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'''Saba Battery Tehran Basketball Club''' also known as ''Saba Mehr Qazvin Basketball Club'' was an Iranian professional basketball club based in Tehran and Qazvin, Iran. They competed in the Iranian Basketball Super League.
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 Tehran to Qazvin.<ref>[http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1310384 صبامهر به قزوين منتقل شد] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305162927/http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1310384 |date=2012-03-05 }}</ref>
==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=== * 2005: 2nd place * 2006: 2nd place * 2007: '''Champions''' * 2008: 2nd place * 2009: 3rd place
===Asia Champions Cup=== * 2005: 4th place * 2006: 5th place * 2007: '''Champions''' * 2008: '''Champions'''
==Coaches== * {{flagicon|IRI}} Mehran Shahintab (2002–2010)
==Notable former players== {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | * {{flagicon|DMA}} Garth Joseph * {{flagicon|IRI}} Hamed Afagh * {{flagicon|IRI}} Hamed Haddadi * {{flagicon|IRI}} Mohammad Hassanzadeh * {{flagicon|IRI}} Mehdi Kamrani * {{flagicon|IRI}} Asghar Kardoust * {{flagicon|IRI}} Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami * {{flagicon|IRI}} Samad Nikkhah Bahrami * {{flagicon|IRI}} Hamed Sohrabnejad * {{flagicon|IRI}} Saman Veisi | * {{flagicon|FRA}} Makan Dioumassi * {{flagicon|NGR}} Gabe Muoneke * {{flagicon|NGR}} Jeff Varem * {{flagicon|USA}} Priest Lauderdale * {{flagicon|USA}} Omar Sneed * {{flagicon|USA}} Jackson Vroman * {{flagicon|URU}} Leandro García |}
==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, Karam Ahmadian, Samad Nikkhah Bahrami, 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, Asghar Kardoust, Karam Ahmadian, Saeid Tabeshnia, Hamed Haddadi, Samad Nikkhah Bahrami. '''Coach:''' Mehran Shahintab
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.asia-basket.com/team.asp?Cntry=IRI&Team=5418 page on Asia-Basket]
Category:Basketball teams in Iran Category:Basketball teams established in 2002 Category:Sport in Qazvin province Category:2002 establishments in Iran