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mohsena2631

12-13-2007, 03:26 PM

Regular Season / Final Standings

1-Mahram Tehran 20-2
2-Saba Battery Tehran 18-4
3-Zob Ahan Esfahan 16-6
4-Kaveh Tehran 15-7
5-Pardis Mottahed Qazvin 13-9
6-Beem Mazandaran 12-10
7-Petrochimi Bandar Imam 12-10
8-Ararat Tehran 9-13
9-Shahrdari Gorgan 7-15
10-Gol Gohar Sirjan 5-17
11-Daneshgah Azad Tehran 4-18
12-Heyat Basketball Shahrekord 1-21

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Playoffs

1st Round
HB Shahrekord 2 - Pardis 1
Beem 2 - Daneshgah Azad 0
Petrochimi 2 - Gol Gohar 1
Gorgan 2 - Ararat 1

Quarterfinal
Mahram 2 - Gorgan 0
Saba Battery 2 - Petrochimi 0
Zob Ahan 2 - Beem 1
Kaveh 2 - HB Shahrekord 0

Semifinal
Mahram 3 - Kaveh 0
Saba Battery 3 - Zob Ahan 2

3rd place match
Kaveh 2 - Zob Ahan 0

Final
Mahram 2 - Saba Battery 0
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Final Ranking

1 - Mahram Tehran
2 - Saba Battery Tehran
3 - Kaveh Tehran
4 - Zob Ahan Esfahan
5 - Petrochimi bandar Imam
6 - Shahrdari Gorgan
7 - Heyat Basketball Shahrekord
8 - Beem Mazandaran
9 - Ararat Tehran
10 - Pardis Mottahed Qazvin
11 - Daneshgah Azad Tehran
12 - Gol Gohar Sirjan

mohsena2631

12-13-2007, 03:26 PM

Today :

Week 15

Saba 115-110 Kaveh (OT)
Azad UN 81-86 Gorgan
Ararat 69-91 Mahram
Golgohar 65-69 Zob Ahan
Shahrekord 72-80 BEEM
Pardis 104-106 Petrochimi (OT)

daniab

12-13-2007, 03:47 PM

Please,can u give us the Saba's Roster ?
Saba won the iranian league last year not ?

mohsena2631

12-13-2007, 04:21 PM

Please,can u give us the Saba's Roster ?
Saba won the iranian league last year not ?

Yes , saba won the iranian league last year without Haddadi.

but this year , saba lost to mahram (two time) and Beem with Haddadi !!!

saba's roster :

C - Garth Joseph (DMA/USA)
F - Makan Dioumassi (2000 Olympic silver medalist with France)
C - Hamed Haddadi (Iran NT)
F - Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami (Iran NT)
G/F - hamed Afagh Eslamieh (Iran NT)
G - Saeid Tabeshnia (Ex Iran NT)
G - Mohammad Sistani (Ex Iran Junior NT)
F - Karam Ahmadian (EX Iran NT Captain)
F - Kamran Jamshidvand (Ex Iran NT)
C - Asghar Kardoost (Ex Iran Junior NT)
F - Masoud Irani
F - Davit Momjian
F - Mohammadreza Eslami

Coach : Mehran Shahintab

daniab

12-13-2007, 04:54 PM

Yes , saba won the iranian league last year without Haddadi.

but this year , saba lost to mahram (two time) and Beem with Haddadi !!!

saba's roster :

C - Garth Joseph (DMA/USA)
F - Makan Dioumassi (2000 Olympic silver medalist with France)
C - Hamed Haddadi (Iran NT)
F - Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami (Iran NT)
G/F - hamed Afagh Eslamieh (Iran NT)
G - Saeid Tabeshnia (Ex Iran NT)
G - Mohammad Sistani (Ex Iran Junior NT)
F - Karam Ahmadian (EX Iran NT Captain)
F - Kamran Jamshidvand (Ex Iran NT)
C - Asghar Kardoost (Ex Iran Junior NT)
F - Masoud Irani
F - Davit Momjian
F - Mohammadreza Eslami

Coach : Mehran Shahintab
The guy Garth josept is a giant !
In waiting for a game btw Riyadi vs Saba !!!

mvblair

12-13-2007, 06:08 PM

The guy Garth josept is a giant ! Yes. He is bigger and stronger than Shaq. Unfortunately, his conditioning is (I've read) weak. He has trouble running up and down the court. But I'm sure he's a defensive dynamo with some good moves around the basket.

Mohsena, a lot of us have been waiting several years for someone from Iran to join this board and tell us what's happening in the league. We're going to expect frequent news and opinions from you! :D

The Super League attracts some great international talent. I think Iranian scouts must be pretty good. They've got players like John Carter, Lorenzo Hall, Champville's Tony Madison and Slovenian national team member Jurkovic.

When you take those good imports and mix them with some of the strong youngsters who are in Iran right now, you get a very exciting league (not to mention a solid national team with no foreigners). I think Iran is doing a good job of slowly integrating their basketball teams and players into the rest of the world. I hope it continues.

Anyhow, we expect regular updates, Mohsena!

zwbgr

12-13-2007, 08:57 PM

Do you know what was the case with Jurkovic to leave Iran?

mohsena2631

12-13-2007, 10:44 PM

Do you know what was the case with Jurkovic to leave Iran?

Kaveh deported him !

Iranian clubs can only have 2 foreigners and Jurkovic isnot good enough for kaveh to beat saba battery and mahram. after him kaveh sign with 2 us players (Mike Jones and Omar Sharif Smith). and they both play much better than Jurkovic.
tonight kaveh was very close to beat saba but Haddadi saved asian champion in last 2 seconds by his block.

mohsena2631

12-14-2007, 12:26 AM

Yes. He is bigger and stronger than Shaq. Unfortunately, his conditioning is (I've read) weak. He has trouble running up and down the court. But I'm sure he's a defensive dynamo with some good moves around the basket.

absolutly right

garth cant play all 40 minutes !

http://server32.irna.com/filesystem/86/02/23/734423-01-52.jpg

When you take those good imports and mix them with some of the strong youngsters who are in Iran right now, you get a very exciting league (not to mention a solid national team with no foreigners). I think Iran is doing a good job of slowly integrating their basketball teams and players into the rest of the world. I hope it continues.

absolutly right too !

YAROUNI10

12-14-2007, 02:10 AM

hi mohsena2631 , great tom see Iranian here :cool:
can u please post tony Madison stats please? and how is he playing ?

keep the update please

daniab

12-14-2007, 07:48 AM

hi mohsena2631 , great tom see Iranian here :cool:
can u please post tony Madison stats please? and how is he playing ?

keep the update please
Yea i forgot that Madison is playing in the iranian league :p

mohsena2631

12-14-2007, 11:03 AM

hi mohsena2631 , great tom see Iranian here :cool:
can u please post tony Madison stats please? and how is he playing ?

keep the update please

he play for Mahram.and He is one of key elements of Mahram's leadership.
Mahram have strong roster with Madison , Arthur Long , Mehdi Kamrani , Samad Nikkhah , Aidin Kabir and Hamed Sohrabnejad.
mahram have only one defeat and they lost to Zob Ahan beacuse Madison didnt play (he had some problems with Mahram's Coach Mostafa Hashemi)

his ppg is btw 20 - 30.

mohsena2631

12-17-2007, 03:45 PM

Monday, 17 December :

Week 16

Zob Ahan 68 - Saba 81
Azad UN 97 - Shahrekord 92
BEEM 89 - Golgohar 60
Gorgan 71 - Pardis 77
Petrochimi 75 - Ararat 64
Kaveh 91 - Mahram 90

mohsena2631

12-20-2007, 03:31 PM

Thursday, December 20:

Week 17:

Saba 90 - BEEM 61
Kaveh 84 - Zob Ahan 92
Ararat 77 - Gorgan 68
Golgohar 100 - Azad UN 93
Pardis 98 - Shahrekord 77
Mahram 84 - Petrochimi 63

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Bests of the Week :

Match: Kaveh-Zob Ahan
Player: Jaber Rouzbahani
Team: Zob Ahan
Coach: Mohsen Sadeghzadeh (Zob Ahan)
Referee: Heros Avanesian

team of the week: Petar Arsic (Zob) , Jaber Rouzbahani (Zob) , Hamed Afagh (Saba) , Samad Nik-khah Bahrami (Mahram) , Mike Brownlee (Ararat)

mvblair

12-20-2007, 05:37 PM

Mohensa, is there a site where we can find statistics from the Super League? Or do you have some statistics that you could copy and paste?

mohsena2631

12-20-2007, 09:57 PM

Mohensa, is there a site where we can find statistics from the Super League? Or do you have some statistics that you could copy and paste?

no ! i cannot find it (maybe exists but i cant find it)

iranian media only focus on football ! and finding information about other sports is very difficult ! we can only find the reports (not complete statistics)

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For example , I just find :

Kaveh - Zob Ahan

Petar Arsic (ZOB) - 26min - 31 pts - 44% 3 - 66% 2
Mike Jones (KAV) - 40min - 25 pts

mohsena2631

12-24-2007, 03:31 PM

Monday, 24 December :

Week 18

Zob Ahan 84 - Mahram 102 (Tony Madison 41 pts !)
Azad 78 - Saba 91
Gorgan 73 - Petrochimi 80
Gol Gohar 93 - Pardis 101
Shahrekord 70 - Ararat 82
Beem 85 - Kaveh 84

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Bests of the Week :

Match: Beem-Kaveh
Player: Tony Madison (Mahram)
Team: Mahram
Coach: Mostafa Hashemi (Mahram)
Referee: Verezh Abkarian

team of the week: Jabari Smith (Pardis) , Hamed Haddadi (Saba) , Tony Madison (Mahram) , Iman Zandi (Beem) , Javad Davari (Petrochimi)

http://www.abrarnews.com/sport/1386/861005/html/050286.jpg

mohsena2631

12-27-2007, 03:02 PM

Thursday, 27 December :

Week 19

Mahram 108 - Gorgan 83
Samad Nikkhah (23 pts) -Hamed Sohrabnejad (17 pts, 13 reb)
Ararat 89 - Gol Gohar 83
Beem 63 - Zob Ahan 65
Petrochimi 85 - Shahrekord 69
Pardis 66 - Saba 92
Garth Joseph (24 pts, 12 reb) - Aidin Nikkhah (23pts, 6 reb) in his last ever match
Kaveh 87 - Azad UN 77

rikhardur

12-27-2007, 03:09 PM

Which players lead in points, rebounds, assists, etc so far? Do you have that information mohsena2631?

mohsena2631

12-27-2007, 04:23 PM

Which players lead in points, rebounds, assists, etc so far? Do you have that information mohsena2631?

sorry , not official statistics !
i just hear about bests after week 15 in TV! (I am not sure this is true)

points: Tony Madison (Mahram-USA)
Rebounds: Oshin Sahakian (Zob Ahan-Iran)
Blocks: Hamed Haddadi (Saba-Iran)
Assists: Amir Amini (Kaveh-Iran)
3 pts: Hamed Afagh (Saba-Iran)
2 pts: Mike Jones (Kaveh-USA)
Free Throws: Tony Madison (Mahram-USA)

mohsena2631

12-29-2007, 10:59 AM

Iran super league week 20 and 21 cancelled.

Basketball federation canceled all the super league games which were supposed to be held on Monday 31 Dec 2007 and on Thursday 3 Jan 2008, due to death of “Aidin Nik-Khah Bahrami” The great player of Iran national basketball team who died in a car crash last Friday.

mohsena2631

01-02-2008, 10:19 PM

new schedule for last weeks :

postponed match - Jan 4:
Ararat - Pardis Score: (87-92)

week 20 - Jan 7:
Kaveh-Petrochimi
Saba-Gorgan
Mahram-Azad
Ararat-Zob Ahan
Gol Gohar-Shahrekord
Beem-Pardis

week 21 - Jan 10:
Gol Gohar-Petrochimi
Saba-Ararat
Mahram-Beem
Shahrekord-Gorgan
Pardis-Kaveh
Jan 11: Zob Ahan-Azad

Week 22 - Jan 14:
Azad-Beem
Ararat-Kaveh
Shahrekord-Mahram
Petrochimi-Saba
Zob Ahan-Pardis
Jan 15: Gorgan-Gol Gohar

postponed match - Jan 16:
Mahram-Pardis

mohsena2631

01-06-2008, 06:31 PM

Iran in snow-storm trouble !
coldest days in last 50 years in Iran !

3 matches moved from 7 Jan to 8 Jan:
Ararat-Zob Ahan
Saba-Gorgan
Beem-Pardis (maybe cancel)

leaderg

01-06-2008, 07:22 PM

Beem-Pardis (maybe cancel)
How is canceled ? Is it possible a league game got canceled ?

mohsena2631

01-06-2008, 10:00 PM

How is canceled ? Is it possible a league game got canceled ?
sorry, my fault! postponed, not cancelled

due to heavy snow (heaviest snow i ever seen) , all today's flights cancelled and Pardis could not travel to Babol. and if they cannot go to Babol tomorrow, then this match postponed.

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Some of the heaviest snowfalls in years caused severe transport disruptions in Iran today, forcing the cancellation of most flights and the closure of many roads.
All international and domestic flights to and from Tehran were cancelled and some cities in northern Iran saw their first snow in 20 years. many roads to and from Tehran were also closed.
All international flights to and from Imam Khomeini International Airport have been cancelled. Flights at 15 other airports were also cancelled.
schools and universities in Tehran and some other cities would stay closed today and tommorow. also all government offices would be shut today and tomorrow.

bobo81

01-07-2008, 07:55 AM

The snow there looks crazy..I was looking at the news.

mvblair

01-07-2008, 11:47 AM

The snow there looks crazy..I was looking at the news. When a region doesn't have snow frequently, it can be very bad. My brother told me that when it snowed just two inches in North Carolina, people were abandoning their cars on the side of the road. :rolleyes:

Obviously, it looked much worse in Iran. I hope this doesn't delay the league for more than a day or so. Hopefully, by this evening, the teams will have played all their games.

mohsena2631

01-07-2008, 05:30 PM

Week 20:

Kaveh 86 - Petrochimi 77
Gol Gohar 101 - Shahrekord 73
Mahram 106 - Azad UN 71
Saba-Gorgan (postponed)
Ararat-Zob Ahan (postponed)
Beem-Pardis (postponed)

mohsena2631

01-08-2008, 02:25 PM

Mahram - Azad gallery

Special match for samad nikkhah

Samad and his mother
http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1386/10/Photo/1855.jpg

http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1386/10/Photo/1866.jpg

AIDIN is still alive
http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1386/10/Photo/1852.jpg

Arthur Long
http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1386/10/Photo/1858.jpg

Mehdi Kamrani
http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1386/10/Photo/1865.jpg

Tony Madison & Hooman Rezaei
http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1386/10/Photo/1859.jpg

mohsena2631

01-08-2008, 04:56 PM

new schedule:

Week 20 (Postponed matches) - Jan 9:
Saba-Gorgan
Ararat-Zob Ahan
Beem-Pardis

Week 21:

Jan 10: Gol Gohar-Petrochimi
Jan 11: (maybe change)
Saba-Ararat
Mahram-Beem
Shahrekord-Gorgan
Pardis-Kaveh
Zob Ahan-Azad

stuart

01-08-2008, 05:11 PM

mohsena2631,

Thanks for all the recent updates, it was very interesting to read them. And very sad news to hear about Aidin Nik-Khah Bahrami's death.

