Iraq at the 2018 Asian Games

Iraq at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	IRQ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Iraq
Website	www.nociraq.iq
in Jakarta and Palembang August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors	54 in 12 sports
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
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Iraq participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Iraq first competed at the Asian Games in 1974 Tehran, and the best achievement was in 1982 Delhi, when the country was ranked 11th with a total 9 medals, 2 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze medals.^[1][2] At the last edition in Incheon, Iraq had collected 4 medals, and was ranked 25th in medals tally.^[3]

Medalists

Further information: 2018 Asian Games medal table

The following Iraq competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Safaa Rashed Al-Jumaili Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 25 Aug  Silver Salwan Jassim Weightlifting Men's 105 kg 26 Aug  Silver Mustafa Al-Saamah Athletics Discus throw 29 Aug

Medals by sport Sport Total Weightlifting 1 1 0 2 Athletics 0 1 0 1 Total 1 2 0 3 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 1 0 0 1 8 August 26 0 1 0 0 9 August 27 0 0 0 0 10 August 28 0 0 0 0 11 August 29 0 1 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 1 2 0 3

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Iraq that participated at the Games:^[4]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	10	3	13
Basketball	4	0	4
Boxing	4	0	4
Canoeing	1	0	1
Handball	16	0	16
Ju-jitsu	2	0	2
Judo	3	0	3
Kurash	2	0	2
Rowing	1	0	1
Sambo	1	0	1
Weightlifting	4	1	5
Total	49	5	54

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Asian Games

Compound

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Eshaq Al-Daghman Fatimah Al-Mashhadani	Mixed team	1352	15	Bye	India L 147–156	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games

Iraq entered thirteen athletes (10 men's and 3 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.^[5]

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Iraq men's	Men's 3x3 tournament	Turkmenistan W 16−14	Malaysia W 19−16	Iran L 16−19	Afghanistan W 21−12	Kazakhstan L 18−21	3	Did not advance

3x3 basketball

Iraq national 3x3 team participated in the Games, the men's team placed in pool D based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.

Men's tournament

Main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men

Roster

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

• Ihab Hasan Ibadi Al-Zuhairi
• Abbas Hikmat Abdulimam Alqarnawi
• Jasim Al-Saadi
• Abdullah Majeed Abdullah

Pool D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Iran	5	5	0	99	56	+43	Quarterfinals
2	Kazakhstan	5	3[a]	2	91	82	+9
3	Iraq	5	3[a]	2	90	82	+8
4	Malaysia	5	2[b]	3	82	80	+2
5	Turkmenistan	5	2[b]	3	73	76	−3
6	Afghanistan	5	0	5	47	106	−59

Source: OCA
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: KAZ 21–18 IRQ.
2. Head-to-head result: MAS 17–13 TKM.

22 August 17:30

Turkmenistan	14–16	Iraq
Pts: Mämmetmyradow 6		Pts: Hasan 10

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Liu (MAS), Lim (MAS)

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22 August 20:30

Iraq	19–16	Malaysia
Pts: Hasan 11		Pts: Ting C.H. 8

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Tan (SGP), Ito (JPN)

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25 August 15:00

Iran	19–16	Iraq
Pts: Allahverdi 7		Pts: Mohammed 6

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Ho (HKG), Shi (CHN)

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25 August 16:20

Afghanistan	12–21	Iraq
Pts: Khairi 9		Pts: Hasan 10

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Ito (JPN), Quinn (INA)

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25 August 17:30

Iraq	18–21	Kazakhstan
Pts: Hasan 9		Pts: Aitkali 13

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Shi (CHN), Quinn (INA)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hasan Ali Naser	–49 kg	Bye	MT Uulu (KGZ) L RSC	Did not advance
Jaafar Al-Sudani	–56 kg	Mario Fernandez (PHI) W KO	A Vokhidov (TJK) W 3–2	SA Amoragam (INA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Ammar Karbalai	–60 kg	Bye	E Tsendbaatar (MGL) L 0–5	Did not advance
Karrar Aal Ezirej	–64 kg	M Berdibayev (TKM) W 5–0	Nguyễn VC (VIE) W 5–0	D Narimatsu (JPN) L 0–4	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ahmed Sameer Jumaah Faris	Men's K-1 200 m	38.865	4 QS	36.740	1 QF	37.380	8

Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2018 Asian Games

Iraq competed in the group D at the men's team event.^[7]

Summary

Key:

