Iraq at the 2006 Asian Games

Iraq at the; 2006 Asian Games
IOC code	IRQ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Iraq
in Doha
Competitors	86
Medals; Ranked 29th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 3
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990–2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

Iraq, despite going through a civil war, participated in the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar.

The country was represented by 86 athletes participating in 17 sports, including football, cue sports, and weightlifting. Its last medals at the Asian Games were in 1986 at Seoul, South Korea, where it won five silver and two bronze medals.

Participation details

Boxing

Five boxers represented Iraq in this edition of the Asiad. Three of the five athletes made it to the quarterfinals but none succeeded in pushing through the semifinals, leaving Iraq ranked 15th in boxing.

Entry list

Featherweight - MAHDI Suraka
Flyweight - MUTUSHR Majeed
Light Flyweight - NAJAH Ali
Light Welterweight - ZUHIR Jabar
Heavyweight - ALI Salman

Results

Venue: ASPIRE Hall 5

Weight division	Corner-Name (NOC)	Winner	Points	Time/Decision
Qualification bouts December 2, 2006
Featherweight	RED MAHDI Suraka (IRQ) BLUE SAJID Muhamad (PAK)	RED	+27:27	PTS¹
Preliminary bouts December 3, 2006
Flyweight	BLUE MUTUSHR Majeed (IRQ) RED SUSA Katsuaki (JPN)	RED	4:24	RSCOS-R3
Featherweight	BLUE MAHDI Suraka (IRQ) RED MARCIAL Anthony (PHI)	RED	4:24	RSCOS-R2
December 4, 2006
Light Flyweight	RED NAJAH Ali (IRQ) BLUE JIGJID Otgonbayar (MGL)	RED	33:8	PTS
December 5, 2006
Light Welterweight	BLUE ZUHIR Jabar (IRQ) RED AMINI Mohammad Naim (AFG)	BLUE	34:13	PTS
Quarterfinals December 7, 2006
Light Welterweight	RED ZUHIR Jabar (IRQ) BLUE SHIN Myung Hoon (KOR)	BLUE	10:29	PTS
December 8, 2006
Light Flyweight	BLUE NAJAH Ali (IRQ) RED PANNON Suban (THA)	RED	21:30	PTS
Heavyweight	BLUE ALI Salman (IRQ) RED GOTFRID Dmitriy (KAZ)	RED	2:22	RSCOS-R2

Legend:
PTS - Points, Referee Stop Contest, RSCOS - Referee Stop Contest Outscored, R - Round

^1 The winner was based on the points scored on the third round

Football

Round One

Group B

Unlike other nations, Iraqi olympic football team (U-23) represented the nation in the Asian games.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iraq	7	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8
Syria	5	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3
Singapore	2	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2
Indonesia	1	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9

November 18, 2006
18:00

Indonesia	0–6	Iraq
		Karrar 18' Ahmed 24' Mostafa 36', 63' Alwan 82' Rehema 89'

Al-Ahly Stadium

Attendance: 1300

Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China)

November 21, 2006
18:00

Iraq	2–0	Singapore
Mostafa 5' Mahmoud 7'

Al-Ahly Stadium

Attendance: 300

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

November 24, 2006
18:00

Iraq	0–0	Syria

Al-Ahly Stadium

Attendance: 2200

Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)

Round Two

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	9	3	3	0	6	2	+4
Iraq	6	3	2	1	6	1	+5
Oman	3	3	1	2	4	5	−1
Malaysia	0	3	0	3	2	10	−8

November 29, 2006
19:45

China PR	1–0	Iraq
Zhou Haibin 7'

Grand Hamad Stadium

Attendance: 615

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

December 3, 2006
19:45

Oman	0–2	Iraq
		Rehema 30' Abdul-Zahra 47'+

Grand Hamad Stadium

Referee: Ajja Gowder (India)

December 6, 2006
19:45

Malaysia	0–4	Iraq
		Rehema 14' Mahmoud 54', 55' Mostafa 65'

Grand Hamad Stadium

Referee: Naser Alghafary (Jordan)

Quarterfinal

December 9, 2006
16:00

Uzbekistan	1–2	Iraq
Geyhrikh 46'+		Karra 10' Alwan 95'

Al-Gharrafa Stadium

Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)

Semi finals

December 12, 2006
16:00

Iraq	1–0	South Korea
Samer 24'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

Referee: Ali Albadwawi (UAE)

Gold medal match

December 15, 2006
15:00

Qatar	1–0	Iraq
Bilal 65'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

Iraq wins silver medal

Weightlifting

The 21-year-old Harem Ali earned Iraq its first medal in the 2006 Asian games, as he captured bronze in the Men's 77 kg.

Men's 77Kg

December 4, 18:00
Al-Dana Banquet Hall

Athlete	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total
LI Hongli	165	196	361
LEE Jeong Jae	150	191	341
ALI Harem	155	186	341

Men's 105Kg

December 6, 16:00
Al-Dana Banquet Hall

Athlete	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total
JOUGHILI Ahed	170	222	392
ALJUAIFRI Mahammad	175	216	391
AKHMETOV Bakhyt	175	213	388
KIM Wha Seung	176	200	376
KHUDAIR Khudair	165	205	370

Men's 105+ Kg

December 6, 19:00
Al-Dana Banquet Hall

Athlete	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total
REZA ZADEH Hossein	195	230	425
SALEM Jaber	185	225	410
MARTEMYANOV Andrey	168	213	381
MHAMED Haidar	174	206	380

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