Stuart

mohsena2631

01-09-2008, 05:01 PM

week 20 , postponed matches:

Ararat 73 - Zob Ahan 93

Beem 82 - Pardis 74
quarters: (20-22, 19-14, 25-23, 18-15)
Kevin Jobity (21 pts), Iman Zandi (16 pts), Pooya Tajik (15 pts) for Beem

Saba 66 - Gorgan 56
quarters: (22-22, 12-7, 20-12, 12-15)

Saba started the match and played first 3 mins with 4 players for memory of Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami.

mohsena2631

01-11-2008, 02:35 PM

week 21:

10 January:
Gol Gohar 95 - Petrochimi 84
quarters: (23-22, 19-19, 23-20, 30-23)

11 January:
Pardis 91 - Kaveh 105
Shahrekord 79 - Gorgan 87
Zob Ahan 86 - Azad 68
Mahram 101 - Beem 75
Saba 82 - Ararat 51
quarters: (23-10, 28-19, 19-11, 12-11)

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BESTS

Match: Pardis-Kaveh
Team: Mahram
Coach: Mostafa Hashemi (Mahram)
Player: Mohammadsamad Nikkhah Bahrami (Mahram)
Referee: Amirhossein Safarzadeh

Team of Week: Samad Nikkhah (Mahram) - Dusan Meshura (Gol Gohar) - Hamed Afagh (Saba) - Mohammadreza Akbari (Zob Ahan) - Amir Amini (Kaveh)

mohsena2631

01-14-2008, 02:24 PM

last week:

Zob Ahan 93 - Pardis 94
Azad 56 - Beem 80
Ararat 89 - Kaveh 71
Shahrekord 72 - Mahram 101
Petrochimi 77 - Saba 76
Gorgan 69 - Gol Gohar 55

mohsena2631

01-14-2008, 06:23 PM

Regular season:

1- Mahram
2- Saba Battery
3- Zob Ahan
4- Kaveh
5- Pardis
6- Beem
7- Petrochimi
8- Ararat
9- Gorgan
10- Gol Gohar
11- Azad UN
12- HB Shahrekord
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Playoffs will be started January 25.

1st Round :

Match 1: Ararat - Gorgan
Match 2: Pardis - Shahrekord
Match 3: Petrochimi - Gol Gohar
Match 4: Beem - Azad UN

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Quarterfinal:

Match 5: Mahram - winner match 1
Match 6: Kaveh - winner match 2
Match 7: Saba Battery - winner match 3
Match 8: Zob Ahan - winner match 4

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Semifinal:

winner match 5 - winner match 6
winner match 7 - winner match 8

rikhardur

01-14-2008, 06:59 PM

So what are your predictions regarding the team(s) with most possibilites to win the Super League?

mohsena2631

01-14-2008, 10:02 PM

So what are your predictions regarding the team(s) with most possibilites to win the Super League?

no doubt, Mahram and Saba are favorites to win the title, both have Iran NT players and 2 good foreigners. (Long and Madison for Mahram, Dioumassi and Garth Joseph for Saba)

Zob Ahan and Kaveh have good team also. Zob Ahan is youngest team in superleague, they have a smart coach and players from Iran Junior NT with Iran NT players like Sahakian and Jaber Rouzbahani. but their imports are not good enough.

and I think Babol's team (Beem) can surprise others, Beem have strong roster with Iran NT captain Pooya Tajik and our first guard Iman Zandi, they both missed FIBA Asia 2007 due to injuries. Babol's people are basketball crazy and support their team a lot. they can beat all asian clubs at home but for championship they must win Saba and Mahram in Tehran. i think they cannot !

my predictions:

Mahram 45%
Saba 35%
Zob Ahan 10%
Kaveh 5%
Beem 5%
no chance for others !

mohsena2631

01-16-2008, 04:31 PM

Last match:

Mahram 100 - Pardis 78
quarters: (25-22, 24-22, 24-19, 27-15)

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Final standings:

1-Mahram 42
2-Saba 40
3-Zob Ahan 38
4-Kaveh 37
5-Pardis 35
6-Beem 34 (+4)
7-Petrochimi 34 (-4)
8-Ararat 31
9-Shahrdari Gorgan 29
10-Gol Gohar 27
11-Azad UN 26
12-HB Shahrekord 23

mvblair

01-16-2008, 08:53 PM

So what's next, Mohensa?

mohsena2631

01-16-2008, 10:07 PM

So what's next, Mohensa?

go to playoff

http://www.iranbasketball.org/News/asp/Detail_Newse.asp?id=6597

Iran basketball super league

Super league play offs schedule (first round-2 of 3)

Thursday 24th Jan 2008
Heyat Basketball Shahrekord vs. Pardis Mottahed Qazvin……….16:00
Daneshgah Azad Tehran vs. Beem Mazandaran…………16:00
Gol Gohar Sirjan vs. Petroshimi Bandar Imam …………16:00
Shahrdari Gorgan vs. Ararat Tehran……....…16:00

Monday 28th Jan 2008
Pardis Mottahed Qazvin vs. Heyat Basketball Shahrekord……….16:00
Beem Mazandaran vs. Daneshgah Azad Tehran…………….16:00
Petroshimi Bandar Imam vs. Gol Gohar Sirjan……………16:00
Ararat Tehran vs. Shahrdari Gorgan…………….16:00

Winner by biggest margin will have home advantage in 3rd match (if necessary)

rikhardur

01-16-2008, 10:32 PM

I checked the website you provided and it's really a pity there aren't stats anywhere as far as I could see. That should be improved, Iran is a power in Asia, it's not acceptable.

mohsena2631

01-16-2008, 11:20 PM

I checked the website you provided and it's really a pity there aren't stats anywhere as far as I could see. That should be improved, Iran is a power in Asia, it's not acceptable.

yes , you are right. we have a long way to learn.

daniab

01-17-2008, 06:25 AM

Well the iranian basketball is improved a lot,i think the problem in Iran that the most of the people there support the football team and few the basketball.
Correct Mohsena ?

mohsena2631

01-17-2008, 11:20 AM

Well the iranian basketball is improved a lot,i think the problem in Iran that the most of the people there support the football team and few the basketball.
Correct Mohsena ?

right
in Iran, Basketball is not popular like football, futsal, wrestling (olympic style), weightlifting and volleyball.

and about football, no doubt, football is important part of iranians life.

mvblair

01-17-2008, 03:21 PM

Hopefully the situation will change now that the NT is having great success and the clubs are playing so well internationally. Iranians should be very proud of their athletes, especially their basketball team. Of course, we have a personal agenda on this forum (promoting basketball), so I'd rather see Iranians enjoying basketball rather than wrestling!

Yes, that website is not very good right now. Of course we want to see statistics, pictures, and box-scores. It would go a long way toward making internationals like me aware of the Super League. It's easy to find information about other countries: all of Europe, Lebanon, Argentina, China, etc. But if you want to know about Iranian players, you have to go through the FIBA website, IBN, and what they have at Eurobasket.com. It's a shame.

Back to the Play-Offs: I'm not sure what the system is like in the SL. It looks like Mahram is the favorite. The globetrotting Tony Madison is on fire this year. But Sabba is obviously strong. I'll pick them to win the Play-Offs in a series. Why? Two reasons: 1) experience counts for everything in any play-off tournament, and 2) they've got the two-headed monster that is Garth and Ehadi.

assad06

01-23-2008, 12:45 PM

mohsena2631

01-23-2008, 01:57 PM

hey moshena wen its saba vs mohram?????

u wrote that sabba battery is from tahran but on future tv in the match between saba and riyadi they said that sabba team is 4 the iranian army....so wats the correct answer???

hi asad
Mahram vs Saba Battery in regular season:

Saba 71 - Mahram 74
Mahram 92 - Saba 78

and possibly they will played again in Final.

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"Saba Battery" is part of Saba Battery Multisport Club, owned by "Saba Battery Co", and is located in "Robat Karim" (small sity near the Tehran), although they are registered as a team from Tehran and play in the Azadi Basketball Arena.

but Saba Battery Co owned by Iran's Airforce !

assad06

01-23-2008, 04:27 PM

thnx 4 the infos man...

mohsena2631

01-23-2008, 10:41 PM

but Saba Battery Co owned by Iran's Airforce !

sorry,Saba Battery Co owned by Iran's Defense Ministry (not Airforce) !

mohsena2631

01-24-2008, 02:49 PM

Playoffs-1st round:

Azad UN 68 - Beem 84
Tajik (17pts), Zandi (17pts), Karimian (16pts)
bad news: Pooya Tajik (Iran NT captain) was injured during this match hardly.

Gol Gohar 101 - Petrochimi 95 (OT)
88-88 in 40 minutes, disqualification for 3 petro players (including 2 imports)

Shahrdari Gorgan 66 - Ararat 69
excellent score for lone christian team in Iran.

HB Shahrekord 83 - Pardis 86

mohsena2631

01-28-2008, 05:28 PM

Play-offs / 1st Round / Match 2

Beem 20 - Azad UN 0
Azad UN withdrew! with 10 injured players, they had not enough players for a basketball match !!
Pardis 78 - HB Shahrekord 90
unbelievable ! last team beat 5th team at home !
Petrochimi 79 - Gol Gohar 43
Javad Davari (24pts), petro (last year runner-up) is back !
Ararat 67 - Gorgan 92
Anwar Coleman (39pts !), another unbelievable ! Ararat got into trouble.

Series:
Beem 2 - Azad UN 0
Petrochimi 1 - Gol Gohar 1
Ararat 1 - Gorgan 1
Pardis 1 - HB Shahrekord 1

next matches in 31 Jan.
Beem qualified for quarterfinal against Zob Ahan.

mohsena2631

01-31-2008, 01:43 PM

Play-offs / 1st Round / Match 3

Petrochimi 20 - Gol Gohar 0
Gol Gohar withdrew! it's not acceptable !!
Gorgan 77 - Ararat 61
what a disappointment for Ararat ! Anwar Coleman played exellent tonight.
HB Shahrekord 84 - Pardis 78
elimination of Pardis with Jabari Smith ! surprising Shahrekord. they lost 21 of 22 matches in regular season and won 2 of 3 matches in playoffs !!!

Series:
Beem 2 - Azad UN 0
Petrochimi 2 - Gol Gohar 1
Gorgan 2 - Ararat 1
HB Shahrekord 2 - Pardis 1

Quarterfinals:
Mahram - Gorgan
Kaveh - HB Shahrekord
Saba Battery - Petrochimi
Zob Ahan - Beem

rikhardur

01-31-2008, 02:10 PM

Petrochimi 20 - Gol Gohar 0
Gol Gohar withdrew! it's not acceptable !!
Why did they do that? As the results show they could have passed to the next round.

mohsena2631

01-31-2008, 03:05 PM

Why did they do that? As the results show they could have passed to the next round.

logically, they could not.
they won first match in Sirjan (Gol Gohar's home) in overtime with help of referees !!!!!
and for second match, federation forced Petrochimi to play in Tehran (Petro's home is Mahshahr) and suspended two imports and coach of petrochimi. but after all Petochimi without foreigners , coach and supporters crached Gol Gohar by big margin.
and for third match (in Mahshahr), logically Golgohar can not beat Petrochimi with imports and supporters.

Petrochimi is a strong team,they played in 05/06 and 06/07 finals (and lost both finals to Saba). but they must try, withdrawal is not acceptable.

Get Rich Or Die Playin

02-01-2008, 12:52 PM

mohsena2631

02-01-2008, 02:56 PM

I' ve heard that American player Torraye Braggs is playing for Petrochimi. I'd like to know if that's true. And also I'd like to see his statistics.

For me it seems that now in Iran is playoff time, so soon season should end. Right?

yes , he play for Petrochimi but sorry ! we have not official statistics !!! and iran national TV often broadcast Tehran's matches and i can not see his play enough.

but Petrochimi had not good season and they will eliminate in quarterfinal.

interxavierxxx

02-01-2008, 03:13 PM

mohsena2631

02-01-2008, 05:01 PM

Hey Mohsena2631,... I was wondering if you could give your opinion.

Do you think the 2009 FIBA Asia Champs might extend from 16 to 24 participating teams?

Who do you think is going to host the next Asian Champs?

hi
i think 16 is better! we have only 25 (more or less) active countries in asia. Only 17 teams participated at asian games.

and who is the host ?
Iran: absolutely NO, maybe 2011
Lebanon: Of course they want it. But they cannot.
Kazakhstan, Syria and Jordan: NO, they cannot
China and Japan: NO (i wish)
Korea and Philippines: maybe (if they want)
Qatar: NO, they closed their basketball book after Asian Games

but i think the host will be a weak team in asia, maybe Malaysia, Indonesia, Kuwait or Bahrain.

interxavierxxx

02-01-2008, 05:39 PM

hi
i think 16 is better! we have only 25 (more or less) active countries in asia. Only 17 teams participated at asian games.

and who is the host ?
Iran: absolutely NO, maybe 2011
Lebanon: Of course they want it. But they cannot.
Kazakhstan, Syria and Jordan: NO, they cannot
China and Japan: NO (i wish)
Korea and Philippines: maybe (if they want)
Qatar: NO, they closed their basketball book after Asian Games

but i think the host will be a weak team in asia, maybe Malaysia, Indonesia, Kuwait or Bahrain.

Yeah, I agree. The only thing I want them to change is the elimination format. You see in the Eurobasket, 16 teams are placed into 4 groups which makes it identical to the Asian Champs; however, the main difference is that, in the Eurobasket, the top three teams in the group qualify whileas the top two teams qualify in the Asian Champs. The top three teams in each group are placed into two separate groups where the 4 top teams advance to the quarterfinal knockout stage.

In addition to that, all teams participating play everyday only during the preliminary rounds. When it comes to the next round, they play but not everyday.

I think the Eurobasket tournament format is more favourable since its fairer. Unlike the Asian Champs where you barely have a rest day. It's no wonder many teams during the Eurobasket where able to get better unlike the teams in the Asian Champs where they were given ample time to improve.

What's your say guys?

mvblair

02-01-2008, 05:55 PM

....but they must try, withdrawal is not acceptable. I agree with you 200%, Mohensa. At least try. I've played in pick-up games where the competition was going to kill us, but I at least made an attempt.

To quit is to act like a spoiled child, like the NBA players who sign maximum contracts, then stop playing and demand to be traded. They're babies who shouldn't start what they can't finish. Shame on Gol Gohar.

Pardis is finished!? Wow, I thought Smith could dominate, but I was wrong.

Looks like Mahram and Sabba are still the favorites.

mohsena2631

02-01-2008, 09:16 PM

Yeah, I agree. The only thing I want them to change is the elimination format. You see in the Eurobasket, 16 teams are placed into 4 groups which makes it identical to the Asian Champs; however, the main difference is that, in the Eurobasket, the top three teams in the group qualify whileas the top two teams qualify in the Asian Champs. The top three teams in each group are placed into two separate groups where the 4 top teams advance to the quarterfinal knockout stage.

In addition to that, all teams participating play everyday only during the preliminary rounds. When it comes to the next round, they play but not everyday.

I think the Eurobasket tournament format is more favourable since its fairer. Unlike the Asian Champs where you barely have a rest day. It's no wonder many teams during the Eurobasket where able to get better unlike the teams in the Asian Champs where they were given ample time to improve.

