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) |
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 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. In foreign media, team Iran is colloquially known as dream team of sitting volleyball.[1]
Iran team dedicated sitting volleyball 2016 Rio Paralympic gold to memory of Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died during Paralympic C4/C5 competition.[2] [3]
Players called up for 2012 Summer Paralympics:
See main article: Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics.
See main article: World Para Volleyball Championship.
Year | Position |
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1984 Norway | Champions |
1986 Hungary | Champions |
1990 Netherlands | Champions |
1994 Germany | Champions |
1998 Tehran | Champions |
Third place | |
Runners-up | |
2010 Edmond | Champions |
2014 Elblag | Third place[5] |
Champions[6] | |
Champions | |
See main article: Sitting volleyball at the Asian Para Games.
Sarajevo Open Championship:
Year | Position | |
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Champions[10] | ||
Champions | ||
Champions[11] |
As at 28 September 2016 by World ParaVolley.[12]
At 2016 Rio Paralympics, Iran was seed No. 3. Bosnia was ranked at No. 1 (seed No. 1) as the defending Paralympic champion.
Rank | Movement | Country | Points | Region | |
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1 | 5215 | Asia-Oceania | |||
2 | 4708 | Pan America | |||
3 | 4523 | Africa | |||
4 | 4300 | Europe | |||
5 | 3578 | Europe |
This is a list of multiple gold medalists for Iran in sitting volleyball, listing people who have won three or more gold medals.
width=150 | Athlete ! | width=120 | Sport ! | width=130 | Paralympics ! | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Ali Kashfia | Sitting Volleyball | 1988–2000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Jalil Imeri | Sitting Volleyball | 1996–2012 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
Ali Golkar | Sitting Volleyball | 1992–2004 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
Parviz Firouzi | Sitting Volleyball | 1992–2000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Hadi Rezaei | Sitting Volleyball | 1988–1996 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Ali Akbar Salavatian | Sitting Volleyball | 1992–2000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Ahmad Shivani | Sitting Volleyball | 1988–1996 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Majid Soleimani | Sitting Volleyball | 1992–2000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |