Iran celebrate in their match against Russia in the gold medal match of the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship
Riffa, Bahrain, August 27, 2017 – Iran captain Amirhossein Esfandiar said that their victory the perfect reward for all the hard work that they put in to win the title in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship at the Isa City Sports Hall on Sunday.
Iran captain Amirhossein Esfandiar: It’s a very good feeling to have my flag in first position. I am very happy because our staff tried really hard to develop our team. I am a player but I know about the mentality of our coaches and they really did a great job. I want to thank the FIVB for recognising me as the MVP. We have many good talents in this team, hopefully we can make the senior team in the future.
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Iran coach Reza Farjad: My team played better than Russia. We saw it over eight matches and there is no question about it. We do not have any losses.
We prepared for 11 months for this championship. In the Asian Championship, we only finished fourth behind Japn, Korea and China. This was a good motivation for us in the World Championship because we needed to go higher than any other Asian team.
Two years ago, we got the bronze medal in the World Championship with a 3-1 win. Now this has happened and tonight I am very happy see the Iran flag being raised.