Iran men's national goalball team

Iranian national team, for the Paralympic sport of goalball

     ChampionshipsParalympic Games medals:

: 0 : 0 : 0
World Championship medals:

: 0 : 0 : 0

Iran men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Iran. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions.[1]

Paralympic Games

2012 London

The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics, with competition from 29 August to 9 September 2012, in the Copper Box Arena arena, London, Brazil.

The following is the Iran roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[2]

No. Player Age
1 Seyed Mehdi Sayahi 26
2 Mostafa Shahbazi Yajlou 23
3 Hassan Jafari 22
5 Javad Shirdel 21
Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Iran 5 4 0 1 32 20 +12 12 Quarterfinals
 China 5 3 1 1 20 14 +6 10
 Belgium 5 3 1 1 19 16 +3 10
 Algeria 5 2 0 3 18 17 +1 6
 South Korea 5 1 0 4 18 28 −10 3 Eliminated
 Canada 5 1 0 4 16 28 −12 3
Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.
Round-robin
30 August 2012
13:45 		China  5 – 9  Iran Copper Box, London
Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Bülent Kimyon (TUR)
Yao 3
Chen 2 		Report Sayahi 9
31 August 2012
19:45 		Iran  9 – 2  Canada Copper Box, London
Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
Jafari 4
Sayahi 3
Shahbazi 1
Shirdel 1 		Report Gaulin 2
1 September 2012
18:30 		Belgium  8 – 6  Iran Copper Box, London
Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
de Rick 3
Bihi 3
Vanhove 1
Mapreni 1
 Report Sayahi 3
Jafari 2
Shahbazi 1
2 September 2012
13:45 		Iran  4 – 3  South Korea Copper Box, London
Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
Sayahi 4 Report Hong SW 2
Kim CH 1
3 September 2012
10:15 		Iran  4 – 2  Algeria Copper Box, London
Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
Sayahi 2
Jafari 1
Shirdel 1 		Report Mokrane 2
Quarter-finals
5 September 2012
21:00 		Iran  1 – 5  Finland Copper Box, London
Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
Sayahi 1 Report Posio 3
Mattila 2

2024 Paris

The team competed in the 2024 Summer Paralympics, with competition from 29 August to 5 September 2024, in the South Paris Arena, Paris, France.

The following is the Iran roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[3]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
2 Mohammadmahdi Nafisinasab B3 (2003-04-05)5 April 2003 (aged 21)
3 Hassan Jafari B2 (1990-03-25)25 March 1990 (aged 34)
4 Mahdi Abbasi B1 (1998-11-02)2 November 1998 (aged 25)
6 Nematollah Sarafraz B2 (1985-06-22)22 June 1985 (aged 39)
7 Milad Souri B1 (1995-04-30)30 April 1995 (aged 29)
8 Mohammad Parnia Jomairan B1 (1991-12-03)3 December 1991 (aged 32)
Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 28 20 +8 7 Quarter-finals
2  United States 3 2 0 1 27 24 +3 6
3  Iran 3 1 1 1 26 29 −3 4
4  France (H) 3 0 0 3 17 25 −8 0
Source: Paris 2024
(H) Hosts
Round-robin
France 8–12 Iran
  • Ouni 0', 9', 11', 15', 22'
  • Boualia 1'
  • Baich 13', 17'
 Report
  • Jafari 2', 4', 6', 7', 7', 9', 12', 22'
  • Sarafraz 10'
  • Souri 17', 17'
  • Parnia Jomairan 23'
Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Brazil 7–7 Iran
  • Dantas 0', 2', 6', 19'
  • Sousa 12'
  • Moreno 14'
  • Ernesto 22'
 Report
  • Sarafraz 4', 17', 22', 23'
  • Souri 17', 21', 23'
Referee:
Patrik Larsson (Sweden)
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Iran 7–14 United States
  • Souri 8', 8', 9', 21', 21'
  • Jafari 16', 17'
 Report
  • Young 0', 1', 7', 16', 18', 20'
  • Merren 3', 6'
  • King 6', 8', 9'
  • Simpson 11', 19', 21'
Referee:
Sarah Kuper (Germany)
Claude Dagenais (Canada)
Quarter-finals
Ukraine 6–3 Iran
  • Oliinyk 2', 4', 22', 23'
  • Strelchyk 9', 23'
 Report
  • Sarafraz 6', 14', 16'
Referee:
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Raquel Aguado (Spain)
Classification Playoff 5/6
United States 3–4 Iran
 Report
  • Jafari 3', 22'
  • Parnia Jomairan 3', 18'
Referee:
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Claude Dagenais (Canada)

See also

References

  • Sports portal
  • flagIran portal
  1. ^ "International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Iran". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Goalball – Team Iran". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 August 2024.


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