Latvia national bandy team explained

Latvia
Association:Latvia's Bandy Federation
Coach: Peteris Ostosovs
First Game:Latvia 5 – 0 Mongolia
Kemerovo, 28 January 2007
Largest Win: 0 – 22
Vänersborg, 24 January 2019
Largest Loss:Sweden 28 – 3 Latvia
Ulyanovsk, 4 February 2016
World Champ2 Name:Bandy World Championship
World Champ2 Apps:10
World Champ2 First:2007
World Champ2 Best:7th (2015)

The Latvian national bandy team took part in its first Bandy World Championship in 2007 as a replacement for Canada who had to withdraw from the competition. In 2014 they won Group B for the first time, following an increase from six to eight teams in Group A. Qualified for Group A in 2015, they were allowed to also play in Group B, after Canada had withdrawn for financial reasons and Ukraine for political ones. After winning that tournament,[1] they were guaranteed Group A status also in 2016, even in case of last place in Group A. However, after losing all matches of the group stage, USA were beaten for the first time in the match for seventh place.[2]

Tournament participation

World Championships

External links

References

  1. http://bandyvm2015.ru/en/gameprogramresults/group-b/ bandyvm2015.ru Group B
  2. http://bandyvm2015.ru/en/gameprogramresults/group-a/ bandyvm2015.ru Group A