The Iran national futsal team represents Iran in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation. The "Kings of Asian Futsal" have won ten editions of Asian Futsal Championship and are the 7th strongest team in the world according to the most recent Futsal World Ranking. Iranians have played in five editions of FIFA Futsal World Championship reaching the semi-finals in their first appearance in 1992. Iran have won the first FIFA Confederations Cup in Libya in 2009, and reached the finals of Grand Prix de Futsal known as Futsal Mini-World Cup in 2007 and 2009 editions. Unfortunately, under the current head coach Iran national futsal team has not been as strong as before resulting in the loss of Asian title in 2012 and also a drop in the team's world ranking from 4th to 7th.
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