TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Raul Lozano has been repeatedly linked with Iran Volleyball Federation as a replacement for Slobodan Kovac. The Iranian federation has not yet reached an agreement with the Serbian coach to continue the cooperation with the national team. Raul Lozano, Juan Manuel Cichello and Lorenzo Bernardi are among the candidates but we ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Following a poor run of results in the 2015 FIVB World Cup, reports are spreading that the Iranian national volleyball team's coach Slobodan Kovac is likely to be sacked. The Iranian volleyball team failed to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio through World Cup in Japan, finishing eight out of 12 teams. Afterward, Kovac ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian national volleyball team's coach Slobodan Kovac predicts that they will have three difficult matches in the third round of the 2015 FIVB Mens World Cup. Iran has been scheduled to face Australia on in Tokyo on Monday. I expect three difficult matches because Australia, Canada and Egypt are good teams. Also we are near ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran volleyball coach Slobodan Kovac believes the USA played a great volleyball against his team at the FIVB Volleyball Mens World Cup 2015. USA beat Iran 3-1 (20-25, 25-19, 25-22, and 25-21) on Thursday in Osaka, Japan. The loss means that Iran is mathematically out of the running for a top two finish. They played great volleyball ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian national volleyball team's head coach Slobodan Kovac is hopeful that his team be able to get a good a result against Poland in the first round of the FIVB Volleyball Mens World Cup on Saturday. Iran outclassed Venezuela in straight sets (25-20, 25-17, 25-15) to grab back-to-back wins in the first round of the competition ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian national volleyball team's coach Slobodan Kovac hit out at his team due to bad performance against Poland in the FIVB World League. Iran lost to Poland 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-19) in Pool B encounters in Tehrans Azadi Hall on Sunday evening. First of all, congratulations to Poland. They played well and they won. ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian national volleyball team coach Slobodan Kovac said they want to repeat their victories against the US in two matches against Poland. Iran will meet powerhouse Poland in Tehrans Azadi Hall on Friday and Sunday in Week 7 of the FIVB World League. Iran has two difficult matches against Poland and we will do our best to play ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) Iran's Kovac set out his list of 14 volleyballers to face the Polish team in Tehran. Iran's boss Slobodan Kovac released his list of the 14 members of the squad for the coming matches of Friday and Sunday in the seventh weekof the 2015 FIVB World League. Iran is set to play against Poland on June 26 and 28 in Azadi Sport ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian national volleyball team's coach Slobodan Kovac praised his team beating reigning world league champion in Sunday night. The Iranian team beat USA 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-19) in Tehrans Azadi Stadium in Pool B of the 2015 FIVB World League. In the first match, the atmosphere surprised the USA. In this match, my players ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian national volleyball team head coach Slobodan Kovac said that the US is the best volleyball team in the world. Iran has been scheduled to play USA in week 6 of the FIVB Volleyball World League in Tehrans Azadi Stadium, which seats close to 12,000, is expected to be full to capacity. First of all, I am happy there are no ...

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's national volleyball team coach Slobodan Kovac said that the match against Russia is their last chance to reach the 2015 FIVB World League final. Iran defeated Russia 3-1 (20-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-23) in Pool B in Kazan Saturday night. "Russia match is the last chance in our away match and we must defeat them. We put up ...

[caption id="attachment_95278" align="alignright" width="171"] Iranian national volleyball team head coach Slobodan Kovac[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian national volleyball team head coach Slobodan Kovac will return to Tehran on Monday. Iran will have to prepare for three important events, namely 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, 2015 ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran national volleyball coach Slobodan Kova? said that for the Iranian players to be successful in the Asian Games was more important than World Championship in Poland. Iran finished in sixth place at the FIVB World Championship in late September and won the title of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea in early October....

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's national volleyball team coach Slobodan Kovac said that sixth place overall is a fantastic result in the FIVB Mens World Championship. Russia defeated Iran in straight sets (25-19, 25-21, 25-18) in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship at the Atlas Arena on Saturday. When a team like Russia is playing its best ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran coach and captain say they shouldn't be seen as surprise to the FIVB World Championship Final Six Round as they are now among the world volleyball powerhouses. While many volleyball experts are labelling them as the surprising teams of the tournament in comparison to the other three big machines in the Final Six, the representatives ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's National Volleyball team became the second Pool E team to secure a place in the third round of FIVB Mens World Championship after beating Serbia 3-1. The Asian champions showed excellent consistency throughout yesterday's match, and overpowered Serbia in a four setter (27-25, 22-25, 25-22 and 25-18). Amir Ghafour was again ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian national volleyball team coach Slobodan Kovac said that his team just played good in the fourth set against Australia. Iran beat Australia in a four-setter (25-23, 25-21, 21-25, 25-17) to earn its first win in the second round of the FIVB Men's World Championship at the Luczniczka Hall on Wednesday. This was not our best ...