Iraq at the 2006 Asian Games

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IOC code  IRQ
NOC National Olympic Committee of Iraq
2006 Asian Games in Doha
Competitors 86
Medals
Rank: 29		 Gold
0		 Silver
2		 Bronze
1		 Total
3
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Iraq, despite going through a civil war, participated in the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar.

The country was represented by 86 athletes participating in 17 sports, including football, cue sports, and weightlifting. Iraq earned its first Asian games medal in 20 years. Its last medals at the Asian Games were in 1986 at Seoul, South Korea, where it won five silver and two bronze medals.

Contents

Participation details

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2006 Asian Games

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

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

Main article: football at the 2006 Asian Games

Round One

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 7 3 2 1 0 8 0 +8
 Syria 5 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3
 Singapore 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2
 Indonesia 1 3 0 1 2 2 11 −9
November 18, 2006
18:00
 Indonesia  0–6  Iraq Al-Ahly Stadium
Attendance: 1300
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China)
Karrar 18'
Ahmed 24'
Mostafa 36', 63'
Alwan 82'
Rehema 89'
November 21, 2006
18:00
 Iraq  2–0  Singapore Al-Ahly Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
Mostafa 5'
Mahmoud 7'
November 24, 2006
18:00
 Iraq  0–0  Syria Al-Ahly Stadium
Attendance: 2200
Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)

Round Two

Group E
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China PR 9 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4
 Iraq 6 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5
 Oman 3 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1
 Malaysia 0 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8
November 29, 2006
19:45
 China PR  1–0  Iraq Grand Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 615
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
Zhou Haibin 7'
December 3, 2006
19:45
 Oman  0–2  Iraq Grand Hamad Stadium
Referee: Ajja Gowder (India)
Rehema 30'
Abdul-Zahra 47'+
December 6, 2006
19:45
 Malaysia  0–4  Iraq Grand Hamad Stadium
Referee: Naser Alghafary (Jordan)
Rehema 14'
Mahmoud 54', 55'
Mostafa 65'

Quarterfinal

December 9, 2006
16:00
 Uzbekistan  1–2  Iraq Al-Gharrafa Stadium
Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)
Geyhrikh 46'+ Karra 10'
Alwan 95'

Semi finals

December 12, 2006
16:00
 Iraq  1–0  South Korea Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Ali Albadwawi (UAE)
Samer 24'

Gold medal match

December 15, 2006
15:00
 Qatar  1–0  Iraq Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
Bilal 65'
Iraq wins silver medal

Weightlifting

Main article; Weightlifting at the 2006 Asian Games

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

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

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

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
Nations at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar