Iran men's national goalball team

Iran men's national goalball team

Sport	Goalball
League	IBSA
Division	Men
Region	IBSA Asia
Location	Iran
Colours	White, red, green
Championships	Paralympic Games medals: : 0 : 0 : 0 World Championship medals: : 0 : 0 : 1

Iran men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Iran. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions.[1]

Paralympic Games

Main article: Goalball at the Summer Paralympics

2012 London

Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

The team competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics, with competition from 29 August to 9 September 2012, in the Copper Box Arena arena, London, Brazil.

The following is the Iran roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[2]

No.	Player	Age
1	Seyed Mehdi Sayahi	26
2	Mostafa Shahbazi Yajlou	23
3	Hassan Jafari	22
5	Javad Shirdel	21

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Iran	5	4	0	1	32	20	+12	12	Quarterfinals
China	5	3	1	1	20	14	+6	10
Belgium	5	3	1	1	19	16	+3	10
Algeria	5	2	0	3	18	17	+1	6
South Korea	5	1	0	4	18	28	−10	3	Eliminated
Canada	5	1	0	4	16	28	−12	3

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Goalball.sport.

Round-robin

30 August 2012 13:45	China	5 – 9	Iran	Copper Box, London Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Bülent Kimyon (TUR)
	Yao 3 Chen 2	Report	Sayahi 9

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31 August 2012 19:45	Iran	9 – 2	Canada	Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
	Jafari 4 Sayahi 3 Shahbazi 1 Shirdel 1	Report	Gaulin 2

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1 September 2012 18:30	Belgium	8 – 6	Iran	Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
	de Rick 3 Bihi 3 Vanhove 1 Mapreni 1	Report	Sayahi 3 Jafari 2 Shahbazi 1

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2 September 2012 13:45	Iran	4 – 3	South Korea	Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Sayahi 4	Report	Hong SW 2 Kim CH 1

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3 September 2012 10:15	Iran	4 – 2	Algeria	Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
	Sayahi 2 Jafari 1 Shirdel 1	Report	Mokrane 2

Quarter-finals

5 September 2012 21:00	Iran	1 – 5	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
	Sayahi 1	Report	Posio 3 Mattila 2

2024 Paris

Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

The team competed in the 2024 Summer Paralympics, with competition from 29 August to 5 September 2024, in the South Paris Arena, Paris, France.

The following is the Iran roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[3]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
2	Mohammadmahdi Nafisinasab	B3	(2003-04-05)5 April 2003 (aged 21)
3	Hassan Jafari	B2	(1990-03-25)25 March 1990 (aged 34)
4	Mahdi Abbasi	B1	(1998-11-02)2 November 1998 (aged 25)
6	Nematollah Sarafraz	B2	(1985-06-22)22 June 1985 (aged 39)
7	Milad Souri	B1	(1995-04-30)30 April 1995 (aged 29)
8	Mohammad Parnia Jomairan	B1	(1991-12-03)3 December 1991 (aged 32)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	28	20	+8	7	Quarter-finals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	27	24	+3	6
3	Iran	3	1	1	1	26	29	−3	4
4	France (H)	3	0	0	3	17	25	−8	0

Source: Paris 2024
(H) Hosts

Round-robin

30 August 2024

13:15

France	8–12	Iran
Ouni 0', 9', 11', 15', 22' Boualia 1' Baich 13', 17'	Report	Jafari 2', 4', 6', 7', 7', 9', 12', 22' Sarafraz 10' Souri 17', 17' Parnia Jomairan 23'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)

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31 August 2024

17:30

Brazil	7–7	Iran
Dantas 0', 2', 6', 19' Sousa 12' Moreno 14' Ernesto 22'	Report	Sarafraz 4', 17', 22', 23' Souri 17', 21', 23'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Patrik Larsson (Sweden)
Juha Vuokila (Finland)

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1 September 2024

13:15

Iran	7–14	United States
Souri 8', 8', 9', 21', 21' Jafari 16', 17'	Report	Young 0', 1', 7', 16', 18', 20' Merren 3', 6' King 6', 8', 9' Simpson 11', 19', 21'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Sarah Kuper (Germany)
Claude Dagenais (Canada)

Quarter-finals

2 September 2024

15:00

Ukraine	6–3	Iran
Oliinyk 2', 4', 22', 23' Strelchyk 9', 23'	Report	Sarafraz 6', 14', 16'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Raquel Aguado (Spain)

Classification Playoff 5/6

3 September 2024

10:45

United States	3–4	Iran
Merren 0' King 16', 19'	Report	Jafari 3', 22' Parnia Jomairan 3', 18'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Azhi Mahmood (Iraq)
Claude Dagenais (Canada)

See also

• Disabled sports
• Iran women's national goalball team
• Iran at the Paralympics

References

1. "International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
2. "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Iran". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
3. "Goalball – Team Iran". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 August 2024.