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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 2023. 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 ...
Latvia men's national ice hockey team; Latvia women's national ice hockey team; O. ASK/Ogre; P. LB/Prizma Riga; V. HK Ozolnieki/Monarhs
After the restoration of the independence of Latvia, the Latvian Hockey Federation was established in 1991 and re-admitted to the IIHF during its congress in Prague on May 6, 1992. [6] However, the Latvian national men's team was not restored back to the top division and had to play in Group C in its first World Championships since 1939.
The first official game of the Latvia men's national ice hockey team, which consisted of pure amateurs, took place on February 27, 1932. Lithuania were beaten 3: 0. Only two weeks later, the national team participated for the first time in the European Championship.
Eriks Mateiko scored the lone goal of a shootout in the eighth round to give Latvia a 3-2 victory over Canada on Friday night in the world junior hockey championship. Mateiko beat Jack Ivankovic ...
The team represents Latvia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Junior Championship. They have played at the top division of the tournament seven times; it has been at the top division since the 2022 tournament, where Latvia was called up to replace Russia in the rescheduled tournament due to the country being banned from ...
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This is a list of men's national ice hockey teams in the world. There are fewer than 100 national ice hockey teams in total, [ 1 ] with teams representing UN member states, as well as several dependent territories , sub-national entities and states who are not members of the United Nations .