Iran National Team 2018

[Kings]

Friendly Games

30/05 Iran Red 66 China 77
01/06 Iran Red 73 China 84
17/07 Iran Red 75 Australia 45
18/07 Iran Red 80 Poland 66
19/07 Iran Red 87 USA 80
21/07 Iran Red 72 Nigeria 73
22/07 Iran Red 67 China 55

FIBA World Cup Qualifiers

22/02 Iran Red 75 Kazakhstan 54
25/02 Iran Red 83 Iraq 53
29/06 Iran Red 77 Qatar 75
02/07 Iran Red 88 Kazakhstan 56
13/09 Iran Red 81 Philippines 73
17/09 Iran Red 56 Japan 70
30/11 Iran Red 47 Australia 76
03/12 Iran Red 78 Philippines 70

Williams Jones Cup

14/07 Iran Blue 76 Lithuania 48
15/07 Iran Blue 78 Japan 61
17/07 Iran Blue 87 Chinese Taipei Blue 75
18/07 Iran Blue 67 Canada 77
19/07 Iran Blue 80 South Korea 69
20/07 Iran Blue 102 Chinese Taipei White 56
21/07 Iran Blue 66 Indonesia 62
22/07 Iran Blue 70 Philippines 63

Asian Games

25/08 Iran Red 68 Syria 55
27/08 Iran Red 93 Japan 67
30/08 Iran Red 80 South Korea 68
01/09 Iran Red 72 China 84

[mohsena2631]

after 14 years or more, Iran basketball federation now has a new president, Mashhoon did great for Iranian basketball but his last few years were terrible and the change was necessary .

now there are serious rumors that Samad Nikkhah will be invited to the national team once again. not sure if he accepts this but he showed interest before.

[mohsena2631]

with the new federation in charge, they announced a new coach "Mehran Shahinab" !!! he will coach the team until 2018 Jakarta Asian Games

and they called up 15 players for the World Cup qualifiers

Aren Davoudi (Tabriz)
Sajjad Mashayekhi (Petrochimi)
Farid Aslani (Naft)
Saeid Davarpanah (Petrochimi)
Navid Rezaeifar (Mahram)
Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (Nanjing Monkey King - China)
Mohammad Jamshidi (Naft)
Arsalan Kazemi (Petrochimi)
Oshin Sahakian (Petrochimi)
Mohammad Hassanzadeh (Naft)
Navid Niktash (Petrochimi)
Hamed Haddadi (Sichuan Blue Whales - China)
Asghar Kardoust (Tabriz)
Rouzbeh Arghavan (Tabriz)
Mohammad Mirzaei (Petrochimi)

I would drop Aslani, Mirzaei and Niktash for the final 12. let's see what will happen

alongside Samad NB, we also have Davoudi, Kardoust and Davarpanah in the list again, they all played great in the superleague. Aren, Kardoust and Arghavan helped Tabriz to win the super league today. they beat Mahram 3-2 in the final.

interesting to see Samad in the same team with Hassanzadeh and Kazemi. considering their past problems, I hope they can find a way to play together.

btw Behnam Yakhchali broke his hand in superleague semifinal and missed these two games.

[mohsena2631]

Oshin Sahakian announced retirement from the Iran NT at the age of 32. since 2007 he was a key player and helped the "Golden generation" winning so many medals in Asia

[JAMSKIE]

Why is Samad Bahrami not in the Iran roster for the game vs. Japan tonight?

Has he already retired from the National team?

[mohsena2631]

Why is Samad Bahrami not in the Iran roster for the game vs. Japan tonight?

Has he already retired from the National team?

He had some personal things to do in US, there were rumors he will retire after the Philippines game in Tehran but he didn't do anything special after the game, so people assume he is not retired yet. even though he stayed quiet about the whole retirement story. rumors came from his interview before the Asian Games where he said he is thinking about that seriously but he didn't give an exact date.

[reamily]

Congrats Iran for thegold in asian para games..

[mohsena2631]

Things don't look good for Iran before the next window. and I think they simply gave up trying for the next 2 games . both away games against Philippines and Australia.

after the previous window. guys inside the federation talked some nonsense about the players and they reacted badly. even though things look under control now but maybe it's just a calm before storm. they invited 20 players for this window and Arsalan Kazemi is not in the list. first everybody thought because he is injured but apparently that's not the case. this is kind of a punishment. Hamed Haddadi is still injured and clubless .he is in the list but the chance of him playing in next window is very low. even if he plays he is not in good shape. not a sure thing even if he wants to play after what happened. Samad NB is still in US and it's not clear if he is going to play or not. and we just heard today that Sajjad Mashayekhi got injured in a league games and will miss the next window for sure.

