Japan lost 3-1 to Iran in the men's volleyball final at the Asian Games on Friday, failing to defend the title it won four years ago in Guangzhou, China.
Iran, led by Seyed Mohammad Mousavi Eraghi's 22 points, took the first set 28-26 before Japan won the second 25-23 to even the score.
But Iran, Asia's highest ranked team in the world at 10th, led by as much as nine points in the third set to win 25-19 before rolling on to capture the final set 25-19, with Japan's Masahiro Yanagida serving into his own net on match point.