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Iran men's national sitting volleyball team

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Head coach
  
Hadi Rezaei

Appearances
  
8 (First in 1988)

Location
  
Iran

Home
  
Away

Appearances
  
9 (First in 1984)

Iran men's national sitting volleyball team

Association
  
Association of sitting volleyball of Islamic Republic of Iran

Best result
  
(1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016)

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

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Iran team dedicated sitting volleyball 2016 Rio Paralympic gold to memory of Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died during Paralympic C4/C5 competition.

Players

Players called up for 2012 Summer Paralympics:

The following is the Iranian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. ‹See Tfd›

Head coach: Hadi Rezaeigarkani

Minor Tournaments

Asian Clubs Championship Career:

  • China 2013 - Gold Medal (samen alhojaj- Iran)
  • China 2011 - Gold Medal (Zobahan Isfahan- Iran)
  • China 2009 - Gold Medal (Asia Gostaresh Foolad Gostar- Iran)
  • Sarajevo Open Championship:

  • Sarajevo Open 2005 - Gold Medal
  • World ranking

    As at 28 September 2016.
    At 2016 Rio Paralympics, Iran was seed #3. Bosnia was ranked at No. 1 (seed No. 1) as defending Paralympic champion.

    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.

    References

    Iran men's national sitting volleyball team Wikipedia