Saba Battery Tehran Basketball Club also known as ''Saba Mehr Qazvin Basketball Club'' was an Iranian professional

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club based in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

and

Qazvin Qazvin (; ; ) is a city in the Central District (Qazvin County), Central District of Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the largest city in the provi ...

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. They competed in the

Iranian Basketball Super League The Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL) is a professional men's basketball league in Iran. It was founded in 1998. The current champions is Shahrdari Gorgan. The league follows the promotion and relegation system in which the worst two teams ...

. The team was part of Saba Battery Club, owned by ''Saba Battery Co'' from 2002 to 2008. In 2008, Saba Battery Co. refused to hold the team anymore and club saved by a private company and changed its name to Saba Mehr. In April 2009, the club transferred from

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Tournament records

Iranian Super League

* 2003–04: Champions * 2004–05: 2nd place * 2005–06: Champions * 2006–07: Champions * 2007–08: 2nd place * 2008–09: 3rd place * 2009–10: 4th place

WABA Champions Cup The WABA Champions Cup, between 2011 and 2012 known as the West Asian Basketball League (WABL), was the West Asian club championship for basketball organized by West Asia Basketball Association, and took place every year, It also served as a q ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

: 2nd place *

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

: 2nd place *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

: Champions *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: 2nd place *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: 3rd place

Asia Champions Cup

: 4th place *

: 5th place *

: Champions *

: Champions

Coaches

* Mehran Shahintab (2002–2010)

Notable former players

Squads

* FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2007 **Behnam Afradi, Babak Nezafat, Saman Veisi, Mohammad Sistani, Hamed Afagh, Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Gabe Muoneke, Garth Joseph,

Asghar Kardoust Asghar Kardoust Poustinsaraei (, born March 21, 1986) is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Palayesh Naft Abadan BC, Naft Abadan in the Iranian Super League (Basketball), Iranian Super League as well as for the Iran ...

, Karam Ahmadian,

Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Mohammad Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (, born 11 May 1983) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian former professional basketball player. Pro career He previously played for Saba Battery BC, Saba Battery as a subsidiary player, teaming with his since-deceased br ...

, Behzad Afradi. Coach: Mehran Shahintab * FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008 **Mohammad Masoud Irani, Kamran Jamshidvand, Hamed Afagh, Mehdi Kamrani, Mohammad Sistani, DaJuan Tate, Gabe Muoneke,

, Karam Ahmadian, Saeid Tabeshnia,

Hamed Haddadi Hamed Ehdadi Haddadi (, , born May 19, 1985) is an Iranian professional basketball player for Palayesh Naft Abadan of the Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL). He played at the center position and is tall and weighs . Haddadi was the first ...

. Coach: Mehran Shahintab

References

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External links

page on Asia-Basket
Basketball teams in Iran Basketball teams established in 2002 Sport in Qazvin province 2002 establishments in Iran