Syria at the 2018 Asian Games

Syria at the
2018 Asian Games
Syria at the; 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	SYR
NOC	Syrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.syriaolymp.org
in Jakarta and Palembang; August 18 – September 2
Medals; Ranked 37th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	; ; ; ; ; ; ; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

Syria competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[1]

Medalists[]

The following Syrian competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Majd Eddin Ghazal	Athletics	Men's high jump	27 Aug

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	0	1

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	August 19	0	0	0	0
2	August 20	0	0	0	0
3	August 21	0	0	0	0
4	August 22	0	0	0	0
5	August 23	0	0	0	0
6	August 24	0	0	0	0
7	August 25	0	0	0	0
8	August 26	0	0	0	0
9	August 27	0	0	1	1
10	August 28	0	0	0	0
11	August 29	0	0	0	0
12	August 30	0	0	0	0
13	August 31	0	0	0	0
14	September 1	0	0	0	0
15	September 2	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	1	1

Competitors[]

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Syria that will participate at the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Basketball	12	4	16
Boxing	2	0	2
Cycling	2	1	3
Equestrian	2	0	2
Football	20	0	20
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Ju-jitsu	2	0	2
Judo	1^[a]	0	1
Kurash	1	1	2
Sambo	1	1	2
Swimming	1	0	1
Triathlon	2	0	2
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	50	7	57

^a Athlete who also competed in kurash.

Athletics[]

Field events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
Athletes	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Majd Eddin Ghazal	High Jump	2.15	7 q	2.24	=

Basketball[]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Syria men's	Men's tournament	N/A				Iran L 55−68	2 Q	Chinese Taipei L 75−82	Indonesia W 76−66	Philippines L 55−109	6
	Men's 3x3 tournament	W 21−19	W DSQ	Qatar L 7−17	Nepal W 21−19	Japan L 13−21	3	Did not advance
Syria women's 3x3	Women's 3x3 tournament	N/A		Indonesia L 15−16	L 15−16	Sri Lanka L 12−15	4	Did not advance

5x5 basketball[]

Syria men's team entered the competition and drawn in the group B.^[2] The team definitely qualified to the next round after United Arab Emirates left the group.^[3]

Men's tournament[]

Roster

The following is the Syria roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[4]

Syria men's national basketball team - 2018 Asian Games roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F	00		20 – (1998-06-06)6 June 1998	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Al-Jaish
F	1		24 – (1994-01-10)10 January 1994	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Al-Ittihad
G	8		19 – (1999-06-17)17 June 1999	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al-Jaish
F	9		28 – (1990-08-02)2 August 1990	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Al-Jaish
G	11		29 – (1989-01-13)13 January 1989	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al Wahda
C	12	Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi	28 – (1990-06-15)15 June 1990	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	Al-Jaish
G	13		30 – (1988-03-14)14 March 1988	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Al Wahda
F	14		19 – (1999-07-13)13 July 1999	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Al Thawra
G	15		17 – (2001-02-25)25 February 2001	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
C	21		18 – (1999-11-30)30 November 1999	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Al-Jaish
C	41	(C)	34 – (1984-05-18)18 May 1984	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Al Sharjah
G	99		18 – (2000-01-16)16 January 2000	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Al-Ittihad

Head coach

Veselin Matić

Assistant coach(es)

George Shakar

Legend

(C) Team captain
(NP) Naturalized player
Club - describes last
club before the tournament
Age - describes age
on 14 August 2018

Group B

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	1	1	0	68	55	+13	2	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Syria	1	0	1	55	68	−13	1	Advance to Quarter-finals
3	United Arab Emirates (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(D) Disqualified

25 August 2018
10:00 UTC+7

Boxscore

Syria	55–68	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 9–16, 15–14, 14–22, 17–16
Pts: Al-Hamwi 19 Rebs: Al-Hamwi 10 Asts: 3		Pts: Mashayekhi 17 Rebs: Haddadi, Kazemi 10 Asts: Mashayekhi 6

GBK Basketball Hall

Quarter-final

27 August 2018
16:00 UTC+7

Boxscore

Chinese Taipei	82–75	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 17–22, 16–17, 25–17
Pts: 24 Rebs: 7 Asts: Creighton 4		Pts: 28 Rebs: Al-Hamwi 11 Asts: Al-Hamwi 5

