Raul Lozano Names Iran Squad for Olympic Games

Saeid Marouf, Shahram Mahmoudi, Milad Ebadipour, Farhad Ghaemi, Seyed Mohammad Mousavi, Hamzeh Zarini, Adel Gholami, Amir Ghafour, Mojtaba Mirzajanpour, Mahdi Mahdavi, Mohammadjavad Manavinezhad, Mostafa Sharifat and Mahdi Marandi have been called by Lozano to join the camp for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, FNA reports.

Iran's coach will reduce thet number of players to 12 before the tournament.

Iran qualified by winning the Asian Volleyball Confederation’s berth at the FIVB World Olympic Qualifier in Japan.

In Rio, the Iranian national volleyball team will start in Pool B against defending Olympic champions Russia, FIVB world champions Poland, Argentina, Cuba and Egypt.