here is the list of 20 invited players

1. Amir Hossein Azari
2. Rouzbeh Arghavan
3. Mohammad Reza Bahramzad
4. Mohammad Torabi
5. Mohammad Jamshidi
6. Hamed Haddadi
7. Mohammad Hassanzadeh
8. Hamed Hosseinzadeh
9. Aren Davoudi
10. Navid Rezaeifar
11. Keivan Riaei
12. Amir Sedighi
13. Aaron Geramipoor
14. Sajjad Mashayekhi (they announced the list before his injury)
15. Rasoul Mozaffari
16. Salar Monji
17. Meisam Mirzaei
18. Samad Nikkhah Bahrami
19. Behnam Yakhchali
20. Mohammad Yousefvand

this will be Geramipoor's debut for the NT. he can't enter Iran (because then he can't leave) for now he is only going to play in games outside of Iran.
some people were expecting to see Mehdi Kamrani in the list. after not playing pro basketball for a year . he is back playing for Chemidor Club . he looks good but maybe still not ready for the NT level. the same goes to my favorite player "Arman Zangeneh"

[mohsena2631]

12 man roster for the 5th window

Arghavan, Torabi, Hassanzadeh, Hosseinzadeh, Jamshidi, Davoudi, Rezaeifar, Riaei, Sedighi, Mozaffari, Mirzaei and Yakhchali.

they are going to Qatar and Geramipoor will join the team there he is apparently a bit injured, if he is technically and physically good enough, he will replace one of those 12 players.

this is probably even weaker than the team which lost to Iraq ! they are going to lose both games for sure. Haddadi and Samad NB didn't even show up for the camp. they are some problems inside the team.

[mohsena2631]

Iran played 2 friendly games in Qatar before leaving for Australia

Friday: Iran 75 - Qatar 64
Sunday: Iran 80 - Qatar 64

no change, that 12 players will play in Australia and Philippines.

[OSHAFA]

Iran played 2 friendly games in Qatar before leaving for Australia

Friday: Iran 75 - Qatar 64
Sunday: Iran 80 - Qatar 64

no change, that 12 players will play in Australia and Philippines.

Mubarak, well-deserved Qualification

[mohsena2631]

Mubarak, well-deserved Qualification

thanks but we are not qualified yet. at least not on paper. still a 3 way tie break between Iran, Philippines and Japan are possible. unlikely but possible.

btw I hope you don't regret those Zaid Abbas's FTs in the first round at the end of the qualifiers.

[interxavierxxx]

thanks but we are not qualified yet. at least not on paper. still a 3 way tie break between Iran, Philippines and Japan are possible. unlikely but possible.

btw I hope you don't regret those Zaid Abbas's FTs in the first round at the end of the qualifiers.

You guys were the better team. You had nerves of steel and made clutch baskets. Congrats.

[OSHAFA]

thanks but we are not qualified yet. at least not on paper. still a 3 way tie break between Iran, Philippines and Japan are possible. unlikely but possible.

btw I hope you don't regret those Zaid Abbas's FTs in the first round at the end of the qualifiers.

Nope, there is no Way that Philippines ties with Iran cause even if you lose the last 2 and PHI their 2 games and have a draw you will make it since you won the Home & Away games against them.. so a 3rd Place is already gauaranteed for Iran.
Btw i read the news on the Official Website of the Iranian Federation.
Unfortunately we are regretting it now but hopefully our guys can make it in the next window up and Qualify.

[mohsena2631]

Nope, there is no Way that Philippines ties with Iran cause even if you lose the last 2 and PHI their 2 games and have a draw you will make it since you won the Home & Away games against them.. so a 3rd Place is already gauaranteed for Iran.
Btw i read the news on the Official Website of the Iranian Federation.
Unfortunately we are regretting it now but hopefully our guys can make it in the next window up and Qualify.

no if Japan beat Iran and lose to Qatar. and if Philippines win the next two games. all 3 teams will be tied on 7-5 record. and all 3 teams will be tied 2-2 on head to head record between them , then we will go to the points difference between 3 teams. not guaranteed yet

even if you check FIBA. they don't mark Iran as a qualified team

http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/groups#tab=round_2

but the funny thing is that all media here and also our federation think we are already qualified. we will finish 4th in the group if for example such results happen

Philippines beating Qatar and Kazakhstan
Japan beating Iran by more than 8pts
Japan losing to Qatar

these are not completely impossible results. specially if we play relax thinking we are already qualified. and if Japan beat us. they have no reason to play serious against Qatar. they can lose that one.

and if Japan beat Iran by less than 8pts. Philippines won't be higher than 4th in the group no matter what.