TEHRAN – Iran’s men’s team has defeated Thailand 83-65 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 its first match and defeated South Korea 56-50 and Japan 62-42 in its following matches.
Iran will play Malaysia on Wednesday.
Team Melli is competing in Pool A with Japan, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia and host Thailand.