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Iran
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The White Lions (شیرهای سفید)
Association Islamic Republic of Iran Skating Federation
GM Kaveh Sedghi
Head coach Christian Müller
Captain Shahryar Amini
Home stadium Ice Box, Tehran[1][2]
IIHF code IRI
Team colours          
First international
Macau Flag of Macau 7–1 Flag of Iran Iran
(Sapporo, Japan; 18 February 2017)
Biggest win
Iran Flag of Iran 10–3 Flag of Indonesia Indonesia
(Sapporo, Japan; 20 February 2017)
Biggest defeat
Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan 12–2 Flag of Iran Iran
(Sapporo, Japan; 23 February 2017)
International record (W-L-T)
2–2–0

The Iranian national ice hockey team (Persian:تیم ملی هاکی روی یخ ایران) is the national ice hockey team of Iran. The team was founded in June 2016, is controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran Skating Federation, and on 26 September 2019, became an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).[3]

History[]

Ice hockey in Iran[]

Back in the 1970s, ice hockey was played as a recreation sport by the general public at the "Ice Palace" (Persian: قصر یخ) which was located in Pahlavi Street before Vanak Square,[4] there was also another ice rink located in Aryamehr Sport Complex which was only used for ice skating. As a result of Iranian Revolution, ice hockey and skating became banned, hence ice rinks got closed down.

Farzad Houshidari is among the first Iranians who played ice hockey abroad. Houshidari became the first player who has started ice hockey in Iran and played professionally abroad. Although there were or currently are many notable players of Iranian-origin across the globe, Daniel Rahimi, Mika Zibanejad and Rhett Rakhshani all were selected in the NHL Entry Draft, with Zibanejad and Rakhshani playing in the NHL. Both Rahimi and Zibanejad have represented Sweden in international competitions while Rakhshani represented the United States. Currently there are two players of Iranian-origin in Oman, Mustafa Hamedi[5][6] and Ali Reza Rasoli.[7] Umut Taherzadeh[8] have represented Turkey internationally. Other notable players are Mark Ardelan,[9] Ryan Mior,[10] Farzad Khojasteh[11] and Arian Ali-Zade.[12] Also a Canadian player, Calvin Crowe was born in Tehran.[13]

There are currently four Ice Rinks which are Aramis Sports Complex (Tehran),[14] Damoon Shopping Center (Kish Island)[15] and Padide Shandiz Shopping Center (Mashhad),[16][17] which were respectively opened in 2013, 2014 and 2015. There is a standard Ice Rink called Ice Box, located in Iran Mall, Tehran, that was opened in 2019.

In July 2015, Taylan Aytac from Turkey,[18][19] taught in Iran's first ice hockey workshop which was held in Aramis Sports Complex in Tehran, which was also attended by Iranian trainee-instructors Pooya Ghandali and Saman Goodarzi.[20]

On 1 October 2016, the first ice hockey match was played between two Iranian club teams in a friendly in Padide Ice Rink in Mashhad, Padide defeated Khorasan Razavi 5–4.[21][22] Both teams have been training twice a day since September 2016.[23]

National team[]

As of 2015, Iran decided to form a national ice hockey team with the intension of participating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. A team was formed in the first quarter of 2016 after Iran made a campaign of recruiting players of Iranian heritage who live abroad. In order to fast track the creation of a national team, the coaching staff decided that it would be best to select players from the Iranian inline hockey national team powered by hockey players of Iranian-origin from abroad.[24] In 2016, three national camps were held, 26–28 June in Asiago (Italy), 20–27 August in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and 21–24 December in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). In each camp players were coached by three different instructors, Christian Müller from Germany, Former head coach of Kyrgyzstan and Yenbek Almaty, Sergei Shavernev from Kazakhstan, and head coach of Dubai White Bears, Troy Kahler from Canada.[25][26]

On 23 August 2016, Iran national team played its first match against a non-Iranian team. Iran won 5–4 over Kazakh team HC Almaty in the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan.[27]

Iran was supposed to participate at the 2017 Asian Winter Games, but was disqualified after a number of Iranian players were deemed ineligible to compete in the regional games. Reported concerns leading to the disqualification includes some players failing to reside in Iran for at least three years despite having Iranian heritage, and claims of some players having represented other countries.[28] Games were supposed to be the team's first tournament.[29]

