Iran men's national volleyball team

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Iran
Federation		IRIVF
Website		volleyball.ir
Confederation		AVC
Head coach		Zoran Gajić
FIVB ranking		26 (as of January 5th, 2008)
Olympic Games		0 appearances

Medal record
Asian Volleyball Championship
Bronze	2003 Tianjin	Team
Asian Games
Silver	1958 Tokyo	Team
Silver	2002 Busan	Team
Bronze	1966 Bangkok	Team

The Iran men's national volleyball team is the national men's volleyball team of Iran.

Contents 1 Tournament records 1.1 World Championship Record 1.2 World Cup Record 1.3 Asian Championship Record 1.4 Asian Games Record 2 Current team 3 Coaches 4 Notable players 5 Squads 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Tournament records

[edit] World Championship Record

• 1970: 21st
• 1998: 19th
• 2006: 21st

[edit] World Cup Record

• 1991: 11th

[edit] Asian Championship Record

• 1979: 6th
• 1987: 10th
• 1989: 8th
• 1991: 7th
• 1993: 5th
• 1995: 4th
• 1997: 6th
• 1999: 5th
• 2001: 5th
• 2003: Bronze Medal
• 2005: 6th
• 2007: 5th

[edit] Asian Games Record

• 1958: Silver Medal
• 1966: Bronze Medal
• 1970: 5th
• 1974: 4th
• 1994: 5th
• 2002: Silver Medal
• 2006: 6th

[edit] Current team

participating in the Olympic Qualification Tournament.

• Head coach: Zoran Gajić
• Assistant coach: Hossein Maadani

#	Name	Club
	Mojtaba Attar	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
	Saeid Marouf	Saipa Tehran
	Peyman Akbari	Pardis Qazvin
	Amin Moammeri	Shahrdari Hamedan
	Hamzeh Zarrini	Pegah Urmia
	Mohammad Mohammad-Kazem	Paykan Tehran
	Alireza Nadi	Saipa Tehran
	Mohsen Andalib	Saipa Tehran
	Farhad Sal-Afzoun	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
	Farhad Nazari Afshar	Saipa Tehran
	Arash Sadeghiani	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
	Mohammad Mousavi Eraghi	Paykan Tehran

[edit] Coaches

• Mostafa Karkhaneh ( - 2001)
• Park Ki-Won (2002 - 2005)
• Milorad Kijać (2006)
• Zoran Gajić (2007 - present)

[edit] Notable players

Mahmoud Adl

• Peyman Akbari
• Hassan Kord
• Ahmad Lahouti
• Behnam Mahmoudi
• Iraj Mozaffari
• Akbar Naeini
• Ali Naghdi
• Mohammad Hossein Nejati
• Masoud Salehieh
• Mohammad Torkashvand

[edit] Squads

• 1958 Asian Games — Silver Medal

• Abdolmonem Kamal, Siavash Farrokhi, Mahmoud Adl, Mohammad Sharifzadeh, Hossein-Ali Amiri, Esmaeil Ashtari, Abbas Tehrani, Kamal Pourhashemi. Head Coach: Fereydoon Sharifzadeh

• 1966 Asian Games — Bronze Medal

• Mahmoud Motlagh, Hassan Kord, Masoud Salehieh, Khalil Paknazar, Changiz Ansari, Hassan Kabiri, Mohammad Hemmatyar, Mojtaba Mortazavi. Head Coach: Hossein Jabbarzadegan

• 2002 Asian Games — Silver Medal

• Peyman Akbari, Alireza Behboudi, Ahsanollah Shirkavand, Afshin Oliaei, Mohammad Torkashvand, Rahman Mohammadirad, Amirhossein Monazzami, Amir Hosseini, Mohammad Mansouri, Abbas Ghasemian, Mahmoud Afshardoust, Behnam Mahmoudi. Head Coach: Park Ki-Won

• 2003 Asian Championship — Bronze Medal

• Peyman Akbari, Mohammad Shariati, Ahsanollah Shirkavand, Afshin Oliaei, Mohammad Torkashvand, Alireza Nadi, Amirhossein Monazzami, Amir Hosseini, Mohammad Mansouri, Abbas Ghasemian, Mahmoud Afshardoust, Behnam Mahmoudi. Head Coach: Park Ki-Won

[edit] References

• (Persian) Asian Volleyball Championship
• (Persian) Volleyball at the Asian Games
• (Persian) Iran Volleyball History

[edit] External links

• Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation

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