Saba Battery Tehran Basketball Club also known as ''Saba Mehr Qazvin Basketball Club'' was an Iranian professional

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club based in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

and

Qazvin Qazvin (; fa, قزوین, , also Romanized as ''Qazvīn'', ''Qazwin'', ''Kazvin'', ''Kasvin'', ''Caspin'', ''Casbin'', ''Casbeen'', or ''Ghazvin'') is the largest city and capital of the Province of Qazvin in Iran. Qazvin was a capital of the ...

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 ...

. They competed in the

Iranian Basketball Super League The Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL) is a professional men's basketball league in Iran. It was founded in 1998. The current champions is Shahrdari Gorgan. The league follows the promotion and relegation system in which the worst two teams ...

. The team was part of

Saba Battery Club Saba Battery Club (also Saba Battery Physical and Cultural Gym) is an Iranian sports club based in Tehran, Iran. The club was founded in 2002شود Teams * Saba Battery Football Club, competing in the Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro Leagu ...

, owned by ''Saba Battery Co'' from 2002 to 2008. In 2008, Saba Battery Co. refused to hold the team anymore and club saved by a private company and changed its name to Saba Mehr. on April 2009 the club transferred from

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Tournament records

Iranian Super League

* 2003–04: Champions * 2004–05: 2nd place * 2005–06: Champions * 2006–07: Champions * 2007–08: 2nd place * 2008–09: 3rd place * 2009–10: 4th place

WABA Champions Cup The WABA Champions Cup, between 2011 and 2012 known as the West Asian Basketball League (WABL), was the West Asian club championship for basketball organized by West Asia Basketball Association, and took place every year, It also served as a quali ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

: 2nd place *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

: 2nd place *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

: Champions *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: 2nd place *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

: 3rd place

Asia Champions Cup

: 4th place *

: 5th place *

: Champions *

: Champions

Coaches

Mehran Shahintab Mehran Shahintab (born March 21, 1966 Kermanshah) is an Iranian professional basketball coach.

(2002–2010)

Notable former players

Squads

FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2007 The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2007 was the 18th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Tehran, Iran. Saba Battery of Tehran, Iran won the tournament after beating Al-Jalaa of Ale ...

**Behnam Afradi, Babak Nezafat,

Saman Veisi Saman Veisi (Persian: سامان ویسی , born 7 August 1982) is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Foolad Mahan in the Iranian Super League, as well as for the Iranian national basketball team, as a gu ...

, Mohammad Sistani,

Hamed Afagh Hamed Afagh Eslamieh ( fa, حامد آفاق اسلامیه , born February 1, 1983) is a professional Iranian basketball player who plays for Shahrdari Arak of the Iranian Super League and also for the Iranian national basketball team. He is ...

Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami ( fa, آیدین نیکخواه بهرامی) (February 5, 1982 – December 28, 2007) was an Iranian professional basketball player. He was a member of the Iranian national basketball team along with his brother Samad Ni ...

Gabe Muoneke Nnadubem Gabriel Enyinaya Muoneke (born 7 February 1978, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a Nigerian American professional basketball player. Despite being born in the United States, Muoneke represents Nigeria internationally. Muoneke attended Cypress F ...

Garth Joseph Garth McArthur Fitzgerald Joseph (born August 8, 1973) is a retired Dominican basketball player. At 7'2" and 315 pounds, his physique was often compared to that of Shaquille O'Neal, especially when he was a young and raw-skilled center at The Co ...

Asghar Kardoust Asghar Kardoust Poustinsaraei (, born March 21, 1986) is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Petrochimi Bandar Imam in the Iranian Super League as well as for the Iranian national basketball team, as a Center. He p ...

, Karam Ahmadian,

Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Mohammad Samad Nikkhah Bahrami ( fa, محمدصمد نیکخواه بهرامی, born 11 May 1983) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian professional basketball player. Pro career He previously played for Saba Battery BC, Saba Battery as a subsidiary pl ...

, Behzad Afradi. Coach: Mehran Shahintab *

FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008 The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008 was the 19th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between May 8, 2008 and May 19. The tournament was scheduled to end o ...

**Mohammad Masoud Irani, Kamran Jamshidvand,

Mehdi Kamrani Mehdi Kamrani ( fa, مهدی کامرانی , born June 1, 1982, in Ray, Iran) is an Iranian professional basketball player. Career statistics , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 CBA season, 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Jiangsu ...

, Mohammad Sistani, DaJuan Tate,

, Karam Ahmadian, Saeid Tabeshnia,

Hamed Haddadi Hamed Ehdadi Haddadi ( fa, حامد حدادی, , born May 19, 1985) is an Iranian professional basketball player for Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He plays at the center position and is 7'2" (2.18 meters) tall a ...

. Coach: Mehran Shahintab

References

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External links

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Basketball teams in Iran Basketball teams established in 2002 Sport in Qazvin Province 2002 establishments in Iran