The Olympic Council of Asia allowed Iran to play its scheduled games at the Asian Winter Games but the matches were considered exhibition games and results did not count in the competition standings.[28] Iran's first official match against other national team was a 7–1 loss to Macau in Sapporo, Japan. The game was supposed to be Iran's first match at the Asian Winter Games if they were not disqualified.[30] They won 10–3 in their second exhibition game against Indonesia.[31]

Tournament record[]

Asian Winter Games[]

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
1986 through 2011 Did not enter
2017 Flag of Japan Sapporo Disqualified
Total 0/1

Team[]

Current roster[]

The following players are current active players who have played in Iran's First Ice Hockey Tournament (Ramadhan Cup) in 2019 or have been in contact with Iran's Ice Hockey coaching staff via various national team programs.

# Name Pos S/C Height DOB Club
? Ghaffari, BenjaminBenjamin Ghaffari align="center" |G - 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) (1997-09-13)13 September 1997 Former: Flag of Sweden IK Pantern U20
? Hassanzadeh, OveisOveis Hassanzadeh align="center" |G L  ft 0 in (0 m) (1992-07-23)23 July 1992 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Mahdavi Shahri, AlirezaAlireza Mahdavi Shahri align="center" |G L  ft 0 in (0 m) (1990-04-09)9 April 1990 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Ghorbani, MaziarMaziar Ghorbani align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) 01986 1986 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Keyhanfar, JalalJalal Keyhanfar align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1990-10-23)23 October 1990 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Aiyar Ghezeljeh, MajidMajid Aiyar Ghezeljeh align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1991-03-19)19 March 1991 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Medadi, Mohammad RezaMohammad Reza Medadi align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Pirooz, MahyarMahyar Pirooz align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Moghadasi, FarshadFarshad Moghadasi align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1994-07-09)9 July 1994 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Satar, AliAli Satar align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1991-09-19)19 September 1991 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Bahri Yekta, ArmanArman Bahri Yekta align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1997-05-13)13 May 1997 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Azimi, MahmoodMahmood Azimi align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1990-05-07)7 May 1990 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
81 Amini, ShahryarShahryar Amini
+C|| align="center" |F|| align="center" |R||1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)||(1981-11-18)18 November 1981||Flag of Switzerland GCK Lions II
? Farsad, KayanKayan Farsad align="center" |F L 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) (1996-06-25)25 June 1996 Flag of the United States Elmira Enforcers
? Forotan, SamanSaman Forotan align="center" |F R 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) (1997-06-02)2 June 1997 Former: : Flag of Sweden Lund Giants HC
? Houshidari, FarzadFarzad Houshidari
+A|| align="center" |F|| align="center" |R|| ft 0 in (0 m)||(1987-09-06)6 September 1987||Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Mehraban, NimaNima Mehraban align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) 01990-12-01 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Moallim, KaranKaran Moallim align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1990-11-13)13 November 1990 Former: Flag of Germany EC Wedemark Scorpions
? Rezaeepour, JeremyJeremy Rezaeepour align="center" |F L 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) (1994-03-03)3 March 1994 Former: Flag of the United States UTEP Miners
? Bagheri, DanialDanial Bagheri align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) 01970 1970 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Korehei, Mohammad AminMohammad Amin Korehei align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1998-08-24)24 August 1998 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT

Legend: +A, Assistant captain, +C Captain, +R Reserve player

Extended roster[]

The following players had either attended the various national team camps in 2016 and 2017 [32][33] or were selected for the 2017 Asian Winter Games.[34]. Others expressed their interest or had either been invited to join the national team.

