Week 1 – Iranian women completed their three-day rivalry in two different sites

Tehran, Iran, November 30, 2020 –The week one of Iranian women’s premier league takes place in two cities of Tehran and Esfahan with the former hosting teams of pool A and the latter accepting the pool B.

The teams are drawn in two four-team groups that Saipa, Qazvin Shahrdari, Exson and Babol Sarvghamatan are in Pool A and Zob Ahan, Eslamshahr Khojasteh, Paykan and Setaregan Fars are in Pool B.

Two teams of Saipa and Paykan of Tehran finished the first week with three consecutive wins to spot on the top of the ranking table in pool A and B respectively.

Pool A:

Day 1, Nov. 19:

Qazvin Shahrdari b Exson 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-18)

Babol Saipa b Sarvghamatan 3-1 (25-13, 25-17, 22-25, 25-8)

Day 2, Nov. 21:

Qazvin Shahrdari b Babol Sarvghamatan 3-0 (25-13, 25-16, 25-18)
Saipa b Exson 3-0 (25-10, 25-9, 25-15)

Day 3, Nov. 23:
Saipa b Qazvin Shahrdari 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-11)
Exson b Babol Sarvghamatan 3-1 (24-26, 27-25, 25-16, 25-19)

Rankings in pool A:

1. Tehran Saipa (3 pts)
2. Qazvin Shahrdari (2 pts)
3. Exson (1 pts)
4. Babol Sarvghamatan (0)

Pool B:

Day 1, Nov. 26:

Tehran Paykan b Fars Setaregan 3-0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-10)

Zob Ahan b Eslamshahr Khojasteh 3-0 (25-5, 25-15, 25-17)

Day 2, Nov. 28:

Tehran Paykan b Eslamshahr Khojasteh 3-0 (25-17, 26-24, 25-16)
Zob Ahan b Fars Setaregan 3-0 (25-11, 25-10, 25-10)

Day 3, Nov. 30:
Eslamshahr Khojasteh b Fars Setaregan 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-21)
Tehran Paykan b Zob Ahan 3-1 (25-19, 25-20, 21-25, 25-23)

Rankings in pool B:

1. Tehran Paykan (3 pts)
2. Esfahan Zob Ahan (2 pts)
3. Eslamshahr Khojasteh (1 pts)
4. Fars Setaregan (0)

The eight teams of Iranian premier league continue their rivalry in the same form in the second week such that teams of pool A will compete in Qazvin city on December 10-12-14 in three days while the teams of pool B encounter in Tehran on September 17-19-21 for three days.