The eleventh camp of Iran’s men wheelchair basketball has been launched in Tehran on May 13, 2023, as IRISFD reports.
IRAN NPC- National Sports Federation for the
Persons with Disabilities has been staged the eleventh round of training camps to
prepare Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Squad for the 2023 IWBF World
Championships.
Fourteen male wheelchair basketball players
are training with head coach Mohammadreza Dastyar and, coaches Behrouz Soltani and Yaser Gilaki (as fitness coach).
The players at the camp are as below:
Hakim Mansouri, Vahid Sadatpour, Saeid Heidari, Ali Karimi,
Alireza Kamalifar, Omid Hadi Azhar, Abolfazl Jalaei, Mohsen Tolouei, Mohammad
Mohammadnejad, Mohsen Bigdeli and Amirreza Ahmadi.
IWBF World Championships will be held in UAE, Dubia from 9 –
20 June 2023. According to the draw, Iranian Men's squad has been drawn
alongside USA, Great Britain and Iraq in Group D of the competitions.
The Senior Men’s National Team is the defending Asian title.
The team also ranked fourth at the
previous Championships in 2018.