Iran at the 2026 Asian Beach Games

Iran at the
2026 Asian Beach Games
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
in Sanya
Competitors57 in 10 sports
Flag bearerMehdi Shirmohammadi
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
9
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
10
Asian Beach Games appearances

Iran competed at the 2026 Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China from 22 to 30 April 2026. This made the return of the Asian Beach Games, ten years since the 2016 edition in Da Nang, Vietnam.[1] The delegation had 57 athletes, all male.[2]

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
3x3 basketball 44
4x4 water polo 77
Beach athletics 55
Beach handball 1010
Beach kabaddi 66
Beach soccer 1212
Beach volleyball 44
Beach wrestling 44
Ju-jitsu 22
Sport climbing 33
Total57057

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
4x4 water polo11
Beach athletics11
Beach handball11
Beach kabaddi11
Beach soccer11
Beach volleyball11
Beach wrestling44
Total91010

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold
  • Hamed Karimi
  • Alireza Mehri
  • Amin Ghavidel
  • Hossein Lalehsiah
  • Mehdi Yazdankhah
  • Arman Shams
  • Ashkan Iranpour
4x4 water poloMen
 GoldHassan AjamiBeach athleticsMen'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 handballMen
 Gold
  • Mobin Nazari
  • Mahan Faraji
  • Moslem Rashki
  • Ali Sourtechi
  • Mohammad Mallak
  • Amir Hossein Alizadeh
Beach kabaddiMen
 Gold
Beach soccerMen
 GoldAli Akbar ZaroudiBeach wrestlingMen's 70 kg
 GoldAli GholamiBeach wrestlingMen's 80 kg
 GoldAmir Hossein KavousiBeach wrestlingMen's 90 kg
 GoldAmir Reza SahraeiBeach wrestlingMen's +90 kg
 Silver
  • Abolhassan Khakizadeh
  • Amir Ali Ghalehnovi
Beach volleyballMen

Results by event

3x3 basketball

Athlete[3] Event Preliminary round Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 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

Aquatics

4x4 water polo

Team Event Round robin Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
 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)		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Roster
  • Hamed Karimi
  • Alireza Mehri
  • Amin Ghavidel
  • Hossein Lalehsiah
  • Mehdi Yazdankhah
  • Arman Shams
  • Ashkan Iranpour

Coach: Hamid Ghodsinejad

Beach athletics

Athlete[4] Event Round 1 Final Rank
Time Rank Time / Result
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mehran Khorand N/a 17.63 m 5

Beach handball

Team[5] Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Rank
 Iran Men  Philippines
W 2–0
(14–10, 21–20)		  Sri Lanka
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)		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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

Beach kabaddi

Team[6] Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 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		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Roster
  • Mobin Nazari
  • Mahan Faraji
  • Moslem Rashki
  • Ali Sourtechi
  • Mohammad Mallak
  • Amir Hossein Alizadeh

Coach: Farhad Kamal Gharibi

Beach soccer

Team[7] Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Rank
 Iran Men  United Arab Emirates
W 5–2		  Thailand
W 13–1		  Saudi Arabia
W 2–1		 1 Q  Palestine
W 9–1		  Oman
W 6–2		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Roster

Coach: Ali Naderi

Beach volleyball

Athlete[8] Event Preliminary round Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Rank
Abolhassan Khakizadeh
Amir Ali Ghalehnovi		 Men  Dauilbaev
and Tolibaev (UZB)
W 2–0
(21–16, 21–18)		  Sajid
and Naseem (MDV)
W 2–0
(21–15, 21–10)		  Younousse
and Tijan (QAT)
L 1–2
(11–21, 23–21, 10–15)		 N/a 2 Q  Wang
and Wu (CHN)
W 2–0
(21–18, 21–15)		  El-Chabib
and Abi Karam (LBN)
W 2–0
(21–10, 21–14)		  Al-Jalbubi
and Al-Hashmi (OMA)
W 2–1
(21–17, 15–21, 15–13)		  Younousse
and Tijan (QAT)
L 0–2
(15–21, 12–21)		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Abbas Pouraskari
Alireza Aghajani		  Sandeepana
and Madusanka (SRI)
W 2–0
(21–12, 21–15)		  Rangdal
and Dorji (BHU)
W 2–0
(21–8, 21–9)		  Zhang
and Zhou (CHN)
W 2–0
(21–18, 21–17)		  Al-Sakka
and Al-Birini (SYR)
W 2–0
(21–8, 21–9)		 1 Q  Kurokawa
and Ikeda (JPN)
W 2–0
(21–15, 21–17)		  Al-Jalbubi
and Al-Hashmi (OMA)
L 1–2
(21–14, 17–21, 9–15)		 Did not advance 5

Beach wrestling

Athlete[9] Event Knockout Group round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Rank
Ali Akbar Zaroudi Men's 70 kg Bye  Meslah (JOR)
W 3–0		  Chhillar (IND)
W 3–0		  Al-Naimi (QAT)
W WO		 1 Q  Al-Bakri (KSA)
W 3–1		  Rakhat Uulu (KGZ)
W 2–0		  Chhillar (IND)
W 3–0		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ali Gholami Men's 80 kg Bye  Khazragi (YEM)
W Fall (5–0)		  Bakhromov (TJK)
W 3–0		  Azizbaev (KGZ)
W Fall (4–0)		 1 Q  Asluev (BRN)
W 3–0		  Koshkinbayev (KAZ)
W Fall (4–0)		  Ullah (PAK)
W Fall (3–0)		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Amir Hossein Kavousi Men's 90 kg  Premarathna (SRI)
W 2–0 (3–0, 3–0)		  Sharipov (BRN)
W Fall (5–0)		  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		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Amir Reza Sahraei Men's +90 kg N/a  Sharfawi (SYR)
W 3–0		  Zhappuev (KGZ)
W 3–0		  Eyubov (KAZ)
W Fall (4–0)		 1 Q  Mohammed (KSA)
W 3–0		  Sharipov (BRN)
W Fall (5–0)		  Lu (CHN)
W 3–0		 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Ju-jitsu

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

Sport climbing

Athlete[10] Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Time Rank
Milad Alipour Men's speed 5.37 18 Did not advance 18
Reza Alipour 5.18 13 Q  Nursamsa (INA)
L Fall–5.15		 Did not advance 14
Mohammad Reza Sohrabi 5.60 20 Did not advance 20
Milad Alipour
Reza Alipour		 Men's speed relay 13.15 13 Q  Khaibullin
and Khaibullin (KAZ)
L FS–12.46		 Did not advance 13

References

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  2. ↑ "اعزام کاروان «شهدای ناو دنا» به چین؛ ۵۷ ورزشکار در مسیر بازی‌های ساحلی آسیایی". ILNA. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "6th Asian Beach Games, Sanya Shi, Hainan, China". FIBA. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Beach Athletics Results Book" (PDF). Sanya2026 official website. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Men's Beach Handball". AHF. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Beach Kabaddi Results Book" (PDF). Sanya2026 official website. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Beach Soccer Results Book" (PDF). Sanya2026 official website. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Beach Volleyball Results Book" (PDF). Sanya2026 official website. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "6th Asian Beach Games Final Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Asian Beach Games Sanya 2026". World Climbing. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
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