| Iran at the 2008 Asian Beach Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | IRI |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in Bali | |
| Competitors | 10 in 1 sport |
| Medals |
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| Asian Beach Games appearances | |
Iran participated in the 2008 Asian Beach Games held in Bali, Indonesia from October 18, 2008 to October 26, 2008. At first Iran was supposed to send a big delegation to this event but finally only a beach soccer team represented Iran in Bali. [1] [2]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach soccer | 10 | 10 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Squad list | Preliminaries | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group D | Rank | |||||
| Hamed Ghorbanpour Hassan Abdollahi Farough Dara Ali Naderi Masoud Gholami Mahmoud Ayoubi Farid Boloukbashi Moslem Mesigar Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Mehdi Bahrololoum Coach: Farshad Falahatzadeh |  Malaysia W6–1 | 1 Q |  Bahrain L 1–3 | did not advance | 5 | |
 India W7–4 | ||||||
 China W6–3 | ||||||
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