Latvia women's national ice hockey team

The Latvian women's national ice hockey team represents Latvia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships and is controlled by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. Latvia had 74 female players in 2018.[2]

Latvia
AssociationLatvijas Hokeja Federacija
General ManagerInāra Zvīdre
Head coachMiks Golubovičs
AssistantsLaila Dekmeijere-Trigubova
CaptainJūlija Mihejenko
Most gamesInese Geca-Miljone (123)
Most pointsIveta Koka (129)
Team colors              
IIHF codeLAT
Home colours
Away colours
Ranking
Current IIHF22 4 (24 April 2020)[1]
Highest IIHF11 (2007)
Lowest IIHF18 (2018)
First international
Latvia  0–3  Ukraine
Riga, Latvia; 1 November 1992
Biggest win
Latvia  39–0  Bulgaria
Liepāja, Latvia; 5 September 2008
Biggest defeat
Latvia  0–17  Finland
Riga, Latvia; 24 March 1995
World Championships
Appearances18 (first in 1999)
Best result11th (2007, 2011)
International record (W–L–T)
56–77–7

Tournament record

Olympic Games

The Latvian team has never qualified itself for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship

Having failed to qualify for Group A of the 1999 world championship, Latvia debuted in the Women's world championship within Group B. In the following Tournaments, the Latvian Team competed at this level (renamed Division I in 2003). They were saved from demotion in 2005, further to the extension of the division elite. Their best performance was realized during the 2007 Tournament with a second place of Division I, complemented by an IIHF rank of 11th. However, in 2008, they were relegated due to a last place finish. They remained in Division II but earned promotion after the 2009 Tournament. In 2011, they reached 11th place once again after finishing 3rd in Division I. In 2013, they were relegated to Division IB, but a year after that in 2014, they got promoted on the home ice in Latvia, Ventspils to Division IA. In 2015, they got relegated once again back to Division IB and have played in that Division for the last three years. Remarkably taking home one silver and two bronze medals in the last three years (2016, 2017 and 2018 Tournament).

YearFinish
1999Finished in 13th place (5th in Group B)
2000Finished in 14th place (6th in Group B)
2001Finished in 14th place (6th in Group B)
2003Finished in 13th place (5th in Division I)
2004Finished in 12th place (3rd in Division 1)
2005Finished in 14th place (6th in Division 1)
2007Finished in 11th place (2nd in Division I)
2008Finished in 15th place (6th in Division I and relegated to Division II)
2009Finished in 16th place (1st in Division II and promoted to Division I)
2011Finished in 11th place (3rd in Division I)
2012Finished in 13th place (5th in Division IA)
2013Finished in 14th place (6th in Division IA and relegated to Division IB)
2014Finished in 15th place (1st in Division IB and promoted to Division IA)
2015Finished in 14th place (6th in Division IA and relegated to Division IB)
2016Finished in 16th place (2nd in Division IB)
2017Finished in 17th place (3rd in Division IB)
2018Finished in 18th place (3rd in Division IB)
2019Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division IB and relegated to Division IIA)
2020Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[3]

European championship
YearFinish
1993Finished First place in Group B (promoted to group A)
1995Finished 6th (demoted to Group B)
1996Finished second place in Group B

2019 roster

[4]

Goaltenders
Number Player Club
1Kristiāna Apsīte Laima Riga
20Evija Tētiņa Laima Riga
Defensemen
Number Player Club
7Anna Kubliņa SHK Pardaugava Lauvas
8Sarma Ozmena Minnesota Blue Js
12Elīza Platā SHK Pardaugava Lauvas
13Aija Apsīte Laima Riga
15Sabīne Kate Rubina LNL Riga
17Beāte Žagare Laima Riga
Forwards
Number Player Club
2Baiba Kurme Laima Riga
3Jūlija Mihejenko SHK Pardaugava Lauvas
6Karīna Aņisimova Odense IK
9Zane Kronberga Laima Riga
11Ilona Ābola Laima Riga
14Kitija Voitkeviča Laima Riga
16Karina Šilajane Laima Riga
18Ivita Krūmiņa Laima Riga
19Anna Katrīna Lagzdiņa Lethbridge Jr. Eagles
21Līga Miljone University of Maine
22Ieva Pētersone SHK Pardaugava Lauvas
24Māra Trēziņa SHK Pardaugava Lauvas
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References
  1. "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. IIHF, https://www.iihf.com/en/associations/1342/latvia
  3. "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  4. IIHF, https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wwib/teams/roster/3863/latvia
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