The Iranian team consists of Rahman Raoufi and Abolhamed Mirzaali, who won a silver medal at the last week’s FIVB World Tour Satun 1-star, came back from the semi-final loss to the eventual winners Peng and Yang to beat Japan‘s Ishijima Yusuke and Ageba Yuya 2-0 (22-20, 21-13) in the third-place playoff.
“We felt refreshed and had a good win against Japan. We lost to them 1-2 in the pool play and I am very happy that we beat them in straight sets," Raoufi said,
"We will play the 2019 Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships in China in our next tournament and hope that we will do a great job out there,” Raoufi added.