Latvia men's national handball team

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AssociationLatvian Handball Federation (Latvijas Handbola federācija)
Coach
Assistant coachAndrejs Narnickis
Arnolds Straume
Ēriks Visockis
CaptainDainis Krištopāns
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Away
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 . 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 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.

Tournament record[]

European Championship[]

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 36) 1.92 m 93 249 Latvia
6 RW Uvis Stazdiņš (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 22) 1.80 m 16 22 Estonia HC Kehra
7 LB Aivis Jurdžs (1983-08-24) 24 August 1983 (age 38) 1.97 m 87 330 Latvia
10 RB Dainis Krištopāns (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990 (age 31) 2.14 m 77 346 North Macedonia Vardar
12 GK Edgars Kukša (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 32) 1.91 m 80 0 Germany
14 LW Oskars Arājs (1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 (age 31) 1.88 m 42 44 Latvia
16 GK Raitis Puriņš (1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 33) 1.90 m 41 0 Latvia Celtnieks Rīga
17 LB Nils Kreicbergs (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 25) 1.92 m 48 93 Finland Riihimäki Cocks
19 RW Andis Ērmanis (1990-05-21) 21 May 1990 (age 31) 1.68 m 54 19 Latvia
27 P Ingars Dude (1987-01-01) 1 January 1987 (age 35) 1.95 m 73 152 France Limoges Hand 87
33 RB Ģirts Lilienfelds (1982-12-04) 4 December 1982 (age 39) 1.89 m 84 215 Germany HSC 2000 Coburg
35 P Egils Politers (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 31) 1.95 m 41 54 Latvia
44 RB Evars Klešniks (1980-05-18) 18 May 1980 (age 41) 1.99 m 73 241 Germany
71 LW Rihards Leja (1992-07-28) 28 July 1992 (age 29) 1.87 m 27 30 Latvia Celtnieks Rīga
76 CB Austris Tuminskis (1990-06-07) 7 June 1990 (age 31) 1.98 m 58 119 Germany
77 RW Jānis Pavlovičs (1984-09-16) 16 September 1984 (age 37) 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
  4. ^ "15 fakti, kas jāzina par Latvijas handbolu pirms izlases debijas EČ finālturnīrā". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

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