Baghdad Championship
Participants (8):
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya (Air Force)
Montakhab Al-Shurta (Police)
Al-Maslaha Naqil Al-Rakab
Nadi Athori (Assyrian Sports Club)
Al-Numan Sports Club
Al-Adhamiya Sports Club
Liwa Al-Thamin (8th Brigade)
Kuliya Al-Askariya (Military College)
NB: played in double elimination knock-out format
Round 1
[Nov 26]
Kuliya Al-Askariya 0-3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya
[Nov 29]
Nadi Athori 2-3 Al-Adhamiya
[Jan 2]
Al-Numan 2-1 Liwa Al-Thamin
[Jan 10]
Al-Maslaha Naqil Al-Rakab 2-0 Montakhab Al-Shurta
Round 2 (losers bracket)
[Jan 15]
Nadi Athori 3-0 Kuliya Al-Askariya
[Kuliya Al-Askariya eliminated]
[Feb 7]
Montakhab Al-Shurta 3-1 Liwa Al-Thamin
[Liwa Al-Thamin eliminated]
Round 2 (winners bracket; losers to round 3 losers bracket)
[Feb 9]
Al-Maslaha Naqil Al-Rakab 3-0 Al-Numan
[Mar 6]
Al-Adhamiya 1-3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya
Round 3 (losers bracket)
[Feb 14]
Montakhab Al-Shurta 2-0 Nadi Athori
[Nadi Athori eliminated]
[Mar 14]
Al-Numan 3-0 Al-Adhamiya
[Al-Adhamiya eliminated]
Round 4 (losers bracket) [Mar 27]
Montakhab Al-Shurta 1-0 Al-Numan
[Al-Numan eliminated]
First Semifinal (winners bracket) [Mar 30]
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya 5-2 Al-Maslaha Naqil Al-Rakab
[Emmanuel “Ammo” Baba (3), Emmanuel “Ammo Simsim” Samson,
Fakhri Mohammed Salman “Abu Layla”; Qasim “Zuwiya” Mahmoud (2)]
Second Semifinal (losers bracket) [Apr 10]
Montakhab Al-Shurta 3-2 Al-Maslaha Naqil Al-Rakab
[Al-Maslaha Naqil Al-Rakab eliminated]
Final [May 1, 1958]
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya 1-1 Montakhab Al-Shurta
[Fakhri Mohammed Salman; Armek Sahakian]
[ref: Ismail Hammoudi]
Final Replay [May 12, 1958]
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya w/o Montakhab Al-Shurta
NB: the Iraq FA decided the replay would be played on May 12, 1958; however,
Al-Shurta requested for the game to be postponed to a later date due to
the unavailability of several of their key players due to injury. The
Iraq FA declined Al-Shurta's request and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were declared
champions.
Other reported results (status of matches not clear)
[Oct 6]
Al-Maslaha Naqil Al-Rakab 1-1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya
[Mar 4]
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya 4-0 Kuliya Al-Askariya
[Mar 27]
Al-Maslaha Naqil Al-Rakab 2-0 Nadi Athori
league of the institutes of baghdad 1961/62-1972/73
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