What's your say guys?

i agree with you, Eurobasket 2007 is best format for 16 teams tournament.

mohsena2631

02-04-2008, 03:17 PM

Quarterfinals/match 1

Good day for Tehran's teams

Beem 86 - Zob Ahan 83
quarters: (19-20, 17-19, 25-22, 25-22)
Calvin Cage (22pts), Pooya Tajik (20pts), Soumaila Samake (19pts)
Beem took a center from Mali , Soumaila Samake ! he was drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the second round of the 2000 NBA Draft, and played for the Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers

HB Shahrekord 63 - Kaveh 106
quarters: (15-33, 12-25, 14-16, 22-32)

Petrochimi 61 - Saba Battery 71

Gorgan 69 - Mahram 86
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Series: (best of 3)
Saba 1 - Petrochimi 0
Mahram 1 - Gorgan 0
Kaveh 1 - Shahrekord 0
Zob Ahan 0 - Beem 1

next matches on thursday

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Relegation matches (9th-12th places)

15 Feb.
Pardis-Gol Gohar
Ararat-Azad UN

16 Feb.
Azad UN-Pardis
Gol Gohar-Ararat

17 Feb.
Gol Gohar-Azad UN
Pardis-Ararat

all 6 matches will be played in Azadi arena, Tehran.

mohsena2631

02-07-2008, 02:24 PM

Quarterfinals/match 2

Mahram 20 - Gorgan 0
another withdraw ! :mad: :mad:

Kaveh 95 - Shahrekord 79
quarters: (32-15, 23-15, 22-17, 18-32)
good try for young team from Shahrekord. they played very well in last quarter, their guard Alexander Pashkov (Belarus) played like a great player. especially his unbelievable alley-oop pass to Reza Jamshidi. for Kaveh , the best player was Amir Amini.

Zob Ahan 86 - Beem 69
quarters: (19-29, 27-10, 18-19, 22-11)
best player was Jaber Rouzbahani of Zob.

Saba Battery 94 - Petrochimi 74
quarters: (25-16, 22-19, 17-20, 30-19)
Petro was really close to beating champion, but their stupid technical fouls in last quarter (4 or 5 !!!) killed their hopes. Hamed Afagh and Karam Ahmadian saved Saba in last minutes.

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Series:
Mahram 2 - Gorgan 0
Kaveh 2 - Shahrekord 0
Zob Ahan 1 - Beem 1
Saba Battery 2 - Petrchimi 0
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Semifinal: (3 of 5)
Mahram-Kaveh
Saba Battery-winner(Zob/Beem)

3 teams from Tehran in semifinal !!
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next match (Zob-Beem) on monday.

daniab

02-07-2008, 02:47 PM

rikhardur

02-07-2008, 03:07 PM

This kind of steps might be very effective, dangerous and might kill the activity of the teams,it was happening a lot in Lebanon few years ago.
I totally agree, it's a bad and dangerous "habit" definitely.

mohsena2631

02-07-2008, 06:11 PM

Mohsena,i noticed that 2 teams withdrew during the playoffs,what is the problem ?? Usually the teams who are not performing well,used to withdrew after some games in the regular season.
This kind of steps might be very effective, dangerous and might kill the activity of the teams,it was happening a lot in Lebanon few years ago.

you are right

they withdrew for 1 match , because they had not any chance against opponents, Gorgan will be played for 5th-8th places. also Azad and Gol Gohar will be played for 9th-12th places.
their problem is money !! they havenot good sponsors like Saba, Mahram, Kaveh, Pardis, Zob Ahan, Beem, Petrochimi and even Ararat. they are multisport clubs and sometimes they sacrifice one for others.

but , for me as a fan, it is treachery.

daniab

02-07-2008, 07:26 PM

you are right

they withdrew for 1 match , because they had not any chance against opponents, Gorgan will be played for 5th-8th places. also Azad and Gol Gohar will be played for 9th-12th places.
their problem is money !! they havenot good sponsors like Saba, Mahram, Kaveh, Pardis, Zob Ahan, Beem, Petrochimi and even Ararat. they are multisport clubs and sometimes they sacrifice one for others.

but , for me as a fan, it is treachery.
Oh that's bad,but i think these problems shouldn't happen anymore specially that you have A Superleague which mean a professional league,if some teams are not capable to get money so they shouldn't play from the beginning

mohsena2631

02-07-2008, 07:48 PM

Oh that's bad,but i think these problems shouldn't happen anymore specially that you have A Superleague which mean a professional league,if some teams are not capable to get money so they shouldn't play from the beginning

of course that is bad, but they played 22 matches in regular season and i'm sure they have enough money to play 1 match more !
i think , main problem is rules of Iran's federation. if a team do not play in a match, they only lose 20-0, no more , no suspension. and it is a good rule for stingy managers.

daniab

02-09-2008, 07:47 AM

Mohsen,do you know this player "Dusan Milicic " ??? is he good ? i knew that he was playing in Iran,can u tell us more about him ? He signs with Anibal-Zahle.

mohsena2631

02-09-2008, 04:41 PM

Mohsen,do you know this player "Dusan Milicic " ??? is he good ? i knew that he was playing in Iran,can u tell us more about him ? He signs with Anibal-Zahle.

hi Daniab, I remember Dušan Miličić, he played this season for Azad UN in 4 or 5 matches, but his club did not pay him at time and he leaved them (2 or 3 month ago)! he isnot a superstar , but he is good. Azad with him defeated Zob Ahan and Beem.

mohsena2631

02-11-2008, 03:42 PM

Zob Ahan in final four !

Zob Ahan 74 - Beem 73
Series (2-1)

Zob Ahan won the game with two free throws from Oshin Sahakian in last second.

Semifinal

Saba Battery - Zob Ahan
Mahram - Kaveh

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5th-8th places
Shahrekord 77 - Gorgan 83
Series (0-1)

mohsena2631

02-12-2008, 07:04 PM

Iran superleague 2007/08 (1386) Semifinals:

http://i28.tinypic.com/dos189.jpg

Previous matches (regular season):
Mahram 71 - Kaveh 58
Kaveh 91 - Mahram 90

Best result:
Mahram: 3rd place (06/07)
Kaveh : - (first appearance)

Famous players:

Mahram:
Tony Madison
Arthur Long
Mehdi Kamrani
Samad Nikkhah Bahrami
Aidin Kabir
Hamed Sohrabnejad (absent)
Mehrad Atashi
Hooman Rezaei
Coach: Mostafa Hashemi

Kaveh:
Mike Jones
Omar Sneed
Amir Amini
Moosa Nabipoor
Farid Zarghi
Reza Lotfi
Saeid Davarpanah
Coach: Farzad Kouhian

http://i26.tinypic.com/2zh4i9y.jpg

Previous matches (regular season):
Zob Ahan 68 - Saba Battery 81
Saba Battery 85 - Zob Ahan 78

Best result:
Saba Battery: 1st place (03/04 , 05/06 , 06/07)
Zob Ahan : 1st place (93/94 , 94/95 , 96/97 , 98/99 , 99/00 , 00/01 , 01/02)

famous players:

Saba Battery:
Garth Joseph
Makan Dioumassi
Hamed Haddadi
Hamed Afagh
Karam Ahmadian
Saeid Tabeshnia
Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami (absent)
Kamran Jamshidvand
Coach: Mehran Shahin-Tab'

Zob Ahan:
Cameron Chris
Petar Arsic
Jaber Rouzbahani
Oshin Sahakian
Arsalan Kazemi (absent)
Mohammadreza Akbari
Ali Baheran
Mohammad Amjad
Coach: Mohsen Sadeghzadeh

-----------------------------------------------------

Schedule: (best of 5)

14 Feb / 1st match:
Kaveh - Mahram
Zob Ahan - Saba Battery (postponed)

16 Feb / 2nd match:
Kaveh - Mahram
Zob Ahan - Saba Battery (postponed)

19 Feb. / 3rd match:
Mahram - Kaveh
Saba Battery - Zob Ahan (postponed)

21 Feb. / 4th match: (if necessary)
Mahram - Kaveh
Saba Battery - Zob Ahan (postponed)

mohsena2631

02-13-2008, 10:10 AM

USA/IRI - A basket full of surprises for an American player in Iran

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/inte/p/langid/1/newsid/23433/arti.html

TEHERAN (Iranian Basketball League) - Mike Jones is an American basketball player in the Iranian basketball league. He has been playing professional basketball for 9 years, most of it outside his home country. In the four years he played in France, two were spent in the first division. This is his first season in Iran, a country whose people and culture have given him a shock to kick start his games from a sure point.

Why did you choose to come to Iran?

Well, I got a number of offers from France and Turkey. And the one from Iran was the best, so I decided to come here.

What was your perception of Iranian basketball then?

I knew there was a pretty good league. I know Gabe Mouneke, one of the guys who played here last season with Saba Battery. He told me a lot of good things about Iran and I just wanted to try something different. But I did not know what to expect. And I am happy to be here now.

How do you compare the league in Iran with others you've already played in?

The league in Iran is pretty good but not as good as the ones in Europe, yet. However, looking into the future, I believe it's going to be pretty good and I am glad I'm a part of it now.

How was your idea about the country itself?

I was a little bit nervous at first, but once I got here I realized that the people were very friendly, totally different from the picture I had from the news. I have made a lot of friends and I think I'd really like to stay and play here for a few years.

Now that you are here in the country, has the initial image you had of Iran changed in any way?

Yes, when I arrived I did not think the people were going to be this friendly. The image you get in the media in the United States is angry and mad people, but it's nothing like that once you get here, so it was a pleasant surprise.

What about your social life over here, do you find it limited in any way?

Yes, social life is limited for me, over here. But I am occupied with my job. For example in a country like Turkey you can go to a club or a bar, but here you can't. Here, you ought to focus on basketball and actually, that does make the players better.

So, how do you fill in your spare time in Iran?

Reading books and surfing the internet ten hours a day instead of two.

What about sight seeing? Have you been able to travel around the country?

Not really. We went to Isfahan and it was very nice, but I haven't had more time for sight-seeing.

Have you found any similarities between the Iranian and American cultures?

Just that everybody likes to have fun and have a good time, in both countries. I can't think of anything else in common right now.

Has anything ever shocked you here?

Yes, eating Kebabs everyday and the way people drive over here. That is crazy. I drove in Turkey and I thought if I could drive in Turkey, I could drive anywhere in the world, but I won't ever drive here.

Can you tell us a bit about Turkey and your time there playing basketball?

The Turkish basketball league is very good and real physical. I think that in Iran they let you play physical too. But the league in Turkey is a bit better right now.

What is your view about Iranian basketball now that you are a part of it?

It's good now but in 3 or 4 years it is going to be a much better and stronger league. There are a lot of foreign players here, and there are also good Iranian players. The Iranian league is now one of the big powers in Asia would be even more secured in future.

And what about the weak-points?

The weak-points are with the gyms here. A couple of them are good but other gyms are bad. In some of the gyms we play on a concrete floor and this is bad for the knees. I think if there'd be better gyms, the league could become much better.

What about the Iranian spectators who come to watch the matches?

I think they love basketball. Like in BEEM, the spectators are very good. We have good spectators at our gym too. They just love basketball and they like to see good games.

Have you ever had the chance to talk to them?

Yes, after the games they always want to shake hands. I have taken a couple of pictures with them too.

How has the Iranian basketball or playing here been a challenge for you?

It's been a challenge because Omar and I have been living in this hotel for like three months. You need your own apartment to go back to after a game and relax. Living in a hotel is kind of difficult for us.

But almost all clubs provide their players with apartments?

Most clubs do, but ours hasn't.

Did you ever ask for an explanation?

Yes, we pointed out that it was stated in our contracts, but for a reason that we do not know of, we are put in a hotel which has been kind of hard to deal with. The other things are OK.

Have you ever had any problem over the payments?

No. But, the hardest thing for us is sending the money home, because from Iran you can't send money to the U.S. directly and it often takes a week or even longer. If transactions were faster, it would make us feel a lot better.

Did you encounter any obstacles while communicating with your coach or team-mates?

No. The coach speaks good English. Our trainer Ali and most of the guys on the team speak English and can understand you if you speak slowly. However, I have been trying to learn Farsi and it's a very difficult language to learn. My team-mates have been really nice and they have been trying to teach me Farsi. Now, I can say hello, I am feeling well and how are you in Farsi.

Is there anything special you might have learnt from Iranian culture?

I think the people are pretty honest for the most part; just nice people. In America you've got to know a person for a bit of time before he becomes nice to you, but here the people just want to be nice, right away.

Do you think you would come back again to Iran if you receive a good offer?

If I am offered a nice contract, I'll definitely come back.

When you return to the U.S. how may your experience here change your life over there?

When I speak to my parents, they always ask me if everything is OK and safe here. But when I go back I will tell them that things are not like what you hear or see on the news. So I think, one thing I would say to the people when I go back home is that the people in Iran are very nice and nothing like what they make of them on the news.

Well, what do you predict for Iran's national Basketball team after it qualified for the Olympic Games?

I think it's very good that Iran has qualified. Two of the players in the Olympics team are from my own team, Kaveh. They are very good players. Iran has got a lot of good players, so once the basketball IQ improves the league will get a lot better.

Do you think that sports bring countries with conflicts together? Can we have dialogue through sports?

That's just like a safe haven. With sports different people can have fun and not worry about the issues that create a gap between them. I think people will have a different idea of the Iranians once they see them in the Olympics and see that they are just like everyone else in the world.

Thank you Mike and hope you enjoy your time here for the rest of the season.

Thank you.

mvblair

02-13-2008, 12:41 PM

Mike Jones is playing in Iran? Wow. When did this happen? He's a really good player. I don't remember, but I think he was drafted in the NBA in 2006.

I just love to see these kinds of interviews. I think that when great players say these nice things about a country, it really brings the two countries closer, whether the US or Iran officially want that or not. It's a lot like the old Ping Pong Diplomacy between China and the US. Jones lets Americans know what Iran is really like, and Iranians get to meet a smart, open-minded young American.

By the way, Jones is totally correct when criticizes the floors ("In some of the gyms we play on a concrete floor and this is bad for the knees. I think if there'd be better gyms, the league could become much better."). I saw first hand in Costa Rica very good players who play on polished concrete. It's terrible on the knees and hips. Nice wood floors help players jump and keep their legs in better shape.

mohsena2631

02-14-2008, 12:58 PM

Semifinal / 1st match

Kaveh 90 - Mahram 92
quarters: (15-25, 38-31, 18-21, 19-15)

best players:
Mahram: Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (34pts), Mehdi Kamrani (25pts)
Kaveh: Omar Sneed (30pts), Saeid Davarpanah (19pts)

last minute:
1:05 min - 2 points by Reza Lotfi (KAV), 88-90
55 sec - Samad Nikkhah (MAH) missed two free throws
17 sec - Omar Sneed (KAV) missed 3 pts shoot- rebound by Lotfi (KAV), 2 pts + additional free throw, 90-90
11 sec - Lotfi missed free throw, unbelievable mistake by Davarpanah and Jones (contact together) in rebound, Reb by Mahram, counter attack by Mehrad Atashi (MAH), 2 pts, 90-92
1 sec - Mike Jones (KAV) missed 3 pts shoot, and finish

wow ! Kaveh was really close to win !!!

Arthur Long did not play in last quarter (5 fouls) and Amir Amini broke Mehdi Kamrani's head by elbow. (unintentional)

what a match by kaveh, they deserved to win but they couldnot ! they are really dangerous !!

today Madison played bad, Mahram won by Iranian players, imports did not help them. and for first time after death of Aidin, Samad played like his usual self.

photos:

Kamrani against Amini (best iranian guards)
http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2008/02/342127_orig.jpg

Omar Sneed and Samad Nikkhah
http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2008/02/342122_orig.jpg

Sneed and Art Long
http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2008/02/342129_orig.jpg

Mike Jones under basket against Aidin Kabir
http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2008/02/342125_orig.jpg

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5th-8th places
Gorgan 72 - Shahrekord 49
Series (2-0)

Gorgan will played for 5th place
Shahrekord will played for 7th place

mohsena2631

02-14-2008, 09:21 PM

Mike Jones is playing in Iran? Wow. When did this happen? He's a really good player. I don't remember, but I think he was drafted in the NBA in 2006.

no , he is not ! he is another Mike Jones !

his career:
http://kavehbasket.com/MIKE%20GEORGE%20JONES.html

mohsena2631

02-16-2008, 05:33 PM

Semifinal / 2nd match

Kaveh 98 - Mahram 102

Mahram 2 - Kaveh 0 / 1 step to final

shame on TV !! They did not broadcast it!!!!

