Iraq men's national basketball team
FIBA ranking | 86 6 (7 December 2021)[1] | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1948 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Asia | ||
National federation | Iraqi Basketball Association | ||
Coach | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 1 | ||
Medals | None | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | None | ||
Asian Championship | |||
Appearances | 4 | ||
Medals | None | ||
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The Iraq national basketball team (Arabic: منتخب العراق لكرة السلة) represents Iraq in international basketball competitions. It is one out of only two Arab nations to ever qualify for the Men's Basketball Tournament at the Summer Olympics. (the other nation being Egypt)
Competitive record[]
Olympic Games[]
Year | Position | Tournament | Host |
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1948 | 22 | Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics | London, United Kingdom |
The Iraqi Basketball team at the 1948 Olympic Games in London:
Ahmed Hamed, Emile Yousef, George Hanna, Hashim Abdul-Jalil, Irfan Abdul-Kadir, Kanan Aoni, Salih Faraj, Salman Mahdi Deheh, Salman Ali Daleh, Wadud Khalil Jumaa
FIBA Asia Cup[]
Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
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1960 | Did not enter | |||
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1965 | ||||
1967 | ||||
1969 | ||||
1971 | ||||
1973 | ||||
1975 | ||||
1977 | 6th place | 9 | 3 | 6 |
1979 | 8th place | 8 | 5 | 3 |
1981 | Did not enter | |||
1983 | ||||
1985 | ||||
1987 | 9th place | 8 | 5 | 3 |
1989 | Did not enter | |||
1991 | ||||
1993 | ||||
1995 | ||||
1997 | ||||
1999 | ||||
2001 | Did not qualify | |||
2003 | ||||
2005 | ||||
2007 | Did not enter | |||
2009 | ||||
2011 | Did not qualify | |||
2013 | ||||
2015 | ||||
2017 | 11th place | 4 | 1 | 3 |
2022 | Did not qualify | |||
Total | 4/30 | 29 | 14 | 15 |
West Asian Championship[]
Pan Arab Games[]
2007 Pan Arab Games[]
Iraq national basketball team prepared for the Pan Arab Games in Turkey, Iraq played several friendly matches with Turkish clubs.
Iraq group:
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
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Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 239 | 173 | 66 | 6 |
Iraq | 3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 254 | −28 | 5 |
Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 2 | 222 | 229 | −7 | 4 |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 3 | 209 | 240 | −31 | 3 |
Group A
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Semifinals
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The 3rd/4th Place
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Team[]
Current roster[]
2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification[]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FIBA Executive Committee decided that for the 2020 November window games will be held at a single venue under a bubble format.[2]
Venue: , Manama
Opposition: Bahrain (November 28)
Opposition: Lebanon (November 30)[3]
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Past roster[]
2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
Opposition: Lebanon (February 21)
Venue: , Zouk Mikael
Opposition: India (February 24)
Venue: , Baghdad[4]
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Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.[5]
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Head coach position[]
- – 2002–2004, 2010–2013
- – 2014–2015
- Srđan Antić – 2016
- – 2017
- – 2017
- – 2020
- / Aziz Bekir – 2020–present
See also[]
- Iraq women's national basketball team
- Iraq national under-19 basketball team
- Iraq national under-17 basketball team
References[]
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers November window host cities confirmed". FIBA. October 25, 2020.
- ^ "Iraq at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "Iraq at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster
External links[]
Videos[]
- Iraq v China - Quarter Final Highlights - FIBA Asia Challenge 2016 - youtube.com video
- Men's national basketball teams
- National sports teams of Iraq
- Basketball teams in Iraq
- 1948 establishments in Iraq
- Basketball teams established in 1948