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Iran B team runner-up in FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

The Iranian men's national beach volleyball B team

The Iranian men's national beach volleyball B team has finished as the vice champion of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour in Turkey.

On Sunday, the Iranian duo of Rahman Raoufi and Hamed Mirzaali sustained a 1-2 defeat from their Serbian counterparts Stefan Basta and Lazar Kolaric at the end of the title match played in the southwestern Turkish city of Aydin.

The Iranians got off to a strong start, and mounted a string of attacks. They could take the first set 21-16.

Basta and Kolaric, however, did not to capitulate. They won the second and final sets 25-23 and 16-14 respectively.

Meanwhile, Russian Ruslan Bykanov and Maksim Hudyakov settled for a third-place finish after they notched up a 2-0 victory over Hasan Huseyin Mermer and Safa Urlu from Turkey.

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in Aydin, Turkey, kicked off on May 17, and wrapped up on May 20, 2018.


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