Iran men's national basketball team
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The Iranian men’s basketball team (Persian: تیم ملی بسکتبال مردان ایران), is one of Asia’s most successful Federations. Since the turn of the century, they’ve won three FIBA Asia Cup and have claimed a silver and a bronze medal at the tournament. the side has also qualified for every edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup since 2010. Plus,They also participated in the (2008, 2020) Summer Olympics.
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| FIBA ranking | 28 (25 February 2025)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Joined FIBA | 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National federation | IRIBF | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Sotiris Manolopoulos | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Team Melli (The National Team) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA Asia Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | Gold: (2007, 2009, 2013) Silver: (2017) Bronze: (2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired numbers | 1 (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| France 62–30 Iran (London, United Kingdom; 1 August 1948) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest win | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iran 141– 29 Maldives (Medina, Saudi Arabia; 10 April 2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States 120–66 Iran (Saitama, Japan; 28 July 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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History
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Early Years
In 1948, The Iran national basketball team was able to participate in the 1948 London Olympics for the first time. In 1951, Iran participated in the first Asian Games held in Delhi and placed third in Asia.In 1959, Iran participated in the EuroBasket held in Turkey.
2007 FIBA Asia Championship
Placed in the dreaded "Group of Death" alongside China, the Philippines, and Jordan, the Iranians won all three group matches to make it to the next round.
In the quarterfinals, Iran went 2–1, to make it to semifinals, following victories over Chinese Taipei and Qatar, and then routed Kazakhstan, 75–62, in the semifinals.
The Iranians then beat Lebanon 74–69, with Hamed Haddadi scoring 31 points.[2] Not only did it avenge an 82–60 defeat in the quarterfinals, they also became the first Western Asian team to win the tournament, and thus make it to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[2]
2008 Beijing Olympic Games
In being crowned the 2007 Asian Champions, the Iranians qualified for the 2008 Beijing games for the first time in 60 years. The Olympic experience led to a flurry of opportunities for the Iranian players, as they traveled across the world in preparation for the games, including a visit to the US. Iran was placed in Group A, along with Lithuania, Russia, Argentina, Croatia, and Australia, suffering five defeats. The Olympic experience opened doors for players such as Hamed Haddadi, and Iranian captain Samad Nikkhah Bahrami to play in the NBA (National Basketball Association) and sign in the top French League.
Haddadi finished with averages of 16.6 points per game, 11.2 rebounds per game, and 2.6 blocks per game, leading the entire tournament in the latter two categories. His highlight performance was in the game against Argentina when he put up 21 points and 16 rebounds.[3]
2009 FIBA Asia Championship
Winning the FIBA Asia Championship 2009 at Tianjin, China, was a sign on continuing progress in basketball. Iran defeated China, by a score of 70–52 in the final.[4]
2010 FIBA World Championship
Iran's second consecutive FIBA Asia Championship gave them their first ever FIBA World Championship berth, at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The team finished 1–4 in Group B, good for 19th place
2013 FIBA Asia Championship
Winning the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship at Manila, Philippines, was a sign that the Iranian team has forgot the tragedy of their loss to Jordan in last tournament, 2011 FIBA Asia Championship, and reclaimed the top place in the FIBA Asia. Iran defeated the charged up hosts Philippines by an 85–71 win in the final. Iranian center Hamed Haddadi, who played a stellar role in Iran's triumph at the 27th FIBA Asia Championship, became the most accomplished individual player of the competition winning two awards, including that of the MVP. Iran was the only team with two awards in the All Stars with Oshin Sahakian named for the Power Forward position.
2014 FIBA World Cup
In the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain, Iran national basketball team was grouped with Spain, Egypt, Serbia, Brazil and France in Group A.Iran national basketball team, in its first meeting in the opening game, faced Spain, the world's second-ranked team, and succumbed to defeat.On the sixth day of the 2014 FIBA World Cup and in its last match of the preliminary stage, Iran faced the French and succumbed to defeat, and finally ranked 21st with 4 losses and one win against Egypt. Iran lost against France and Serbia with close results.
