Iran men's national volleyball team

Iran

Nickname(s)	Shiran Iranian Iranian Leopards Tall of Iran the giants
Association	IRIVF
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Roberto Piazza
FIVB ranking	19 (3 August 2026)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	2 (First in 2016)
Best result	5th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1970)
Best result	6th (2014)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1991)
Best result	8th (2015, 2019)
Asian Championship
Appearances	20 (First in 1979)
Best result	(2011, 2013, 2019, 2021)
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Honours Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Grand Champions Cup 0 0 1 AVC Continental Championship 4 4 1 Asian Games 3 3 1 AVC Cup (2008–2022) 3 2 0 Other official tournaments 8 3 0 Total 18 12 3 Men's volleyball FIVB World Grand Champions Cup 2017 Japan Team AVC Continental Championship 2011 Tehran Team 2013 Dubai Team 2019 Tehran Team 2021 Chiba/Funabashi Team 2009 Manila Team 2015 Tehran Team 2023 Urmia Team 2026 Kitakyushu Team 2003 Tianjin Team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team 2018 Jakarta/Palembang Team 2022 Hangzhou Team 1958 Tokyo Team 2002 Busan Team 2010 Guangzhou Team 1966 Bangkok Team AVC Cup (2008–2022) 2008 Nakhon Ratchasima Team 2010 Urmia Team 2016 Nakhon Pathom Team 2012 Vinh Yen Team 2018 Taipei Team Islamic Solidarity Games 2005 Mecca/Medina/Jeddah/Ta’if Team 2013 Palembang Team 2017 Baku Team 2021 Konya Team 2025 Riyadh Team West Asian Games 2005 Doha Team Central Asian Nations League 2023 Cholpon-Ata Team 2007 Islamabad Team 2010 Kolkata Team 2025 Fergana Team 2022 Lahore Team

The Iran men's national volleyball team (Persian: تیم ملی والیبال مردان ایران), also referred to as Dragon, The Tall Ones, The Giants (Iranian: اژدها، غول ها، بلند قامتان) Literal competes in international tournaments and friendly matches under the administration of the Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The Iranian national volleyball team is one of the best teams in the world. The team has reached as high as sixth place in the FIVB Senior World Rankings. Notable achievements include finishing second in the group stage of the 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League and winning the bronze medal at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup.

In 2017, Iran secured third place in a global competition at the senior level, winning the bronze medal at the 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup.

Ranked among the most powerful teams in the world and Asia, the Iranian national volleyball team has won the Asian Championship four times—in 2011, 2013, 2019, and 2021. Representing Iran at the Asian Games, the team secured the gold medal on three occasions: at the 2014 Incheon, 2018 Jakarta-Palembang, and 2022 Hangzhou Games. Additionally, the Iranian national volleyball team has won the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Cup three times and finished as runners-up twice.

Other honors for Iranian volleyball include five titles at the Solidarity Games (won in 2005, 2013, 2017, 2021, and 2025), as well as three championships and two runner-up finishes in the Central Asian competitions and a silver medal at the West Asian Games. Iranian volleyball's achievements also include finishing second in the group stage and fifth overall in the 2019 Volleyball Nations League, a fourth-place finish in the World League, and a sixth-place finish at the World Championship.

As of 11 September 2022, Team Melli is considered as the First team in Asia, as it ranks 7th 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 & FunabashiIn its appearance in the competition since joining the 2013 World League, Iran has been a dominant force in Group 1. 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 meIn 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.n's national volleyball team|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 2016 as the top-ranked Asian squad at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. Iran finished in 5th place in the competition.

History

The history of Iran's national volleyball team dates back to around 1920 when Mir-Mehdi Varzandeh brought volleyball regulations to Iran. 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.

Tournament records

Further information: Iran men's national volleyball team results

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad		GP	MW	ML	SW	SL
1964	Did not participate or Did not qualify									6	2	4	10	12
1968										Did not participate or Did not qualify
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004										7	4	3	13	11
2008										7	2	5	11	16
2012										7	5	2	16	9
2016	Quarterfinals	5th place	6	2	4	8	12	Squad	7	6	1	18	11
2020	Preliminary round	9th place	5	2	3	9	11	Squad	8	7	1	21	7
2024	Did not qualify								7	1	6	7	19
2028	Future event								Via AVC Championship, FIVB World Cup and FIVB World Rankings
2032
Total	2/16		11	4	7	17	23	—	49	27	22	96	85

