Iraq men's national volleyball team

National sports team
Iraq
Nickname(s)Lions of Mesopotamia
AssociationIraqi Volleyball Federation (IVF)
ConfederationAVC
Head coachIraq Nizar Chekili
FIVB ranking82 (as of 2 December 2023)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Asian Championship
Appearances5 (First in 1979)
Best result7th (1989)
Honours
Asian Challenge Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Colombo Team
Arab Championship
Silver medal – second place 1986 Amman Team
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Riyadh Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Cairo Team
Pan Arab Games
Silver medal – second place 1985 Rabat Team

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
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL
Australia 1975 Did not enter
Bahrain 1979 Matches for places 5–8 8th place 5 2 3 7 13
Japan 1983 Did not qualify
Kuwait 1987 Matches for places 9–12 9th place 0 0 0 0 0
South Korea 1989 Matches for places 5–8 7th place 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 1991 Did not qualify
Thailand 1993
South Korea 1995
Qatar 1997
Iran 1999
South Korea 2001
China 2003
Thailand 2005
Indonesia 2007
Philippines 2009
Iran 2011
United Arab Emirates 2013 13th place match 13th place 8 3 5 10 18
Iran 2015 Did not qualify
Indonesia 2017 13th place match 13th place 8 3 5 12 17
Iran 2019 Did not qualify
Japan 2021
Iran 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
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL
Japan 1958 Did not enter
Indonesia 1962
Thailand 1966
Thailand 1970
Iran 1974
Thailand 1978 Final round 5th place 9 3 6 11 18
India 1982 Final round 5th place 6 5 1 0 0
South Korea 1986 Did not enter
China 1990
Japan 1994
Thailand 1998
South Korea 2002
Qatar 2006
China 2010
South Korea 2014
Indonesia 2018
Total 0 Titles 2/16 15 8 7 0 0

Asian Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Asian Cup record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Taiwan 2022 Qualified
Total 0 Titles 1/7

Asian Challenge Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Asian Challenge Cup record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Sri Lanka 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]

References

  1. ^ FIVB World Rankings
  2. ^ IRAQI VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION
  3. ^ "Iraqi Men's REVICED_1st_AVC-Mens-Challen-Cup_Belletin_7_21-Sep-18" (PDF).

External links

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