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Iraq men's national basketball team

Iraq men's national basketball team

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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)[citation needed]

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Competitive record

Olympic Games

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1948 Iraqi Olympic men's basketball team
1948 Iraqi Olympic men's basketball team

FIBA Asia Cup

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Asian Games

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West Asian Championship

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Pan Arab Games

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Team

Current roster

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FIBA Executive Committee decided that for the 2020 November window games will be held at a single venue under a bubble format.[2]

Venue: Khalifa Sport City, Manama

Opposition: Bahrain (November 28)
Opposition: Lebanon (November 30)[3]

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Past roster

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
Opposition: Lebanon (February 21)
Venue: Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex, Zouk Mikael
Opposition: India (February 24)
Venue: Al Shaab Hall, Baghdad[4]

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Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.[5]

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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
  • Iraq Khalid Deroish – 2020
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina/Turkey Aziz Bekir – 2020–present

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References

  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. March 1, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

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