Iran men's national basketball team

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Iran
FIBA ranking27 Steady (1 March 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1947
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationIRIBF
CoachHakan Demir
Olympic Games
Appearances3
FIBA World Cup
Appearances4
FIBA Asia Cup
Appearances18
Medals Gold: (2007, 2009, 2013)
Silver: (2017)
Bronze: (2015)
Asian Games
Appearances12
Medals Silver: (2014, 2018)
Bronze: (1951, 2006, 2010)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Championship 3 1 1
Asian Games 0 2 3
FIBA Asia Challenge 3 0 0

The Iran national basketball team (Persian: تیم ملی بسکتبال مردان ایران) is controlled by the IR Iran Basketball Federation. Overall, the team won three out of the last five FIBA Asia Championship tournaments.[2]

History[edit]

Photograph of the Iranian national team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

The Iranian national team has had limited success on the international stage, with the most international experience being that of their 1948 Summer Olympics qualification, although they did not manage to make it past the group stage.

The team won the Bronze medal at the basketball competition of the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.

2007 FIBA Asia Championship[edit]

Placed in the dreaded "Group of Death" alongside China, the Philippines, and Jordan, the Iranians won all three group matches to make it to the next round.

In the quarterfinals, Iran went 2–1, to make it to semifinals, following victories over Chinese Taipei and Qatar, and then routed Kazakhstan, 75–62, in the semifinals.

The Iranians then beat Lebanon 74–69, with Hamed Haddadi scoring 31 points.[2] Not only did it avenge an 82–60 defeat in the quarterfinals, they also became the first Western Asian team to win the tournament, and thus make it to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[2]

2008 Beijing Olympic Games[edit]

In being crowned the 2007 Asian Champions, the Iranians qualified for the 2008 Beijing games for the first time in 60 years. The Olympic experience led to a flurry of opportunities for the Iranian players, as they traveled across the world in preparation for the games, including a visit to the US. Iran was placed in Group A, along with Lithuania, Russia, Argentina, Croatia, and Australia, suffering five defeats. The Olympic experience opened doors for players such as Hamed Haddadi, and Iranian captain Samad Nikkhah Bahrami to play in the NBA (National Basketball Association) and sign in the top French League.

Haddadi finished with averages of 16.6 points per game, 11.2 rebounds per game, and 2.6 blocks per game, leading the entire tournament in the latter two categories. His highlight performance was in the game against Argentina when he put up 21 points and 16 rebounds.[3]

2009 FIBA Asia Championship[edit]

Winning the FIBA Asia Championship 2009 at Tianjin, China, was a sign on continuing progress in basketball. Iran defeated China, by a score of 70–52 in the final.[4]

2010 FIBA World Championship[edit]

Iran's second consecutive FIBA Asia Championship gave them their first ever FIBA World Championship berth, at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The team finished 1–4 in Group B, good for 19th place

2013 FIBA Asia Championship[edit]

Iran national team in 2021, during a time out in a friendly against Spain.

Winning the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship at Manila, Philippines, was a sign that the Iranian team has forgot the tragedy of their loss to Jordan in last tournament, 2011 FIBA Asia Championship, and reclaimed the top place in the FIBA Asia. Iran defeated the charged up hosts Philippines by an 85–71 win in the final. Iranian center Hamed Haddadi, who played a stellar role in Iran's triumph at the 27th FIBA Asia Championship, became the most accomplished individual player of the competition winning two awards, including that of the MVP. Iran was the only team with two awards in the All Stars with Oshin Sahakian named for the Power Forward position.

2014 FIBA World Championship[edit]

Iran's third FIBA Asia Championship gave them their second FIBA World Championship berth, at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[5]

Tournament records[edit]

  • Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament. B or U18 indicates that the team was represented by its B or U18 team.

Honours[edit]

The Iran national team's all-time medal record:

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
FIBA World Cup 0 0 0 0
FIBA Asia Cup 3 1 1 5
Asian Games 0 2 3 5
Totals 3 3 4 10

Summer Olympics[edit]

Summer Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L
Germany 1936 Did not enter
United Kingdom 1948 13th place match 14th place 7 2 5
Finland 1952 Did not enter
Australia 1956
Italy 1960
Japan 1964
Mexico 1968
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980 Boycotted the event
United States 1984
South Korea 1988 Did not enter
Spain 1992 Did not qualify
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008 Preliminary round 11th place 5 0 5
United Kingdom 2012 Did not qualify
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020 Preliminary round 12th place 3 0 3
France 2024 Did not qualify
United States 2028 Future events
Australia 2032
Total 3/20 15 2 13

World Cup[edit]

FIBA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L
Argentina 1950 Did not enter
Brazil 1954
Chile 1959
Brazil 1963
Uruguay 1967
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1970
Puerto Rico 1974 Did not qualify
Philippines 1978 Did not enter
Colombia 1982 Did not qualify
Spain 1986
Argentina 1990
Canada 1994
Greece 1998
United States 2002
Japan 2006
Turkey 2010 Preliminary round 19th of 24 5 1 4
Spain 2014 Preliminary round 20th of 24 5 1 4
China 2019 17th–32nd Classification 23rd of 32 5 2 3
PhilippinesJapanIndonesia 2023 17th–32nd Classification 31st of 32 5 0 5
Qatar 2027 To be determined
Total 4/20 20 4 16

