Iran national baseball team

Iran national baseball team
Iran national baseball team
Information
Country	Iran
Federation	Iran Baseball Federation
Confederation	BFA
Manager	vacant
WBSC ranking
Current	NR (18 December 2023)

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[edit]

Iran baseball committee was founded in 1992. 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. Currently Baseball is played in 12 Provinces in Iran. Iran has one stadium specifically designed for baseball in the city of Karaj. From 1994 until 2009, every year teams representing their provinces participated in a national championship.

In 2010, the National Championship games were replaced by a Club Championship League. Club teams were split into 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.^[2]

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[edit]

Players[edit]

The most notable baseballer of partial Iranian origin is Yu Darvish who was born in Japan to a Japanese mother but has an Iranian father and plays in MLB, although he has not yet received an invitation to the national team.

Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
Moein Hassani		Kerman
Behnam Ghasemi	21	Isfahan
Nima Bagherinia		Isfahan
Rajabali Barzegar		Semnan
Ali bahram masiri		Hormozgan
Kaveh Chah Bejari		Bushehr
Abtin Nakhjavanpour		Alborz
Mohammad Goodarzi		Alborz
Mehran Sajjadpour		Alborz
Davoud Jabari		Alborz
Mojtaba Gordan		Semnan
Mohammad Ali Kalantari		Semnan
Jalal Changizi		Semnan
Jalil Changizi		Semnan
Iman Khaligh Saket		Gilan
Hamid Mohammadi		Gilan
Amir Khaligh Saket		Gilan
Kian Naddafi		Gilan
Reham Borhani		Gilan
Amirmohammad pirasteh		Alborz
Ahmadreza Derayesh		Isfahan
Keivan Rana		Bushehr
Yasin Sharifi Ziyarati		Bushehr
Yasser Sedighipour		Isfahan
Mohammad Hossein Safdari		Qom
Hessam Arefzadeh		Bushehr
Reza Shabani		Bushehr
Armin Gharibi		Bushehr
Mehdi Vaezzadeh		Bushehr
Mehdi Masoumi		Bushehr
Amir Bazhvand		Tehran
Mehrdad		Bushehr
Mohsen Mohammadi		Bushehr
Majid Mohammadi Senej		Qom
Seyed Abdollah Mohimian Azad		Bushehr
Nima Vaghari		Khorasan Razavi
Mohammad Reza Arabi		Khorasan Razavi
Reza Yousefi		Khorasan Razavi

Managerial history[edit]

Mehrdad Hajian, pre-2009
Gerardo Yassel Cabrera Moreno, January 2009^[3]
Julio Alberto Hernandez Coste, April 2009^[4]^[5]
Mehrdad Hajian, 2012-2014^[6]^[7]
Toma Irokawa, January 2015-July 2015^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Tournament history[edit]

Asian Baseball Cup[edit]

Host/Year	Round/Rank
1995, Manila	Did not enter
1997, Bangkok	Did not enter
1999, Chandigarh	Participated
2001, Jakarta	Did not enter
2002, Bangkok	Did not enter
2004, Bangkok	Did not enter
2006, Rawalpindi	5th (out of 5 teams)
2009, Bangkok	Did not enter
2010, Islamabad	Did not enter
2012, Lahore	Third place^[12]
2013, Lahore	Did not enter
2015, Islamabad	Runner-up
2015, Islamabad	Third place

Presidential Cup[edit]

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^[13]

Host/Year	Round/Rank
2015, Tehran	Runner-up

Achievements[edit]

Asian Baseball Cup - Western Division

2012 : 3rd
2015 : 2nd
2017 : 3rd

Iran Presidential Cup

2015 : 2nd

Recent fixtures and results[edit]

2013 Results^[14]

27 July Georgia vs Iran series – Game 1	Georgia	13–5	Iran	Merani Sports Complex

29 July Georgia vs Iran series – Game 2	Georgia	15–8	Iran	Shatili Sports Complex

31 July Georgia vs Iran series – Game 3	Georgia	21–5	Iran	Shatili Sports Complex

2015 Results

24 February Iran vs India – Asian Baseball Cup Western Division	Iran	15-0	India	Jinnah Sports Stadium

26 February Pakistan vs Iran – Asian Baseball Cup Western Division	Pakistan	12-0	Iran	Jinnah Sports Stadium

27 February Iran vs Iraq – Asian Baseball Cup Western Division	Iran	18-4	Iraq	Jinnah Sports Stadium

September 2015 Iran vs Iraq – Presidential Cup	Iran	?-?	Iraq	Azadi Sport Complex

September 2015 Iran vs Afghanistan – Presidential Cup	Iran	?-?	Afghanistan	Azadi Sport Complex

13 September 2015 Iran vs India – Presidential Cup	Iran	10-11	India	Azadi Sport Complex

References[edit]

^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia | BFA Member : IRAN".
^ http://www.payvand.com/news/09/jan/1301.html "جرالدو یاسل مربی تیم ملی بیس‌بال شد". Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
^ "Former Dominican player named Iran's baseball coach - DominicanToday.com". Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
^ ""هرناندز" سرمربی تیم ملی بیس بال ایران شد". 18 April 2009.
^ "مهرداد حاجیان، مربی تیم ملی بیس بال و پدر بیس بال ایران به الواترا پیوست". Elvatra.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "In Iran, a spark of enthusiasm for America's national pastime - The Washington Post". The Washington Post.
^ "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia | BFA News".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Interview with Toma Irokawa, Manager of Iranian National Baseball Team". YouTube.
^ "یک مربی ژاپنی هدایت بیس‌بال نوجوانان ایران را بر عهده می‌گیرد". 6 May 2014.
^ "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia |Results".
^ "Indian baseball team create history in Iran, win first ever Gold medal".
^ "Baseball friendly match: Georgia vs Iran".

[WBSC_World_Rankings-1] "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[2] "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia | BFA Member : IRAN".

[3] ttp://www.payvand.com/news/09/jan/1301.html "جرالدو یاسل مربی تیم ملی بیس‌بال شد". Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

[4] "Former Dominican player named Iran's baseball coach - DominicanToday.com". Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

[5] ""هرناندز" سرمربی تیم ملی بیس بال ایران شد". 18 April 2009.

[6] "مهرداد حاجیان، مربی تیم ملی بیس بال و پدر بیس بال ایران به الواترا پیوست". Elvatra.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[7] "In Iran, a spark of enthusiasm for America's national pastime - The Washington Post". The Washington Post.

[8] "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia | BFA News".

[9] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[10] "Interview with Toma Irokawa, Manager of Iranian National Baseball Team". YouTube.

[11] "یک مربی ژاپنی هدایت بیس‌بال نوجوانان ایران را بر عهده می‌گیرد". 6 May 2014.

[12] "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia |Results".

[13] "Indian baseball team create history in Iran, win first ever Gold medal".

[14] "Baseball friendly match: Georgia vs Iran".

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