# Name Pos S/C Height DOB Club
? Khazaei, DarioDario Khazaei align="center" |G -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Flag of Germany Uedesheim Chiefs
1 Mohiman, Saeed AhmadSaeed Ahmad Mohiman align="center" |G -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1984-06-12)12 June 1984 Flag of United Arab Emirates Dubai Falcons
80 Yazdani, NickonNickon Yazdani align="center" |G - 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 01998 1998 Flag of the United States Reston Raiders HC, Virginia
78 Zanganeh, ErfanErfan Zanganeh align="center" |G -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
87 Aminikia, SchahabSchahab Aminikia align="center" |D - 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) (1988-04-07)7 April 1988 Former: Flag of Germany Kölner EC II
? Abdi, ArianArian Abdi align="center" |D L  ft 0 in (0 m) - Former: Flag of the United States UCSD Tritons
18 Amani, FarzinFarzin Amani align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Flag of the United States Unattached
10 Aghamohammadi, MujtabaMujtaba Aghamohammadi align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Anvari, MikeyMikey Anvari align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Former: Flag of the United States Cobra Kai
? Fasihi, SinaSina Fasihi align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Goodarzi, SamanSaman Goodarzi align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1988-10-11)11 October 1988 Flag of Iran Qazvin Inline Hockey Team
? Kaviani, FarzinFarzin Kaviani align="center" |- -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Flag of Iran ?
? Mirheydari, SepehrSepehr Mirheydari align="center" |- -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Mozaffarimehr, JoobinJoobin Mozaffarimehr align="center" |D L  ft 0 in (0 m) 01988 1988 Former: Flag of the United States SCU Broncos
66 Razavi, DaruoshDaruosh Razavi align="center" |D -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 Former: Flag of United Arab Emirates Dubai Mighty Camels
26 Zarghami, JonathanJonathan Zarghami align="center" |D R 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) (1995-10-03)3 October 1995 Former: Flag of Canada West Island Royals
? Zolfagharpour, NavidNavid Zolfagharpour align="center" |- -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1995-10-27)27 October 1995 Flag of Iran Enghelab Skating Academy
28 Mahdavian, MohammadrezaMohammadreza Mahdavian
+A|| align="center" |D|| align="center" |-|| ft 0 in (0 m)||01978 1978||Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Mahbod, SamsonSamson Mahbod
+A|| align="center" |F|| align="center" |R||1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)||(1989-02-03)3 February 1989||Flag of Germany Krefeld Pinguine
82 Mahdavian, MahmoudrezaMahmoudreza Mahdavian align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) 01987 1987 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
9 Gharaee, HamidHamid Gharaee align="center" |F L 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) (1999-09-02)2 September 1999 Former: Flag of Switzerland Gottéron U20
7 Habibian, KianKian Habibian align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) 01999 1999 Flag of France Club Olympique de Courbevoie
22 Hedayatpour, HamidrezaHamidreza Hedayatpour align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1990-03-26)26 March 1990 Former: Flag of Malaysia TNT
16 Moslemi, NadimNadim Moslemi align="center" |F R 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 Former: Flag of Canada Barley Kings
4 Rezaie, DanielDaniel Rezaie align="center" |F L 1.82 m (5 ft 12 in) (1996-11-07)7 November 1996 Former: Flag of Sweden Solna SK
61 Youssefi, AminAmin Youssefi align="center" |F L 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) (1994-05-10)10 May 1994 Former: Flag of Canada South Muskoka Shield
30 Alizadeh, NavidNavid Alizadeh align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Bagherpour, AradArad Bagherpour align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Former: Flag of Turkey Hacettepe University Ice Deers
? Danesh, SoltanSoltan Danesh align="center" |F - 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 01985 1985 Former: Flag of the United States Bad Beat
36 Farzaneh, MohammadMohammad Farzaneh align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) 01991-06-01 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Gaudreau, NolanNolan Gaudreau align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Former: Flag of the United States Rebel Scrum
? Hashemiyan, Masoud AliMasoud Ali Hashemiyan align="center" |C -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1990-05-14)14 May 1990 Former: Flag of United Arab Emirates Dubai White Bears
99 Heydari, AmirAmir Heydari align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Khorsand, MarcelMarcel Khorsand align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) - Former: Flag of the United States SCU Broncos
8 Mohiman, MasoodMasood Mohiman align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 Flag of United Arab Emirates Dubai Falcons
00 Monfared, ArsalanArsalan Monfared align="center" |F - 1.82 m (5 ft 12 in) (1980-09-21)21 September 1980 Flag of Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Rejaeyan, AdrianAdrian Rejaeyan align="center" |F L  ft 0 in (0 m) (2001-06-06)6 June 2001 Flag of Sweden SDE HF
? Soltani, AdenAden Soltani align="center" |F -  ft 0 in (0 m) (1988-04-21)21 April 1988 Former: Flag of Scotland Edinburgh Phoenix
? Moshyedi, A.J.A.J. Moshyedi align="center" |F R 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) (2003-05-02)2 May 2003 Flag of the United States Washington Little Capitals U16

