TEHRAN – Iranian men teams won a gold and a bronze medal at the FIVB Snow Volleyball World Tour debut.
The first FIVB Snow Volleyball World Tour event in almost six years is over and nations that have never been on the World Tour podiums before collected all the medals.
The team of Iran 4 triumphed in the men’s tournament in the winter sports resort of Erzurum Palandoken in northeastern Turkey, while Italy and Iran 2 picked up the silver and the bronze, respectively.
Iran 4, featuring Arshia Ahmadi, Fazel Valipour Gorji, Mahdi Alizadeh Koyakhi and Seyed Ali Talebzadeh, defeated Italy 2-0 (15-6, 15-10) in the final to win the gold medal.
Iran 2 also claimed a bronze medal.