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Relegation matches / 9th-12th places / Round robin

Day 1
Pardis 78 - Gol Gohar 70
Ararat 91 - Azad UN 74

Day 2
Gol Gohar 75 - Ararat 81
Azad 70 - Pardis 82

mohsena2631

02-17-2008, 06:23 PM

Placement matches:

Ararat 74 - Pardis 70
Azad 93 - Gol Gohar 83

Final Ranking (7th-12th)

7 - HB Shahrekord
8 - Beem Mazandaran
9 - Ararat Tehran
10 - Pardis Qazvin
11 - Azad UN Tehran
12 - Gol Gohar Sirjan

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5th/6th place:
Petrochimi - Shahrdari Gorgan

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Semifinal: (best of 5)

Mahram 2 - Kaveh 0 / third match on tuesday

Saba Battery 0 - Zob Ahan 0 / first match on wednesday

Malas1

02-18-2008, 05:59 AM

Salam Mohsena :)

I wanted to ask....

How Jabari Smith is doing in Iran? What are his current stats?

Thanks in advance

mohsena2631

02-18-2008, 10:10 AM

Salam Mohsena :)

I wanted to ask....

How Jabari Smith is doing in Iran? What are his current stats?

Thanks in advance

Salam Malas1 :)

Jabari Smith played for Pardis Qazvin (5th in regular season and 10th in final ranking). and the league was finished for him. but this season was not good for Jabari. and Pardis's coach is not satisfied with him. especially his second match in first round of playoffs.

and about stats , i am sorry, we have not !

Malas1

02-18-2008, 10:41 AM

Salam Malas1 :)

Jabari Smith played for Pardis Qazvin (5th in regular season and 10th in final ranking). and the league was finished for him. but this season was not good for Jabari. and Pardis's coach is not satisfied with him. especially his second match in first round of playoffs.

and about stats , i am sorry, we have not !

Thanks for Updates mohesna :)

mohsena2631

02-19-2008, 02:23 PM

Mahram in final !

Mahram 93 - Kaveh 80
Series (3 - 0) / 92-90 / 102-98 / 93-80
quarters: (29-22, 24-14, 22-20, 18-24)

Samad Nikkhah (23pts), Tony Madison (21pts)
Omar Sneed (27pts)

Arthur Long disqualified after fighting with Farid Zarghi and he lost first match (at least) of FINAL.

Iran TV did not broadcast this match :mad: ! due to Asian Handball championship match between Iran and Lebanon at same time !! :D :D

http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/11/30/779422-01-29.JPG

daniab

02-19-2008, 03:20 PM

Iran TV did not broadcast this match :mad: ! due to Asian Handball championship match between Iran and Lebanon at same time !! :D :D

Congrats for Iran,you won 34-27.
I think that Lebanon played a good game :D

mohsena2631

02-19-2008, 04:56 PM

Congrats for Iran,you won 34-27.
I think that Lebanon played a good game :D

Yes, Lebanon played good against one of favorites. they surprised Iran, especially in first half. and at last Iranian fans cheered for Lebanon due to their good try.

it is good to see an asian championship in Iran but this tournamet put our basketball superleague in shadow ! :mad:

daniab

02-19-2008, 05:32 PM

Yes, Lebanon played good against one of favorites. they surprised Iran, especially in first half. and at last Iranian fans cheered for Lebanon due to their good try.

it is good to see an asian championship in Iran but this tournamet put our basketball superleague in shadow ! :mad:
Well i'm happy that Lebanon Handball NT is playing in the asian championship specially that Israel destroyed our biggest court "Hatem Achour stadium" from 2 years and good that we back and this game is not over.I thought that no more handball in Lebanon :mad:
About the iranian league,i think they should organize the programs of the games with the channel,its pitty that a Semi final game is not broadcasted,it will kill the enthusiasm of the league.The sponsers will not be happy,the foundations who are participating in the budget of the teams also will not accept this.

mohsena2631

02-20-2008, 02:11 PM

big shock !!

Zob Ahan 79 - Saba Battery 78
quarters: (21-23, 27-21, 17-19, 14-15)

Series: Saba Battery 0 - Zob Ahan 1

second match on Friday.

Malas1

02-20-2008, 03:20 PM

Salam Mohsena...

I want to ask you one more question,...

How did Soumalia Samake and Calvin Cage do with BEEM in the last few games they played with the team???

Thanks in advance...

mohsena2631

02-20-2008, 04:04 PM

Salam Mohsena...

I want to ask you one more question,...

How did Soumalia Samake and Calvin Cage do with BEEM in the last few games they played with the team???

Thanks in advance...

salam

they replaced Michael Byers-Dawson and Kevin Jobity (past imports)

Samake and Cage played in 3 matches (quarterfinal against Zob Ahan).

first: Beem 86 - Zob Ahan 83
Cage (22pts), Samake (19pts)

second:Zob Ahan 86 - Beem 69
Cage (18pts), Samake (13pts)

third:Zob Ahan 74 - Beem 73
Cage (24pts), Samake (17pts)

Cage played well and beem with him was really close to beat Zob-Ahan but they lost in last second !
about Samake, full of turnovers !! no more ...

Samake in Babol
http://xs223.xs.to/xs223/08053/esi227.jpg

Malas1

02-20-2008, 07:00 PM

salam

they replaced Michael Byers-Dawson and Kevin Jobity (past imports)

Samake and Cage played in 3 matches (quarterfinal against Zob Ahan).

first: Beem 86 - Zob Ahan 83
Cage (22pts), Samake (19pts)

second:Zob Ahan 86 - Beem 69
Cage (18pts), Samake (13pts)

third:Zob Ahan 74 - Beem 73
Cage (24pts), Samake (17pts)

Cage played well and beem with him was really close to beat Zob-Ahan but they lost in last second !
about Samake, full of turnovers !! no more ...

Samake in Babol
http://xs223.xs.to/xs223/08053/esi227.jpg

Thanks for infos again mohsena ... :)

mohsena2631

02-22-2008, 02:05 PM

Semifinal / Match 2

Zob Ahan 64 - Saba Battery 72
quarters: (15-15, 5-22, 27-21, 14-17)

Serie: Saba Battery 1 - Zob Ahan 1

third match / Tehran / Sunday
fourth match / Tehran / Tuesday

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5th place match:
Petrochimi 97 - Gorgan 69

5th place for Petrochimi !!

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Division 1 / final standing

1 - Rah Ahan Tehran
2 - Shahrdari Langroud
3 - Traktor Sazi Kordestan
4 - Aboumoslem Khorasan Razavi

qualified to next year superleague (if they pass federation quality standard)
------------------------
next year teams: (by province)

5 from Tehran (Saba Battery, Mahram, Ararat, Kaveh, Rah Ahan)
1 from Gilan (Shahrdari Langroud)
1 from Mazandaran (BEEM)
1 from Golestan (Shahrdari Gorgan)
1 from Khorasan Razavi (Aboumoslem)
1 from Qazvin (Pardis)
1 from Kordestan (Traktor Sazi)
1 from Esfahan (Zob Ahan)
1 from Chaharmahal-o Bakhtiari (HB Shahrekord)
1 from Khoozestan (Petrochimi)

this list is not final

mohsena2631

02-24-2008, 12:23 PM

Semifinal / Match 3

an easy match for title holder !

Saba Battery 103 - Zob Ahan 56
quarters: (29-9, 19-22, 27-9, 28-16)

Serie: Saba Battery 2 - Zob Ahan 1

Hamed Afagh (24 pts) was MVP, his 3 points shoots killed esfahan's hopes. and also good for Hamed Haddadi , who stopped Rouzbahani.

Malas1

02-24-2008, 01:50 PM

Soumiala Samake signed with Zain of Jordan after he finished the season with BEEM ...........

mohsena2631

02-26-2008, 01:02 PM

Semifinal / Match 4
unbelievable score ! Zob beat Saba in TEHRAN !

Saba Battery 83 - Zob Ahan 84
quarters: (21-30, 23-21, 21-19, 17-14)

Serie: (2-2)

5th match on Friday (Tehran)

mohsena2631

02-29-2008, 02:15 PM

Lucky Saba in final !!

Saba Battery 88 - Zob Ahan 80
quarters: (19-20, 18-21, 23-19, 28-20)

Series: (3-2) / 78-79 / 72-64 / 103-56 / 83-84 / 88-80

Saba: Hamed Haddadi (28pts), Garth Joseph, Hamed Afagh, Karam Ahmadian, Saeid Tabeshnia
Zob Ahan: Chris Cameron (17pts), Oshin Sahakian, Jaber Rouzbahani, Ali Baheran, Mohammadreza Akbari

* Makan Dioumassi injured in first quarter !! (and he will lose WABA champs !!)

Oshin Sahakian (lone christian member of Iran NT) played like a hero but he is not enough for beatting asian champion, Another good match for Hamed Afagh and his 3 points shoots and Haddadi really saved Saba in last quarter. also good match for Jaber Rouzbahani he played good against Haddadi and Joseph in first half !

stats of Haddadi : 37min, 2 stl, 1 assist, 3 block, 24 rebs !!!, 28pts

mohsena2631

02-29-2008, 02:32 PM

5th final in a row for Batteries !! and their coach Mehran Shahin-Tab'. and again he will play against Mostafa Hashemi (current coach of Mahram)

2003-2004
Saba Battery 2 - Sanam 1
Sanam's Coach: Mostafa Hashemi

2004-2005
Sanam 169 - Saba Battery 158
homa and away final / 79-75 for Saba / 94-79 for Sanam

2005-2006
Saba Battery 3 - Petrochimi 0
Petrochimi's Coach: Mostafa Hashemi

2006-2007
Saba Battery 2 - Petrochimi 0
Petrochimi's Coach: Mostafa Hashemi

2007-2008
Saba Battery ? - Mahram ?
Mahram's Coach: Mostafa Hashemi

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Shahin-Tab' 3 - Hashemi 1

mohsena2631

03-01-2008, 01:17 PM

Saba Battery -Zob Ahan

towers war !! Haddadi & Joseph against Rouzbahani

http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1386/12/Photo/885.jpg

Oshin Sahakian under basket

http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1386/12/Photo/887.jpg

Sahakian & Garth

http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1386/12/Photo/899.jpg

Afagh & Cameron Chris

http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1386/12/Photo/889.jpg

mohsena2631

03-01-2008, 01:34 PM

Iran's federation decided to 2 of 3 final !!!!!!! (due to time problem and next week WABA Cup)

first match / Monday / Azadi Arena
Kaveh - Zob Ahan (3rd place) / 16:00
Mahram - Saba Battery / 18:00

mohsena2631

03-02-2008, 07:35 PM

Dribbling from Desert Sands to the Cotton Fields of Gorgan

Anwar Coleman jump started a contract in Iran. Last season he was playing in Saudi Arabia. The warmth of the Middle East has kept him in the region. He just ended his season a few days ago in the greens of northern Iran, playing for Gorgan's municipality team.

How did you first hear about Iranian basketball?

I have known about Iranian basketball for a few years, but I never thought I would end up here. A friend of mine told me about the league when I was on a tour in Chile. I started to pay closer attention to it this summer after they won the FIBA Asian games.

So, is this your first experience of Asian basketball?

No, I actually played in Saudi Arabia last season.

What brought you over to Iran, then?

I decided to come to Iran because I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to play in a good league and earn good money. I figured this must be one of the best leagues in Asia this year, because of their performance last summer.

What other options did you have in the Middle East?

Well, I could have stayed in Saudi Arabia to play in Mecca or to move to a team in Qatar. But I thought if I was going to play in this region, it should be in the best league.

What was your idea of Iran before you came over?

I didn't know much about the actual country. When I started to do research, I started to hear about how the relationship between Iran and the USA was not good. Also, a lot of people think Iran is a war zone but I haven't even seen a fist fight here.

How do you spend your free time here?

I am a friendly person and I like to be with people but there are no social clubs or social settings where people can interact. Plus there are not many things to do for fun here besides watching TV.

How can sports close gaps between countries?

History has shown that most people can be brought together through common interests. I think that sports can definitely bring countries with conflict together. Most people would rather love than hate. Most conflicts are between governments and it trickles down through its people. A country, no matter how big or small, is nothing without its people. So if you can bring the people together through the love of sports, you can bring countries together for the sake of its people.

Is it true that due to the ongoing US sanctions against Iran, it is illegal for the Americans to play basketball in Iran unless you get permission from the US government?

Well, no matter what country you live in, you are subject to its government's laws and rules, and you need the permission of your government to do almost anything. I did not receive any resistance from my government when I decided to play in Iran. I think the nations are only divided from the political standpoint not a social one. I am not a politician, so I am not really qualified to answer that question in depth.

Have you found any similarities between the Iranian and American life?

Yes, in both countries family and religion play a very big part in everyday life.

Have you ever experienced a culture shock here?

Yes, I would say the reckless driving has definitely shocked me. I have never seen anything like it. I thought the driving was bad in Saudi Arabia, but it's much worse here. People here cross the street like they are made of steal. Some don't even look; they just carelessly walk in front of cars.

What is your opinion of the Iranian Basketball?

I think the basketball here is surprisingly strong. There are very good foreign players and a lot of the local players are also very good. There are some surprisingly tall players here like Jaber from Zob Ahan. He has to be at least 7'5'. Samad from Mahram and Hadadi from Saba are just as good as any player that I have seen outside of the NBA.

What about the Iranian basketball fans?

The fans are good. They are really rowdy and make a lot of noise, but I think my city, Gorgan, has the best fans. They are absolutely crazy about their home team and they show up at every game. They even come to our practices.

But some other teams who have come to play in Gorgan said they weren't at ease there, especially when local spectators were present?

I think it is because our fans are not usually very nice to our opponents, and they will scream, shout and call names. They will do anything to distract our opponents. They definitely give us a home court advantage.

With fans like that, do you have anything to complain about?

Well honestly, some of the gyms have a really hard surface and can get pretty cold in the winter. That takes a toll on your body. Also, I found that for me it is really hard to receive foul calls, which can change your game a bit. But all in all it has not really been that difficult.

Did you ever find it hard to communicate with your team mates?

Yes, there is a definite language barrier because most of my teammates do not speak English and their way of life is very different to mine. At first I did not agree with every player voicing his opinion about how the game should be played. I always thought you lead by example because anyone can tell you they are great, but someone that is actually great can show you their greatness.

So why didn't you try to adapt others to your style?

We have a saying in the USA, 'when in Rome do as the Romans do.' It is easier for me to adapt to the style of eleven other players than try to have them change to fit my style. I feel I can win playing any style. I prepare myself for all conditions in the off season.

Mahram was the first team to reach the semis rather early because your team did not play the second game against them in first phase of play-offs. Why did this happen?

I am not sure exactly. I was told that the weather was too bad to travel by bus and there were no plane tickets available. I was really disappointed because my teammate Eddie Elisma and I really wanted to play against them again. During the first game, they caught us off guard with a lot of double teams. We felt we were ready for them for the second game, but we never got a chance to show it.

Have you learned anything about Islam and Iranian culture since arriving here?

Well, my wife was raised as a Muslim, though she no longer practices the religion. So I have a great deal of respect and understanding for Islam. As for the Iranian culture, I have learned that the people here are very hospitable. All Iranians seem to be like one big family, and they easily welcome a foreigner like me into that family.

And what souvenirs will you be taking back home from your time in Iran?

I think Iran is a great place with a lot of history and many beautiful cities. The people here are amazing and I would rather be here than any place in the world, except the USA with my wife and family, of course. However, life here is very different from the life in my country. You have to have a totally different mentality to live in my country. But I will never forget my teammates and coaches. They have been great. They have treated me like family no matter how I have played.

