Iran men's national volleyball team

Iran
Association IRIVF
Confederation AVC
Head coach Julio Velasco
FIVB ranking 13 (as of December 5, 2011)
Olympics
Appearances 0
World Championship
Appearances 4 (First in 1970)
Best result 19th (1998, 2010)
Website iranvolleyball.com
Uniforms
 
Home
 
Away
Medal record
Asian Championship
Gold 2011 Tehran Team
Silver 2009 Manila Team
Bronze 2003 Tianjin Team
Asian Games
Silver 1958 Tokyo Team
Silver 2002 Busan Team
Silver 2010 Guangzhou Team
Bronze 1966 Bangkok Team
Asian Cup
Gold 2008 Nakhon Ratchasima Team
Gold 2010 Urmia Team

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

Contents

Tournament records

*Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.

Summer Olympics

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
1964 Did not enter
or
Did not qualify
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
Total 0/12 0 0 0 0 0

World Championship

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
1949 Did not enter
1952
1956
1960
1962
1966
1970 21st place 11 3 8 14 27
1974 Did not enter
1978
1982 Did not qualify
1986 Did not enter
1990 Did not qualify
1994
1998 19th place 3 0 3 0 9
2002 Did not enter
2006 21st place 5 0 5 2 15
2010 19th place 3 1 2 5 7
Total 4/17 22 4 18 21 58

World Cup

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
1965 Did not enter
1969
1977
1981
1985
1989 Did not qualify
1991 11th place 8 1 7 5 23
1995 Did not qualify
1999
2003
2007
2011 9th place 11 5 6 16 25
Total 2/12 19 6 13 21 48

World Grand Champions Cup

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
1993 Did not qualify
1997
2001
2005
2009 5th place 5 1 4 8 14
Total 1/5 5 1 4 8 14

Asian Championship

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
1975 Did not enter
1979 6th place 6 3 3
1983 Did not enter
1987 10th place 5 2 3 7 10
1989 8th place 8 3 5
1991 7th place 7 3 4
1993 5th place 7 4 3
1995 4th place 7 4 3
1997 6th place 5 2 3 8 11
1999 5th place 6 4 2 13 10
2001 5th place 6 4 2 14 10
2003 3rd place 7 5 2 16 12
2005 6th place 5 3 2 12 10
2007 5th place 9 5 4 17 18
2009 Runners-up 8 7 1 22 10
2011 Champions 8 8 0 24 2
Total 14/16 94 57 37

Asian Games

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
1958 Runners-up 4 3 1 9 5
1962 Did not enter
1966 3rd place 8 6 2 19 11
1970 5th place 7 3 4
1974 4th place 5 2 3 7 9
1978 Did not enter
1982
1986
1990
1994 5th place 9 5 4 16 16
1998 Did not enter
2002 Runners-up 6 4 2 12 10
2006 6th place 3 1 2 6 7
2010 Runners-up 9 8 1 25 4
Total 8/14 51 32 19

Asian Cup

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
2008 Champions 6 5 1 16 8
2010 Champions 6 6 0 18 6
2012 Qualified
Total 2/2 12 11 1 34 14

West Asian Games

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
2005 Runners-up 5 4 1 14 4
Total 1/1 5 4 1 14 4

Islamic Solidarity Games

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
2005 Champions 8 8 0 24 3
Total 1/1 8 8 0 24 3

Current team

participating in the 2011 FIVB Men's World Cup.

# Player Birth Date Weight Height Club
1 Pouria Fayazi 12/1/1993 85 195 Saipa Alborz
3 Amir Hosseini 23/7/1975 80 182 Giti Pasand Isfahan
4 Mohammad Mousavi 22/8/1987 86 203 Giti Pasand Isfahan
6 Ali Hossein 28/4/1982 70 180 Paykan Tehran
7 Hamzeh Zarini 18/10/1985 91 198 Kaleh Mazandaran
8 Farhad Zarif 3/3/1983 65 170 Giti Pasand Isfahan
9 Alireza Nadi 2/9/1980 90 200 Kaleh Mazandaran
10 Amir Ghafour 6/6/1991 78 203 Barij Esans Kashan
12 Farhad Nazari Afshar 22/5/1984 85 195 Kaleh Mazandaran
13 Mehdi Mahdavi 13/2/1984 82 190 Saipa Alborz
14 Arash Keshavarzi 16/2/1987 91 198 Paykan Tehran
15 Hesam Bakhsheshi 21/3/1984 91 200 Paykan Tehran
16 Mehdi Bazargard 16/3/1979 95 200 Giti Pasand Isfahan
19 Arash Kamalvand 11/5/1989 91 201 Saipa Alborz

Head coaches

Notable players

Squads

  • Abdolmonem Kamal, Siavash Farrokhi, Mahmoud Adl, Mohammad Sharifzadeh, Hossein-Ali Amiri, Esmaeil Ashtari, Abbas Tehrani and Kamal Pourhashemi. Head Coach: Fereidoun Sharifzadeh
  • Mahmoud Motlagh, Hassan Kord, Masoud Salehieh, Khalil Paknazar, Changiz Ansari, Hassan Kabiri, Mohammad Hemmatyar and Mojtaba Mortazavi. Head Coach: Hossein Jabbarzadegan
  • Mohammad Hossein Nejati, Ali Naghdi, Saeid Rezaei, Peiman Akbari, Mohammad Omdeh-Ghiassi, Amir Hossein Monazzami, Behnam Mahmoudi, Hossein Maadani, Ahmad Masajedi, Firouz Tabeshnejad and Mohammad Torkashvand. Head Coach: Fumihiko Matsumoto
  • Peiman Akbari, Alireza Behboudi, Ahsanollah Shirkavand, Afshin Oliaei, Mohammad Torkashvand, Rahman Mohammadirad, Amir-Hossein Monazzami, Amir Hosseini, Mohammad Mansouri, Abbas Ghasemian and Mahmoud Afshardoust and Behnam Mahmoudi. Head Coach: Park Ki-Won
  • Peiman Akbari, Mohammad Shariati, Ahsanollah Shirkavand, Afshin Oliaei, Mohammad Torkashvand, Alireza Nadi, Amir-Hossein Monazzami, Amir Hosseini, Mohammad Mansouri, Abbas Ghasemian, Mahmoud Afshardoust and Behnam Mahmoudi. Head Coach: Park Ki-Won

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