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]
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| Nickname(s) | Team Latvia |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| Coach |  Heikki Luukkonen[1] |
| Captain | Artis Raitums[2] |
World Championship edit
| Year | Hosting Country | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 |  Sweden
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9th place |
| 2000 |  Norway
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7th place |
| 2002 | Finland
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7th place |
| 2004 |  Switzerland
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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
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10th place |
| 2018 | Czech Republic
|
5th place |
| 2020 | Finland
|
5th place |
| 2022 | Switzerland
|
5th place |
Rankings and Records edit
Rankings edit
| Year | Rank | Details | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6th | 6th A-Division | 
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| 2012 | 6th | 6th A-Division |  1
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| 2010 | 5th | 5th A-Division |
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| 2008 | 5th | 5th A-Division |
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| 2006 | 5th | 5th A-Division |  1
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| 2004 | 6th | 6th A-Division | 1
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| 2002 | 7th | 7th A-Division |
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| 2000 | 7th | 7th A-Division | 2
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| 1998 | 9th | 1st B-Division |
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| 1996 | 9th | 9th A-Division | NEW |
IFF World Floorball Championships record edit
| Year | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Plus/minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 51 | -36 |
| 1998*
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8 | +40 |
| 2000
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 19 | -9 |
| 2002
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 32 | -21 |
| 2004
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 31 | -12 |
| 2006
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 31 | -5 |
| 2008
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 28 | -2 |
| 2010
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 24 | 17 |
| 2012
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 16 |
| 2014
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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.
External links edit
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