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]
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| Nickname(s) | Lions of Mesopotamia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Iraqi Volleyball Federation (IVF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AVC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Nizar Chekili | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIVB ranking | 72 (as of 10 July 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 5 (First in 1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 7th (1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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Results
editAsian Championship
editChampions Runners up Third place Fourth place
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | |
 1975 |
Did not enter | |||||||
 1979 |
Matches for places 5–8 | 8th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |
 1983 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1987 |
Matches for places 9–12 | 9th place | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 1989 |
Matches for places 5–8 | 7th place | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1991 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1993
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 1997
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 1999
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 2003
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 2007
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 2009
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| 2011
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 2013 |
13th place match | 13th place | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |
| 2015 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2017 |
13th place match | 13th place | 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
| 2019 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2021
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| 2023 |
11th place match | 12th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Total | 0 Titles | 6/22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Asian Games
editChampions Runners up Third place Fourth place
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | |
 1958 |
Did not enter | |||||||
| 1962
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| 1966
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| 1970
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 1974
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| 1978 |
Final round | 5th place | 9 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |
 1982 |
Final round | 5th place | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1986 |
Did not enter | |||||||
| 1990
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| 2018
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| Total | 0 Titles | 2/16 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Asian Cup
editChampions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Asian Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad | |
 2022 |
Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/7 | — | ||||||
Asian Challenge Cup
editChampions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Asian Challenge Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad |
 2018 |
Final | Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | Squad |
| Total | 1 Title | 1/1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | — |
Team
editFormer squads
edit- 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup[3]
- 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup —
Champions
References
edit- ^ FIVB World Rankings
- ^ IRAQI VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION
- ^ "Iraqi Men's REVICED_1st_AVC-Mens-Challen-Cup_Belletin_7_21-Sep-18" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
External links
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