Iran basketball team named for World Olympic Qualifying
Iran Basketball Federation has confirmed the 12 players who will compete in the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
The team is led by former Memphis Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi.
Dirk Bauermann’s team will leave Tehran on Saturday to hold a training camp in Latvia ahead of the competition.
Iran will play two warm-up matches against New Zealand and Latvia on June 26 and June 28 respectively in its training camp.
The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament will be held between July 4 and July 9 at the multi-purpose Pala Alpitour indoor sports arena in Turin, Italy.
Iran, Greece and Mexico will trade blows in Group A, and the top two sides will advance to the Final Round to meet the top two sides from Group B, which includes Tunisia, Croatia and Italy.
The first-place team in Group A will take on the second-place team from Group B in one semi-final, and the side that comes top of Group B will go up against the second-top team in Group A in the other semi-final. The winners will them meet in a do-or-die showdown for a spot in the Olympics.
Iran basketball roster:
1. Hamed Haddadi
2. Oshin Sahakian
3. Asghar Kardoust
4. Arsalan Kazemi
5. Mohammad Jamshidi
6. Behnam Yakhchali
7. Farid Aslani
8. Sajjad Mashayekhi
9. Arman Zangeneh
10. Amir Sedighi
11. Mohammad Hassanzadeh
12. Adnan Doraghi
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