Afghanistan at the 2018 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation
Afghanistan at the
2018 Asian Games
IOC codeAFG
NOCAfghanistan National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.af
in Jakarta and Palembang
August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors76 in 15 sports
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Afghanistan competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.[1]

Afghanistan first participated at the Asian Games when the first Games were in Delhi in 1951. The country had won five silver and 6 bronze medals until the last event at Incheon in 2014.[2]

Medalists

The following Afghanistan competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Khalid Hotak Wushu Men's sanda 65 kg 22 Aug
 Bronze Mansour Sarwari Kurash Men's +90 kg 28 Aug
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Kurash 0 0 1 1
Wushu 0 0 1 1
Total 0 0 2 2
Medals by day
Day Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 August 19 0 0 0 0
2 August 20 0 0 0 0
3 August 21 0 0 0 0
4 August 22 0 0 1 1
5 August 23 0 0 0 0
6 August 24 0 0 0 0
7 August 25 0 0 0 0
8 August 26 0 0 0 0
9 August 27 0 0 0 0
10 August 28 0 0 1 1
11 August 29 0 0 0 0
12 August 30 0 0 0 0
13 August 31 0 0 0 0
14 September 1 0 0 0 0
15 September 2 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 2 2

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Afghanistan that participated at the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1 2
Badminton 1 1 2
Basketball 3 0 3
Beach volleyball 4 0 4
Boxing 4 0 4
Ju-jitsu 5 2 7
Judo 4 0 4
Karate 4 2 6
Kurash 8 2 10
Paragliding 2 2 4
Rugby sevens 12 0 12
Sambo[1] 1 0 1
Swimming 1 0 1
Taekwondo 4 0 4
Weightlifting 2 0 2
Wrestling 6 0 6
Wushu 5 0 5
Total 66 10 76

1 Athlete who also competed in kurash.

Athletics

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • GR = Games record
  • PB = Personal best
  • SB = Season best
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DNS = Did not start
  • NM = No mark
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Abdul Wahib Zahiri Men's 100 m 11.65 7 Did not advance
Kamia Yousufi Women's 100 m 13.33 8 Did not advance

Badminton

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sayed Imran Miri Men Bye  H Z Shaheed (MDV)
L 20–22, 11–21 		Did not advance
Saraj Lidaa Women —  A Yamaguchi (JPN)
L 0–21, 3–21 		Did not advance

Basketball

Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinals / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Afghanistan men's Men's 3x3 tournament  Kazakhstan
L 12−21 		 Malaysia
L 9−22 		 Turkmenistan
L 9−22 		 Iraq
L 12−21 		 Iran
L 5−20 		6 Did not advance

3x3 basketball

Afghanistan national 3x3 team participated in the Games, the men's team placed in the pool D based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.[3]

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Afghanistan roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[4]

  • Mir Abdul Wahab Mirzad
  • Sayed Amin Sadat
  • Jahan Zeeb Khairi
Pool D
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Iran 5 5 0 99 56 +43 Quarterfinals
2  Kazakhstan 5 3[a] 2 91 82 +9
3  Iraq 5 3[a] 2 90 82 +8
4  Malaysia 5 2[b] 3 82 80 +2
5  Turkmenistan 5 2[b] 3 73 76 −3
6  Afghanistan 5 0 5 47 106 −59
Source: OCA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: KAZ 21–18 IRQ.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head result: MAS 17–13 TKM.
22 August
17:50
Kazakhstan  21–12  Afghanistan
Pts: Aitkali 12 Pts: Khairi 9
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Quinn (INA), Lim (MAS)
22 August
19:20
Malaysia  22–9  Afghanistan
Pts: Liew 8 Pts: Mirzad 5
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Ho (HKG), Tan (SGP)
22 August
21:30
Turkmenistan  22–9  Afghanistan
Pts: Mämmetmyradow 10 Pts: Khairi 6
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Ito (JPN), Al-Harthi (OMA)
25 August
16:20
Afghanistan  12–21  Iraq
Pts: Khairi 9 Pts: Hasan 10
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Ito (JPN), Quinn (INA)
25 August
18:10
Afghanistan  5–20  Iran
Pts: Mirzad, Khairi 2 Pts: Allahverdi 6
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Liu (MAS), Al-Harthi (OMA)

