Iraq national basketball team

Iraq Iraq
FIBA ranking T-94 Steady[1]
Joined FIBA 1948
FIBA zone FIBA Asia
National federation Iraqi Basketball Association
Coach Mustafa Derin
Olympic Games
Appearances 1
Medals None
Asian Championship
Appearances 4
Medals None
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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)

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Year Position Tournament Host
194822Basketball at the 1948 Summer OlympicsLondon, United Kingdom
2020To be determinedBasketball at the 2020 Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan

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

Year Position Tournament Host
197761977 ABC ChampionshipKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
197981979 ABC ChampionshipNagoya, Japan
198791987 ABC ChampionshipBangkok, Thailand
2017112017 FIBA Asia CupBeirut, Lebanon

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 place523
Jordan 20155th place404
Jordan 20163rd place422
Total12/14---

Pan Arab Games

2007 Pan Arab Games

Iraq national basketball team prepared for the Pan Arab Games in Turkey, Iraq played several friendly matches with Turkish clubs.

Iraq group:

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
Egypt 330239173666
Iraq 321226254−285
Kuwait 312222229−74
United Arab Emirates 303209240−313

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.[2]

Iraq men's national basketball team – 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SG 4 Karrar Hamzah 25 – (1991-10-19)October 19, 1991 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Al Kahraba Iraq
PG 6 Ali Aljuboori 30 – (1987-04-09)April 9, 1987 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Al-Mina'a Iraq
SG 7 Hassan Abdullah 25 – (1992-02-04)February 4, 1992 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Al Kahraba Iraq
PG 8 Omar Alazawi 29 – (1988-05-12)May 12, 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Al Karkh Iraq
G 9 Kevin Galloway (NP) 29 – (1988-05-23)May 23, 1988 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Homenetmen Beirut Lebanon
SF 10 Ali Hamad 31 – (1986-05-27)May 27, 1986 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Al Nift Iraq
PF 11 Nawres Dhafer 23 – (1994-07-17)July 17, 1994 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Al Shorta Iraq
PF 12 Hussein Talib 27 – (1990-06-01)June 1, 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Naft Al-Janoob Iraq
C 13 Ali Hameed 33 – (1984-04-26)April 26, 1984 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Al-Mina'a Iraq
C 14 Hussein Hasan Algburi 32 – (1984-10-02)October 2, 1984 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Free Agent
C 15 Mohammed Al-Khafaji 26 – (1991-07-09)July 9, 1991 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Shorta Iraq
SF 24 Ali Ismael 27 – (1989-08-13)August 13, 1989 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Al Shorta Iraq
Head coach
  • Turkey Mustafa Derin
Assistant coach(es)
  • Iraq Atilla Celebi
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (NP) Naturalized player
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 8 August 2017

Head coach position

  • Iraq Fikrat Toma – 2002–2004, 2010–2013
  • Spain Manuel Povea – 2014–2015
  • Serbia Srđan Antić – 2016
  • Iraq Atila Abdulaziz – 2017
  • Turkey Mustafa Derin – 2017

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIBA Ranking for Men". Fiba.Com. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. ↑ 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster

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