Palestine at the 2018 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation
Palestine at the
2018 Asian Games
IOC codePLE
NOCPalestine Olympic Committee
Websitewww.poc.ps (in Arabic)
in Jakarta and Palembang
August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors46 in 12 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Palestine competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018.[1] Palestine have competed in the Asian Games since 1994 with only one entrant and won their first medal in 2002 Busan with a bronze in boxing.[2] This event marks the eight Asian Games appearance for Palestine.

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Palestine that participated at the Games:[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 1 3
Football 20 0 20
Ju-jitsu 3 0 3
Judo 1 0 1
Karate 4 0 4
Kurash 1 0 1
Swimming 3 2 5
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Triathlon 2 0 2
Volleyball 2 0 2
Weightlifting 2 0 2
Wrestling 2 0 2
Total 43 3 46

Athletics

Palestine entered three athletes (2 men's and 1 women) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.[4]

Football

Palestine participated in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Games in Group A of the tournament.[5]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Palestine men's Men's tournament  Chinese Taipei
D 0–0
 Laos
W 2–1
 Indonesia
W 2–1
 Hong Kong
D 1–1
2 Q  Syria
L 0–1
did not advance 11

Men's tournament

The draw for the men's football event was held on 5 July 2018 initially with involving 24 teams. The teams seeded into four pots with six teams each classified in those pots. However the initial draw was scratched due to the omission of both UAE and Palestine due to the by mistakes of the game organisers.[6][7] It was early proved that both of the football associations of Palestine and United Arab Emirates correctly submitted their participation form on time before the deadline.[8] Due to these errors, the tournament's draw result was rescheduled and reconfirmed on 25 July 2018 with Palestine added to the Group A alongside hosts Indonesia and UAE was added to Group E.[9][10][11]

However another redraw was held again for the men's football team event on 3 August 2018 due to the sudden withdrawal of Iraq national football team and it was decided to move either UAE or Palestine to Group C.[12][13][14]

Roster

The following is the Palestine squad in the men's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 20 players was officially named on 8 August.[15]

Head coach: Ayman Sandouqa

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Ramzi Fakhouri (1996-02-19)19 February 1996 (aged 22) State of Palestine Thaqafi Tulkarm
2 2DF Ahmed Qatmish (1998-03-10)10 March 1998 (aged 20) State of Palestine Thaqafi Tulkarm
3 3MF Mohammed Bassim (1995-07-03)3 July 1995 (aged 23) State of Palestine Shabab Al-Bireh
4 2DF Michel Termanini (1998-05-08)8 May 1998 (aged 20) Sweden AFC Eskilstuna
5 2DF Abdelatif Bahdari* (captain) (1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 34) State of Palestine Merkaz Balata
6 3MF Mohanad Fannoun (1995-09-18)18 September 1995 (aged 22) State of Palestine Shabab Al-Khalil
7 3MF Mahmoud Abu Warda (1995-05-31)31 May 1995 (aged 23) State of Palestine Markaz Balata
9 4FW Oday Dabbagh (1998-12-03)3 December 1998 (aged 19) State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
10 4FW Mahmoud Yousef (1997-07-30)30 July 1997 (aged 21) State of Palestine Shabab Al-Khalil
11 2DF Omar El-Sherif (1997-02-13)13 February 1997 (aged 21) Egypt Wadi Degla
13 4FW Shehab Qumbor (1997-08-10)10 August 1997 (aged 21) State of Palestine Jabal Al-Mukaber
14 2DF Yousef Al-Ashhab (1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 23) State of Palestine Shabab Al-Khalil
15 3MF Hani Abdallah (1998-02-03)3 February 1998 (aged 20) State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
16 1GK Rami Hamadi* (1994-03-24)24 March 1994 (aged 24) State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
18 4FW Mohammed Obaid (1998-09-30)30 September 1998 (aged 19) State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
19 3MF Sameh Maraaba* (1992-03-19)19 March 1992 (aged 26) State of Palestine Shabab Al-Khalil
20 4FW Mohamed Darwish (1997-02-20)20 February 1997 (aged 21) Germany Arminia Hannover
22 1GK Naim Abuaker (1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 23) State of Palestine Ahli Al-Khaleel
17 2DF Mousa Farawi (1998-03-22)22 March 1998 (aged 20) State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
23 2DF Mohammed Khalil (1998-04-05)5 April 1998 (aged 20) State of Palestine Hilal Ariha

* Over-aged player.

Group A
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Indonesia (H) 4 3 0 1 11 3 +8 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Palestine 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 8
3  Hong Kong 4 2 1 1 9 5 +4 7
4  Laos 4 1 0 3 4 8 −4 3
5  Chinese Taipei 4 0 1 3 0 10 −10 1
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Palestine 0–0 Chinese Taipei
Report
Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

Palestine 2–1 Laos
Report
Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi
Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)

Indonesia 1–2 Palestine
Report
Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Hong Kong 1–1 Palestine
Report
Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi
Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)
Round of 16
Palestine 0–1 Syria
Report
Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Ju-jitsu

Palestine entered the ju-jitsu competition with 3 men's athletes.[16]

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
Mohammed Abdalhafiz –77 kg  M Mumtaz (PAK)
L 0–3
did not advance
Qais Maraaba –85 kg Bye  MH Radhi (UAE)
W 2–0
 A Murtazaliev (KGZ)
L 0–100SUB
Did not advance  M Joraýew (TKM)
L 0–100SUB
did not advance
Mohammad Hasan –94 kg Bye  I Juraev (UZB)
DSQ
did not advance

Judo

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
Wesam Abu Rmilah –81 kg  A Murodov (TJK)
L 00s3–10
did not advance

Karate

Palestine participated in the karate competition at the Games with four men's athletes.[17]

Kurash

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mohanad Abu-Eida –90 kg Bye  D Sharma (IND)
L 001−012
did not advance

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Anas Altamari 50 m butterfly 27.56 37 did not advance
Adam Barghouthi 100 m freestyle 1:01.09 45 did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:15.07 31 did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:45.98 19 did not advance
Loiy Juwaihan 50 m freestyle 26.15 45 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Mera Abushammaleh 50 m freestyle 31.69 26 did not advance
50 m breaststroke 37.10 22 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:20.70 21 did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:55.44 16 did not advance
Dania Nour 50 m freestyle 30.82 24 did not advance
100 m freestyle 1:07.11 23 did not advance
50 m butterfly 34.66 24 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
Yousef Abu-Al-Rob Men's −58 kg  Shihab Al-Arifi (YEM)
W 64–23
 Ali Asiri (KSA)
L 32–36
did not advance

Triathlon

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (39.6 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Abdallah Abushabab Men's 19:56 0:27 56:50 0:27 41:42 1:59:22 17
Omar Abushabab 21:33 0:28 56:20 0:22 43:11 2:01:55 18

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
Khaled Alarqan
Mohammed Al-Qishawi
Men's tournament  Hossain – Ali (BAN): W 2–0
 RamadhanPribadi (INA): L 0–2
 Lau – Wong (HKG): W 2–0
2 Q  Al-Jalbubi –
Al-Hashmi (OMA)
L 0–2
did not advance

Weightlifting

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Hani Alqassass −77 kg 115 16 141 14 256 14
Ahmed Alqassass −85 kg 105 10 150 10 255 10

Wrestling

Palestine put up two men's wrestler competed in the freestyle event at the Games.[18]

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
Mousa Jouda −57 kg  S Okassov (KAZ)
L 0–11
did not advance 21
Wael Al-Haj −86 kg  R Kurbanov (UZB)
L 0–10
did not advance 16

See also

References

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