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| Nickname(s) | Team Latvia |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| Coach |  Heikki Luukkonen [1] |
| Captain | Artis Raitums [2] |
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]
| Year | Hosting Country | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 |  Sweden | 9th place |
| 2000 |  Norway | 7th place |
| 2002 | Finland | 7th place |
| 2004 |  Switzerland | 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 | 10th place |
| 2018 | Czech Republic | 5th place |
| 2020 | Finland | 5th place |
| 2022 | Switzerland | 5th place |
| 2024 | Sweden |
| Year | Rank | Details | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6th | 6th A-Division |  |
| 2012 | 6th | 6th A-Division |  1 |
| 2010 | 5th | 5th A-Division | |
| 2008 | 5th | 5th A-Division | |
| 2006 | 5th | 5th A-Division |  1 |
| 2004 | 6th | 6th A-Division | 1 |
| 2002 | 7th | 7th A-Division | |
| 2000 | 7th | 7th A-Division | 2 |
| 1998 | 9th | 1st B-Division | |
| 1996 | 9th | 9th A-Division | NEW |
| Year | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Plus/minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 51 | -36 |
| 1998* | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8 | +40 |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 19 | -9 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 32 | -21 |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 31 | -12 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 31 | -5 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 28 | -2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 24 | 17 |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 16 |
| 2014 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 33 | -4 |
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