TEHRAN – Ali Naderi was named as interim coach of Iran beach soccer team on Thursday.

Naderi will lead Team Melli at the 2022 Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup.

Iran are drawn with the U.S. in Group B of the 2022 Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup.

Japan and Paraguay are in the group too.

Hosts UAE, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Spain are in Group A.

The competition will be held in Dubai from Nov. 1 to 5.

Naderi was a member of Iran beach soccer team for many years and has worked as Iran assistant in the recent years.