GBK Basketball Hall

5th–8th classification

28 August 2018
18:30 UTC+7

Boxscore

Syria	76–66	Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 26–9, 14–17, 10–25
Pts: 33 Rebs: 11 Asts: , 4		Pts: , Wisnu 14 Rebs: Johnson 7 Asts: Johnson 4

GBK Basketball Hall

Fifth place game

31 August 2018
18:30 UTC+7

Boxscore

Philippines	109–55	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 38–16, 22–18, 31–10, 18–11
Pts: Clarkson 29 Rebs: Standhardinger 15 Asts: Ahanmisi 7		Pts: 23 Rebs: Al-Hamwi, 6 Asts: 4

Istora Gelora Bung Karno

3x3 basketball[]

Syria also set a men's and women's team that competed in the 3-on-3 basketball. The men's team placed in the pool C while the women's team in the pool D based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.

Men's tournament[]

Roster

The following is the Syria roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[5]

Mhd Ammar Al Ghamian
Omar Idelbi
Khalil Khouri
Ahmad Khyyata

Pool C

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	86	46	+40	10	Advanced to Quarter-final
2	Qatar	5	4	1	74	43	+31	9	Advanced to Quarter-final
3		5	3	2	62	76	−14	8
4	Nepal	5	2	3	59	74	−15	7
5		5	1	4	43	85	−42	6
6	(D)	5	0	5	0	0	0	5

Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points Scored;
(D) Disqualified

21 August
17:30

	19–21
Pts: 7		Pts: 8

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Shi (CHN), Quinn (INA)

21 August
19:40

	vs.
Forfeit

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta

21 August
19:40

Qatar	17–7
Pts: 6		Pts: 3

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Quinn (INA), Ibragimow (TKM)

24 August
15:40

	21–19	Nepal
Pts: 7		Pts: 9

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Liu (MAS), Quinn (INA)

24 August
17:30

Japan	21–13
Pts: 17		Pts: 6

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Rulyov (KAZ), Tan (SGP)

Women's tournament[]

Roster

The following is the Syria roster in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[6]

Farah Assad
Noura Bshara
Johna Mbayed
Cedra Sulaiman

Pool D

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1		3	3	0	59	32	+27	Advanced to Quarter-final
2	Indonesia (H)	3	2	1	46	46	0	Advanced to Quarter-final
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	2	32	54	−22
4	Syria	3	0	3	42	47	−5

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points scored.
(H) Host

22 August
19:40

Indonesia	16–15	Syria
Pts: 8		Pts: 8

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Harthi (OMA), Ito (JPN)

22 August
20:50

Syria	15–16
Pts: 7		Pts: 7

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Harthi (OMA), Tan (SGP)

25 August
16:50

Sri Lanka	15–12	Syria
Pts: 6		Pts: 7

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Shi (CHN), Tan (SGP)

Boxing[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdul Mouen Azziz	–69 kg	Bye	Lim H-c (KOR) L 0–5	Did not advance
Ahmad Ghosoun	–75 kg	Bye	S Mousavi (IRI) L 0–5	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Road[]

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yousef Srouji	Men's road race	3:29:56	27
Yousef Srouji	Men's time trial	DNS	—
Roba Helane	Women's time trial	DNS	—

Track[]

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Tarek Al-Moakee	Men's pursuit	5:04.425	14	Did not advance

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total points	Rank
Tarek Al-Moakee	Men's omnium	15	12	17	−20	17	8	15	−17	11	16

Equestrian[]

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Qualifier 1			Qualifier 2 Team Final			Final round A			Final round B
Athlete	Horse	Event	Points	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Ahmad Saber Hamcho	Cartagena 17	Individual	3.30	11	4	7.30	16 Q	0	7.30	12 Q	8	15.30	12 Q	1	16.30	9
Mohamad Joubarani	Etos HBC	Individual	23.85	62	13	36.85	56	Did not advance

Football[]

Syria drawn in the group C at the men's football event.^[7]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Syria men's	Men's tournament	United Arab Emirates W 1–0	China PR L 0–3	Timor-Leste W 5–2	2 Q	Palestine W 1–0	Vietnam L 0–1	Did not advance		6

Men's tournament[]

Roster

The following is the Syria squad in the men's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[8]

