Iran national futsal team head coach Mohammad Nazemosharia has invited 14 players for the AFC Futsal Championship 2020 Qualifiers.

The competition will be held in Oroumiyeh, Iran from October 23 to 25.

Iran national futsal team has been drawn in Group B of Central and South Zones along with Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Squad:

Masoud Mohammadi, Saeid Momeni, Mehdi Karimi, Abolghasem Orouji, Asghar Hassanzadeh, Salar Aghapour, Taha Nematian, Rahman Sarani, Saeid Ahmad Abbasi, Mehdi Javid, Alireza Askari, Hamid Ahmadi, Behzad Azimi, Mohammad Shajari

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Iran is preparing for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship which will be held in Turkmenistan’s Ashgabat from February 27 to March 8, 2020.

In the qualifications for the Asian event, Iran has been seeded along with Turkmenistan and Kyrgyz Republic in Group B of Central and South Zones. Two teams from each group of the qualification round will advance to the finals in Ashgabat and because Turkmenistan has already booked a place in the event as the host, Iran and Kyrgyz Republic will definitely go the finals.

Iran is the most decorated team of AFC Futsal Championship with 12 titles out of 15 editions of the games. The team defeated Japan in the final of the 2018 edition to claim the trophy.

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Team Melli was held to a 3-3 draw by Slovakia on Wednesday and finished in first place with four points.

Iran had already defeated Russia 5-4 in its first match.

Russia came second with three points and the host finished third with just one point.

Team Melli took part in the competition as part of preparation for the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification.

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