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Iraq men's national basketball team
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| country | Iraq | |
| logo | Iraqi Basketball Association.png | |
| logo_width | 199px | |
| nickname | Lions of Mesopotamia | |
| color1 | 008000 | |
| color2 | FFFFFF | |
| coach | Veselin Matić | |
| fiba_ranking | ||
| fiba_zone | FIBA Asia | |
| joined_fiba | 1948 | |
| national_fed | Iraqi Basketball Association | |
| oly_appearances | 1 | |
| zone_championship | FIBA Asia Cup | |
| zone_appearances | 5 | |
| h_pattern_b | _thingreensides | |
| h_body | FFFFFF | |
| h_shorts | FFFFFF | |
| h_pattern_s | _blacksides | |
| a_pattern_b | _thinwhitesides | |
| a_body | 008040 | |
| a_shorts | 008040 | |
| a_pattern_s | _blacksides | |
| {{MedalCount | total | yes |
the men's team
|WABA Championship|0|1|3 |Arab Nations Basketball Championship|0|4|3 |Pan Arab Games|0|1|0 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. (the other nation being Egypt)
Competitive record
Olympic Games
| Summer Olympics | Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Total | 1/20 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK 1948 | 22nd place | 7 | 0 | 7 |

FIBA Asia Cup
| FIBA Asia Cup | Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Total | 5/31 | 32 | 14 | 18 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI 1960 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| CHN 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| MAS 1965 | ||||||||||||||
| KOR 1967 | ||||||||||||||
| THA 1969 | ||||||||||||||
| JPN 1971 | ||||||||||||||
| PHI 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| THA 1975 | ||||||||||||||
| MAS 1977 | 6th place | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
| JPN 1979 | 8th place | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||
| IND 1981 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| HKG 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| MAS 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| THA 1987 | 9th place | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||
| CHN 1989 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| JPN 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| INA 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| KOR 1995 | ||||||||||||||
| KSA 1997 | ||||||||||||||
| JPN 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| CHN 2001 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
| CHN 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| QAT 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| JPN 2007 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| CHN 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| CHN 2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
| PHI 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| CHN 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| LIB 2017 | 11th place | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| INA 2022 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
| KSA 2025 | 14th place | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Asian Games
| Asian Games | Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Total | 3/19 | 19 | 11 | 8 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND 1951 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| PHI 1954 | ||||||||||||||
| JPN 1958 | ||||||||||||||
| IDN 1962 | ||||||||||||||
| THA 1966 | ||||||||||||||
| THA 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| IRI 1974 | 9th place | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| THA 1978 | 9th place | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| IND 1982 | 9th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| KOR 1986 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| CHN 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| JPN 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| THA 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| KOR 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| QAT 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| CHN 2010 | ||||||||||||||
| KOR 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| IDN 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| CHN 2022 |
West Asian Championship
| WABA Championship | Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Total | 12/14 | - | - | - | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIB 1999 | 5th place | 4 | - | - | ||||||||||
| LIB 2000 | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| JOR 2001 | 4th place | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| JOR IRI 2002 | 3rd place | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| IRI 2004 | 5th place | 4 | - | - | ||||||||||
| LIB 2005 | 4th place | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| JOR 2008 | Did not enter | – | – | – | ||||||||||
| IRQ 2010 | Runners-up | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| IRQ 2011 | 4th place | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| JOR 2012 | Did not enter | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| IRI 2013 | 4th place | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| JOR 2014 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| JOR 2015 | 5th place | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| JOR 2016 | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Pan Arab Games
| Pan Arab Games | Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Total | / | - | - | - | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAR 1965 | 4th place | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| MAR 1985 | 2nd place | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| EGY 2007 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| QAT 2011 | 8th place | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup.
- SRB Veselin Matić
- IRQ Aqeel Al-Jasim
- (C) Team captain
- (NP) Naturalized player
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 5 August 2025
Past rosters
2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
Opposition: Lebanon (21 February)
Venue: Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex, Zouk Mikael
Opposition: India (24 February)
Venue: Al Shaab Hall, Baghdad
-
IRQ Khalid Deroish
-
(C) Team captain
-
(NP) Naturalized player
-
Club – describes last club before the tournament
-
Age – describes age on 21 February 2020 Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.
-
TUR Mustafa Derin
-
IRQ Atilla Celebi
-
(C) Team captain
-
(NP) Naturalized player
-
Club – describes last club before the tournament
-
Age – describes age on 8 August 2017
Head coach position
- IRQ Fikrat Toma – 2002–2004, 2010–2013
- ESP Manuel Povea – 2014–2015
- SER Srđan Antić – 2016
- IRQ Atila Abdulaziz – 2017
- TUR Mustafa Derin – 2017
- IRQ Khalid Deroish – 2020
- BIH/TUR Aziz Bekir – 2020
References
References
- "Demario Mayfield banners Iraq in FIBA Asia Cup 2025".
- "Team roster: Iraq".
- "Iraq at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers".
- [http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/Iraq#
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