TEHRAN - Iran's mens group beat Australia 6-4 at the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup South Africa 2023 on Tuesday.Reza Norouzzadeh and Behdad Beiranvand scored three and 2 objectives respectively and Navid Taheri scored one goal for the Iranian team.Iran, who claimed bronze in 2018, will play South Africa on Wednesday in Pool B.Pool An includes Austria, Netherlands, Namibia, Belgium, Kazakhstan and New Zealand.The competition is being kept in Pretoria, South Africa from Feb.
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The leading four teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals.