TEHRAN – Iran’s men’s team were held to a 4-4 draw against South Africa at the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup South Africa 2023 on Wednesday.
Yaghoub Bahrami scored two goals and Reza Norouzzadeh and Amirmehdi Mirzakhani scored a goal each for the Iranian team.
Team Melli, who claimed bronze in 2018, will play Czech Republic in Pool B on Thursday.
Pool A consists of Austria, Netherlands, Namibia, Belgium, Kazakhstan and New Zealand.
The competition is being held in Pretoria, South Africa from Feb. 5 to 11.
The top four teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals.
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