In a Sunday message, Jahangiri wrote, “unparalleled performance of Iran in 2018 Indonesia Asian Games, especially shining of women athletes, and collecting 20 gold medals in different sports … brought Iranians happiness and provoked their national pride.”

He touched upon gaining the trophy in fields of volleyball, women’s and men’s kabaddi, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, breaking world record and snatching gold in weightlifting, and gaining other gold medals in fields of athletics, Taekwondo, climbing and karate.

Jahangiri congratulated these results to all athletes, their families, coaches and Iranian people, wishing for more success and achievements in the future sports events.

The 18th edition of 2018 Asian Games officially kicked off on August 18 in Indonesia cities of Jakarta and Palembang and closes today. Gaining a total of 62 medals (including 20 gold, 20 silver and 22 bronze medals) Iran finished the Asiad with the 6th rank. China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and Uzbekistan topped the medals table ranking.

Here is the full medals table of the competitions:

Zlatko Kranjcar’s men suffered a 2-0 defeat to their East Asian rival but, taking into account 3-0 victory of DPR Korea over Saudi Arabia, Iran managed to advance to the knockout round of competitions as the Group F leader.

The Iranian team conceded two goals at 56 and 68 minutes. However, they hadn’t any serious attempt to find the net of Myanmar and it seemed that they were happy with the result.

The first team of Group F will face the second team of Group E, which is currently South Korea.

KSA currently has the third rank of Group F and has a chance to advance to next round as the best third team, which is to be announced at the end of today’s matches.

Iran rival in the next round will be determined in the coming hours.

The 2018 Asian Games officially started on August 18 and wraps up on September 2 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.

The Iranian Team A defeated the southeastern country’s national team 2-0.

The Team A is comprised of Bahman Raoof and Abdolhamed Mirzaali is seeded in a group alongside East Timor, Japan, and Vietnam.

The team is scheduled to face Japan on Wednesday in their second match.

The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta Palembang 2018, is a pan-Asian multi-sport event being held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.

According to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) a number of 42 sports and 484 events are contested at the 2018 Asian Games.

In Men’s individual poomsae, Koorosh Bakhtiyari received the silver after suffering a loss to his South Korean rival Kang Minsung in the final.

Also, in Women’s individual poomsae, Marjan Salahshouri pocketed the silver medal while Indonesia’s Defia Rosmaniar claimed title of this category. This was the 12th medal that Iranian women taekwondokas have won in the history of Asian Games. “All the stadium supported the Indonesian athlete [in the final]. Thanks God that I could gain this medal for Iran,” said Salahshouri after the game.

These are the first medals of Iran in the 18th edition of Asian Games. The event kicked off on August 18 and will wrap up on September 2.

The flag-hoisting ceremony was held at the Athletic Village of the 2018 Asian Games at 9 a.m. local time in the presence of senior sports officials of the host country and a number of athletes and sportspersons of the federations attending the Village.

The 2018 Asian Games will officially kick off on August 18 and last till September 2.

Iran’s chef de mission Nasrollah Sajjadi also attended the ceremony.

A total of 387 athletes, including 280 and 98 men and women athletes respectively, will represent Iran in 42 sports in the 2018 Asian Games.

In a Wednesday match at the Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Cikarang, Iran’s encounter with the traditional rival, Saudi Arabia, ended with a no-no draw.

As the game’s stats demonstrate, both teams had 50 percent of ball possession while KSA had 6 shots on goal compared to 3 for Iran.

Kranjcar Zlatko’s men will face North Korea on August 17 before meeting taking on Myanmar on Monday.

Iran has won four titles in the previous editions of the event and the last championship goes back to 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.

The 2018 Asian Games officially starts on Aug. 18 and wraps up on Sep. 2 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang while basketball, football and handball competitions have started from yesterday.