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Afghanistan at the 2002 Asian Games
Afghanistan at the 2002 Asian Games | |
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IOC code | AFG |
NOC | Afghanistan National Olympic Committee |
in Busan | |
Competitors | 44 in 7 sports |
Officials | 12 |
Medals Ranked 36th |
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Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
Afghanistan participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea, from September 29 to October 14, 2002. This marked Afghanistan's return to international sporting events after the fall of the Taliban regime. The Afghan delegation consisted of 12 officials (11 men and one woman) and 44 competitors (40 men and four women) participating in seven different sports. The Afghanistan national football team played its first international match since the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification phase. An English teacher from Kabul, Roia Zamani, won a bronze medal in the 72 kg middleweight class of taekwondo without winning a single match. Zamani was the only medalist from the Afghan side and the first Afghan medalist in 20 years.[1] None of the remaining athletes advanced past the qualifying stages, and as such did not win any medals.[2]
Background[]
Afghanistan is a member of the South Asian zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, and has competed in the Asian Games since the inaugural edition of the Games in 1951 in New Delhi.[3] On September 26, 1996, the Taliban annexed the Kabul and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.[4] Under the Taliban regime all types of sporting activities were deprecated, as according to the Taliban, most of them were against the teachings of Islam and Islamic law. Many stadiums, like Ghazi Stadium of Kabul, were either destroyed or converted into venues for public executions and punishments.[5] Women were banned from taking part in any type of sport; male athletes were allowed to participate in a few sports, but were forced to wear long sleeves, trousers and beards. Following such incidents and discrimination against women, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned Afghanistan National Olympic Committee and barred them from taking part in the Olympic Games.[6]
A few months before the 2000 Summer Olympics, the IOC offered the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee the opportunity to send a contingent to the Games without the Taliban flag. The Committee declined to take part on this condition.[4]
Participation of Afghan sportsmen without representing the Emirate (Afghanistan) and its flag will mean nothing. We will not send anyone on an individual basis
—Abdul Shukoor Mutmaen[4]
Afghanistan did not send any delegation to the 1998 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand, due to economic difficulties. Laws implemented by the Taliban government also made it impossible for Afghan athletes to compete. For example, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) does not allow players to have beards and mustaches, but Afghan males were forbidden to cut their facial hair.[7][8] Afghanistan returned to the Asian Games after the fall of the Taliban government in the midst of ongoing war.[9] In June 2003, the IOC lifted the suspension imposed on Afghanistan during the 115th IOC Session in Prague.[10]
Delegation[]
The delegation of Afghanistan for the 14th edition of the Asian Games was composed of 12 officials (11 men and one woman) and 44 competitors (40 men and four women) participating in seven different sports—boxing (6), cycling (1), football (20), karate (1), shooting (1), taekwondo (7) and wrestling (8).[9][11]
Boxing[]
Six Afghan pugilists went to the Games, competing in six out of the 12 boxing events. No Afghan competitor made it past the preliminary stages of competition. Three—Dawood Mahmoude (light flyweight), Rohullah Mustafa (flyweight) and Tamim Ahmed Akhtari (lightweight)—out of six boxers lost after RSCO (Referee Stopped Contest – Outclassed Opponent). Abdullah Shekib retired during his bout against Kazakhstani Gennady Golovkin. Sadeq Naqshbande lost to Sergey Rychko of Kazakhstan after referee stopped the contest (RSC). Sayed Haroon Sadat was the only Afghan boxer who completed his bout, losing to Kumar Adhikari of Nepal by a points difference of 11–13.
