Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC

Petrochimi Bandar Imam Basketball Club (Template:Langx, Tim-e Beskâtbal-e Petrushimi-ye Bendâr Eman), also known as shortly Petrochimi, is an Iranian professional basketball club based in Mahshahr, Iran. They compete in the Iranian Basketball Super League. In 2012 they became the first club in Iran to establish a basketball youth academy.

History

In 2013, under the guidance of Doctor Mehran Hatami, Petro won the Iranian Basketball Super League for the first time in their history after defeating Mahram Tehran in the final. In 2014, Petro went undefeated throughout the season and again faced Mahram Tehran in the final and again won the league. After signing former NBA player Hamed Haddadi in 2016, Petrochimi won its fourth league title after defeating Naft Abadan in the final. In the same year, Petro finished in third place in the 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.

In 2018, Petrochimi won the FIBA Asia Champions Cup and was crowned champions of Asia. The team beat Alvark Tokyo 68–64 in the final, behind 28 points by Meisam Mirzaei.

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Iranian Super League

Champions (4): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17

International competitions

• FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Champions (1): 2018

Third place (1): 2016

• WABA Champions Cup

Winners (2): 2016, 2018

Runners-up (3): 2014, 2017, 2019

Roster

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)
8	Template:Flagicon Behnam Yakhchali	SG	1.92
88	Template:Flagicon Ashkan Khalilinejad	SF	1.93
30	Template:Flagicon Navid Rezaeifar	SG	1.94
7	Template:Flagicon Farid Aslani	PG	1.83
5	Template:Flagicon Pouya Yakhchali	SG	1.85
7	Template:Flagicon Sajjad Mashayekhi	PG	1.80
14	Template:Flagicon Arsalan Kazemi	PF	2.01
12	Template:Flagicon Asghar Kardoust	C	2.12
11	Template:Flagicon Mehdi Helichi	SF	1.93
23	Template:Flagicon Sajjad Pazirofteh	PF	2.01
21	Template:Flagicon Rouzbeh Arghavan	C	2.14
04	Template:Flagicon Meisam Mirzaei	C	2.08
20	Template:Flagicon Mohammad Hossein Zakeri	SG	1.85
41	Template:Flagicon Joseph mikulic	SG	1.93
01	Template:Flagicon Adnan Shaverdi	SF	1.88

Position	Name
Head coach	Template:Flagicon Mehran Hatami
Assistant coach	Template:Flagicon Khezeyer Shaverdi
Assistant coach	Template:Flagicon Gholam Hossein Mahmoodian
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Template:Flagicon Mehrad Ghadirzadeh
Director	Template:Flagicon Amin Moavi

Notable former players

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Template:Flagicon Torraye Braggs Template:Flagicon Jason Crowe Template:Flagicon Ed Elisma Template:Flagicon Joseph Forte Template:Flagicon Jonathan Gibson Template:Flagicon C. J. Giles Template:Flagicon Julius Hodge Template:Flagicon Mark Karcher Template:Flagicon Art Long Template:Flagicon Tony Madison Template:Flagicon Smush Parker Template:Flagicon Alvin Sims Template:Flagicon K'zell Wesson Template:Flagicon Robert Whaley

External links

• Fan website
• page on Asia-Basket