They beat Estonia in a two-game series and therefore won the inaugural tournament after Ukraine could not gain visas to travel.
After a hiatus of several years, Latvia returned to international competition on May 9, 2015 for the first match of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying process, taking on Spain in a one-off knockout match to determine the final participants in the 'European C' section.
However, in 2024 the Latvian federation was expelled from the IRL due to "several years" of inactivity, thus the team is currently dormant.
The Latvians' home advantage had no effect as they went down to the Spaniards by 20 points, ending their chance of participating in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
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