The team mostly often played matches against Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Poland.
In 1937, the Latvian national team was close to qualifying for the 1938 World Cup, the third World Cup tournament.
In the qualifying rounds, they defeated the Lithuania - the score in the first match was 4-2, and the second match was a decisive 5-1 victory.
However, in the final qualification game in Vienna, Latvia lost to Austria 2-1.