Iran men's national field hockey team

Iran
Nickname Team Melli
Association Hockey Federation of I.R. Iran
Coach Rajab Nourani
FIH ranking 63rd
First kit
Second kit

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

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

Year Rank Pld W D L
Japan 1958Did not enter
Indonesia 1962
Thailand 1966
Thailand 1970
Iran 19746th place5005
Thailand 1978Did not enter
India 1982
South Korea 1986
China 1990
Japan 1994
Thailand 1998
South Korea 2002
Qatar 2006
China 2010
Total1/145005

Asian Cup

Main article: Hockey Asia Cup
Year Rank Pld W D L
Pakistan 1982Did not enter
Bangladesh 198510th place4004
India 1989Did not enter
Japan 1993
Malaysia 1999
Malaysia 2003Did not qualify
India 2007Did not enter
Malaysia 2009
Malaysia 2013
Total1/94004

West Asian Cup

Year Rank Pld W D L
Qatar 2014Runners-up3120
Total1/13120

AHF Cup

Year Rank Pld W D L
Hong Kong 1997Did not enter
Hong Kong 20025th place6204
Singapore 2008Did not enter
Thailand 2012
Total1/46204

Indoor hockey results

World Cup

Year Rank Pld W D L
Germany 2003Did not enter
Austria 2007
Poland 20119th place6303
Germany 20154th place8215
Total2/414518

Asian Cup

Year Rank Pld W D L
Malaysia 2008Champions6600
Malaysia 2009Champions5500
Malaysia 2010Champions6600
Thailand 2012Champions7700
Taiwan 2014Champions5500
Total5/5292900

Asian Indoor Games

Main article: Asian Indoor Games
Year Rank Pld W D L
Macau 2007Champions6510
Total1/16510

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