Will you consider staying in Iran if you get new offers or do you prefer to go back home?

Yes, absolutely, I hope I can play here for many years in the future. I feel I had a very good season here on and off the court. I had no problems with the game or the people, and I would love to come back if I receive the right offer. The only problem is that I have been away from my wife. Next season, I think she may come to Iran.

Iran's basketball team has qualified for the Olympics after an absence of over 50 years. How do you assess this?

I think it shows just how far Iranian basketball has come, and it is only going to get better. The Olympics feature the best teams in the world, and Iran didn't just qualify, they qualified as the top team in Asia. In my opinion, that is a huge achievement. And I think if the Iranian basketball organization catches up with the talent of its players and provide them with better facilities and more decent statistics, the Iranian league would be respected all over the world.

Thank you Anwar for your participation in this interview.
Thank you.

Houman Bagheri
FIBA Official Correspondent in Iran

Source: Asia-Basket.com

mohsena2631

03-02-2008, 08:19 PM

7th consecutive final for Mostafa Hashemi !! wow , current coach of Mahram and ex-center of Iran NT.

http://www.aftab.ir/news/2007/dec/17/images/6505b13644fd26193bcf777bc2e4aa42.jpg

2001-2002 / with Sanam
lost to Mohsen Sadeghzadeh (Zob Ahan)

2002-2003 / with Sanam
defeated Reza Shojapour (Iran Nara)

2003-2004 / with Sanam
lost to Mehran Shahintab (Saba Battery)

2004-2005 / with Sanam
defeated Mehran Shahintab (Saba Battery)

2005-2006 / with Petrochimi
lost to Mehran Shahintab (Saba Battery)

2006-2007 / with Petrochimi
lost to Mehran Shahintab (Saba Battery)

2007-2008 / with Mahram
against Mehran Shahintab (Saba Battery)

4 Gold and 2 Silver !!

daniab

03-03-2008, 06:37 AM

mohsena2631

03-03-2008, 09:30 AM

Salam Mohsen,thanks for the updates.
I want to ask u about Calvin cage ? how did he played in the iranian league this year ?? if u have his statistics i will be thankfull !
From my review to this thread,i saw that Beem took the 8th position so how they were ?? what they missed to be in semis? local players ?
Thanks in advance.

Salam Dani

BEEM finished on 6th position (regular season) with Michael Byers-Dawson and Kevin Jobity. but before the start of play-offs Michael and Kevin leaved BEEM for unknown reason. BEEM defeated Azad UN without imports easilly but for quarterfinal, federation alowed them to take imports (note: Iranian teams can not change their imports after 11th week). Cage joined Beem just a day before their Quarterfinal against ZobAhan. they lost 2-1 to Zob.

first: Beem 86 - Zob Ahan 83 / Cage (22pts)
second:Zob Ahan 86 - Beem 69 / Cage (18pts)
third:Zob Ahan 74 - Beem 73 / Cage (24pts)

Beem's local players are very good. they have Pooya Tajik (Iran NT Captain) as power forward and Iman Zandi as shooting guard. Zandi and Tajik both missed FIBA ASIA 2007 for injuries. and with Siavash Mohseni, Mojtaba Bani-Aghil and Mehdi Askarnejad their roster is complete.

last match, in Esfahan , Beem lead by +20 in 3rd quarter but ZobAhan came back and lead 72-71, 7 second !! Cage scored with an acrobatic shoot.just 1 second and stupid Samake fouled on Oshin Sahakian at buzzer. he scored both free throws and 74-73 for Zob.
Cage played very well in last match (i did not see others) but Samake killed their hopes !! ZobAhan is a very good team and played bravely against them. (zob lost 3-2 to title holder Saba Battery in semifinal)

daniab

03-03-2008, 09:50 AM

mohsena2631

03-03-2008, 10:23 AM

Thanks Mohsen,appreciate it.
Poya Tadjik is a very good player,i saw him many times especially in Waba 2004 which it took place in Iran.Iman Zandi also his name is known for me but i cant remember his face but if i'm not wrong he's very good 3 pointer,right ?

YES, Iman was my favourite player when he played for Sanam. he is famous for his 3 points shoots and especially his lay-ups. but if i am not wrong your El-Khatib (or another lebanese player) broke his leg in 2007 Jones Cup :D

Pooya and Iman after historical Asian Games Bronze. I said historical, because this medal changed Iran's Basketball history. especially quarterfinal against Japan. i never forget last minute, when we broke quarterfinal taboo.

http://i30.tinypic.com/vmu5b8.jpg

mohsena2631

03-03-2008, 01:47 PM

3rd place / 1st match

Kaveh 103 - Zob Ahan 94
quarters: (27-19, 27-34, 20-19, 29-22)

turnovers: Kaveh 17 / Zob 25
assists: Kaveh 21 / Zob 15
Steal: Kaveh 14 / Zob 4
Rebounds: Kaveh 32 / Zob 37

Rebs: Jaber Rouzbahani 10 (ZOB) - Omar Sneed 10 (KAV)

points:
KAV: Mike Jones 36, Omar Sneed 23, Moosa Nabipour 11, Saeid Davarpanah 10
ZOB: Petar Arsic 27, Jaber Rouzbahani 21, Mohammadreza Akbari 15

http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/12/14/324709-20-33.JPG

mohsena2631

03-03-2008, 02:58 PM

FINAL

Mahram - Saba Battery

1st quarter:
lineup: Tabeshnia, Garth, Afagh, Haddadi and Ahmadian for SABA and Long, Madison, Kamrani, Nikkhah and Sohrabnejad for MAHRAM.

Saba start with 3 points shoots by Afagh and Ahmadian. Sohrabnejad also for Mahram !
3rd foul for Arthur Long !!! just 5 min !! he is out, replaced by Hooman Rezaei.
18-17 for Mahram
Afagh is tired , replaced by Mohmmadreza Eslami.
Mahram on fire, Madison and Kamrani scored and scored, 30-17 for Mahram
Kamrani injured !! replaced by Aidin Kabir,
END, 33-22 Mahram
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2nd quarter
start of Samad Nikkah and Hamed Haddadi. they did not score in first quarter !!
3 pts for Karam Ahamdian, 37-29, 3 for Samad, 40-29
another 3 for Samad, another for Madison , 48-32
Kamrani back, Afagh back.
4th foul for Hamed Sohrabnejad, Mahram in foul trouble !! replaced bu Art Long.
big contact between Afagh and Madison. both out !! very hard back injury for Madison !!! oh ! 52-42
Samad on fire , he scored again and again. but Saba is just Haddadi. other players are sleep !!
wow , alley-op ! assist by Kamrani and Long scored !! 63-45

Garth scored and END, 63-47 for Mahram.

first half:
Saba: Haddadi 15, Garth 12, Karam 10
Mahram: Samad 17, Madison 15
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3rd quarter

Samad on fire , scored again 70-51
Saba back with Afagh, two 3 points in a row 75-62
Haddadi out , why ?
Long scored, Samad scored , 81-62
Kamrani replaced by Mehrad Atashi.
Haddadi back , 4th foul for Long, Madison still out !!
wow , 3 points shoot by a center , Arthur Long. Saba is full of turnovers.
Samad scored, again and again. 86-64
wow , wow , Hadaddi scored from half court in last second (like his magical throw against Lebanon)
86-67 END
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4th quarter

turnovers and missing shots !! 2 min without score !
5th foul for Long , HE IS OUT !! Mahram without imports !! still scoreless.
at last ! Karam scored 86-70, 7 min to go
5th foul for Kamrani !!!! Mahram in big big trouble , 87-74
3 for Karam 87-77, wow ,
Afagh 3 and 3 / 92-89 for Mahram
Madison back !! 97-93
END 101-93

first victoy for MAHRAM

Samad played very well , he is the best !! also Madison in last minutes. and Sohrabnejad before his foul trouble.
for Saba, Karam Ahmadian, Hamed Haddadi and Hamed Afagh played better. Afagh's 3 points shoots are unstoppable. he scored with 2 meter diffence.

Next match on wednesday and i heard Makan Dioumassi will play !! Saba is tired but they are still dangerous.

mvblair

03-03-2008, 07:29 PM

mohsena2631

03-04-2008, 12:08 PM

GREAT commentary, Mohensa! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I hope that we can get the same quality post after Wednesday's game.

I predicted at the start that Sabba would win, but now I'm not so sure. Can they do it? I don't know. I really don't know. They've got the players to win and if Afagh is as good a shooter as Mohensa says he is, I think they've still got a "puncher's chance."

Did you attend the game or watch it on TV? If you're attending the games and you take pictures, we want to see them! :D Especially pictures of the crowd and the stadium.

hi
yesterday I watched on TV !!

and about final , Saba is in bad days, they changed their president, they are very tired , they played 5 difficult matches against ZOB in semifinal and they will play next week in WABA CUP. they lost their best forward AIDIN NIKKHAH and after injury of Makan Dioumassi they have not good guard ! their power is 2 Hameds (Hamed Haddadi and Hamed Afagh) and Garth Joseph played very bad is last 2 or 3 matches. he is old and very tired !

Aidin (9) and Makan(8) both missed final for different reasons.
http://www.iranbasketball.org/www/photonews/Saba_1_b.jpg

but Mahram , Mahram's roster is very strong but they have not good reserves, with Tony Madison, Arthur Long, Mehdi Kamrani, Samad Nikkhah and Hamed Sohrabnejad they are unbeatable in asia (be sure) but they need better reserves. yesterday after 5th foul of Long and Kamrani they played very bad but Samad Nikkhah saved Mahram. he is the best player of Iran Superleague.

my prediction:
if Dioumassi play / 50-50
else / 60-40 for Mahram

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yesterday photos by IRNA (IR Iran news agency)

Madison between Afagh (6) and Haddadi (15)
http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/12/14/798109-07-43.jpg

Samad Nikkhah (white)l, Karam Ahmadian and Hamed Haddadi
http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/12/14/683509-08-08.JPG

Kamrani (white) and Tabeshnia (black)
http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/12/14/605109-08-35.JPG

winners
http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/12/14/920009-08-56.jpg

Garth and Long
http://media.farsnews.com//Media/8612/ImageReports/8612130742/11_8612130742_L600.jpg

Kamrani over Tabeshnia
http://media.farsnews.com//Media/8612/ImageReports/8612130742/18_8612130742_L600.jpg

mohsena2631

03-05-2008, 02:27 PM

Mahram won the title !!

Saba Battery 93 - Mahram 106
quarters: (25-20, 25-32, 16-29, 27-25)

Serie / Mahram 2 - Saba Battery 0

no difference between first and second match !! Mahram played better and they deserved to win. no doubt Final MVP is Samad Nikkhah Bahrami. he took the cup from hands of his father.

today Dioumassi played for Saba but with injury leg! very good match for Hooman Rezaei and Mehdi Kamrani. Kamrani is still our best guard.

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3rd place match:

Zob Ahan 52 - Kaveh 74

Kaveh on 3rd place !!

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Final Ranking:

1- Mahram
2- Saba Battery
3- Kaveh
4- Zob Ahan
5- Petrochimi
6- Gorgan
7- Shahrekord
8- BEEM
9- Ararat
10- Pardis
11- Azad UN
12- Gol Gohar

daniab

03-05-2008, 04:03 PM

mohsena2631

03-05-2008, 04:45 PM

congrats for Mahram.
But i think that serie of 3 games is not good absolutely.why they used this system ?? ur league is ended very soon so they can postpone the end some weeks just to let the final games on fire.

YES, in fact, the final is best of 5 (like semifinal) but this year we have many unpredicted problems. death of Aidin (2 weeks delay) and Iran's coldest winter (another 2 weeks delay) and federation had not another choice.

yes Iran's league ended very soon because we have own calendar and own year. this league is 1386 league (not 2007/2008) and today is 15/12/1386 for Iran. (just 14 days remain to new year)

but i am agree with you. basketball federation must change the schedule completely (for example 1386/1387). like our football system.

mohsena2631

03-05-2008, 04:55 PM

photos of dramatic final

Samad Nikkhah (with Aidin's shirt) and his crying mother. look at him , he have 2 medals. his gold and his brother's silver.

http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/12/15/325020-39-17.jpg

http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/12/15/118520-37-02.jpg

http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/12/15/235320-21-12.jpg

http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/12/15/865420-33-11.jpg

Bahrami father
http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/12/15/042720-37-52.jpg

Haddadi and Toroman (Iran NT coach)
http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/12/15/076820-33-40.jpg

http://www.irna.ir/filesystem/86/12/15/393220-34-18.jpg

mohsena2631

03-06-2008, 08:46 AM

Mahram's complete team:

standing(left to right): Mostafa Hashemi (coach), Hooman Rezaei (18), Hamed Sohrabnejad (11), Arthur Long (16), Mohammadreza Daragi (17), Farbod Farman (19), Kaveh Ghariyeh (8), Hassan Mirza-AghaBeik (Manager)
Sitting(left to right): Akbar Asbaghi (assistant), Amir Labbafzadeh (12), Pouria Mahmoudi (5), Aidin Kabir (9), Mehdi Kamrani (7), Mehrad Atashi (4), unknown man !!, Tony Madison (10)
Sitting(left to right): Mohsen Tarjomi (13), Mohammad Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (14), Kaveh Noor-Afza (6)

http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1386/12/Sport/138.jpg

mohsena2631

03-06-2008, 09:04 AM

my idea about best players:

Player of the Year: Samad Nikkhah (MAH)
Guard of the Year: Mehdi Kamrani (MAH)
Forward of the Year: Samad Nikkhah (MAH)
Center of the Year: Hamed Haddadi (SAB)
Most Improved Player of the Year: Oshin Sahakian (ZOB)
Import Player of the Year: Tony Madison (MAH)
Domestic Player of the Year: Samad Nikkhah (MAH)
Defensive Player of the Year: Samad Nikkhah (MAH)
Coach of the Year: Mohsen Sadeghzadeh (ZOB)

All-Superleague 1st Team
Mehdi Kamrani (Mahram)
Mike Jones (Kaveh)
Tony Madison (Mahram)
Samad Nikkhah (Mahram)
Hamed Haddadi (Saba)

All-Superleague 2nd Team
Javad Davari (Petrochimi)
Hamed Afagh (Saba)
Oshin Sahakian (Zob Ahan)
Anwar Coleman (Gorgan)
Garth Joseph (Saba)

All-Domestic Players Team
Mehdi Kamrani (Mahram)
Hamed Afagh (Saba)
Samad Nikkhah (Mahram)
Oshin Sahakian (Zob Ahan)
Hamed Haddadi (Saba)

All-Imports Team
Mike Jones (Kaveh)
Tony Madison (Mahram)
Alexander Pashkov (Shahrekord)
Anwar Coleman (Gorgan)
Garth Joseph (Saba)

Malas1

03-06-2008, 01:00 PM

mohsena2631

03-06-2008, 01:37 PM

Hey Mohsen...

How're you?
1st of all congratulations for Mahram....

I want a help from you,...

Can you check if Torraye Braggs will play with Orthodox of Jordan in WABA?

I heard about agreement with both parties about that ....not sure about it....hope you will help me in that....

Thanks in Advance....

Salam
i search for your question but i can not find your answer (yet)!! :(

i just know, Petrochimi will play with other imports (Madison and Long) and what happen to Braggs ?? i dont know :confused:

mohsena2631

03-06-2008, 01:39 PM

many photos from 2nd final and celebrations
http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1098747&Lang=P

unofficial stats of FINAL

http://www.iranbasketball.org/www/photonews/Final_86.jpg

Malas1

03-06-2008, 01:39 PM

Salam
i search for your question but i can not find your answer (yet)!! :(

i just know, Petrochimi will play with other imports (Madison and Long) and what happen to Braggs ?? i dont know :confused:

Was Braggs any good in Iran ?

jramoyo

03-06-2008, 01:49 PM

those are nice looking trophies!

mohsena2631

03-06-2008, 01:57 PM

unofficial stats (maybe official !!!) of finals matches by Safa-Ali Kamalian.

Final / Mahram-Saba Battery
1st match
http://1575627.googlepages.com/MAHRAM-SABAFINALG-1.pdf

2nd match
http://1575627.googlepages.com/MAHRAM-SABAFINALG-2.pdf
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Semifinal / Mahram-Kaveh
all 3 matches
http://1575627.googlepages.com/Kaveh-Mahram-SemiFinals.pdf

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Semifinal / Saba-Zob
1st and 2nd match
http://1575627.googlepages.com/SABA-ZOB_12_SemiFinals.pdf

3rd match
http://1575627.googlepages.com/SABA-ZOB_3_SemiFinals.pdf

4th match
http://1575627.googlepages.com/SABA-ZOB_4_SemiFinals.pdf

5th match
http://1575627.googlepages.com/SABA-ZOB_5_SemiFinals.pdf
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3rd place match / Kaveh-Zob Ahan
http://1575627.googlepages.com/KAVE-ZOBCLASSIFICATION3TH-4THG-1.pdf

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5th place match / Petrochimi-Gorgan
http://1575627.googlepages.com/Petro-Gorgan-56.pdf

mohsena2631

03-06-2008, 01:57 PM

Was Braggs any good in Iran ?

Iran TV often broadcast Tehran's matches and i can not see his play enough. (he played for Petrochimi from Mahshahr)

but Petrochimi had not good season !

and i know he is an angry man !!!

mvblair

03-06-2008, 02:14 PM

Thanks so much for posting these photos, Mohensa. Whenever I see photos of Iranian basketball players, I always think they should be in the WWE. :D

I'm surprised. I really thought that Sabba would win. I don't know why...I've just always thought they're the best franchise in the league with the best coach and players who will always work as hard as they can. Plus, Haddadi and Joseph are absolute beasts. Oh well.

Yes, that trophy looks great. It would be nice in my living room. :D

The picture of Nikkhah and his mother is a little sad. Obviously Nikkhah is so happy that he won the game, but with his mother standing there crying...it's just a bitter-sweet photo....

mohsena2631

03-06-2008, 11:06 PM

Thanks so much for posting these photos, Mohensa. Whenever I see photos of Iranian basketball players, I always think they should be in the WWE. :D
why??? which one ?

I'm surprised. I really thought that Sabba would win. I don't know why...I've just always thought they're the best franchise in the league with the best coach and players who will always work as hard as they can. Plus, Haddadi and Joseph are absolute beasts. Oh well.

Mahram was really better. Mahram defeated Saba 4 times and they deserved. (Mahram lost to Saba in friendly Dubai tournament with uncomplete team)
Mahram had only two losses through the whole season against Zob Ahan and Kaveh.

Yes, that trophy looks great. It would be nice in my living room. :D
also in my living room :D

The picture of Nikkhah and his mother is a little sad. Obviously Nikkhah is so happy that he won the game, but with his mother standing there crying...it's just a bitter-sweet photo....

yes, a bitter-sweet photo and a bitter-sweet final. all of iranian sportfans cried for Nikkhah family. it was a big shock for iran basketball community. and i still can not believe we never can see Aidin again. RIP

mohsena2631

03-07-2008, 12:21 AM

source: FIBA-ASIA

Super League comes to an end with all ups and downs, Mahram wins title

Tony Madison scored 24 points and grabbed 8 rebounds as Mahram clinched their first ever championship title Wednesday in the Iranian Super League with a 106-93 win over Saba Battery, the Asian title-holder. It was the sauce-makers' second win in a row after they downed Saba 101-93 on Monday. The defending champion Saba Battery played the first game without the services of French point-guard Makan Dioumassi who was suffering from an injury. He played 40 minutes in his team's second challenge. Mahram's Samad Bahrami scored 20 points but had to leave the court when he received his second technical. Art Long had left the game earlier when he continued his aggressive play and picked up his second technical foul.
It came as the coaches of both teams, the bench players and even the fans seemed to be frustrated with the mistakes of referees and their inconsistency in calling or not making calls when they should have, in the last two final games.
'There were several major reasons that stopped us from repeating the championship this season,' Saba's coach, Mehran Shahintab said, 'we lost one of our key players, Aidin Bahrami who passed away in a car crash before the play-offs; also we had to play 3 or 4 games in a week in the play-offs and finals, due to the squeezed schedule, which made our players too exhausted.'
Saba Battery suffered from another blow during the play-offs when there were changes going to happen inside the managerial board.
Meantime, in Isfahan, Kaveh handed Zob Ahan their second loss 74-52 in the 3rd-place games. Zob Ahan had been defeated 103-94 in the first game earlier this week.
IRANIAN SUPER LEAGUE 2007-08 FINAL RANKINGS
1- MAHRAM
2- SABA BATTERY
3- KAVEH
4- ZOB AHAN

Houman Bagheri
FIBA Official Correspondent in Iran

mvblair

03-07-2008, 02:36 PM

why??? which one ? Well, Iranian players are always built. I mean, they've all got a lot of good muscle on them. They're just strong, like the WWE guys. I used to know a body-builder from Iran who was about the strongest guy I ever met. He had me sit on a weight-lifting machine once while he was working out because he wanted more resistance than the machine allowed. Amazing guy.

Malas1

03-18-2008, 08:18 PM

Hello Mohsen :)

Can you please help me to know in which club Corneillus Richardson played in Iran and how did he play there???

Thanks in advance.....

mohsena2631

03-18-2008, 10:26 PM

Hello Mohsen :)

Can you please help me to know in which club Corneillus Richardson played in Iran and how did he play there???

Thanks in advance.....

hi,

sorry, i dont remember this name :(

i think he didnt play in Iran. ofcourse iam not sure, because 2-3 years ago some teams changed their imports week by week.

Malas1

03-19-2008, 03:02 AM

hi,

sorry, i dont remember this name :(

i think he didnt play in Iran. ofcourse iam not sure, because 2-3 years ago some teams changed their imports week by week.

Hey Mohsen...

I knew his club.....he was in Pardis with Jabari Smith....But i need your help to get me his stats if you can for sure.......

Thanks in advance my friend...

mohsena2631

03-19-2008, 07:51 PM

Hey Mohsen...

I knew his club.....he was in Pardis with Jabari Smith....But i need your help to get me his stats if you can for sure.......

Thanks in advance my friend...

Salam malas

as i know, Pardis had only 1 import (Jabari) in 2007/08 season (1386 on Iranian calendar).
but i remember they tested some american players during the season but their serbian coach (Urlovic) just took Jabari.

if iam not wrong, Pardis played in Damascus tournament last december with 2 foreign players, but they rejected second import (unknown reason) and he didnt play in Iran. maybe he was the second import !

Metec

04-26-2008, 07:43 PM

interxavierxxx

04-27-2008, 11:43 AM

Russia and Iran is in the same group at Olympic games.

Somebody know if the Iranian sportsmen will show their "Olympic spirit" and refuse to play against Israeli head coach or they plan to play cause David and Dani are just a small part of a big not-Israeli team?

In addition to what he said:

Group A: Argentina, Australia, Iran, Lithuania, Russia, Qualifier A

Group B: Angola, China, Spain, USA, Qualifier B and Qualifier C

I'm pretty sure that two out of three of those qualifiers will be European or Latin American Teams. From what I can see, I don't think Korea and Lebanon can beat Slovenia and Greece, respectively. The biggest challenge will be with Lebanon since they're also facing Brazil. As for Korea, I'm not sure because they might find a way to beat Canada.

mohsena2631

04-27-2008, 05:38 PM

Russia and Iran is in the same group at Olympic games.

Somebody know if the Iranian sportsmen will show their "Olympic spirit" and refuse to play against Israeli head coach or they plan to play cause David and Dani are just a small part of a big not-Israeli team?

it is Iran's Olympic spirit rule : "Iranian sportsmen never play against opponents under Israel name due to sympathise with the suffering of the Palestinians and Lebaneses."

in Olympic, our opponent will be Russia and not Israel , and surely, we will show our Olympic Sprit and will play against Russia , even if they have a coach from Israel.

PS: as far as i know, David Blatt is an american jewish !

Metec

04-27-2008, 06:55 PM

it is Iran's Olympic spirit rule : "Iranian sportsmen never play against opponents under Israel name due to sympathise with the suffering of the Palestinians and Lebaneses."

in Olympic, our opponent will be Russia and not Israel , and surely, we will show our Olympic Sprit and will play against Russia , even if they have a coach from Israel.

PS: as far as i know, David Blatt is an american jewish !

He live in Israel since he was 20 years old.
And the second coach of Russia, Dani Goth Born in Israel.

Maybe you should change the law and not play against Russia cause you want to show sympathy to the suffering of the people of Chechnya.And not play against USA because you really care for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. And not play against China cause they misbehave at Tibet....... And then you could play your own Olympic games against yourself , I'm sure it will increase the number of your medals.

Wish you good luck in the Olympic games.

mohsena2631

04-28-2008, 07:37 PM

Maybe you should change the law and not play against Russia cause you want to show sympathy to the suffering of the people of Chechnya.And not play against USA because you really care for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. And not play against China cause they misbehave at Tibet.......

yes, you are right, but there is a little difference, Iran does not recognize Israel as a country.

And then you could play your own Olympic games against yourself , I'm sure it will increase the number of your medals.

yes we can, but it is not delicious, we win our medals in front of american, Russian and Chinese eyes ! we increase our medals by beating them.

mohsena2631

04-28-2008, 07:55 PM

news:

Saba Battery qualified for play in Tehran Superleague Final after beating Pouya in quarterfinal and Rah-Ahan in Semifinal.

they will play against Izadyar in final, Wednesday. Izadyar beat Azad UN is 2nd Semifinal.

PS: Tehran Superleague is a mini-league for Tehrani Clubs.

mvblair

04-29-2008, 02:32 PM

PS: Tehran Superleague is a mini-league for Tehrani Clubs. Is it a league or a tournament? When do the games start, Mohensa?

mohsena2631

04-29-2008, 03:36 PM

Is it a league or a tournament? When do the games start, Mohensa?

it is a league, with Regular season and now play-offs

9 teams:
Saba, Mahram, Kaveh, Azad UN, Ararat, Rah-Ahan, Pouya, Izadyar Aseman

i think it starts 4 month ago. but with many interrupts (due to WABA Cup, Iran's new year and ...)

5 or 6 year ago it was very important , but now professional Superleague clubs not play in Tehran SL with their best players. except Saba , because they will participate in Asian Club Championships in May and they are ready and crushed other teams really easy ! by +60 pts margin !

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Results:

Quarterfinal:
Saba Battery 109 - Pouya 36

Semifinal:
Saba Battery 91 - Rah-Ahan 75
Izadyar 87 - Azad UN 85

mvblair

04-29-2008, 06:28 PM

crushed other teams really easy ! by +60 pts margin ! Typical. :rolleyes: If they're going to play in the Clubs Championship, they've got to get ready. I hope they bring their "A" team to the Championship and that they continue to prepare!

mohsena2631

05-01-2008, 11:03 AM

Typical. :rolleyes: If they're going to play in the Clubs Championship, they've got to get ready. I hope they bring their "A" team to the Championship and that they continue to prepare!

You are right, but this league is not important ! really nothing !

-----------------------

anyway, Saba beat Izadyar in Final by +50.

Final:
Saba Battery 106 - Izadyar 56
quarters: (33-16, 29-10, 20-15, 24-15)

3rd place:
Rah Ahan 90 - Azad UN 77
quarters: (19-20, 33-17, 13-28, 25-12)

b3lowzro

05-08-2008, 03:03 AM

it is Iran's Olympic spirit rule : "Iranian sportsmen never play against opponents under Israel name due to sympathise with the suffering of the Palestinians and Lebaneses."

Really? I didn't know that, anyway i believe political rivalries should be set aside for the Olympics. isnt that the real spirit of the Olympics? Wars have been prevented in ancient Greece just because of the olympics

mohsena2631

05-08-2008, 10:15 PM

Really? I didn't know that, anyway i believe political rivalries should be set aside for the Olympics. isnt that the real spirit of the Olympics? Wars have been prevented in ancient Greece just because of the olympics

really ! I guess you didnt hear the news !
why Iran did not participate in 2005 FIBA U21 Championship ? because of Israel
many times, Iranians lost their possible medals beacause of Israel draw.
read it for example :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arash_Miresmaeili

anyway , i love sport and iam agree with you, political rivalries should be set aside for the sports. but i am not Iran's President or something like that :p

jsa163

06-21-2008, 01:44 AM

i got interested w/ IRanian basketball because of last years championship in Tokushima. that was a superb winning cause i guess they were the darkhorse of the FIBA qualifier. everyone in the Philippines (and i'M Filipino) expect that we'll be going to Beijing this year. but we failed.. and Iran showed what Asian basketball is..

now, i wonder w/ the lost of one of their best players Aidin Bahrami,what are there adjustments for the Olympics on August?

i'm surprised to see an active following on this thread. my boyfriend is IRanian and he never cares about basketball, though. :D

michael_selway

06-21-2008, 03:31 AM

mohsena2631

06-30-2008, 01:51 PM

the worst possible news for Iran's Basketball :

Saba Battery Club (Basketball and Football teams) was handed over to Qom !

today, Head of National Sports Organization confirmed the rumors and Asian Champion no longer play in capital.

Saba club owned by Deffence ministry and defense minister says he has given Saba to Qom as a gift !

mvblair

06-30-2008, 03:06 PM

mohsena2631

06-30-2008, 04:58 PM

Mohsena, can you tell us what the implications of this are for the future? Does this mean that Saba will move to the city of Qom from Tehran?

unfortunately yes :(

but i am sure, their players will refuse to play outside of tehran !

Khalid80

07-05-2008, 09:05 AM

unfortunately yes :(

but i am sure, their players will refuse to play outside of tehran !

Salam Mohsena!

If the players from Saba Battery refuse to play outside Tehran then what happens?

Will they leave the team and join other teams in Tehran? (If that happens that will be very sad since Saba is one of the best teams in Asia)

Or can Saba force the players to play in Qom or they will face penalties?

mohsena2631

07-05-2008, 03:48 PM

Salam Mohsena!

If the players from Saba Battery refuse to play outside Tehran then what happens?

Will they leave the team and join other teams in Tehran? (If that happens that will be very sad since Saba is one of the best teams in Asia)

Or can Saba force the players to play in Qom or they will face penalties?

Salam Khalid
i think players without contract will leave Saba Battery but we know that more money can solve every problems !

Qom is 150km far from Tehran. maybe they live (and train) in Tehran and only play in Qom !

but i am sure Saba Battery Qom will be much weaker than Saba Battery Tehran.

the chances of non-Tehran teams winning the league is very very low (Zob Ahan Esfahan is an exception)

look at the history of 3 Iranian major leagues :

Basketball

Winners:
Zob Ahan Esfahan: 7 titles
Saba Battery Tehran: 3
Paykan Tehran: 2
Sanam Tehran: 2
Shahrdari Esfahan: 2
Mahram Tehran: 1

Teams from Tehran: 8
Teams from Esfahan: 9
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Football

Teams from Tehran: 27 titles
Teams from Esfahan: 1
Teams from Ahvaz: 1

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Volleyball

Teams from Tehran: 20 titles
Teams from Qazvin: 1

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sportzindia

07-14-2008, 03:45 AM

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If there are any Basketball promoters wanting to be part of this exciting new concept to find out the best pro team (outside the NBA) in the world through a World Basketball Cup may kindly mail me at sportzindia@gmail.com

RetiredJordanStopper

07-30-2008, 03:30 PM

WOW. Iran upsets Serbia!!!!

