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The Iran national rugby union team (Persian: تیم ملی راگبی یونیون ایران) is a sporting side that represents Iran in rugby union and is controlled by the I.R. Iran Rugby Federation. The I.R. Iran Rugby Federation is a member of World Rugby and the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU).[1]
Nickname | Team Melli | ||
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Emblem | Faravahar | ||
Union | Iran Rugby Federation | ||
Head coach | Alireza Fazlollah Arabi | ||
Captain | Soroush Mohammad Hoseini Nokhandan | ||
Home stadium | Azadi Training Pitch 4 | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 94 (as of 16 January 2023) | ||
First international | |||
Iran 22–11 Pakistan (18 August 2007) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Iran 52–3 China (2 June 2012) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Malaysia 48–10 Iran (4 June 2013) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 |
The team currently competes in Division 3 (West) of the Asian Rugby Championship.
On August 18, 2007, Iran played its first international friendly as part of the Pakistan Tour and won 22–11 in Lahore, Pakistan.[2]
Their test match record against all nations (listed alphabetically), updated to April 19, 2016, is as follows:
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | %Won |
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China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Guam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Jordan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Philippines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Thailand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Total | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 61.9% |
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