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| 28/10/2011 |
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Iraq hold off Lebanon for 5th place |
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Iraq held off a third quarter Lebanon rally and went on to post a 76-60 win to take the fifth position on Friday. |
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| 27/10/2011 |
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Iraq, Lebanon in all-WABA clash for fifth place |
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Iraq and Lebanon ensured that the additional qualification berth outside of top four for the next edition of the FIBA Asia U16 Championship will remain with WABA with runaway wins in the 5-8 Classification games on Thursday.
Iraq routed SEABA’s Indonesia 99-38 after Lebanon had overwhelmed Saudi Arabia with a 76-43 result. |
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| 26/10/2011 |
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Philippines prove too quick for Iraq to catch |
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For the second game running, it justg needed one bright spark for SEABA U16 Philippines to maintain their unbeaten status – this time for a 82-69 win over Iraq, which gave them a place in the semifinals. |
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| 24/10/2011 |
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Iraq quell feisty Indian challenge, enter quarterfinals |
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Iraq started their Monday’s needle Group E Secod Round game against India with initial hiccups stutter, but overcame them quickly enough to take control of the proceedings, and the scoreboard, to go on to win 72-64 and enter the quarterfinals. |
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| 23/10/2011 |
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Iraq survive Taipei scare, win OT thriller |
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Playing to survive in the race for a quarterfinal berth, WABA U16 champions Iraq first seemed to have built a controlling lead but then allowed Chinese Taipei to fight back and scare them seriously before holding their own for a 78-73 win in Overtime in a Group F game on Sunday. |
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| 22/10/2011 |
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China continue on cruise mode, this time past Iraq |
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The Chinese cruise continued unabated on Saturday past Iraq with a 84-41.
Zhao Jiwei was earmarked for scoring in the Chinese system on this day, and he went on to lead the scoring for the game with 24 points. |
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| 20/10/2011 |
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Lebanese rally leaves Iraq gasping, wanting |
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Lebanon brushed off a nine-point first quarter deficit to post a resurgent 75-68 win against an equally spirited Iraq in a Group B battle between WABA teams on Thursday. |
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| 19/10/2011 |
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Iraq down Uzbekistan for first win |
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Iraq overcame the bitterness of their opening game defeat and turned their frustration on Uzbekistan for a 100-32 win in Group B on Wednesday. |
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| 18/10/2011 |
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Korea rise from the brink as Iraq let them off the hook |
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Debutants Iraq blew a 13-point third quarter lead allowing last edition’s silver medalists and traditional powerhouse Korea eke out a 73-70 win in an entertaining Group B game on Tuesday. |
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| 05/06/2011 |
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Ittihad finish seventh |
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Serbian import Vladislav Dragajlovic returned a mammoth double double to lead Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia to a 104-95 win against Duhok of Iraq in the 7th position play-off on Sunday. |
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| 04/06/2011 |
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ASU down Duhok in strong fourth-quarter finish |
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Veteran Islam Abbas scored 15 of his game-high 32 points to steer Jordanian champions Applied Science University to a 98-90 win against a perky Duhok in the 5-8 Classification on Saturday. |
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| 03/06/2011 |
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El Nour sparks Riyadi’s romping win over Duhok |
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There was a brief moment early in the game when Iraqi outfit Duhok built what otherwise might have been a sizable lead in their quarterfinal against Al Riyadi Beirut of Lebanon on Friday. But as things would transpire that proved a minor ripple in Riyadi’s sea of composed approach as the Lebanese giants took charge of the proceedings midway through the first quarter, built their strength and scoreboard gradually before romping home for a 106-80 win. |
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| 31/05/2011 |
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Smart Gilas survive mid-game blues to down Duhok |
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Hosts Smart Gilas overcame a stiff mid-game resistance to beat Iraq’s Duhok 74-64 in a Group A game on Tuesday. |
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| 30/05/2011 |
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Duhok composure douses Dragons’ fire |
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Iraqi champions Duhok oscillated in the manner in which moved, played, scored and most importantly defended, but held their composure when push came to shove and defeated Malaysian ABL representatives KL Dragons 88-76 in a pivotal Group A game on Monday. |
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| 29/05/2011 |
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First win for Ittihad as Duhok flatter to deceive |
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Iraqi champions Duhok flattered in the first half only to deceive in the second allowing their Saudi Arabian counterparts Al Ittihad to get away with a 83-75 win in Group A on Sunday. |
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| 28/05/2011 |
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ASU wake up late, but wake up bright |
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Last year’s semifinalists and Jordanian champions Applied Science University came into their own in the final quarter and then held fort to win 74-66 against Iraq's Duhok in the opening game – in Group A – of the 22nd FIBA Asia Champions Cup on Saturday. |
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| 30/09/2010 |
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Syria down Iraq, take 9th place |
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Syria defeated fellow WABA team Iraq 86-62 and took the ninth place in the competition on Thursday.
Amer Al Sati and Amir Mousalli shared a game-high 19 points each for Syria. |
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| 29/09/2010 |
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Iraq down Kazakhstan, gun for highest finish in more than 2 decades |
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A dedicated Iraq overcame a demoralized Kazakhstan 71-67 on Wednesday to earn the opportunity to play off for the ninth place.
Iraq will take on the winners of the Malaysia-Syria game that follows for the ninth place in their first participation in the event after 1989. They had, however, finished seventh then, when the event was hosted in Manila.
