Iran National Team 2013

[Kings]

Roster Player

4 Mohammad Jamshidi 199-F-91 Azad
5 Aren Davoudi 184-G-86 Zanjan
6 Javad Davari 185-G-83 Mahan
7 Mehdi Kamrani 186-G-82 Mahram
8 Saman Veisi 189-G-82 Mahan
9 Oshin Sahakian 200-F-86 Mahan
10 Hamed Afagh 190-G-83 Petrochimi
11 Hamed Sohrabnejad 201-F-83 Petrochimi
12 Asghar Kardoust 211-C-86 Mahan
13 Rouzbeh Arghavan 214-C-88 Petrochimi
14 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 198-F-83 Mahram
15 Hamed Haddadi 218-C-85 Phoenix Suns

Friendly Games

11/06 Iran 70 Algeria 65
12/06 Iran 71 Tunisia 60
13/06 Iran 50 Egypt 66
14/06 Iran 63 Turkey 71
15/06 Iran 74 Italy 75

13rd WABA Championship

07/02 Iran 93 Jordan 55
08/02 Iran 94 Iraq 61
09/02 Iran 100 Lebanon 86

35th William Jones Cup

06/07 Iran 64 Jordan 57
08/07 Iran 77 Taiwan 64
09/07 Iran 90 Egypt 54
10/07 Iran 71 South Korea 68
11/07 Iran 60 Japan 55
12/07 Iran 86 USA 62
13/07 Iran 72 Chinese Taipei 67

27th FIBA Asia Championship

01/08 Iran 115 Malaysia 25
02/08 Iran 76 South Korea 65
03/08 Iran 70 China 51
05/08 Iran 102 India 58
06/08 Iran 75 Bahrain 56
07/08 Iran 85 Kazakhstan 53
09/08 Iran 94 Jordan 50
10/08 Iran 79 Chinese Taipei 60
11/08 Iran 85 Philippines 71

[mohsena2631]

Iran's final roster for WABA Championship

Becirovic called up 16 players for the WABA Champs in Tehran

Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (Mahram)
Mehdi Kamrani (Mahram)
Amir Seddighi (Mahram)
Hamed Afagh (Petrochimi)
Hamed Sohrabnejad (Petrochimi)
Rouzbeh Arghavan (Petrochimi)
Aren Davoudi (Zanjan)
Oshin Sahakian (Mahan)
Javad Davari (Mahan)
Asghar Kardoust (Mahan)
Saleh Foroutan (Azad)
Jonas/Younes Lalehzadeh (Sanaye Petrochimi)

Mohammad Jamshidi is out due to his injury.

[mohsena2631]

Iran-Jordan stats

Good game overall against Jordan, they had most of their best players but they looked completely out of shape. Rasheim was just a shadow of himself.

for Iran only Davari had almost a bad game, the rest were ok.

good to see Sohrabnejad in NT once again, I wonder why he retired in first place ! he could play a crucial role for the NT without Arsalan.
Aren is slowly getting Kamrani's time in the national team, Mehdi Palang is still the best but the gap is getting closer and closer.

really sad to repeat it again, it was the first match in Iran after 9 years ! wow. the last match was in WABA 2004.

[Buran]

I feel that our team for the upcoming FIBA Asia 2013 games could potentially be the best we have ever had with the experienced veteran players of the golden era about to hit 30 and a number of very talented younger players that could make great contributions to this team and bring the championship trophy home for the third time.
Our front court has never been any stronger and more intimidating than now with Haddadi (with a better season at Phoenix so far)and Kardoust at 5and Kazemi(with a great season at NCAA) and Sahakian at 4.
It’s the ministry of sports, the federation and coaching staff’s responsibility to fully support the team and their preparation for the games, keep the players (especially the veterans) motivated and financially reward the players and staff the same way that they support the football team.

[mohsena2631]

8 players invited for first ever Asian 3on3 basketball Championship !!

Saeid Davarpanah
Amir Sedighi
Aren Davoudi
Mohammad Jamshidi
Mousa Nabipour
Mohammad Hassanzadeh
Meisam Mirzaei
Hamed Hosseinzadeh

Coach: Abbas Aghakouchaki

In Asian Championship, Iran is in the same group with India, Indonesia and Turkmenistan !

[Kings]

8 players invited for first ever Asian 3on3 basketball Championship !!

Saeid Davarpanah
Amir Sedighi
Aren Davoudi
Mohammad Jamshidi
Mousa Nabipour
Mohammad Hassanzadeh
Meisam Mirzaei
Hamed Hosseinzadeh

Coach: Abbas Aghakouchaki

In Asian Championship, Iran is in the same group with India, Indonesia and Turkmenistan !

7 Mohammad Hassanzadeh
8 Saeid Davarpanah
13 Moosa Nabipour
15 Mohammad Jamshidi

[mohsena2631]

Memi Becirovic called up 26 players for the first camp for 2013 FIBA Asia Championships which will start on Monday

1. Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (Mahram)
2. Hamed Haddadi (Phoenix Suns)
3. Mehdi Kamrani (Mahram)
4. Hamed Afagh (Petrochimi)
5. Hamed Sohrabnejad (Petrochimi)
6. Oshin Sahakian (Mahan)
7. Javad Davari (Mahan)
8. Aren Davoudi (Zanjan)
9. Arsalan Kazemi (Oregon NCAA)
10. Saman Veisi (Mahan)
11. Asghar Kardoust (Mahan)
12. Rouzbeh Arghavan (Petrochimi)
13. Saeid Davarpanah (Zanjan)
14. Farid Aslani (Mahram)
15. Mohammad Jamshidi (Azad)
16. Mohammad Hassanzadeh (Azad)
17. Emad Salmani (Mahan)
18. Mehdi Shirjang (Mahan)
19. Amir Sedighi (Mahram)
20. Hamed Hosseinzadeh (Azad)
21. Meisam Mirzaei (Azad)
22. Saleh Foroutan (Azad)
23. Behnam Yakhchali (Petrochimi)
24. Sajjad Mashayekhi (Mahram)
25. Soren Derboghosian (UCLA NCAA)
26. Mohammad Ojaghi (Zanjan)

Good to see Davarpanah and Hassanzadeh in the NT after a while. also Saman Veisi after his 2011 injury.
Hamed Haddadi is in Iran and will join the camp from the start. apparently he will spend the whole summer with the national team.

