The Iran men's national sitting volleyball team represents the Islamic Republic of Iran in international sitting volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the dominant forces on the court worldwide. In foreign media, team Iran is colloquially known as the dream team of sitting volleyball.
The Iranian team dedicated their sitting volleyball 2016 Rio Paralympic gold to the memory of Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who died during the Paralympic C4/C5 competition.
Players
2024 Summer Paralympics The following is the Iranian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Head coach: Hadi Rezaei
Assistant coach: Jalil Eimery +N°NameDate of birthPosition9Hossein Golestani26 February 1992MB1Hamidreza Abbasifeshki11 December 2000L4Davoud Alipourian (c)6 May 1985O11Ramezan Salehihajikolaei11 March 1979L7Sadegh Bigdeli26 February 1984MB5Meysam Hajibabaei Movahhed25 February 1995S3Meisan Ali Pour13 January 1989O10Isa Zirahi4 June 1979MB8Majid Lashkarisanami6 August 1979S6Mohammad Nemati19 August 199892Morteza Mehrzad17 September 1987O12Mahdi Babadi25 March 1991S Three members of the team made the competition's dream team: Meisam Ali Pour as Most Valuable Player and Best Server, David Alipourian as Best Setter and Morteza Mehrzad as Best Attacker.
2012 Summer Paralympics
Honours
Seniors Competitive record
Paralympic Games
GamesPlace 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris
World Championships
YearPosition 1984 Norway Champions 1986 Hungary Champions 1990 Netherlands Champions 1994 Germany Champions 1998 TehranChampions 2002 Cairo Third place 2006 Roermond Runners-up 2010 EdmondChampions 2014 ElblągThird place 2018 The Hague Champions 2022 Sarajevo Champions 2026 Hangzhou Champions 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Men's event
World Cups 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Men's event Gold medal
Asia and Oceania Championships 2023 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships
Asian Para Games
Guangzhou 2010 Gold medal Incheon 2014 Gold medal Jakarta 2018 Gold medal Hangzhou 2022 Gold medal
Minor Tournaments 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
2024 Open
Juniors Competitive record
Junior World Championships YearPosition 2005 Kamnik Champions 2007 Niterói Champions 2009 Mashhad Champions
World Ranking As at 28 September 2016 by World ParaVolley.
At 2016 Rio Paralympics, Iran was seed No. 3. Bosnia was ranked at No. 1 (seed No. 1) as the defending Paralympic champion.
RankMovementCountryPointsRegion1 5215Asia-Oceania2 4708Pan America3 4523Africa4 4300Europe5 3578Europe
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.
Athlete Sport Paralympics Gold Silver Bronze Total 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
See also Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics World Para Volleyball Championship World Organization Volleyball for Disabled Hadi Rezaei Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team Egypt men's national sitting volleyball team Germany men's national sitting volleyball team Croatia men's national para volleyball teams
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