Iran men's national water polo team explained

Iran
Fina Code:	IRI
Nickname:	Team Melli
Association:	IR Iran Amateur Swimming Federation
Confederation:	AASF
Coach:	Aleksandar Ćirić
Asst Coach:	Vahid Rezaei
Captain:	Hamed Malek-Khanbanan
Home Venue:	Shahid Shiroudi Stadium
Olympics Apps:	1
Olympics First:	1976
Olympics Best:	12th place (1976)
World Champ Apps:	2
World Champ First:	1975
World Champ Best:	15th place (1975, 1998)
World League Apps:	4
World League First:	2008
World League Best:	Preliminary round (2008, 2009, 2010)
2Ndregional Cup Name:	Asian Games
2Ndregional Cup Apps:	10
2Ndregional Cup First:	1970
2Ndregional Cup Best:	Gold medal (1974)

The Iran men's national water polo team represents Iran in men's international water polo competitions and is controlled by the IR Iran Amateur Swimming Federation.

Tournament records

Olympic Games

See main article: article and Water polo at the Summer Olympics.

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1900–1936	not an IOC member
1948	18	did not enter
	21
	10
	16
	13
	15
	16	did not qualify
	12	12th place	8	0	0	8
1980	12	did not enter
	12
	12
	12
	12	did not qualify
	12	did not enter
	12
	12	did not qualify
	12	did not enter
	12	did not qualify
	12
	12

World Championships

World Championships record
Year	Round	Position
1973	Colspan=10	did not compete
1975	Preliminary round	15th place	3	0	0	3	5	39	-34
1978	did not compete
1982
1986
1991
1994
1998	Preliminary round	15th place	3	0	0	3	7	-49	-42
2001	did not compete
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2022

World League / World Cup

See main article: article and FINA World Water Polo League.

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2002	did not enter
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008	5th place in Asia/Oceania	8	0	8
2009	3rd place in Asia/Oceania	6	2	4
2010	6th place in Asia/Oceania	10	0	10
2011	did not enter
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2022
2023	5th place in Division 2	4	2	2

World Cup (old format)

See main article: article and FINA Water Polo World Cup.

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1979	8	did not enter
1981	8
1983	8
1985	8
1987	8
1989	8
1991	8
1993	8
1995	8
1997	8
1999	8
2002	8
2006	8
2010	8	8th place	6	0	0	6
2014	8	did not enter
2018	8

Asian Games

See main article: article and Water polo at the Asian Games.

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1951	2	did not enter
1954	6
1958	5
1962	4
1966	5
1970	7	4th place	4	0	1	3
1974	7	Champions	6	4	2	0
1978	7	did not enter
1982	8
1986	6	4th place	5	2	1	2
1990	7	6th place	4	1	1	2
1994	6	4th place	5	2	0	3
1998	9	5th place	6	2	0	4
2002	6	4th place	4	1	0	3
2006	10	4th place	6	3	1	2
2010	9	did not enter
2014	7
2018	9	3rd place	6	4	0	2
2022	8	4th place	6	3	0	3

Asian Championships

See main article: article and Asian Water Polo Championship.

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1984	7	3rd place	5	3	1	1
1988	6	did not enter
1991	10	5th place
1995	13	3rd place	4	3	0	1
2000	7	did not enter
2005	8
2009	6
2012	4
2012	9
2015	5	4th place	4	1	0	3
2016	8	4th place	6	3	0	3
2022	10	4th place	7	5	0	2
2023	8	Runners-up	6	5	0	1

Asian Cup

See main article: article and Asian Water Polo Cup.

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2010	4	Runners-up	3	2	0	1
2012	5	3rd place	4	2	0	2
2013	6	Champions	5	5	0	0

FINA Development Trophy

See main article: article and FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy.

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2007	12	3rd place	6	5	0	1
2009	12	did not enter
2011	11	Runners-up	6	5	0	1
2013	12	did not enter
2015	10	Champions	5	5	0	0
2017	8	disqualified	6	5	0	1

Islamic Solidarity Games

See main article: article and Islamic Solidarity Games.

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2005	6	4th place	5	2	1	2
2017	5	Runners-up	4	3	1	0

Former coaches

• Nico Firoiu (1969–71, 1972–74)
• Ante Nakić
• Neven Kovačević
• Stanislav Pivovarov (2010)
• Paolo Malara (2011)
• Roman Poláčik (2011–2012)
• Paolo Malara (2013–2014)
• Sirous Taherian (2014--2016)https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.snn.ir%2Fmedium%2F1393%2F12%2F23%2FIMG16414734.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.snn.ir%2Fdetail%2FNews%2F404090%2F90&docid=rga1moPyyQ5QYM&tbnid=enGTLj_-FKzDDM%3A&w=300&h=210&hl=en&bih=1024&biw=600&ved=

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20131112163610/http://www.asiaswimmingfederation.org/competitions.php?discipline=2

External links

• Islamic Republic of Iran Swimming Federation