[Khalid80]

Memi Becirovic called up 26 players for the first camp for 2013 FIBA Asia Championships which will start on Monday

1. Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (Mahram)
2. Hamed Haddadi (Phoenix Suns)
3. Mehdi Kamrani (Mahram)
4. Hamed Afagh (Petrochimi)
5. Hamed Sohrabnejad (Petrochimi)
6. Oshin Sahakian (Mahan)
7. Javad Davari (Mahan)
8. Aren Davoudi (Zanjan)
9. Arsalan Kazemi (Oregon NCAA)
10. Saman Veisi (Mahan)
11. Asghar Kardoust (Mahan)
12. Rouzbeh Arghavan (Petrochimi)
13. Saeid Davarpanah (Zanjan)
14. Farid Aslani (Mahram)
15. Mohammad Jamshidi (Azad)
16. Mohammad Hassanzadeh (Azad)
17. Emad Salmani (Mahan)
18. Mehdi Shirjang (Mahan)
19. Amir Sedighi (Mahram)
20. Hamed Hosseinzadeh (Azad)
21. Meisam Mirzaei (Azad)
22. Saleh Foroutan (Azad)
23. Behnam Yakhchali (Petrochimi)
24. Sajjad Mashayekhi (Mahram)
25. Soren Derboghosian (UCLA NCAA)
26. Mohammad Ojaghi (Zanjan)

Good to see Davarpanah and Hassanzadeh in the NT after a while. also Saman Veisi after his 2011 injury.
Hamed Haddadi is in Iran and will join the camp from the start. apparently he will spend the whole summer with the national team.

Nice list! Why didn't Yonas Lahlezadeh make this list? Or his level hasn't been consistent and he isn't good enough to make it?

Edit: Found out that Yonas is in the States and has tryouts with D-League teams

[logbi77]

Jonathan Givony @DraftExpress Arsalan Kazemi making a huge impact on both ends of the floor in the third session of the Nets Combine. Rebounding, passing, defending.

[behzadir]

The "Team Melli" has officially started it's training sessions from Tuesday 28th of March. With Hamed Haddadi being with the team from the very first day, Iran shows it will get prepared with its best players for the Asian Championship in Manila.

On the coaching staff we had a very very promising and utterly surprising addition! Mehran Shahintab who was known as one of the biggest(if not the biggest) arch-enemy of the current federation has replaced Boban Mitiev as Memi Becirovic's top assistant. Shahintab is easily one of the top 3 domestic coaches IMO.
Kudos to both Shahintab and the federation for setting aside their bitter relations to help basketball get a major boost on the national stage.

Arsalan Kazemi is the only noticeable absentee from the roster. He is preparing and working out for teams to get a shot at this years NBA draft. AK is currently working out in LA. Arsalan said he will try to get to represent the country after draft day which is 27th June.

Also Sooren Derboghosian hasn't arrived in Iran yet to join the team. I haven't heard a clear date on which he will get to train with the team.

In other news Sajjad Mashayekhi, Saleh Forootan and Behnam Yakhchali whom their name was listed on the roster are training with the U19 NT for the World Cup which will be played in the Czech Republic later this month. Also Emad Salmani has been ruled out of the training camp because of disciplinary matters.

All other players have introduced themselves to the NT coaches and are going through conditioning and tactical workouts for the first 5 days.

[mohsena2631]

15 players for camp in Turkey

1. Samad Nikkhah Bahrami
2. Hamed Haddadi
3. Mehdi Kamrani
4. Hamed Afagh
5. Hamed Sohrabnejad
6. Oshin Sahakian
7. Javad Davari
8. Aren Davoudi
9. Saman Veisi
10. Asghar Kardoust
11. Rouzbeh Arghavan
12. Saeid Davarpanah
13. Mohammad Jamshidi
14. Mohammad Hassanzadeh
15. Hamed Hosseinzadeh

[Lester Bo McCalebb]

When will they go to the Camp in Turkey?Which teams will play aganist Iran?

[Khalid80]

When will they go to the Camp in Turkey?Which teams will play aganist Iran?

If i'm not mistaken they will be there from the 18th till the 28th of June and will play against the NT's of Turkey, Tunisia, Algeria and FYROM/Macedonia in Istanbul.

Hope the other guys can confirm this info.

[Lester Bo McCalebb]

If i'm not mistaken they will be there from the 18th till the 28th of June and will play against the NT's of Turkey, Tunisia, Algeria and FYROM/Macedonia in Istanbul.

Hope the other guys can confirm this info.

Thank you Khalid!!! I know these teams will participate in Mediterranean Games.

[mohsena2631]

When will they go to the Camp in Turkey?Which teams will play aganist Iran?

It will start this Saturday for 10 days.
no official announcement but apparently they will play some Arabic teams there, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan etc.