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Iran men's national handball team

The Iran national handball team is the national handball team of Iran and is controlled by the IR Iran Handball Federation.

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Information
NicknameTeam Melli
AssociationIRIHF
CoachMajid Rahimizadeh
Assistant coachShahdad Mortaji
Hamid Sadeghi
CaptainMojtaba Heidarpour
Colours
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
Results
World Championship
Appearances2 (First in 2015)
Best result21st (2015)
Asian Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1989)
Best resultBronze 3rd (2014)
Last updated on Unknown.
Iran men's national handball team
Medal record
Asian Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Bahrain
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Team
Islamic Solidarity Games
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya
West Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Doha

Tournament record

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World Championship

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Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  1938 Not an IHF member
  1954
  1958
  1961
  1964
  1967
  1970
  1974
  1978 did not enter
  1982
  1986
  1990 did not qualify
  1993
  1995
  1997
  1999
  2001
  2003
  2005
  2007
  2009
  2011
  2013
  2015 President’s Cup 21st place 7 2 0 5 185 225
  2017 did not qualify
    2019
  2021
    2023 Main round 24th place 6 1 0 5 150 198
      2025 to be determined
  2027
    2029
      2031
Total 2/30 13 3 0 10 335 423

Asian Championship

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Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  1977 did not enter
  1979
  1983
  1987
  1989 Final round 8th place 4 1 0 3 106 114
  1991 Placement 9th–12th 11th place 4 1 1 2 110 132
  1993 Preliminary round 9th place 2 0 0 2 50 58
  1995 did not enter
  2000 Round-robin 5th place 4 0 0 4 61 132
  2002 Placement 5th–6th 5th place 4 2 1 1 104 96
  2004 Placement 5th–8th 7th place 5 2 0 3 131 138
  2006 Final round 4th place 5 2 0 3 122 110
  2008 Final round 4th place 6 3 0 3 184 179
  2010 Placement 5th–8th 7th place 6 3 0 3 161 146
  2012 Placement 5th–10th 5th place 5 3 0 2 124 115
  2014 Final round 3rd place 7 3 3 1 215 171
  2016 Knockout stage 5th place 7 5 0 2 199 184
  2018 Knockout stage 5th place 6 4 0 2 195 157
  2020 Final round 6th place 6 2 1 3 176 151
  2022 Final round 4th place 8 5 0 3 221 206
  2024 Final round 6th place 7 3 0 4 185 161
Total 16/21 86 39 6 41 2,344 2,250

Asian Games

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Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  1982 did not enter
  1986 Round-robin 5th place 5 1 0 4 90 185
  1990 did not enter
  1994
  1998 Final round 4th place 5 2 0 3 126 146
  2002 did not enter
  2006 Final round 3rd place 8 5 0 3 220 203
  2010 Final round Runners-up 6 4 0 2 185 156
  2014 Final round 4th place 7 3 0 4 188 164
  2018 Classification 5th–8th 5th place 6 3 0 3 202 152
  2022
  2026 to be determined
  2030
  2034
Total 7/11 37 18 0 19 1,011 1,006

Other tournaments

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Islamic Solidarity Games

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Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  2005 did not enter
  2017
  2021 Knockout stage 3rd place 4 3 0 1 121 85
Total 1/3 4 3 0 1 121 85

West Asian Games

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Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  2002 Round-robin 4th place 5 2 0 3 148 139
  2005 Final round Runners-up 5 4 0 1 137 127
Total 2/2 10 6 0 4 285 266

Team

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Current squad

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Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Veselin Vujović

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LW Mojtaba Heidarpour (1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 (age 36) 1.80 m 130 800   Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
4 RW Milad Ghalandari (1998-08-23) 23 August 1998 (age 26) 1.80 m 46 164   Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
7 CB Pouya Norouzinejad (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 30) 1.88 m 130 500   VfL Eintracht Hagen
9 P Yasin Kabirianjoo (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 30) 1.93 m 20 20   Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
11 LB Reza Yadegari (2000-04-15) 15 April 2000 (age 24) 1.96 m 0 0   Mes Kerman
13 LB Mehdi Mousavi (1989-04-09) 9 April 1989 (age 35) 1.88 m 200 200   Mes Kerman
14 P Salaman Barbat (1990-12-16) 16 December 1990 (age 33) 1.86 m 100 400   Mes Kerman
16 GK Mohammad Siavoshi (1985-04-02) 2 April 1985 (age 39) 1.95 m 130 0   Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
18 RB Saber Heidari (2004-03-25) 25 March 2004 (age 20) 1.91 m 14 20   Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
22 GK Ali Rahimi (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 32) 1.95 m 20 0   Shahid Shameli Kazeroon
23 RB Mohammad Reza Oraei (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25) 1.94 m 25 40   Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
24 CB Mohammad Mehdi Behnamnia (1998-12-02) 2 December 1998 (age 25) 1.86 m 10 30   Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
28 LW Mohammad Reza Kazemi (2001-01-20) 20 January 2001 (age 23) 1.86 m 5 40   Shahid Shameli Kazeroon
31 RB Vahid Masoudi (1997-05-01) 1 May 1997 (age 27) 1.92 m 12 20   Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
32 RW Mohammad Kiani (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 32) 1.90 m 20 30   Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
33 CB Mehrdad Samsami (1991-02-26) 26 February 1991 (age 33) 1.94 m 152 89   Shahid Shameli Kazeroon
44 LB Afshin Sadeghi (1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 31) 1.98 m 90 300   Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
69 GK Omid Reza Sarpoushi (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 26) 1.90 m 20 4   Mes Kerman
77 LB Shahab Sadeghzadeh (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30) 1.92 m 80 100   Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
99 P Ali Kouhzad (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 27) 1.98 m 4 12   Shahid Shameli Kazeroon

Former coaches

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Past squads

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "برگزاری آخرین مرحله اردوی تدارکاتی تیم ملی هندبال پیش از اعزام به لهستان" (in Persian). irihf.ir. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Team Roster Iran" (PDF). ihf.info. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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