Strategies for the development of international sport diplomacy in the volleyball federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran

In recent years, Iran's volleyball sport has made significant progress and the Iranian national team has been able to compete in the World Volleyball League.This situation has provided the Iranian Volleyball Federation with diplomatic opportunities.The purpose of this study was to develop strat...

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Autores: Fallah Nassiri, Reza Mir, Monazami, Amir Hosein, Aghaei, Najaf, Rahimizadeh, Meysam
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Murcia
Repositorio:DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:digitum.um.es:10201/120549
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.6018/sportk.465871
http://hdl.handle.net/10201/120549
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sport diplomacy
International sport
Volleyball
Diplomacia deportiva
Deporte internacional
Voleibol
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Sumario:In recent years, Iran's volleyball sport has made significant progress and the Iranian national team has been able to compete in the World Volleyball League.This situation has provided the Iranian Volleyball Federation with diplomatic opportunities.The purpose of this study was to develop strategies for the development of international sport diplomacy in the volleyball federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.This study was conducted qualitatively by interviewing Iranian volleyball officials (N = 4), academic experts in sport diplomacy (N = 4) and internationally experienced coaches and referees (N = 5).Data analysiswith theme analysis techniques revealed that the five emerging themes included: challenges, principles of effective international sport diplomacy, international sport diplomacy success factors, international diplomacy development strategies in volleyball federation, and the implications of international sport diplomacy, including 18 sub-themes and 43 open codes.All these aspects are analyzed and discussed in the present study.