Jordan at the 2018 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation
Jordan at the
2018 Asian Games
IOC codeJOR
NOCJordan Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.jo
in Jakarta and Palembang
August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors45 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Ahmad Abu-Ghaush[1]
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
9
Total
12
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Jordan competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018.[2] This was Jordan's eighth time competing in the Asian Games, following their first participation in 1986 Seoul. The team has won a total of 33 medals since, including three gold, 15 silver and 15 bronze.[3]

Medalists

The following Jordan competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Julyana Al-Sadeq Taekwondo Women's 67 kg 20 Aug
 Gold Haidar Al-Rasheed Ju-jitsu Men's 85 kg 26 Aug
 Silver Zaid Granduke Ju-jitsu Men's 94 kg 25 Aug
 Bronze Hamza Kattan Taekwondo Men's +80 kg 21 Aug
 Bronze Saleh El-Sharabaty Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 22 Aug
 Bronze Ahmad Abu-Ghaush Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 23 Aug
 Bronze Yara Kakish Ju-jitsu Women's 62 kg 25 Aug
 Bronze Freeh Al-Harahsheh Ju-jitsu Men's 62 kg 25 Aug
 Bronze Abdelkarim Al-Rashid Ju-jitsu Men's 77 kg 26 Aug
 Bronze Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Karate Men's kumite 67 kg 26 Aug
 Bronze Bashar Al-Najjar Karate Men's kumite 75 kg 27 Aug
 Bronze Zeyad Eashash Boxing Men's 69 kg 1 Sep
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Ju-jitsu 1 1 3 5
Karate 0 0 2 2
Taekwondo 1 0 3 4
Total 2 1 9 12
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 1 0 0 1
3 August 21 0 0 1 1
4 August 22 0 0 1 1
5 August 23 0 0 1 1
6 August 24 0 0 0 0
7 August 25 0 1 2 3
8 August 26 1 0 2 3
9 August 27 0 0 1 1
10 August 28 0 0 0 0
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 1 1
15 September 2 0 0 0 0
Total 2 1 9 12

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Jordan that participated at the Games:[4]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 0 1 1
Basketball 4 0 4
Boxing 3 0 3
Contract bridge 8 2 10
Ju-jitsu 9 2 11
Judo 1 0 1
Karate 4 2 6
Swimming 3 0 3
Taekwondo 4 2 6
Total 36 9 45

Athletics

Jordan entered one women's athlete to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.[5]

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
Jordan men's Men's 3x3 tournament  Syria
L 19−21 		 Japan
L 7−22 		 Maldives
W Disq. 		 Qatar
L 7−21 		   Nepal
L 10−21 		5 did not advance

3x3 basketball

Jordan national 3x3 team participated in the Games, the men's team placed in the pool C based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Jordan roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[6]

  • Rayyan Jarrad
  • Hanna Juha
  • Omar Bukhari
  • Shaker Shubair
Pool C
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Japan 5 5 0 86 46 +40 Quarterfinals
2  Qatar 5 4 1 74 43 +31
3  Syria 5 3 2 62 76 −14
4    Nepal 5 2 3 59 74 −15
5  Jordan 5 1 4 43 85 −42
—  Maldives 5 0 5 0 0 0
Source: OCA
21 August
17:30
Jordan  19–21  Syria
Pts: Juha 7 Pts: Khouri 8
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Shi (CHN), Quinn (INA)
21 August
19:20
Jordan  7–22  Japan
Pts: Juha 5 Pts: Arakawa 10
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Ho (HKG), Lim (MAS)
24 August
17:50
Jordan  vs.  Maldives
Forfeit
24 August
15:00
Qatar  21–7  Jordan
Pts: Dieng 9 Pts: Juha 3
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Ho (HKG), Quinn (INA)
24 August
16:50
Nepal    21–10  Jordan
Pts: Basnet 13 Pts: Jarrad 4
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Quinn (INA), Liu (MAS)

Boxing

The boxers team was named on 16 July 2018.[7]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Mohammad Alwadi –56 kg Bye  M Mirzakhalilov (UZB)
L 0–5 		did not advance
Obada Al-Kasbeh –64 kg  B Thapa (NEP)
W 4–0 		 I Kholdarov (UZB)
L 0–5 		did not advance
Zeyad Eashash –69 kg Bye  Trần ĐT (VIE)
L 1–4 		 T Tharumalingam (QAT)
W 5–0 		 A Shymbergenov (KAZ)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Contract bridge

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Point Rank Point Rank Point Rank
Iskandar Imasaih
Sakher Makawi
Amr Agha Nimer
Jawan Hallasa
Fadi Sweidan
Mohd Zafer Jarrar 		Team 77.67 12 did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Point Rank Point Rank Point Rank
Sireen Barakat
Farah Tambulat
Marwan Ghanem
Samer Al-Rawashdeh 		Team 101.59 8 did not advance

