Iran men's national volleyball team

Iran

Association	IRIVF
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Slobodan Kovač
FIVB ranking	10 (as of September 2014)
Uniforms
Home 　 Away
World Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1970)
Best result	6th (2014)
Website	iranvolleyball.com

Iran men's national volleyball team

Medal record
Asian Championship
Gold	2011 Tehran	Team
Gold	2013 Dubai	Team
Silver	2009 Manila	Team
Bronze	2003 Tianjin	Team
Asian Games
Gold	2014 Incheon	Team
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
Silver	2012 Vinh Yen	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.

They are currently the strongest team in Asia, having won the 2011 and 2013 Asian Volleyball Championships, and rank 10th in the FIVB World Rankings (as of September 2014). The team's home venues are Azadi Indoor Stadium and Azadi Volleyball Hall.

Tournament records

*Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. 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

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	0/13	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	4	7	16	24
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
2014	6th place	12	7	5	26	21
Total	5/18	34	12	22	49	76

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
2015	Qualified
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
2013	4th place	5	3	2	10	10
Total	2/6	10	4	6	18	24

World League

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1990	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–
1991		–	–	–	–	–
1992		–	–	–	–	–
1993		–	–	–	–	–
1994		–	–	–	–	–
1995		–	–	–	–	–
1996		–	–	–	–	–
1997		–	–	–	–	–
1998		–	–	–	–	–
1999		–	–	–	–	–
2000		–	–	–	–	–
2001		–	–	–	–	–
2002		–	–	–	–	–
2003		–	–	–	–	–
2004		–	–	–	–	–
2005		–	–	–	–	–
2006		–	–	–	–	–
2007		–	–	–	–	–
2008		–	–	–	–	–
2009		–	–	–	–	–
2010	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–
2011		–	–	–	–	–
2012		–	–	–	–	–
2013	9th place	10	5	5	20	21
2014	4th place	16	7	9	28	32
2015	Qualified
Total	3/26	26	12	14	48	53

Asian Championship

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1975	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–
1979	6th place	6	3	3	12	10
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
2013	Champions	7	7	0	21	1
2015	Qualified
Total	16/18	101	64	37

Asian Games

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1958	Runners-up	4	3	1	9	6
1962	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–
1966	3rd place	8	5	3	16	14
1970	5th place	7	3	4	11	14
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
2014	Champions	8	8	0	24	2
Total	9/15	59	39	20	126	82

Asian Cup

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
2008	Champions	6	5	1	16	8
2010	Champions	6	6	0	18	6
2012	Runners-up (B)	6	5	1	16	7
2014	4th place (B)	6	4	2	14	9
Total	4/4	24	20	4	64	30

Other tournaments

• West Asian Games
  • 2005 – Runners-up
• Islamic Solidarity Games
  • 2005 – Champions
  • 2013 – Champions (B)

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result
25 September 2014	2014 Asian Games	South Korea	Hong Kong	3–0 W
26 September 2014	2014 Asian Games	South Korea	India	3–0 W
27 September 2014	2014 Asian Games	South Korea	Maldives	3–0 W
28 September 2014	2014 Asian Games	South Korea	Qatar	3–0 W
29 September 2014	2014 Asian Games	South Korea	South Korea	3–1 W
1 October 2014	2014 Asian Games	South Korea	Kuwait	3–0 W
2 October 2014	2014 Asian Games	South Korea	China	3–0 W
3 October 2014	2014 Asian Games	South Korea	Japan	3–1 W

Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2015
30 May 2015	2015 World League	United States	United States
31 May 2015	2015 World League	United States	United States
05 June 2015	2015 World League	Poland	Poland
07 June 2015	2015 World League	Poland	Poland
13 June 2015	2015 World League	Russia	Russia
14 June 2015	2015 World League	Russia	Russia
19 June 2015	2015 World League	Iran	United States
21 June 2015	2015 World League	Iran	United States
26 June 2015	2015 World League	Iran	Poland
28 June 2015	2015 World League	Iran	Poland
03 July 2015	2015 World League	Iran	Russia
04 July 2015	2015 World League	Iran	Russia
31 July 2015	2015 Asian Championship	Iran	Kuwait
02 August 2015	2015 Asian Championship	Iran	Oman
03 August 2015	2015 Asian Championship	Iran	Chinese Taipei
04 August 2015	2015 Asian Championship	Iran	Kazakhstan
06 August 2015	2015 Asian Championship	Iran
07 August 2015	2015 Asian Championship	Iran
08 August 2015	2015 Asian Championship	Iran
2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup 8 – 23 September

