Iraq men's national volleyball team

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]

Iraq

Nickname(s)	Lions of Mesopotamia
Association	Iraqi Volleyball Federation (IVF)
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Nizar Chekili
FIVB ranking	– (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home Away
Asian Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1979)
Best result	7th (1989)
Honours Asian Challenge Cup 2018 Colombo Team Arab Championship 1986 Amman Team 1988 Riyadh Team 2016 Cairo Team Pan Arab Games 1985 Rabat Team

Results

Asian Championship

Main article: Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Asian Championship record
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
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
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
2023	11th place match	12th place	5	1	4	5	14
Total	0 Titles	6/22	0	0	0	0	0

Asian Games

Main article: Volleyball at the Asian Games

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL
1958	Did not enter
1962
1966
1970
1974
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
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
Total	0 Titles	2/16	15	8	7	0	0

Asian Cup

Main article: Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Asian Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2022	Qualified
Total	0 Titles	1/7						—

Asian Challenge Cup

Main article: Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Asian Challenge Cup record
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

Former squads

2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup^[3]

• 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup — Champions