Iran men's national field hockey team

The Iran men's national field hockey team is the national field hockey team of Iran. It is governed by the Hockey Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iran

Nickname(s)	Team Melli
Association	Hockey Federation of I.R. Iran
Head Coach	Rajab Nourani
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	92 (19 August 2025)[1]
Highest	51 (November 2015 – August 2016)
Lowest	77 (June 2019)
Asian Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1974)
Best result	6th (1974)
Asia Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1985)
Best result	10th (1985)

History

Iran took part as hosts in the 1974 Asian Games where Iran occupied the sixth and last place losing to eventual champions Pakistan 13–0.^{[citation needed]}

Iran also took part in the 1985 Asia Cup held in Dhaka, Bangladesh where Iran came last in the 10-nation event again suffering a heavy 16–0 defeat at the hands of again eventual winners Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}

More recently Iran has enjoyed success at the indoor event, winning Indoor Hockey Asia Cup on four occasions and also participated at 2011 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup and 2015 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup. In 2015 Men's World Cup, Iran made a history and advanced to semifinals by hammering Russia 8–5. In semifinals, it lost the game to Austria and Germany and finished the tournament in 4th place.^{[citation needed]}

Tournament records

Asian Games

Main article: Field hockey at the Asian Games

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
1958	Did not enter	–	–	–	–
1962		–	–	–	–
1966		–	–	–	–
1970		–	–	–	–
1974	6th place	5	0	0	5
1978	Did not enter	–	–	–	–
1982		–	–	–	–
1986		–	–	–	–
1990		–	–	–	–
1994		–	–	–	–
1998		–	–	–	–
2002		–	–	–	–
2006		–	–	–	–
2010		–	–	–	–
2014		-	-	-	-
Total	1/15	5	0	0	5

Asian Cup

Main article: Men's Hockey Asia Cup

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
1982	Did not enter	–	–	–	–
1985	10th place	4	0	0	4
1989	Did not enter	–	–	–	–
1993		–	–	–	–
1999		–	–	–	–
2003	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–
2007	Did not enter	–	–	–	–
2009		–	–	–	–
2013		–	–	–	–
2017		-	-	-	-
Total	1/10	4	0	0	4

West Asian Cup

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
2014	Runners-up	3	1	2	0
Total	1/1	3	1	2	0

AHF Cup

Main article: Men's AHF Cup

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
1997	Did not enter	–	–	–	–
2002	5th place	6	2	0	4
2008	Did not enter	–	–	–	–
2012		–	–	–	–
2022	6th place	6	1	1	4
Total	2/5	12	3	1	8

Indoor hockey results

World Cup

Main article: Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
2003	Did not enter	–	–	–	–
2007		–	–	–	–
2011	9th place	6	3	0	3
2015	4th place	8	2	1	5
2018	Third place	8	4	3	1
Total	3/5	22	9	4	9

Asian Cup

Main article: Men's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
2008	Champions	6	6	0	0
2009	Champions	5	5	0	0
2010	Champions	6	6	0	0
2012	Champions	7	7	0	0
2014	Champions	5	5	0	0
2015	Champions	5	5	0	0
2017	Champions	5	5	0	0
2019	Champions	6	6	0	0
Total	8/8	45	45	0	0

Asian Indoor Games

Main article: Asian Indoor Games

Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L
2007	Champions	6	5	1	0
Total	1/1	6	5	1	0