Tag: Mahdi Shirmohammadi

Iran edges past Mauritania in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Seychelles 2025

Iran’s beach Soccer National Football Team opened its campaign in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Seychelles 2025 with a narrow win against the debutante side Mauritania

Mauritania were four goals down after little more than 15 minutes, beauties from Ali Mirshekari, Movahed Mohammadpour, Mahdi Shir and Mokhtari putting Iran into cruise control. Then Cheikh started to sizzle. He finished the game with a hat-trick as the African underdogs gave the Asian titans an almighty scare.
while Iran scored 4 goals in the first period, in the final period , The Asian Champions were completely shut out.

The match ended 5-4 for Iran to win its first 3 points.

Iran goals: Mohammadali Mokhtari (2), Ali Mirshekari, Movahed Mohammadpour, Mahdi Shir

Mauritania goals: Cheikh Belkheir (3), Ahmedou Bilal.

Player of the Match: Cheikh Belkheir

Mauritania’s hat-trick hero and the MVP of the match said:“We believed we could win until the last second. We gave it everything. It was our debut, nerves play a part. But we showed we could produce a big performance against one of the best teams in the world. We’re still confident we’ll get through this group.”


Meanwhile, Iran’s Mohammadpour Movahed, said “The first match of each tournament is so hard. We have to adapt to things because we are not familiar with the sand, so we tried to improve our teamwork. Mauritania started to pressure our defence and pressed us man to man, which took up a lot of energy and made it difficult for us.”
The humid conditions of Seychelles and the rain made the job much more difficult for the Iranians who were struggling towards the end of the third period in which they failed to score..

A much tougher encounter awaits the Persians against Portugal, which edged Paraguay in a 20-goal classic, with the match ending 11-9 . Iran will meet Paraguay on Saturday.

Mohammadali Mokhtari’s double left him on 14 goals in his last 12 appearances in the competition. With 19 overall, he has Mohammad Ahmadzadeh’s 26-goal Iranian record in sight.

Iran Beach Soccer rules supreme after winning the Fourth title.

The-AFC.com
Pattaya:

Iran reigned supreme again at the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ after they defended their title with an 8-1 win against Oman in the Thailand 2025 final on Sunday.

It was a historic occasion for Iran as they not only emerged back-to-back champions for the first time but Sunday’s triumph puts them ahead of Japan as the only four-time champions.

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The first period settled into a pattern from the opening whistle with Iran dominating possession while Oman looked to hit on the counter. 

Oman custodian Younis Al-Owaisi had to be alert to block efforts from Mahdi Shirmohammadi and Movahed Mohammapour before his opposite number Seyedmahdi Mirjalili pushed away an attempt from Nooh Al Zadjali.

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Iran found the breakthrough a minute before the end of the first period when Seyedmohammad Dastan’s long range effort was saved by Amjad Al-Hamdani but Shirmohammadi leaped high into the air to nod home the rebound.

The defending champions stepped up another gear in the second half, doubling their lead in the 15th minute after Reza Amiri smashed a free-kick home with the final bounce off the sand taking the ball away from the gloves of Al-Owaisi.

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Iran made it 3-0 two minutes later, Movahed Mohammadpour with a beautifully executed overhead kick that ended up in the top corner of Oman’s goal.

Despite holding a substantial lead, Iran were relentless in pursuing more and duly added to their advantage in the 18th minute when Seyed Nazem steered a first-time effort home before Ali Mirshekari blasted in two minutes later with a free-kick.

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Oman pulled a goal back seconds later after Sami Al Bulushi was left unmarked at the far post to sweep home but the 2015 champions conceded another in the 22nd minute with Mirshekari getting his second in the game.

The final period saw a battling performance from Oman but it made little difference with Iran’s Mohammadali Mokhtari adding to the score in the 32nd and 36th minutes to cap the emphatic win. 

AFC BEACH SOCCER ASIAN CUP
ROLL OF HONOR

TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth placeTotal
 Iran4 (2013, 2017, 2023, 2025)–5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015)1 (2009)10
 Japan3 (2009, 2011, 2019)6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2023)2 (2017, 2025)–11
 United Arab Emirates2 (2007*, 2008*)2 (2017, 2019)1 (2013)2 (2011, 2023)7
 Oman1 (2015)2 (2011*, 2025)3 (2009, 2019, 2023)–6
 Bahrain1 (2006)1 (2009)–1 (2007)3
 China–––2 (2006, 2008)2
 Lebanon–––2 (2015, 2017)2
 Australia–––1 (2013)1
 Palestine–––1 (2019)1
 Saudi Arabia–––1 (2025)1

Another masterclass for Iran’s beach soccer defeating UAE 7-2

the-afc.com
Pattaya:
Iran were simply unstoppable as they defeated United Arab Emirates 7-2 to top Group B of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ Thailand 2023 on Monday.
Both teams advanced to the quarter-finals, with Iran to face the Group A runners-up while UAE will take on the Group A winners.
Despite both having already sealed their knockout stage tickets, the action came thick and fast at the Jomtien Beach Arena with UAE threatening after Abdulla Dahqani rifled his effort high but it was not long before Iran kicked into high gear.
The Central Asians made short work of the Emiratis defence in the fourth minute with Ali Mirshekari volleying Saeid Piramoun’s overhead effort into the roof of the net.
UAE came close on several occasions with Rashed Yaqoub wasting two golden opportunities, while keeper Mohamed Abdulla failed to find the target from a volleyed effort as the score remained 1-0 going into the break.
UAE remained compact in the second half but Iran showed their class when Mahdi Shirmohammadi found space at the top of the area before curling in a powerful drive past a rooted UAE keeper Mohamed Abdulla.
The momentum shifted in UAE’s favour when they reduced the deficit in the 17th minute through Walid Mohammad free-kick before the No 10 executed a clinical strike a minute later which slipped past Iran keeper Seyedmahdi Mirjajili.
Iran stayed calm under pressure and netted twice in two minutes thanks to efforts from Movahed Mohammadpour off a set-piece before Mirjajili struck from distance to restore their two-goal advantage.
It was end-to-end action in the closing stages of the half but it was Iran who took advantage again with Mahdi Shirmohammadi scoring from distance.
Iran extended their lead in the 27th minute through Mohammad Moradi’s free-kick before Mohammadali Mokhtari pounced on a back pass to strike home Iran’s seventh in the 33rd minute.