TEHRAN – Iran handball head coach Veselin Vujovic announced his 20-man team for the 2023 IHF Men’s World Championship.

The Championship will be held in Poland and Sweden from Jan. 11 to 29.

Team Melli have been drawn along with Chile, Spain and Montenegro in Group A.

The Persians will meet Chile on Jan. 12 in their opener.

The National Team will depart Tehran for Poland on Tuesday.  

Iran Squad:
Mohammad Siavoshi, Ali Rahimi, Omidreza Sarpoushi, Mojtaba Heydarpour, Mohammadreza Oraei, Salaman Barbat, Afshin Sadeghi, Shahab Sadeghzadeh, Vahid Masoudi, Mohammadmehdi Behnamnia, Milad Ghalandari, Pouya Norouzinejhad, Mohammad Kiani, Mehrdad Samsami, Yasin Kabirianjoo, Yadegar Dehkordi, Mehdi Mousavi, Saber Heydari, Mohammadreza Kazemi and Ali Kouhzad