The Iranian team had earlier defeated China, South Korea and India in the competition.

Iran will play winner of Chinese Taipei and Thailand in semi-final on Friday.

The 2018 Asian Men's U-20 Volleyball Championship kicked off on July 21, and will run through July 28.

The top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U-21 World Championship as Asian representatives.