Iran men's national volleyball team
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.
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| Nickname(s) | Sarv Qaamataan سرو قامتان | |||
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| Association | IRIVF | |||
| Confederation | AVC | |||
| Head coach | vacant | |||
| FIVB ranking | 8 (as of October 2019) | |||
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| Summer Olympics | ||||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2016) | |||
| Best result | 5th (2016) | |||
| World Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1970) | |||
| Best result | 6th (2014) | |||
| World Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 1991) | |||
| Best result | 8th (2015, 2019) | |||
| Asian Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 18 (First in 1979) | |||
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They are currently the strongest team in Asia. As of October 2019, Iran ranks 8th in the FIVB World Rankings.
Iran has three Title in the Asian Championship in 2011 Tehran, 2013 Dubai and 2019 Tehran.
In their first appearance in the competition since joining the 2013 World League, Iranians have been a dominant force in Group 1 of the competition, posing a challenge for any opponent. Defeating Italy and Cuba in these games, Iran introduced itself as a formidable contender.
In 2014 World League campaign, Iran's national team reached a fourth place finish in Group 1 after a straight-set defeat to their Italian hosts in the bronze medal match. In these games, Iran had already defeated Brazil, Italy and Poland.
Iranians have competed in World Championship four times with their best result obtained in 2014 Poland where they ended up in 6th place. In these games they had moved up from the first and second rounds with, respectively, four and five wins; their only defeat was in front of France.
They defeated Japan to win the gold medal at the Asian Games Korea in 2014. Consecutively, in 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, Iran cruised past Japan and South Korea to win the gold medal.
Iran made it to the Olympic Games for the first time in their history in 2016 as the top ranked Asian squad at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. They finished at the 5th place in the competitions.
History
The History of Iran’s Volleyball dates back to 1920 around ago when brought volleyball regulations to Iran. During the World War II, forces of Allies occupied Iran, sport Contacts especially in volleyball was done with soldiers of these forces; it was a new way for familiarity with volleyball of the other countries. At that time a friendly match was fixed between Iran and Russian Army team. In 1958 for the first time national men’s team of Pakistan was invited to Tehran, guest team had some friendly matches with national team, club teams and Army team. Iran national team first attend at 1958 Asian Games.[1]
Tournament records
Notes: Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicate 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes, respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament. B indicates that the team was represented by its B team.
Olympic Games
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| Total | 2/15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
World Championship
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| 19th place | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
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| 21st place | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |
| 19th place | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
 | 6th place | 12 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 21 | |
 | 13th place | 8 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |
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| Total | 6/19 | 42 | 16 | 26 | 63 | 92 | |
World Cup
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| 11th place | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
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| 9th place | 11 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 |
| 8th place | 11 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 |
| 8th place | 11 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 |
| Total | 4/14 | 41 | 14 | 27 | 56 | 97 |
World Grand Champions Cup
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| 5th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |
| 4th place | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd place | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | |
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| Total | 3/7 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 34 | |
World League
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| 9th place | 10 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 |
| 4th place | 16 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 32 |
| 7th place | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 21 |
| 8th place | 9 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 22 |
| 11th place | 9 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| Total | 5/28 | 56 | 25 | 31 | 99 | 119 |
Nations League
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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| 10th place | 15 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 30 |
| 5th place | 17 | 12 | 5 | 41 | 21 |
| 2020 | Cancelled | |||||
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| Total | 2/2 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 70 | 51 |
Asian Championship
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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.svg.png){kind=small} | 6th place | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 |
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 | 10th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 8th place | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 |
| 7th place | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 |
 | 5th place | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| 4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
 | 6th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 5th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
| 5th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 |
| 3rd place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 |
| 6th place | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
 | 5th place | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 |
 | Runners-up | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 10 |
| Champions | 8 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
 | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Runners-up (B) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 9 |
| 5th place (U23) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 10 |
| Champions | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 4 |
| Total | 18/20 | 122 | 80 | 42 | 269 | 173 |
Asian Games
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | |||
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| Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
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| 3rd place | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 5th place | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
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| 5th place | 9 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
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| Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 6th place | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Runners-up | 9 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 4 | |||
| Champions | 8 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
| Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
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| Total | 10/16 | 64 | 44 | 20 | 141 | 82 | |||
Asian Cup
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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| Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 |
| Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
 | Runners-up (B) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 |
 | 4th place (B) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 |
| Champions (B) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 5 |
 | Runners-up (B) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
| 2020 | Cancelled | |||||
| Total | 6/6 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 96 | 40 |
Other tournaments
- West Asian Games
- 2005 –
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- Islamic Solidarity Games
- Universiade
- 2017 –
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Results and fixtures
Previous matches
| Date | Competition | Location | Opponent | Result |
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| 7 January 2020 | 2020 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament | |
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| 8 January 2020 | 2020 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament | |
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| 9 January 2020 | 2020 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament | |
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| 11 January 2020 | 2020 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament | |
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| 12 January 2020 | 2020 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament | |
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3–0 W |
Forthcoming matches
| Date | Competition | Location | Opponent | |
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| 2021 | ||||
| 24 July 2021 | 2020 Olympic Volleyball Tournament | |
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| 26 July 2021 | 2020 Olympic Volleyball Tournament | |
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| 28 July 2021 | 2020 Olympic Volleyball Tournament | |
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| 30 July 2021 | 2020 Olympic Volleyball Tournament | |
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| 1 August 2021 | 2020 Olympic Volleyball Tournament | |
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Team
Current squad
The following is the Iranian roster in the 2020 Men's Volleyball Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament.
