TEHRAN – Iran’s men’s team defeated Japan 62-42 on Monday in Pool A of the 2022 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships.
The campaign is being held from May 20-28 in Phuket, Thailand, with this event standing as the zone’s qualifying tournament for the 2022 IWBF World Championships, to be held in November this year.
Iran had lost to Australia 47-44 in their first match and defeated South Korea 56-50 in the second match.
Iran will play Thailand on Tuesday.
Team Melli is competing in Pool A with Japan, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia and host Thailand.