Iran men's national sitting volleyball team explained

Iran
Federation:Association of sitting volleyball of Islamic Republic of Iran
Coach: Hadi Rezaei
Olympic Apps:9
Olympic First:1988
Olympic Best: (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016, 2020, 2024)
World Champs Apps:11
World Champs First:1984
World Champs Best: (1984, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2010, 2018, 2022)

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

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

Players

2024 Summer Paralympics

The following is the Iranian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[4]

Head coach: Hadi Rezaei

Assistant coach: Jalil Eimery

!N°!Name!Date of birth!Position
9Hossein Golestani26 February 1992MB
1Hamidreza Abbasifeshki11 December 2000L
4Davoud Alipourian (c)6 May 1985O
11Ramezan Salehihajikolaei11 March 1979L
7Sadegh Bigdeli26 February 1984MB
5Meysam Hajibabaei Movahhed25 February 1995S
3Meisan Ali Pour13 January 1989O
10Isa Zirahi4 June 1979MB
8Majid Lashkarisanami6 August 1979S
6Mohammad Nemati19 August 19989
2Morteza Mehrzad17 September 1987O
12Mahdi Babadi25 March 1991S
Three members of the team made the competition's dream team: Meisam Ali Pour as Most Valuable Player and Best Server, David Alipourian as Best Setter and Morteza Mehrzad as Best Attacker[5] .

2012 Summer Paralympics

Honours

Seniors Competitive record

[6]

Paralympic Games

See main article: Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics.

World Championships

See main article: World Para Volleyball Championship.

YearPosition
1984 Norway Champions
1986 Hungary Champions
1990 Netherlands Champions
1994 Germany Champions
1998 TehranChampions
Third place
Runners-up
2010 EdmondChampions
2014 ElblagThird place[7]
Champions[8]
Champions

World Cups

Asia and Oceania Championships

Asian Para Games

See main article: Sitting volleyball at the Asian Para Games.

  1. Guangzhou 2010 Gold medal
  2. Incheon 2014 Gold medal
  3. Jakarta 2018 Gold medal
  4. Hangzhou 2022 Gold medal

Minor Tournaments

Sarajevo Open Championship:

Juniors Competitive record

[9] [10] [11]

Junior World Championships

YearPosition
Champions[12]
Champions
Champions[13]

World Ranking

As at 28 September 2016 by World ParaVolley.[14]

At 2016 Rio Paralympics, Iran was seed No. 3. Bosnia was ranked at No. 1 (seed No. 1) as the defending Paralympic champion.

RankMovementCountryPointsRegion
15215Asia-Oceania
24708Pan America
34523Africa
44300Europe
53578Europe

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.

width=150Athlete !width=120Sport !width=130Paralympics !Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ali KashfiaSitting Volleyball1988–20004004
Jalil ImeriSitting Volleyball1996–20123205
Ali GolkarSitting Volleyball1992–20043104
Parviz FirouziSitting Volleyball1992–20003003
Hadi RezaeiSitting Volleyball1988–19963003
Ali Akbar SalavatianSitting Volleyball1992–20003003
Ahmad ShivaniSitting Volleyball1988–19963003
Majid SoleimaniSitting Volleyball1992–20003003

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bosna i Hercegovina, prvak svijeta . 2016-10-02 . 2016-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161002193212/https://www.bhdani.ba/portal/arhiva-67-281/278/t27812.shtml . dead .
  2. Web site: Iran team dedicate sitting volleyball gold to Bahman Golbarnezhad. TheGuardian.com. 18 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Iran sitting volleyball team wins Paralympics gold medal. Tehrantimes.com. 19 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Paris 2024 . 2024-09-07 . www.paralympic.org.
  5. Web site: Admin-AT . 2024-09-07 . Iran’s Ali Pour crowned men's sitting volleyball MVP at Paris 2024 < World ParaVolley . 2024-09-07 . World ParaVolley . en-GB.
  6. News: Eight-foot-tall athlete on how his life has changed since the Paralympics. Independent.co.uk. 15 September 2016.
  7. Web site: Poland world championship results. IPC.
  8. Web site: Iran win Men's Sitting Volleyball World Championships with straight sets victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina. 22 July 2018. Inside the Games. 16 July 2019. 16 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716174007/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067833/iran-win-mens-sitting-volleyball-world-championships-with-straight-sets-victory-over-bosnia-and-herzegovina.
  9. Web site: Savez sjedeće odbojke BiH | O nama. Ssobih.org.
  10. Web site: Ejp2008 . 2016-09-27 . 2016-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220064659/http://www.iok-zagreb.hr/ejp2008.htm . dead .
  11. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-09-29 . 2016-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161001201955/http://old.iran-daily.com/1388/8/18/mainpaper/3542/page/11/mainpaper_3542_11.pdf . dead .
  12. Web site: BH Telecom Portal: Juniori BiH u polufinalu SP-a . 2016-09-29 . 2016-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161002070120/https://www.bhtelecom.ba/feed_details.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=7273 . dead .
  13. Web site: Photos: Iran's sitting volleyball team wins World Championship. Payvand.com.
  14. Web site: World Ranking – Sitting Volleyball. Worldparavolley.org. 28 September 2016.

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