NANJING (Olympics) - Iran shook up the basketball world on Wednesday night in Nanjing by stunning Serbia 72-70 in arguably the most famous win in the country’s sporting history.

The Asian champions, who have been warming up for the Beijing Games, suffered through numerous defeats this summer and also dropped their first game against Argentina on Tuesday at the FIBA Diamond Ball.

Twenty-four hours later and they shocked one of the proudest hoops nations in the world.

“This is the biggest win in Iranian basketball history,” Iran’s Serbian coach Rajko Toroman said.

“We had played very well in Salt Lake City (at the Rocky Mountain Review) and now we have done this. It’s something to be proud of and something that will help us build our confidence.”

“Iran have played about 26 games before the Diamond Ball and they showed they are a good side,” said Serbia captain Milos Vujanic.

“I think we made too many mistakes and let Iran play their game. We had a chance to win the game, but we didn’t score. We have to analyse this defeat and move on and prepare for tomorrow’s game (against Argentina).

“I think they are going to be a surprise team in the Olympic Games.”

Hamad Ehadadi, Iran’s giant center, was immense.

He and the excellent guard Javad Davari each scored 20 points.

Ehadadi had 20 rebounds and also blocked six shots, an incredible effort from a player who drew interest from NBA clubs earlier this summer when he played in the Rocky Mountain Review in Utah.

Iran led by as many as 10 points but struggled to put the Serbians away and in the final minute, an unsportsmanlike foul put Novica Velickovic on the line with his team trailing by four.

Velickovic made the first but missed the second only for Serbia to get the offensive rebound.

Zoran Erceg would then follow up a missed shot and score to cut the deficit to 71-70 with 25 seconds left.

Oshin Sahakian failed to inbound the ball within five seconds, turning it over to the Serbs.

But Amir Amini came up with a steal, and Serbia had to foul Ehadadi. He made one of two from the line for a 72-70 lead with 10 seconds remaining.

Serbia rushed the ball up the floor but Dusan Kecman turned the ball over with a bad pass. Serbia got the ball back but Stefan Markovic’s desperation three-pointer was off target.

Iran out-rebounded Serbia, who are getting ready for their EuroBasket 2009 qualifying games, 42-37.

Hamed Afagh also poured in 14 points for the Iranians.

Zoran Erceg led Serbia with 14 points.

karadoc

08-18-2008, 07:29 PM

where can I found the iranian championship statistics?

thanks

mohsena2631

08-18-2008, 08:18 PM

where can I found the iranian championship statistics?

thanks

hi, sorry no statistics :( I know it is shameful !

but you can find the stats of final matches here :

http://forums.interbasket.net/showpost.php?p=150198&postcount=120

princeofpersia1

08-23-2008, 12:54 AM

rikhardur

08-23-2008, 01:20 AM

Welcome to the forum princeofpersia1 :)
(Great memories from the game btw :p)

mohsena2631

08-23-2008, 04:24 PM

Any news of Iranian clubs signing good foreign players? I really think that Iran's quick progression internationally is because of a good league that has been made much more competitive by signing foreigners. Mohsena, do you know where Garth Joseph has gone? Is he living in Iran? He was a great character and basketball player, also good friends with Samad and his deceased bro Aidin.

hi / Salam

as far as i know, Shahintab is searching to find the better imports, be sure Garth will not play for Saba Battery but i am not sure about other clubs maybe they get him. he is really good man but i think now he is old and slow.

Albatross

09-09-2008, 10:44 AM

mohsena2631

09-09-2008, 12:38 PM

Does anybody know whether Coleman will play 2008/2009 in the Iran-Superleague again or really signed at Reading Railers (Dominican Rep.)?
Is there any other player from the NBA to play in Iran next season?
It' just great seeing basketball players conquer the "axis of evil"!

Iranian league will start one month later and still nothing is confirmed because feeration changed some rules and many teams are not agree with federation.
1) players U18 cant change their team
2) every team can sign with at most 3 national players (25 players invited to national team, not only 12 olympians)

concerning Coleman, he had a good season last year but as far as i know his club want to get better players !

weeso

09-09-2008, 01:02 PM

can any body tell me how mush is hamed e.haddadi's deal to memphis coasted ??

Albatross

09-09-2008, 01:09 PM

Iranian league will start one month later and still nothing is confirmed because feeration changed some rules and many teams are not agree with federation.
1) players U18 cant change their team
2) every team can sign with at most 3 national players (25 players invited to national team, not only 12 olympians)

concerning Coleman, he had a good season last year but as far as i know his club want to get better players !

Thanx for your reply. One month later means November? Do you know a website that informs about the definitive start and who is going to play? Found www.iranbasketball.org, I just cant read it...

mohsena2631

09-09-2008, 04:32 PM

Thanx for your reply. One month later means November? Do you know a website that informs about the definitive start and who is going to play? Found www.iranbasketball.org, I just cant read it...

hi
Iranian league is not a full professional league, i told you still nothing is confirmed ! exact schedule, number of teams, etc.

Iranian basketball federation want to change many things, number of teams, transfer rules, schedule, league format ...

i think they will finalize everything in next week !

Iranian fededration did a great job to develop basketball in Iran but their website is a shame !

mohsena2631

09-10-2008, 06:57 AM

today Iranian federation confirmed the transfer rules:

1) every team can sign with at most 3 national players
2) If any team has more than 3 national players, they can keep their players but they can't change them.

names of 24 national players:

Zob Ahan
Ali Baheran
Aren Davoudi
Mohammad Reza Akbari
Oshin Sahakian
Jaber Rouzbahani

Petrochimi
Javad Davari
Ali Doraghi

Kaveh
Amir Amini
Saeid Davarpanah
Mousa Nabipoor
Farid Zarghi

Mahram
Mehdi Kamrani
Samad Nikkhah
Hooman Rezaei
Hamed Sohrabnejad

BEEM
Iman Zandi
Pooya Tajik

Saba Battery
Hamed Afagh
Hamed Haddadi
Asghar Kardoust

Pardis
Babak Paknejad

Free agent
Alireza Honardoost
Saman Veisi
Babak Nezafat

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the league will start around 40 days later, and schedule will be fixed in next Tuesday

Khalid80

09-10-2008, 10:20 AM

mohsena2631

09-10-2008, 12:17 PM

So what happened concerning Saba? Is the team still going to be relocated to QOM or will they stay in Tehran?

NO, Saba Battery Qom will play in Qom :(

Khalid80

09-10-2008, 03:35 PM

NO, Saba Battery Qom will play in Qom :(

So it's a good thing that Haddadi got the offer from the Grizzlies cuz I don't think he would have been happy to play in Qom :)

mohsena2631

09-16-2008, 12:43 PM

we have 15 or 14 teams in next league and this league will start on 23 October

top 8 will qualify for quarterfinal.
quarterfinals is 2 of 3
semifinal and Final are 3 of 5

teams:
Mahram Tehran
Saba Battery Qom
Zob Ahan Esfahan
Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Shahrdari Gorgan
Heyat Basketball Shahrekord
Beem Mazandaran
Ararat Tehran
Azad UN Tehran
Heyat Basketball Sirjan (EX Gol Gohar)
Shahrdari Langroud
Traktorsazi Kordestan
Aboumoslem Khorasan
Louleh Sabz Shiraz
Persian Gulf Hormozgan

Hormozgan team is Iranian national junior team + some local players + 2 foreigners and their participation is in doubt !

bad new: Kaveh Tehran basktball club (3rd place last year) is dissolved because of economical problems :( ! and thier players are free agent

mohsena2631

09-18-2008, 03:17 PM

Beem's roster:

Pooya Tajik (NT)
Iman Zandi (NT)
Moosa Nabipour (NT)
Mohammad Reza Ghorbani
Nima Bakhshi
Sardar Sajadi
+ 2 foreigners

coach: Rade Vojnović (Serbia)

source: beemclub.com

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rumors about national players of Mahram, Saba and Petro :

Mahram (coach: Mostafa Hashemi)
1) Mehdi Kamrani, 2) Hamed Sohrabnejad, 3) ??

Saba (coach: Mehran Shahintab)
1) Hamed Afagh, 2) Asghar Kardoust, 3) Saman Veisi !!

Petrochimi (coach: Nenad Krdzic)
1) Javad Davari, 2) Saeed Davarpanah, 3) Babak Nezafat

Ishmael

09-21-2008, 07:25 PM

moshen jhan, is robert whaley still playing? Iran should naturalize him, good player, he was number 1 high school player in us until he made a few mistakes in college.

mohsena2631

09-21-2008, 10:49 PM

moshen jhan, is robert whaley still playing? Iran should naturalize him, good player, he was number 1 high school player in us until he made a few mistakes in college.

hi ishmael

he left Iran in 2007, i think he is in D-league now

and Iran never naturalize ! because in iran we count it as cheating.

Ishmael

09-22-2008, 06:03 AM

hi ishmael

he left Iran in 2007, i think he is in D-league now

and Iran never naturalize ! because in iran we count it as cheating.

didnt know this, interesting, the united states has naturalize dozens of iranian, tajik, uzbek wrestlers in years but it seems our countries dont do the same.

mohsena2631

09-24-2008, 01:50 PM

Super League Transfers:
i read in somewhere that Tony Madison joined Petrochimi !

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19 teams will play in this year Iranian basketball Division 1:

top 4 of each group will advance to second round ...

Group A)
Melli Haffari Ahvaz
Pooya Tehran
Malavan Anzali
Zoghalsang Alborz Shahrood
Heyat Qazvin
Heyat Kermanshah
Aluminium Sazi Arak

Group B)
Petrochimi Razi Mahshahr
Tozin Electric Tehran
Payam Zanjan
Saina Kordestan
Heyat Urmia
Heyat Kerman

Group C)
Naft Omidieh
Tarbiat Badani Gilan
Asadabad Hamedan
Pasargad Mehran Shiraz
Tarabari Qom
Iran Nara Gonbod

Khalid80

09-24-2008, 02:24 PM

Super League Transfers:
i read in somewhere that Tony Madison joined Petrochimi !

Tony never seems to want to retire :D I think the guy is 37 (born in 1971 if i'm not mistaken).

mohsena2631

09-26-2008, 12:02 AM

Zob Ahan basketball club signed with a new coach for next season, Farzad Kouhian , head coach of Kaveh in past season.

http://www1.irna.ir/filesystem/87/07/04/332013-36-43_n.jpg

Ishmael

09-26-2008, 05:43 AM

Tony never seems to want to retire :D I think the guy is 37 (born in 1971 if i'm not mistaken).

ali daei!

hawk

09-26-2008, 09:04 AM

Hello Guys,

Is there any final decision from the federation for the number of the teams of next year's Iranian Superleague?

When will the leaue start and what's the limitation for American players per team?

mohsena2631

09-26-2008, 10:32 AM

ali daei!

:D :D :D

Hello Guys,

Is there any final decision from the federation for the number of the teams of next year's Iranian Superleague?

When will the leaue start and what's the limitation for American players per team?

hi

it look like 15 teams will participate

this league will start on 23 October, every team can sign with at most 3 national iranian players and 2 foreigners.

hawk

09-26-2008, 11:35 AM

:D :D :D

hi

it look like 15 teams will participate

this league will start on 23 October, every team can sign with at most 3 national iranian players and 2 foreigners.

Thanks Mohsena. I guess now is the transfer period, so if u have some time, it a good idea to build a list of the 2 foreigners of each team. It will be good for us from the rest of the world to know and we can update the list as well.

Ishmael

09-26-2008, 08:43 PM

:D :D :D

mohsen jhan has the great ali daei, retired already? hahahaha

mohsena2631

09-26-2008, 10:32 PM

mohsen jhan has the great ali daei, retired already? hahahaha

no, he retired at age 38 !

Thanks Mohsena. I guess now is the transfer period, so if u have some time, it a good idea to build a list of the 2 foreigners of each team. It will be good for us from the rest of the world to know and we can update the list as well.

yes, we are in the transfer period
i will create this list, but this list is empty now ! as far as i heard (and it is not official) only Tony Madison signed with Petro ! other teams are still seeking ! iranian clubs can recruit foreigners before week 16, even some teams start the season without foreigners !

Ishmael

09-27-2008, 09:14 AM

mohsena2631

09-27-2008, 02:03 PM

he cost you guys a few important games a few years back, has the guy from chaloos accepted the offer to play in germany?

how about the half german, half iranian guy who is captain of the u german team, can you guys make him switch?

are you talk about Ashkan Dejagah ? he is not half-iranian, he is full iranian ! his parents are iranian and he was born in Tehran, he played for Germany U21 and he cant play for Iran !

soliman

09-27-2008, 07:17 PM

no, he retired at age 38 !

yes, we are in the transfer period
i will create this list, but this list is empty now ! as far as i heard (and it is not official) only Tony Madison signed with Petro ! other teams are still seeking ! iranian clubs can recruit foreigners before week 16, even some teams start the season without foreigners !

jarth joseph had signed with geziera in egypt
why didnt saba renew his contract ???

mohsena2631

09-27-2008, 08:36 PM

jarth joseph had signed with geziera in egypt
why didnt saba renew his contract ???

Hi
because he didn't play well in his last season (unlike 05/06 and 06/07 seasons) ! even Saba did not use him in Asian Champions Cup. he was old, slow and injured !

princeofpersia1

10-01-2008, 06:15 PM

youve gotta put all this info on wikipedia!

Ishmael

10-01-2008, 06:18 PM

youve gotta put all this info on wikipedia!

I concur,we gotta source this as well. heck I think if anyone could help the iran history and tajikistan history sources as well, that be great. I tried helping out on the ashkanians, coolest dynasty we iranians ever had.

mohsena2631

10-06-2008, 12:08 PM

Daneshgah Azad Tehran Withdrew from the league !

it is not a bad news, i hate this team ! i hope they never back.

Khalid80

10-06-2008, 01:46 PM

Daneshgah Azad Tehran Withdrew from the league !

it is not a bad news, i hate this team ! i hope they never back.

Why is that?

mohsena2631

10-07-2008, 11:14 PM

Why is that?

economical problems as usual
Daneshgah Azad Club compete in most of iranian leagues, even in Volleyball, Taekwondo, Water polo , Handball, Judo , etc. i think they decide to spend their money in cheaper leagues.

last year they withdrew during the play-offs and officially relegated but IRIBF decreased the number of teams ! they didnt deserve to play in superleague

spider

10-09-2008, 11:07 AM

iran is taking the good decision by having 3 national players in every team,when the flbb wanted to do this last year the world went upside down,especially with riyadi, they say that they can't compete in outside competitions but iran has won the asia cup for clubs back-to-back and they did this, riyadi just have excuse to keep winning on lebanese teams,when the terms for competing is equal between teams riyadi will not be so dominant which is good for the league. When vogel for example is supposed to play as import they say vogel is being fought,but when they went to asia they forget he is lebanese just cause khatib came with them then they accepted.the solution is simple,either vogel is a foreigner with one other like smail or 2 foreigners+vogel and the other nine teams should have 3 foreigners,only then the terms for competing will be equal. in syria al-jalaa is not allowed to play with the brazilian syrians,only in outside competitions and they don't accuse their federation of fighting them,only riyadi has this complex,i bet if another team had vogel for 5 years they wouldn't stop bitchin about it and accuse of bribing referees etc.

mohsena2631

10-15-2008, 11:40 AM

Khalid80

10-15-2008, 12:59 PM

some news:

* Nenad Krdzic (Serbia) signed with Petrochimi as head coach
* ex NT player, Saman Veisi joined Saba
* Saba Battery will change its sponsor and maybe its name (shame on Ali Abadi !)
* Petrochimi will compete in a friendly tournament in Syria
* Iranian federation fired Nebojsa Raicevic (head coach of iranian U18 team) beacuse of our bad performance in asian champs
* BEEM signed with an amercian guard (EX Zob Ahan Player) Chris Cameron
* ex NT player, Farid Zarghi joined Shahrdari Gorgan

Nenad Krdzic is a good coach but he couldn't help Sagesse qualify to the Lebanese Championship Finals. I think he can help Petrochimi if they have a good roster.
Why did they fire him? Didn't Iran win the U18 Asian Championships :confused:

mohsena2631

10-15-2008, 02:37 PM

Nenad Krdzic is a good coach but he couldn't help Sagesse qualify to the Lebanese Championship Finals. I think he can help Petrochimi if they have a good roster.
Why did they fire him? Didn't Iran win the U18 Asian Championships :confused:

i dont like this team, but they are one of the favorites along side Mahram, Saba, BEEM and Zob Ahan. If Mahram get Samad, Mahram will win the league for sure !

