Iran men's national volleyball team

The Iran Men's National Volleyball Team is the official national men's volleyball team of Iran. It is governed by the Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (I.R.I.V.F.) and takes part in international volleyball competitions.

Iran
AssociationIRIVF
ConfederationAVC
Head coachMaurício Paes
FIVB ranking15 (as of 2 December 2023)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (First in 2016)
Best result5th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances7 (First in 1970)
Best result6th (2014)
World Cup
Appearances4 (First in 1991)
Best result8th (2015, 2019)
Asian Championship
Appearances20 (First in 1979)
Best result (2011, 2013, 2019, 2021)
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Honours
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Grand Champions Cup 0 0 1
Asian Championship 4 3 1
Asian Games 3 3 1
Asian Cup 3 2 0
Other Official Competitions 6 3 0
Total 16 11 3
Medal record
World Grand Champions Cup
2017 JapanTeam
Asian Championship
2011 TehranTeam
2013 DubaiTeam
2019 TehranTeam
2021 Chiba/FunabashiTeam
2009 ManilaTeam
2015 TehranTeam
2023 UrmiaTeam
2003 TianjinTeam
Asian Games
2014 IncheonTeam
2018 Jakarta/PalembangTeam
2022 HangzhouTeam
1958 TokyoTeam
2002 BusanTeam
2010 GuangzhouTeam
1966 BangkokTeam
Asian Cup
2008 Nakhon RatchasimaTeam
2010 UrmiaTeam
2016 Nakhon PathomTeam
2012 Vinh YenTeam
2018 TaipeiTeam
Islamic Solidarity Games
2005 Mecca/Medina/Jeddah/Ta’ifTeam
2013 PalembangTeam
2017 BakuTeam
2021 KonyaTeam
West Asian Games
2005 DohaTeam
Central Asian Championship
2010 KolkataTeam
2023 Cholpon-AtaTeam
2007 IslamabadTeam
2022 LahoreTeam

As of 11 September 2022, Team Melli is considered as the second team in Asia, as it ranks 10th in the FIVB World Rankings.

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 Brazil, Italy and Poland.

Iran has also competed in the World Championship 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 France.

Iran defeated Japan to win the gold medal at the Asian Games Korea in 2014. Consecutively, in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, Iran cruised past Japan and South Korea to win the gold medal.

Iran made it to the Olympic Games 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.

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