FIVB World Cup

FIVB World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad		GP	MW	ML	SW	SL
1949	Did not participate									Did not participate
1952
1956
1960
1962
1966
1970	17th–24th places	21st place	11	4	7	16	24	Squad		Via Asian Games
1974	Did not participate									Did not participate
1978
1982	Did not qualify									Via AVC Championship
1986	Did not participate									Did not participate
1990	Did not qualify									Via AVC Championship
1994										4	1	3	3	9
1998	First round	19th place	3	0	3	0	9	Squad		2	1	1	3	4
2002	Did not participate									Did not participate
2006	First round	21st place	5	0	5	2	15	Squad		3	3	0	9	0
2010	First round	19th place	3	1	2	5	7	Squad		6	5	1	16	7
2014	5th place match	6th place	12	7	5	26	21	Squad		3	3	0	9	0
2018	Second round	13th place	8	4	4	14	16	Squad		4	4	0	12	0
2022	Round of 16	13th place	4	2	2	7	9	Squad		Via AVC Championship and FIVB World Rankings
2025	Quarterfinals	8th place	5	3	2	11	11	Squad
2027	Qualified
2029	Future event
Total	8/21		51	21	30	81	112	—		22	17	5	52	20

FIVB World Cup (1965–2019)

FIVB World Cup (1965–2019) record (Defunct)
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1965	Did not participate
1969
1977
1981
1985
1989	Did not qualify
1991	7th–12th places	11th place	8	1	7	5	23	Squad
1995	Did not qualify
1999
2003
2007
2011	Round-robin	9th place	11	5	6	16	25	Squad
2015	Round-robin	8th place	11	4	7	16	24	Squad
2019	Round-robin	8th place	11	4	7	19	25	Squad
Total	4/14		41	14	27	56	97	—

FIVB World Grand Champions Cup

  Third place    Fourth place

FIVB World Grand Champions record (Defunct)
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1993	Did not qualify
1997
2001
2005
2009	Round-robin	5th place	5	1	4	8	14	Squad
2013	Round-robin	4th place	5	3	2	10	10	Squad
2017	Round-robin	3rd place	5	4	1	12	10	Squad
Total	3/7		15	8	7	30	34	—

FIVB World League

  Fourth place

FIVB World League record (Defunct)										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad		GP	MW	ML	SW	SL
1990	Did not participate									Did not participate
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010	Did not qualify									2	0	2	0	6
2011										Via FIVB World Rankings
2012										1	0	1	1	3
2013	Intercontinental round	9th place	10	5	5	20	21	Squad		4	4	0	12	1
2014	3rd place match	4th place	16	7	9	28	32	Squad		Directly qualified
2015	Intercontinental round	7th place	12	6	6	25	21	Squad
2016	Intercontinental round	8th place	9	4	5	15	22	Squad
2017	Intercontinental round	11th place	9	3	6	11	23	Squad
Total	5/28		56	25	31	99	119	56	7	4	3	13	10

FIVB Nations League

FIVB Nations League record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Preliminary round	10th place	15	7	8	29	30	Squad
2019	Final round pool play	5th place	17	12	5	41	21	Squad
2021	Preliminary round	12th place	15	5	10	25	32	Squad
2022	Quarterfinals	7th place	13	7	6	24	22	Squad
2023	Preliminary round	14th place	12	2	10	16	31	Squad
2024	Preliminary round	15th place	12	2	10	14	34	Squad
2025	Preliminary round	9th place	12	6	6	25	24	Squad
2026	Preliminary round	15th place	12	3	9	18	30	Squad
2027	Qualified
Total	0 Titles	9/9	108	44	64	192	224	—

AVC Continental Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

AVC Continental Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1975	Did not participate
1979	Classification 5th–8th	6th place	6	3	3	12	10	Squad
1983	Did not participate
1987	9th place match	10th place	7	4	3	13	12	Squad
1989	7th place match	8th place	8	3	5	11	15	Squad
1991	7th place match	7th place	7	3	4	11	14	Squad
1993	5th place match	5th place	7	4	3	12	11	Squad
1995	Championship	4th place	7	4	3	12	13	Squad
1997	Classification 5th–8th	6th place	5	2	3	8	11	Squad
1999	Classification 5th–8th	5th place	6	4	2	13	10	Squad
2001	5th place match	5th place	6	4	2	14	10	Squad
2003	Championship	3rd place	7	5	2	16	12	Squad
2005	5th place match	6th place	5	3	2	12	10	Squad
2007	Championship	5th place	9	5	4	17	18	Squad
2009	Final	Runners-up	8	7	1	22	10	Squad
2011	Final	Champions	8	8	0	24	2	Squad
2013	Final	Champions	7	7	0	21	1	Squad
2015	Final	Runners-up	8	6	2	20	9	Squad
2017	5th place match	5th place	8	6	2	20	10	Squad
2019	Final	Champions	8	7	1	22	4	Squad
2021	Final	Champions	7	7	0	21	1	Squad
2023	Final	Runners-up	5	4	1	12	4	Squad
2026	Final	Runners-up	6	5	1	15	6	Squad
Total	4 Titles	21/23	145	101	44	328	193	—

