Why is volleyball the best group sport in Iran? – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to the report of Mehr news agency, citing the volleyball federation, the review of the performance of volleyball since the beginning of this sport in Iran and the number of Asian and world titles and medals of this sport prove that volleyball in Iran is the best team sport in the country.
To prove this issue, in a full report, we analyzed the performance of Iranian men’s and women’s volleyball in different age groups, and the honors of this Iranian team sport are superior to all active sports in the country.
In this report, the performance of Iran’s national volleyball teams in 176 events including the Olympic Games, the World Championship, the World Cup, the World League, the League of Nations, the Continental Champions Cup, the Solidarity Games of Islamic Countries, the Asian Championship, the Asian Games, the Asian Confederation Cup, Challenge Cup Asia, Jam WagnerAsian Hopes Championship, Under 21 World Championship, Under 20 Asian Championship, Junior World Boys Championship, Asian Junior Championship, Under 16 Asian Championship, Under 16 Central Asian Championship, Central Asian Nations League, Youth Olympic Games, Sheikh Cup Rashid and the Kazakhstan Presidential Cup have been cited, the information and statistical data of which are as follows.
Another point of this statistical report is the outstanding performance of Mohammad Reza as a referee in the volleyball federation, which no sports director can achieve his records for many years.
Mastery in sports management, international knowledge and sufficient familiarity with volleyball, along with a professional plan and strategy with the seasoning of management stability in the volleyball federation, can be considered as the main pillars of the referee’s success on the way to achieving the record of the most successful sports manager in Iran.
The beginning of volleyball in Iran
At the end of 1299, volleyball from Mir Mahdi Varzandeh, the great master of sports, came to Iran and his education began at Darul-Mulemmin Sports. In the beginning, the game of volleyball in Iran did not have any special rules and was played in different ways. The techniques and tactics of volleyball, like its rules, did not have a principled basis, and each player used his own personal initiative, mostly by punching or Sembe He was playing with the ball.
In 1302 A.H., by using the translation of foreign magazines, the laws that were implemented in other countries at that time became common in Iran. Since 1304, public attention towards this sport has increased and within a short period of time, many fans were attracted to volleyball.
The first volleyball match was in 1304 between the two teams of Dar al-Mulemmin Sports and Club It was well done with excitement He was with me a lot. Because the competition was new for the people, their presence caused more competition between the two teams and increased its excitement. This match became an introduction to the increasing development of volleyball in Iran.
Iran’s first men’s national volleyball team
Iran’s national volleyball team competed against a foreign team for the first time in Iran on April 31, 1337. At that time, Pakistan men’s national volleyball team was invited to Tehran and played three friendly matches with national and club teams and Iran’s army, and Iran’s national men’s volleyball team was formed for the first time this year to play against this team and prove itself. to prepare for the Asian Games.
Soon after, Iran’s national men’s volleyball team was sent to the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo. The members of this team consisted of eight players (Kamal Porhashmi, Abdul Moneim Kamal, Mohammad Ismail Ashtari, Mohammad Sharifzadeh, Abbas Tehrani, Mahmoud Adel, Hossein Ali Amiri and Siavash Farkhi) and Professor Fereydoun Sharifzadeh, one of the greats of volleyball, basketball and football of that era, also as The head coach accompanied this team.
Iran’s national volleyball team, which participated in such an important event for the first time, played in four matches, and in the first to third matches, they defeated India (three to one), the Philippines (three to two) and Hong Kong (three to three). Safar) and faced Japan (the host) in the finals and lost the result 3-0 and proudly won the second place in the tournament and brought Iran the silver medal in the first Asian Games volleyball tournament.
