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Iran men's national water polo team

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Iran
FINA codeIRI
Nickname(s)Team Melli
AssociationIR Iran Amateur Swimming Federation
ConfederationAASF (Asia)
Head coachAleksandar Ćirić
Asst coachVahid Rezaei
CaptainHamed Malek-Khanbanan
Home venueShahid Shiroudi Stadium
Olympic Games
Appearances1 (first in 1976)
Best result12th place (1976)
World Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1975)
Best result15th place (1975, 1998)
World League
Appearances4 (first in 2008)
Best resultPreliminary round (2008, 2009, 2010)
Asian Games
Appearances10 (first in 1970)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal (1974)
Iran men's national water polo team
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1974 Tehran Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Team

The Iran men's national water polo team represents Iran in men's international water polo competitions and is controlled by the IR Iran Amateur Swimming Federation.

Tournament records

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Olympic Games

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Main article: Water polo at the Summer Olympics
Year NoT Rank Pld W D L
1900–1936 not an IOC member
United Kingdom 1948 18 did not enter
Finland 1952 21
Australia 1956 10
Italy 1960 16
Japan 1964 13
Mexico 1968 15
West Germany 1972 16 did not qualify
Canada 1976 12 12th place 8 0 0 8
Soviet Union 1980 12 did not enter
United States 1984 12
South Korea 1988 12
Spain 1992 12
United States 1996 12 did not qualify
Australia 2000 12 did not enter
Greece 2004 12
China 2008 12 did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012 12 did not enter
Brazil 2016 12 did not qualify
Japan 2020 12
France 2024 12

World Championships

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World Championships record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1973 did not compete
Colombia 1975 Preliminary round 15th place 3 0 0 3 5 39 -34
West Germany 1978 did not compete
Ecuador 1982
Spain 1986
Australia 1991
Italy 1994
Australia 1998 Preliminary round 15th place 3 0 0 3 7 -49 -42
Japan 2001 did not compete
Spain 2003
Canada 2005
Australia 2007
Italy 2009
China 2011
Spain 2013
Russia 2015
Hungary 2017
South Korea 2019
Hungary 2022

World League / World Cup

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Main article: FINA World Water Polo League
Year Rank Pld W L
Greece 2002 did not enter
United States 2003
United States 2004
Serbia and Montenegro 2005
Greece 2006
Germany 2007
Italy 2008 5th place in Asia/Oceania 8 0 8
Montenegro 2009 3rd place in Asia/Oceania 6 2 4
Serbia 2010 6th place in Asia/Oceania 10 0 10
Italy 2011 did not enter
Kazakhstan 2012
Russia 2013
United Arab Emirates 2014
Italy 2015
China 2016
Russia 2017
Hungary 2018
Serbia 2019
Georgia (country) 2020
France 2022
United States 2023 5th place in Division 2 4 2 2

World Cup (old format)

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Main article: FINA Water Polo World Cup
Year NoT Rank Pld W D L
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1979 8 did not enter
United States 1981 8
United States 1983 8
West Germany 1985 8
Greece 1987 8
West Germany 1989 8
Spain 1991 8
Greece 1993 8
United States 1995 8
Greece 1997 8
Australia 1999 8
West Germany 2002 8
Hungary 2006 8
Romania 2010 8 8th place 6 0 0 6
Kazakhstan 2014 8 did not enter
Germany 2018 8

Asian Games

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Main article: Water polo at the Asian Games
Iran water polo team in 1973 before a friendly match with Egypt. This team won the Asian Games one year later.
Year NoT Rank Pld W D L
India 1951 2 did not enter
Philippines 1954 6
Japan 1958 5
Indonesia 1962 4
Thailand 1966 5
Thailand 1970 7 4th place 4 0 1 3
Iran 1974 7 Champions 6 4 2 0
Thailand 1978 7 did not enter
India 1982 8
South Korea 1986 6 4th place 5 2 1 2
China 1990 7 6th place 4 1 1 2
Japan 1994 6 4th place 5 2 0 3
Thailand 1998 9 5th place 6 2 0 4
South Korea 2002 6 4th place 4 1 0 3
Qatar 2006 10 4th place 6 3 1 2
China 2010 9 did not enter
South Korea 2014 7
Indonesia 2018 9 3rd place 6 4 0 2
China 2022 8 4th place 6 3 0 3

Asian Championships

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Main article: Asian Water Polo Championship
Year NoT Rank Pld W D L
South Korea 1984 7 3rd place 5 3 1 1
China 1988 6 did not enter
Japan 1991 10 5th place
Thailand 1995 13 3rd place 4 3 0 1
South Korea 2000 7 did not enter
China 2005 8
China 2009 6
Japan 2012 4
United Arab Emirates 2012 9
China 2015 5 4th place 4 1 0 3
Japan 2016 8 4th place 6 3 0 3
Thailand 2022 10 4th place 7 5 0 2
Singapore 2023 8 Runners-up 6 5 0 1

Asian Cup

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Main article: Asian Water Polo Cup
Year NoT Rank Pld W D L
China 2010 4 Runners-up 3 2 0 1
Kuwait 2012 5 3rd place 4 2 0 2
Singapore 2013 6 Champions 5 5 0 0

FINA Development Trophy

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Main article: FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy
Year NoT Rank Pld W D L
Kuwait 2007 12 3rd place 6 5 0 1
Kuwait 2009 12 did not enter
Saudi Arabia 2011 11 Runners-up 6 5 0 1
Kuwait 2013 12 did not enter
Iran 2015 10 Champions 5 5 0 0
Malta 2017 8 disqualified 6 5 0 1

Islamic Solidarity Games

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Main article: Islamic Solidarity Games
Year NoT Rank Pld W D L
Saudi Arabia 2005 6 4th place 5 2 1 2
Azerbaijan 2017 5 Runners-up 4 3 1 0

Former coaches

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References

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