# Palestine at the 2018 Asian Games

Palestine competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. 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. 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:
| 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.

## Football

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

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | 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 | did not advance | 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. 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. 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.
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.

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

#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Laos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 1 | |

#### Round of 16
## Ju-jitsu

Palestine entered the ju-jitsu competition with 3 men's athletes.
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 |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mohammed Abdalhafiz | –77 kg | M Mumtaz (PAK) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Qais Maraaba | –85 kg | — | Bye | MH Radhi (UAE) W 2–0 | A Murtazaliev (KGZ) L 0–100$^{SUB}$ | Did not advance | M Joraýew (TKM) L 0–100$^{SUB}$ | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mohammad Hasan | –94 kg | — | Bye | I Juraev (UZB) DSQ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Judo

Key:
* 1st number — Ippon
* 2nd number — Waza-ari
* s — Shido

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Wesam Abu Rmilah | –81 kg | A Murodov (TJK) L 00s3–10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Karate

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

## Kurash
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anas Altamari | 50 m butterfly | 27.56 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adam Barghouthi | 100 m freestyle | 1:01.09 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adam Barghouthi | 200 m freestyle | 2:15.07 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adam Barghouthi | 400 m freestyle | 4:45.98 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Loiy Juwaihan | 50 m freestyle | 26.15 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mera Abushammaleh | 50 m freestyle | 31.69 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mera Abushammaleh | 50 m breaststroke | 37.10 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mera Abushammaleh | 100 m breaststroke | 1:20.70 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mera Abushammaleh | 200 m breaststroke | 2:55.44 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dania Nour | 50 m freestyle | 30.82 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dania Nour | 100 m freestyle | 1:07.11 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dania Nour | 50 m butterfly | 34.66 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Taekwondo
### Kyorugi

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | Men's | 21:33 | 0:28 | 56:20 | 0:22 | 43:11 | 2:01:55 | 18 |

## Volleyball
### Beach volleyball

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 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 Ramadhan – Pribadi (INA): L 0–2 Lau – Wong (HKG): W 2–0 | 2 Q | Al-Jalbubi – Al-Hashmi (OMA) L 0–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | 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.
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 | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 21 |
| Wael Al-Haj | −86 kg | R Kurbanov (UZB) L 0–10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 16 |