2019 FIBA World Cup
In the 2019 FIBA World Cup of China, which was held in Asia for the first time, the iran team was grouped in Group C with the teams of Spain, Puerto Rico and Tunisia.The iran team lost all three games and competed with the Angolan and Philippine teams to rank 17-32 (for the first time in this period, 32 teams participated) and won both matches, and thanks to the goal difference, they are better than China, which had lost against Nigeria, went to the Tokyo Olympics as the best Asian team.
2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
Iran is in group A of the competitions along with USA, France, and Czech.Iranian men’s basketball team conceded a 78-84 defeat against Czech at the opening match of the basketball competitions of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.In their second game at the Olympics, Iranian basketball players lost to the USA 66-120.Iran’s national basketball team finished the campaign in the 2020 Olympics with a 79-62 loss against France at Saitama Super Arena.Iran, in its three appearance at the Olympics, conceded three defeats in Group A.
2023 FIBA World Cup
Iran was only one of three teams at the World Cup 2023 to go home without a win. Finishing bottom in Group G after resounding defeats to Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire and Spain. Further disappointment was to follow in the classification games against France and Lebanon. After the final play of their campaign, one man took centre stage, Hamed Haddadi, bidding a final farewell after 4 consecutive World Cup runs with Iran. At the other end of his career is Mohammad Amini. The 18-years-old who plays for AS Monaco Basket, played 30 minutes a game and was Iran's top tournament scorer.
Tournament records
Summer Olympics
| Summer Olympic Games record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
 1936 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 1948 | 13th place match | 14th place | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
 1952 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 1956 | |||||||||
 1960 | |||||||||
 1964 | |||||||||
 1968 | |||||||||
 1972 | |||||||||
 1976 | |||||||||
 1980 |
Boycotted the event | ||||||||
 1984 | |||||||||
 1988 |
Did not enter | ||||||||
 1992 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||
 2004 | |||||||||
 2008 | Preliminary round | 11th place | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 2012 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2016 | |||||||||
| 2020 | Preliminary round | 12th place | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
 2024 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2028 | Future events | ||||||||
| 2032 | |||||||||
| Total | 3/20 | 15 | 2 | 13 | |||||
FIBA World Cup
| FIBA World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||
 1950 | Did not qualify | Qualification via Summer Olympics or Wild Card | ||||||||||
| 1954 | Did not enter | |||||||||||
 1959 | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | ||||||||||||
 1967 | Qualification via FIBA Asia Cup | |||||||||||
 1970 | ||||||||||||
 1974 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||
 1978 | Did not enter | |||||||||||
 1982 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||
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| 1990 | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||
 2010 | Preliminary round | 19th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 2014 | Preliminary round | 20th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 2019 |
17th–32nd Classification | 23rd place | 5 | 2 | 3 | Second round | Group F 3rd place | 12 | 8 | 4 | ||
  2023 |
17th–32nd Classification | 31st place | 5 | 0 | 5 | Second round | Group F 4th place | 12 | 6 | 6 | ||
 2027 |
To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||
| Total | 4/19 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 2/2 | 24 | 14 | 10 | ||||
FIBA Asia Cup
| FIBA Asia Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 1960 | Did not enter | ||||||||
