National Iranian volleyball team became champions of Asia after defeating Japan in three straight sets (27-25; 25-22; 31-29).

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The 21st Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship was held from Sept. 12 to 19 in Chiba, Japan, and the participating teams vied for two spots in next year’s FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship in Russia.

At the end of the competitions, the Iranian coach Behrouz Ataei was introduced as the best coach in Asia, while the Iranian player Saber Kazemi was also named the most valuable player in the competitions.

This was Iran’s fourth win in the Asian championships, while Japan have won the title nine times so far.

By advancing the final, both Iran and Japan booked their tickets at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship already on Saturday.

The FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship will be held in Russia from Aug. 26 to Sept. 11, 2022 with the participation of 24 teams.

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Soudabeh Bagherpour, No. 4

Deputy Head of Mazandaran Sports and Adolescent Organization Maryam Farajpour told IRNA on Monday that Bagherpour together with four other players were elected as the best players.

Women’s world qualifiers of Central Asia started on January 27 in Malé, Maldives.

Iranian team overpowered the host country 3-0 and ranked 1st in the competitions.

Iran has been introduced as the 10th team of Asia qualifiers and it will head for semi-final match to receive quota of world competitions.

The 18th round of the 2018 World Women’s Volleyball Championship will be held from September 30 to October 21, 2018 in Japan.

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The tournament will be held in Chongqing, China during March 5-13, Tasnim News Agency reported.

It is the Asian qualification round for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U-18 World Championship in Argentina.

A total of 12 teams have confirmed their participation in the nine-day event, which will be the first Asian Volleyball Confederation event of the year. They consist of reigning champion Japan, China, Thailand, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Uzbekistan, Australia, Iran and Samoa.

The squads have been divided into four pools, with host China joining Hong Kong and Iran in Pool A, Japan, New Zealand and Samoa in Pool B, Thailand, Kazakhstan as well as Australia in Pool C and South Korea, Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan in pool D.

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Borhani, 29, is the first Iranian woman player who joins a European volleyball team. The opposite spiker joined Shumen W from Iranian volleyball club Bank Sarmayeh.

“We agree with the transfer but we have to find a replacement for our player. We will make the final decision about Giveh on Monday,” Azad University coach Maryam Hashemi told the Tasnim news agency.

Shumen W competes at eight-team Bulgaria Superliga Women.

Iran’s Zeinab Ali Giveh on Verge of Joining Shumen W
Iranian woman volleyball player Zeinab Ali Giveh will most likely join club Shumen W.

The opposite spiker joined Shumen W from Iranian volleyball club Bank Sarmayeh. Also, Zeinab Ali Giveh, Azad University player, is allowed to join club Shumen W.

She left Tehran on Thursday to join the Bulgarian club.Shumen W competes at eight-team Bulgaria Superliga Women.

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The Iranian squad stands third with 110 points, Tasnim News Agency reported.

Poland (130 points) and Argentina (120 points) are first and second in the ranking.

Also, Iran men’s U-23 team is seventh in the global ranking with 70 points. Turkey (108), Italy (106) and Russia (100) are the top three teams.

Iran men’s U-21 volleyball team has moved down one place to 11th with 41 points. Russia leads the ranking with 122 points, followed by Argentina (120) and China (110).

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Iran volleyball achieved a historic feat as they earned their first-ever Olympic Games qualification, beating Poland 3-1 (25-20, 25-18, 20-25, 34-32) at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Saturday.

Shahram Mahmoudi once again delivered a superb scoring performance. Mahmoudi had 24 points, including 20 attacks, two blocks and two aces.

Poland opposite Dawid Konarski, who started in the match, topped all scorers with 29 points, while team-mate Artur Szalpuk logged 21 markers. Although Poland had more attacks in the match, but Iran limited their errors to a minimum of 18.

Poland coach Stephane Antiga opted to use his reserves in the opening set, which allowed Iran to have a spirited run. Poland led briefly in the first set at 6-4 then Iran levelled the score at 10-all, fivb.com reported.

The Iranian players Shahram Mahmoudi and Seyed Mohammed Mousavi had an upsurge and stole the show from the European side as they led at 16-12 at the second technical timeout. Iran safeguarded their lead then reached set point, until Konarski’s serve went long that concluded the set 25-20. Iran continued to have excellent rhythm, while Poland blundered on their serves and attack. Farhad Ghaemi served two aces that stretched the Iranian lead to 22-15. Then the next few plays were a point-by-point exchange that favoured Iran as they closed the set 25-18.

Iran played a very fast-paced game in the third but Poland had set-up better offensive patterns for Konarski and Szalpuk. Poland gained a three-point cushion that made it easier for them to make a run and take the set 25-20. Iran recovered from their third set loss and led 8-3 and 16-13 at the technical timeouts. Poland gave them a strong challenge after and tied the score at 19-all.

Bartosz Kurek was sent in to help out Poland and his presence gave Poland the strength to comeback. Iran struggled to close set and match, as Poland pushed to play extra points. Finally, Iran got a break as Michal Kubiak’s spike went out of bounds and his faulty reception enabled a free ball for Iran to counter with strong hit down the line at 34-32.

“I feel immensely happy. It is special because it is a historic moment for Iran. The people of Iran have been waiting for this chance to go to the Olympics for a long time. I don’t want to talk about statistics. I’m happy with the result. We will have a party tonight to celebrate,” Iran coach Raul Lozano said.

Raul Lozano’s men defeated Australia, Canada, Japan, China, Poland and Venezuela and lost to France.

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