The Iran national handball team is the national handball team of Iran and is controlled by the IR Iran Handball Federation. The Iranian national handball team is one of the best teams in Asia.
Tournament record World Championship YearRoundPosition 1938Not an IHF member 1954 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1974 1978did not enter 1982 1986 1990did not qualify 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015President’s Cup21st place7205185225 2017did not qualify 2019 2021 2023Main round24th place6105150198 2025to be determined 2027 2029 2031Total2/30133010335423
Asian Championship YearRoundPosition 1977did not enter 1979 1983 1987 1989Final round8th place4103106114 1991Placement 9th–12th11th place4112110132 1993Preliminary round9th place20025058 1995did not enter 2000Round-robin5th place400461132 2002Placement 5th–6th5th place421110496 2004Placement 5th–8th7th place5203131138 2006Final round4th place5203122110 2008Final round4th place6303184179 2010Placement 5th–8th7th place6303161146 2012Placement 5th–10th5th place5302124115 2014Final round3rd place7331215171 2016Knockout stage5th place7502199184 2018Knockout stage5th place6402195157 2020Final round6th place6213176151 2022Final round4th place8503221206 2024Final round6th place7304185161 2026Placement 11th–12th12th place7304189143Total17/2293426452,5332,393
Asian Games YearRoundPosition 1982did not enter 1986Round-robin5th place510490185 1990did not enter 1994 1998Final round4th place5203126146 2002did not enter 2006Final round3rd place8503220203 2010Final roundRunners-up6402185156 2014Final round4th place7304188164 2018Classification 5th–8th5th place6303202152 2022Main round 2026Quarter-finals 2030to be determined 2034Total7/1137180191,0111,006
Other tournaments Islamic Solidarity Games YearRoundPosition 2005did not enter 2017 2021Knockout stage3rd place430112185 2025Total1/3430112185
West Asian Games YearRoundPosition 2002Round-robin4th place5203148139 2005Final roundRunners-up5401137127Total2/210604285266
Team Current squad Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Veselin Vujović
Former coaches Yury Klimov Yuri Kidyaev (2009–2010) Borut Maček (2010) Ivica Rimanić (2011–2012) Rafael Guijosa (2012–2014) Borut Maček (2014–2015) Irfan Smajlagić (2015–2016) Mohsen Taheri (2016) Alireza Habibi (2017) Borut Maček (2017) Zoran Kastratović (2018) Alireza Habibi (2019–2020) Manuel Montoya (2021–2022) Veselin Vujović (2022–2023) Majid Rahimizadeh(2023–2024) Rafael Silva (2024–)
Past squads 2006 Asian Games – Bronze medal Farid Alimoradi, Alireza Rabie Dolatabadi, Mostafa Sadati, Iman Ehsannejad, Hossein Shahabi, Ali Akbar Khoshnevis, Masoud Zohrabi, Peyman Sadeghi, Hojjat Rahshenas, Saeid Pourghasemi, Mohammad Reza Jafarnia, Hani Zamani, Mohammad Reza Rajabi, Allahkaram Esteki and Rasoul Dehghani. Head Coach: Yury Klimov
Notable players Iman Jamali (later Hungary)
References
External links IHF profile