Boxing

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Laisullah Azizi –56 kg  SA Amoragam (INA)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Mohammad Khaibar Nooristani –60 kg  T Samdrup (BHU)
WO 		Did not advance
Zafar Azizi –64 kg  Ri K-t (PRK)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Waisuddin Ghawsi –69 kg  Trần ĐT (VIE)
WO 		Did not advance

Ju-jitsu

Afghanistan entered the ju-jitsu competition with 7 athletes (5 men's and 2 women's).[5]

Key:

  • ADV – Won by advantages.
  • RDC – Won by referee decision.
  • SUB – Won by submission.
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Hussain Bakhsh Safari –62 kg —  N Khas-Erdene (MGL)
W 4–0 		 F Al-Harahsheh (JOR)
L 0–13 		Did not advance
Mahdi Wakili –69 kg —  A Al-Murdhi (KSA)
L 0–100SUB 		Did not advance
Abdul Hamid Mehrdil –77 kg Bye  M Al-Qubaisi (UAE)
L 0–8 		Did not advance
Jawad Andishmand –85 kg —  A Saud (KSA)
L 2–2RDC 		Did not advance
Abdulsabor Rahimi –94 kg — Bye  E Al-Sumaid (KUW)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Arifa Sanjar –49 kg Bye  M Al-Hinaai (UAE)
WO 		Did not advance
Fatima Sultani –62 kg  B Al-Matrooshi (UAE)
L 0–100SUB 		Did not advance

Judo

Afghanistan put up 4 men's judokas at the Games.[6]

Key:

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Mod Reshad Aryan –73 kg  Nguyễn TC (VIE)
L 00–11 		Did not advance
Moh Zaher Sarwari –81 kg  H Al-Jarrah (YEM)
W 10–00 		 T Sakaki (JPN)
L 00–10 		Did not advance
Mod Ismail Kakar –90 kg Bye  G Altanbagana (MGL)
L 00s1–10 		Did not advance
Asadullah Tajik –100 kg  Lu G-z (TPE)
L 01–10 		Did not advance

Karate

Afghanistan entered the karate competition with 6 athletes (4 men's and 2 women's).[7]

Kurash

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Merajuddin Chakmar –66 kg  M Orazow (TKM)
L 000−010 		Did not advance
Shuaib Yuosuf  M Eraliev (KGZ)
W 101−000 		 N Aldaberganov (KAZ)
W 010−000 		 R Buriev (UZB)
L 000−100 		Did not advance
Mohammad Arif Malikyar –81 kg  SE Uulu (KGZ)
L 000−010 		Did not advance
Besmilah Mohammadi  M Dagvadorj (MGL)
W 100−000 		 K Ardiarta (INA)
W 100−000 		 O Tiztak (IRI)
L 002−012 		Did not advance
Shirzad Azizi –90 kg Bye  M Malekmohammadi (IRI)
W 100−010 		 S Jandreev (UZB)
L 000−110 		Did not advance
Ajmal Ishaqzai  Y Muzapparov (KAZ)
L 001−112 		Did not advance
Abdul Basir Rahmani +90 kg  M Ridha (IRQ)
W 101−000 		 B Sugara (INA)
W 101−000 		 N Turaev (UZB)
L 000−101 		Did not advance
Mansour Sarwari  MA Zakeri (IRI)
W 014−010 		 B Nurlanuly (KAZ)
W 100−000 		 D Taganow (TKM)
W 011−002 		 M Khisomiddinov (UZB)
L 000−112 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Nafisa Ahmadi –63 kg Bye  D Shermetova (UZB)
L 000−100 		Did not advance
Ramzia Saidi  M Abdumalikova (UZB)
L 000−100 		Did not advance

