Iran
AssociationBadminton Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (BFIRI)
ConfederationBA (Asia)
PresidentMohammad Reza Pouria
BWF ranking
Current ranking86 Increase 3 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking51 (2 July 2015)

The Iran national badminton team (Persian: تیم ملی بدمینتون ایران) represents Iran in international badminton team competitions.[1] The national team of Iran is administered by the Iran Badminton Federation.

The Iranian junior badminton team competed in the Badminton Asia Junior Championships mixed team event in 2011. The team were eliminated in the group stages.

History

Badminton has been played in Iran since the early 20th century. The sport was brought over to the country when British oil experts came to the country following the establishment of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and played badminton in their spare time.[2] Eventually, local Iranians also became interested in the sport. After the nationalization of oil and the expulsion of British experts from Iran, the sport was starting to be forgotten and was only more or less common among the employees of the oil company. The first badminton court was built in the city of Masjed Soleyman.[3] Iran held its first national badminton championships in 1973.[4]

Men's team

Iran hosted the 1974 Asian Games and were granted auto-qualification for the men's team event.[5][6] The team were eliminated in the quarter-finals after the team lost 3–0 to Indonesia.[7] In the 5th to 8th place classification round, the Iranian men's team lost 3–0 to Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Women's team

The Iranian women's team competed in the 1974 Asian Games. Like the men's team, the team lost 3–0 to Indonesia in the quarter-finals. The team then finished in 6th place after losing the 5th place tie to North Korea.[5][6][7]

Competitive record

Asian Games

Junior competitive record

Asian Junior Team Championships

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Ali Hayati 21 March 2005 528 534 -
Arshia Amalkonande 7 May 2003 1561 534 -
Mohammad Mahdi Mirshekari 23 August 2001 1561 145 -
Saleh Sangtarash 17 May 2001 1057 145 -
Matin Moghimi 6 February 2002 1057 534 -
Amirhossein Hasani 30 March 2004 1057 534 -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Yeganeh Kermani 3 November 1999 304 457 -
Romina Tajik 5 December 2001 401 457 -
Fatemeh Babaei 5 September 2004 470 589 -
Hananeh Yaghobzadeh 28 September 2001 836 589 -
Nasim Safaei 6 April 2001 586 589 -
Fatemeh Mouneskhah 16 February 2004 586 589 -

References

  1. ↑ "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  2. ↑ "فدراسیون بدمینتون جمهوری اسلامی ایران | تاریخچه فدراسیون". iranbadminton.org. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  3. ↑ "تاریخچه پیدایش بدمینتون در ایران و جهان". Hawramansport (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  4. ↑ "برچسب تاریخچه بدمینتون در ایران – مجله ورزشی". sportmaganize.blogsky.com. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  5. 1 2 "Asian Games result". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. The Straits Times. 14 September 1974. p. 29. Retrieved 2023-05-27 – via NewspaperSG.
  6. 1 2 "Asian Games result". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. The Straits Times. 14 September 1974. p. 24. Retrieved 2023-05-27 – via NewspaperSG.
  7. 1 2 "Asian Games result". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. The Straits Times. 14 September 1974. Retrieved 2023-05-27 – via NewspaperSG.
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