Regular Season, Final classification
1. Barij Essence 49pts (16-6)
2. Matin 48 (17-5)
3. Mizan 43 (14-8 )
4. Kaleh 38 (14-8 )
5. Paykan 35 (13-9)
6. Tabriz 31 (10-12)
7. Novin Keshavarz 29 (11-11)
8. Urmia 28 (7-15)
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9. Aluminium 27 (8-14)
10. Javaheri 26 (8-14)
11. Zahedan 25 (8-14)
12. Saipa 17 (6-16)
Playoffs
Barij Essence vs. Urmia
Matin vs. Novin Keshavarz
Mizan vs. Tabriz
Kaleh vs. Paykan
Lorenzo Bernardi is the new coach of Iran. even though they didn't sign anything yet but it's almost a done deal.
since it's almost official that Julio Velasco will no longer coach the Iranian national team. Iranian volleyball federation published a list of 6 candidates. The next coach is one of them probably already decided
Hugh McCutcheon, Lorenzo Bernardi, Vladimir Alekno, Andrea Anastasi, Raul Lozano and Silvano Prandi
After Round of 20 (out of 22)
1. Barij Essence 46pts (15-5)
2. Matin 45 (16-4)
3. Mizan 40 (13-7)
4. Kaleh 37 (14-6)
5. Paykan 32 (12-8 )
6. Tabriz 28 (9-11)
7. Novin Keshavarz 27 (10-10)
8. Urmia 24 (6-14)
9. Javaheri 23 (7-13)
10. Aluminium 23 (6-14)
11. Zahedan 22 (7-13)
12. Saipa 13 (5-15)
Top 8 to playoffs, Bottom two will be relegated
Metodi Ananiev (Bulgaria) to Paykan in Iran League.
I'm confused. I found no source stating that A and D will play in one pool in 2nd round. I thought there would be another round of draw of lots.
Do you have sources confirming this? Thanks.
that was in the video they showed during the draw ceremony. 
it also makes sense with their serpentine system
it couldn't be any worse 
When FIVB's fixed up the rally system point (Athens or Sydney)?
January 1999
After Round of 15
1. Barij Essence 37pts (12-3)
2. Matin 32 (11-4)
3. Mizan 32 (11-4)
4. Paykan 26 (9-6)
5. Kaleh 25 (10-5)
6. Tabriz 21 (7-8 )
7. Novin Keshavarz 19 (7-8 )
8. Javaheri 19 (6-9)
9. Aluminium 19 (5-10)
10. Urmia 19 (5-10)
11. Zahedan 12 (4-11)
12. Saipa 9 (3-12)
Urmia fired Dejan Brdjovic only after 3 matches ! 
they also sent their Serbian MB Petrovic home again after only 3 matches.
more winter transfers
Aleksandar Gorbatkov (Bulgaria) ==> Saipa
Robinson Alessandro Dvoranen (Brazil) ==> Tabriz
Joao Ricardo Silva de Freitas (Brazil) ==> Javaheri
Does Iran have a female volley league ?
yes with 7 teams but it's not really professional without TV coverage
Thanks, very useful info. Who is Amiri in Barij Essans?
you are welcome
his name is Hossein Amiri, unknown player, no history in national teams (even youth and junior) played most of his career in lower division. I think at the age of 27 this is only his 3rd or 4th season in superleague.
if anybody is interested here is the list of starters for top 6 teams.
Barij
S: Mahdavi (Stanev)
OP: Ghafour
MB: Nadi and Tashakori
OH: Ghaemi and Amiri
L: Rahimipanah
Kaleh
S: Freriks
OP: Ghara
MB: Gholami and Jadidi
OH: Zarini and Sajjadi (Ebadipour)
L: Zarif
Matin
S: Marouf
OP: Mahmoudi
MB: Mousavi and Nikolov
OH: Mirzajanpour and Farid
L: Shirkavand (Nazari Afshar)
Paykan
S: Hosseini
OP: Bazargard
MB: Faezi and Bakhsheshi
OH: Shaban and Keshavarzi
L: Ali Hossein
Mizan
S: Vadi
OP: Ahmadi
MB: Bogdanov and Valipour
OH: Davoudi and Mobasheri
L: Yousefi
Urmia
S: Petkovic
OP: Piroutpour
MB: Rezaei and Mostafavand
OH: Fayazi and Kovacevic
L: Alizadeh
Why Kaleh playing so poorly? The composition is quite interesting.
Their roster is a little weaker this year, but still they have a good team I rank them 3rd behind only Matin and Barij-Essence. they had some serious problems in setter position and they got Freriks because of that.
Urmia officially got both Kovacevic and Borislav Petrovic. and they both played today against Matin (Urmia lost 3-2) they also have a new head coach from Serbia, Dejan Brdjovic
1. Dimitriy Muserskiy
2. Tsvetan Sokolov
3. Nikolay Pavlov
Coach: Andrey Voronkov
Winter transfers
Nico Freriks (Netherlands) ==> Kaleh
Konstantin Mitev (Bulgaria) ==> Saipa
and Javaheri released Aleksandar Simeonov (Bulgaria)
apparently Urmia is close to get Toni Kovacevic (Croatia) and Borislav Petrovic (Serbia)
Ah, ok... Thank you very much. If France wins in five, they are qualified as well? Too much calculation for me on a sundy evening
You are welcome, they don't have to win the match they just need one more set to qualify, the 4th set.
Bulgaria is behind vs Czechs in second set?! Does someone know, what result is needed for them to qualify?
Belgium is taking the third set 25:17. I want to see five..........
They are already qualified, 1st set was enough for them
Congrats to Belgium 
They really deserved it
now let's see if they let France to qualify or not. now it's between France and Netherlands.
Any stream for Mizan Mashhad - Barij Essans?
Promises to be a very interesting match.
I didn't find anything but you can google for "IRIB Khorasan Razavi" (aka IRIB Mashhad) also available on satellite but I assume you are not in middle east.