Paragliding

Men
Athlete Event Round Total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Maseehullah Khan Individual accuracy 500 500 1 500 236 335 500 500 500 3 3075 30
Navid Popal 8 95 500 193 500 81 383 41 183 349 1833 25
Maseehullah Khan
Navid Popal 		Team accuracy 2008 2095 2001 2193 2236 1916 — 12449 14
Women
Athlete Event Round Total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Faride Hezare Individual accuracy 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 4500 18
Lida Hozoori 383 500 500 500 125 500 500 500 500 500 4008 17
Faride Hezare
Lida Hozoori 		Team accuracy 1383 1500 1500 1500 1125 1500 — 8508 9

Rugby sevens

Afghanistan rugby sevens men's team drawn in the group C at the Games.[8]

Team Event Preliminary Standing Classification (Pl.) Rank Quarterfinal Semifinal / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Afghanistan men's Men's tournament Group C
 South Korea: L 5–42
 United Arab Emirates: W 36–0
 Sri Lanka: L 0–36 		3  United Arab Emirates: W 50–0
 Pakistan: W 15–7
 Indonesia: W 29–12 		9 Did not advance

Men's tournament

Squad

The following is the Afghanistan squad in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[9]

Head coach: Haris Rahamni

  • Mohammad Asghar Azizi
  • Abdul Bari Gazang
  • Mohammad Moosa Hashimi
  • Javed Rahmani
  • Mustafa Sayed
  • Naib Shah Shirzad
  • Sayear Slaimankhel
  • Zakir Slaimankhel
  • Omar Slaimankhel
  • Sabir Slaimankhel
  • Zahidullah Slaimankhel
  • M Mussa Wardak
Group C

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 124 31 +93 9 Quarterfinals
2  Sri Lanka 3 2 0 1 130 31 +99 7
3  Afghanistan 3 1 0 2 41 78 −37 5 Ranking round 9–12
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 0 155 −155 3
Source: Results
30 August
14:18
South Korea 42–5 Afghanistan
Try: Chang Y.H. 1' c
Han K.K. 5' c
Kim J.M. 8' c
Jang S.M. 10' c
Lee J.B. 12' c
Hwang I.J. 14+' c
Con: Lee J.B. (5/5)
Kim S.S. (1/1)		Try: A.Z. Slaimankhel 7' m
Con: O. Slaimankhel (0/1)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan)
30 August
17:36
United Arab Emirates 0–36 Afghanistan
Try: Gazang (2) 2' m, 7' c
A.Z. Slaimankhel 3' m
Sayed 5' m
O. Slaimankhel 12' c
Azizi 14' c
Con: Gazang (0/1)
O. Slaimankhel (3/5)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Patrick Kwok (Hong Kong)
31 August
14:18
Sri Lanka 36–0 Afghanistan
Try: Sooriyarachchi (2) 3' c, 13' m
Sooriyabandara (2) 6' c, 14+' c
Perera 10' m
Raffaideen 11' m
Con: Sooriyabandara (2/3)
Sooriyarachchi (1/1)
Ratwatte (0/2)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Craig Chan (Canada)
Classification round (9–12)
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Afghanistan 3 3 0 0 94 19 +75 9
2  Pakistan 3 2 0 1 102 20 +82 7
3  Indonesia 3 1 0 2 65 55 +10 5
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 5 172 −167 3
Source: Results
31 August
16:30
Afghanistan 50–0 United Arab Emirates
Try: O. Slaimankhel (3) 2' c, 6' c, 9' m
A.Z. Slaimankhel (2) 3' c, 7+' c
Gazang 5' c
Rahmani 11' m
Hashimi 13' m
Con: O. Slaimankhel (5/7)
Hashimi (0/1)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Aaqil Jamaldeen (Sri Lanka)
1 September
11:00
Afghanistan 15–7 Pakistan
Try: O. Slaimankhel (2) 4' m, 13' m
Gazang 10' m
Con: O. Slaimankhel (0/3)		Try: Bhatti 12' c
Con: Akram (1/1)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Charlie Brown (Ireland)
1 September
18:02
Afghanistan 29–12 Indonesia
Try: O. Slaimankhel 1' c
Gazang (3) 4' m, 7' m, 14' m
A.Z. Slaimankhel 7+' c
Con: O. Slaimankhel (1/3)
A.S. Slaimankhel (1/1)
Azizi (0/1)		Try: Nugroho 10' c
Oloan 11' m
Con: Oloan (1/2)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Charlie Brown (Ireland)

