Publish Date: 1 January 2019 - 20:38

Based on the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) ranking, Iranian junior team is now standing in first place in the world.

Iran's U-19 volleyball team with 122 points ranked first in the world.

Iranian team had earlier ranked first in Asia in 2017 and third in Asia in 2018.

This is while Iranian female junior team is standing in the 36th place.

In youth category, Iran men's team with 90 points ranked 5th in the world and the women's team ranked 32nd.

The FIVB World Ranking is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in volleyball. The teams of the member nations of FIVB, volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on their competitions results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.