Iran men's national volleyball team

Iran
AssociationIRIVF
Head coachRoberto Piazza
FIVB ranking15 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (First in 2016)
Best result5th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances8 (First in 1970)
Best result6th (2014)
World Cup
Appearances4 (First in 1991)
Best result8th (2015, 2019)
Asian Championship
Appearances20 (First in 1979)
Best resultGold (2011, 2013, 2019, 2021)
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The Iran men's national volleyball team is the official national men's volleyball team of Iran. It is governed by the Iran Volleyball Federation (I.R.I.V.F.) and takes part in international volleyball competitions.

As of 11 September 2022, Team Melli is considered as the second team in Asia, as it ranks 10th in the FIVB World Rankings.[1]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

Iran made it to the Olympic Games for the first time in their history in 1984 as the top-ranked Asian squad at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. Iran finished in 5th place in the competition.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men". FIVB website. FIVB. Retrieved 26 July 2022.