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| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2020 club |
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| 1 | Shahram Mahmoudi | 20 July 1988 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | 342 cm (135 in) | 332 cm (131 in) | |
| 2 | Milad Ebadipour | 17 October 1993 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | |
| 3 | Reza Abedini | 19 May 1991 | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 354 cm (139 in) | 348 cm (137 in) | |
| 4 | Saeid Marouf | 20 October 1985 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 331 cm (130 in) | 311 cm (122 in) | |
| 6 | Mohammad Mousavi | 22 August 1987 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 362 cm (143 in) | 344 cm (135 in) | |
| 7 | Purya Fayazi | 12 January 1993 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 335 cm (132 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | Free agent |
| 8 | Mohammad Reza Hazratpour | 31 March 1999 | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 300 cm (120 in) | 290 cm (110 in) | |
| 12 | Mojtaba Mirzajanpour | 7 October 1991 | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 355 cm (140 in) | 348 cm (137 in) | |
| 15 | Ali Asghar Mojarrad | 30 October 1997 | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 330 cm (130 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | |
| 16 | Ali Shafiei | 21 September 1991 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 348 cm (137 in) | 345 cm (136 in) | |
| 19 | Mohammad Reza Moazzen | 20 September 1991 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 292 cm (115 in) | 281 cm (111 in) | |
| 20 | Porya Yali | 21 January 1999 | 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 335 cm (132 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | |
| 21 | Morteza Sharifi | 27 May 1999 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 340 cm (130 in) | 320 cm (130 in) |  |
| 24 | Javad Karimi | 1 March 1998 | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | 104 kg (229 lb) | 330 cm (130 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | .svg.png){kind=small} |
Head coaches
Note: The following list may not be complete.
A Team
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1958 | 1958 Asian Games Runners-up | |
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1964 | 1966 | 1966 Asian Games 3rd place |
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1970 | 1972 | |
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1974 | 1974 Asian Games 4th place | |
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1979 | 1981 | |
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1987 | 1989 | |
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1989 | 1991 | |
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1995 | 1995 Asian Championship 4th place | |
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1999 | 2001 | |
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2002 | 2005 | 2002 Asian Games Runners-up 2003 Asian Championship 3rd place |
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2007 | 2008 | |
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2008 | 2010 | 2008 Asian Cup Champions 2009 Asian Championship Runners-up 2010 Asian Cup Champions 2010 Asian Games Runners-up |
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2011 | 2014 | 2011 Asian Championship Champions 2013 Asian Championship Champions 2013 World Grand Champions Cup 4th place |
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2014 | 2015 | 2014 World League 4th place 2014 World Championship 6th place 2014 Asian Games Champions |
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2016 | 2016 Olympic Games 5th place | |
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2017 | 2020 | 2017 World Grand Champions Cup 3rd place 2018 Asian Games Champions 2019 Nations League 5th place 2019 Asian Championship Champions 2020 Olympic Games Qualification |
Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| U23 Coach | Vacant |
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Last updated: 8 August 2018
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B Team
| Name | From–To | notes |
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2012 | 2012 Asian Cup Runners-up |
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2013 | 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games Champions |
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2014–2015 | 2014 Asian Cup 4th place 2015 Asian Championship Runners-up |
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2016 | 2016 Asian Cup Champions |
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2018 | 2018 Asian Cup Runners-up |
Stadium
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 |
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| 2000–2008 | Asics Mikasa Fuerza Mizuno Ideal |
| 2008– | Merooj |
Sponsorship
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like MCI and Tourism Bank, Refah Stores other sponsors: Roamer.
References
- (in Persian) Asian Volleyball Championship
- (in Persian) Volleyball at the Asian Games
- (in Persian) Iran Volleyball History
External links
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Notable squads
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