Iraq men's national volleyball team
| Nickname(s) | Lions of Mesopotamia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Iraqi Volleyball Federation (IVF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AVC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Nizar Chekili | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIVB ranking | – (as of 8 January 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Asian Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 7th (1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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The Iraq men's national volleyball team represents Iraq in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team is currently ranked 131st in the world.[1][2]
Results
Asian Championship
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Asian Championship record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | |
| 1975 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 1979 | Matches for places 5–8 | 8th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |
| 1983 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1987 | Matches for places 9–12 | 9th place | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1989 | Matches for places 5–8 | 7th place | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1991 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1993 | ||||||||
| 1995 | ||||||||
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| 2009 | ||||||||
| 2011 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 13th place match | 13th place | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2017 | 13th place match | 13th place | 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 2023 | 11th place match | 12th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Total | 0 Titles | 6/22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Asian Games
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Asian Games record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | |
| 1958 | Did not enter | |||||||
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| 1974 | ||||||||
| 1978 | Final round | 5th place | 9 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |
| 1982 | Final round | 5th place | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1986 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||
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| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/16 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Asian Cup
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Asian Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad | |
| 2022 | Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/7 | — | ||||||
Asian Challenge Cup
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Asian Challenge Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad |
| 2018 | Final | Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | Squad |
| Total | 1 Title | 1/1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | — |
Team
Former squads
- 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup[3]
- 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup — Champions
References
- ^ FIVB World Rankings
- ^ IRAQI VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION
- ^ "Iraqi Men's REVICED_1st_AVC-Mens-Challen-Cup_Belletin_7_21-Sep-18" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2023-03-29.