Current squad

The following is the Iranian roster in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.^[1]

• Head coach: Slobodan Kovač
• Assistant coach: Slobodan Prakljačić
• Assistant coach: Rahman Mohammadirad

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2015 club
01 !1	Mahmoudi, ShahramShahram Mahmoudi	01988-07-20-000020 July 1988	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	347 cm (137 in)	332 cm (131 in)	Shahrdari Urmia
02 !2	Ebadipour, MiladMilad Ebadipour	01993-10-17-000017 October 1993	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Shahrdari Urmia
03 !3	Faezi, SamanSaman Faezi	01991-08-23-000023 August 1991	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	343 cm (135 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Paykan Tehran
04 !4	Marouf, SaeidSaeid Marouf (C)	01985-10-20-000020 October 1985	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	331 cm (130 in)	311 cm (122 in)	Zenit Kazan
05 !5	Ghaemi, FarhadFarhad Ghaemi	01989-08-28-000028 August 1989	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Paykan Tehran
06 !6	Mousavi, MohammadMohammad Mousavi	01987-08-22-000022 August 1987	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	362 cm (143 in)	344 cm (135 in)	Paykan Tehran
07 !7	Fayazi, PouriaPouria Fayazi	01993-01-12-000012 January 1993	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	348 cm (137 in)	326 cm (128 in)	Shahrdari Urmia
08 !8	Zarif, FarhadFarhad Zarif	01983-03-03-00003 March 1983	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	271 cm (107 in)	Mizan Khorasan
09 !9	Gholami, AdelAdel Gholami	01986-02-09-00009 February 1986	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	341 cm (134 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Mizan Khorasan
10	Ghafour, AmirAmir Ghafour	01991-06-06-00006 June 1991	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	354 cm (139 in)	334 cm (131 in)	Matin Varamin
12	Mirzajanpour, MojtabaMojtaba Mirzajanpour	01991-10-07-00007 October 1991	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Paykan Tehran
13	Mahdavi, MehdiMehdi Mahdavi	01984-02-13-000013 February 1984	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Mizan Khorasan
15	Tashakkori, ArminArmin Tashakkori	01986-12-08-00008 December 1986	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Mizan Khorasan
16	Alizadeh, AbdolrezaAbdolreza Alizadeh	01987-02-19-000019 February 1987	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	272 cm (107 in)	252 cm (99 in)	Shahrdari Urmia

Head coaches

Note: The following list may not be complete.

• Hossein Jabbarzadegan (1964–1966)
• Miloslav Ejem (1970–1972)
• Yadollah Kargarpisheh (1979)
• Masoud Salehieh (1987–1989, 1995)
• Hossein Ali Mehranpour (1989, 2001)
• Mohammad Heidarkhan (1991)
• Ivans Bugajenkovs (1993)
• Fumihiko Matsumoto (1994, 1998)
• Mehdi Saberpour (1997)
• Mostafa Karkhaneh (1999–2001)
• Park Ki-won (2002–2005)
• Milorad Kijac (2006)
• Zoran Gajić (2007–2008)
• Hossein Maadani (2008–2010)
• Julio Velasco (2011–2014)
• Slobodan Kovač (2014–present)

Notable squads

World Championship squads Iran squad – 1998 World Championship – 19th place 1 Nejati 2 Naghdi 3 Rezaei 5 Akbari 6 Omdeh-Ghiasi 7 Monazzami 10 Mahmoudi 13 Maadani 15 Masajedi 16 Tabeshnejad 17 Torkashvand Coach: Matsumoto Iran squad – 2006 World Championship – 21st place 2 Shariati 3 Hosseini 4 Moghbeli 5 Akbari 6 Mansouri 8 Zarif 9 Nadi 10 Mahmoudi 11 Torkashvand 16 Bazargard 17 Mohammadkazem 18 Sadeghiani Coach: Kijac Iran squad – 2010 World Championship – 19th place 1 Gholami 3 Attar 4 Marouf 6 Mousavi 7 Zarini 9 Nadi 10 Andalib 12 Nazari 13 Mahdavi 14 Keshavarzi 15 Bakhsheshi 16 Alizadeh 18 Mohammadkazem 19 Kamalvand Coach: Maadani Iran squad – 2014 World Championship – 6th place 1 Mahmoudi 2 Ebadipour 3 Faezi 4 Marouf 5 Ghaemi 6 Mousavi 7 Fayazi 8 Zarif 9 Gholami 10 Ghafour 12 Mirzajanpour 13 Mahdavi 15 Tashakkori 16 Alizadeh Coach: Kovač

