The Iranian volleyball federation has recently sent Brazilian coach Mauricio Motta Paes after a series of disappointing results of this team in Volleyball Nations League 2024.
This dismissal is considered quite sudden when VNL is still going on and the teams have only ended two weeks of the qualifying round. However, perhaps the Iranian Football Federation was out of patience when this team lost all 8 matches.
The end of the VNL 2024 ranking is not as important as the fragile opportunity to go to the Paris Olympic Games of this Asian “Brother Hai” has officially closed after the pathetic results.
Mauricio Motta Paes was appointed in December last year after the Iranian Football Federation fired the old coach because of the bad achievement in the Paris Olympic Qualifier. However, what Paes show is even more disappointing.
With 8 losses, Iran has now dropped to the 17th rank on the world volleyball rankings. Not only did the chance of going to the Paris Olympic Games, but this is also the lowest ranking of Iranian volleyball for many years.
Once a fair competition team with Japan for the No. 1 Asian position, participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games, Iranian Men's Volleyball and Japan were two teams that were thought to be as close to the rare world level of Asia.
However, after rejuvenating the squad, Iranian male volleyball has gone a lot. This team lost to Japan in recent years, unable to become a counterweight for the Samurai boys.
At the world level, the Iranian male volleyball from the team can squeeze into the top 10 or compete in the middle group, now is only the roadside team in the tournament.