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Iraq national basketball team

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FIBA ranking
  
T-94

Coach
  
Atila Abdulaziz

Medals
  
None

Joined FIBA
  
1948

FIBA zone
  
FIBA Asia

Appearances
  
1 (1948)

Location
  
Iraq

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National federation
  
Iraqi Basketball Association

The Iraq national basketball team (Arabic: منتخب العراق لكرة السلة‎‎) represents Iraq in international basketball competitions.

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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)

Iraq qualified for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, its first qualification in 30 years.

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 Basketball World Cup

Yet to qualify

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:

Current roster

At the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge:

Head coach position

  • Fikrat Toma – 2002-2004, 2010-2013
  • Manuel Povea – 2014-2015
  • Srdjan Antic – 2016
  • Atila Abdulaziz – 2017
  • Past rosters

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    References

    Iraq national basketball team Wikipedia


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