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Iran Earns Second Win at FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U-17 World Championship

mahla — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 06:19:57 +0000

Kamyab Abdollahifar led Iran with eight and Tunisia’s Omar Hfaiedh scored eight points.

Iran, who had defeated Libya 3-0 in its opening match, will meet Egypt on Monday in Pool B.

The tournament has brought 16 teams together in Sofia, Bulgaria from August 24 to 31.

The eight teams that prevail in their first elimination matches will move forward to the quarterfinals, while the losers play the playoffs from ninth to 16th place.

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Vladimir Alekno Rejects Iran Link

reporter 1222 — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:58:49 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Vladimir Alekno says that he has turned down an approach from Iran Volleyball Federation.

Media reports suggest that Iran has been linked with the former Russia volleyball team coach because the team has been without a coach since parting ways with Igor Kolakovic in March.

The 53-year-old coach has most recently worked as head coach of Zenit Kazan.

“Iran volleyball federation negotiated with me but my answer is no. I need more time to think about taking charge of the Iran volleyball team,” Alekno said.

In the Olympic Games, Iran has been drawn in Pool A along with Japan, Poland, Italy, Canada, and Venezuela.

Pool B consists of Brazil, USA, Russia, Argentina, France, and Tunisia.

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FIVB Schedule for Tokyo 2020 Revealed

reporter 1222 — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 12:11:36 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – FIVB released the match schedule for the 2020 Olympic Games and Iran will begin the competition with a match against powerhouse Poland.

The full match schedule for the men’s and women’s volleyball tournaments at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic date, now replanned for 2021, has been confirmed by FIVB headquarters, ahead of the ultimate sporting event of the planet due to be held in the Japanese capital from July 23 to August 8.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games earlier this year rescheduled the Games for 2021.

The volleyball schedule remains the same as originally planned for, though adjusted to the new dates of 2021.

The preliminary round matches will be held on alternate days for men and women, each day including six matches in three sessions of two.

Iran has been pitted in Pool A along with Japan, Poland, Italy, Canada, and Venezuela.

Brazil, USA, Russia, Argentina, France, and Tunisia are in Pool B.

Pool A Match Schedule:

July 24, 2021: Iran – Poland
July 26, 2021: Iran – Venezuela
July 28, 2021: Iran – Canada
July 30, 2021: Iran – Italy
August 1, 2021: Iran – Japan

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Iranian Women Remain 63rd in FIVB World Ranking

reporter 1222 — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:09:10 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian women in the volleyball team remained unchanged in the FIVB World Ranking.

The Iranian team sits 63rd in the ranking released on Sunday.

China remained top of the table, followed by the USA, Brazil, Italy, and Turkey.

Asian teams Japan and South Korea are seventh and 10th in the world ranking.

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Iran After Hosting FIVB World Championships

reporter 1222 — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:43:46 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran volleyball federation has shown interest in hosting U-21 and U-19 FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championships.

Head of Iran volleyball federation Mohammad Reza Davarzani has talked to Director General of International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Fabio Azevedo over the issue.

Iran has submitted its bid for hosting the events and hopes that the world federation accepts one of them.

In the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men’s U-21 World Championship, which was held in Bahrain, Iran won the title.

And in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U-19 World Championship held in Tunisia, defending champion Iran finished in fifth place.

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Ebadipour A Driving Force to Be Reckoned with

reporter 1222 — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:03:17 +0000

Ebadipour A Driving Force to Be Reckoned with: FIVB

According To Iran News, Milad Ebadipour has been leading Iran for the past six years, ever since he was first called to the national team in 2014, ahead of that year’s FIVB Volleyball World League.

He has been one of the side’s driving forces at all the major competitions they have been at since, FIVB.org wrote.

The 26-year-old who hails from Urmia began to make a name for himself after joining Kalleh Mazandaran Volleyball Club and winning both the national championship and the Asian Club Championship in his first year there in 2013.

After a couple of seasons with Shahrdari Urmia, Ebadipour moved on to Iranian powerhouse Sarmayeh Bank Tehran, with which he won two more continental club titles in 2016 and 2017, as well as another national title in 2017.

Ebadipour hopped over to Europe in 2017 to play in Poland’s PlusLiga with PGE Skra Belchatow, winning the Polish Super Cup and the league title in his first season there and another Super Cup in 2019. His club also claimed third place in 2020, before the league was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Following a successful appearance at the 2012 Asian U-21 Championship, when Iran won the bronze medal, Ebadipour made the senior team in 2014, competing in the World League and going on to strike gold in the Asian Games that same year (and helping defend that title in 2018).

