Country: | Latvia |
Fiba Ranking: | 3 |
Fiba Zone: | FIBA Europe |
World Championship: | FIBA 3x3 World Cup |
Wc Appearances: | 5 |
Wc Medals: | Silver: 2019 Bronze: 2023 |
Oly Appearances: | 2 |
Oly Medals: | Gold: 2020 |
Zone Championship: | European Games |
Zone Appearances: | 2 |
Zone Medals: | Silver: 2019 Gold: 2023 |
Zone2 Championship: | Europe Cup |
Zone2 Appearances: | 3 |
Zone2 Medals: | Gold: 2017 Silver: 2018 Bronze: 2023 |
The Latvia men's national 3x3 team is a national basketball team of Latvia, governed by the Latvian Basketball Association.It represents the country in international 3x3 (3 against 3) basketball competitions. The team won the first ever Olympic men's tournament in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, beating the Russian Olympic Committee team in the gold medal final.[1]
Other honors include the gold at the 2017 European Championships in Amsterdam, silver at the 2019 World Championship and the 2018 European Championship, as well as bronze medals at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
The first game of streetball in Latvia took place on 29 May 1993 upon the start of the Adidas Streetball tournament in the capital of Riga. The first Latvian championship was organized by the LBA in 2012 and the same year – the first national team.[2]
Year | Position | width=25px | width=25px | width=25px | Players | |||
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2020 Tokyo | 1st | 10 | 7 | 3 | Čavars, Krūmiņš, Lasmanis, Miezis | |||
2024 Paris | 4th | 9 | 7 | 2 | Miezis, Lasmanis, Lācis, Raimo | |||
Total | 2/2 | 19 | 14 | 5 |
Year | Position | width=25px | width=25px | width=25px | Players | |||
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2012 Greece | 18th | 5 | 1 | 4 | Jonāts, Kanbergs, Krūmiņš, Mizis | |||
2014 Russia | did not qualify | |||||||
2016 China | ||||||||
2017 France | ||||||||
2018 Philippines | 6th | 5 | 4 | 1 | Čavars, Krūmiņš, Lasmanis, Miezis | |||
2019 Netherlands | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 3 | Čavars, Krūmiņš, Lasmanis, Miezis | |||
2022 Belgium | 6th | 6 | 4 | 2 | Čavars, Lasmanis, Miezis, Strēlnieks | |||
2023 Vienna | 3rd | 8 | 6 | 2 | Lācis, Čavars, Lasmanis, Miezis | |||
Total | 5/8 | 31 | 19 | 12 |
Year | Position | width=25px | width=25px | width=25px | Players | |||
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did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||
did not qualify | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||
2017 Netherlands | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | Čavars, Krūmiņš, Lasmanis, Miezis[3] | |||
2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | Čavars, Krūmiņš, Lasmanis, Miezis | ||||
10th | 2 | 0 | 2 | Čavars, Krūmiņš, Lasmanis, Miezis | ||||
did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 2 | Apsītis, Dubults, Gūtmanis, Žunda[4] | ||||
3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | Lācis, Lasmanis, Osis, Raimo | ||||
Group stage | 2 | 0 | 2 | Lācis, Gluditis, Raimo, Apsītis | ||||
Total | 5/8 | 33 | 16 | 17 |
The roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics:[5]