Iran men's national water polo team

The Iran men's national water polo team represents Iran in men's international water polo competitions and is controlled by the IR Iran Amateur Swimming Federation.

Iran

FINA code	IRI
Nickname(s)	Team Melli
Association	IR Iran Amateur Swimming Federation
Confederation	AASF (Asia)
Head coach	Aleksandar Ćirić
Asst coach	Vahid Rezaei
Captain	Hamed Malek-Khanbanan
Home venue	Shahid Shiroudi Stadium
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1976)
Best result	12th place (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 1975)
Best result	15th place (1975, 1998)
World League
Appearances	3 (first in 2008)
Best result	Preliminary round (2008, 2009, 2010)
Asian Games
Appearances	8 (first in 1970)
Best result	Gold medal (1974)

Iran men's national water polo team

Medal record
Asian Games
	1974 Tehran	Team
	2018 Jakarta	Team

Tournament records

Olympic Games

• 1976 – 12th place^[1]

World Championships

• 1975 – 15th place
• 1998 – 15th place

World Cup

• 2010 – 8th place

World League

• 2008 – Round 1
• 2009 – Round 1
• 2010 – Round 1

FINA Development Trophy

• 2007 –   Bronze Medal
• 2011 –   Silver Medal
• 2015 –   Gold Medal
• 2017 – Disqualified

Asian Games

 

Iran water polo team in 1973 before a friendly match with Egypt. This team won the Asian Games one year later.

• 1970 – 4th place
• 1974 –   Gold Medal
• 1986 – 4th place
• 1990 – 6th place
• 1994 – 4th place
• 1998 – 5th place
• 2002 – 4th place
• 2006 – 4th place
• 2018 –   Bronze Medal

Asian Championships

• 1991 – 5th place
• 2015 – 4th place
• 2016 – 4th place
• 2022 – 4th place

Asian Cup

• 2010 –   Silver Medal
• 2012 –   Bronze Medal
• 2013 –   Gold Medal

Islamic Solidarity Games

• 2005 – 4th place
• 2017 –   Silver Medal

Former coaches

•   Nico Firoiu (1969–71, 1972–74)
•   Ante Nakić
•   Neven Kovačević
•   Stanislav Pivovarov (2010)
•   Paolo Malara (2011)
•   Roman Poláčik (2011–2012)
•   Paolo Malara (2013–2014)
•   Sirous Taherian (2014--2016)[1]

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48, 55. (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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