Iran staged another stunning performance in the FIVB 2014 Volleyball Men’s World Championship in Poland and thrashed Serbia 3-1 on Sunday evening to qualify for the third round of the tournament. The Asian champions showed excellent consistency throughout today’s match, and overpowered Serbia in a four setter (27-25, 22-25, 25-22 and 25-18) to keep their hopes high for winning a ... Read More »
Iranian men’s national volleyball team has been defeated by host Poland in the second round of the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship. On Saturday, the Poles hit the Iranian squad 3-2 in a neck-to-neck Pool E match at Atlas Arena in the central city of Lódz, the third-largest in Poland. The Iranian volleyball team lost the first two sets ... Read More »
Tasnim – Iran’s national volleyball team swept Puerto Rico in straight sets (25-17, 25-22, 25-14) at the 2014 FIVB Men’s World Championship on Sunday. Iran’s Shahram Mahmoudi ranked higher than all scorers with 13 tallies and teammate Mousavi matched his personal best in the competition with 8 blocks in a total of 12 points. “Iranian serve put us in trouble, ... Read More »
Tasnim – Iran’s Amir Ghafour said the Iranian volleyball team can finish as the first team of Pool D of the 2014 FIVB World Championship. Iran has defeated Italy 3-1 and US 3-2 in its first two matches in the World Championship. “I feel great, US won the World League this year and we expected they would be a tough ... Read More »
The Iranian team beat FIVB World League champion in Pool D of the 2014 FIVB Men’s World Championship at the Krakow Arena in Krakow, Poland. Slobodan Kovac’s men had lost to US 3-0 in July in the 2014 FIVB World League last four. Iran, who opened the campaign with a remarkable 3-1(25-16, 23-25,25-21, 25-22) win over Italy, will face France ... Read More »
Fars News – The Iranian men’s national volleyball team trounced Italy 3-1 in their opening match of the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship on Sunday. The Iranian men’s national volleyball team overpowered Italy 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-21 and 25-22) in Krakow, Poland, this afternoon. The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship matches are underway in Poland from August 30 ... Read More »
Al-Monitor reports, Iran’s national volleyball team is attracting record crowds on its first visit to the United States, part of a new wave of people-to-people exchanges promoted by both governments in recent months. Playing the US national team in the first of four exhibition matches on Aug. 9, the Iranians could be forgiven for thinking they were back in Tehran, ... Read More »
The game was played in San Diego and Iran won 3 sets to 2. Amir Ghafour had 26 points in the 24-26, 26-24, 25-27, 25-20, 15-9 victory. US had won the previous two friendlies 3 sets to 1 and 3 sets to 0. The last game will be played tomorrow Saturday August 16th in UC Irvine. The teams are using ... Read More »
Iranian American community in Southern California invited the members of both the US and Iranian national volleyball teams for lunch and a meet and greet. Teams are scheduled for four friendlies. US won the first game. Read More »
Iran volleyball team traveled to Los Angeles, California, on early Wednesday to play four friendlies against the U.S. outfit. The Iranian team lost to the U.S. 3-0 in the 2014 FIVB World League, which was held in Florence, Italy in July. Two teams will play four friendly matches in California. On Aug. 9, the two teams will play at the ... Read More »