# Iraq men's national basketball team

The Iraq national basketball team (Arabic: منتخب العراق لكرة السلة) represents Iraq in international basketball competitions. It is one out of only two Arab nations to ever qualify for the Men's Basketball Tournament at the Summer Olympics. (the other nation being Egypt)

## Competitive record
### Olympic Games

Summer Olympics :
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
| 1948 | 22nd Place | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 1/20 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### FIBA Asia Cup

FIBA Asia Cup :
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
| 1960 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1963 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1965 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1967 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1969 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1971 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1973 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1975 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1977 | 6th place | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 1979 | 8th place | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 1981 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1983 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1985 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1987 | 9th place | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 1989 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1991 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1993 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1995 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1997 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1999 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2001 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2009 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2011 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2013 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2017 | 11th place | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2025 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 4/31 | 29 | 14 | 15 |

### Asian Games

Asian Games :
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
| 1951 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1954 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1958 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1962 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1966 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1970 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1974 | 9th place | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 1978 | 9th place | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 1982 | 9th place | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 1986 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1990 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1994 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1998 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2002 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2006 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2010 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2014 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2018 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| Total | 3/18 | 19 | 11 | 8 |

### West Asian Championship

WABA Championship :
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
| 1999 | 5th place | 4 | - | - |
| 2000 | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 4th place | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3rd place | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5th place | 4 | - | - |
| 2005 | 4th place | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | Did not enter | – | – | – |
| 2010 | Runners-up | - | - | - |
| 2011 | 4th place | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | Did not enter | - | - | - |
| 2013 | 4th place | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5th place | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 12/14 | - | - | - |

### Pan Arab Games

Pan Arab Games :
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
| 1965 | 4th place | - | - | - |
| 1985 | 2nd place | - | - | - |
| 2007 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 8th place | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | / | - | - | - |

## Team
### Current roster
#### 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FIBA Executive Committee decided that for the 2020 November window games will be held at a single venue under a bubble format.
Venue: Khalifa Sport City, Manama
Opposition: Bahrain (November 28) Opposition: Lebanon (November 30)

### Past roster

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification Opposition: Lebanon (February 21) Venue: Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex, Zouk Mikael Opposition: India (February 24) Venue: Al Shaab Hall, Baghdad
Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.

### Head coach position

* Fikrat Toma – 2002–2004, 2010–2013
* Manuel Povea – 2014–2015
* Srđan Antić – 2016
* Atila Abdulaziz – 2017
* Mustafa Derin – 2017
* Khalid Deroish – 2020
* / Aziz Bekir – 2020