Iran men's national volleyball team

Iran

Association	IRIVF
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Julio Velasco
FIVB ranking	12 (as of January 4, 2012)
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.

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	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
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.

• Head coach: Julio Velasco
• Assistant coach: Reza Ebrahimi
• Assistant coach: Juan Manuel Cichello

#	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

• 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–)

Notable players

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

Squads

• 1958 Asian Games — Silver medal

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

• 1966 Asian Games — Bronze medal

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

• 1998 World Championship — 19th place

• 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

• 2002 Asian Games — Silver medal

• 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

• 2003 Asian Championship — Bronze medal

• 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

• 2006 World Championship — 21st place

• Peiman Akbari, Mohammad Shariati, Farhad Zarif, Davoud Moghbeli, Mohammad Torkashvand, Alireza Nadi, Arash Sadeghiani, Amir Hosseini, Mohammad Mansouri, Mohammad Mohammadkazem, Mehdi Bazargard and Behnam Mahmoudi. Head Coach: Milorad Kijac

• 2009 Asian Championship — Silver medal

• Adel Gholami, Saeid Marouf, Mohammad Mousavi, Hamzeh Zarini, Ahsanollah Shirkavand, Alireza Nadi, Mohsen Andalib, Arash Sadeghiani, Farhad Nazari Afshar, Mehdi Mahdavi, Abdolreza Alizadeh and Mohammad Mohammadkazem. Head Coach: Hossein Maadani

• 2011 Asian Championship — Gold medal

• Javad Mohammadinejad, Amir Hosseini, Mehdi Bazargard, Mohammad Mousavi, Hamzeh Zarini, Farhad Zarif, Alireza Nadi, Farhad Nazari Afshar, Mehdi Mahdavi, Arash Keshavarzi, Arash Kamalvand and Amir Ghafour. Head Coach: Julio Velasco

References

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

External links

• Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation