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

FIBA Asia Championship record

Olympic Games record

West Asian Championship

Year Rank Pld W L
Lebanon 19995th place4--
Lebanon 20003rd place422
Jordan 20014th place413
Jordan Iran 20023rd place404
Iran 20045th place4--
Lebanon 20054th place404
Jordan 2008Did not enter–––
Iraq 2010Runners-up ---
Iraq 20114th place303
Jordan 2012Did not enter---
Iran 20134th place303
Jordan 20144th place 523
Jordan 20155th place404
Jordan 20163rd place422
Total12/14---

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

Current roster

At the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge: [2]

Iraq men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
F 4 Ahmed Al-Tameemi 32 – (1984-03-13)13 March 1984 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
F 5 Dhulfiqar Al-Hchaimi 25 – (1991-05-24)24 May 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PG 6 Ali Aljuboori 29 – (1987-04-09)9 April 1987 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
F 7 Ali Ismael 27 – (1989-08-13)13 August 1989 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Iraq
G 8 Omar Alazawi 28 – (1988-05-12)12 May 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F 9 Kevin Dwayne Galloway 28 – (1988-05-23)23 May 1988 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
SF 10 Ali Hamad 30 – (1986-05-27)27 May 1986 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
SF 12 Hussein Talib 26 – (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
C 13 Ali Hameed 32 – (1984-04-26)26 April 1984 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)
C 14 Ihab Al-Zuhairi 18 – (1998-04-24)24 April 1998 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
C 15 Mohammed Al-Khafaji 25 – (1991-07-09)9 July 1991 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Iraq
SG 30 Hassan Abdullah 24 – (1992-02-04)4 February 1992 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Head coach
  • Serbia Srdjan Antic
Assistant coaches
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 9 September 2016

Past rosters

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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.
  2. ↑ Iraq | 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

External links

See also


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