Syria at the 2018 Asian Games

Syria at the
2018 Asian Games
Syria at the; 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	SYR
NOC	Syrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.syriaolymp.org
in Jakarta and Palembang; August 18 – September 2
Competitors	57 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi
Medals; Ranked 37th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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Syria competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[1]

Medalists

The following Syrian competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Majd Eddin Ghazal	Athletics	Men's high jump	27 Aug

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	0	1

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Syria that will participate at the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Basketball	12	4	16
Boxing	2	0	2
Cycling	2	1	3
Equestrian	2	0	2
Football	20	0	20
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Ju-jitsu	2	0	2
Judo	1^[a]	0	1
Kurash	1	1	2
Sambo	1	1	2
Swimming	1	0	1
Triathlon	2	0	2
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	50	7	57

^a Athlete who also competed in Kurash.

Athletics

Field events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
Athletes	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Majd Eddin Ghazal	High Jump	2.15	7 q	2.24	=

Basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Syria men's	Men's tournament	—				Iran L 55−68	2 Q	Chinese Taipei L 75−82	Indonesia W 76−66	Philippines L 55−109	6
Syria Men's 3x3	Men's 3x3 tournament	Jordan W 21−19	Maldives W DSQ	Qatar L 7−17	Nepal W 21−19	Japan L 13−21	3	Did not advance
Syria women's 3x3	Women's 3x3 tournament	—		Indonesia L 15−16	South Korea L 15−16	Sri Lanka L 12−15	4	Did not advance

5x5 basketball

Syria men's team entered the competition and drawn in the group B.^[2] The team definitely qualified to the next round after United Arab Emirates left the group.^[3]

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Syria roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[4]

Syria men's national basketball team - 2018 Asian Games roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F	00	Khalil Khouri	20 – (1998-06-06)6 June 1998	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Al-Jaish
F	1	Anthouny Bakar	24 – (1994-01-10)10 January 1994	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Al-Ittihad
G	8	Ahmad Khyyata	19 – (1999-06-17)17 June 1999	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al-Jaish
F	9	Tarek Aljabi	28 – (1990-08-02)2 August 1990	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Al-Jaish
G	11	Jamil Saddir	29 – (1989-01-13)13 January 1989	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al Wahda
C	12	Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi	28 – (1990-06-15)15 June 1990	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	Al-Jaish
G	13	Sharif Al Osh	30 – (1988-03-14)14 March 1988	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Al Wahda
F	14	Omar Idelbi	19 – (1999-07-13)13 July 1999	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Al Thawra
G	15	Mhd Ammar Al Ghamian	17 – (2001-02-25)25 February 2001	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
C	21	Omar Al-Shaikh	18 – (1999-11-30)30 November 1999	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Al-Jaish
C	41	Mohi Eddin Kasaballi (C)	34 – (1984-05-18)18 May 1984	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Al Sharjah
G	99	Nazem Kassas	18 – (2000-01-16)16 January 2000	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Al-Ittihad

Head coach

Veselin Matić

Assistant coach(es)

George Shakar

Legend

(C) Team captain
(NP) Naturalized player
Club - describes last
club before the tournament
Age - describes age
on 14 August 2018

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	1	1	0	68	55	+13	2	Quarterfinals
2	Syria	1	0	1	55	68	−13	1	Quarterfinals

Source: OCA

25 August
10:00

Syria	55–68	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 9–16, 15–14, 14–22, 17–16
Pts: Al-Hamwi 19 Rebs: Al-Hamwi 10 Asts: Bakar, Saddir 3		Pts: Mashayekhi 17 Rebs: Haddadi, Kazemi 10 Asts: Mashayekhi 6

Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Budi Marfan (INA)

Quarter-final

27 August
16:00

Chinese Taipei	82–75	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 17–22, 16–17, 25–17
Pts: Chen Y.C. 24 Rebs: Chou P.C. 7 Asts: Creighton 4		Pts: Al-Jabi 28 Rebs: Al-Hamwi 11 Asts: Al-Hamwi 5

Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN), Hadi Salem (IRI)

5th–8th classification

28 August
18:30

Syria	76–66	Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 26–9, 14–17, 10–25
Pts: Al-Jabi 33 Rebs: Al-Shaikh 11 Asts: Bakar, Al-Osh 4		Pts: Prawiro, Wisnu 14 Rebs: Johnson 7 Asts: Johnson 4

Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Hadi Salem (IRI), Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Imran Ali Baig (IND)

Fifth place game

31 August
18:30

Philippines	109–55	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 38–16, 22–18, 31–10, 18–11
Pts: Clarkson 29 Rebs: Standhardinger 15 Asts: Ahanmisi 7		Pts: Al-Jabi 23 Rebs: Al-Hamwi, Al-Osh 6 Asts: Al-Osh 4

Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Haryanto Sutaryo (INA)

3x3 basketball

Syria also set a men's and women's team that competed in the 3-on-3 basketball. The men's team placed in the pool C while the women's team in the pool D based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Syria roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[5]

Mhd Ammar Al Ghamian
Omar Idelbi
Khalil Khouri
Ahmad Khyyata

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	86	46	+40	Quarterfinals
2	Qatar	5	4	1	74	43	+31	Quarterfinals
3	Syria	5	3	2	62	76	−14
4	Nepal	5	2	3	59	74	−15
5	Jordan	5	1	4	43	85	−42
—	Maldives	5	0	5	0	0	0

Source: OCA

21 August
17:30

Jordan	19–21	Syria
Pts: Juha 7		Pts: Khouri 8

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Shi (CHN), Quinn (INA)

21 August
19:40

Syria	vs.	Maldives
Forfeit

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta

21 August
19:40

Qatar	17–7	Syria
Pts: Dieng 6		Pts: Idelbi 3

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Quinn (INA), Ibragimow (TKM)

24 August
15:40

Syria	21–19	Nepal
Pts: Khouri 7		Pts: Basnet 9

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Liu (MAS), Quinn (INA)

24 August
17:30

Japan	21–13	Syria
Pts: Matsuwaki 17		Pts: Khouri 6

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Rulyov (KAZ), Tan (SGP)

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Syria roster in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[6]

Farah Assad
Noura Bshara
Johna Mbayed
Cedra Sulaiman

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	59	32	+27	Quarterfinals
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	46	46	0	Quarterfinals
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	2	32	54	−22
4	Syria	3	0	3	42	47	−5

Source: OCA

22 August
19:40

Indonesia	16–15	Syria
Pts: Sriartha 8		Pts: Sulaiman 8

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Harthi (OMA), Ito (JPN)

22 August
20:50

Syria	15–16	South Korea
Pts: Assad 7		Pts: Choi G.H. 7

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Harthi (OMA), Tan (SGP)

25 August
16:50

Sri Lanka	15–12	Syria
Pts: Thathsarani 6		Pts: Bshara 7

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Shi (CHN), Tan (SGP)

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdul Mouen Azziz	–69 kg	Bye	Lim H-c (KOR) L 0–5	Did not advance
Ahmad Ghosoun	–75 kg	Bye	S Mousavi (IRI) L 0–5	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yousef Srouji	Men's road race	3:29:56	27
Yousef Srouji	Men's time trial	DNS	—
Roba Helane	Women's time trial	DNS	—

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Tarek Al-Moakee	Men's pursuit	5:04.425	14	Did not advance

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total points	Rank
Tarek Al-Moakee	Men's omnium	15	12	17	−20	17	8	15	−17	11	16

Equestrian

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Qualifier 1			Qualifier 2 Team Final			Final round A			Final round B
Athlete	Horse	Event	Points	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Ahmad Saber Hamcho	Cartagena 17	Individual	3.30	11	4	7.30	16 Q	0	7.30	12 Q	8	15.30	12 Q	1	16.30	9
Mohamad Joubarani	Etos HBC	Individual	23.85	62	13	36.85	56	Did not advance

Football

Syria drawn in the group C at the men's football event.^[7]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Syria men's	Men's tournament	United Arab Emirates W 1–0	China L 0–3	Timor-Leste W 5–2	2 Q	Palestine W 1–0	Vietnam L 0–1	did not advance		6

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Syria squad in the men's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[8]

Head coach: Muhannad Al Fakeer

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ahmad Madania* (captain)	(1990-01-01)1 January 1990 (aged 28)	Al-Jaish
2	3MF	Hussain Al Shouaeeb*	(1992-01-02)2 January 1992 (aged 26)	Al-Jaish
3	2DF	Youssef Al Hamwi	(1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (aged 21)	Al-Jaish
4	2DF	Jihad Besmar	(1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 22)	Al-Karamah
5	2DF	Fares Arnaout	(1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (aged 21)	Al-Jaish
6	3MF	Ahmed Ashkar	(1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 22)	Al-Jaish
7	4FW	Mahmoud Al Baher*	(1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 24)	Tishreen
8	3MF	Mouhamad Anez	(1995-05-14)14 May 1995 (aged 23)	Al-Jaish
9	4FW	Ahmad Al Khassi	(1999-01-27)27 January 1999 (aged 19)	Al-Jaish
10	3MF	Mohammad Marmour	(1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 23)	Tishreen
12	2DF	Ahmad Al Ghalab	(1996-01-02)2 January 1996 (aged 22)	Al-Muhafaza
13	4FW	Kamel Koaeh	(1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 20)	Al-Shorta
14	2DF	Abdullah Jinat	(1996-01-18)18 January 1996 (aged 22)	Al-Karamah
15	2DF	Khaled Kurdaghli	(1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (aged 21)	Tishreen
17	3MF	Zakria Hannan	(1997-08-21)21 August 1997 (aged 20)	Al Ittihad Aleppo
18	4FW	Abd Al-Rahman Barakat	(1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 20)	Al-Jaish
19	4FW	Abdulhadi Shalha	(1999-01-19)19 January 1999 (aged 19)	Al-Wahda
20	3MF	Ahmad Al Ahmad	(1996-10-18)18 October 1996 (aged 21)	Al Ittihad Aleppo
22	1GK	Khaled Ibrahim	(1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 22)	Al-Wahda
23	1GK	Yazan Ourabi	(1997-01-30)30 January 1997 (aged 21)	Al Ittihad Aleppo

