Iran men's national volleyball team
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Nickname(s) | Sarv Qaamataan سرو قامتان | |||
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Association | IRIVF | |||
Confederation | AVC | |||
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FIVB ranking | 12 (as of June 28, 2021) | |||
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Summer Olympics | ||||
Appearances | 2 (First in 2016) | |||
Best result | 5th (2016) | |||
World Championship | ||||
Appearances | 6 (First in 1970) | |||
Best result | 6th (2014) | |||
World Cup | ||||
Appearances | 4 (First in 1991) | |||
Best result | 8th (2015, 2019) | |||
Asian Championship | ||||
Appearances | 18 (First in 1979) | |||
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The Iran Men's National Volleyball Team is the official national men's volleyball team of Iran. It is governed by the Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (I.R.I.V.F.) and takes part in international volleyball competitions.
As of June 2021, the national team is considered as the second best team in Asia, as it ranks 11th in the FIVB World Rankings.[1]
The national team won the Asian Volleyball Championship three times: in 2011 Tehran, 2013 Dubai and 2019 Tehran.
In its first appearance in the competition since joining the 2013 World League, Iran has been a dominant force in Group 1 of the competition, posing a challenge to any opponent. Defeating Italy and Cuba in these games, Iran introduced itself as a formidable contender.
In 2014 World League campaign, Iran's national team reached the fourth place in Group 1 after a straight-set defeat to their Italian hosts in the bronze medal match. In these games, Iran had already defeated Brazil, Italy and Poland.
Iran has also competed in the World Championship four times, with their best result obtained in 2014 Poland where they ended up in the 6th place. In those games Iran qualified from the first and second rounds with, respectively, four and five wins; their only defeat was against France.
Iran defeated Japan to win the gold medal at the Asian Games Korea in 2014. Consecutively, in 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, Iran cruised past Japan and South Korea to win the gold medal.
Iran made it to the Olympic Games for the first time in their history in 2016 as the top ranked Asian squad at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. Iran finished at the 5th place in the competition.
History[edit]
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The history of Iran’s volleyball dates back to around 1920 when Mir Mehdi Varzandeh brought volleyball regulations to Iran. During the World War II, forces of Allies occupied Iran, sport Contacts especially in volleyball was done with soldiers of these forces; it was a new way for familiarity with volleyball of the other countries. At that time a friendly match was fixed between the Iran and Russian Army team. In 1958 for the first time national men’s team of Pakistan was invited to Tehran, guest team had some friendly matches with national team, club teams and Army team. Iran's national team first attended at 1958 Asian Games.[2]
Tournament records[edit]
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Notes: Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicate 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes, respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament. B indicates that the team was represented by its B team.
Olympic Games[edit]
Year | Rank | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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5th place | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
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9th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 |
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Total | 2/15 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 |
World Championship[edit]
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21st place | 11 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |
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19th place | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
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21st place | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |
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19th place | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
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6th place | 12 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 21 | |
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13th place | 8 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |
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Total | 6/19 | 42 | 16 | 26 | 63 | 92 |
World Cup[edit]
Year | Rank | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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11th place | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
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9th place | 11 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 |
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8th place | 11 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 |
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8th place | 11 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 |
Total | 4/14 | 41 | 14 | 27 | 56 | 97 |
World Grand Champions Cup[edit]
Year | Rank | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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5th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
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4th place | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
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3rd place | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 |
Total | 3/7 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 34 |
World League[edit]
Year | Rank | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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9th place | 10 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 |
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4th place | 16 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 32 |
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7th place | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 21 |
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8th place | 9 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 22 |
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11th place | 9 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
Total | 5/28 | 56 | 25 | 31 | 99 | 119 |
Nations League[edit]
Year | Rank | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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10th place | 15 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 30 |
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5th place | 17 | 12 | 5 | 41 | 21 |
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12th place | 15 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 32 |
Total | 3/3 | 47 | 24 | 23 | 95 | 83 |
Asian Championship[edit]
Year | Rank | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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6th place | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 |
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10th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
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8th place | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 |
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7th place | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 |
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5th place | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
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4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
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6th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
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5th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
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5th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 |
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3rd place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 |
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6th place | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
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5th place | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 |
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Runners-up | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 10 |
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Champions | 8 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
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Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
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Runners-up (B) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 9 |
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5th place (U23) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 10 |
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Champions | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 4 |
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Total | 18/20 | 122 | 80 | 42 | 269 | 173 |
Asian Games[edit]
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Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
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3rd place | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
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5th place | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
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4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
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5th place | 9 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
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Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||
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6th place | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
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Runners-up | 9 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 4 | |||
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Champions | 8 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
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Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
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Total | 10/16 | 64 | 44 | 20 | 141 | 82 |
Asian Cup[edit]
Year | Rank | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 |
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Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
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Runners-up (B) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 |
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4th place (B) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 |
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Champions (B) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 5 |
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Runners-up (B) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
Total | 6/6 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 96 | 40 |
Other tournaments[edit]
- West Asian Games
- 2005 –
Runners-up
- 2005 –
- Islamic Solidarity Games
- Universiade
- 2017 –
Champions
- 2017 –
Results and fixtures[edit]
Previous matches[edit]
Forthcoming matches[edit]
Date | Competition | Location | Opponent | |
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12 September 2021 | 2021 Asian Championship | ![]() |
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13 September 2021 | 2021 Asian Championship | ![]() |
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14 September 2021 | 2021 Asian Championship | ![]() |
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Team[edit]
Current squad[edit]
Representing Iran at the 2021 Nations League (updated on 3 June 2021).
