The presence of the national volleyball team in the League of Nations with a young team and an Iranian head coach – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
According to the Mehr reporter, the competitions of the League of Nations Volleyball will start on June 7, while the national volleyball team of Iran, along with Brazil, Poland, France, USA, Slovenia, Serbia, Argentina, Italy, Canada, Japan, China, Germany, the Netherlands, and Bulgaria. And Australia are in this period of the Games.
The first experience with an in-house coach for the least expectation
The Iranian national volleyball team has the experience of participating in the previous three seasons of these games, while it was led by Igor Kolakovi ((2018 and 2019) and Vladimir Alkeno (2021), respectively.
In the 2022 competitions, the Football Federation of Iran decided to participate in these games with Behrouz Atai. Iran’s first experience with a national coach has been accompanied by the presence of young and promising players, so that there is less expectation for the conclusion of this team.
Behrouz Ataiee is leading the national team with his technical staff: Amir Khoshkhobar (supervisor), Alireza Toloo Kian (first assistant), Thomas Tutolo and Azim Jazideh (second assistant), Reza Gholipour (physiotherapist), Janas Vuich Mark (Bodybuilding coach), Hossein Khouriani and Amin Ali Akbari (analyst).
The presence of a young team with an Iranian coach
The Volleyball Federation of Iran has announced the average age of the national team in these competitions as 25 years, which shows the youth and inexperience of the players. Injuries to several experienced players also show the problems facing the Iranian team in these matches.
The initial list of 25 members of the Iranian national volleyball team in the 2022 Nations League based on specialized positions is as follows, 14 of whom are allowed to participate in each week of the tournament.
play cards: Ali Ramezani, Mohammad Taher Wadi, Javad Karimi and Fazel Pejman
Libero: Mohammad Reza Hazratpour, Mohammad Reza Moazen and Abolfazl Qolipour
Power Receiver: Milad Ebadipoor (Captain), Ismail Mosafer, Mojtaba Mirzajanpour, Meysam Salehi, Ehsan Daneshdoost, Amir Hossein Esfandiar, Amir Hassan Farhadi and Morteza Sharifi
Central defenders: Mehdi Jelveh, Reza Abedini, Amir Hossein Tokhteh, Ali Asghar Mojarad, Amir Reza Sarlak and Mihrab Malekisorkhi
Behind the female line: Saber Kazemi, Amin Ismailnejad, Pouria Yeli and Berdia Saadat
The fourth appearance to show authority
In 2018, the World Volleyball Federation decided to change the organization of the Men’s World League games and the Women’s Grand Prix, so that they could finally hold the “League of Nations” to continue the evolution of volleyball and attract a general audience. Competitions in which Iran is also a regular participant and ended in 2018 and 2019 with the victory of Russia. In 2020, the spread of the corona virus canceled the third round of the competition, and in 2021, Brazil won the championship.
Preliminary stage at a glance
The 2022 League of Nations volleyball in the men’s group will start on June 7, and the group stage of this competition will continue until July 10, with 96 matches. The participating teams will face each other in six different groups during the three weeks of the group stage. The hosts are as follows:
The first week
* Group one: Brazil, Brazil, and group two: Canada, Ottawa
second week
* Group three: Queensland Philippines and Group Four: Sofia, Bulgaria
Third week
Group 5: Osaka, Japan, and Group 6: Gdansk, Poland
The results of all the qualifying matches of the Volleyball Nations League are recorded in a table, and at the end of the group stage, the top seven teams will advance to the final stage, which will be accompanied by the Italian team of eight teams in the final stage of this competition.
The matches of the final stage of the 2022 Volleyball League of Nations will be followed from July 19 to August 2 in Bologna, Italy.
Schedule of 12 matches of the Iranian national volleyball team in the group stage, Tehran time
Wednesday 18 June; Iran – China, 01:30 AM
Friday, June 10; Iran – Netherlands; 22:30
Sunday 22 June; Iran – Australia; 04:30
Sunday 22 June; Iran – Japan; 20:30
سه شنبه ۳۱ خرداد; Iran – Bulgaria; 21:30
Thursday, July 2; America – Iran; 21:30
Friday, July 3; Iran – Brazil; 18 o’clock
Saturday, July 4; Canada – Iran, 3 p.m.
سه شنبه ۱۴ تیر; Iran – Poland; 22:30
Thursday, July 7; Iran – Italy; 16:30
Friday, July 8; Iran – Slovenia; 19:30
Saturday, July 9; Serbia – Iran; 19:30
The results of the group stage matches will be calculated in a table, and at the end of the preliminary stage, the top seven teams in the table, plus Italy (host), will advance to the final stage to compete for the first to eighth place.
The matches of the final stage of the 2022 League of Nations will be followed from July 19 to August 2 in Bologna, Italy.
Italian superpower against Iran
A total of 31 World League (28 seasons) and League of Nations (three seasons) Brazilian national volleyball team with 10 championships, seven runner-up titles and four bronze medals and third place, has been on the podium 21 times and is the most honorable title. Has the team.
Italy is in second place with eight medals, three runners-up and four third places in terms of statistics, and Russia is in third place with five gold, five silver and six bronze medals, respectively.
It should be noted that in the three rounds of the League of Nations, Russia with two championships and Brazil with one championship had the best performance.
The national volleyball team of Iran, which has had a continuous presence in these games, has obtained results in the World League competitions (before 2018 and after that, which are described in the following table:
Hosts and first to third teams of the past seasons of the World League and the League of Nations
World League (28 seasons)
Japan 1990: Italy, the Netherlands and Brazil
Italy 1991: Italy, Cuba and Russia
Italy 1992: Italy, Cuba and the United States
Brazil 1993: Brazil, Russia and Italy
Italy 1994: Italy, Cuba and Brazil
Brazil 1995: Italy, Brazil and Cuba
Netherlands 1996: The Netherlands, Italy and Russia
Russia 1997: Italy, Cuba and Russia
Italy 1998: Cuba, Russia and the Netherlands
Argentina 1999: Italy, Cuba and Brazil
Netherlands 2000: Italy, Russia and Brazil
Poland 2001: Brazil, Italy and Russia
Brazil 2002: Russia, Brazil and Yugoslavia
Spain 2003: Brazil, Serbia and Montenegro and Italy
Italy 2004: Brazil, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia 2005: Brazil, Serbia and Montenegro and Cuba
Russia 2006: Brazil, France and Russia
Poland 2007: Brazil, Russia and the United States
Brazil 2008: USA, Serbia and Russia
Serbia 2009: Brazil, Serbia and Russia
Argentina 2010: Brazil, Russia and Serbia
Poland 2011: Russia, Brazil and Poland
Bulgaria 2012: Poland, USA and Cuba
Argentina 2013: Russia, Brazil and Italy
Italy 2014: USA, Brazil and Italy
Brazil 2015: France, Serbia and the United States
Poland 2016: Serbia, Brazil and France
Brazil 2017: France, Brazil and Canada
League of Nations (four seasons)
France 2018: Russia, France and the United States
USA 2019: Russia, USA and Poland
2020: Not held due to corona outbreak
Italy 2021: Brazil, Poland and France
It should be seen that in 2022, Behrouz Atai with the national volleyball team of Iran can be a surprise and which team in Italy will win the championship of these competitions.