Latvia men's national floorball team
Appearance
Nickname(s) | Team Latvia |
---|---|
Founded | 1993 |
Coach | Heikki Luukkonen[1] |
Captain | Artis Raitums[2] |
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 are seven fifth places from the World Championships in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2022 a and the fourth place from the floorball tournament at the 2022 World Games.[3][4]
World Championship
[edit]Year | Hosting Country | Rank |
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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 |
Rankings and Records
[edit]Rankings
[edit]Year | Rank | Details | Change |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Latvian floorball players start the world championship with a loss to the Czech Republic". Archysport. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "The Latvian floorball team finishes the world championship in 5th place for the seventh time". Baltics News. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Men's WFC 1998". IFF. Retrieved 20 November 2022.