Iran national kabaddi team

Iran
Association	Kabaddi Federation of I.R. Iran
Confederation	Asian Kabaddi Federation (AKF)
Captain	Fazel Atrachali
Most caps	Fazel Atrachali (188)
World cup apps	3
World cup first	2004
World cup best	2nd (2004, 2007, 2016)
Regional name	Asian Games
Regional cup apps	5
Regional cup first	2006
Regional cup best	1st (2018)
2ndregional name	Asian Championship
2ndregional cup apps	5
2ndregional cup first	2002
2ndregional cup best	1st (2003)

The Iran national kabaddi team represents the Islamic Republic of Iran in international kabaddi.

Tournament records

*Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.

Standard kabaddi

World Cup

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L
2004	Runners-up	5	4	1
2007	Runners-up	6	5	1
2016	Runners-up	7	5	2
Total	3/3	18	14	4

Asian Games

Year	Rank	M	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
1990	Did not enter
1994
1998
2002
2006	Fourth place	5	1	1	3	148	183	-35
2010	Runners-up	4	2	0	2	116	113	+3
2014	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	200	106	+94
2018	Champions	7	7	0	0	342	143	+199
2022	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	236	115	+121
Total	5/9	26	18	1	7	1042	660	+382

Asian Kabaddi Championship

Year	Rank
1980 to 2001	Did not enter
2002	Third place
2003	Champions
2005	Third place
2017	Third place
2023	Runners-up
Total	5/11

Dubai Kabaddi Masters

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
2018	Runners-up	6	5	0	1
Total	2/6	6	5	0	1

Beach kabaddi

World Championship

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
2024	Champions	6	6	0	0
Total	1/1	6	6	0	0

Asian Beach Games

Year	Rank	M	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
2008	Did not enter
2010	Third place	5	3	0	2	237	168	+69
2012	Champions	4	4	0	0	179	115	+64
2014	Champions	5	5	0	0	217	152	+65
2016	Did not enter
2026	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0
Total	3/5	14	12	0	2	633	435	+198

Indoor kabaddi

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Year	Rank	M	W	L	PF	PA	PD
2007	Third place	6	4	2	249	114	+135
2009	Runners-up	5	4	1	293	148	+145
2013	Runners-up	6	4	2	276	189	+87
2026	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	+0
Total	3/3	17	12	5	818	451	+367

Circle kabaddi

Circle World Cup

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
2010	Round 1	4	0	0	4
2011	Did not enter
2012	Fourth place	5	3	0	2
2013	Did not enter
2014	Third place	6	4	0	2
2016	Fourth place	7	5	0	2
2020	Third place	6	4	0	2
Total	5/7	28	16	0	12

Circle Asian Cup

Year	Rank	M	W	L	PF	PA	PD
2011	Third place	4	2	2	-	-	-
2012	Third place	5	3	2	176	128	+49
2016	Third place	5	3	2	304	171	+133
Total	3/3	14	8	6	480	299	+181

Current squad

Name	Role	Franchise
Meraj Sheykh	Captain, All Rounder	Dabang Delhi
Abolfazl Maghsoudlou	Raider	Bengaluru Bulls
Gholamabbas Korouki	Raider
Mohammadesmaeil Maghsoudlou Mahalli	Raider	U Mumba
Mohammadtaghi Paeinmahali	Raider	Bengal Warriors
Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari	Raider	U Mumba
Abozar Mohajer Mighani	Defender	Bengal Warriors
Fazel Atrachali	Captain, Defender	Bengal Warriors
Hadi Tajik	Defender	Puneri Paltan
Milad Sheibak	Defender	Tamil Thalaivas
Soleiman Pahlevani	Defender
Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh	All Rounder	Gujarat Giants
Hadi Oshtorak	All Rounder	Gujarat Fortunegiants
Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan	All Rounder	Telugu Titans
Saeid Ghaffari	All Rounder	Dabang Delhi
Mohammed Sajith Afridi	All Rounder
Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh	All rounder	Gujarat Giants

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Gholamreza Mazandarani
Assistant coach	Vahid Kharaqani
Bodybuilding / Strength & Conditioning Coach	Vajieleh Shahri
Team Manager	Ruholeh Agassi

International grounds

Stadium	City	Province	Capacity	Matches hosted	Notes
Azadi Indoor Stadium	Tehran	Tehran Province	6,000	Asian Kabaddi Championship, international matches	Major indoor venue for kabaddi and other indoor sports in Iran
Shohada-ye Haftom-e Tir Stadium	Tehran	Tehran Province	3,000	National team training, friendly matches	Frequently used for training and exhibition kabaddi matches

References

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