Iran men's national volleyball team

Iran

Association	IRIVF
Confederation	AVC
Website	volleyball.ir
Head coach	Hossein Maadani
FIVB ranking	19 (as of November 30, 2009)
Olympics
Appearances	0
World Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1970)
Best result	19th

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

Tournament records

World Championship

• 1970: 21st place
• 1998: 19th place
• 2006: 21st place
• 2010: Qualified

World Cup

• 1991: 11th place

World Grand Champions Cup

• 2009: 5th place

Asian Championship

• 1979: 6th place
• 1987: 10th place
• 1989: 8th place
• 1991: 7th place
• 1993: 5th place
• 1995: 4th place
• 1997: 6th place
• 1999: 5th place
• 2001: 5th place
• 2003: Bronze Medal
• 2005: 6th place
• 2007: 5th place
• 2009: Silver Medal

Asian Games

• 1958: Silver Medal
• 1966: Bronze Medal
• 1970: 5th place
• 1974: 4th place
• 1994: 5th place
• 2002: Silver Medal
• 2006: 6th place
• 2010:

Asian Cup

• 2008: Gold Medal

West Asian Games

• 2005: Silver Medal

Islamic Solidarity Games

• 2005: Gold Medal

Current team

participating in the 2009 FIVB Men's World Grand Champions Cup.

• Head coach: Hossein Maadani
• Assistant coach: Behrouz Ataei
• Assistant coach: Mahmoud Afshardoust

#	Player	Birth Date	Weight	Height	Club
1	Adel Gholami	9/2/1986	89	195	Kaleh Amol
4	Saeid Marouf	20/10/1985	68	189	Saipa Tehran
6	Mohammad Mousavi	22/8/1987	86	203	Paykan Tehran
7	Hamzeh Zarrini	18/10/1985	91	198	Damash Gilan
9	Alireza Nadi	2/9/1980	90	200	Damash Gilan
10	Mohsen Andalib	17/7/1983	83	191	Saipa Tehran
11	Arash Sadeghiani	15/2/1985	90	191	Kaleh Amol
13	Mehdi Mahdavi	13/2/1984	82	190	Damash Gilan
14	Arash Keshavarzi	16/2/1987	91	198	Damash Gilan
15	Arash Kamalvand	11/5/1989	91	201	Paykan Tehran
16	Abdolreza Alizadeh	19/2/1987	74	183	Kaleh Amol
18	Mohammad Mohammad-Kazem	19/5/1987	80	200	Paykan Tehran

Notable coaches

• Hossein Jabbarzadegan (1964 - 1966)
• Miloslav Ejem (1970 - 1972)
• Yadollah Kargarpisheh (1979)
• Masoud Salehieh (1987 - 1989, 1995)
• Mohammad Heidarkhan (1991)
• Ivans Bugajenkovs
• Mehdi Saberpour (1997)
• Fumihiko Matsumoto (1998)
• Mostafa Karkhaneh (1999 - 2001)
• Park Ki-Won (2002 - 2005)
• Milorad Kijac (2006)
• Zoran Gajić (2007 - 2008)
• Hossein Maadani (2008 - present)

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 Mohammad-Kazem, Mehdi Bazargard and Behnam Mahmoudi. Head Coach: Milorad Kijac

• 2008 Asian Cup — Gold medal

• Mojtaba Attar, Saeid Marouf, Javad Mohammadnejadi, Arash Keshavarzi, Hamzeh Zarrini, Mohammad Mohammad-Kazem, Alireza Nadi, Ahsanollah Shirkavand, Mansour Zadvan, Farhad Nazari Afshar, Mehdi Mahdavi and Mohammad Mousavi. Head Coach: Hossein Maadani

• 2009 Asian Championship — Silver medal

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

References

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

External links

• Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation