Latvia men's national handball team
| Latvia | |||
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| Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
| Information | |||
| Association | Latvian Handball Federation (Latvijas Handbola federācija) | ||
| Coach | Davor Čutura | ||
| Assistant coach | Andrejs Narnickis Arnolds Straume Ēriks Visockis | ||
| Captain | Dainis Krištopāns | ||
| Most caps | Jānis Pavlovičs (101) | ||
| Most goals | Dainis Krištopāns (346) | ||
| Colours | |||
| Results | |||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2020) | ||
| Best result | 24th (2020) | ||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
The Latvia national handball team is the national handball team of Latvia and is controlled by the Latvian Handball Federation. It has competed since 1993, playing its opening match in the 1994 European Championship qualifiers against Cyprus on 15 April 1993 in Nicosia, winning 32:28.
In 2019 the team qualified for the 2020 European Championships for the first time in their history, previously reaching the qualification play-off stage in 2005. The team has not yet qualified for neither the Olympic Games nor World Championships, with their best results so far being participation in the world qualifiers play-offs in 2004 and 2016.[1]
To this date Andris Gulbis has had the longest stint managing the team, working in 1998 and from 2005 to 2010. From 2017 til the end of Euro 2020 the team was managed by former player Armands Uščins. The current head coach is Sandris Veršakovs.
Competitive record
European Championship
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Portugal 1994 | did not qualify | |||||||
| Spain 1996 | ||||||||
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| Croatia 2000 | ||||||||
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| Slovenia 2004 | ||||||||
 2006
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| Norway 2008 | ||||||||
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| Serbia 2012 | ||||||||
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| Poland 2016 | ||||||||
| Croatia 2018 | ||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: /Norway/Error creating thumbnail: 2020 | Preliminary round | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 93 |
 Error creating thumbnail: 2022 |
did not qualify | |||||||
| Germany 2024 | ||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: NorwayError creating thumbnail: 2026 | ||||||||
| PortugalSpain 2028 |
to be determined | |||||||
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 Germany 2032
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| Total | 1/20 | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 93 |
IHF Emerging Nations Championship
- 2015 – 1st place
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]
Head coach: Armands Uščins
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Notable players
- Aivis Jurdžs
- Evars Klešniks
- Dainis Krištopāns
- Ēriks Velde – a member of the 1964 World Men's Handball Championship All-Star Team[4]
References
- ^ "15 fakti, kas jāzina par Latvijas handbolu pirms izlases debijas EČ finālturnīrā". Sportacentrs.com (in latviešu). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Uščins nosauc sastāvu eiropas čempionāta finālturnīram". handball.lv. 30 December 2019.
- ^ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "15 fakti, kas jāzina par Latvijas handbolu pirms izlases debijas EČ finālturnīrā". Sportacentrs.com (in latviešu). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
External links
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- IHF profile
