Iran competed at the 2026 Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China from 22 to 30 April 2026. This made the return of the Asian Beach Games, ten years since the 2016 edition in Da Nang, Vietnam. The delegation had 57 athletes, all male.
Competitors SportMenWomenTotal3x3 basketball 4 44x4 water polo 7 7Beach athletics 5 5Beach handball 10 10Beach kabaddi 6 6Beach soccer 12 12Beach volleyball 4 4Beach wrestling 4 4Ju-jitsu 2 2Sport climbing 3 3 Total 57 0 57
Medal summary
Medals by sport SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal 4x4 water polo 1 1 Beach athletics 1 1 Beach handball 1 1 Beach kabaddi 1 1 Beach soccer 1 1 Beach volleyball 1 1 Beach wrestling 4 4 Total 9 1 0 10
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event 4x4 water polo Men Beach athletics Men's shot put Beach handball Men Beach kabaddi Men Beach soccer Men Beach wrestling Men's 70 kg Beach wrestling Men's 80 kg Beach wrestling Men's 90 kg Beach wrestling Men's +90 kg Beach volleyball Men
Results by event
3x3 basketball
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3RankPeter GrigorianMohammad GhaffariMohammad Mehdi RahimiAmir Hossein YazarlooMenW 21–9L 13–14W 21–142 W 21–15L 16–20Did not advance6
Aquatics
4x4 water polo
TeamEventRound robinRankRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5MenW 3–1(4–3, 2–3, 3–2, 4–0)W 3–0(4–3, 3–2, 5–2)W 3–2(1–2, 4–5, 3–2, 2–1, 3–2)W 3–0(4–2, 6–1, 5–4)W 3–2(1–2, 3–2, 4–1, 2–3, 3–2)Roster
Hamed Karimi Alireza Mehri Amin Ghavidel Hossein Lalehsiah Mehdi Yazdankhah Arman Shams Ashkan Iranpour
Coach: Hamid Ghodsinejad
Beach athletics
AthleteEventRound 1FinalRankTimeRankTime / ResultAmir Reza MoeinpourMen's 60 m7.075Did not advance13Parsa ShadniaMen's high jumpcolspan=2 2.00 m6Mojtaba ZahediMen's long jumpcolspan=2 6.81 m10Hassan AjamiMen's shot putcolspan=2 20.17 mMehran Khorandcolspan=2 17.63 m4
Beach handball
TeamEventPreliminary roundSemifinalFinalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5RankMenW 2–0(14–10, 21–20)W 2–0(18–12, 22–10)W 2–0(13–8, 20–6)W 2–0(18–16, 18–16)W 2–0(21–14, 20–10)1 W 2–1(19–16, 16–18, 8–6)W 2–1(18–10, 10–15, 9–6)Roster
Arad Hosseini Hossein Heidarian Parsa Dehghani Mohammad Mehdi Heidarianpour Ali Heidarian Ali Shirani Matin Goldan Alireza Alipour Alireza Pirzadeh Amin Kazemi
Coach: Mehdi Ghashghaeirad
Beach kabaddi
TeamEventPreliminary roundSemifinalFinalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3RankMenW 38–28W 47–31W 53–311 W 42–29W 44–31Roster
Mobin Nazari Mahan Faraji Moslem Rashki Ali Sourtechi Mohammad Mallak Amir Hossein Alizadeh
Coach: Farhad Kamal Gharibi
Beach soccer
TeamEventPreliminary roundSemifinalFinalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3RankMenW 5–2W 13–1W 2–11 W 9–1W 6–2Roster
Mehdi Mirjalili Reza Dayyeri Davoud Shokri Saeid Piramoun Ali Nazem Mehdi Shirmohammadi Ali Mirshekari Movahed Mohammadpour Mohammad Ali Mokhtari Mohammad Ali Nazarzadeh Mohammad Masoumizadeh Mohammad Dastan
Coach: Ali Naderi
Beach volleyball
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4RankAbolhassan KhakizadehAmir Ali GhalehnoviMenW 2–0(21–16, 21–18)W 2–0(21–15, 21–10)L 1–2(11–21, 23–21, 10–15)2 W 2–0(21–18, 21–15)W 2–0(21–10, 21–14)W 2–1(21–17, 15–21, 15–13)L 0–2(15–21, 12–21)Abbas PourasgariAlireza AghajaniW 2–0(21–12, 21–15)W 2–0(21–8, 21–9)W 2–0(21–18, 21–17)W 2–0(21–8, 21–9)1 W 2–0(21–15, 21–17)L 1–2(21–14, 17–21, 9–15)Did not advance5
Beach wrestling
AthleteEventKnockoutGroup roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3RankAli Akbar ZaroudiMen's 70 kgW 3–0W 3–0W 1 W 3–1W 2–0W 3–0Ali GholamiMen's 80 kgW Fall (5–0)W 3–0W Fall (4–0)1 W 3–0W Fall (4–0)W Fall (3–0)Amir Hossein KavousiMen's 90 kgW 2–0 (3–0, 3–0)W Fall (5–0)W 3–0W 3–01 W 3–0W 3–0W 3–0Amir Reza SahraeiMen's +90 kgW 3–0W 3–0W Fall (4–0)1 W 3–0W Fall (5–0)W 3–0
Ju-jitsu
Jiu-jitsu AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankAli NazemiMen's 62 kgL (0–0)Did not advance17Pejvak ZarinmahMen's 77 kgL 0–2Did not advance17
Sport climbing
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankTimeRankMilad AlipourMen's speed5.3718Did not advance18Reza Alipour5.1813 L Fall–5.15Did not advance14Mohammad Reza Sohrabi5.6020Did not advance20Milad AlipourReza AlipourMen's speed relay13.1513 L –12.46Did not advance13
References
External links Iran at the 2026 Asian Beach Games official website