The Iran national football team, also known as Team Melli, represents Iran in international football and is controlled by the Iran Football Federation. From December 2014 until May 2018, the men's national football team of Iran remained the highest-ranked team in Asia, representing the longest continuous period of time a team has been top of the continent in the rankings.
Fumiyuki Beppu is a Japanese professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo. His older brother is the cyclist Takumi Beppu.
The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), founded in 2001, is an association of the football playing nations in Western Asia. Its founding members are Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. In 2009, three more associations joined the federation: Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Four other nations of Western Asia: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia joined in 2010. Iran left the federation on 10 June 2014 with the creation of Central Asian Football Federation.
West Asian Games is a multi-sport event held every 4 years among the athletes from Western Asia. At present, WAG is joined by thirteen members namely Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Iran national under-23 football team, also known as Iran U-23 or Iran Olympic Team; represents Iran in international football competitions in Olympic Games, Asian Games and AFC U-22 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Iran Football Federation.
The Iranian national basketball team is controlled by the IR Iran Basketball Federation. Overall, the team won three out of the last five FIBA Asia Championship tournaments.
Mohammad Samad Nikkhah Bahrami is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Petrochimi in Iranian Basketball Super League as well as with the Iranian national basketball team, as a forward.
The Jordan national basketball team is the official basketball team of Jordan in international competitions and it is one of the top teams in Asia.
The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, also known as AIMAG, is a pancontinental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia, after the merger of the Asian Indoor Games and the Asian Martial Arts Games. The Games have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The Games are described as the second largest Asian multi-sport event after the Asian Games.
Syria participated in the 1997 West Asian Games held in Tehran, Iran from November 19 to November 28, 1997. Syria ranked 3rd with 16 gold medals in this edition of the West Asian Games.
Iran participated in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on 12–27 November 2010.
Basketball was one of the 42 sports at the 16th Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The event was held at the 13,000 seat Guangzhou International Sports Arena, Huangpu Gymnasium, Guangti Gymnasium, Ying Dong Gymnasium and Sports and Entertainment Centre.
Qatar hosted and participated in the 3rd West Asian Games held in Doha from December 1, 2005 to December 10, 2005. Qatar ranked 1st with 28 gold medals in this edition of the West Asian Games.
Iran participated in the 3rd West Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar from December 1, 2005 to December 10, 2005. Iran ranked 3rd with 20 gold medals in this edition of the West Asian Games.
Kabaddi at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Songdo Global University Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea from 28 September to 3 October 2014. Both of India's men's and women's teams would face and defeat Iran's respective teams in the finals, earning India's teams the Gold while Iran's teams would win the Silver. Meanwhile the men's team for both South Korea and Pakistan would win the Bronze, as would the women's teams of Bangladesh and Thailand, after their respective defeats in semifinals.
The Iran Men's National Volleyball Team is the national men's volleyball team of Iran. It is governed by the Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (I.R.I.V.F.) and takes part in international volleyball competitions.
The 2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twentieth edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF). The tournament was being held in Tehran, Iran, from 13 to 21 September 2019. Top eight teams of this tournament which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Olympic Games were qualified for the 2020 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Iran is currently competing in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Iran has competed at the Asian Games since the first event in 1951 Delhi, and the best achievement was in 1974, when the country hosted the event in Tehran, by ranked second with the acquisition of 36 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze medals. At the latest edition in Incheon, the country wrapped up its campaign with 57 medals in all - 21 gold, 18 silver and 18 bronze.
