Iran men's national volleyball team

Iran
Association IRIVF
Confederation AVC
Head coach Raúl Lozano
FIVB ranking 7 (as of August 2016)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances 1 (First in 2016)
Best result 5th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances 5 (First in 1970)
Best result 6th (2014)
Asian Championship
Appearances 16 (First in 1979)
Best result Gold (2011, 2013)
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Medal record
Asian Championship
2011 Tehran
2013 Dubai
2009 Manila
2015 Tehran
2003 Tianjin
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Team
1958 Tokyo Team
2002 Busan Team
2010 Guangzhou Team
1966 Bangkok Team
AVC Cup
2008 Nakhon Ratchasima
2010 Urmia
2016 Nakhon Pathom
2012 Vinh Yen

The Iran Men's National Volleyball Team is the national men's volleyball team of Iran. It is governed by the Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (I.R.I.V.F.) and takes part in international volleyball competitions.

They are currently the strongest team in Asia. As of August 2016, Iran ranks 7th in the FIVB World Rankings. Iran has twice won the Asian Championship in 2011 Tehran and 2013 Dubai. Iran in World Championship foremost result 2014 Poland 5th Place. Iran made it to the Olympic Games for the first time in their history in 2016.[1][2] They finished at the 5th position in the competitions.

Tournament records

For more details on this topic, see Iran men's national volleyball team results.
Iran national volleyball team in Rio, Brazil 2016. Olympic games

Notes: Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicate 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes, respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament. Team B indicates that the team was represented by its B team.

Olympic Games

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Japan 1964Did not enter
or
Did not qualify
Mexico 1968
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 20165th place624812
Total1/14624812

World Championship

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Czechoslovakia 1949Did not enter
Soviet Union 1952
France 1956
Brazil 1960
Soviet Union 1962
Czechoslovakia 1966
Bulgaria 197021st place11471624
Mexico 1974Did not enter
Italy 1978
Argentina 1982Did not qualify
France 1986Did not enter
Brazil 1990Did not qualify
Greece 1994
Japan 199819th place30309
Argentina 2002Did not enter
Japan 200621st place505215
Italy 201019th place31257
Poland 20146th place12752621
Italy Bulgaria 2018To be determined
Total5/193412224976

World Cup

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Poland 1965Did not enter
East Germany 1969
Japan 1977
Japan 1981
Japan 1985
Japan 1989Did not qualify
Japan 199111th place817523
Japan 1995Did not qualify
Japan 1999
Japan 2003
Japan 2007
Japan 20119th place11561625
Japan 20158th place11471624
Total3/123010203772

World Grand Champions Cup

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Japan 1993Did not qualify
Japan 1997
Japan 2001
Japan 2005
Japan 20095th place514814
Japan 20134th place5321010
Total2/610461824

World League

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Japan 1990Did not enter
Italy 1991
Italy 1992
Brazil 1993
Italy 1994
Brazil 1995
Netherlands 1996
Russia 1997
Italy 1998
Argentina 1999
Netherlands 2000
Poland 2001
Brazil 2002
Spain 2003
Italy 2004
Serbia and Montenegro 2005
Russia 2006
Poland 2007
Brazil 2008
Serbia 2009
Argentina 2010Did not qualify
Poland 2011
Bulgaria 2012
Argentina 20139th place10552021
Italy 20144th place16792832
Brazil 20157th place12662521
Poland 20168th place9451522
Total4/274722258896

Asian Championship

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Australia 1975Did not enter
Bahrain 19796th place6331210
Japan 1983Did not enter
Kuwait 198710th place523710
South Korea 19898th place8351513
Australia 19917th place7341112
Thailand 19935th place633910
South Korea 19954th place743614*
Qatar 19976th place523811
Iran 19995th place6421310
South Korea 20015th place6421410
China 20033rd place7521612
Thailand 20056th place5321210
Indonesia 20075th place9541718
Philippines 2009Runners-up8712210
Iran 2011Champions880242
United Arab Emirates 2013Champions770211
Iran 2015Runners-up (Team B)862209
Total16/181086939

Asian Games

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Japan 1958Runners-up43196
Indonesia 1962Did not enter
Thailand 19663rd place8531614
Thailand 19705th place7341114
Iran 19744th place52379
Thailand 1978Did not enter
India 1982
South Korea 1986
China 1990
Japan 19945th place9541616
Thailand 1998Did not enter
South Korea 2002Runners-up6421210
Qatar 20066th place31267
China 2010Runners-up981254
South Korea 2014Champions880242
Total9/1559392012682

