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Iran discover fate at 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup

mahla — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:11:52 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran discovered their fate at the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

The Iranian team have been drawn in Group F along with defending champions Argentina, the U.S., and Serbia.

The 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup will be held in Lithuania from Sept. 12 to Oct. 3.

Iran will face Serbia in their group opener in Vilnius on Sept. 14.

The Persians are also scheduled to meet the U.S. and Argentina on Sept. 17 and 20, respectively.

The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advance to the round of 16.

Groups:

Group A: Lithuania, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, Costa Rica
Group B: Uzbekistan, Guatemala, Russia, Egypt
Group C: Thailand, Portugal, Morocco, Solomon Islands
Group D: Panama, Czech Republic, Vietnam, Brazil
Group E: Angola, Japan, Paraguay, Spain
Group F: Argentina, the U.S., Serbia, Iran
According to the latest ranking published by Futsal World Ranking, Iranian futsal team kept its first place in Asia and 6th in the world.

Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, and Portugal stand first through 5th in the newly published ranking by Futsal World Ranking and Iran has the sixth place with 1,609 points.

Kazakhstan, Italy, Paraguay and Croatia stood 7th through 10th.

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Iran beat Lithuania at William Jones Cup

reporter 1222 — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 06:10:42 +0000

TEHRAN – Iran B basketball team, consisting of youth players, started the 2018 William Jones Cup in Taiwan on a high note on Saturday.

The team, which is headed by Farzad Kouhian in the eight-day tournament, defeated Lithuania 76-48 at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City.

Vahid Dalirzahan was Iran’s top scorer with 21 points, while Justas Vazalis led Lithuania with 14 points.

Iran will face Japan on Sunday.

The 2018 William Jones Cup is the 40th staging of William Jones Cup, an international basketball tournament held in Taipei, Taiwan.

The men’s tournament is being held from July 14 to 22 with participation of 11 teams.

The tournament will follow a single round robin format.

The U.S. are the most decorated team with 15 titles and the Philippines and Iran have won five titles each.

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Iran edge Lithuania in friendly

reporter 1222 — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 05:50:32 +0000

TEHRAN – Iran national football team edged past Lithuania in a friendly match at the 45,000-seater Otkritie Arena, the home stadium of Spartak Moscow, on Friday.

Karim Ansarifard scored the only goal of the match in the 88th minute.

Iran, making their fifth appearance in the World Cup finals, kick off their campaign against Morocco in St Petersburg on June 15.

Team Melli, meanwhile, face Spain in Kazan on 20 June before meeting Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in Saransk five days later.

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