Publish Date: 3 September 2023 - 00:33

Tehran, IRNA – The captain of Iran’s national basketball team Hamed Haddadi has announced his retirement from national duty at the age of 38.

At the end of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, Haddadi officially bid farewell to his national basketball career.

On their fifth and last match at the FIBA Basketball World Cup classification round for a spot between 17 and 32 on Saturday, the Iranian team faced Lebanon and lost the match 81-73.

Haddadi who has experience of playing at the highest level of basketball in the world reached the national team after tolerating a severe injury to help the Iranian national basketball team to advance to the upcoming Olympics game, but Team Melli's hopes were dashed at the 2023 World Cup.

The Iranian national basketball team finished the 2023 World Cup without a single victory.

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