Iraq at the 2006 Asian Games

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Iraq, despite going through a civil war, participated in the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar.

The country was represented by 86 athletes participating in 17 sports, including football, cue sports, and weightlifting. Iraq earned its first Asian games medal in 20 years. Its last medals at the Asian Games were in 1986 at Seoul, South Korea, where it won five silver and two bronze medals.

Participation details

Boxing

Five boxers represented Iraq in this edition of the Asiad. Three of the five athletes made it to the quarterfinals but none succeeded in pushing through the semifinals, leaving Iraq ranked 15th in boxing.

Entry list

• Featherweight - MAHDI Suraka
• Flyweight - MUTUSHR Majeed
• Light Flyweight - NAJAH Ali
• Light Welterweight - ZUHIR Jabar
• Heavyweight - ALI Salman

Results

• Venue: ASPIRE Hall 5

Qualification bouts December 2, 2006
Weight division	Corner-Name (NOC)	Winner	Points	Time/Decision
Featherweight	RED MAHDI Suraka (IRQ) BLUE SAJID Muhamad (PAK)	RED	+27:27	PTS^1
Preliminary bouts December 3, 2006
Flyweight	BLUE MUTUSHR Majeed (IRQ) RED SUSA Katsuaki (JPN)	RED	4:24	RSCOS-R3
Featherweight	BLUE MAHDI Suraka (IRQ) RED MARCIAL Anthony (PHI)	RED	4:24	RSCOS-R2
December 4, 2006
Light Flyweight	RED NAJAH Ali (IRQ) BLUE JIGJID Otgonbayar (MGL)	RED	33:8	PTS
December 5, 2006
Light Welterweight	BLUE ZUHIR Jabar (IRQ) RED AMINI Mohammad Naim (AFG)	BLUE	34:13	PTS
Quarterfinals December 7, 2006
Light Welterweight	RED ZUHIR Jabar (IRQ) BLUE SHIN Myung Hoon (KOR)	BLUE	10:29	PTS
December 8, 2006
Light Flyweight	BLUE NAJAH Ali (IRQ) RED PANNON Suban (THA)	RED	21:30	PTS
Heavyweight	BLUE ALI Salman (IRQ) RED GOTFRID Dmitriy (KAZ)	RED	2:22	RSCOS-R2

Legend:
PTS - Points, Referee Stop Contest, RSCOS - Referee Stop Contest Outscored, R - Round

^1 The winner was based on the points scored on the third round

Football

Round One

Group B

Unlike other nations, Iraqi olympic football team (U-23) represented the nation in the Asian games.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iraq	7	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8
Syria	5	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3
Singapore	2	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2
Indonesia	1	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9

Indonesia  v  Iraq

November 18, 2006 18:00

Indonesia	0–6	Iraq
		Karrar 18' Ahmed 24' Mostafa 36', 63' Alwan 82' Rehema 89'

Al-Ahly Stadium Attendance: 1300 Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China)

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Iraq  v  Singapore

November 21, 2006 18:00

Iraq	2–0	Singapore
Mostafa 5' Mahmoud 7'

Al-Ahly Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

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Iraq  v  Syria

November 24, 2006 18:00

Iraq	0–0	Syria

Al-Ahly Stadium Attendance: 2200 Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)

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Round Two

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	9	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4
Iraq	6	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5
Oman	3	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1
Malaysia	0	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8

China PR  v  Iraq

November 29, 2006 19:45

China PR	1–0	Iraq
Zhou Haibin 7'

Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 615 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

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Oman  v  Iraq

December 3, 2006 19:45

Oman	0–2	Iraq
		Rehema 30' Abdul-Zahra 47'+

Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Ajja Gowder (India)

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Malaysia  v  Iraq

December 6, 2006 19:45

Malaysia	0–4	Iraq
		Rehema 14' Mahmoud 54', 55' Mostafa 65'

Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Naser Alghafary (Jordan)

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Quarterfinal

Uzbekistan  v  Iraq

December 9, 2006 16:00

Uzbekistan	1–2	Iraq
Geyhrikh 46'+		Karra 10' Alwan 95'

Al-Gharrafa Stadium Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)

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Semi finals

Iraq  v  South Korea

December 12, 2006 16:00

Iraq	1–0	South Korea
Samer 24'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Ali Albadwawi (UAE)

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Gold medal match

Qatar  v  Iraq

December 15, 2006 15:00

Qatar	1–0	Iraq
Bilal 65'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

Iraq wins silver medal

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Weightlifting

Main article; Weightlifting at the 2006 Asian Games

The 21-year-old Harem Ali earned Iraq its first medal in the 2006 Asian games, as he captured bronze in the Men's 77 kg.

Men's 77Kg

• December 4, 18:00
• Al-Dana Banquet Hall

Athlete	NOC	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total
LI Hongli		165	196	361
LEE Jeong Jae		150	191	341
ALI Harem		155	186	341

Men's 105Kg

• December 6, 16:00
• Al-Dana Banquet Hall

Athlete	NOC	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total
JOUGHILI Ahed		170	222	392
ALJUAIFRI Mahammad		175	216	391
AKHMETOV Bakhyt		175	213	388
KIM Wha Seung		176	200	376
KHUDAIR Khudair		165	205	370

Men's 105+ Kg

• December 6, 19:00
• Al-Dana Banquet Hall

Athlete	NOC	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total
REZA ZADEH Hossein		195	230	425
SALEM Jaber		185	225	410
MARTEMYANOV Andrey		168	213	381
MHAMED Haidar		174	206	380