Iran men's national field hockey team

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Iran
Nickname(s)Team Melli
AssociationHockey Federation of I.R. Iran
Head CoachRajab Nourani
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Home
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Away
FIH ranking
Current 92 Steady (12 March 2024)[1]
Highest51 (November 2015 – August 2016)
Lowest77 (June 2019)
Asian Games
Appearances1 (first in 1974)
Best result6th (1974)
Asia Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1985)
Best result10th (1985)

The Iran men's national field hockey team is the national field hockey team of Iran. It is governed by the Hockey Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

History[edit]

Iran took part as hosts in the 1974 Asian Games where Iran occupied the sixth and last place losing to eventual champions Pakistan 13–0.[citation needed]

Iran also took part in the 1985 Asia Cup held in Dhaka, Bangladesh where Iran came last in the 10-nation event again suffering a heavy 16–0 defeat at the hands of again eventual winners Pakistan.[citation needed]

More recently Iran has enjoyed success at the indoor event, winning Indoor Hockey Asia Cup on four occasions and also participated at 2011 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup and 2015 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup. In 2015 Men's World Cup, Iran made a history and advanced to semifinals by hammering Russia 8–5. In semifinals, it lost the game to Austria and Germany and finished the tournament in 4th place.[citation needed]

Tournament records[edit]

Asian Games[edit]

Year Rank Pld W D L
Japan 1958 Did not enter
Indonesia 1962
Thailand 1966
Thailand 1970
Iran 1974 6th place 5 0 0 5
Thailand 1978 Did not enter
India 1982
South Korea 1986
China 1990
Japan 1994
Thailand 1998
South Korea 2002
Qatar 2006
China 2010
South Korea 2014 - - - -
Total 1/15 5 0 0 5

Asian Cup[edit]

Year Rank Pld W D L
Pakistan 1982 Did not enter
Bangladesh 1985 10th place 4 0 0 4
India 1989 Did not enter
Japan 1993
Malaysia 1999
Malaysia 2003 Did not qualify
India 2007 Did not enter
Malaysia 2009
Malaysia 2013
Bangladesh 2017 - - - -
Total 1/10 4 0 0 4

West Asian Cup[edit]

Year Rank Pld W D L
Qatar 2014 Runners-up 3 1 2 0
Total 1/1 3 1 2 0

AHF Cup[edit]

Year Rank Pld W D L
Hong Kong 1997 Did not enter
Hong Kong 2002 5th place 6 2 0 4
Singapore 2008 Did not enter
Thailand 2012
Indonesia 2022 6th place 6 1 1 4
Total 2/5 12 3 1 8

Indoor hockey results[edit]

World Cup[edit]

Year Rank Pld W D L
Germany 2003 Did not enter
Austria 2007
Poland 2011 9th place 6 3 0 3
Germany 2015 4th place 8 2 1 5
Germany 2018 Third place 8 4 3 1
Total 3/5 22 9 4 9

Asian Cup[edit]

Year Rank Pld W D L
Malaysia 2008 Champions 6 6 0 0
Malaysia 2009 Champions 5 5 0 0
Malaysia 2010 Champions 6 6 0 0
Thailand 2012 Champions 7 7 0 0
Taiwan 2014 Champions 5 5 0 0
Kazakhstan 2015 Champions 5 5 0 0
Qatar 2017 Champions 5 5 0 0
Thailand 2019 Champions 6 6 0 0
Total 8/8 45 45 0 0

Asian Indoor Games[edit]

Year Rank Pld W D L
Macau 2007 Champions 6 5 1 0
Total 1/1 6 5 1 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

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