Asian Games

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1958	Round-robin	Runners-up	4	3	1	9	6	Squad
1962	Did not participate
1966	Final round	3rd place	8	5	3	16	14	Squad
1970	Round-robin	5th place	7	3	4	11	14	Squad
1974	3rd place match	4th place	5	2	3	7	9	Squad
1978	Did not participate
1982
1986
1990
1994	5th place match	5th place	9	5	4	16	16	Squad
1998	Did not participate
2002	Final	Runners-up	6	4	2	12	10	Squad
2006	5th place match	6th place	3	1	2	6	7	Squad
2010	Final	Runners-up	9	8	1	25	4	Squad
2014	Final	Champions	8	8	0	24	2	Squad
2018	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	0	Squad
2022	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	2	Squad
2026	Qualified
2030	Future event
2034
Total	3 Titles	12/18	69	49	20	156	84	—

AVC Cup (2008–2022)

  Champions    Runners up    Fourth place

AVC Cup (2008–2022) record (Defunct)
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2008	Final	Champions	6	5	1	16	8	Squad
2010	Final	Champions	6	6	0	18	6	Squad
2012	Final	Runners-up	6	5	1	16	7	Squad
2014	3rd place match	4th place	6	4	2	14	9	Squad
2016	Final	Champions	6	6	0	18	5	Squad
2018	Final	Runners-up	5	4	1	14	5	Squad
2022	5th place match	5th place	5	3	2	11	8	Squad
Total	3 Titles	7/7	40	33	7	107	48	—

Other tournaments

Islamic Solidarity Games

  Champions  

Islamic Solidarity Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2005	Final	Champions	8	8	0	24	3	Squad
2013	Final	Champions	6	6	0	18	2	Squad
2017	Final	Champions	6	6	0	18	3	Squad
2021	Final	Champions	5	4	1	14	4	Squad
2025	Final	Champions	6	6	0	18	5	Squad
2029	Future event
Total	5 Titles	5/5	31	30	1	92	17	—

West Asian Games

  Runners up  

West Asian Games record (Defunct)
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2005	Round-robin	Runners-up	5	4	1	14	4	Squad
Total	1/1		5	4	1	14	4	—

Central Asian Nations League

  Champions    Runners up

Central Asian Nations League record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2022	Final	Runners-up	5	3	2	10	6	Squad
2023	Round-robin	Champions	6	5	1	17	4	Squad
2024	Preliminary round	5th place	5	2	3	7	11	Squad
2025	Final	Champions	6	6	0	18	3	Squad
2026	Did not participate
Total	2 Titles	4/5	22	16	6	52	24	—

2026 Results and fixtures

Main article: Iran men's national volleyball team results

#	Opponent	Result	Host city	Date	Tournaments
1	Brazil	1–3 (21–25, 25–23, 15–25, 23–25)	Brasília	10 June	2026 FIVB Nations League
2	Bulgaria	0–3 (23–25, 19–25, 21–25)		11 June
3	Argentina	3–0 (25–23, 25–19, 25–23)		12 June
4	Belgium	2–3 (23–25, 22–25, 25–23, 25–17, 12–15)		14 June
5	France	2–3 (21–25, 25–23, 21–25, 26–24, 15–17)	Orléans	24 June
6	United States	0–3 (23–25, 20–25, 29–31)		25 June
7	Japan	2–3 (19–25, 19–25, 25–20, 25–23, 12–15)		26 June
8	Cuba	3–1 (25–22, 25–21, 20–25, 30–28)		28 June
9	Ukraine	1–3 (22–25, 21–25, 31–29, 19–25)	Belgrade	15 July
10	Germany	3–2 (25–22, 26–28, 18–25, 25–20, 15–12)		16 July
11	Slovenia	0–3 (25–27, 19–25, 24–26)		17 July
12	Turkey	1–3 (25–17, 22–25, 16–25, 19–25)		19 July
13	New Zealand	3–0 (25–15, 25–12, 25–22)	Kitakyushu	4 September	2026 AVC Continental Championship
14	India	3–0 (25–20, 28–26, 25–18)		6 September
15	China	3–1 (25–23, 23–25, 25–22, 25–23)		9 September
16	Chinese Taipei	3–1 (25–19, 25–19, 21–25, 25–18)		11 September
17	Australia	3–1 (25–21, 17–25, 25–17, 25–22)		12 September
18	Japan	0–3 (21–25, 24–26, 23–25)		13 September
19	Kyrgyzstan	– (–, –, –)	Okazaki	27 September	2026 Asian Games
20	Thailand	– (–, –, –)		28 September
21	Indonesia	– (–, –, –)		29 September
Head coach: Roberto Piazza

