Iraq men's national basketball team


The Iraq national basketball team 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.

Competitive record

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

Asian Championship

YearRankPWLPFPAPD
1960
1963
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
Total/29

West Asian Championship

YearRankPldWL
19995th place4--
20003rd place422
20014th place413
20023rd place404
20045th place4--
20054th place404
2008Did not enter
2010Runners-up---
20114th place303
2012Did not enter---
20134th place303
20144th place523
20155th place404
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:
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts
Egypt330239173666
Iraq321226254−285
Kuwait312222229−74
United Arab Emirates303209240−313

Group A
Semifinals
The 3rd/4th Place

Current roster

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Opposition: Lebanon
Venue: Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex, Zouk Mikael
Opposition: India
Venue: Al Shaeb Hall, Baghdad

Past roster

Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.

Head coach position