Kazakhstan will play off for the 11th place against the team that loses that game. |
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| 27/09/2010 |
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Philippines scrape past Iraq, make last eight grade |
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SEABA champions Philippines staved off a stiff Iraqi resistance to win 68-59 and enter the Quarterfinals on Monday.
Philippines wound up with a 3-2 record, and will await the result of the last game of the day between Syria and Yemen to know what position in Group F they finish – and their opponents in Wednesday’s quarterfinals. |
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| 26/09/2010 |
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Syria stave off late Iraqi rally |
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Syria staved off a stiff Iraqi rally to win 80-70 and keep their hopes of a quarterfinal place from Group F alive.
Sunday’s win will count as Syria’s first – their other win against Saudi Arabia in the Preliminary Round not counting after the latter failed to advance – and a win against hosts Yemen on the morrow will take the last edition's bronze medalists into a probable tie-breaker. |
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| 25/09/2010 |
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China take Iraq in their stride |
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For a change, China’s young star Guo Ailun did not end up with a game-high score. That credit, ironically, went on the losing side – Iraq’s Ali Ismael took the scoring honors for the game pouring in 26 points.
Incidentally, and unfortunately, Ismael was the only player in Ali Abdullah Hassan’s team who managed a double-digit score. In contrast, Guo scored 16 points – China’s individual highest – and saw four of his teammates too score more than 10 points.
The above sentences, in a nutshell, summarized China’s 84-49 win in Saturday’s Group F game. |
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| 24/09/2010 |
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Ismael powers Iraq past India, into Second Round |
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Iraq played with customary West Asian gusto and put paid to India’s hopes with a convincing 87-58 on Friday to clinch the third berth available from Group D for the Second Round. |
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| 23/09/2010 |
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Japan stave off Iraq rally, book place in Round 2 |
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Last edition’s semifinalists Japan woke up before it got too late and scored a 78-62 win against Iraq for their second successive similar result in Group D on Thursday.
Japan, with two wins under their belt and a place in the Second Round assured, head to a clash against hosts Yemen on the morrow. |
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| 22/09/2010 |
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Hosts Yemen off to a flying start |
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Hosts Yemen brought the curtain down on an ordinary opening day at the 22nd May Hall on Wednesday with a 72-42 win over fellow West Asian team Iraq. |
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| 13/08/2010 |
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Iraq finish with an impressive win, take 9th place |
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Iraq rounded off their long-awaited return to FIBA Asia competitions with an hard-fought, but impressive 84-82 win over fellow West Asian team Syria in the ninth place play-off on Friday. |
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| 11/08/2010 |
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Clinical Japan quell Iraq’s hopes, top Group A |
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Japan did exactly what was expected of them, not only for their own progress but also what three others team were praying – beat Iraq – to conclude the Group A Preliminary Round on Wednesday.
Japan’s 87-72 win propped Tim Wisman’s team to top of the standings in Group B – thereby earning a quarterfinal clash against the No 4 team of Group B, which will be decided after the game between Jordan and Syria. |
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| 10/08/2010 |
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Contrasting tales of #11s: Iraq down Iran in Overtime |
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The players wearing jersey Nos 11 of the two teams presented a classic study in contrast as Iraq staged a fairy-tale rally transforming a 22-38 deficit at half-time into a 81-77 win in Overtime against fellow West Asian team Iran in Group B on Tuesday. |
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| 09/08/2010 |
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Iraq dish out entertaining fare, but Taipei win game |
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For a team playing in an official FIBA Asia competition after a gap of 23 years, Iraq did extremely well to convert a 34-45 deficit at half-time into a 64-52 lead over the next 10 minutes in their Group A game against Chinese Taipei on Monday.
But as coach Fikrat Abdalahad put it later, “there wasn’t much gas left.” Chinese Taipei, obviously fielding a more experienced line-up capitalized on Iraqi’s mistakes and pulled their game up and eventually went on to win 86-77. |
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| 07/08/2010 |
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Kazakhstan finish strong for their opening win |
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In a manner of speaking, both teams in the opening game of the 3rd FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup were out to gather exposure and gain in experience. Against that background it was no surprising that the action on the court was energetic and exchanges almost equal and the team that made the lesser mistakes ended up the eventual winners.
Kazakhstan, playing under a ‘promoted’ coach committed fewer errors and won the Group A game 76-65. |
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| 26/05/2010 |
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Vucicevic takes Smart Gilas into last eight |
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Serbian import Milan Vucicevic’s success on the paint at the buzzer took Smart Gilas to the quarterfinal with a 76-74 win against Iraq’s Duhok on Wednesday. |
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| 24/05/2010 |
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Mahram prove more than a handful for Duhok |
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A 14-0 run early in the second quarter, with Jackson Vroman leading the way, steered defending champions Mahram of Iran to their second win from as many games, with a 109-68 result over fellow West Asian team Duhok in a Group A preliminary round game on Monday. |
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| 23/05/2010 |
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Astana ward off Duhok rally |
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Middle Asia club Astana Tigers of Kazakhstan endured the crunch moments better and scored a 75-68 win over Iraq’s Duhok in a Group A preliminary round on Sunday.
Anton Ponomarev led the scoring for Astana Tigers, and the game, with 23 points. |
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| 22/05/2010 |
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Rayyan canter past Duhok for opening game win |
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Hosts Al Rayyan of Qatar began their campaign to regain their title in a convincing manner, beating Iraq's Duhok 88-66 in a Group A preliminary round game on Saturday. |
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