# Iran men's national water polo team

The Iran men's national water polo team represents Iran in men's international water polo competitions and is controlled by the IR Iran Amateur Swimming Federation.

## Tournament records
### Olympic Games

| Year | NoT | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
| 1900–1936 | not an IOC member | not an IOC member | not an IOC member | not an IOC member | not an IOC member | not an IOC member |
| 1948 | 18 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1952 | 21 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1956 | 10 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1960 | 16 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1964 | 13 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1968 | 15 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1972 | 16 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1976 | 12 | 12th place | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1980 | 12 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1984 | 12 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1988 | 12 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1992 | 12 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1996 | 12 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2000 | 12 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2004 | 12 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2008 | 12 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2012 | 12 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2016 | 12 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2020 | 12 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2024 | 12 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |

### World Championships

World Championships record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1973 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 1975 | Preliminary round | 15th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 39 | -34 |
| 1978 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 1982 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 1986 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 1991 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 1994 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 1998 | Preliminary round | 15th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | -49 | -42 |
| 2001 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 2003 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 2005 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 2007 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 2009 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 2011 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 2013 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 2015 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 2017 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 2019 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 2022 | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |

### World League / World Cup

| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L |
| 2002 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2003 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2004 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2005 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2006 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2007 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2008 | 5th place in Asia/Oceania | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2009 | 3rd place in Asia/Oceania | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 6th place in Asia/Oceania | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2011 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2012 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2013 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2014 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2015 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2016 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2017 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2018 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2019 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2020 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2022 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2023 | 5th place in Division 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |

### World Cup (old format)

| Year | NoT | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
| 1979 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1981 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1983 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1985 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1987 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1989 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1991 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1993 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1995 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1997 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1999 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2002 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2006 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2010 | 8 | 8th place | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2018 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |

### Asian Games

| Year | NoT | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
| 1951 | 2 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1954 | 6 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1958 | 5 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1962 | 4 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1966 | 5 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1970 | 7 | 4th place | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1974 | 7 | Champions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1982 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1986 | 6 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6th place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1994 | 6 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 9 | 5th place | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2002 | 6 | 4th place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 10 | 4th place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 9 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2014 | 7 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2018 | 9 | 3rd place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8 | 4th place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |

### Asian Championships

| Year | NoT | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
| 1984 | 7 | 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1988 | 6 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1991 | 10 | 5th place | | | | |
| 1995 | 13 | 3rd place | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 7 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2005 | 8 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2009 | 6 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2012 | 4 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2012 | 9 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2015 | 5 | 4th place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 8 | 4th place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 10 | 4th place | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4th place | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 |

### Asian Cup

| Year | NoT | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
| 2010 | 4 | Runners-up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 6 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |

### FINA Development Trophy

| Year | NoT | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
| 2007 | 12 | 3rd place | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 12 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2011 | 11 | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 12 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2015 | 10 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8 | disqualified | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |

### Islamic Solidarity Games

| Year | NoT | Rank | Pld | W | D | L |
| 2005 | 6 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |

## Former coaches

* Nico Firoiu (1969–71, 1972–74)
* Ante Nakić
* Neven Kovačević
* Stanislav Pivovarov (2010)
* Paolo Malara (2011)
* Roman Poláčik (2011–2012)
* Paolo Malara (2013–2014)
* Sirous Taherian (2014--2016)