Iraq at the 2018 Asian Games
| Iraq at the 2018 Asian Games | |
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| IOC code | IRQ | 
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Iraq | 
| Website | www.nociraq.iq | 
| in Jakarta and Palembang August 18 – September 2 | |
| Competitors | 54 in 12 sports | 
| Medals Ranked 27th | 
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| Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
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
The following Iraq competitors won medals at the Games.
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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
- 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
Iraq entered thirteen athletes (10 men's and 3 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.[5]
Basketball
- 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 | .svg.png) 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
- 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 | 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 | .svg.png) Afghanistan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 106 | −59 | 
Notes:
Boxing
- 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 | .svg.png) 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
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
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
- 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 | 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 | 
| 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×   | 
| 15 August 18:00 | Iraq   | 37–30 |  Chinese Taipei | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR) | 
| Adnan 10 | (17–14) | Chao 8 | ||
| 2×  6×   | 1×  5×  1×   | 
| 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 | 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 | 
| 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×   | 
| 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×   | 
| 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. 5 | ||
| 1×  3×   | 2×  2×   | 
Ju-jitsu
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 2ADV–2 |  A Bozorov (UZB) W 2–0 |  B Lertthaisong (THA) L 0–0ADV | Did not advance |  J Hojamyradow (TKM) L 0–2 | Did not advance | |
Judo
Iraq put up 3 athletes for Judo:[9]
- 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 | .svg.png) 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
- 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 | .svg.png) AB Rahmani (AFG) L 000−101 | Did not advance | ||||
Rowing
- 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
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
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 | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 
References
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- ^ "Medals tally: 2014 Asian Games". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "18th Asian Games: Participants". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Official Result Book Athletics" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ "18th Asian Games 2018: Iraq". FIBA. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "18th Asian Games (Men & Women)" (PDF). Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Official Result Book Ju-jitsu" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Iraq's Safa Rashid Wins The Gold medal In Asia Olympics, Indonesia". Iraq News Agency. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
