Iran at the 2026 Asian Beach Games

Iran at the
2026 Asian Beach Games
Iran at the; 2026 Asian Beach Games
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
in Sanya
Competitors	57 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Mehdi Shirmohammadi
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 9 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 10
Asian Beach Games appearances
	2008; 2010; 2012; 2014; 2016; 2026;

Competitors57 in 10 sports

FlagbearerMehdi Shirmohammadi

Iran is competing at the 2026 Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China from 22 to 30 April 2026. This marks the return of the Asian Beach Games, ten years since the 2016 edition in Da Nang, Vietnam.^[1]

The delegation will have 57 athletes, all male.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
3x3 basketball	4		4
4x4 water polo	7		7
Beach athletics	5		5
Beach handball	10		10
Beach kabaddi	6		6
Beach soccer	12		12
Beach volleyball	4		4
Beach wrestling	4		4
Ju-jitsu	2		2
Sport climbing	3		3
Total	57	0	57

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
4x4 water polo	1			1
Beach athletics	1			1
Beach handball	1			1
Beach kabaddi	1			1
Beach soccer	1			1
Beach volleyball		1		1
Beach wrestling	4			4
Total	9	1	0	10

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Hamed Karimi Alireza Mehri Amin Ghavidel Hossein Lalehsiah Mehdi Yazdankhah Arman Shams Ashkan Iranpour	4x4 water polo	Men
Gold	Hassan Ajami	Beach athletics	Men's shot put
Gold	Arad Hosseini Hossein Heidarian Parsa Dehghani Mohammad Mehdi Heidarianpour Ali Heidarian Ali Shirani Matin Goldan Alireza Alipour Alireza Pirzadeh Amin Kazemi	Beach handball	Men
Gold	Mobin Nazari Mahan Faraji Moslem Rashki Ali Sourtechi Mohammad Mallak Amir Hossein Alizadeh	Beach kabaddi	Men
Gold	Mehdi Mirjalili Reza Dayyeri Davoud Shokri Saeid Piramoun Ali Nazem Mehdi Shirmohammadi Ali Mirshekari Movahed Mohammadpour Mohammad Ali Mokhtari Mohammad Ali Nazarzadeh Mohammad Masoumizadeh Mohammad Dastan	Beach soccer	Men
Gold	Ali Akbar Zaroudi	Beach wrestling	Men's 70 kg
Gold	Ali Gholami	Beach wrestling	Men's 80 kg
Gold	Amir Hossein Kavousi	Beach wrestling	Men's 90 kg
Gold	Amir Reza Sahraei	Beach wrestling	Men's +90 kg
Silver	Abolhassan Khakizadeh Amir Ali Ghalehnovi	Beach volleyball	Men

Athlete^[3]	Event	Preliminary round				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete^[3]	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Peter Grigorian Mohammad Ghaffari Mohammad Mehdi Rahimi Amir Hossein Yazarloo	Men	Macau W 21–9	China L 13–14	Philippines W 21–14	2 Q	Hong Kong W 21–15	Qatar L 16–20	Did not advance		6

Team	Event	Round robin					Rank
Team	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Rank
Iran	Men	Hong Kong W 3–1 (4–3, 2–3, 3–2, 4–0)	South Korea W 3–0 (4–3, 3–2, 5–2)	Kazakhstan W 3–2 (1–2, 4–5, 3–2, 2–1, 3–2)	Thailand W 3–0 (4–2, 6–1, 5–4)	China W 3–2 (1–2, 3–2, 4–1, 2–3, 3–2)
Roster Hamed Karimi Alireza Mehri Amin Ghavidel Hossein Lalehsiah Mehdi Yazdankhah Arman Shams Ashkan Iranpour Coach: Hamid Ghodsinejad

Medal summary

Athlete^[4]	Event	Round 1		Final	Rank
Athlete^[4]	Event	Time	Rank	Time / Result	Rank
Amir Reza Moeinpour	Men's 60 m	7.07	5	Did not advance	13
Parsa Shadnia	Men's high jump	N/a		2.00 m	6
Mojtaba Zahedi	Men's long jump	N/a		6.81 m	10
Hassan Ajami	Men's shot put	N/a		20.17 m
Mehran Khorand	Men's shot put	N/a		17.63 m	5

Team^[5]	Event	Preliminary round						Semifinal	Final	Rank
Team^[5]	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Rank	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Iran	Men	Philippines W 2–0 (14–10, 21–20)	Bangladesh W 2–0 (18–12, 22–10)	Hong Kong W 2–0 (13–8, 20–6)	Bahrain W 2–0 (18–16, 18–16)	China W 2–0 (21–14, 20–10)	1 Q	Thailand W 2–1 (19–16, 16–18, 8–6)	Qatar W 2–1 (18–10, 10–15, 9–6)
Roster Arad Hosseini Hossein Heidarian Parsa Dehghani Mohammad Mehdi Heidarianpour Ali Heidarian Ali Shirani Matin Goldan Alireza Alipour Alireza Pirzadeh Amin Kazemi Coach: Mehdi Ghashghaeirad

Team^[6]	Event	Preliminary round				Semifinal	Final	Rank
Team^[6]	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Rank	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Iran	Men	Pakistan W 38–28	Bangladesh W 47–31	Syria W 53–31	1 Q	Sri Lanka W 42–29	India W 44–31
Roster Mobin Nazari Mahan Faraji Moslem Rashki Ali Sourtechi Mohammad Mallak Amir Hossein Alizadeh Coach: Farhad Kamal Gharibi

Athlete	Event	Knockout	Group round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Knockout	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Rank	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Ali Akbar Zaroudi	Men's 70 kg	Bye	Meslah (JOR) W 3–0	Siddharth (IND) W 3–0	Al-Naimi (QAT) W WO	1 Q	Al-Bakri (KSA) W 3–1	Rakhat Uulu (KGZ) W 2–0	Siddharth (IND) W 3–0
Ali Gholami	Men's 80 kg	Bye	Hzrgi (YEM) W Fall	Bakhromov (TJK) W 3–0	Azizbaev (KGZ) W Fall	1 Q	Asluev (BRN) W 3–0	Koshkinbayev (KAZ) W Fall	Ullah (PAK) W Fall
Amir Hossein Kavousi	Men's 90 kg	Premarathna (SRI) W 2–0 (Fall, 3–0)	Sharipov (BRN) W Fall	Ngô (VIE) W 3–0	Chow (SGP) W 3–0	1 Q	Aryan (IND) W 3–0	Li (CHN) W 3–0	Inam (PAK) W 3–0
Amir Reza Sahraei	Men's +90 kg	N/a	Sharfawi (SYR) W 3–0	Zhappuev (KGZ) W 3–0	Eyubov (KAZ) W Fall	1 Q	Mohammed (KSA) W 3–0	Sharipov (BRN) W Fall	Lu (CHN) W 3–0

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Ali Nazemi	Men's 62 kg	Operana (CAM) L 0–50	Did not advance				17
Pejvak Zarinmah	Men's 77 kg	Saleh (KSA) L 0–2	Did not advance				17