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Ref | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | |||
Dawood Mahmoude | Light flyweight (48 kg) | ![]() L RSCO |
Did not advance | [12] | |||
Rohullah Mustafa | Flyweight (51 kg) | ![]() L RSCO |
Did not advance | [13] | |||
Tamim Ahmed Akhtari | Lightweight (60 kg) | ![]() L RSCO |
Did not advance | [14] | |||
Sayed Haroon Sadat | Light welterweight (63.5 kg) | ![]() L 11–13 |
Did not advance | [15] | |||
Sadeq Naqshbande | Welterweight (67 kg) | ![]() L RSC |
Did not advance | [16] | |||
Abdullah Shekib | Light middleweight (71 kg) | ![]() L RET |
Did not advance | [17] |
Cycling[]
Mohammad Bahrooz was the only cyclist in the delegation of Afghanistan. He represented his nation in the men's 169.4 km individual road race event held on October 3 at the Road Cycle Race Stadium.[18] A total of 28 competitors participated in the event; Bahrooz was one of six who did not finish the race. The event was won by Sergey Krushevskiy of Uzbekistan with a time of 4:17:59.[19]
Football[]
Afghanistan sent its men's national team to compete in the football event of the Games. The last international match played by Afghanistan against any nation was during the qualification stage for the AFC Asian Cup in 1984.[20] For the 2002 Asian Games, the international governing body of football, FIFA, provided financial aid to the Afghanistan Football Federation to make their trip to Busan possible.[9] The team did not advance beyond the preliminary round, losing all three of their matches.
- Team roster
No. | Player | Position |
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1 | Jamshed | GK |
2 | Mehdi Amirvabadi | MF |
3 | Mohammad Nasim | DF |
4 | Bashir Ahmad Saadat | DF |
5 | Ratil Ahmad | DF |
6 | Mohammad Nasim Hossani | MF |
7 | Mohamed Zaki | FW |
8 | Ateeq Ullah | MF |
9 | Sayed Dawood Shah | MF |
10 | Najebullah Karimi | MF |
11 | Mir Shafiq Ullah | MF |
12 | Mohammad Sadiq | GK |
13 | Mohammad Khalid | MF |
14 | Mohammad Zarif | DF |
15 | Abolfazl Hajizadeh Kojabadi | MF |
16 | Rahman Ali Nzari | MF |
17 | Khalil Ahmad | DF |
18 | Sayed Maqsood | MF |
19 | Elias Ahmed Mnucher | FW |
20 | Ahmad Zia Azimi | DF |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | −32 | 0 |
The first match of the Afghan team was scheduled with Iran on September 28 at the Busan Gudeok Stadium. The Iranian team dominated the match, winning by a score of 10 to 0. Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht scored five goals in the match.[21] This was the largest margin of victory for Iran in the tournament. Iran would win the gold medal after defeating Japan in the final.[22]
Afghanistan ![]() | 0 – 10 | ![]() |
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Nikbakht ![]() Nekounam ![]() Golmohammadi ![]() Daei ![]() |
Afghanistan and Qatar played on October 1 at the Munsu Cup Stadium. The Qatar team registered their biggest win of the tournament, defeating Afghan team by a score of 11 to 0. Qatari striker Sayed Ali Bechir scored four goals in the match.[23]
Qatar ![]() | 11 – 0 | ![]() |
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Bechir ![]() Gholam ![]() B. Abdulrahman ![]() ![]() ![]() Hamzah ![]() Rizik ![]() |
The last match for the Afghan team was with Lebanon on October 5 at the Changwon Civic Stadium. The Lebanese team defeated Afghanistan by 11–0, Lebanon's largest margin of victory in the tournament. Lebanon scored five goals in the first half and six in the second.[24]
Lebanon ![]() | 11 – 0 | ![]() |
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Kassas ![]() Al-Jamal ![]() Hijazi ![]() Ghoson ![]() Atwi ![]() Zein ![]() |
Karate[]
Wahid Ahmad Joya competed in the kumite −75 kg event of karate held in the Yangsan College Gymnasium. Joya received a bye in the preliminary round.[25] In the next round, the quarterfinals, Joya met with Farman Ahmed of Pakistan, but Joya was officially disqualified for being overweight.[26]
