Latvia national ice hockey team
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| Association | |
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| Latvian Ice Hockey Federation | |
| Current Olympic/World Cup coach | |
| Oļegs Znaroks, 2006- | |
| Current national team coach | |
| Oļegs Znaroks 2006- | |
| Most Games1 | |
| Aleksandrs Semjonovs: 209 | |
| Most Points1 | |
| Leonīds Tambijevs: 154 | |
| First Game2 | |
 Latvia 3 - 0 Lithuania  (Rīga, Latvia; February 27, 1932) |
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| Largest win2 | |
Latvia 32 - 0 Israel  (Bled, Slovenia; March 15, 1993) |
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| Largest defeat2 | |
 Canada 14 - 0 Latvia (Davos, Switzerland; January 20, 1935) |
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| World Cup and Canada Cup | |
| Winners: 0 | |
| Olympics | |
| Winners: 0 9th place 2002 | |
| World Championships | |
| Winners: 0 7th place 1997, 2004 | |
| International Competition | |
| Current record: (W-L-T) 161-136-18 |
The Latvian national men's ice hockey team is currently ranked 10th in the world by IIHF as of 2008. The team is controlled by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. Its current head coach is Oļegs Znaroks. Their best finishes ever at the World Championships were in 1997, 2000 and 2004 where they made it as far as the quarterfinals. Latvia has 4,271 players (0.21% of its population).
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[edit] 2008 World Championship team
[edit] Coaching history
- 1992 to 1994 - Helmuts Balderis
- 1994 - Mihails Beskašnovs
- 1995 - Ēvalds Grabovskis
- 1996 to 1999 - Leonīds Beresņevs
- 1999 to 2001 - Haralds Vasiļjevs
- 2001 to 2004 - Curt Lindström
- 2004 to 2006 - Leonīds Beresņevs
- 2006 - Pjotrs Vorobjovs
- 2006 to now - Oļegs Znaroks
[edit] Olympic Record
- 1920-1932 - Did not participate
- 1936 - Finished tied in 13th place
- 1948-1992 - Did not participate
- 1994, 1998 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Finished in 9th place
- 2006 - Finished in 12th place
[edit] European Championship record
[edit] World Championship Record
- 1930-1931 Did not participate
- 1933 - Finished in 10th place
- 1934 - Did not participate
- 1935 - Finished in 13th place
- 1937 - Did not participate
- 1938 - Finished tied in 10th place
- 1939 - Finished in 10th place
- 1947-1992 - Did not participate
- 1993 - Won C pool (21st place overall)
- 1994 - Finished in the second place in B pool (14th place overall)
- 1995 - Finished in the second place in B pool (14th place overall)
- 1996 - Won B pool (13th place overall)
- 1997 - Finished in the 7th place
- 1998 - Finished in the 9th place
- 1999 - Finished in the 11th place
- 2000 - Finished in the 8th place
- 2001 - Finished in the 13th place
- 2002 - Finished in the 11th place
- 2003 - Finished in the 9th place
- 2004 - Finished in the 7th place
- 2005 - Finished in the 9th place
- 2006 - Finished in the 10th place
- 2007 - Finished in the 13th place
- 2008 - Finished in the 11th place
