Iran men's national handball team
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| Information | |||
| Nickname | Team Melli | ||
| Association | IRIHF | ||
| Coach | Manuel Montoya | ||
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| Results | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| Best result | - | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2015) | ||
| Best result | 21st (2015) | ||
| Asian Championship | |||
| Appearances | 15 (First in 1989) | ||
| Best result | 3rd (2014) | ||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
| Medal record | ||
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| Asian Games | ||
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2010 Guangzhou | Team |
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2006 Doha | Team |
| Asian Championship | ||
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2014 Bahrain | |
| West Asian Games | ||
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2005 Doha | |
The Iran national handball team is the national handball team of Iran and is controlled by the IR Iran Handball Federation.
Tournament records[]
World Championship[]
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
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 1938 |
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 1954
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 1958
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| 1961
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 1964
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| 1967
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 1970
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 1974
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 1978 |
Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1982
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 1986
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| 1990 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1993
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 1995
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 1997
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 1999
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| 2001
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 2003
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 2005
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 2009
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| 2011
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 2013
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 2015 |
President's Cup | 21st | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 185 | 225 | |
| 2017 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2019
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| 2021
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 2023 |
Qualified | ||||||||
 2025 |
To be determined | ||||||||
| 2027
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| Total | 2/28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 185 | 225 | ||
Asian Championship[]
| Year | Round |
|---|---|
| China 1989 | Eight Place |
| Japan 1991 | Eleventh Place |
| Bahrain 1993 | Ninth Place |
| Japan 2000 | Fifth Place |
| Iran 2002 | Fifth place |
| Qatar 2004 | Seventh place |
| Thailand 2006 | Fourth place |
| Iran 2008 | Fourth place |
| Lebanon 2010 | Seventh place |
| Saudi Arabia 2012 | Fifth place |
| Bahrain 2014 | Third place |
| Bahrain 2016 | Fifth place |
| South Korea 2018 | Fifth place |
| Kuwait 2020 | Sixth place |
| Saudi Arabia 2022 | Fourth place |
Asian Games[]
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1986 |
Round robin | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
 1998 |
Final Round | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2006 |
Third place | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
 2010 |
Runners-up | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2014 |
Final Round | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
 2018 |
Main Round | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2022 |
To be determined | |||||||
| 2026
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| 2030
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 2034
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West Asian Games[]
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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 2002 |
Fourth place | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2005 |
Runners-up | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Team[]
Current squad[]
The following players were called up for the 2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach:
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Former coaches[]
Yury Klimov- Yuri Kidyaev (2009–2010)
Borut Maček (2010)
Ivica Rimanić (2011–2012)
Rafael Guijosa (2012–2014)- Borut Maček (2014–2015)
- Irfan Smajlagić (2015–2016)
Mohsen Taheri (2016)- (2017)
- Borut Maček (2017)
Zoran Kastratović (2018)- (2019–2020)
- Manuel Montoya (2021–)
Past squads[]
- 2006 Asian Games –
Bronze medal
- 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[]
- Iman Jamali (later Hungary)
References[]
External links[]
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Categories:
- Handball in Iran
- National handball teams
- National sports teams of Iran