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 – September 2
Competitors	56 in 12 sports
Medals; Ranked 27th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990–2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

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.

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	1	0	2

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:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Handball	16	0	16
Judo	3	0	3
Sambo	1	0	1
Weightlifting	4	1	5
Total	24	1	25

Handball

Iraq will compete in group D at the men's team event.^[4]

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.
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Rank / Standing	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

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	3	0	99	70	+29	6	Main round
2	Iraq	3	2	1	101	89	+12	4	Main round
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	89	102	−13	2	Classification round
4	India	3	0	3	82	110	−28	0	Classification round

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 August 2018 14:00	Iraq	24–30	Bahrain	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Naser 5	(16–12)	Al-Samahiji, Al-Sayyad 5
	3× 1×	Report	4× 1×

15 August 2018 18:00	Iraq	37–30	Chinese Taipei	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Abdlkan 10	(17–14)	Chiu 7
	6× 2×	Report	5× 1× 1×

17 August 2018 18:00	India	29–40	Iraq	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Ahlawat 8	(13–18)	Behadili 9
	5× 2×	Report	1× 3×

Judo

Iraq put up 3 athletes for Judo:^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohammed Alsaedi	66 kg
Sajjad Sehen	73 kg
Hadi Hadi	81 kg

Sambo

Key:

SU – Won by submission.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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.^[6]

Men

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

References

↑ "Participants: Iraq". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
↑ "IX Asian Games, New Delhi 1982" (PDF). yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
↑ "Medals tally: 2014 Asian Games". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
↑ "18th Asian Games (Men & Women)" (PDF). Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 6 August 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.

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[1] "Participants: Iraq". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[2] "IX Asian Games, New Delhi 1982" (PDF). yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[3] "Medals tally: 2014 Asian Games". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[4] "18th Asian Games (Men & Women)" (PDF). Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[5] "18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[6] "Iraq's Safa Rashid Wins The Gold Medal In Asia Olympics, Indonesia". Iraq News Agency. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.