AVC Cup

Main article: AVC Cup
Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Thailand 2008Champions651168
Iran 2010Champions660186
Vietnam 2012Runners-up (Team B)651167
Kazakhstan 20144th place (Team B)642149
Thailand 2016Champions (Team B)660185
Total5/5302648235

Other tournaments

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Date Competition Location Opponent Result
2016
13 May 2016 Friendly Match  France  France 1–3 L
14 May 2016 Friendly Match  France  France 0–3 L
22 May 2016 Friendly Match  Japan  China 3–2 W
25 May 2016 Friendly Match  Japan  Poland 3–1 W
28 May 2016 2016 Olympic Qualification  Japan  Australia 3–0 W
29 May 2016 2016 Olympic Qualification  Japan  Canada 3–2 W
31 May 2016 2016 Olympic Qualification  Japan  France 0–3 L
1 June 2016 2016 Olympic Qualification  Japan  Japan 3–1 W
2 June 2016 2016 Olympic Qualification  Japan  China 3–2 W
4 June 2016 2016 Olympic Qualification  Japan  Poland 3–1 W
5 June 2016 2016 Olympic Qualification  Japan  Venezuela 3–2 W
17 June 2016 2016 World League  Brazil  Brazil 0–3 L
18 June 2016 2016 World League  Brazil  United States 1–3 L
19 June 2016 2016 World League  Brazil  Argentina 3–2 W
23 June 2016 2016 World League  Serbia  Bulgaria 3–1 W
24 June 2016 2016 World League  Serbia  Brazil 1–3 L
25 June 2016 2016 World League  Serbia  Serbia 1–3 L
1 July 2016 2016 World League  Iran  Serbia 3–2 W
2 July 2016 2016 World League  Iran  Italy 0–3 L
3 July 2016 2016 World League  Iran  Argentina 3–2 W
29 July 2016 Friendly Match  Brazil  Brazil 1–3 L
31 July 2016 Friendly Match  Brazil  Brazil 0–3 L
3 August 2016 Friendly Match  Brazil  Cuba 3–1 W
7 August 2016 2016 Olympic Games  Brazil  Argentina 0–3 L
9 August 2016 2016 Olympic Games  Brazil  Poland 2–3 L
11 August 2016 2016 Olympic Games  Brazil  Cuba 3–0 W
13 August 2016 2016 Olympic Games  Brazil  Egypt 3–0 W
15 August 2016 2016 Olympic Games  Brazil  Russia 0–3 L
17 August 2016 2016 Olympic Games  Brazil  Italy 0–3 L
22 September 2016 2016 AVC Cup  Thailand  Australia 3–1 W
23 September 2016 2016 AVC Cup  Thailand  Japan 3–0 W
24 September 2016 2016 AVC Cup  Thailand  South Korea 3–0 W
26 September 2016 2016 AVC Cup  Thailand  Thailand 3–1 W
27 September 2016 2016 AVC Cup  Thailand  Japan 3–2 W
28 September 2016 2016 AVC Cup  Thailand  China 3–1 W

Forthcoming matches

Date Competition Location Opponent
2017
2 June 2017 2017 World League  Italy
3 June 2017 2017 World League  Italy
4 June 2017 2017 World League  Italy
9 June 2017 2017 World League  Iran
10 June 2017 2017 World League  Iran
11 June 2017 2017 World League  Iran
16 June 2017 2017 World League  Poland
17 June 2017 2017 World League  Poland
18 June 2017 2017 World League  Poland
Indonesia Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Italy Bulgaria 2018 World Championship qualification
September

Team

Current squad

Iran volleyball team members-May 2016

The following is the Iranian roster at the 2016 Olympic Games[3]

