TEHRAN – Iran national beach soccer team defeated Japan 6-1 in the 2021 Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup.
Muhammad Mokhtari, Mehdi Shirmuhammadi, Mostafa Kiani, Movahed Muhammadpour, Ali Mirshekari and Hassan Abdollahi scored for Iran.
Okuyama Mansouri scored Japan’s only goal.
Russia also defeated Paraguay 8-7.
Team Melli will meet Russia in Group B on Thursday.
Iran won the last Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup in 2019 with a 6-3 win over Spain.