Iran men's national field hockey team
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| Nickname(s) | Team Melli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Hockey Federation of I.R. Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current | NR (23 December 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest | 51 (November 2015 – August 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 77 (June 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Iranian hockey team is the national field hockey team of Iran. It is governed by the Hockey Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
History[]
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.
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.
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.
Tournament records[]
Asian Games[]
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1958 |
Did not enter | – | – | – | – |
 1962 |
– | – | – | – | |
 1966 |
– | – | – | – | |
| 1970 |
– | – | – | – | |
 1974 |
6th place | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1978 |
Did not enter | – | – | – | – |
 1982 |
– | – | – | – | |
 1986 |
– | – | – | – | |
 1990 |
– | – | – | – | |
| 1994 |
– | – | – | – | |
| 1998 |
– | – | – | – | |
| 2002 |
– | – | – | – | |
 2006 |
– | – | – | – | |
| 2010 |
– | – | – | – | |
| 2014 |
- | - | - | - | |
| Total | 1/15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Asian Cup[]
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1982 |
Did not enter | – | – | – | – |
 1985 |
10th place | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1989 |
Did not enter | – | – | – | – |
| 1993 |
– | – | – | – | |
 1999 |
– | – | – | – | |
| 2003 |
Did not qualify | – | – | – | – |
| 2007 |
Did not enter | – | – | – | – |
| 2009 |
– | – | – | – | |
| 2013 |
– | – | – | – | |
| 2017 |
- | - | - | - | |
| Total | 1/10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
West Asian Cup[]
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |
Runners-up | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 1/1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
AHF Cup[]
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1997 |
Did not enter | – | – | – | – |
| 2002 |
5th place | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
 2008 |
Did not enter | – | – | – | – |
| 2012 |
– | – | – | – | |
| Total | 1/4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Indoor hockey results[]
World Cup[]
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2003 |
Did not enter | – | – | – | – |
 2007 |
– | – | – | – | |
 2011 |
9th place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 |
4th place | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 |
Third place | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 3/5 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 |
Asian Cup[]
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 |
Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 |
Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 |
Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 |
Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
 2014 |
Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
 2015 |
Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 |
Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 |
Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8/8 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
Asian Indoor Games[]
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2007 |
Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1/1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
External links[]
- (in Persian) Iran Hockey Federation
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- Field hockey in Iran
- National sports teams of Iran
- Asian men's national field hockey teams
- Men's sport in Iran