Iraq national basketball team

Iraq
FIBA ranking	92[1]
Joined FIBA	1948
FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	Iraqi Basketball Association
Coach	Fikrat Johnson
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (1948)
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
Asian Championship
Appearances	3 (1977, 1979, 1987)
Medals	None
Uniforms
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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)

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

• 1975: 6th
• 1979: 8th
• 1987: 9th

Olympic Games record

• 1948: 22nd

West Asian Championship

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L
1999	5th place	4	-	-
2000	3rd place	4	2	2
2001	4th place	4	1	3
2002	3rd place	4	0	4
2004	5th place	4	-	-
2005	4th place	4	0	4
2008	Did not enter	–	–	–
2010	Runners-up	-	-	-
2011	4th place	3	0	3
2012	Did not enter	-	-	-
2013	4th place	3	0	3
2014	4th place	5	2	3
2015	5th place	4	0	4
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

Group A July 14, 2007 Egypt 84–42 Iraq July 16, 2007 Kuwait 83–90 Iraq July 18, 2007 UAE 87–94 Iraq

Semifinals July 20, 2007 Iraq 75–104 Jordan

The 3rd/4th Place July 22, 2007 Iraq 70–91 Qatar

Current roster

At the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge: ^[2]

Iraq men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 4 Ahmed Al-Tameemi 32 – 13 March 1984 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) F 5 Dhulfiqar Al-Hchaimi 25 – 24 May 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) PG 6 Ali Aljuboori 29 – 9 April 1987 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) F 7 Ali Ismael 27 – 13 August 1989 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) G 8 Omar Alazawi 28 – 12 May 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) F 9 Kevin Dwayne Galloway 28 – 23 May 1988 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) SF 10 Ali Hamad 30 – 27 May 1986 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) SF 12 Hussein Talib 26 – 1 June 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) C 13 Ali Hameed 32 – 26 April 1984 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) C 14 Ihab Al-Zuhairi 18 – 24 April 1998 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) C 15 Mohammed Al-Khafaji 25 – 9 July 1991 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) SG 30 Hassan Abdullah 24 – 4 February 1992 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Srdjan Antic 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. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
2. Iraq | 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

External links

• Asia-Basket/Iraq

See also

• Iraq national football team