Head coach: Muhannad Al Fakeer

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ahmad Madania* (captain)	(1990-01-01)1 January 1990 (aged 28)	Al-Jaish
2	3MF	*	(1992-01-02)2 January 1992 (aged 26)	Al-Jaish
3	2DF		(1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (aged 21)	Al-Jaish
4	2DF		(1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 22)	Al-Karamah
5	2DF		(1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (aged 21)	Al-Jaish
6	3MF	Ahmed Ashkar	(1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 22)	Al-Jaish
7	4FW	Mahmoud Al Baher*	(1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 24)	Tishreen
8	3MF	Mouhamad Anez	(1995-05-14)14 May 1995 (aged 23)	Al-Jaish
9	4FW		(1999-01-27)27 January 1999 (aged 19)	Al-Jaish
10	3MF	Mohammad Marmour	(1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 23)	Tishreen
12	2DF		(1996-01-02)2 January 1996 (aged 22)	Al-Muhafaza
13	4FW		(1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 20)	Al-Shorta
14	2DF		(1996-01-18)18 January 1996 (aged 22)	Al-Karamah
15	2DF		(1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (aged 21)	Tishreen
17	3MF		(1997-08-21)21 August 1997 (aged 20)	Al Ittihad Aleppo
18	4FW		(1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 20)	Al-Jaish
19	4FW		(1999-01-19)19 January 1999 (aged 19)	Al-Wahda
20	3MF		(1996-10-18)18 October 1996 (aged 21)	Al Ittihad Aleppo
22	1GK		(1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 22)	Al-Wahda
23	1GK		(1997-01-30)30 January 1997 (aged 21)	Al Ittihad Aleppo

* Over-aged player.

Group C

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Syria	3	2	1	6	5	+1	6
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3
4	East Timor	3	0	3	3	15	−12	0
5	Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew, replaced by UAE^[9]

Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 August 2018

19:00 UTC+7

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Syria
	Report	53'

Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang

Referee: (Uzbekistan)

16 August 2018

19:00 UTC+7

Syria	0–3	China
	Report	Wei Shihao 40' Zhang Yuning 45+2' Chen Binbin 66'

Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang

Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

19 August 2018

19:00 UTC+7

East Timor	2–5	Syria
Gama 15' Garcia 85'	Report	33' 42', 54', 90+1' 50'

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: (Iraq)

Round of 16

23 August 2018

16:00 UTC+7

Palestine	0–1	Syria
	Report	Ashkar 73'

Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi

Referee: (Kuwait)

Quarter-final

27 August 2018

19:30 UTC+7

Syria	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Vietnam
	Report	Nguyễn Văn Toàn 108'

Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi

Referee: (Iran)

Gymnastics[]

Artistic Gymnastics[]

Men's

Event	Qualification								Final
	Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank

Floor Exercise	7.100	N/A					7.100	60	Did not advance
Pommel Horse	N/A	0.000	N/A				0.000	57	Did not advance

Ju-jitsu[]

Key:

ADV – Won by advantages.
RDC – Won by referee decision.
SUB – Won by submission.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−77 kg	Bye	(INA) L 0–100^SUB	Did not advance
	−77 kg	Bye	(JOR) L 0–100^SUB	Did not advance

Judo[]

Key:

1st number — Ippon
2nd number — Waza-ari
s — Shido

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamad Kasem	–81 kg	Bye	V Zoloev (KGZ) L 00s3–10s1	Did not advance

Kurash[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Mohamad Kasem	–81 kg	DK Sannan (PAK) W 110−000	A Murodov (TJK) L 001−012	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Hasna Saied	–63 kg	Huang S-h (TPE) L 000−100	Did not advance

Sambo[]

Key:

SU – Won by submission.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Munir Ghusn	Men's 52 kg	Bye	Ý Orazdurdyýew (TKM) W 3–2	S Erdenebaatar (MGL) L 0–3	Did not advance	Bye	A Asakeev (KGZ) W 2–1	A Rakhmatilloev (UZB) L 0–4	Did not advance
Hasna Saied	Women's 68 kg	Bye	G Ismatova (UZB) L 0–9	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Azad Al-Barazi	50 m breaststroke	28.53	15	Did not advance
Azad Al-Barazi	100 m breaststroke	1:03.01	15	Did not advance

Triathlon[]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (39.6 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Mohamad Masoo	Men's	19:56	0:27	56:46	0:25	35:40	1:53:14	6
Mohammad Al-Sabbagh	Men's	19:02	0:30	57:38	0:23			DNF

Weightlifting[]

Men's

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Man Assad	+105 kg	187	5	~~225~~	—	—	—

Wrestling[]

Key:

F – Victory by fall.
PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−86 kg	(JPN) L 0–2	Did not advance						11

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−67 kg	Geraei (IRN) L 2–11	Did not advance				13

References[]

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