World Champs U19 | 08/11 23:00 | 50 | France U19 v Iran U19 | L | 3-1 | |
World Champs U19 | 08/11 00:00 | 2 | [1] Iran U19 v South Korea U19 [2] | W | 3-1 | |
World Champs U19 | 08/09 21:00 | 3 | [1] Iran U19 v Belgium U19 [2] | W | 3-0 | |
World Champs U19 | 08/08 17:00 | 4 | [1] Iran U19 v Serbia U19 [4] | W | 3-2 | |
World Champs U19 | 08/06 17:00 | 5 | Iran U19 v Nigeria U19 | W | DBFA | |
World Champs U19 | 08/05 17:00 | 4 | [1] Iran U19 v Colombia U19 [3] | W | 3-0 | |
World Champs U19 | 08/03 17:00 | 2 | [1] Iran U19 v Puerto Rico U19 [3] | W | 3-0 | |
World Champs U19 | 08/02 17:00 | 1 | Iran U19 v South Korea U19 | W | 3-0 | |
International U19 Games | 07/30 22:00 | - | Iran U19 v Bulgaria U19 | W | 3-0 | |
World Champs U19 | 09/02 11:30 | 50 | Iran U19 v Russia U19 | W | 3-2 | |
World Champs U19 | 09/01 14:30 | 2 | Iran U19 v Poland U19 | L | 1-3 | |
World Champs U19 | 08/31 14:30 | 3 | Argentina U19 v Iran U19 | W | 1-3 |
The Iran men's national volleyball team is the official national men's volleyball team of Iran. It is governed by the Iran Volleyball Federation (I.R.I.V.F.) and takes part in international volleyball competitions.
As of 11 September 2022, Team Melli is considered as the second team in Asia, as it ranks 10th in the FIVB World Rankings.
The national team won the Asian Volleyball Championship four times: in 2011 Tehran, 2013 Dubai, 2019 Tehran and 2021 Chiba & Funabashi
In its first appearance in the competition since joining the 2013 World League, Iran has been a dominant force in Group 1.
In 2014 World League campaign, Iran's national team reached fourth place in Group 1 after a straight-set defeat to their Italian hosts in the bronze medal match. In these games, Iran had already defeated Brazil, Italy and Poland.
Iran has also competed in the World Championship four times, with their best result obtained in 2014 Poland where they ended up in 6th place. In those games Iran qualified from the first and second rounds with, respectively, four and five wins; their only defeat was against France.
Iran defeated Japan to win the gold medal at the Asian Games Korea in 2014. Consecutively, in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, Iran cruised past Japan and South Korea to win the gold medal.
Iran made it to the Olympic Games for the first time in their history in 1984 as the top-ranked Asian squad at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. Iran finished in 5th place in the competition.
The history of Iran's national volleyball team dates back to around 1320 when Alireza Beiranvand brought volleyball regulations to Iran. During World War II, Allied forces occupied Iran, and Iranians participated in sports, including volleyball, with soldiers. At that time a friendly match was arranged between the Iranian and Russian Army teams. In 1958, for the first time, national men's team of Pakistan was invited to Tehran for some friendly matches with the national team, club teams and the Army team. Iran's national team first attended an international competition at the 1958 Asian Games, where they won the silver medal.