** The presence of Iranian volleyball representatives in 176 events
Iran’s men’s and women’s national volleyball teams in different age groups participated in 176 important events in Asia and the world from the 1958 Asian Games in Japan until now (the end of 2023), and the list of these events is as follows:
Men’s two periods of the Olympic Games
Seven World Men’s Volleyball Championships
Four editions of the Men’s World Cup
Five rounds of the World Volleyball League
Five rounds of the Men’s Volleyball Nations League
Three rounds of the Continental Champions Cup
Four rounds of volleyball solidarity games of Islamic countries
A volleyball course of solidarity games of Islamic countries
20 Asian Men’s Championship
Eight rounds of Asian women’s volleyball championship
10 men’s courses of the Asian Games
Asian Games women’s three rounds
Seven rounds of men’s volleyball of the Asian Confederation Cup (AVC CUP)
6 Asian Confederation Cup (AVC CUP) women’s volleyball courses
a course Challenge Cup Asian women
Three periods of men of the cup Wagner
A period of West Asian competitions
Two championships of Asian hopes (men) (under 23 years old)
Two rounds of Asian Hope (Women’s) volleyball championship (under 23 years old)
14 world under 21 men’s championships (youths)
17 Asian Under-20 Men’s Championship (Youth)
6 Asian Under-19 Women’s Championships (Youths)
14 World Junior Boys Championship
11 Asian boys junior championships
Seven championships of Asian girls’ juniors
A championship under 16 years of Asian boys
A championship under the age of 16 girls in Asia
A Central Asian boy under 16 championship course
Two rounds of the League of Central Asian Nations
A period of the Junior Olympic Games
Four rounds of the Sheikh Rashid Cup
Three rounds of the Kazakhstan Presidential Cup
Head of 18 people in the volleyball federation
At the beginning of the establishment of sports federations (1324), volleyball and basketball had a joint federation and it continued in this way until 1336. At the end of 1336, volleyball became an independent federation and Amir Abbas Amin started his work as the first president of the volleyball federation.
Since then, 18 people have been in charge of leading this federation, Gholamreza Jabari and Mohammad Reza Davarzani were the presidents of the federation in 2 periods. Therefore In terms of the number of people, since the beginning of the establishment of the volleyball federation, 20 people have been in charge of planning and directing this sport in Iran as president and supervisor.
Amir-Abbas Amin, Kazem Derari, Ali-Akbar Mirfakhrai, Kamal KhanliFaridun Farrukhnia, Mehdi Khazaei, Farhad Masoudi, Manouchehr Shapouri, Mahmoud Adel, Gholamreza Jabari, Jaber Khalafzadeh, Hossein Alirezai Tehrani, Parviz Khaki, Mohammadreza Yazdanikhorram, Ahmad Ziyai, Afshin Davari, Ali Fatahi and Mohammadreza Davarzani, presidents and supervisors of the volleyball federation in this were long
Arbitration with a different function
Mohammad Reza Davarzani has been in charge of the Volleyball Federation from August 14, 1985 to January 7, 1396 (11 years and 114 days) and from November 29, 1398 until now (about four years) and a total of 15 years and 110 days, which is a long period of time and It is about five thousand 590 days. Of course, during the time when Davarzani was not present in volleyball due to his acceptance of the post of deputy of professional sports and the championship of the Ministry of Sports, his main concern was still volleyball, and the president of the time, Ahmad Ziyai, Afshin Davari and Ali Fattahi, the heads of the federation, were also with him in the implementation of their programs. But his lack of direct intervention caused volleyball to deviate from its original path to persuade the referee to go back to the discipline that was formed by the golden generation and had happy days under his management, and directly manage it.
The percentage of dispatches in the arbitration period
Iranian volleyball has participated in 176 Asian and world tournaments since 1958 and the sending of the men’s national team to the Asian Games, 122 of which were conducted during the presidency or supervision of volleyball referees.
This statistical data shows that 70% of men’s and women’s national volleyball teams in different age groups were sent during the refereeing period, and 122 sent teams included more than three thousand players and technical staff members.
81% of medals and positions in the judging period
Iranian volleyball has won 74 medals including 44 championship (gold), 19 runner-up (silver) and 11 bronze medals and third place in various events for men and women. It has been mentioned that 60 medals and positions have been obtained in the refereeing period in Iranian volleyball.
The firsts of the arbitration period
During the tenure of referee Mohammad Reza Davarzani in the Volleyball Federation, many firsts were created for this popular sport, such as the first world medal of the senior national team (Continental Champions Cup) in 2017, the first appearance in the World League (2013), the first appearance in the Olympic Games (2016). (Rio, Iran’s first single-digit ranking in the men’s world championship)the sixth 2014), being among the final four teams of the World League (2014) and the first world medal of the women’s national volleyball team (Islamic Solidarity Games 2021).