Current staff[]

  • General manager: Flag of Iran Kaveh Sedghi (کاوه صدقی)
  • Head coach: Flag of Germany Christian Müller
  • Assistant coaches: vacant
  • Physical trainer: vacant

Managerial history[]

  • Head of Iran ice hockey and inline hockey national teams: Flag of Iran Kaveh Sedghi (کاوه صدقی) (2016–2017, 2019–present)
  • Acting head coach: Flag of Germany Christian Müller (2016–2017, 2019–present)

All-time record against other nations[]

Last match update: 24 February 2017[35]

Team GP W T L GF GA
Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 1 1 0 0 10 3
Flag of Macau Macau 1 0 0 1 1 7
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 1 1 0 0 8 3
Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 1 0 0 1 2 12
Total 4 2 0 2 21 25

References[]

  1. Ice Box at Facebook
  2. Iran Mall Ice Rink (@icehox_ir) at Instagram
  3. Iran (2019-09-27).
  4. bozkuhi (18 March 2010). Iranian Tv Commercials from the 70's.
  5. Team.
  6. Mustafa Hamedi.
  7. Ali Reza Rasoli.
  8. Ümüt Taherzadeh.
  9. Mark Ardelan.
  10. Ryan Mior.
  11. Farzad Khojasteh.
  12. Arian Ali-Zade.
  13. Calvin Crowe.
  14. مجموعه تندرستی آرامیس - پاتیناژ.
  15. دامون آیس رینک - اسکیت روی یخ در جزیره کیش - خانه.
  16. http://www.تورکیش-تورمشهد.com/mashhad-tour/pist-eskeit-ru-yakh-padide-shandiz-mashhad/
  17. opening ceremony for the first Ice skating center in Mashhad.
  18. ورزش های جدید و ورزش زنان در ایران - آینده از آن اسکیت روی یخ ایران خواهد بود.
  19. Formánek, Project: Martin. Taylan Aytaç profile - Тайлан Айтаç Профиль - Eurohockey.com.
  20. حضور دو نماینده استان قزوین در اولین کارگاه هاکی روی یخ در ایران.
  21. خبرگزاری باشگاه خبرنگاران - آخرین اخبار ایران و جهان. کسب اولین پیروزی تیم هاکی روی یخ پدیده.
  22. اولین مسابقه هاکی روی یخ در پاتیناژ پدیده.
  23. پیست پاتیناژ پدیده میزبان تمرینات تیم هاکی استان.
  24. Instagram post by Iran National Hockey Team • Apr 8, 2016 at 11:19am UTC.
  25. Instagram post by Iran National Hockey Team • Aug 21, 2016 at 4:12am UTC.
  26. Instagram post by Iran National Hockey Team • Dec 24, 2016 at 12:03pm UTC.
  27. Instagram post by Iran National Hockey Team • Aug 23, 2016 at 3:09pm UTC.
  28. 28.0 28.1 "Iranian ice hockey team disqualified from Sapporo 2017 over ineligible players", Inside the Games, 19 February 2017. Retrieved on 21 February 2017. 
  29. Formánek, Project: Martin. Interview With Iranian Ice Hockey Head Coach Kaveh Sedghi - Eurohockey.com.
  30. "Iran makes Asian ice hockey debut with Macau loss", Iran Daily, 21 February 2017. Retrieved on 21 February 2017. 
  31. "Ice Thaws", Iran Daily, 21 February 2017, p. 11. Retrieved on 21 February 2017. 
  32. Instagram post by Iran National Hockey Team • Jun 27, 2016 at 2:01pm UTC.
  33. اعضای اعزامی به کمپ هاکی روی یخ ایران در کشور قزاقستان.
  34. از آمریکا تا اروپا، از ایران تا مالزی؛ با متفاوت ترین تیم ملی هاکی ایران آشنا شوید (13 February 2017).
  35. Hockey, NT of Ice (24 February 2017). Asian Winter Games (Friendly) February 23 - Turkmenistan 12-2 Iran.

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