Latvia men's national floorball team

"Latvia national floorball team" redirects here. For the women's team, see Latvia women's national floorball team.
Latvia men's national floorball team
Nickname(s)Team Latvia
Founded1993
CoachFinland Heikki Luukkonen[1]
CaptainArtis Raitums[2]
The Latvian national team at the IFF Championship 2022 in Switzerland

The Latvia Men's National Floorball Team is the national floorball team of Latvia, and a member of the International Floorball Federation. Its biggest successes is the fourth place from the World Championships in 2024 and also the fourth place from the floorball tournament at the 2022 World Games.[3][4]

World Championship

Year Hosting Country Rank
1996 Sweden Sweden 9th place
2000 Norway Norway 7th place
2002 Finland Finland 7th place
2004 Switzerland Switzerland 6th place
2006 Sweden Sweden 5th place
2008 Czech Republic Czech Republic 5th place
2010 Finland Finland 5th place
2012 Switzerland Switzerland 6th place
2014 Sweden Sweden 5th place
2016 Latvia Latvia 10th place
2018 Czech Republic Czech Republic 5th place
2020 Finland Finland 5th place
2022 Switzerland Switzerland 5th place
2024 Sweden Sweden 4th place

Rankings and Records

Rankings

Year Rank Details Change
2024 4th 4th A-Division Increase1
2022 5th 5th A-Division Steady
2020 5th 5th A-Division Steady
2018 5th 5th A-Division Increase5
2016 10th 10th A-Division Decrease4
2014 6th 6th A-Division Steady
2012 6th 6th A-Division Decrease1
2010 5th 5th A-Division Steady
2008 5th 5th A-Division Steady
2006 5th 5th A-Division Increase1
2004 6th 6th A-Division Increase1
2002 7th 7th A-Division Steady
2000 7th 7th A-Division Increase2
1998 9th 1st B-Division Steady
1996 9th 9th A-Division NEW

IFF World Floorball Championships record

Year Pld W D * L GF GA Plus/minus
Sweden 1996 6 2 0 4 15 51 -36
Czech Republic 1998* 5 5 0 0 48 8 +40
Norway 2000 4 1 0 3 10 19 -9
Finland 2002 4 1 0 3 11 32 -21
Switzerland 2004 5 1 0 4 19 31 -12
Sweden 2006 5 3 0 2 26 31 -5
Czech Republic 2008 5 3 0 2 26 28 -2
Finland 2010 5 3 0 2 41 24 17
Switzerland 2012 6 4 0 2 37 21 16
Sweden 2014 7 4 0 3 29 33 -4
  • played in B-Division[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Heikki Luukkonen will be the new Head Coach of Latvia's Men's National Team". International Floorball Federation. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Latvian floorball players start the world championship with a loss to the Czech Republic". Archysport. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Finland floorball world champions for the fifth time". Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Canada beat hosts US to earn men's lacrosse gold at Birmingham 2022 World Games". Inside the Games. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Men's WFC 1998". IFF. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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