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| 1973 | Championship | 5th place | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 1975 | Did not enter | ||||||||
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 1981 | Classification 7th–12th | 8th place | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
 1983 | Classification 5th–8th | 5th place | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 1985 | Classification 5th–8th | 8th place | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 1987 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1989 | 5th place game | 5th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 1991 | 5th place game | 6th place | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 1993 | 3rd place game | 4th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 1995 | 9th place game | 10th place | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||
 1997 | 7th place game | 8th place | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 1999 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
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| 2003 | 5th place game | 5th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 2005 | 5th place game | 6th place | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 2007 | Final | Champions | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 2009 | Final | Champions | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2011 | 5th place game | 5th place | 9 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 2013 | Final | Champions | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | 3rd place game | 3rd place | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||||
 2017 | Final | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | Quarterfinals | 5th place | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2025 | Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 3 titles | 19/31 | 134 | 90 | 44 | ||||
Asian Games
| Asian Games record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 1951 | Round-robin | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1954 | Did not enter | ||||||||
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| 1966 | 7th place game | 7th place | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 1970 | 7th place game | 7th place | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||||
 1974 | 5th place game | 6th place | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 1978 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||
| 1986 | |||||||||
| 1990 | 7th place game | 7th place | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 1994 | 7th place game | 8th place | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 1998 | 7th place game | 7th place | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 2002 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2006 | Bronze medal game | 3rd place | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| 2010 | Bronze medal game | 3rd place | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 2014 | Gold medal game | Runners-up | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 2018 | Gold medal game | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | Classification 5th–6th | 5th place | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 2026 | Future events | ||||||||
| 2030 | |||||||||
| 2034 | |||||||||
| Total | 12/19 | 77 | 46 | 31 | |||||
FIBA Asia Challenge
FIBA Diamond Ball
| FIBA Diamond Ball record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
 2000 | Did not qualified | ||||||||
 2004 | |||||||||
| 2008 | 3rd place game | 4th place | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 1/3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
West Asian Championship
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L |
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| 1999 | 4th place | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2000 | 4th place | 4 | 2 | 2 |
 2001 | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 2 |
