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 in 2023, when they won the bronze medal.Latvia reached the quarterfinals at the 2014 Winter Olympics, losing 2–1 to Canada.Latvia has 7,898 registered players (0.43% of its population).
Latvian Ice Hockey FederationGeneral managerHarijs VītoliņšLauris DārziņšArtūrs IrbePetteri NummelinVille PeltonenRaimonds VilkoitsKaspars DaugaviņšRodrigo LaviņšLeonīds TambijevsXiaomi ArēnaCurrent IIHFLithuaniaIsraelCanadaOlympicsIIHF World ChampionshipsIIHF European ChampionshipsWorld Championship2023 Finland/LatviaLatvia2014 Winter OlympicsWorld ChampionshipsEuropean Championships1936 Garmisch-PartenkirchenArvīds JurgensLeonīds VedējsSoviet Union1994 Lillehammer1998 Nagano2002 Salt Lake CityCurt Lindström2006 TurinLeonīds BeresņevsKārlis Skrastiņš2010 VancouverOļegs Znaroks2014 SochiTed NolanSandis Ozoliņš2018 Pyeongchang2022 Beijing2026 Milan/Cortina1933 Prague1935 Davos1938 Prague1939 Zürich/Basel1993 Bled/LjubljanaHelmuts Balderis1994 Copenhagen/Aalborg1995 BratislavaAleksandrs Beļavskis1996 EindhovenOleg Znarok1997 Helsinki/Tampere/TurkuNormunds Sējējs1998 Zürich/Basel1999 Oslo/Hamar/Lillehammer2000 Saint PetersburgHaralds Vasiļjevs2001 Nuremberg/Cologne/Hanover2002 Gothenburg/Karlstad/Jönköping2003 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku2004 Prague/OstravaSergejs Žoltoks2005 Vienna/Innsbruck2006 RigaPetr VorobievAleksandrs Semjonovs2007 Moscow2008 Halifax/Quebec City2009 Bern/Kloten2010 Cologne/Mannheim/GelsenkirchenHerberts Vasiļjevs2011 Bratislava/Košice2012 Helsinki/StockholmJānis Sprukts2013 Stockholm/Helsinki2014 Minsk2015 Prague/Ostrava2016 Moscow/Saint Petersburg2017 Cologne/ParisBob Hartley2018 Copenhagen/HerningRoberts Bukarts2019 Bratislava/Košicecoronavirus pandemic2021 Riga2022 Helsinki/TampereRodrigo Ābols2023 Tampere/Riga2024 Prague/Ostrava2025 Stockholm/Herning1932 Berlin2024 IIHF World ChampionshipKārlis ČuksteBrynäs IFTrois-Rivières LionsRenārs KrastenbergsGraz 99ersRihards BukartsVítkovice RideraDukla MichalovceMārtiņš DzierkalsSkellefteå AIKRögle BKWilkes-Barre/Scranton PenguinsOskars CibuļskisHerning Blue FoxRalfs FreibergsMountfield HKElvis MerzļikinsColumbus Blue JacketsRytíři KladnoJYP JyväskyläNew Hampshire WildcatsKristers GudļevskisFischtown PinguinsNové ZámkyAlaska NanooksMiks IndrašisJānis JaksHC LitvínovKristaps ZīleSt. Lawrence Saints