The Asian giant in beach soccer is showing why their National Teams, mens and womens, are prominent in the sport
Iran recently concluded their very extensive beach soccer season and it was another great year for the sport in the Asian country. The year began on the 6th of April and just finished on the 8th of December, after 23 weeks, with Golaposh Yadz being crowned the champion. The team from Yadz city also the winner of the first round of games, with 31 points, which determined who the top-5 teams were that would qualify for the final round. The first round was round robin while the final round was a format with home-and-away games, which happened over 10 weeks, going along with the 13 weeks of the first round.
The head coach of the Iranian National Selection, Mohammad Hossein Mirshamsi, was not just in attendance to scout players for his side, he was the coach of the winning side, Golsaposh. The top-5 teams that qualified for the final rounds are as follows: Golsaposh Yazd, Ghoye Sefid Anzali, Shahrari Tabriz, Pars Jonobi, and Khazar Rodsar. The final standings left Colsaposh as champion, then the team from Tabriz city, Shahrdari were runners-up, in third was Pars Jonobi from Boshehr city. Fourth place was earned by Khazar Rodsar, hailing from Gilan city, and in fifth was another Gilan city team, Ghoye.
This marked the 8th year of the elite league and it was a different end, for the better, for Golsaposh as they lost last year in the final. The Iranian National Team had their players scattered throughout the different clubs, which helped to create for a more dramatic and level playing field. The beach soccer season may now be over in most parts of the world, but it is a short lay-off as friendly matches will be taking place this week and tournaments will abound in the new year.
