Iran volleyball team beats Cuba in a friendly

August 3, 2016 - 19:41

Iran’s national volleyball team defeated Cuba in the last preparatory game ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games on Tuesday.

The Iranian team had been lost the two friendly games against Brazil, 3-2 on Friday and 3-0 on Sunday.

Iran has been pitted against London 2012 gold medalist Russia, World Championship 2014 winner Poland, Argentina, Cuba and Egypt in Pool B of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Pool A consists of host Brazil, FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup winner and runner-up USA and Italy respectively, France, Mexico and Canada.

The Rio 2016 Olympic Games men’s volleyball tournament runs from August 6 until August 20.

Iran will make its debut on Sunday 22:35 local time against Argentina.

Iran national volleyball team final squad for 2016 Olympic Games in Rio is as follows:

 Saeid Marouf, Mehdi Mahdavi (setter), Amir Ghafour, Shahram Mahmoudi (opposite), Mohammad Mousavi, Adel Gholami, Mostafa Sharifat (middle blockers), Milad Ebadipour, Farhad Ghaemi, Hamzeh Zarrini, Mojtaba Mirzajanpour (wing spikers), Mehdi Marandi (libero)

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