Saba Battery Tehran BC

Saba Battery Tehran Basketball Club also known as Saba Mehr Qazvin Basketball Club was an Iranian professional basketball club based in Tehran and Qazvin, Iran. They competed in the Iranian Basketball Super League.

Saba Battery
Leagues	Iranian Super League
Founded	2002
History	Saba Battery Tehran 2002 – 2008 Saba Mehr Tehran 2008 – 2009 Saba Mehr Qazvin 2009 – 2010
Arena	Azadi Basketball Hall Shahid Babaei Arena
Location	Tehran / Qazvin, Iran
Team colors	White and Blue
Championships	(2) Asian Cup (1) West Asian Cup (3) Iranian Championships
Website	www.sabamehr.org
Home Away

The team was part of Saba Battery Club, owned by Saba Battery Co from 2002 to 2008. In 2008, Saba Battery Co. refused to hold the team anymore and club saved by a private company and changed its name to Saba Mehr. In April 2009, the club transferred from Tehran to Qazvin.^[1]

Tournament records

Iranian Super League

• 2003–04: Champions
• 2004–05: 2nd place
• 2005–06: Champions
• 2006–07: Champions
• 2007–08: 2nd place
• 2008–09: 3rd place
• 2009–10: 4th place

WABA Champions Cup

• 2005: 2nd place
• 2006: 2nd place
• 2007: Champions
• 2008: 2nd place
• 2009: 3rd place

Asia Champions Cup

• 2005: 4th place
• 2006: 5th place
• 2007: Champions
• 2008: Champions

Coaches

• Mehran Shahintab (2002–2010)

Notable former players

Garth Joseph Hamed Afagh Hamed Haddadi Mohammad Hassanzadeh Mehdi Kamrani Asghar Kardoust Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Hamed Sohrabnejad Saman Veisi

Makan Dioumassi Gabe Muoneke Jeff Varem Priest Lauderdale Omar Sneed Jackson Vroman Leandro García

Squads

• FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2007
  • Behnam Afradi, Babak Nezafat, Saman Veisi, Mohammad Sistani, Hamed Afagh, Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Gabe Muoneke, Garth Joseph, Asghar Kardoust, Karam Ahmadian, Samad Nikkhah Bahrami, Behzad Afradi. Coach: Mehran Shahintab
• FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008
  • Mohammad Masoud Irani, Kamran Jamshidvand, Hamed Afagh, Mehdi Kamrani, Mohammad Sistani, DaJuan Tate, Gabe Muoneke, Asghar Kardoust, Karam Ahmadian, Saeid Tabeshnia, Hamed Haddadi, Samad Nikkhah Bahrami. Coach: Mehran Shahintab