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
Coach Heikki Luukkonen[1]
CaptainArtis Raitums[2]
IFF Ranking4th

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]

Latvia is ranked fourth in the IFF ranking (behind the Czech Republic and ahead of Switzerland), following their fourth and fifth-place finishes at the World Championships in 2024 and 2022.

World Championship

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

Rankings and Records

Rankings

Year Rank Details Change
2024 4th 4th A-Division 1
2022 5th 5th A-Division
2020 5th 5th A-Division
2018 5th 5th A-Division 5
2016 10th 10th A-Division 4
2014 6th 6th A-Division
2012 6th 6th A-Division 1
2010 5th 5th A-Division
2008 5th 5th A-Division
2006 5th 5th A-Division 1
2004 6th 6th A-Division 1
2002 7th 7th A-Division
2000 7th 7th A-Division 2
1998 9th 1st B-Division
1996 9th 9th A-Division NEW

IFF World Floorball Championships record

Year Pld W D * L GF GA Plus/minus
1996 6 2 0 4 15 51 -36
1998* 5 5 0 0 48 8 +40
2000 4 1 0 3 10 19 -9
2002 4 1 0 3 11 32 -21
2004 5 1 0 4 19 31 -12
2006 5 3 0 2 26 31 -5
2008 5 3 0 2 26 28 -2
2010 5 3 0 2 41 24 17
2012 6 4 0 2 37 21 16
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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