The Latvian men's national ice hockey team represents Latvia in international ice hockey. The team is ranked 10th in the world by IIHF as of 2025 and 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. They reached the quarterfinals at the 2014 Winter Olympics, losing 2–1 to Canada. Latvia has hosted the World Championships three times, in 2006, 2021 and 2023, and will host it in 2030.

There are 7,898 registered hockey players in Latvia, which is 0.43% of its population.

Tournament record Olympic Games Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 3 0 0 3 3 27 Arvīds Jurgens Leonīds Vedējs 13 1948–1988 As part of 1992 Albertvilledid not qualify 1994 Lillehammer 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 4 2 1 1 20 14 Curt Lindström Harijs Vītoliņš 9 2006 Turin 5 0 1 4 11 29 Leonīds Beresņevs Kārlis Skrastiņš 12 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 Pyeongchangdid not qualify 2022 Beijing 4 0 0 0 4 7 14 Harijs Vītoliņš Lauris Dārziņš 11 2026 Milan / Cortina d'Ampezzo 4 1 0 0 3 8 17 Harijs Vītoliņš Kaspars Daugaviņš 10

World Championship

Championships GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish 1933 Prague 4 1 0 3 3 9 Nikolajs Kavass Arvīds Jurgens Finished in 10th place 1935 Davos 5 1 0 4 11 25 Nikolajs Kavass 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 place1954 – 1991 As part of 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 2020Cancelled 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 2025 Stockholm/Herning 7 3 0 0 4 17 25 Harijs Vītoliņš Kaspars Daugaviņš Finished in 10th place 2026 Zurich/Fribourg 8 4 0 0 4 24 19 Harijs Vītoliņš Rūdolfs Balcers Finished in 6th place 2027 Düsseldorf/Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen

European Championship Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank 1932 Berlin 4 1 0 3 5 13 Nikolajs Kavass Arvīds Jurgens Consolation Round 8th

Team Current roster Roster for the 2026 IIHF World Championship.

Head coach: Harijs Vītoliņš

No.Pos.NameHeightWeightBirthdateTeam 3 D Mikkelin Jukurit 4 D HK Dukla Michalovce 5 D HPK 9 F HC Olomouc 12 F Niagara Purple Eagles 14 F Saint John Sea Dogs 17 F HC Sparta Praha 21 F – C ZSC Lions 22 F HC La Chaux-de-Fonds 23 F Florida Panthers 27 D Herning Blue Fox 29 D – A Mountfield HK 34 F Grand Rapids Griffins 37 F SCL Tigers 40 G HC Banská Bystrica 42 D Jokerit 50 G Fischtown Pinguins 55 D Energie Karlovy Vary 73 F EHC Kloten 77 D – A HC Bílí Tygři Liberec 87 F New Hampshire Wildcats 88 G SaiPa 89 F Rungsted Ishockey Klub 95 F Lahti Pelicans 97 F Energie Karlovy Vary

2026 Olympics roster

Retired numbers 1 – Artūrs Irbe 7 – Kārlis Skrastiņš 19 – Helmuts Balderis 33 – Sergejs Žoltoks

Coaching history Coach 1932–1935 Nikolajs Kavass13301019:4791936–1938 Arvīds Jurgens71067:3531939 Larry Marsh31026:2131992–1994 Helmuts Balderis141211162:18271995 Ēvalds Grabovskis760165:16181996–1999 Leonīds Beresņevs271548123:79491999–2001 Haralds Vasiļjevs1362534:30202001–2004 Curt Lindström23831257:62272005–2006 Leonīds Beresņevs1122721:5082006 Petr Vorobiev621312:2472007–2011 Oleg Znarok3516–1985:123372011–2014 Ted Nolan2611–1554:82252015 Aleksandrs Beļavskis72–511:2552016 Leonīds Beresņevs71–613:2262016 Haralds Vasiļjevs32–113:562017–2021 Bob Hartley2912–1768:73412021–present Harijs Vītoliņš4322–21122:13060

All-time record

. Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD 28 23 0 5 106 65 +41 40 19 3 18 106 97 +9 2 2 0 0 31 4 +27 24 1 1 22 29 126 -97 1 1 0 0 22 0 +22 19 1 1 17 34 66 −32 2 0 0 2 0 16 −16 38 24 0 14 131 93 +38 5 5 0 0 32 6 +26 36 5 2 29 66 136 −70 57 37 4 16 195 115 +80 42 13 4 25 92 115 -23 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 15 10 0 5 54 31 +23 5 5 0 0 45 2 +43 6 6 0 0 45 6 +39 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 45 27 0 18 144 112 +30 21 16 0 5 72 50 +22 8 6 0 2 49 7 +42 22 6 1 15 38 83 −45 38 12 2 24 80 123 -43 14 13 0 2 49 25 +24 3 3 0 0 38 2 +36 30 3 1 26 50 126 −76 43 10 3 30 78 134 -56 20 14 1 5 67 49 +18 19 4 2 13 38 61 −23 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10Total 617 295 28 294 1 910 1 699 +211

Uniform evolution

References

External links

IIHF profile National Teams of Ice Hockey