Iraq men's national handball team

The Iraq national handball team is controlled by the Iraqi Handball Federation and competes in international handball competitions.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Iraq women's national handball team.

Iraq
Information
Nickname	Lions of Mesopotamia
Association	Iraqi Handball Federation
Coach	Sherif Moemen
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Asian Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 1977)
Best result	5th (1977)
Last updated on Unknown.

Iraq men's national handball team

Medal record
Islamic Solidarity Games
	2017 Baku	Team

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Asian Championship

Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1977	Match for 5th place	5th of 9	3	1	0	2	47	63	−16
2010	Match for 9th place	10th of 12	4	1	0	3	95	121	−26
2014	Match for 9th place	10th of 12	7	1	0	6	152	212	−60
2020	Placement round	9th of 13	7	5	0	2	237	178	+49
2022	Match for 5th place	6th of 16	7	2	1	4	200	210	–10
2024	Match for 7th place	8th of 16	7	1	3	3	199	178	+21
Total	6/21	0 Titles	35	11	4	20	930	962	−32

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2018 Jakarta–Palembang	Match for 7th place	7th of 13	7	3	1	3	196	186	+10
Total	1/10	0 Titles	7	3	1	3	196	186	+10

Islamic Solidarity Games

Islamic Solidarity Games record
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2005 Mecca	Match for 10th place	10th of 13	2	0	0	2	58	68	−10
2017 Baku	Match for Bronze medal game	3rd of 8	5	3	0	2	146	122	+24
Total	2/2	0 Titles	7	3	0	4	204	190	+14

Team

Current squad

A 20-player squad was announced on 16 December for the 2028 Asian Men's Handball Championship in Bahrain.

Matches and goals are correct as of 11 December 2027.

Head coach: Sherif Moemen

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Bilal Hasan Alwan Alsabbagh* (1986-04-01) 1 April 1986 (age 38) 1.90 m 12 0 2 RB Raed Abd Zaid Alwan Al Baghdadi* (1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 (age 36) 1.75 m 7 6 Al-Karkh SC 7 P Hussein Ali Hamzah Ibadi* (1985-01-30) 30 January 1985 (age 40) 1.80 m 12 67 Al-Shorta SC 11 CB Jasim Ghassab Mohammed* (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 (age 29) 1.75 m 10 43 Al-Jaish SC 12 GK Muntadher Qasim Jebur Ali* (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 27) 1.90 m 2 0 16 GK Ahmed Makki Saleh Al Azzawi* (1990-03-02) 2 March 1990 (age 35) 1.82 m 12 0 Al-Karkh SC 18 LW Mustafa Mahmmud (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 34) 1.86 m 5 11 22 RW Mohanad Adil Talib Al Behadili* (1992-05-01) 1 May 1992 (age 32) 1.77 m 9 16 23 CB Ali Tariq (1990-02-17) 17 February 1990 (age 35) 1.80 m 2 2 24 LW Ali Abdulridha Al Akayshee* (1991-05-23) 23 May 1991 (age 33) 1.88 m 12 29 Al-Shorta SC 44 CB Majid Abdulridha Al Akayshee* (1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 28) 1.72 m 9 32 Al-Jaish SC 55 P Mohammed Sahib Rashid* (1986-01-06) 6 January 1986 (age 39) 1.80 m 12 12 Al-Shorta SC 69 LB Karrar Kadhim Albattat* (2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 (age 22) 1.96 m 2 6 77 RB Maytham Oudah Al Behadilit* (1989-04-02) 2 April 1989 (age 35) 1.86 m 12 18 89 P Mustafa Mohammed Al Azzawi* (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 (age 35) 1.94 m 12 3 Al-Jaish SC 92 LB Ali Adnan Chyad Abdlkan* (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 (age 33) 1.98 m 12 57 Al-Shorta SC 94 RW Baderaldeen Nasern* (1994-11-13) 13 November 1994 (age 30) 1.83 m 10 36 Al-Jaish SC 96 LW Mohammed Ali Mahdi Al Azzawi* (1997-10-31) 31 October 1997 (age 27) 1.80 m 4 4 Al-Jaish SC

Coaching staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Sherif Moemen
Assistant coach
Team manager
Goalkeeping coach	Kadhim Nasir
Doctor
Bodytherapist
Physiotherapist

List of managers

1. Champion
2. 2nd place
3. 3rd place

Name	From	To	Honours
Iraq Azad Mohammed Amin	1975	1975	Palestine Handball Cup 1975/Cairo
Iraq Saad Mohsen	1977	1977	1977 Asian Men's Handball Championship
Iraq Saad Mohsen	1977	1977	Palestine Handball Cup 1977/Rabat 3rd place
Iraq Azad Mohammed Amin  Soviet Union Stephan	1979	1979	Palestine Handball Cup 1979/Kuwait 2nd place
Iraq Dafer Saheb	1985	1985	1985 Pan Arab Games
Iraq Dafer Saheb	1985	1985	Ankara Friendly Championship 1985/Turkey 2nd place
Iraq Dafer Saheb	1985	1985	Hong Kong Friendly Championship 1985/Hong Kong 3rd place
Iraq Dafer Saheb	1987	1987	Baghdad Friendly Championship 1987/Baghdad Champion
Iraq	1988	1988	Baghdad Friendly Championship 1988/Baghdad 3rd place
Iraq Dafer Saheb	1989	1989	Baghdad Friendly Championship 1989/Baghdad 3rd place
Iraq Dafer Saheb	1990	1990	Baghdad Friendly Championship 1990/Baghdad 2nd place
Iraq Dafer Saheb	1990	1990	Bosphorus Friendly Championship 1990/Hungary 2nd place
Iraq Dafer Saheb	1990	1990	Al Ahram Friendly Championship 1990/Egypt
Iraq Mohamed Hamza	1999	1999	1999 Pan Arab Games
Iraq	2007	2007	2007 Pan Arab Games
Iraq Dafer Saheb	2010	2010	2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship
Iraq Dafer Saheb	2014	2014	2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship
Iraq Kutaiba Ahmad	2015	2015	Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Iraq Dafer Saheb	2017	2017	2017 Islamic Solidarity Games 3rd place
Iraq Dafer Saheb	2018	2018	Handball at the 2018 Asian Games
Iraq Dafer Saheb	2019	2019	Championship President Heydar Aliyev Champion

Kits

Iraq's traditional home kit is green , with either or white trimmings. The away kit is traditionally blue , with white trimmings.

Home Handball at the 2018 Asian Games green & white Handball at the 2018 Asian Games White & green

Away Handball at the 2018 Asian Games blue & white