Iraq at the 2006 Asian Games

Iraq at the
2006 Asian Games
IOC codeIRQ
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Iraq
in Doha
Competitors86
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
3
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Iraq, despite going through a civil war, participated in the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar.[1]

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.[2]

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

Results

  • Venue: ASPIRE Hall 5
Qualification bouts
December 2, 2006
Weight division Corner-Name (NOC) Winner Points Time/Decision
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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Iraq 3 2 1 0 8 0 +8 7
2  Syria 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
3  Singapore 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
4  Indonesia 3 0 1 2 2 11 −9 1
Source: RSSSF
Indonesia 0–6 Iraq
Karrar 18'
Ahmed 24'
Mostafa 36', 63'
Alwan 82'
Rehema 89'
Attendance: 1300
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China)

Iraq 2–0 Singapore
Mostafa 5'
Mahmoud 7'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Iraq 0–0 Syria
Attendance: 2200
Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)

Round Two

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  China 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9
2  Iraq 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
3  Oman 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: RSSSF
China 1–0 Iraq
Zhou Haibin 7'
Attendance: 615
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Oman 0–2 Iraq
Rehema 30'
Abdul-Zahra 47'+
Referee: Ajja Gowder (India)

Malaysia 0–4 Iraq
Rehema 14'
Mahmoud 54', 55'
Mostafa 65'
Referee: Naser Alghafary (Jordan)

Quarterfinal

Uzbekistan 1–2 Iraq
Geyhrikh 46'+ Karra 10'
Alwan 95'
Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)

Semi finals

Iraq 1–0 South Korea
Samer 24'
Referee: Ali Albadwawi (UAE)

Gold medal match

Qatar 1–0 Iraq
Bilal 65'
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 NOC 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 NOC 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 NOC 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

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Council of Asia : Games". 2010-11-21. Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  2. ^ "OCA » Seoul 1986". www.ocasia.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.