Iran national basketball team
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| FIBA ranking | 25  8 |
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| Joined FIBA | 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Asia | |||||||||||||||||||
| National federation | I.R.I.B.F. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Mehran Hatami
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| Appearances | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | None | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | None | |||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA Asia Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Medals |
 Gold: 2007, 2009, 2013 Bronze : 2015
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| Asian Games | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Silver : 2014 Bronze : 1951, 2006, 2010
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The Iranian national basketball team represents Iran in international basketball competitions, and is controlled by the IR Iran Basketball Federation.
As of 2013, Iran is the reigning basketball Champion of Asia. Overall, the team won three out of the last five FIBA Asia Championship tournaments.
The Iranian national team has had limited success on the international stage, with the most international experience being that of their 1948 Summer Olympics qualification, although they did not manage to make it past the group stage.
The team won the Bronze medal at the basketball competition of the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.
Placed in the dreaded "Group of Death" alongside China, the Philippines, and Jordan, the Iranians won all three group matches to make it to the next round.
In the quarterfinals, Iran went 2–1, to make it to semifinals, following victories over Chinese Taipei and Qatar, and then routed Kazakhstan, 75–62, in the semifinals.
The Iranians then beat Lebanon 74–69, with Hamed Haddadi scoring 31 points. Not only did it avenge an 82–60 defeat in the quarterfinals, they also became the first Western Asian team to win the tournament, and thus make it to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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