Iran men's national volleyball team

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Association IRIVF
Confederation AVC
Head coach Argentina Raúl Lozano
FIVB ranking 8 (as of October 2015)
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Appearances 5 (First in 1970)
Best result 6th (2014)
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Iran men's national volleyball team
Medal record
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Tehran Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dubai Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Manila Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tehran Team B
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Tianjin Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team
Silver medal – second place 1958 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Bangkok Team
Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2008 Nakhon Ratchasima Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Urmia Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Vinh Yen Team B
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Iran men's national volleyball team - 2015

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 8th in the FIVB World Rankings (as of September 2015). The team's home venues are Azadi Indoor Stadium and Azadi Volleyball Hall.

Tournament records

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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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Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Japan 1964 Did 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 2016 TBD
Total 0/13 0 0 0 0 0

World Championship

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Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Czechoslovakia 1949 Did not enter
Soviet Union 1952
France 1956
23x15px 1960
Soviet Union 1962
Czechoslovakia 1966
Bulgaria 1970 21st place 11 4 7 16 24
Mexico 1974 Did not enter
Italy 1978
Argentina 1982 Did not qualify
France 1986 Did not enter
23x15px 1990 Did not qualify
Greece 1994
Japan 1998 19th place 3 0 3 0 9
Argentina 2002 Did not enter
Japan 2006 21st place 5 0 5 2 15
Italy 2010 19th place 3 1 2 5 7
Poland 2014 6th place 12 7 5 26 21
ItalyBulgaria 2018 TBD
Total 5/19 34 12 22 49 76

World Cup

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Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Poland 1965 Did not enter
East Germany 1969
Japan 1977
Japan 1981
Japan 1985
Japan 1989 Did not qualify
Japan 1991 11th place 8 1 7 5 23
Japan 1995 Did not qualify
Japan 1999
Japan 2003
Japan 2007
Japan 2011 9th place 11 5 6 16 25
Japan 2015 8th place 11 4 7 16 24
Total 3/12 30 10 20 37 72

World Grand Champions Cup

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Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Japan 1993 Did not qualify
Japan 1997
Japan 2001
Japan 2005
Japan 2009 5th place 5 1 4 8 14
Japan 2013 4th place 5 3 2 10 10
Total 2/6 10 4 6 18 24

World League

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Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Japan 1990 Did 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 2010 Did not qualify
Poland 2011
Bulgaria 2012
Argentina 2013 9th place 10 5 5 20 21
Italy 2014 4th place 16 7 9 28 32
Brazil 2015 7th place 12 6 6 25 21
Poland 2016 TBD
Total 3/26 38 18 20 73 74

Asian Championship

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Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Australia 1975 Did not enter
Bahrain 1979 6th place 6 3 3 12 10
Japan 1983 Did not enter
Kuwait 1987 10th place 5 2 3 7 10
South Korea 1989 8th place 8 3 5 15 13
Australia 1991 7th place 7 3 4 11 12
Thailand 1993 5th place 6 3 3 9 10
South Korea 1995 4th place 7 4 3 6 14*
Qatar 1997 6th place 5 2 3 8 11
Iran 1999 5th place 6 4 2 13 10
South Korea 2001 5th place 6 4 2 14 10
China 2003 3rd place 7 5 2 16 12
Thailand 2005 6th place 5 3 2 12 10
Indonesia 2007 5th place 9 5 4 17 18
Philippines 2009 Runners-up 8 7 1 22 10
Iran 2011 Champions 8 8 0 24 2
United Arab Emirates 2013 Champions 7 7 0 21 1
Iran 2015 Runners-up (Team B) 8 6 2 20 9
Total 16/18 108 69 39
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Asian Games

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Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Japan 1958 Runners-up 4 3 1 9 6
Indonesia 1962 Did not enter
Thailand 1966 3rd place 8 5 3 16 14
Thailand 1970 5th place 7 3 4 11 14
Iran 1974 4th place 5 2 3 7 9
Thailand 1978 Did not enter
India 1982
South Korea 1986
China 1990
Japan 1994 5th place 9 5 4 16 16
Thailand 1998 Did not enter
South Korea 2002 Runners-up 6 4 2 12 10
Qatar 2006 6th place 3 1 2 6 7
China 2010 Runners-up 9 8 1 25 4
South Korea 2014 Champions 8 8 0 24 2
Total 9/15 59 39 20 126 82

