The Iran men's national sitting volleyball team represents
Islamic Republic of Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
in international
sitting volleyball
Sitting volleyball is a form of volleyball for athletes with a disability. As opposed to standing volleyball, sitting volleyball players must have at least one buttock in contact with the floor during the game.
History
Sitting volleyball was inve ...
competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the dominant forces in on the court worldwide. In foreign media, team Iran is
colloquial
Colloquialism (), also called colloquial language, everyday language or general parlance, is the linguistic style used for casual (informal) communication. It is the most common functional style of speech, the idiom normally employed in conver ...
ly known as ''dream team'' of sitting volleyball.
Iran team dedicated sitting volleyball 2016 Rio Paralympic gold to memory of Iranian cyclist
Bahman Golbarnezhad
Bahman Golbarnezhad ( fa, بهمن گلبارنژاد, 12 June 1968 – 17 September 2016) was an Iranian Paralympic racing cyclist competing in C4 classification events and an earlier powerlifter. During his powerlifting career, he won twelve ...
, who died during Paralympic C4/C5 competition.
Players
Players called up for
2012 Summer Paralympics
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Honours
Seniors Competitive record
Paralympic Games
World Championships
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:
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Sarajevo Open 2005 - Gold Medal
Juniors Competitive record
Junior World Championships
World Ranking
As at 28 September 2016.
At 2016 Rio Paralympics, Iran was seed No. 3. Bosnia was ranked at No. 1 (seed No. 1) as the defending Paralympic champion.
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.
See also
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Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics was first held in 1976, when the traditional form of standing volleyball for men was contested and sitting volleyball for men was a demonstration sport. From 1980 through 2000, men's standing and sitting even ...
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World Organization Volleyball for Disabled World ParaVolley, formerly the World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD), is an international organization that is for people with physical disabilities. It is affiliated with the International Paralympic Committee(IPC). The World Organizat ...
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Hadi Rezaei Hadi Rezaeigarkani (born December 10, 1960) is an Iranian sitting volleyball coach, and former player with world and Paralympic medals, currently as the head coach of Iran's men's sitting volleyball team. He was born in Mashhad, Iran.
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References
{{National sports teams of Iran
volleyball
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National sitting volleyball teams