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Information
AssociationLatvian Handball Federation (Latvijas Handbola federācija)
CoachDavor Čutura
Assistant coachAndrejs Narnickis
Arnolds Straume
Ēriks Visockis
CaptainDainis Krištopāns
Most capsJānis Pavlovičs (101)
Most goalsDainis Krištopāns (346)
Colours
Team colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
European Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2020)
Best result24th (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

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
Portugal 1994 did not qualify
Spain 1996
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002
Slovenia 2004
Switzerland 2006
Norway 2008
Austria 2010
Serbia 2012
Denmark 2014
Poland 2016
Croatia 2018
Austria/Norway/Sweden 2020 Preliminary round 24 3 0 0 3 73 93
HungarySlovakia 2022 did not qualify
Germany 2024
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2026 to be determined
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028
Total 1/18 3 0 0 3 73 93

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Armands Uščins

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
5 CB Māris Veršakovs (1986-01-13) 13 January 1986 (age 38) 1.92 m 93 249 Latvia ZRHK Tenax Dobele
6 RW Uvis Stazdiņš (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25) 1.80 m 16 22 Estonia HC Kehra
7 LB Aivis Jurdžs (1983-08-24) 24 August 1983 (age 41) 1.97 m 87 330 Latvia ZRHK Tenax Dobele
10 RB Dainis Krištopāns (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990 (age 34) 2.14 m 77 346 North Macedonia Vardar
12 GK Edgars Kukša (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 34) 1.91 m 80 0 Germany OHV Aurich
14 LW Oskars Arājs (1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 (age 34) 1.88 m 42 44 Latvia ZRHK Tenax Dobele
16 GK Raitis Puriņš (1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 36) 1.90 m 41 0 Latvia Celtnieks Rīga
17 LB Nils Kreicbergs (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 28) 1.92 m 48 93 Finland Riihimäki Cocks
19 RW Andis Ērmanis (1990-05-21) 21 May 1990 (age 34) 1.68 m 54 19 Latvia ZRHK Tenax Dobele
27 P Ingars Dude (1987-01-01) 1 January 1987 (age 37) 1.95 m 73 152 France Limoges Hand 87
33 RB Ģirts Lilienfelds (1982-12-04) 4 December 1982 (age 41) 1.89 m 84 215 Germany HSC 2000 Coburg
35 P Egils Politers (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 34) 1.95 m 41 54 Latvia ZRHK Tenax Dobele
44 RB Evars Klešniks (1980-05-18) 18 May 1980 (age 44) 1.99 m 73 241 Germany LiT Tribe Germania
71 LW Rihards Leja (1992-07-28) 28 July 1992 (age 32) 1.87 m 27 30 Latvia Celtnieks Rīga
76 CB Austris Tuminskis (1990-06-07) 7 June 1990 (age 34) 1.98 m 58 119 Germany EHV Aue
77 RW Jānis Pavlovičs (1984-09-16) 16 September 1984 (age 40) 1.84 m 101 297 Norway Sandefjord TIF

Notable players

References

  1. ^ "15 fakti, kas jāzina par Latvijas handbolu pirms izlases debijas EČ finālturnīrā". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Uščins nosauc sastāvu eiropas čempionāta finālturnīram". handball.lv. 30 December 2019.
  3. ^ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. ^ "15 fakti, kas jāzina par Latvijas handbolu pirms izlases debijas EČ finālturnīrā". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.