TEHRAN - The Iran’s boys padel team has clinched the gold medal in the final of Asian Youth Padel Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia, following a thrilling victory over Kuwait.
The Iranian girls’ team secured third place.
The Iranian boys’ national youth team faced Kuwait in the final match, emerging victorious to claim the gold medal. The team was led by coaches Arsalan Muhammadi and Hamid Mobaraki.
In the final, Iran’s Under-14 pair—Parsa Zolfaghari and Alireza Haj-Mollaheidari—were defeated by their Kuwaiti opponents. Subsequently, in the Under-16 category, Amir-Taha Dehghani and Ramtin Rafei leveled the overall score by winning their match. In the decisive third match, Alireza Taghizadeh and Mehrad Mansouri—selected by Arsalan Muhammadi—stepped onto the court for Iran; their victory secured the championship title for the Iranian boys’ team.
Earlier, the Iranian girls’ team—coached by Sahabeh Fard and Aysan Absalan, with Samira Ghodsi serving as team manager—had secured third place in the tournament.
The Asian Youth Padel Championship took place in Jakarta from November 7 to 14, 2026. Iran participated with teams in the Under-14, Under-16, and Under-18 age categories, across both boys’ and girls’ divisions. In the girls’ division, the Iranian team consisted of Jana Safi, Armita Ezzatnejad, Delan Bitarafan, Bahar Haji-Mollahaydar, Janan Bitarafan, Helia Aghili, Romina Rafei, Arghavan Amirkhanloo, Yasmin Hasani, and Nila Rahimi. The boys’ team was composed of Alireza Haji-Mollahaydar, Tiam Nasiri, Ramtin Rafei, Sepehr Mehrbakhsh, Seyed Danial Ahramian, Sadra Atefi, Arad Asoudeh, Parsa Zolfaghari, Taha Dehghan, Ali Taghizadeh, Atallah Farahnak, and Mehrad Mansouri. Muhammad Hussein Naghashian served as the head of the boys’ team.