Sambo

Key:

  • SU – Won by submission.
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage final Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mansour Sarwari Men's 90 kg  T Tampapanna (THA)
WO 		Did not advance

Swimming

Afghanistan National Swimming Federation entered one swimmer to compete at the Games.[10]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Ali Asghar Nazari 50 m freestyle 29.34 51 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 30.22 40 Did not advance

Taekwondo

Kyorugi
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mohsen Rezaee Men's −58 kg  Zaw Linn Htet (MYA)
W 36–7 		 Yeldos Yskak (KAZ)
L 40–46 		Did not advance
Ahmad Ali Bakhshi Men's −63 kg  Bir Bahadur Mahara (NEP)
L 13–24 		Did not advance
Sharif Muradi Men's −68 kg  Khojiakbar Zokirov (UZB)
L 6–21 		Did not advance
Ramesh Hussaini Men's −80 kg Bye  Bhupen Shrestha (NEP)
W 27–7 		 Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)
L 0–11 		Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Oppositions
Scores 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ozair Mohammad Asifi
Mohib Jan Ahmadi 		Men's tournament  Rachmawan – Ashfiya (INA): L 0–2
 Hsieh – Wang (TPE): L 0–2
 Al-Housni – Al Shereiqi (OMA): L 0–2 		4 Did not advance
Obaidullah Alikhail
Najibullah Mayar 		 Wu – Aboduhalikejiang (CHN): L 0–2
 Pham – Nguyen (VIE): L 0–2
 Ageba – Shiratori (JPN): L 0–2 		4 Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Zubair Nazari −77 kg 100 19 120 17 220 17
Mirwais Raziqi −94 kg 113 10 155 9 268 9

Wrestling

Key:

  • F – Victory by fall.
  • PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Hamidullah Abdullah −57 kg Bye  Z Ismailov (KAZ)
L 0–10 		Did not advance 15
Malik Jan Sadeed −65 kg  A Osmonov (KGZ)
L 2–13 		Did not advance 17
Abdul Ghafar Qaderi −74 kg Bye  R Dermawan (INA)
W 6F–4 		 A Batirov (BRN)
L 5–15 		Did not advance 8
Abdul Haia Faqiri −86 kg Bye  S R Ray (BAN)
W 11–0 		 Davlumbayev (KAZ)
L 0–3F 		Did not advance 9
Noor Ahmad Ahmadi −97 kg —  Iskandari (TJK)
WO 		 M Musaev (KGZ)
L 3–6 		Did not advance  S Saparow (TKM)
W 17–6 		—  Kim J-g (KOR)
L 0–3 		5
Sayed Khalid Hashemi −125 kg —  T Raza (PAK)
L 2–11F 		Did not advance — Did not advance 9

Wushu

Taolu
Athlete Event Event 1 Event 2 Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Golab Shah Omari Men's changquan 8.09 15 — 8.09 15
Jamshid Ebram Men's nanquan and nangun 7.87 22 7.78 22 15.65 22
Sanda
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Naweed Sudiqi Men's –60 kg Bye  Wang XT (CHN)
L 0–2 		Did not advance
Khalid Hotak men's –65 kg —  M A Shah (PAK)
W 2–0 		 D Khieosavath (LAO)
W 2–0 		 Li MF (CHN)
L 0–2 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nasratullah Habibi Men's –70 kg —  P Riyaya (INA)
L 0–2 		Did not advance

Key: * TV – Technical victory.

See also

References

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  4. ^ "18th Asian Games 2018: Afghanistan Men". FIBA. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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  6. ^ "18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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