TEHRAN – Iran wheelchair basketball team will face Britain in their opening match of the 2022 IWBF World Championships.

Team Melli are pitted in Group D against the defending champions Britain, Paralympic gold medalists the U.S. and Iraq.

Iran will meet Britain on June 10 and also play the U.S. and Iraq on June 12 and 14, respectively.

Group A consists of Australia, Italy, Brazil and the UAE. Egypt, Germany, Canada and Thailand are in Group B and the Netherlands, Argentina, South Korea and France are drawn in Group C.   

The 2022 IWBF World Championships will be held in Dubai, the UAE.

The competition was originally scheduled for Nov. 16 to 27, 2022 but was postponed until June 9 to 20, 2023.