• ET – After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Preliminary	Standing	Main / Class.	Rank / standing	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition score		Opposition score		Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Iraq men's	Men's tournament	Group D  Bahrain: L 24–30  Chinese Taipei: W 37–30  India: W 40–29	2 Q	Group I  Qatar: L 20–26  Japan: W 24–27  Saudi Arabia: D 20–20	4	Did not advance	Hong Kong W 31–24	7

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament

Roster

• Bilal Al-Sabbagh
• Raed Al Baghdadi
• Hussein Ibadi
• Jasim Mohammed
• Mintadher Ali
• Ahmed Al Azzawi
• Mohanad Al Behadili
• Ali Al Akayshee
• Majid Al-Akayshi
• Mohammed Rashid
• Karrar Al-Battat
• Maytham Al Behadili
• Mustafa Al Azzawi
• Ali Abdlkan
• Baderaldeen Naser
• Mohammed Al Azzawi

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	3	0	0	99	70	+29	6	Main round / Group 1–2
2	Iraq	3	2	0	1	101	89	+12	4
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	89	102	−13	2	Main round / Group 3
4	India	3	0	0	3	82	110	−28	0

Source: AHF

13 August 14:00	Iraq	24–30	Bahrain	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Hammoudi 5	(16–12)	Al-Samahiji, Al-Sayyad 5
	1× 3×		1× 4×

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15 August 18:00	Iraq	37–30	Chinese Taipei	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Adnan 10	(17–14)	Chao H.C. 8
	2× 6×		1× 5× 1×

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17 August 18:00	India	29–40	Iraq	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Ahlawat 8	(13–18)	Adil 9
	2× 5×		3× 1×

Main round (Group I)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	3	0	0	78	60	+18	6	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	70	74	−4	3
3	Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	69	74	−5	2	Classification 5th–6th
4	Iraq	3	0	1	2	64	73	−9	1	Classification 7th–8th

Source: AHF

20 August 16:00	Iraq	20–26	Qatar	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
	Ghassab 5	(9–15)	Heiba, Zouaoui 5
	1× 2×		2× 4×

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22 August 16:00	Japan	27–24	Iraq	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
	Motoki 9	(12–15)	Adnan 5
	1× 2×		3× 8× 1×

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24 August 16:00	Iraq	20–20	Saudi Arabia	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
	Adnan 9	(11–12)	Al-Abbas, Al-Abdulali 5
	1× 4×		2× 3× 2×

Seventh place game

26 August 16:00	Iraq	31–24	Hong Kong	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	M. Abdul-Ridha 7	(15–12)	Ip S.Y. 5
	1× 3×		2× 2×

Ju-jitsu

Main article: Ju-jitsu at the 2018 Asian Games

Iraq entered the ju-jitsu competition with 2 men's athletes.^[8]

Key:

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mohammed Al-Mashahedi	–56 kg	A Amirov (UZB) L 2–6	Did not advance
Ali Al-Alabd	–69 kg	A Nabas (JOR) W 2^ADV–2	A Bozorov (UZB) W 2–0	B Lertthaisong (THA) L 0–0^ADV	Did not advance	J Hojamyradow (TKM) L 0–2	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Asian Games

Iraq put up 3 athletes for Judo:^[9]

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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mohammed Al-Saedi	–66 kg	Phan VN (VIE) W 01–00s1	A Te (KGZ) L 00–01	Did not advance
Sajjad Sehen	–73 kg	Kim C-g (PRK) L 00s1–10	Did not advance
Hadi Hadi	–81 kg	S Azar (LBN) WO	Did not advance

Kurash

Main article: Kurash at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mugtaba Ahmed	–81 kg	Z Sultan (KAZ) L 011−112	Did not advance
Mahmood Ridha	+90 kg	AB Rahmani (AFG) L 000−101	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohammed Riyadh	Lightweight single sculls	7:44.80	4 R	8:16.14	2 FA	7:31.40	6

Sambo

Main article: Sambo at the 2018 Asian Games

Key:

• SU – Won by submission.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage final	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jasim Qaddoori	Men's 90 kg	Bye	RA Bahari (INA) L 2–3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games

Safaa Rashed Al-Jumaili secured Iraq's first medal at the Games, by winning the gold in the 85 kg with a total 361 kg lifts.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ali Mohammed Ridha Ali	−69 kg	140	9	161	12	301	11
Ahmed Al-Hussein	−77 kg	146	6	189	—	—	—
Safaa Al-Jumaili	−85 kg	159	2	202	1	361
Salwan Jassim	−105 kg	181	3	224	2	405

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Huda Salim Al-Saedi	−75 kg	95	6	112	7	207	7

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