The Iraq national basketball team represents Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 in international basketball competitions.

1948 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
Opponent Scores W/L Round
Philippines 102–30 (47–16) L Preliminary Round Group B
Chile 100–18 L Preliminary Round Group B
Belgium 98–20 L Preliminary Round Group B
Korea 120–20 L Preliminary Round Group B
People's Republic of China 125–25 L Preliminary Round Group B
Italy 77–28 L Classification 17–23
Switzerland forfeit L Classification 21–22

FIBA Asia Championship

FIBA Asia Championship

The FIBA Asia Championship for Men is a tournament which takes place every two years between teams of the continent. This is the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship and the Olympic basketball tournament...

 Record

• 1975: 6th
• 1979: 8th
• 1987: 9th

Olympic Games

Basketball at the Summer Olympics

Basketball has been a Summer Olympics sport for men consistently since 1936. Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, it was held as demonstration event in 1904 and 1932, both in the United States. Women's basketball was played in the Olympics only since 1976....

 Record

• 1948
  Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics
  Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport as an official medal event. A total number of 23 nations entered the competition....
  
  : 22nd

2007 Pan Arab Games

Iraq national basketball team prepared for the Pan Arab Games in Turkey, Iraq played several friendly matches with Turkish clubs.

Pan Arab Games: Iraq group

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
Egypt Egypt national basketball team The Egypt national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Egypt in international competitions.-Eurobasket 1937:The Egyptians finished last at the second European basketball championship, the Eurobasket 1937 held by FIBA Europe continental federation...	3	3	0	239	173	66	6
Iraq	3	2	1	226	254	−28	5
Kuwait	3	1	2	222	229	−7	4
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates national basketball team The United Arab Emirates national basketball team, represents the United Arab Emirates in international basketball competitions and is controlled by United Arab Emirates Basketball Association.-FIBA Asia Championship:* best performance: 1997 : 5th...	3	0	3	209	240	−31	3

Group A

• July 14, 2007

Egypt 84–42 Iraq

• July 16, 2007

Kuwait 83–90 Iraq

• July 18, 2007

UAE 87–94 Iraq

Semifinals

• July 20, 2007

Iraq 75–104 Jordan

The 3rd/4th Place

• July 22, 2007

Iraq 70–91 Qatar

Iraq roster

The following players called for the 2007 Pan Arab Games

2007 Pan Arab Games

The 11th Pan Arab Games took place in Cairo, Egypt from 11 – 26 November 2007. A total of 22 countries participated in 32 events. These games were the largest in the games' history; seven new events were introduced and 2000 more athletes participated than in previous years, making them 8000 Arab...

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#	Position	Name
4.	---	Qutaiba Abdullah
5.	---	Hassan Saleh
6.	---	Ali Amer Taleb
7.	---	Sajad Hussein
8.	---	Ahmad Obeid
10.	---	Rahman Ahmad
11.	---	Mohammed Dhiaa
12.	---	Ahmad Hamza
13.	---	Maytham Abdulwahed
14.	---	Mustafa Jassim
15.	---	Mustafa Shehab