World Cup squads Iran squad – 1991 World Cup – 11th place 1 Sansabili 2 Azizian 3 Saeidi 4 Omidi 5 Mozaffari 6 Nouri 7 Faraji 8 Aghili 9 Hamidi 10 Shaaban-Khamseh 11 Karimyar 12 Mirhosseini Coach: Heidarkhan Iran squad – 2011 World Cup – 9th place 1 Fayazi 3 Hosseini 4 Mousavi 6 Hossein 7 Zarini 8 Zarif 9 Nadi 10 Ghafour 12 Nazari 13 Mahdavi 14 Keshavarzi 15 Bakhsheshi 16 Bazargard 19 Kamalvand Coach: Velasco

World Grand Champions Cup squads Iran squad – 2009 World Grand Champions Cup – 5th place 2 Gholami 4 Marouf 6 Mousavi 7 Zarini 9 Nadi 10 Andalib 11 Sadeghiani 13 Mahdavi 14 Keshavarzi 15 Kamalvand 16 Alizadeh 18 Mohammadkazem Coach: Maadani Iran squad – 2013 World Grand Champions Cup – 4th place 1 Mahmoudi 4 Marouf 5 Ghaemi 6 Mousavi 7 Zarini 8 Zarif 9 Gholami 10 Ghafour 11 Davoudi 12 Mirzajanpour 13 Mahdavi 15 Rahimipanah 16 Tashakkori 20 Mobasheri Coach: Velasco

World League squads Iran squad – 2014 World League (Final Six) – 4th place 2 Mostafavand 4 Marouf 5 Ghaemi 6 Mousavi 7 Fayazi 8 Zarif 9 Gholami 10 Ghafour 12 Mirzajanpour 13 Mahdavi 15 Alizadeh 16 Tashakkori 17 Ghara 22 Ebadipour Coach: Kovač

Asian Championship squads Iran squad – 2003 Asian Championship – Bronze medal 1 Monazzami 3 Hosseini 4 Ghasemian 5 Akbari 6 Mansouri 8 Shirkavand 9 Afshardoust 10 Mahmoudi 11 Torkashvand 12 Oliaei 13 Nadi 14 Shariati Coach: Park Ki-won Iran squad – 2009 Asian Championship – Silver medal 1 Gholami 4 Marouf 6 Mousavi 7 Zarini 8 Shirkavand 9 Nadi 10 Andalib 11 Sadeghiani 12 Nazari 13 Mahdavi 16 Alizadeh 18 Mohammadkazem Coach: Maadani Iran squad – 2011 Asian Championship – Gold medal 2 Mohammadinejad 3 Hosseini 5 Bazargard 6 Mousavi 7 Zarini 8 Zarif 9 Nadi 12 Nazari 13 Mahdavi 14 Keshavarzi 17 Kamalvand 18 Ghafour Coach: Velasco Iran squad – 2013 Asian Championship – Gold medal 1 Mahmoudi 4 Marouf 5 Ghaemi 6 Mousavi 7 Zarini 8 Zarif 9 Gholami 10 Ghafour 11 Davoudi 13 Mahdavi 14 Tashakkori 20 Mobasheri Coach: Velasco

Asian Games squads Iran squad – 2002 Asian Games – Silver medal 1 Monazzami 3 Hosseini 4 Ghasemian 5 Akbari 6 Mansouri 8 Shirkavand 9 Afshardoust 10 Mahmoudi 11 Torkashvand 12 Oliaei 13 Behboudi 15 Mohammadirad Coach: Park Ki-won Iran squad – 2010 Asian Games – Silver medal 1 Gholami 3 Attar 4 Marouf 6 Mousavi 7 Zarini 9 Nadi 10 Andalib 12 Nazari 13 Mahdavi 14 Keshavarzi 18 Mohammadkazem 19 Kamalvand Coach: Maadani Iran squad – 2014 Asian Games – Gold medal 1 Mahmoudi 2 Ebadipour 4 Marouf 5 Ghaemi 6 Mousavi 7 Fayazi 8 Zarif 9 Gholami 10 Ghafour 12 Mirzajanpour 13 Mahdavi 15 Tashakkori Coach: Kovač

References

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

External links

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• Official website
• FIVB profile

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