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2016 club
1Mahmoudi, ShahramShahram Mahmoudi20 July 19881.98 m (6 ft 6 in)95 kg (209 lb)347 cm (137 in)332 cm (131 in)Iran Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
2Ebadipour, MiladMilad Ebadipour17 October 19931.96 m (6 ft 5 in)78 kg (172 lb)350 cm (140 in)310 cm (120 in)Iran Shahrdari Urmia
4Marouf, SaeidSaeid Marouf (C)20 October 19851.89 m (6 ft 2 in)81 kg (179 lb)331 cm (130 in)311 cm (122 in)Iran Shahrdari Urmia
5Ghaemi, FarhadFarhad Ghaemi28 August 19891.97 m (6 ft 6 in)73 kg (161 lb)355 cm (140 in)335 cm (132 in)Iran Paykan Tehran
6Mousavi, MohammadMohammad Mousavi22 August 19872.03 m (6 ft 8 in)86 kg (190 lb)362 cm (143 in)344 cm (135 in)Iran Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
7Zarini, HamzehHamzeh Zarini18 October 19851.98 m (6 ft 6 in)98 kg (216 lb)351 cm (138 in)330 cm (130 in)Iran Kalleh Mazandaran
9Gholami, AdelAdel Gholami9 February 19861.95 m (6 ft 5 in)88 kg (194 lb)341 cm (134 in)330 cm (130 in)Iran Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
10Ghafour, AmirAmir Ghafour6 June 19912.02 m (6 ft 8 in)90 kg (200 lb)354 cm (139 in)334 cm (131 in)Iran Paykan Tehran
12Mirzajanpour, MojtabaMojtaba Mirzajanpour7 October 19912.05 m (6 ft 9 in)88 kg (194 lb)355 cm (140 in)348 cm (137 in)Iran Paykan Tehran
15Sharifat, MostafaMostafa Sharifat16 September 19872.04 m (6 ft 8 in)85 kg (187 lb)332 cm (131 in)313 cm (123 in)Iran Matin Varamin
19Marandi, MehdiMehdi Marandi12 May 19861.72 m (5 ft 8 in)69 kg (152 lb)295 cm (116 in)280 cm (110 in)Iran Paykan Tehran

Head coaches

Note: The following list may not be complete.

A Team

NameFromTonotes
Pakistan Sardar Nasrollahkhan[4] 1958 1958 Asian Games Runners-up
Iran Fereydoon Sharifzadeh 1958 1963
Iran Hossein Jabbarzadegan 1964 1966 1966 Asian Games 3rd place
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Ejem 1970 1972
Japan Tadaee Korada 1974 1974 Asian Games 4th place
South Korea Park Sung 1979
Iran Yadollah Kargarpisheh 1979 1981
Iran Farough Fakhredini 1987
Iran Masoud Salehieh 1987 1989
Iran Hossein Ali Mehranpour 1989 1991
Iran Mohammad Heidarkhan 1991
Latvia Bugajenkovs, IvansIvans Bugajenkovs 1993
Japan Fumihiko Matsumoto 1994
Iran Masoud Salehieh 1995 1995 Asian Championship 4th place
Iran Mehdi Saberpour 1997
Japan Fumihiko Matsumoto 1998
Iran Mostafa Karkhaneh 1999 2001
Iran Hossein Ali Mehranpour 2001
South Korea Ki-won, ParkPark Ki-won 2002 2005 2002 Asian Games Runners-up
2003 Asian Championship 3rd place
Serbia Milorad Kijac 2006
Serbia Gajić, ZoranZoran Gajić 2007 2008
Iran Maadani, HosseinHossein Maadani 2008 2010 2008 AVC Cup Champions
2009 Asian Championship Runners-up
2010 Asian Games Runners-up
2010 AVC Cup Champions
Argentina Velasco, JulioJulio Velasco 2011 2014 2011 Asian Championship Champions
2013 World Grand Champions 4th place
2013 Asian Championship Champions
Serbia Kovač, SlobodanSlobodan Kovač 2014 2015 2014 World League 4th place
2014 Asian Games Champions
Argentina Lozano, RaúlRaúl Lozano 2016 Present 2016 Olympic Games 5th place
Lozano, is the current coach of Iran

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Argentina Raúl Lozano[5]
Assistant Coach Argentina Juan Manuel Cichello
Fitness coach Argentina Andrés Esper
Analyzer Iran Navid Moshajari
Physiotherapist Iran Siamak Afrouzi
U23 & B team Coach Iran Peiman Akbari
U21 manager Iran Farhad Nafarzadeh
U19 manager Iran Reza Vakili
Team manager Iran Amir Khosh Khabar

Last updated: 16 November 2015
Source:

B Team

NameFrom–Tonotes
Iran Reza Vakili 2012 2012 AVC Cup Runners-up
Iran Maadani, HosseinHossein Maadani 2013 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games Champions
Iran Akbari, PeimanPeiman Akbari 2014–2015 2014 AVC Cup 4th place
2015 Asian Championship Runners-up
Iran Nasser Shahnazi[6] 2016– 2016 AVC Cup Champions

Notable squads

Stadium

Azadi stadium with Iranian fans

The team's home arena are Azadi Indoor Stadium and Azadi Volleyball Hall.

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Iran national volleyball team.

Period Kit provider
2001–2008 Asics
Mikasa
Ideal
2008– Merooj

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like MCI and Bank Day, other sponsors: Roamer.

References

External links

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