* Over-aged player.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Syria	3	2	1	6	5	+1	6
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3
4	East Timor	3	0	3	3	15	−12	0
5	Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew, replaced by UAE^[9]

Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 August 2018

19:00 UTC+7

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Syria
	Report	Barakat 53'

Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang

Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

16 August 2018

19:00 UTC+7

Syria	0–3	China
	Report	Wei Shihao 40' Zhang Yuning 45+2' Chen Binbin 66'

Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang

Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

19 August 2018

19:00 UTC+7

East Timor	2–5	Syria
Gama 15' Garcia 85'	Report	Hannan 33' Shalha 42', 54', 90+1' Koaeh 50'

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

Round of 16

23 August 2018

16:00 UTC+7

Palestine	0–1	Syria
	Report	Ashkar 73'

Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi

Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Quarter-final

27 August 2018

19:30 UTC+7

Syria	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Vietnam
	Report	Nguyễn Văn Toàn 108'

Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi

Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics

Men's

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Yazan Alsouliman
	Floor Exercise	7.100	—					7.100	60	Did not advance
	Pommel Horse	—	0.000	—				0.000	57	Did not advance

Ju-jitsu

Key:

ADV – Won by advantages.
RDC – Won by referee decision.
SUB – Won by submission.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abd Alsalam Haj Kadour	−77 kg	Bye	Algadri (INA) L 0–100^SUB	Did not advance
Mohanad Sham	−77 kg	Bye	Al Rasheed (JOR) L 0–100^SUB	Did not advance

Judo

Key:

1st number — Ippon
2nd number — Waza-ari
s — Shido

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamad Kasem	–81 kg	Bye	V Zoloev (KGZ) L 00s3–10s1	Did not advance

Kurash

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mohamad Kasem	–81 kg	DK Sannan (PAK) W 110−000	A Murodov (TJK) L 001−012	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hasna Saied	–63 kg	Huang S-h (TPE) L 000−100	Did not advance

Sambo

Key:

SU – Won by submission.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Munir Ghusn	Men's 52 kg	Bye	Ý Orazdurdyýew (TKM) W 3–2	S Erdenebaatar (MGL) L 0–3	Did not advance	Bye	A Asakeev (KGZ) W 2–1	A Rakhmatilloev (UZB) L 0–4	Did not advance
Hasna Saied	Women's 68 kg	Bye	G Ismatova (UZB) L 0–9	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Azad Al-Barazi	50 m breaststroke	28.53	15	Did not advance
Azad Al-Barazi	100 m breaststroke	1:03.01	15	Did not advance

Triathlon

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (39.6 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Mohamad Maso	Men's	19:56	0:27	56:46	0:25	35:40	1:53:14	6
Mohammad Al-Sabbagh	Men's	19:02	0:30	57:38	0:23			DNF

Weightlifting

Men's

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Man Assad	+105 kg	187	5	~~225~~	—	—	—

Wrestling

Key:

F – Victory by fall.
PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fedaaldin Al-Asta	−86 kg	Shirai (JPN) L 0–2	Did not advance						11

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdulkarim Al-Hasan	−67 kg	Geraei (IRN) L 2–11	Did not advance				13

References

↑ "Indonesia prepares to light up the Energy of Asia for the Asian Games 2018". Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
↑ "Asian Games 2018 hosts grouped with defending champions after draw". FIBA. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
↑ "Asian Games 2018: Fresh draw to be held for men's football event after withdrawal of UAE, Palestine". Firstpost. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
↑ "رياضتنا في دورة الألعاب الآسيوية (أندونيسيا 2018).. طموح كبير بانتظار حصيلة الميداليات". albaathmedia.sy (in Arabic). Al-Baʽath. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
↑ "18th Asian Games 2018: Syria Men". FIBA. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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↑ "Asian Games: Iraq withdraw from football tournament". Reuters. 1 August 2018.

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[2] "Asian Games 2018 hosts grouped with defending champions after draw". FIBA. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

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