Iran men's national sitting volleyball team

The Iran men's national sitting volleyball team represents Islamic Republic of Iran in international sitting volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the dominant forces in on the court worldwide. In foreign media, team Iran is colloquially known as dream team of sitting volleyball.[1]

Iran
AssociationAssociation of sitting volleyball of Islamic Republic of Iran
Head coach Hadi Rezaei
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Paralympics
Appearances8 (First in 1988)
Best result (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances9 (First in 1984)
Best result (1984, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2010)

Iran team dedicated sitting volleyball 2016 Rio Paralympic gold to memory of Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died during Paralympic C4/C5 competition.[2][3]

Players

A 8ft 1in Morteza Mehrzad leading Iran to a friendly win over Germany, 2016 Tehran

Players called up for 2012 Summer Paralympics:

The following is the Iranian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[4]

Head coach: Hadi Rezaeigarkani

Name Date of birth Position 2012 club
2Majid Lashgarisanami6 August 1979UN Gostareshe Foulad
3Reza Peidayesh5 September 1978WS Dokhaniyat
4Davood Alipourian6 May 1985SE Zob Ahan
5Ahmad Eiri21 March 1988M Gostareshe Foulad
6Naser Hassanpour Alinazari30 March 1974UN Gonbad
7Sadegh Bigdeli26 February 1984WS Gostareshe Foulad
8Jalil Eimery21 September 1972SE Zob Ahan
9Seyedsaeid Ebrahimibaladezaei1 July 1979OS Zob Ahan
10Isa Zirahi4 June 1979OS Zob Ahan
11Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei11 March 1979L Zob Ahan
12Mohammad Khaleghi23 October 1981SE Gostareshe Foulad

Honours

Seniors Competitive record

Minor Tournaments

Asian Clubs Championship Career:

  • China 2013 - Gold Medal (samen alhojaj- Iran)
  • China 2011 - Gold Medal (Zobahan Isfahan- Iran)
  • China 2009 - Gold Medal (Asia Gostaresh Foolad Gostar- Iran)

Sarajevo Open Championship:

Juniors Competitive record

[8][9][10]

Junior World Championships

Year Position
2005 KamnikChampions[11]
2007 NiteróiChampions[12]
2009 MashhadChampions[13]

World ranking

As at 28 September 2016.[14]
At 2016 Rio Paralympics, Iran was seed #3. Bosnia was ranked at No. 1 (seed No. 1) as defending Paralympic champion.

Rank Movement Country Points Region
1
Iran
5215 Asia-Oceania
2
Brazil
4708 Pan America
3 1
Egypt
4523 Africa
4 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
4300 Europe
5
Germany
3578 Europe

Multiple gold medalists at Paralympics

This is a list of multiple gold medalists for Iran in sitting volleyball, listing people who have won three or more gold medals.

AthleteSportParalympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Ali Kashfia Sitting Volleyball 1988–2000 4 0 0 4
Jalil Imeri Sitting Volleyball 1996–2012 3 2 0 5
Ali Golkar Sitting Volleyball 1992–2004 3 1 0 4
Parviz Firouzi Sitting Volleyball 1992–2000 3 0 0 3
Hadi Rezaei Sitting Volleyball 1988–1996 3 0 0 3
Ali Akbar Salavatian Sitting Volleyball 1992–2000 3 0 0 3
Ahmad Shivani Sitting Volleyball 1988–1996 3 0 0 3
Majid Soleimani Sitting Volleyball 1992–2000 3 0 0 3

See also

References

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