Iran got tested right in their very first game but passed as much with flying colors as they overcame Qatar in an overtime thriller, 76-74, to start off their FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers campaign, Friday night at a packed Azadi Basketball Hall.

Iran basketball team moved up three places in the FIBA World Ranking Boys.

Japan defeated Iran 96-61 at Takasaki Arena in the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifier on Thursday. With the win, Japan kept Irans hopes and dreams of returning to the World Cup on hold for at least another game. Josh Hawkinson was among the most productive members on the Akatsuki Japan squad, recording 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 assists in his ...

MNA - The Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has offered his congratulations on securing a place by the National Iranian Men's Basketball Team in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In his message, which was issued minutes after the news came out, Ali Larijani describedthe achievement by theNational Iranian Men's Basketball ...

Tehran Times - The 40 participating teams (20 mens and 20 womens) were divided into 8 pools of 5 - none more difficult than Mens Pool A featuring last years 2 finalists Serbia and the Netherlands besides USA following the automatic seeding of the 6th edition of the FIBA 3x3 World Cup, which will take place in Amsterdam in exactly 4 months, on June ...

Tasnim - The Iranian national basketball team claimed a silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games on Saturday. Team Melli lost to China 84-72 in the final match at the GBK in Jakarta, Indonesia. Hamed Haddadi led Iran with 27 points while Abudushalamu Abudurexiti from China scored 20 points. The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Asian ...

Press TV - Iranianbasketball coach Abbas Khaki has signed a contract to steer the national Iraqi mens wheelchair basketball team until the conclusion of the3rd edition of Asian Para Games in early October. The 42-year-old Iranian finalized an agreement with officials fromthe National Paralympic Committee of Iraq in Baghdad earlier this week....

MNA Iranian basketballers suffered a defeat against Australia to become vice-champion in FIBA Asia Cup in Beirut. In the final debut competed on Sunday evening the Lebanese capital, Irans outfit against Australian rivals comprised Hamed Haddadi, Arsalan Kazemi, Behnam Yakhchali, Mohammad Jamshidi and Sajjad Yakhchali who had been convoked by ...

Xinhua - Australia and Iran will vie for the title of the FIBA Asia Cup after Australia overcame New Zealand 106-79 and Iran beat South Korea 87-81 Saturday. Australia were the first to book their space in the final as Matthew Hodgson top scored with 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting and six players hit double figures in the win for Australia. Nicholas ...

FIBA- It's only been six months since they won the FIBA Asia Challenge but already Iran's players cannot wait to suit up for the national team again. While the Iranians will take aim at a fourthcontinental crown in the space of a decade at this summer's FIBA Asia Cup in Lebanon from August 10-20, it is the launch ofFIBA's Competition System 2017+ ...

The Washington Post- In the wake of President Trumps executive order barring many people from seven majority Muslim countries from entering the U.S., much has been made of the difficulties the ban has caused for some foreign athletes playing here. However, there is another side to the coin, as a pair of American basketball players who ply their trade ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian national basketball team claimed the title of the FIBA Asia Challenge 2016 after defeating South Korea 77-47. Also, Jordan defeated fellow West Asian side Iraq 94-72 in the third place match. Rounding off the top five teams of the tournament were the Chinese, who turned back Japan in their classification game 75-67....

TEHRAN (2016 FIBA Asia U18 Championship) - Iran reclaimed their spot atop the continent by claiming the title at the 2016 FIBA Asia U18 Championship with a 71-65 victory over Japan. Mehran Rezaei led the way with 18 points for Iran while MohammadJafari scored 16 points and Amirhossein Rezaeifar picked up 10 points and 12 rebounds as Iran won their ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran beat three-time reigning champion China here on Friday in a thriller to reach the semi-final of the 2016 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship. Iran will face South Korea in semis and the other semi-final will see Japan take on Lebanon. In a game worthy of being a final, Mohammad Jafari's free throws with 7 seconds left secured ...

TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) National Iranian basketball was trounced by South Korea to experience first loss at the 2016 William Jones Cup underway in Taiwan. Day 5 competitions of the international tournament was held at Hsinchuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City of Taiwan with the Persians conceded a 50-67 defeat against South Korean rivals. Despite ...

The Iranian national mens basketball team has captured its third consecutive victory at the preliminary round of the 2016 William Jones Cup in Taiwan,defeating the Egyptian contingent in the international tournament. On Tuesday, the Iranian sportsmen claimed a 75-64 win against Egypt in a match staged at the Hsinchuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City....

Iranian basketball players have managed to pick up the trophy at the end of the second edition of the Asian University 3x3 Basketball Championship in Macau, following a well-served victory over the hosts. The Payame Noor University outfit, which was representing the Islamic Republic of Iran in the six-day tournament at the main gym of the University ...

The Iranian national junior basketball team hascrushed Indonesia at the group stage of the 2016 FIBAAsia Under-18 Championship, and breezed past the Southeast Asiansquad by a nearly three-fold lead. The young Iranian athletes conquered their Indonesian counterparts 106-40 in their Group B opener of the event staged at Azadi Sports Complex, western ...

The Iranian national junior basket ball team hasbeen drawn in Group B of the 2016FdrationInternationale deBasketball (FIBA) Asia Under-18 Championship, which is scheduled to be held later this month in the Iranian capital city of Tehran. The Islamic Republic of Iran was drawnin Group B of the preliminary round of the sports event, and has joined ...

The national Iranian mens basketball team has impressed the spectatorsat the 2016 International Basketball Challenge, also known as the 2016 Atlas Challenge, in China, and been crowned as the champion of thesix-day international sporting event. On Sunday, the Iranian squad, which had defeated China B 80-69 in the semi-final round the previous ...