Iran men's national field hockey team

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Iran
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Nickname(s)Team Melli
Association Hockey Federation of I.R. Iran
Head Coach Rajab Nourani
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Home
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Away
FIH ranking
Current 92 Steady2.svg (2 May 2022) [1]
Highest51 (November 2015 – August 2016)
Lowest77 (June 2019)
Asian Games
Appearances1 (first in 1974 )
Best result6th (1974)
Asia Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1985 )
Best result10th (1985)

The Iran men's national field hockey team is the national field hockey team of Iran. It is governed by the Hockey Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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History

Iran took part as hosts in the 1974 Asian Games where Iran occupied the sixth and last place losing to eventual champions Pakistan 13–0.

Iran also took part in the 1985 Asia Cup held in Dhaka, Bangladesh where Iran came last in the 10-nation event again suffering a heavy 16–0 defeat at the hands of again eventual winners Pakistan.

More recently Iran has enjoyed success at the indoor event, winning Indoor Hockey Asia Cup on four occasions and also participated at 2011 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup and 2015 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup. In 2015 Men's World Cup, Iran made a history and advanced to semifinals by hammering Russia 8–5. In semifinals, it lost the game to Austria and Germany and finished the tournament in 4th place.

Tournament records

Asian Games

YearRankPldWDL
Flag of Japan.svg 1958 Did not enter
Flag of Indonesia.svg 1962
Flag of Thailand.svg 1966
Flag of Thailand.svg 1970
State Flag of Iran (1964).svg 1974 6th place5005
Flag of Thailand.svg 1978 Did not enter
Flag of India.svg 1982
Flag of South Korea.svg 1986
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1990
Flag of Japan.svg 1994
Flag of Thailand.svg 1998
Flag of South Korea.svg 2002
Flag of Qatar.svg 2006
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2010
Flag of South Korea.svg 2014 ----
Total1/155005

Asian Cup

YearRankPldWDL
Flag of Pakistan.svg 1982 Did not enter
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 1985 10th place4004
Flag of India.svg 1989 Did not enter
Flag of Japan.svg 1993
Flag of Malaysia.svg 1999
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2003 Did not qualify
Flag of India.svg 2007 Did not enter
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2009
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2013
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2017 ----
Total1/104004

West Asian Cup

YearRankPldWDL
Flag of Qatar.svg 2014Runners-up3120
Total1/13120

AHF Cup

YearRankPldWDL
Flag of Hong Kong.svg 1997Did not enter
Flag of Hong Kong.svg 20025th place6204
Flag of Singapore.svg 2008Did not enter
Flag of Thailand.svg 2012
Flag of Indonesia.svg 2022 6th place6114
Total2/512318

Indoor hockey results

World Cup

YearRankPldWDL
Flag of Germany.svg 2003 Did not enter
Flag of Austria.svg 2007
Flag of Poland.svg 2011 9th place6303
Flag of Germany.svg 2015 4th place8215
Flag of Germany.svg 2018 Third place8431
Total3/522949

Asian Cup

YearRankPldWDL
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2008Champions6600
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2009Champions5500
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2010Champions6600
Flag of Thailand.svg 2012Champions7700
Flag of the Republic of China.svg 2014Champions5500
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 2015 Champions5500
Flag of Qatar.svg 2017 Champions5500
Flag of Thailand.svg 2019 Champions6600
Total8/8454500

Asian Indoor Games

YearRankPldWDL
Flag of Macau.svg 2007 Champions6510
Total1/16510

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References

  1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.