Iran national basketball team
The Iranian national basketball team represents Iran in international basketball games of Lords. Since its recognition by FIBA in 1947, it is one of the strongest national teams of Asia Minor. The team 's current Asian champion (2013 in Manila ).
- 2.1 The Olympic Games
- 2.2 World Championships
- 2.3 European Championships
- 2.4 Asia Championships
- 2.5 Basketball competition at the Asian Games
History
The Iran national basketball team was on the international stage relatively unsuccessful. She qualified only twice for the Olympic Summer Games. At the Olympic Summer Games 1948 in London, she came in 14th place. At the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, the Iranians met in the group stages on multiple world champion and Olympic champion Argentina, Australia, Croatia and Russia. The Iranian selection was brave, but lost all the games in the preliminary round group A. The most successful players were Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (86 points, 17.2 AVG) and Hamed Hadidi (83 points, 16.6 AVG).
By winning the basketball Asian Championships in 2009 and 2013, the Iranian basketball team qualified for each of the subsequent World Basketball Championship.
At continental level, the team counts as three times Asian champions of the better teams in the Asian Basketball Federation.
Achievements
The greatest successes of Iran are the profits of the gold medal at the Asian Games 2007 Basketball in Tokushima (Japan ), 2009 in Tianjin ( China) and 2013 in Manila ( Philippines). Two other important positions are the two bronze medals won by the team at the Asian Games of 1951 (New Delhi ), 2006 ( Doha) and 2010 ( Guangzhou).
Performance in international competitions
Olympic games
World Championships
- 2010 - 19th Place
- 2014 -
European Championships
Asian Championships
- 2005 - 6th place
- 2007 - Gold Medal
- 2009 - Gold Medal
- 2011 - 5th place
- 2013 - Gold Medal