Iran national baseball team

Iran Iran national baseball team
Country Iran Iran
Federation Iran Baseball Federation
Confederation BFA
Manager vacant

The Iran national baseball team (Persian: تیم ملی بیسبال ایران‎‎) is the national baseball team of Iran. The team represents Iran in international competitions.

History

Iran baseball committee was founded in 1992 by Mr. Mohammad Bagher Zolfagharian. In 1993 it became a federation and continued to function as a federation until 2010, when it became part of Sports Associations Federation. This was largely caused by the inactivity of its national team due to the fact that there were not enough teams in the Middle East to play against and gain experience and also the team not being strong enough to play against the elite teams of Southeast Asia.

Currently Baseball is played in 12 Provinces in Iran with the potential for many more if helped with the problem of shortage of equipment. Iran has one stadium specifically designed for baseball in the city of Karaj, but other cities for the most part use soccer fields for official games and practice sessions.

From 1994 until 2009, every year teams representing their provinces participated in a national championship with Tehran (10), Bushehr and Isfahan (2 each) and Kerman (1) splitting the championship trophies.

In 2010, the National Championship games were replaced by a Club Championship League. Club teams were split in to a North and South conference with the top two teams in each conference advancing to the playoffs. Since the inception of this league, Tehran's Azarakhsh Club, Bushehr's Naderi Club and Kerman's Mes Club have been able to each win 1 championship.[1]

Iran's national team has participated in 5 Asia Cups (1999, 2006, 2012, 2013 and 2015) and has been able to win the silver medal and bronze medal in the Western Division in 2012 and 2015.

Current Staff

Players

The following players were called up for the national team camp prior to the 2015 Presidential Cup which was played from September 9–13 at Azadi Sport Complex.[2]

Most notable baseballer of Iranian origin is Yu Darvish who plays in MLB, although he has not yet received an invitation to the national team!

Pos. 0#0 Player Date of birth (age) Club
Moein Hassani Iran Kerman
Nima Bagherinia Iran Isfahan
Rajabali Barzegar Iran Semnan
Yaghoub Hosseinpour Iran Hormozgan
Kaveh Chah Bejari Iran Bushehr
Abtin Nakhjavanpour Iran Alborz
Mohammad Goodarzi Iran Alborz
Mehran Sajjadpour Iran Alborz
Davoud Jabari Iran Alborz
Mojtaba Gordan Iran Semnan
Mohammad Ali Kalantari Iran Semnan
Jalal Changizi Iran Semnan
Jalil Changizi Iran Semnan
Iman Khaligh Saket Iran Gilan
Hamid Mohammadi Iran Gilan
Amir Khaligh Saket Iran Gilan
Kian Naddafi Iran Gilan
Reham Borhani Iran Gilan
Sina Ghadimi Iran Gilan
Ahmadreza Derayesh Iran Isfahan
Keivan Rana Iran Bushehr
Yasin Sharifi Ziyarati Iran Bushehr
Yasser Sedighipour Iran Isfahan
Mohammad Hossein Safdari Iran Qom
Hessam Arefzadeh Iran Bushehr
Reza Shabani Iran Bushehr
Armin Gharibi Iran Bushehr
Mehdi Vaezzadeh Iran Bushehr
Mehdi Masoumi Iran Bushehr
Amir Bazhvand Iran Bushehr
Mehrdad Pooyanfar Iran Bushehr
Mohsen Mohammadi Iran Bushehr
Majid Mohammadi Senej Iran Qom
Seyed Abdollah Mohimian Azad Iran Bushehr
Nima Vaghari Iran Khorasan Razavi
Mohammad Reza Arabi Iran Khorasan Razavi
Reza Yousefi Iran Khorasan Razavi
Ahmad Ramezanzadeh Iran Khorasan Razavi

Managerial history

Tournament history

Asian Baseball Cup

Host/Year Round/Rank
Philippines 1995, ManilaDid not enter
Thailand 1997, BangkokDid not enter
India 1999, ChandigarhParticipated
Indonesia 2001, JakartaDid not enter
Thailand 2002, BangkokDid not enter
Thailand 2004, BangkokDid not enter
Pakistan 2006, Rawalpindi5th
(out of 5 teams)
Thailand 2009, BangkokDid not enter
Pakistan 2010, IslamabadDid not enter
Pakistan 2012, LahoreThird place[12]
Pakistan 2013, LahoreDid not enter
Pakistan 2015, IslamabadRunner-up

Presidential Cup

2015 Presidential Cup was an international tournament hosted by Iran, it was played from September 9–13 at Azadi Sport Complex which was won by India, other participants were Iraq and Afghanistan.[13]

Host/Year Round/Rank
Iran 2015, TehranRunner-up

Achievements

Asian Baseball Cup - Western Division

Iran Presidential Cup

Recent fixtures and results

References

  1. ↑ http://www.baseballasia.org/BFA/include/index.php?Page=9-1-9
  2. ↑ http://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1394/06/01/837401/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF
  3. ↑ http://www.payvand.com/news/09/jan/1301.html http://donya-e-eqtesad.com/news/493978
  4. ↑ http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2009/4/19/31725/Former-Dominican-player-named-Irans-baseball-coach
  5. ↑ http://www.mehrnews.com/news/862236/%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B2-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF
  6. ↑ http://elvatra.com/post/1519-%d9%85%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%ad%d8%a7%d8%ac%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a8%db%8c-%d8%aa%db%8c%d9%85-%d9%85%d9%84%db%8c-%d8%a8%db%8c%d8%b3-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84-%d9%88-%d9%be%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%a8%db%8c%d8%b3-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7-%d9%be%db%8c%d9%88%d8%b3%d8%aa
  7. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/baseball-in-iran-is-more-like-the-bad-news-bears-than-the-major-leagues/2014/07/16/767f8752-3ea8-4b96-9198-e44136771a25_story.html
  8. ↑ http://www.baseballasia.org/BFA/include/index.php?Page=2&news01=21114617554a263e51c98c
  9. ↑ http://baseballdeworld.com/2015/01/07/iran-toma-irokawa-manage-national-team/
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq1bTZnaisI
  11. ↑ http://www.mehrnews.com/news/2285996/%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C-%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AF
  12. ↑ http://www.baseballasia.org/BFA/include/index.php?Page=1-1
  13. ↑ http://www.sportskeeda.com/baseball/indian-baseball-team-create-history-iran-win-first-ever-gold
  14. ↑ http://msy.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=152&info_id=9257
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.