Fans

Fans of the Iranian national volleyball team at the stadium 2023

Iranian volleyball has fans across the globe. It is one of the two most popular sports in Iran; stadiums often have attendance far exceeding official capacity. Domestic competitions drew crowds between 1968 and 2010, and the national team's matches—particularly at the Asian and global levels—garner immense public attention.

Friendly Tournaments

• Some of the friendly tournaments in which Iranian volleyball participates.

• Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
• 2012 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
• 2015 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
• Slovenia Four-Team Volleyball Tournament

Honors

Iran's Third Title at the 2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Global

• World Grand Champions Cup

Bronze: 2017

• Fourth place: 2013

• World League

• Fourth place: 2014

• Olympics

• Fifth place: 2016

Continental

• Asian Championship

Champion: 2011, 2013, 2019, 2021

Runner-up: 2009, 2015, 2023, 2026

Third place: 2003

• Asian Games

Champion: 2014, 2018, 2022

Runner-up: 1958, 2002, 2010

Third place: 1966

• Asian Cup

Champion: 2008, 2010, 2016

Runner-up: 2012, 2018

• Solidarity Games

Champion: 2005, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

Regional

Runner-up: 2005

• Central Asian Volleyball

Champion: 2010, 2023, 2025

Runner-up: 2007, 2022

Friendly Tournaments

• Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner:

Third place: 2022

• Fourth place: 2012, 2015

• Kazakhstan President's Cup:

Winner: 2007, 2011, 2014

• Zhejiang International Tournament (China):

Winner: 2012

• Slovenia International Tournament:

Winner: 2011

• Fourth place: 2018

• Innsbruck International Tournament (Austria):

Silver: 2011

• International Tournament:

Winner: 1977

• Turkey Republic Cup:

Silver: 1962, 1964

• Sheikh Rashid Cup:

Winner: 2007

• Qatar International Tournament:

Third place: 2012

Team

Current squad

Representing Iran at the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2024 club
1	Arshia Behnezhad	4 August 2003	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	363 cm (143 in)	366 cm (144 in)	Kioene Padova
1	Ali Hajipour	1 July 2001	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	363 cm (143 in)	366 cm (144 in)	Foolad Sirjan
2	Ali Ramezani	14 April 2001	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	363 cm (143 in)	366 cm (144 in)	Foolad Sirjan
3	Morteza Sharifi	27 May 1999	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	373 cm (147 in)	354 cm (139 in)	Galatasaray, Turkey
9	Poriya Hossein Khanzadeh	1 July 2004	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Volley Lube, Italy
6	Bardia Saadat	12 August 2002	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	292 cm (115 in)	281 cm (111 in)	Alanya Belediyespor, Turkey
21	Arman Salehi	29 October 1992	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	375 cm (148 in)	345 cm (136 in)	Shahdab Yazd
12	Amirhossein Esfandiar	24 January 1999	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	110 kg (240 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	348 cm (137 in)	InPost ChKS Chełm, Poland
8	Mohammad Reza Hazratpour	31 March 1999	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	375 cm (148 in)	355 cm (140 in)	Shahrdari Urmia
22	Ali Haghparast	16 December 2004	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	380 cm (150 in)	360 cm (140 in)	Seoul Woori Card WooriWON, South Korea
66	Seyed Eisa Naseri	18 February 2001	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	329 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Paykan Tehran
20	Yussuf Kazemi	17 November 1998	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	383 cm (151 in)	355 cm (140 in)	Shahdab Yazd
7	Ehsan Daanesh-Doost	7 January 2003	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	373 cm (147 in)	355 cm (140 in)	Mehregaan Noor
27	Mohammad Vali-Zadeh	27 May 1999	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Foolad Sirjan