Asian Cup

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

Other tournaments

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

2016 matches:

Date Competition Location Opponent Result
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 Olympics Qualification  Japan  Australia 3–0 W
29 May 2016 2016 Olympics Qualification  Japan  Canada 3–2 W
31 May 2016 2016 Olympics Qualification  Japan  France 0–3 L
1 Jun 2016 2016 Olympics Qualification  Japan  Japan 3–1 W

Forthcoming matches

Date Competition Location Opponent
2 June 2016 2016 Olympics Qualification  Japan  China
4 June 2016 2016 Olympics Qualification  Japan  Poland
5 June 2016 2016 Olympics Qualification  Japan  Venezuela
17 June 2016 2016 World League  Brazil  Brazil
18 June 2016 2016 World League  Brazil  United States
19 June 2016 2016 World League  Brazil  Argentina
24 June 2016 2016 World League  Serbia  Bulgaria
25 June 2016 2016 World League  Serbia  Brazil
26 June 2016 2016 World League  Serbia  Serbia
1 July 2016 2016 World League  Iran  Serbia
2 July 2016 2016 World League  Iran  Italy
3 July 2016 2016 World League  Iran  Argentina

Current squad

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Iran volleyball team members-May 2016

The following is the Iranian roster at the 2016 Olympics qualification[1]

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2016 club
1 Shahram Mahmoudi 20 July 1988 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 347 cm (137 in) 332 cm (131 in) Iran Sarmayeh Tehran
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) Iran Shahrdari Urmia
4 Saeid Marouf (C) 20 October 1985 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 331 cm (130 in) 311 cm (122 in) Iran Shahrdari Urmia
5 Farhad Ghaemi 28 August 1989 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 355 cm (140 in) 335 cm (132 in) Iran Paykan Tehran
6 Mohammad Mousavi 22 August 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 362 cm (143 in) 344 cm (135 in) Iran Sarmayeh Tehran
7 Hamzeh Zarini 18 October 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 351 cm (138 in) 330 cm (130 in) Iran Kalleh Mazandaran
8 Farhad Zarif 3 March 1983 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 60 kg (130 lb) 290 cm (110 in) 271 cm (107 in) Iran Sarmayeh Tehran
9 Adel Gholami 9 February 1986 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 341 cm (134 in) 330 cm (130 in) Iran Sarmayeh Tehran
10 Amir Ghafour 6 June 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 354 cm (139 in) 334 cm (131 in) Iran Paykan Tehran
12 Mojtaba Mirzajanpour 7 October 1991 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 355 cm (140 in) 348 cm (137 in) Iran Paykan Tehran
13 Mehdi Mahdavi 13 February 1984 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 330 cm (130 in) 310 cm (120 in) Iran Sarmayeh Tehran
15 Mostafa Sharifat 16 September 1987 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 332 cm (131 in) 313 cm (123 in) Iran Matin
16 Armin Tashakori 8 December 1986 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 355 cm (140 in) 335 cm (132 in) Iran Shahrdari Urmia
19 Mehdi Marandi 12 May 1986 1.72 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

Name From To notes
Pakistan Sardar Nasrollahkhan[2] 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 Tadayei Kurada 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
Soviet Union Ivans 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 Park Ki-Won 2002 2005 2002 Asian Games Runners-up
2003 Asian Championship 3rd Place
Serbia Milorad Kijac 2006
Serbia Zoran Gajić 2007 2008
Iran Hossein Maadani 2008 2010 2008 Asian Cup Champions
2009 Asian Championship Runners-up
2010 Asian Games Runners-up
2010 Asian Cup Champions
Argentina Julio Velasco 2011 2014 2011 Asian Championship Champions
2013 World Grand Champions 4th Place
2013 Asian Championship Champions
Serbia Slobodan Kovač 2014 2015 2014 World League 4th Place
2014 Asian Games Champions
Argentina Raúl Lozano 2016 Present

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Argentina Raúl Lozano
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:[citation needed]

B Team

Name From-To notes
Iran Reza Vakili 2012 2012 Asian Cup Runners-up
Iran Hossein Maadani 2013 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games Champions
Iran Peiman Akbari 2014-2015 2014 Asian Cup 4th Place
2015 Asian Championship Runners-up
Iran Nasser Shahnazi[3] 2016-

Notable squads

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References

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