Iran men's national volleyball team

The Iran men's national volleyball team is the official national men's volleyball team of Iran. It is governed by the Iran Volleyball Federation (I.R.I.V.F.) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Iranian volleyball is one of the best teams in the world. Iranian volleyball has a history of being ranked sixth in the world rankings.^[1]

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Iran

Nickname(s)	Shiran parsi, Princes of lran, lranian tall men
Association	IRIVF
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Roberto Piazza
FIVB ranking	15 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	2 (First in 2016)
Best result	5th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1970)
Best result	6th (2014)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1991)
Best result	8th (2015, 2019)
Asian Championship
Appearances	20 (First in 1979)
Best result	(2011, 2013, 2019, 2021)
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Honours Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Grand Champions Cup 0 0 1 Asian Championship 4 3 1 Asian Games 3 3 1 Asian Cup 3 2 0 Other official tournaments 6 2 0 Total 16 10 3 Medal record World Grand Champions Cup 2017 Japan Team Asian Championship 2011 Tehran Team 2013 Dubai Team 2019 Tehran Team 2021 Chiba/Funabashi Team 2009 Manila Team 2015 Tehran Team 2023 Urmia Team 2003 Tianjin Team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team 2018 Jakarta/Palembang Team 2022 Hangzhou Team 1958 Tokyo Team 2002 Busan Team 2010 Guangzhou Team 1966 Bangkok Team Asian Cup 2008 Nakhon Ratchasima Team 2010 Urmia Team 2016 Nakhon Pathom Team 2012 Vinh Yen Team 2018 Taipei Team Islamic Solidarity Games 2005 Mecca/Medina/Jeddah/Ta’if Team 2013 Palembang Team 2017 Baku Team 2021 Konya Team West Asian Games 2005 Doha Team Central Asian Nations League 2023 Cholpon-Ata Team 2025 Fergana Team 2022 Lahore Team

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As of 11 September 2022, Team Melli is considered as the First team in Asia, as it ranks 7th in the FIVB World Rankings.^[2]

The national team won the Asian Volleyball Championship four times: in 2011 Tehran, 2013 Dubai, 2019 Tehran and 2021 Chiba & Funabashi

In its first appearance in the competition since joining the 2013 World League, Iran has been a dominant force in Group 1.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014 World League campaign, Iran's national team reached fourth place in Group 1 after a straight-set defeat to their Italian hosts in the bronze medal match. In these games, Iran had already defeated Brazil, Italy and Poland.^{[citation needed]}

Iran has also competed in the World Championship four times, with their best result obtained in 2014 Poland where they ended up in 6th place. In those games Iran qualified from the first and second rounds with, respectively, four and five wins; their only defeat was against France.^{[citation needed]}

Iran defeated Japan to win the gold medal at the Asian Games Korea in 2014. Consecutively, in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, Iran cruised past Japan and South Korea to win the gold medal.

Iran made it to the Olympic Games for the first time in their history in 2016 as the top-ranked Asian squad at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. Iran finished in 5th place in the competition.^{[citation needed]}