Iraq men's national basketball team

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Iraq Iraq
FIBA ranking92[1]
Joined FIBA1948
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationIraqi Basketball Association
CoachFikrat Johnson
Olympic Games
Appearances1 (1948)
MedalsNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
Asian Championship
Appearances3 (1977, 1979, 1987)
MedalsNone

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

Main article: West Asian Basketball Championship
Year Rank Pld W L
Lebanon 1999 5th place 4 - -
Lebanon 2000 3rd place 4 2 2
Jordan 2001 4th place 4 1 3
Jordan Iran 2002 3rd place 4 0 4
Iran 2004 5th place 4 - -
Lebanon 2005 4th place 4 0 4
Jordan 2008 Did not enter – – –
Iraq 2010 Runners-up - - -
Iraq 2011 4th place 3 0 3
Jordan 2012 Did not enter - - -
Iran 2013 4th place 3 0 3
Jordan 2014 4th place 5 2 3
Jordan 2015 5th place 4 0 4
Jordan 2016 3rd place 4 2 2
Total 12/14 - - -

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 3 3 0 239 173 66 6
Iraq 3 2 1 226 254 −28 5
Kuwait 3 1 2 222 229 −7 4
United Arab Emirates 3 0 3 209 240 −31 3

Current roster

At the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge: [2]

Iraq men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height 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
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. October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Iraq | 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

External links

See also


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