Shooting[]
Malalai Afzali was scheduled to compete in the women's 10 m air pistol event held in the Changwon International Shooting Range on October 3, but did not start the event.[27]
Taekwondo[]
Afghanistan's taekwondo squad consisted of seven athletes, four of which were men: Farhad Qraishi (−58 kg), Ziaullah Aimal (−62 kg), Hamed Stanekzai (−72 kg) and Parwiz Nazari (−84 kg), and three women: Hakima Khashai (−55 kg), Fatima Hamidi (−63 kg) and Roia Zamani (−72 kg). Qraishi, Aimal and Stanekzai were eliminated in their respective first round matches.[28][29][30] Nazari received a bye in his first match, and lost to Dindo Simpao of Philippines in the second round.[31][32]
Hakima Khashai and Fatima Hamidi both were defeated by Malaysian opponents after the referee stopped the contest (RSC).[33][34] Roia Zamani, an English teacher from Kabul, won a bronze medal in the 72 kg middleweight class without winning a single match.[35] Only five athletes participated in the middleweight class event, making first round a quarterfinal match. She received a bye in her first round match.[36] In the semifinal, she withdrew in the middle of match due to severe injuries, in which she was lagging behind by nil to four points.[37] Zamani was beaten by her Korean opponent, Choi Jin-Mi, who left a cut over her right eyebrow.[38] But the semifinal appearance of Zamani guaranteed her a bronze medal, which she shared with Sally Solis of Philippines.[39] Zamani considered her participation in the Games as a "first step" for Afghan women.[38]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Semifinal | Final |
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Farhad Qraishi | −58 kg | ![]() L 0–7 |
Did not advance | |||
Ziaullah Aimal | −62 kg | ![]() L 1–1 |
Did not advance | |||
Hamed Stanekzai | −72 kg | ![]() L 1–5 |
Did not advance | |||
Parwiz Nazari | −84 kg | Bye | ![]() L 1–5 |
Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hakima Khashai | −55 kg | ![]() L RSC |
Did not advance | |||
Fatima Hamidi | −63 kg | ![]() L RSC |
NA | Did not advance | ||
Roia Zamani | −72 kg | Bye | NA | ![]() L WD |
Did not advance |
Wrestling[]
Eight Afghan wrestlers entered the competition: six for freestyle events and two for Greco-Roman events. Only two freestyle competitors—Mirdad Mir and Iqbal Ahmad Mancher—achieved victories. Mancher advanced to a repechage round, but lost to Wang Yuanyuan of China by a points difference of 0–10. Both the Greco-Roman wrestlers—Abdullahbik Baikzada and Mohammad Ashraf Timori—were eliminated in the preliminary rounds without winning a single bout.
- Freestyle
Athlete | Event | Preliminary rounds | Repechage | 1/2 finals | Final | Rank | ||
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Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||
Mohammad Nader Mir | 60 kg | ![]() L 0–11[40] |
NA | ![]() L 0–11[41] |
NA | Did not advance | ||
Mirdad Mir | 66 kg | ![]() L 0–8[42] |
![]() W 9–0[43] |
![]() W 3–2[44] |
NA | Did not advance | ||
Shirjan Ahmadi | 74 kg | NA | ![]() L 1–3[45] |
![]() L 7–2[46] |
NA | Did not advance | ||
Jumakhan Ahmadi | 84 kg | NA | ![]() L 0–10[47] |
![]() L 1–4[48] |
NA | Did not advance | ||
Iqbal Ahmad Mancher | 96 kg | NA | ![]() L 0–10[49] |
![]() W 5–4[50] |
![]() L 0–10[51] |
Did not advance | ||
Mohammad Alam Nooristani | 120 kg | NA | ![]() L 0–7[52] |
![]() L 0–11[53] |
Did not advance |
- Greco-Roman
Athlete | Event | Preliminary rounds | Repechage | 1/2 finals | Final | Rank | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||
Abdullahbik Baikzada | 74 kg | ![]() L 0–4 (Fall)[54] |
![]() L 0–10[55] |
![]() L 0–11[56] |
NA | Did not advance | ||
Mohammad Ashraf Timori | 84 kg | ![]() L 0–4 (Fall)[57] |
![]() L 0–4 (Fall)[58] |
![]() L 0–15[59] |
Did not advance |
See also[]
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