Latvia women's national ice hockey team

Latvia
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AssociationLatvijas Hokeja Federācija
General managerAgnese Kārkliņa
Head coachHannu Saintula
AssistantsVladislavs Koniševs
Paulis Zvirgzdiņš
CaptainLīga Miljone
Most gamesInese Geca-Miljone (133)
Top scorerInese Geca-Miljone (87)
Most pointsInese Geca-Miljone (142)
Team colors   
IIHF codeLAT
Ranking
Current IIHF29 Steady (28 August 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF11 (2007)
Lowest IIHF29 (first in 2022)
First international
Ukraine  3–0  Latvia
(Riga, Latvia; 1 November 1992)
Biggest win
Latvia  39–0  Bulgaria
(Liepāja, Latvia; 5 September 2008)
Biggest defeat
Finland  17–0  Latvia
(Riga, Latvia; 24 March 1995)
World Championship
Appearances21 (first in 1999)
Best result11th (2007, 2011)
International record (W–L–T)
77–101–7

The Latvian women's national ice hockey team represents Latvia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF Women's World Championship and is controlled by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation (Latvian: Latvijas Hokeja federācija). In recent years, participation women's hockey has increased in Latvia; the number of registered women's players grew from 74 in 2018 to 223 in 2020.[2]

Tournament record

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Olympic Games

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Latvia never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship

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Graph shows Latvian results in IIHF World Championship since 1999.
Year Finish
1999 Finished in 13th place (5th in Group B)
2000 Finished in 14th place (6th in Group B)
2001 Finished in 14th place (6th in Group B)
2003 Finished in 13th place (5th in Division I)
2004 Finished in 12th place (3rd in Division 1)
2005 Finished in 14th place (6th in Division 1)
2007 Finished in 11th place (2nd in Division I)
2008 Finished in 15th place (6th in Division I and relegated to Division II)
2009 Finished in 16th place (1st in Division II and promoted to Division I)
2011 Finished in 11th place (3rd in Division I)
2012 Finished in 13th place (5th in Division IA)
2013 Finished in 14th place (6th in Division IA and relegated to Division IB)
2014 Finished in 15th place (1st in Division IB and promoted to Division IA)
2015 Finished in 14th place (6th in Division IA and relegated to Division IB)
2016 Finished in 16th place (2nd in Division IB)
2017 Finished in 17th place (3rd in Division IB)
2018 Finished in 18th place (3rd in Division IB)
2019 Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division IB and relegated to Division IIA)
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2022 Finished in 24rd place (2nd in Division IIA)
2023 Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division IIA and promoted to Division IB)
2024 Finished in 18th place (2nd in Division IB)

European Championship

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Year Finish
1993 Finished First place in Group B (promoted to group A)
1995 Finished 6th place (demoted to Group B)
1996 Finished second place in Group B

References

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  1. ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. ^ "IIHF Member Associations: Latvia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. ^ Steiss, Adam (2 March 2020). "IIHF cancels March tournaments". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  4. ^ Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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