Current head coaches

Technical staff

Last updated: 29 May 2026

Roberto Piazza, Head coach of the Iranian national volleyball team

Coaches of the Iranian national team
Position	Name
Head Coach	Roberto Piazza
Assistant Coach	Tomaso Totolo
Assistant Coach
	Abdolreza Alizadeh
	Mohammad Reza Tondravan
	Rahman Mohammadi Rad
	Ali Fattahi
Analyzer	Mohammad Amin Shakeri
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Giovanni Rossi
Physiotherapist	Hossein Kord Firouzjaei
Masseur	Sajjad Nouri
Doctor	Mehdi Abarshi
General Manager	Abbas Nazarian

All Head coaches

Note: The following list may not be complete.

Iran volleyball team members June 2015

A Team

Name	From	To	notes
Sardar Nasrollahkhan	1958		1958 Asian Games Runners-up
Fereydoon Sharifzadeh	1958	1963
Hossein Jabbarzadegan	1964	1966	1966 Asian Games 3rd place
Miloslav Ejem	1970	1972
Tadahiko Kuroda	1974		1974 Asian Games 4th place
Park Sung	1979
Yadollah Kargarpisheh	1979	1981
Farough Fakhredini	1987
Masoud Salehieh	1987	1989
Hossein Ali Mehranpour	1989	1991
Mohammad Heidarkhan	1991
Ivans Bugajenkovs	1991	1993	Acted as head coach from 1991 to 1993 and as the general technical manager of all age groups from 1991 to 2007.
Fumihiko Matsumoto	1994
Masoud Salehieh	1995		1995 Asian Championship 4th place
Mehdi Saberpour	1997
Fumihiko Matsumoto	1998
Mostafa Karkhaneh	1999	2001
Hossein Ali Mehranpour	2001
Park Ki-won	2002	2005	2002 Asian Games Runners-up 2003 Asian Championship 3rd place
Milorad Kijac	2006
Zoran Gajić	2007	2008
Hossein Maadani	2008	2010	2008 Asian Cup Champions 2009 Asian Championship Runners-up 2010 Asian Cup Champions 2010 Asian Games Runners-up
Julio Velasco	2011	2014	2011 Asian Championship Champions 2013 Asian Championship Champions 2013 World Grand Champions Cup 4th place
Slobodan Kovač	2014	2015	2014 World League 4th place 2014 World Championship 6th place 2014 Asian Games Champions
Raúl Lozano	2016		2016 Olympic Games 5th place
Igor Kolaković	2017	2020	2017 World Grand Champions Cup 3rd place 2018 Asian Games Champions 2019 Nations League 5th place 2019 Asian Championship Champions 2020 Olympic Games Qualification
Vladimir Alekno	2020	2021	2020 Olympic Games 9th place
Behrouz Ataei	2021	2023	2021 Asian Championship Champions 2023 Asian Championship Runners-up 2022 Asian Games Champions
Alireza Tolookian	2023
Maurício Paes	2024
Peyman Akbari	2024
Roberto Piazza	2025		2026 Asian Championship Runners-up

Captains

Saeid Marouf, the most decorated captain of the Iranian men's national volleyball team.

• Current captains with the longest tenures as captain

بازیکن	سال‌ها
Hassan Kord	1962–1975
Mohammad Heydarkhan	1975–1982
Amir Heidari	1987–1998
Iraj Mozaffari	1996–2000
Peyman Akbari	2006–2002
Alireza Nadi	2013–2006
Saeid Marouf	2021–2013
Milad Ebadipour	2021–2022
Mohammad Mousavi	2023–2024
Milad Ebadipour	2024–2025
Javad Karimi	2025–2025
Morteza Sharifi	2025–2026
Amin Esmaeilnezhad	–2026‌

Youth teams

Results

Source:

FIVB U21 World Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    3rd place    4th place