- Head coach:
Vladimir Alekno
No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2021 club |
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2 | Milad Ebadipour | 17 October 1993 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | ![]() |
3 | Reza Abedini | 19 May 1991 | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 354 cm (139 in) | 348 cm (137 in) | ![]() |
4 | Saeid Marouf (C) | 20 October 1985 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 331 cm (130 in) | 311 cm (122 in) | ![]() |
6 | Mohammad Mousavi | 22 August 1987 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 362 cm (143 in) | 344 cm (135 in) | ![]() |
7 | Purya Fayazi | 12 January 1993 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 335 cm (132 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | ![]() |
8 | Mohammad Reza Hazratpour | 31 March 1999 | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 300 cm (120 in) | 290 cm (110 in) | ![]() |
9 | Masoud Gholami | 2 April 1991 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 289 cm (114 in) | 275 cm (108 in) | ![]() |
10 | Amir Ghafour | 6 June 1991 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 354 cm (139 in) | 334 cm (131 in) | ![]() |
11 | Saber Kazemi | 24 December 1998 | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 340 cm (130 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | ![]() |
12 | Morteza Sharifi | 27 May 1999 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 340 cm (130 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | ![]() |
14 | Mohammad Javad Manavinejad | 27 November 1995 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 365 cm (144 in) | 328 cm (129 in) | ![]() |
15 | Ali Asghar Mojarrad | 30 October 1997 | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 330 cm (130 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | ![]() |
16 | Ali Shafiei | 21 September 1991 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 348 cm (137 in) | 345 cm (136 in) | ![]() |
17 | Meysam Salehi | 17 November 1998 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | ![]() |
18 | Mohammad Taher Vadi | 10 November 1989 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 329 cm (130 in) | 315 cm (124 in) | ![]() |
21 | Arman Salehi | 29 October 1992 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 295 cm (116 in) | 280 cm (110 in) | ![]() |
22 | Amir Hossein Esfandiar | 24 January 1999 | 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) | 119 kg (262 lb) | 330 cm (130 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | ![]() |
23 | Bardia Saadat | 12 August 2002 | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 355 cm (140 in) | 328 cm (129 in) | ![]() |
Head coaches[edit]
Note: The following list may not be complete.
A Team[edit]
Name | From | To | notes |
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1958 | 1958 Asian Games Runners-up | |
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1958 | 1963 | |
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1964 | 1966 | 1966 Asian Games 3rd place |
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1970 | 1972 | |
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1974 | 1974 Asian Games 4th place | |
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1979 | ||
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1979 | 1981 | |
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1987 | 1989 | |
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1989 | 1991 | |
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1991 | 2007 | Acted as head coach from 1991-1993 and as the general technical manager of all age groups from 1991-2007. |
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1995 | 1995 Asian Championship 4th place | |
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1999 | 2001 | |
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2002 | 2005 | 2002 Asian Games Runners-up 2003 Asian Championship 3rd place |
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2007 | 2008 | |
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2008 | 2010 | 2008 Asian Cup Champions 2009 Asian Championship Runners-up 2010 Asian Cup Champions 2010 Asian Games Runners-up |
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2011 | 2014 | 2011 Asian Championship Champions 2013 Asian Championship Champions 2013 World Grand Champions Cup 4th place |
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2014 | 2015 | 2014 World League 4th place 2014 World Championship 6th place 2014 Asian Games Champions |
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2016 | 2016 Olympic Games 5th place | |
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2017 | 2020 | 2017 World Grand Champions Cup 3rd place 2018 Asian Games Champions 2019 Nations League 5th place 2019 Asian Championship Champions 2020 Olympic Games Qualification |
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2020 | 2021 | 2020 Olympic Games 9th place |
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2021 | present |
Coaching staff[edit]
Position | Staff |
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U23 Coach | Vacant |
U21 & B team Coach | Vacant |
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Last updated: 10 August 2021
Source:[citation needed]
B Team[edit]
Name | From–To | notes |
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2012 | 2012 Asian Cup Runners-up |
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2013 | 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games Champions |
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2014–2015 | 2014 Asian Cup 4th place 2015 Asian Championship Runners-up |
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2016 | 2016 Asian Cup Champions |
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2018 | 2018 Asian Cup Runners-up |
Stadium[edit]
The team's home arena are Azadi Indoor Stadium ، Azadi Volleyball Hall ، Rezazadeh Stadium and Ghadir Stadium.
Kit providers[edit]
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Iran national volleyball team.
Period | Kit provider |
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2000–2008 | Asics Mikasa Fuerza Mizuno Ideal |
2008– | Merooj |
Sponsorship[edit]
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like MCI and Tourism Bank, Refah Stores other sponsors: Roamer.
References[edit]
- ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men". FIVB website. FIVB. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Brief History of Iran Men's Volleyball". I.R Iran VolleyBall Foundation. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- (in Persian) Asian Volleyball Championship
- (in Persian) Volleyball at the Asian Games
- (in Persian) Iran Volleyball History
External links[edit]
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