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

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. It is governed by the Iran Volleyball Federation (I.R.I.V.F.) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Iranian volleyball is one of the best teams in the world. Iranian volleyball has a history of being ranked sixth in the world rankings. As of 11 September 2022, Team Melli is considered as the First team in

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, as it ranks 7th in the

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. The national team won the Asian Volleyball Championship four times: in 2011 Tehran, 2013 Dubai, 2019 Tehran and 2021 Chiba & Funabashi In its first appearance in the competition since joining the 2013 World League, Iran has been a dominant force in Group 1. In 2014 World League campaign, Iran's national team reached fourth place in Group 1 after a straight-set defeat to their Italian hosts in the bronze medal match. In these games, Iran had already defeated

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and

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. Iran has also competed in the

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four times, with their best result obtained in 2014 Poland where they ended up in 6th place. In those games Iran qualified from the first and second rounds with, respectively, four and five wins; their only defeat was against

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. Iran defeated

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to win the gold medal at the

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Korea in 2014. Consecutively, in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, Iran cruised past Japan and

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to win the gold medal. Iran made it to the

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for the first time in their history in 2016 as the top-ranked Asian squad at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. Iran finished in 5th place in the competition.

History

The history of Iran's national volleyball team dates back to around 1320 when Alireza Beiranvand brought volleyball regulations to Iran. During

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, Allied forces occupied Iran, and Iranians participated in sports, including volleyball, with soldiers. At that time a friendly match was arranged between the Iranian and

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n Army teams. In 1958, for the first time, national men's team of

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was invited to Tehran for some friendly matches with the national team, club teams and the Army team. Iran's national team first attended an international competition at the

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, where they won the silver medal.

Tournament records

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

World Grand Champions Cup

Third place Fourth place

World League

Fourth place

Nations League

Asian Championship

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Asian Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Asian Cup

Champions Runners up Fourth place

Other tournaments

Islamic Solidarity Games

Champions

West Asian Games

Runners up

Central Asian Nations League

Champions Runners up

Results and fixtures

A team

B team

Team

Current squad

Representing Iran at the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League * Head coach: Mauricio Motta Paes

Head coaches

Note: The following list may not be complete.

A Team

Technical Staff

Stadium

The team's home arena are Azadi Indoor Stadium, Azadi Volleyball Hall, Rezazadeh Stadium and Ghadir Stadium.

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Iran national volleyball team.

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like MCI and Tourism Bank, Refah Stores other sponsors: Roamer.

Notes

References

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Asian Volleyball Championship
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*
Iran Volleyball History

External links

Official websiteFIVB profile
{{National sports teams of Iran National men's volleyball teams Men's sport in Iran Volleyball in Iran