Iran won the championship ,but we didn't show our potential. we lost to Philippines and it is not acceptable !

mohsena2631

10-17-2008, 01:22 PM

Vincent Jones, an american center will join (or maybe joined) Petrochimi as 2nd import after Tony Madison.

he played 2 years ago for Al-Jalaa in FIBA Champions Cup in Tehran. he was a great player.

mohsena2631

10-17-2008, 10:40 PM

' Shiraz A.S. Pipe Basketball Club which is a new team in Iran Super league Basketball created by GholamReza Khajeh, started their main practices since April. They signed Asadollah Kabir as Head Coach, who was the olden Head Coach of Iran National Basketball. They also signed Ali Doraghi (210-C-84) who was one of Iran National Players in Beijing 2008 Olympic. In season 2008-2009,Shiraz a.s pipe want to be one of the best teams in competition with Mahram, Saba Battery, Petrochimi and Zob Ahan, so they signed Zoran Majkic (207-C-78, agency: Court Side) and Kevin Alphonso Sheppard (183,PG,83) as their foreign players in Center and Point Guard positions. Also they renew Mohammad Ahmadi 's contract as their Analysis Coach for two more years who can help them to achieve their goals in this season.'

Source: Asia-Basket

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they also have some members of iranian U18 team like Mehdi Shirjang and Mohammad Hassanzadeh.

i dont know Zoran Majkic, but Kevin Alphonso Sheppard (from Virgin Iselands) already played in Iran for Azad University ! he is an average player !

princeofpersia1

10-17-2008, 10:57 PM

princeofpersia1

10-17-2008, 11:04 PM

Beem have updated their website and have the new squad etc at : http://www.beemclub.com/

mohsena2631

10-18-2008, 02:26 PM

http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1216196&Lang=P

آخر وعاقبت افتخارآفريني براي ايران اين است؟!
شاهين طبع پس از اعلام خبر واگذاري تيم بسكتبال صباباتري:
ما هم باعث و بانيان اين اتفاق را ببخشيم، خدا نمي*بخشد

unfortunate news !! Shahintab must be angry ! :( he is absolutely right !
Shame on Mallahi (chairman of Saba Club) ! :mad:

Beem have updated their website and have the new squad etc at : http://www.beemclub.com/

the lone club with reliable website !

Beem's Roster:
Pooya Tajik (PF, 2.08)
Iman Zandi (SG, 1.88)
Mousa Nabipoor (C, 2.12)
Mohammad Reza Ghorbani (SG, 1.93)
Nima Bakhshi (PF, 1.97)
Mohammad Reza Amel-Khabbazan (PG, 1.90)
Mohammad Reza Ebrahiminia (PF, 1.98)
Ali Beheshti (C, 2.06)
Sardar Sajadi (SF, 1.98)
Mehrdad Ghane'ei
+ 2 imports (one of them is Chris Cameron (PG, 1.93))

coach: Rade Vojnovic

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It seems finally 13 teams will participate in the league !

Azad University is in again ! Sirjan and Hormozgan are out !

1- Petrochimi Bandar Imam
2- Shahrdari Gorgan
3- Mahram Tehran
4- BEEM Mazandaran
5- Louleh Sabz AS Shiraz
6- Saba Battery Qom (under another name)
7- Zob Ahan Esfahan
8- Heyat Basketball Shahrekord
9- Ararat Tehran
10- Azad University Tehran
11- Shahrdari Langroud
12- Traktorsazi Kordestan
13- Aboumoslem Mashhad

princeofpersia1

10-18-2008, 04:52 PM

Which team will that Shiraz Pipe team replace then?

mohsena2631

10-18-2008, 05:26 PM

Which team will that Shiraz Pipe team replace then?

Shiraz Pipe = Louleh Sabz AS Shiraz ;) they qualified from 1st Div !

schedule of 1st week

thursday
Mahram - Aboumeslem / 20:00
Ararat - Gorgan / 16:00
Saba - Traktor / 16:00
Zob Ahan - Langroud / 16:00
Petrochimi - Azad UN / 16:00
Shahrekord - BEEM / 16:00
A.S. Green Pipe - Bye

http://www.iranbasketball.org/www/photonews/Super-League.gif

princeofpersia1

10-19-2008, 11:26 AM

mohsena, do you go an watch these games in the stadiums?

mohsena2631

10-19-2008, 01:26 PM

mohsena, do you go an watch these games in the stadiums?

unfortunately no, because 20:00 is too late ! you must know where is Azadi court ! :(

Malas1

10-21-2008, 06:46 AM

Official News

Two iranian stats to play in CBA - Oct 21, 2008 (by Mohammed Malas)

According to their agent Hussein Karimi (Huss Sports Agency), Iran's men national team player Kamran Jamshidvand (187-F-80) will play in China this season with CBA side Shaanxi Dongshen Kylins, While Amir Amini (196-G-84) who won the Asian Universities Championship before few days will be part of Qingdao Double Star Club to be with the american center Amal McCaskill on the same team.

Those players will play under the new rule which CBA issued, Each team can have one asian player besite the import to raise the basketball in the yellow continent, More asian players will sign in the upcoming few days.

Market News - Oct 21, 2008 (by Mohammed Malas)

- Tony Madison (190-G-71, college: New Orleans) will join Vincent Jones (210-C-77, college: Jackson St.) in Petrochimi for the upcoming season..

The american veteran is one of the famous imports ever who played in middle east as he went to Lebanon (9 seasons), Saudi Arabia and finally Iran in the last 2 seasons.

- Gorgon basketball team signed officially with the american guard Joshua Reisman (188-G-82, agency: Huss Sport Agency, college: Gonzaga) to play with them for the upcoming season.

Reisman played only in Mexico outside of the untied states and is looking to improve his career by playing well in Iran.

- The american players Chris Charles (213-F/C-81, college: Villanova) and Mike Brownlee (188-G-75, agency: Huss Sport Agency, college: Charleston) are the new pair in the roster of Aararat.

Charles was graduated from Villanova University (NCAA), Then he had the chance to play in Serbia for 2 seasons, While Brownlee is familiar to the iranian basketball and in the same team as he will continue with them for an additional season after his good performance.

mohsena2631

10-21-2008, 11:19 PM

Shocking News : Saba Battery in being Canceled and Disbanded !!!

Saba Battery Basketball Club, which is the WABA Cup Finalist -05,
Asian Club Championships -07 (Champion), 08 (Champion) and WABA Club Championships -08 (Finalist), is being disbanded by Saba Battery Company. If they couldnt find any other sponsor for club, this team can not participate this season and one of the most glorious Iranian basketball team will be finished and the coaches and their great players doesnt know what to do for this season because all of other teams have taken their players.

Source: Asia-Basket

mohsena2631

10-22-2008, 06:44 PM

Tomorrow schedule:

Mahram - Aboumoslem / 20:00 / Azadi Stadium
Ararat - Sh. Gorgan / 16:00 / Ararat Stadium
Shahrekord - Beem / 16:00 / Shahrekord
Saba Battery - Traktorsazi / postponed (1)
Zob Ahan - Sh. Langroud / postponed (2)
Petrochimi - D. Azad / postponed (3)

(1) Asian Champion has no sponsor !
(2,3) Asian Univ. Champs in Taiwan

Khalid80

10-23-2008, 11:59 AM

rikhardur

10-23-2008, 12:41 PM

What the hell? What details can you give us mohsena?

mohsena2631

10-23-2008, 06:27 PM

What the hell? What details can you give us mohsena?

this year iran sport government body sent Saba Battery Club (Football and Basketball) to Qom and the Club management changed, but now after 3 monthes, they said that they cant support basketball team ! because their budget is limited and Football is more important !!! (Saba Battery football club will play in 2009 AFC Champions League)

but i think finally Saba Battery will stay in the league (at least this year)

5 possible choices:
1) dissolve / 15%
2) stay in Qom with Saba Battery / 40%
3) stay in Qom with another sponsor / 10%
4) back to Tehran with Saba Battery / 30%
5) back to Tehran with another sponsor / 5%

mohsena2631

10-23-2008, 07:10 PM

first week :

Shahrekord 84 - BEEM 79
quarters: 24-18, 42-35, 60-58
Ararat 94 - Gorgan 92
quarters: 22-23, 49-46, 69-72
Mahram 76 - Khorasan Razavi (ex Aboumoslem) 71
quarters: 14-16, 44-34, 65-50

poor start for titleholder !
Mahram had 3 national players today and this result is not acceptable againt an unknown team ! Mashhadi team is really young , their famous player is Milad Mazrae (captain of Iran 2006 U18 team). they lost the match but they did a great job in last quarter.

another good result for young teams ! BEEM lost to Shahrekord !
i still dont know the their roster they beat one of the favorites ! huge surprise !

daniab

10-23-2008, 07:36 PM

Salam Mohsen....

can u make a liste for all the imports playing this year in iran ?

thank you.

mohsena2631

10-23-2008, 11:16 PM

Salam Mohsen....

can u make a liste for all the imports playing this year in iran ?

thank you.

Salam Dani

i heard many rumors about imports but i only believe what i see ! and i still didn't see any foreigner in the court !

as usual some of iranian clubs get their imports during the season. and some of them signed with imports but their imports missed first matches because of VISA !!

list (based on rumors)

Mahram: ? / ?
Saba: ? / ?
BEEM: Chris Cameron / ?
Zob Ahan: Mike Jones / ?
Petrochimi: Vincent Jones / Tony Madison
A.S. Shiraz: Zoran Majkic / Kevin Sheppard
Ararat: Chris Charles / Mike Brownlee
Kordestan: ? / ?
Langroud: ? / ?
Shahrekord: Dusan Stenjovic / Srdjan Janovic
Azad: ? / ?
Gorgan: Joshua Reisman
Khorasan Razavi: NO

daniab

10-24-2008, 10:29 AM

Salam Dani

Ararat: Chris Charles / Mike Brownlee

No man,chris charles (213-F/C-81) is playing in Lebanon with Champville.He played till now 3 friendly games.

Ishmael

10-24-2008, 11:38 AM

Moshen jhan is it true, Akbar Shah owns a team as well as a football team, amazing how the "pistacho sales man" owns everything in iran if this is true.

mohsena2631

10-24-2008, 02:53 PM

No man,chris charles (213-F/C-81) is playing in Lebanon with Champville.He played till now 3 friendly games.

i told u "based on rumors"
it seems Petrochimi officially signed with Madison and Jones !

Moshen jhan is it true, Akbar Shah owns a team as well as a football team, amazing how the "pistacho sales man" owns everything in iran if this is true.

Akbar Shah !!?? :confused: :D

i dont know about football. but in basket, he is one of the owners of Islamic Azad University ! but i cant say "he owned a basketball team" !

i think he never waste his money :D

Ishmael

10-25-2008, 12:42 PM

Akbar Shah, shahanshah, king of kings, ruler of the lands of iran, owner of its oil, conqueror of kish and ultimate pistacho farmer.

princeofpersia1

10-25-2008, 04:58 PM

Mohsena, please help add to the Tony Madison wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Madison

Thanks :D

princeofpersia1

10-25-2008, 06:12 PM

http://www.beemclub.com/uploads/posts/beem-shahre%20kord.jpg

mohsena2631

10-26-2008, 12:27 AM

Mohsena, please help add to the Tony Madison wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Madison

Thanks :D

:confused:
i dont know anymore about him ! :confused:

hey princeofpersia! I am MOHSEN not mohsena :D

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according to iranbasketball.org

Aboomoslem Khorasan Razavi changed to Heyat Basketball Khorasan Razavi !
Shahrdari Langroud changed to Heyat Basketball Langroud !
anyway who cares ? :D

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2nd round / thursday

Zob Ahan - Ararat
Beem - Petrochimi
Gorgan - Shahrekord
AS Shiraz - Langroud
Kordestan - Mahram
Azad - Saba :confused: (if possible)

* The complete schedule is not finalized beacuse of Saba problem !

beem vs. petro is match of the week ! foreigners of petro will play in this match !

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from AsiaBasket by Mohammad Ahmadi

The League just started - Oct 24, 2008 (by Mohammad Ahmadi)

The professional league in Iran just started. It's a very big controversy in 08-09 season as teh main candidate for championship title - Saba Battery - lost their main sponsor and may be out of the competition.
It's very strange that three games of the first round were already cancelled. So instead of 6 games, there were only half of them played. Hopefully the teams will be able to just postpone these games and play them on later date. The reason of other matches being cencelled was that Azad University Team is not completed yet, Zob Ahan had some players in Iran University Basketball Team and they just arrived in middle of the week. And Saba Battery has no sponser for being in competition. The other team named Shiraz a.s Pipe had rest for first week.
Last season champion Mahram had unexpectedly tough game against newcomer Aboomoslem. But 76-71 gave them already leadership position at the beginning of the season.
Without Kaveh and eventually Saba (both made Final Four last year) there may be completely different league this season.

Round 1 results:
Mahram - Aboomoslem 76-71
Ararat - Gorgan 94-92
Shahrekord - BEEM 84-79

princeofpersia1

10-26-2008, 12:46 AM

mohsena2631

10-26-2008, 03:30 PM

haha, i know your names mohsen, its just your username is mohsena.

Anyway, i've found the website for this new "a.s Shiraz" team http://www.a-s-pipe.com/ it has there squad on it but the rest is still under construction.

they have a v. good squad for the upcoming season.

:D :D :D

thanks for Shiraz website ! they have a good starting lineup but their backup players are weak ! ( i heard that they are negotiating with Amini !)

I also found out that Erfan Nasajpour (Iranian-Canadian) has signed for Zob Ahan (http://www.baseline.co.hu/ffi_en.php)

thanks again !
according to this site, Zob Ahan Signed with Mike Jones (EX Kaveh player)

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http://www1.irna.ir/fa/news/view/menu-154/8708050633172145.htm

Shahrekord got a coach (Goran Stefanovic) and 2 players (Dusan Stenjovic and Srdjan Janovic) from Serbia.

princeofpersia1

10-26-2008, 04:19 PM

What is the name of the Shiraz basketball hall and what is its capacity?

mohsena2631

10-26-2008, 06:11 PM

What is the name of the Shiraz basketball hall and what is its capacity?

years ago, Pegah Fars was playing in Khane Basketball Shiraz but i dont know what is their current court !

Ishmael

10-27-2008, 07:52 AM

go beem! javid mazadaran basketball!

mohsena2631

10-27-2008, 05:22 PM

go beem! javid mazadaran basketball!

:D Basketball is very popular in north of Iran (unlike my town :( ), they have a good team but i doubt they can win the league !

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Saba will play in this league, even without sopnsor !

anyway, i opened a new thread for 2008/2009 season

http://forums.interbasket.net/showthread.php?t=8415