Iran fell short against Australia at the FIBA World Cup qualifier’s fifth and penultimate window. Australia booked a place at the 2019 Basketball World Cup in China after defeating Iran 76-47 in Melbourne on Friday. In a rematch of the 2017 Asia Cup final, the Australian team again came out on top with a dominant […]

 Petrochimi of Iran booked a place at the 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup final match on Monday. The Iranian basketball team defeated Meralco Bolts from the Philippines 79-74 in the competition’s semi-final. Behnam Yakhchali led the Iranian team with 28 points and eight rebounds. Petrochimi will play the winner of Alvark Tokyo from Japan and […]

Losing to eight-time champions of Asian Games basketball, the Iran men’s national basketball team settled for their second consecutive silver medal at the final match of the 2018 Asian Games. Suffering from controversial judging of the referee, the Iran men’s national basketball team conceded against China on Saturday at 2018 Asia Games. In their second consecutive […]

Iran beats Indonesia in their first game towards their quest to reclaim the FIBA U18 Asian Championship throne. The 25th edition of FIBA U18 Asian Championship kicked off today in Thailand and will go through August 11. In a Sunday match, Iran men’s U18 basketball team defeated Indonesia 80-50. 16 Asian team have participated in […]

Iran’s junior basketball team will play Iraq instead of Syria in the opening match of the 2018 WABA Junior Championship in Iranian city of Gorgan. One day before the opening of the 2018 WABA Junior Championship in Iranian city of Gorgan, the Syrian squad slated to line up against the hosts have not yet arrived […]

Iran’s national basketball players could not advance to the final match of Atlas Basketball Challenge after they were narrowly beaten by Nigeria. The national teams of Iran and Nigeria took on each other yesterday in the semi-final stage of Atlas Basketball Challenge held by Atlas Sports of China and the match ended 73 t0 72 […]

Iran national basketball team dropped one place in the latest FIBA rankings released on Thursday. Iran slid down one spot at 24th and China – the hosts of next year’s World Cup – dropped four spots at 28th. Powerhouse Australia maintained their number 10 position in the world rankings and remain as the best team […]

Iran national basketball team took revenge on Iraq in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers on Sunday. The Iranian team defeated Iraq 83-53. Hamed Haddadi led the way with 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocked shots, while fellow veteran Samad Nikkhah Bahrami added 16 points, 7 assists, 4 boards and […]

TEHRAN – Newly-elected president of Iran Basketball Federation Ramin Tabatabaei says former captain of Team Melli Samad Nikkhah Bahrami will return to the national team. Nikkhah Bahrami was excluded from Team Melli after former president of Iran Basketball Federation Mahmoud Mashhoon announced that they’re going to bring new generation of basketball players. Now, Tabatabaei has […]

TEHRAN– Nasrollah Parichehreh was appointed as acting president of Iran Basketball Federation on Tuesday. Mahmoud Mashhoon stepped down from his role as basketball federation president after 14 years on Friday. Parichehreh will be introduced as the federation’s acting president on Wednesday. He has already worked as acting president in Iran Chess Federation. The new president […]