Iran national basketball team

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Iran

ایران

FIBA ranking

23^rd

Joined FIBA

1947

FIBA zone

National federation

Coach

Appearances

Medals

None

World Championships

Appearances

None

Medals

None

Asian Championship

Appearances

Medals

Gold: 2007

Asian Games

Appearances

Medals

Bronze 1951, 2006

Uniforms



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The Iran national basketball team represents Iran in international basketball competitions and is controlled by IR Iran Basketball Federation. It is one of the strongest teams in Asia, the current champions at the FIBA Asia Championship.^[1]

1 History
- 1.1 2007 FIBA Asia Championship
2 Tournament records
3 Roster
4 Head Coaches
5 References
6 External links

History

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

Its most recent success was winning the 2007 Asian Championship at Tokushima, Japan.^[1]

Placed in the dreaded "Group of Death" alongside China, 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.^[1] 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.^[1]

Tournament records

Olympic Games Record

1948: 14th
2008: 11th

FIBA Asia Championship Record

1973: 5th
1981: 8th
1983: 5th
1985: 8th
1989: 5th
1991: 6th
1993: 4th
1995: 10th
1997: 8th
2003: 5th
2005: 6th
2007: Gold Medal

Asian Games Record

1951: Bronze Medal
1966: 7th
1970: 7th
1974: 6th
1990: 7th
1994: 8th
1998: 7th
2006: Bronze Medal

Roster

Iran National Basketball Team roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Age	Ht.	Wt.	Club
4.5 F/C	4	Doraghi, Ali	&0000000000000023.00000023 - September 20, 1984(1984-09-20)	83 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Petrochimi*	Iran
1.0 PG	5	Amini, Amir	&0000000000000024.00000024 - June 10, 1984(1984-06-10)	75 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Kaveh*	Iran
1.0 PG	6	Davari, Javad	&0000000000000025.00000025 - April 25, 1983(1983-04-25)	73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Petrochimi*	Iran
1.0 PG	7	Kamrani, Mehdi	&0000000000000026.00000026 - June 1, 1982(1982-06-01)	71 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Mahram*	Iran
2.0 SG	8	Davarpanah, Saeid	&0000000000000020.00000020 - September 7, 1987(1987-09-07)	75 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Kaveh*	Iran
2.0 SG	9	Zandi, Iman	&0000000000000026.00000026 - September 19, 1981(1981-09-19)	74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	BEEM*	Iran
2.0 SG	10	Afagh, Hamed	&0000000000000025.00000025 - February 1, 1983(1983-02-01)	76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Saba Battery*	Iran
4.5 F/C	11	Sohrabnejad, Hamed	&0000000000000025.00000025 - May 7, 1983(1983-05-07)	81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Mahram*	Iran
4.0 PF	12	Sahakian, Oshin	&0000000000000022.00000022 - March 21, 1986(1986-03-21)	79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Zob Ahan*	Iran
5.0 C	13	Nabipour, Mousa	&0000000000000024.00000024 - August 14, 1983(1983-08-14)	83 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Kaveh*	Iran
3.0 SF	14	Nikkhah Bahrami, Samad (C)	&0000000000000025.00000025 - May 11, 1983(1983-05-11)	79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Cholet Basket*	France
5.0 C	15	Haddadi, Hamed	&0000000000000023.00000023 - May 19, 1985(1985-05-19)	86 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	Memphis Grizzlies*	USA

Head coach

Rajko Toroman

Assistant coach(es)

Mehran Hatami
Srđan Petković

Legend

(C) Team captain
nat field describes country
of last club
before the tournament
Age field is age on August 9, 2008

Head Coaches

Mohammad Hassan Zolfaghari (1981)
Enayatollah Atashi (1983)
Reza Esmaeili (1985)
Majid Towfigh (1989)
Asadollah Kabir (1990)
Valery Lunichkin (1991)
Asadollah Kabir (1993)
Vitaly Astakhov (1994)
Manouchehr Shahamatnejad (1995)
Saeid Fathi (1997)
Enayatollah Atashi (1998)
Saeid Armaghani (1999 - 2000)
Gary LeMoine (2000 - 2001)
Nenad Trajković (2001 - 2003)
Vladimir Bošnjak (2003 - 2005)
Mohammad Mehdi Izadpanah (2005)
Fredrick Femi Onica (2005 - 2007)
Rajko Toroman (2007 - present)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "IRN/LIB - It's Iraaaaaan!". FIBA. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.

External links

(Persian) Official website of IR Iran Basketball Federation

Preceded by Kazakhstan	Asian Games Bronze Medalists 2006	Succeeded by TBA
Preceded by China	FIBA Asia Champions 2007	Succeeded by TBA

International basketball

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Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship Americas: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship Europe: FIBA Europe – EuroBasket Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship