Iraq national basketball team

Iraq Iraq
FIBA ranking 92[1]
Joined FIBA 1948
FIBA zone FIBA Asia
National federation Iraqi Basketball Association
Coach Fikrat Johnson
Olympic Games
Appearances 1 (1948)
Medals None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
Asian Championship
Appearances 3 (1977, 1979, 1987)
Medals None
Uniforms
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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)

1948 Olympic Games

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

Opponent Scores W/L Round Philippines 102–30 (47–16) L Preliminary Round Group B Chile 100–18 L Preliminary Round Group B Belgium 98–20 L Preliminary Round Group B Korea 120–20 L Preliminary Round Group B People's Republic of China 125–25 L Preliminary Round Group B Italy 77–28 L Classification 17–23 Switzerland forfeit L Classification 21–22

FIBA Asia Championship record

Olympic Games record

2007 Pan Arab Games

Iraq national basketball team prepared for the Pan Arab Games in Turkey, Iraq played several friendly matches with Turkish clubs.

Pan Arab Games: Iraq group

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
Egypt 330239173666
Iraq 321226254−285
Kuwait 312222229−74
United Arab Emirates 303209240−313

Group A

  • July 14, 2007
Egypt 84–42 Iraq
  • July 16, 2007
Kuwait 83–90 Iraq
  • July 18, 2007
UAE 87–94 Iraq

Semifinals

  • July 20, 2007
Iraq 75–104 Jordan

The 3rd/4th Place

  • July 22, 2007
Iraq 70–91 Qatar

Iraq roster

The following players called for the 2007 Pan Arab Games.

# Position Name
4.
 --- Qutaiba Abdullah
5.
 --- Hassan Saleh
6.
 --- Ali Amer Taleb
7.
 --- Sajad Hussein
8.
 --- Ahmad Obeid
10.
 --- Rahman Ahmad
11.
 --- Mohammed Dhiaa
12.
 --- Ahmad Hamza
13.
 --- Maytham Abdulwahed
14.
 --- Richard Yalda
15.
 --- Mustafa Shehab

References

  1. ↑ "FIBA Ranking for Men". Fiba.Com. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

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