 2002 | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004 | Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2005 | Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 | Did not enter | |||
 2010 | Champions (B) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | Champions | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2013 | Champions | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | Runners-up (U18) | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2015 | Did not enter | |||
| 2016 | Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 13/15 | 52 | 41 | 11 |
Other tournaments
- EuroBasket
- 1959 - 17th place
- 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin
- 2016 - 5th place
- FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup
- 2010 - 4th place
- Islamic Solidarity Games
- 2005 – 3rd place
- William Jones Cup
Honours
| Competition |  |  |  | Total |
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| FIBA Asia Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Asian Games | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| FIBA Asia Challenge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
Individual Awards
Team
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Current roster
Roster for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[5][6]
| Iran men's national basketball team – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Past Rosters
1948 London Ashtari, Ehsasi, Esfandiary, Hashemi, Karandish, Mohtadi, Rafati, Sadeghi, Salabi, Shademan, Soroudi, Soudipour, Zadegan, Coach: Kazem Rambari
2008 Beijing 4 Doraghi, 5 Amini, 6 Davari, 7 Kamrani, 8 Davarpanah, 9 Zandi, 10 Afagh, 11 Sohrabnejad, 12 Sahakian, 13 Nabipour, 14 Bahrami, 15 Haddadi: Coach. Rajko Toroman
2020 Paris 4 Vahedi, 5 Jalalpoor, 7 Hassanzadeh, 8 Davarpanah, 13 Jamshidi, 14 Nikkhah Bahrami, 15 Haddadi, 17 Rezaeifar, 20 Rostampour, 23 Geramipoor, 41 Kazemi, 88 Yakhchali, Coach: Mehran Shahintab
2010 turkey 4 Nabipour, 5 Davoudi, 6 Davari, 7 Kamrani, 8 Veisi, 9 Zandi, 10 Hassanzadeh, 11 Sahakian, 12 Kazemi, 13 Kardoust, 14 Davarpanah, 15 Haddadi, Coach: Veselin Matić
2014 Spain 4 Arghavan, 5 Mashayekhi, 6 Yakhchali, 7 Kamrani, 8 Kazemi, 9 Zangeneh, 10 Afagh, 11 Sahakian, 12 Kardoust, 13 Jamshidi, 14 Bahrami, 15 Haddadi, Coach: Mehmed Bečirovič
2019 China 1 Mozafari, 4 Mirzaei, 5 Mashayekhi, 6 Hosseinzadeh, 7 Hassanzadeh, 8 Yakhchali, 12 Zangeneh, 13 Jamshidi, 14 Bahrami, 15 Haddadi, 20 Rostampour, 23 Geramipoor, Coach: Mehran Shahintab
2023 Philippines, Japan, Indonesia 3 Vahedi, 4 Mirzaei, 5 Mashayekhi, 6 Amini, 7 Rezaeifar, 8 Yakhchali, 10 Girgoorian, 14 Kazemi, 15 Haddadi, 17 Aghajanpour, 30 Agha Miri, 32 Aliakbari, Coach: Hakan Demir
2003 China 4 Tajik, 5 Davari, 6 Veisi, 7 Kamrani, 8 S. Bahrami, 9 Zandi, 10 Afagh, 11 Sohrabnejad, 12 Askarnejad, 13 Ahmadian, 14 Rouzbahani, 15 Afradi, Coach: Mostafa Hashemi
2005 Qatar 4 Tajik, 5 A. Bahrami, 6 Amini, 7 Kamrani, 8 S. Bahrami, 9 Zandi, 10 Afagh, 11 Sohrabnejad, 12 Rouzbahani, 13 Shahsavand, 14 Tabeshnia, 15 Haddadi, Coach: Mohammad Mehdi Izadpanah
2007 Japan 4 Doraghi, 5 Amini, 6 Davari, 7 Kamrani, 8 A. Bahrami, 9 Akbari, 10 Afagh, 11 Rouzbahani, 12 Sahakian, 13 Nabipour, 14 S. Bahrami, 15 Haddadi, Coach: Rajko Toroman
2009 China 4 Tajik, 5 Amini, 6 Davari, 7 Kamrani, 8 Davoudi, 9 Akbari, 10 Afagh, 11 Sohrabnejad, 12 Sahakian, 13 Doraghi, 14 Bahrami, 15 Haddadi, Coach: Veselin Matić
2011 China 4 Davarpanah, 5 Davoudi, 6 Davari, 7 Kamrani, 8 Atashi, 9 Kazemi, 10 Afagh, 11 Sahakian, 12 Kardoust, 13 Sohrabnejad, 14 Bahrami, 15 Haddadi, Coach: Veselin Matić
2013 Philippines 4 Jamshidi, 5 Davoudi, 6 Davari, 7 Kamrani, 8 Veisi, 9 Sahakian, 10 Afagh, 11 Sohrabnejad, 12 Kardoust, 13 Arghavan, 14 Bahrami, 15 Haddadi, Coach: Mehmed Bečirovič
2015 China 4 Mashayekhi, 5 Yakhchali, 6 Davari, 7 Kamrani, 8 Davarpanah, 9 Hassanzadeh, 10 Afagh, 11 Sahakian, 12 Kardoust, 13 Jamshidi, 14 Bahrami, 15 Haddadi, Coach: Dirk Bauermann
2017 Lebanon 4 Mirzaei, 5 Mashayekhi, 6 Aslani, 7 Rezaeifar, 8 Yakhchali, 9 Dalirzahan, 10 Niktash, 11 Sahakian, 12 Arghavan, 13 Jamshidi, 14 Kazemi, 15 Haddadi, Coach: Mehran Hatami
