Petrochimi_Bandar_Imam

Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC

Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC

Basketball team in Mahshahr, Iran

Petrochimi Bandar Imam Basketball Club (Persian: تیم بسكتبال پتروشیمی بندر امام, Tim-e Beskâtbal-e Petrushimi-ye Bendâr Eman), also known as shortly Petrochimi, is an Iranian professional basketball club based in Mahshahr, Iran. They compete in the Iranian Basketball Super League. In 2012 they became the first club in Iran to establish a basketball youth academy.

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History

In 2013, under the guidance of Doctor Mehran Hatami, Petro won the Iranian Basketball Super League for the first time in their history after defeating Mahram Tehran in the final. In 2014, Petro went undefeated throughout the season and again faced Mahram Tehran in the final and again won the league. After signing former NBA player Hamed Haddadi in 2016, Petrochimi won its fourth league title after defeating Naft Abadan in the final. In the same year, Petro finished in third place in the 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.

In 2018, Petrochimi won the FIBA Asia Champions Cup and was crowned champions of Asia. The team beat Alvark Tokyo 68–64 in the final, behind 28 points by Meisam Mirzaei.[1]

Honours

Domestic competitions

Champions (4): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17

International competitions

Champions (1): 2018
Third place (1): 2016
Winners (2): 2016, 2018
Runners-up (3): 2014, 2017, 2019

Roster

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Number Player Position Height (m)
8 Iran Behnam Yakhchali SG 1.92
88 Iran Ashkan Khalilinejad SF 1.93
30 Iran Navid Rezaeifar SG 1.94
7 Iran Farid Aslani PG 1.83
5 Iran Pouya Yakhchali SG 1.85
7 Iran Sajjad Mashayekhi PG 1.80
14 Iran Arsalan Kazemi PF 2.01
12 Iran Asghar Kardoust C 2.12
11 Iran Mehdi Helichi SF 1.93
23 Iran Sajjad Pazirofteh PF 2.01
21 Iran Rouzbeh Arghavan C 2.14
04 Iran Meisam Mirzaei C 2.08
20 Iran Mohammad Hossein Zakeri SG 1.85
24 Croatia Hrvoje Puljko SG 1.93
01 Iran Adnan Shaverdi SF 1.88
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Notable former players

References

  1. [1]
    "Petrochimi v Alvark Tokyo". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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