2 | - | 5 | 5 | |
| 2015-2016 |
Leonīds Beresņevs
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| August – December 2016 |
Haralds Vasiļjevs
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| since December 2016 |
Bob Hartley
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Placements at international tournaments
| year | competition | place | placement |
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| 1932 | EM | Berlin (German Empire) | 8th place |
| 1933 | WM / EM | Prague (Czechoslovakia) | 10th place (WM) , 8th place (EM) |
| 1935 | WM / EM | Davos (Switzerland) | 13th place (WM) , 12th place (EM) |
| 1936 | Olympia , WM / EM | Garmisch-Partenkirchen (German Empire) | 15th place (Olympia / WM) , 13th place (EM) |
| 1938 | WM / EM | Prague (Czechoslovakia) | 10th place (WM) , 8th place (EM) |
| 1939 | WM / EM | Zurich , Basel (Switzerland) | 10th place (WM) , 8th place (EM) |
| No ice hockey world championships were held between 1940 and 1946 . | |||
| Between 1947 and 1992, as part of the Soviet Union, Latvia was not an independent member of the IIHF and thus did not have an independent Latvian national ice hockey team for international tournaments. (See also: Soviet National Ice Hockey Team ) | |||
| 1993 | C-WM | Ljubljana , Bled (Slovenia) | C world champion , overall: 21st place |
| 1994 | Olympia | Lillehammer (Norway) | not qualified |
| 1994 | B-WM | Copenhagen (Denmark) | 2nd place, overall: 14th place |
| 1995 | B-WM | Bratislava (Slovakia) | 2nd place, overall: 14th place |
| 1996 | B-WM | Eindhoven (Netherlands) | B world champion , overall: 13th place |
| 1997 | A-WM | Helsinki , Turku (Finland) | 7th place |
| 1998 | Olympia | Nagano (Japan) | not qualified |
| 1998 | A-WM | Zurich , Basel (Switzerland) | 9th place |
| 1999 | A-WM | Oslo , Hamar , Lillehammer (Norway) | 11th place |
| 2000 | A-WM | St. Petersburg (Russia) | 8th place |
| 2001 | WM | Cologne , Hanover , Nuremberg (Germany) | 13th place |
| 2002 | Olympia | Salt Lake City (USA) | 9th place |
| 2002 | WM | Gothenburg , Jönköping , Karlstad (Sweden) | 11th place |
| 2003 | WM | Helsinki , Tampere , Turku (Finland) | 9th place |
| 2004 | WM | Prague , Ostrava (Czech Republic) | 7th place |
| 2005 | WM | Vienna , Innsbruck (Austria) | 9th place |
| 2006 | Olympia | Turin (Italy) | 12th place |
| 2006 | WM | Riga (Latvia) | Place 10 |
| 2007 | WM | Moscow , Mytishchi (Russia) | 13th place |
| 2008 | WM | Halifax , Québec City (Canada) | 11th place |
| 2009 | WM | Bern , Kloten (Switzerland) | 7th place |
| 2010 | Olympia | Vancouver (Canada) | 12th place |
| 2010 | WM | Cologne , Mannheim , Gelsenkirchen (Germany) | 11th place |
| 2011 | WM | Bratislava , Košice (Slovakia) | 13th place |
| 2012 | WM | Helsinki , Stockholm (Finland, Sweden) | Place 10 |
| 2013 | WM | Helsinki , Stockholm (Finland, Sweden) | 11th place |
| 2014 | Olympia | Sochi (Russia) | 8th place |
| 2014 | WM | Minsk (Belarus) | 11th place |
| 2015 | WM | Ostrava , Prague (Czech Republic) | 13th place |
| 2016 | WM | Moscow , Saint Petersburg (Russia) | 13th place |
| 2017 | WM | Cologne (Germany), Paris (France) | Place 10 |
| 2018 | WM | Copenhagen , Herning (Denmark) | 8th place |
| 2019 | WM | Bratislava , Košice (Denmark) | Place 10 |
Footnotes
See also
Web links
- Latvijas izlase at lhf.lv