He was part of the Iranian squad in their historic appearance at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and was picked as an outside hitter of the Dream Team at the 2017 FIVB Grand Champions Cup when Iran picked up their only medal in a major FIVB competition – a bronze.

In 2019, Ebadipour steered Iran to their first participation in the Finals of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League, held in Chicago, USA. And in January 2020 he helped his country qualify for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 contributing in the build up to and victory against hosts China in the final of the Asian qualification tournament in Jiangmen.

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Iran Volleyball Goes to Tokyo 2020 by Winning China

reporter 1222 — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:02:29 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran volleyball team handed a 3-0 defeat to the hosting rivals from China in the finals of AVC Men’s Volleyball Olympic Qualification Tournament in the Eastern Asian country to book their ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Iran men national volleyball team booked a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after defeating China 3-0 in the final of the Asian qualifiers.

The Asian power-houses were the better side of the match from the onset and took the opening set 25-14.

The Chinese showed some resilience in the next set but team Iran managed to grab it 25-22.

Iran piled on the pressure in the 3rd set and once again overpowered the Chinese 25-14 and advanced to the Olympic Games for the 2nd time.

The 2020 Olympics will be held in Tokyo next summer. Iran made it to the Olympic Games for the first time in their history in 2016 as the top-ranked Asian team and finished 5th in the competitions.

The Iranian volleyball players had already edged South Korea in a 5-set thriller in the semifinals.

Iran gained three wins against China, Kazakhstan, and Chinese Taipei in the group stage of the event before facing South Korea in the semifinal.

On the other hand, the Chinese outfit had outdone Qatar to get to the finals.

Eight teams from Asia competed in China’s Jiangmen from January 7 to 12 to secure their place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Iran, as the winner of the event, along with Japan as the Olympics host, are representing the Asian continent in the Tokyo 2020.

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Iran at Women’s Tokyo Volleyball Qualification; S Korea wins

reporter 1222 — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:34:12 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran lost to South Korea 3-0 (25-15, 25-9, 25-19) at the AVC Women’s Tokyo Volleyball Qualification tournament on Wednesday.

Iran women volleyball team, had lost to Kazakhstan in Pool B of Women’s Tokyo Volleyball Qualification on Tuesday, will meet Indonesia on Thursday.

Thailand, Chinese Taipei, and Australia are in Pool A.

After the three-day pool plays, January 10 will be a rest day, with teams finishing 3rd and 4th places from each pool clashing out of the competition and returning home.

The top two teams from each pool will contest the cross semi-final encounters, with Pool A winner taking on Pool B second place and Pool B winner battling it out with Pool A second place.

The two winners in the semi-finals set up a final showdown, where only the eventual winner will secure their berth to the Tokyo 2020. The two losing sides will fight it out in the third-place playoff encounter.

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Iran Volleyball at Olympic Qualification Tournament Glows

reporter 1222 — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:48:35 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran men’s volleyball team easily defeats Chinese Taipei 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-14) at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Jiangmen, China on Tuesday.

Porya Yali led Iran with match-high 14 points and Ming-Chun Wang scored six points for Chinese Taipei.

A total of eight teams, divided into two round-robin pools leading up to crossed semifinals and a final – to stamp one Olympic visa on January 12.

In Pool A, hosts China, most recently finishing fifth at home at Beijing 2008, are targeting their third Olympic appearance, in the company of reigning 2019 Asian champions Iran, who finished fifth at Rio 2016, their only Olympic participation so far, as well as Kazakhstan and Chinese Taipei, who have never made it to the Games as such.

Later in Olympic Qualification Tournament, Iran men’s volleyball will meet Kazakhstan and China on Wednesday and Thursday.

Australia, Qatar, India, and South Korea are in Pool B.

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Women’s Tokyo Volleyball Qualification; Iran lost to Kazakhstan

reporter 1222 — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:13:06 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran played against Kazakhstan and lost with 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-14) at the AVC Women’s Tokyo Volleyball Qualification tournament on Tuesday.

The Women’s Tokyo Volleyball Qualification being held at Chatchai Hall in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from January 7 to 12.

Iran women volleyball Team Melli has been drawn in Pool B along with South Korea, Kazakhstan, and Indonesia in this round of games.

Thailand, Chinese Taipei, and Australia are in Pool A.

“We are glad that we can play in this event as my team is young and I hope that they will get a good learning experience from this tournament,” Mitra Shabanian, the Iranian team’s coach said.

After the three-day pool plays, January 10 will be a rest day, with teams finishing 3rd and 4th places from each pool clashing out of the competition and returning home.

The top two teams from each pool will contest the cross semi-final encounters, with Pool A winner taking on Pool B second place and Pool B winner battling it out with Pool A second place.

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