2022 Indonesia 1 Mozafari, 5 Mashayekhi, 7 Hassanzadeh, 8 Yakhchali, 10 Yousof Vand, 12 Zangeneh, 13 Jamshidi, 14 Kazemi, 15 Haddadi, 17 Rezaeifar, 23 Pazrofteh, 71 Aghajanpour, Coach: Saeed Armaghani
1959 Turkey 3 Salabi, 4 Kamali, 5 Meshun, 6 Agakuzik, 7 Ufervizi, 9 Taçbehs, 10 Avendi, 11 Veisi, 12 Vafai, 13 Rezi, Coach: Hassan Nikli
1951 New Delhi Khaleghpour, Mashhoun, Masoumi, Mokhberi, Oshar, Razi, Safiyar, Salabi, Soroudi, Soudipour, Coach: -
2006 Doha 4 Tajik, 5 Amini, 6 Veisi, 7 Kamrani, 8 S. Bahrami, 9 Zandi, 10 Afagh, 11 Honardoust, 12 A. Bahrami, 13 Ahmadian, 14 Nabipour, 15 Haddadi, Coach: Fred Oniga
2010 Guangzhou 4 Amini, 5 Davoudi, 6 Davari, 7 Kamrani, 8 Davarpanah, 9 Sahakian, 10 Afagh, 11 Sohrabnejad, 12 Jamshidi, 13 Kardoust, 14 Bahrami, 15 Doraghi, Coach: Veselin Matić
2014 Incheon 4 Arghavan, 5 Mashayekhi, 6 Yakhchali, 7 Kamrani, 8 Zangeneh, 9 Aslani, 10 Afagh, 11 Sahakian, 12 Kardoust, 13 Jamshidi, 14 Bahrami, 15 Haddadi, Coach: Mehmed Bečirovič
2018 Jakarta 4 Mirzaei, 5 Mashayekhi, 7 Davoudi, 8 Yakhchali, 10 Dalirzahan, 12 Arghavan, 13 Jamshidi, 14 Bahrami, 15 Haddadi, 17 Rezaeifar, 41 Kazemi, 77 Hassanzadeh, Coach: Mehran Hatami
2022 Hangzhou 1 Shahrian, 3 Vahedi, 4 Mirzaei, 5 Mashayekhi, 7 Rezaeifar, 10 Girgoorian, 11 Gholizadeh, 14 Kazemi, 17 Aghajanpour, 21 Torabi, 23 Pazirofteh, 32 Aliakbari, Coach: Hakan Demir
Head coaches
Note: The following list may not be complete
Kazem Rahbari (1948)- Hassan Nikli (1959)
Hossein Soudipour (1966)
George Chiraleu (1974)
Mohammad Hassan Zolfaghari (1981)- Enayatollah Atashi (1983)
- Reza Esmaeili (1985)
- Majid Towfigh (1989)
- Asadollah Kabir (1990)
Valery Lunichkin (1991)- Asadollah Kabir (1993)
Vitali Zastakhov (1994)- Manouchehr Shahamatnejad (1995)
- Ahmad Reza Elliin (1996)
- Saeid Fathi (1997)
- Enayatollah Atashi (1998)
Gary LeMoine (2000–2001)- Saeid Armaghani (2001–2002)
- Mehran Shahintab (2002)
Nenad Trajković (2003)- Mostafa Hashemi (2003)
- Vladimir Bošnjak (2004–2005)
- Mohammad Mehdi Izadpanah (2005)
Fred Oniga (2006)
Rajko Toroman (2007–2008)- Veselin Matić (2009–2011)
Memi Bečirovič (2012–2014)
Dirk Bauermann (2015–2017)- Mehran Hatami (2017)
- Mehran Shahintab (2018–2021)
- Mostafa Hashemi (2021–2022)
- Saeed Armaghani (2022–2023)
Hakan Demir (2023–2024)
Sotiris Manolopoulos (2024-Present)
Notable players
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Hamed Haddadi
Center Hamed Haddadi was the first Iranian to play in the NBA. Although he went undrafted in 2004, Haddadi signed with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008. He appeared in more than 150 games for the Grizzlies and the Phoenix Suns.
On the international stage, Haddadi won medals at the FIBA Asia Cup, the Asian Games, and the FIBA Asia Challenge. At the FIBA Asia Cup, he won five medals, including three golds. Haddadi is one of only three players to win the FIBA Asia Cup MVP award since 2007, taking home four of the seven MVP trophies during that run.
At age 38, Haddadi made his final World Cup appearance at FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. He was named to the Iranian squad in 2010, 2014, and 2019, and was named to Iran's extended roster for 2023.
The Iran Basketball Federation retired Hamed Haddadi's number 15 jersey on 21 February 2025, ahead of a asia cup Qualifying game against India. It was the first jersey number retirement iran in any sport.
Others (Legionnaires)
- Samad Nikkhah Bahrami - Former LNB Élite Player, ×2 Olympic Games stints
- Mahdi Kamrani - Former CBA Player, Key Member for Iran
- Arsalan Kazemi - Former CBA Player, 54th Overall Pick in the 2013 NBA Draft
- Mohammad Jamshidi - Former PBA Player, Key Member For Iran
- Behnam Yakhchali - Former Bundesliga Player and Current Gladiators Treves Player
- Mohammad Amini - Current LNB Élite Player For The SLUC Nancy Basket, Champion 2023–24 LNB Élite season
Kit supplier
Manufacturer
2008–2009: Merooj
2010–present: Peak
See also
References
External links
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