Latvia women's national ice hockey team explained

Latvia
Badge:Latvia national ice hockey team logo.svg
Badge Size:150px
Association:Latvijas Hokeja Federācija
General Manager:Agnese Kārkliņa
Coach:Hannu Saintula
Asst Coach:Vladislavs Koniševs
Paulis Zvirgzdiņš
Captain:Līga Miljone
Most Games:Inese Geca-Miljone (133)
Top Scorer:Inese Geca-Miljone (87)
Most Points:Inese Geca-Miljone (142)
Iihf Code:LAT
Iihf Max:11
Iihf Max Date:2007
Iihf Min:29
Iihf Min Date:first in 2022
First Game: 3–0
Largest Win: 39–0
Largest Loss: 17–0
World Champ2 Name:World Championship
World Champ2 Apps:21
World Champ2 First:1999
World Champ2 Best:11th (2007, 2011)
Record: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.[1]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Latvia never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship

Year Finish
Finished in 13th place (5th in Group B)
Finished in 14th place (6th in Group B)
Finished in 14th place (6th in Group B)
Finished in 13th place (5th in Division I)
Finished in 12th place (3rd in Division 1)
Finished in 14th place (6th in Division 1)
Finished in 11th place (2nd in Division I)
Finished in 15th place (6th in Division I and relegated to Division II)
Finished in 16th place (1st in Division II and promoted to Division I)
Finished in 11th place (3rd in Division I)
Finished in 13th place (5th in Division IA)
Finished in 14th place (6th in Division IA and relegated to Division IB)
Finished in 15th place (1st in Division IB and promoted to Division IA)
Finished in 14th place (6th in Division IA and relegated to Division IB)
Finished in 16th place (2nd in Division IB)
Finished in 17th place (3rd in Division IB)
Finished in 18th place (3rd in Division IB)
Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division IB and relegated to Division IIA)
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Finished in 24rd place (2nd in Division IIA)
Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division IIA and promoted to Division IB)
Finished in 18th place (2nd in Division IB)

European Championship

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 24 April 2020. IIHF Member Associations: Latvia. 7 November 2020. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  2. Web site: Steiss. Adam. 2 March 2020. IIHF cancels March tournaments. 7 November 2020. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  3. Web site: Steiss. Adam. 18 November 2020. IIHF Council announces more cancellations. 18 November 2020. International Ice Hockey Federation.