Also, the first championship of the Iranian men’s national volleyball team in the ancient continent of Asia (2011), the first championship of the men’s national team in the Asian Games (2014), the first championship of the national team in the Asian Volleyball Confederation Cup (2008), the first championship of the under-23 national team in Asia. (2015), the first championship of the national youth team in the world (2019) and the first championship of the national team under the age of 16 in Asia (2023) are among the other firsts of Iranian volleyball during the presidency of the referee. The first observation of an Iranian woman in the League of Nations is among other cases of this statistical data that was conducted in 2023 with the presence of Maryam Hasabi.
The peak of sports diplomacy with freezer Global ranking
With the efforts of referees and in line with the globalization of Iranian volleyball and its rocket growth in the world, in addition to the successes of the national teams in various events, the acquisition of various international seats and responsibilities in the World Federation and the Asian Volleyball Confederation also increased during this period and every Every day, the number of seats and international responsibilities of Iranians in international volleyball institutions increased.
Having effective international seats in sports is considered a weak point for Iran’s sports fields, and under special conditions, some of Iran’s sports fields were neglected by international institutions, but in July of this year, with the disruption of arbitration by the Americans in the meeting of the board of directors and in the instructions outside the meeting, He brought up the issue of Iran and Imtiaz freezer Karden took the ranking in favor of volleyball in our country. If this did not happen, Iran’s volleyball would fall to the 20th place.
Currently, in addition to Mohammadreza Davarzani, who is a member of the World Federation’s Board of Directors, a member of the Finance and Finance Commission of the World Federation, and a member of the Asian Volleyball Confederation’s Board of Directors, Iranians also have 25 other seats in Asian and world volleyball, the list of all seats is is below:
1- Mohammadreza Davarzani, member of the World Federation’s Board of Directors, member of the Finance and Finance Commission of the World Federation and member of the Board of Directors of the Asian Volleyball Confederation
2- Mahmoud Afshardost Instructor of the World Volleyball Federation and member of the Committee of Trainers of the Asian Volleyball Confederation
3- Amir Tolovkian, member of the World Federation Volleyball Council
4- Maryam Hasabi, a member of the Communications and Marketing Commission of the World Federation
5- Farhad Shahmiri Member of the referees committee of the Asian Volleyball Confederation
6- Masoud Yazdan Panah, a member of the Asian Volleyball Confederation Tournament Committee
7- Mehdi Eslami, a member of the financial committee of the Asian Volleyball Confederation
8- Gholamreza Nowrozi, a member of the Medical Committee of the Asian Volleyball Confederation
9- Nader Ansari, a member of the Beach Committee of the Asian Volleyball Confederation
10- Ketayoun Arabzadeh, a member of the appeal committee of the World Volleyball Federation
11- Watouq Ahmadi, alternate member panel Disciplinary of the World Volleyball Federation
12- Homa Abedi, medical expert of the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Committee of the World Volleyball Federation
13- Mehdi Eslami, member of the financial committee of the Central Asia region
14- Maryam Hasabi, Secretary of the Central Asian Regional Competition Committee
15- Maryam Hasabi, head of the marketing department of the Central Asia region
16- Ketayoun Arabzadeh, a member of the appeals committee of the Central Asia region
17- Muhammad Shahmiri Member of the Central Asian Regional Tournament Committee
18- Nader Ansari, a member of the Central Asian Regional Tournament Committee
19- Morteza Afjehai, a member of the Coastal Committee of the Central Asia region
20- Javad Mehrgan, a member of the Committee of Trainers and Development of the Central Asian Region
21- Ali Farrokhi, member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Central Asia region
22- Masoud Yazdan Panah, a member of the Central Asia Regional Competition Committee
23- Mahmoud Afshardost Global volleyball instructor
24- Ali Pour Arooji Global volleyball instructor
25- Maryam Hasabi, supervisor of the World Volleyball Federation
26- Amir Tolovkian, supervisor of the World Volleyball Federation