Ju-jitsu

Key:

  • ADV – Won by advantages.
  • PNT – Won by penalties.
  • 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
Freeh Al-Harahsheh –62 kg — Bye  HB Safari (AFG)
W 13–0 		 D Hilal (LBN)
W 2–0 		 O Al-Fadhli (UAE)
L 0–2 		Bye  M Agaýew (TKM)
W 5–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ghaleb Al-Harahsheh –69 kg —  N Al-Faraj (KUW)
W 4ADV–4 		 J Saputera (INA)
W 10–0 		 N Kazhekov (KAZ)
L 0–0ADV 		Did not advance  Z Uranov (KGZ)
L 0–100SUB 		did not advance
Abdallah Nabas —  A Ahmed (IRQ)
L 2–2ADV 		did not advance
Abdelkarim Al-Rasheed –77 kg Bye  Lee T-y (TPE)
W 2–0 		 H Amraei (IRI)
W 2–0 		 T Mönkh (MGL)
W 2–2 		 N Alymkulov (KGZ)
L 0–2 		Bye  S Al-Hammadi (UAE)
W 0PNT–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hamzeh Al-Rasheed Bye  M Sham (SYR)
W 100SUB–0 		 R Israilov (KAZ)
L 0–0RDC 		did not advance
Bader Al-Kuzai –85 kg — Bye  A Gavriluk (KAZ)
L 0–0ADV 		did not advance
Haidar Al-Rasheed — Bye  H Ranjbar (IRI)
W 10–0 		 M Joraýew (TKM)
W 4–0 		 A Murtazaliev (KGZ)
W 0ADV–0 		—  K Balhol (UAE)
WO 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Basel Fanous –94 kg —  Hwang M-s (KOR)
L 0–3 		did not advance
Zaid Granduke —  N Çaryýew (TKM)
DSQ 		 M Jalilvand (IRI)
W 100SUB–0 		 R Kussainov (KAZ)
W 100SUB–0 		 I Juraev (UZB)
W 0PNT–0 		—  F Al-Ketbi (UAE)
L 0RDC–0 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
Yasmeen Al-Khatib –49 kg  M Ochoa (PHI)
L 0–0ADV 		did not advance
Yara Kakish –62 kg  IY Megawati (INA)
W 100SUB–0 		 G Duvanova (KAZ)
W 0ADV–0 		 Sung K-r (KOR)
L 0–2 		Did not advance  H Al-Shams (UAE)
W 100SUB–0 		 W Krowýakowa (TKM)
W 0ADV–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Judo

One judoka competed at the Games.[8][9]

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
Younis Eyal Salman –73 kg  K Nakano (PHI)
L 00s1–01s2 		did not advance

Karate

Jordan entered the karate competition with 6 athletes (4 men's and 2 women's). The team includes by two Asian Champions and the former Asian Games silver medalists Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa and Bashar Al-Najjar.[10][11]

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Amro Al-Wir 50 m breaststroke 29.58 22 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:03.32 17 did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:16.15 8 Q 2:17.43 8
Khader Baqlah 100 m freestyle 49.30 1 Q 49.10 5
200 m freestyle 1:47.60 2 Q 1:46.77 4
400 m freestyle 3:54.27 7 Q 3:52.77 7
Mohammed Bedour 50 m freestyle 23.83 28 did not advance
100 m freestyle 51.62 29 did not advance
50 m backstroke 27.40 26 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
Zaid Mustafa Men's −58 kg  Y Yskak (KAZ)
L 6–17 		did not advance
Ahmad Abu-Ghaush Men's −68 kg Bye  Lý HP (VIE)
W 27–16 		 A Natsagdorj (MGL)
W 15–12 		 AM Bakhshi (IRI)
L 8–10 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Saleh El-Sharabaty Men's −80 kg Bye  H Ebata (JPN)
W 28–8 		 Chen LL (CHN)
W 13–8 		 N Rafalovich (UZB)
L 2–4 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hamza Kattan Men's +80 kg —  Tan YM (MAS)
  Yang T-y (TPE)
W 24–12 		 D Shokin (UZB)
L 4–5 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rama Abu-Al-Rub Women's −57 kg Bye  Lin Y-c (TPE)
L 2–2 		did not advance
Julyana Al-Sadeq Women's −67 kg —  N Jahinge (SRI)
W 38–0 		 M Mirhosseini (IRI)
W 21–5 		 Zhang MY (CHN)
W 14–5 		 Kim J-d (KOR)
W 5–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

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