FIBA Asia Cup[edit]

Year Position Pld W L
Europe
Turkey 1959 17th place 7 1 6
Asia
Philippines 1960 Did not enter
Taiwan 1963
Malaysia 1965
South Korea 1967
Thailand 1969
Japan 1971
Philippines 1973 5th place 10 4 6
Thailand 1975 Did not enter
Malaysia 1977
Japan 1979
India 1981 8th place 7 3 4
Hong Kong 1983 5th place 6 5 1
Malaysia 1985 8th place 6 2 4
Thailand 1987 Did not enter
China 1989 5th place 7 4 3
Japan 1991 6th place 8 4 4
Indonesia 1993 4th place 6 4 2
South Korea 1995 10th place 8 5 3
Saudi Arabia 1997 8th place 7 3 4
Japan 1999 Did not qualify
China 2001
China 2003 5th place 7 4 3
Qatar 2005 6th place 8 4 4
Japan 2007 Champions 8 7 1
China 2009 Champions 9 9 0
China 2011 5th place 9 8 1
Philippines 2013 Champions 9 9 0
China 2015 3rd place 9 7 2
Lebanon 2017 Runners-up 6 5 1
Indonesia 2022 5th place 4 3 1
Saudi Arabia 2025 To be determined
Total 18/31 134 90 44

Asian Games[edit]

Year Rank Pld W L
India 1951 3rd place 4 2 2
Philippines 1954 Did not enter
Japan 1958
Indonesia 1962
Thailand 1966 7th place 7 3 4
Thailand 1970 7th place 8 6 2
Iran 1974 6th place 7 3 4
Thailand 1978 Did not enter
India 1982
South Korea 1986
China 1990 7th place 6 3 3
Japan 1994 8th place 6 2 4
Thailand 1998 7th place 6 2 4
South Korea 2002 Did not enter
Qatar 2006 3rd place 8 5 3
China 2010 3rd place 8 6 2
South Korea 2014 Runners-up 7 6 1
Indonesia 2018 Runners-up 4 3 1
China 2022 5th place 6 5 1
Japan 2026 Future events
Qatar 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total 12/19 77 46 31

FIBA Asia Challenge[edit]

Year Rank Pld W L
Taiwan 2004 Qualified but withdrew
Kuwait 2008
Lebanon 2010 6th place (B) 7 3 4
Japan 2012 Champions 7 7 0
China 2014 Champions 7 6 1
Iran 2016 Champions 8 8 0
Total 4/6 29 24 5

West Asian Championship[edit]

Year Rank Pld W L
Lebanon 1999 4th place 4 1 3
Lebanon 2000 4th place 4 2 2
Jordan 2001 3rd place 4 2 2
JordanIran 2002 Runners-up 4 3 1
Iran 2004 Champions 4 4 0
Lebanon 2005 Champions 4 4 0
Jordan 2008 Did not enter
Iraq 2010 Champions (B) 3 3 0
Iraq 2011 Champions 3 3 0
Jordan 2012 Runners-up 5 4 1
Iran 2013 Champions 3 3 0
Jordan 2014 Runners-up (U18) 5 4 1
Jordan 2015 Did not enter
Jordan 2016 Champions 4 4 0
Jordan 2017 Runners-up 5 4 1
Total 13/15 52 41 11

Other tournaments[edit]

Team[edit]

Current roster[edit]

Roster for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[6][7]

Iran men's national basketball team – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 3 Mohammad Sina Vahedi 22 – (2001-01-08)8 January 2001 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Kalleh Iran
C 4 Meisam Mirzaei 31 – (1992-04-16)16 April 1992 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Kalleh Iran
G 5 Sajjad Mashayekhi 29 – (1994-02-23)23 February 1994 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Zob Ahan Isfahan Iran
F 6 Mohammad Amini 18 – (2005-04-26)26 April 2005 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Monaco France
SF 7 Navid Rezaeifar 27 – (1996-08-23)23 August 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Palayesh Naft Abadan Iran
PG 8 Behnam Yakhchali 28 – (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Gladiators Treves Germany
SF 10 Piter Girgoorian 21 – (2002-02-27)27 February 2002 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Mahram Tehran Iran
PF 14 Arsalan Kazemi 33 – (1990-04-22)22 April 1990 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Zob Ahan Isfahan Iran
C 15 Hamed Haddadi (C) 38 – (1985-05-19)19 May 1985 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Sichuan Blue Whales China
SG 17 Matin Aghajanpour 22 – (2001-03-14)14 March 2001 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Kalleh Iran
PF 30 Jalal Aghamiri 22 – (2001-01-29)29 January 2001 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Kalleh Iran
C 32 Hasan Aliakbari 27 – (1996-07-07)7 July 1996 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Parsa Iran
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Iran Ali Arezoomandi
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 25 August 2023

Head coaches[edit]

Note: The following list may not be complete

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "IRN/LIB – It's Iraaaaaan!". FIBA. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2007.
  3. ^ "Yao, Hamed, and Patty shined as stars from Asia & Oceania at the Olympics". FIBA. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Iran wins Asian Basketball Championships". WashingtonTV. Archived from the original on 24 August 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Fan Thread". PersianFootball.com. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Announcement of the list of players of the national basketball team for the 2023 World Cup". Iribf.ir. 21 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Team roster: Iran" (PDF). FIBA. 25 August 2023.

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