History of the World Cup

Iraq.. the World Cup record has stood for 37 years

The Iraqi team in the beautiful time.

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The Iraqi national team still holds a record that has not been broken by any of the world teams since 1985, which he later led to participate in the 1986 World Cup, in Mexico, and won his title, the Argentine national team, as the “Mesopotamia Lions” played all their matches in the preliminary and final qualifiers outside the Iraqi stadiums, due to suspension. It was imposed by the International Football Association (FIFA) because of the Iraq-Iran war, thus missing public support, as it played most of its matches in the Arab Gulf countries, Jordan and Syria.

The Iraqi national team succeeded in leading the second group in the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup, after defeating Qatar and Jordan, collecting six points, which it won by winning three matches and losing in one match. , and settles the qualification card for the World Cup in Mexico 1986, thus becoming the first team to reach the World Cup without playing any match at home, and in front of its audience, which was limited to residents and the Arab public in the host countries.

During its participation in the group stage in the World Cup in Mexico, Iraq lost its first match with Mexico, with a clean goal, and in the second it lost to Belgium 1-2, while it lost its third match against Paraguay with a clean goal, scoring one goal for the player Ahmed Radi, without getting any points. .

The players Nazem Shaker, Rahim Hamid, Khalil Allawi, Natiq Hashim, Ali Hussein Shihab and Ghanem Oreibi are the most prominent Iraqi players in the tournament, while Falah Hassan and Adnan Darjal were injured.

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