FIVB U21 World Championship
Year	Rank	M	W	L	SF	SA	Squad
1977	Did Not Compete or Did Not Qualify						Squad
1981							Squad
1985							Squad
1987							Squad
1989							Squad
1991							Squad
1993	9th place	6	1	5	6	17	Squad
1995	Did Not Qualify						Squad
1997	9th place	4	1	3	3	10	Squad
1999	8th place	7	2	5	9	16	Squad
2001	Did Not Qualify						Squad
2003	6th place	7	4	3	13	13	Squad
2005	5th place	7	4	3	17	12	Squad
2007	3rd place	7	5	2	18	10	Squad
2009	7th place	8	5	3	15	14	Squad
2011	6th place	8	4	4	17	13	Squad
2013	5th place	8	7	1	21	5	Squad
2015	12th place	8	3	5	15	17	Squad
2017	5th place	8	6	2	22	14	Squad
2019	Champions	8	6	2	21	9	Squad
2021	9th place	8	6	2	22	8	Squad
2023	Champions	8	8	0	24	7	Squad
2025	Champions	9	9	0	27	6	Squad
Total	15/23	111	71	40	250	169	-

Asian U20 Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    3rd place    4th place

Asian U20 Championship
Year	Rank	M	W	L	SF	SA	Squad
1980	Did Not Compete						Squad
1984							Squad
1986							Squad
1988	11th place	0	0	0	0	0	Squad
1990	9th place	0	0	0	0	0	Squad
1992	4th place	0	0	0	0	0	Squad
1994	6th place	0	0	0	0	0	Squad
1996	6th place	0	0	0	0	0	Squad
1998	Champions	7	7	0	21	2	Squad
2000	3rd place	6	4	2	15	10	Squad
2002	Champions	6	6	0	18	4	Squad
2004	2nd place	5	3	2	10	7	Squad
2006	Champions	5	4	1	14	6	Squad
2008	Champions	7	7	0	21	3	Squad
2010	2nd place	8	7	1	22	4	Squad
2012	3rd place	7	6	1	20	6	Squad
2014	Champions	7	7	0	21	3	Squad
2016	2nd place	8	7	1	23	4	Squad
2018	Champions	6	6	0	18	1	Squad
2022	Champions	5	5	0	15	4	Squad
2024	Champions	7	7	0	21	2	Squad
Total	18/21	84	76	8	229	56	-

FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship

Source:

  Champions    Runners-up    3rd place    4th place

FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship
Year	Rank	M	W	L	SW	SL	Ref
1989	4th place	7	3	4	11	13
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993	Did Not Qualify
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997	9th place	4	1	3	6	9
1999	Did Not Qualify
2001	2nd place	6	4	2	13	8
2003	3rd place	7	5	2	13	8
2005	5th place	7	4	3	14	12
2007	1st place	8	5	3	18	16
2009	2nd place	8	6	2	21	9
2011	10th place	8	6	2	20	9
2013	4th place	8	5	3	16	13
2015	3rd place	8	6	2	20	10
2017	1st place	8	8	0	24	3
2019	5th place	8	5	3	17	12
2021	3rd place	8	6	2	19	9
2023	2nd place	8	7	1	22	6
2025	TBD	0	0	0	0	0
Total	15/19	103	71	32	237	137

Asian U19/18 Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Asian Boys' U18 Championship
Year	Rank	M	W	L	SW	SL	Ref
1997	Did Not Compete
1999	Did Not Compete
2001	1st place	7	7	0	21	5
2003	2nd place	7	6	1	19	5
2005	1st place	6	6	0	18	2
2007	1st place	8	6	2	19	7
2008	1st place	7	7	0	21	4
2010	1st place	6	5	1	16	10
2012	1st place	6	6	0	18	5
2014	2nd place	6	6	0	18	3
2017	4th place	6	4	2	15	7
2018	3rd place	6	4	2	13	8
2020	Canceled
2022	2nd place	6	5	1	15	4
2024	2nd place	7	5	2	19	6
Total	12/14	78	67	11	212	66

Central Asian U19/18 Championship

Central Asian Boys' U19 Championship
Year	Rank	M	W	L	SW	SL	Ref
2024	2nd place	0	0	0	0	0
2025	1st place	5	5	0	15	0
Total	2/2	5	5	0	15	0

Stadium

Azadi indoor stadium with Iranian fans

Rezazadeh Stadium in 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

The team's home arena are Azadi Indoor Stadium, Azadi Volleyball Hall.

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Iran national volleyball team.

Period	Kit provider
2000–2018	Asics Mikasa Fuerza Mizuno Ideal
2025-	Merooj

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like MCI and Bank Pasargad, Refah Stores other sponsors: Roamer.

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile
• (in Persian) Asian Volleyball Championship
• (in Persian) Volleyball at the Asian Games
• (in Persian) Iran Volleyball History