Played in 4 regional groups, qualifying for a national play-off
tournament held in Baghdad.
Northern Group
Qualified:
Arbil (Arbil)
Wahid Huzairan (Kirkuk)
Other Participants:
Mosul (Mosul)
Salahaddin (Tikrit)
Duhok (Duhok)
Sulaymaniya (Sulyimaniya)
Central Group
Qualified:
Najaf (Najaf)
Al-Nasr
Other Participants:
Diyala
Al-Jamahir
Babil (Hila)
Diwaniya (Diwaniya)
Baghdad Group
NB: if a match ended in a draw, it would go to extra time and then penalties if necessary;
a team would earn three points if they won a game by two goals or more after normal time,
two points if they won a game by one goal or in extra time, and one point if they won
after a penalty shootout.
Cross-Table:
Zaw Ras Tay Tal Shu Jai Sha Sul Sin Naf Tij penalty shoot-outs
Al-Zawraa xxx 0-2 4-2 2-0 1-0 1-1 3-1 2-0 2-0 1-0 3-1 Jai 7-6
Al-Rasheed 1-1 xxx 2-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-1 4-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 Zaw 2-3/Jai 5-3
Al-Tayaran 3-1 3-2 xxx 1-0 2-0 4-2 2-2 2-5 2-0 2-2 7-2 Sha 6-5/Naf 5-4
Al-Talaba 2*1 1-2 1-0 xxx 3*2 1-0 3-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-1
Al-Shurta 2-2 1-0 1-0 1*0 xxx 1-2 1-0 0-0 1*0 1-1 1-0 Zaw 2-4/Sul 3-4/Naf 4-3
Al-Jaish 1-2 1-3 0-0 4-4 1-2 xxx 2-0 2-0 0-1 2-2 1-0 Tay 2-3/Tal 4-5/Naf 4-2
Al-Shabab 0-1 1-1 2-3 2-0 0-1 0-1 xxx 1-0 0-0 2-1 3-2 Ras 5-4/Sin 4-3
Al-Sulaikh 2-3 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 xxx 1-1 0-1 1-1 Tal 5-4/Shu 3-4/Jai 6-5/Sin 3-1/Tij 3-2
Al-Sinaa 0-2 0-2 1-2 1-1 1-0 0-2 1-1 2-0 xxx 2-1 1-0 Tal 3-4/Sha 1-3
Al-Naft 0-2 2-1 1-2 0-4 0-0 1-2 0-2 1-1 1-0 xxx 3*2 Shu 5-6/Sul 3-4
Al-Tijara 3-4 0-1 1-1 0-3 0-1 2-3 2-0 2-1 2-1 0-1 xxx Tay 4-5
NB: matches marked * after extra time
Final Table:
1.Al-Zawraa 20 8/6 3/0 3 38-21 39 Qualified
2.Al-Rasheed 20 8/6 1/2 3 34-13 37 Qualified
3.Al-Tayaran 20 5/6 4/0 5 40-29 31 Qualified
4.Al-Talaba 20 4/7 2/1 6 30-21 28 Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5.Al-Shurta 20 0/9 3/2 6 17-16 21
6.Al-Jaish 20 3/5 1/5 6 29-26 20
7.Al-Shabab 20 2/3 3/1 11 19-28 15
8.Al-Sulaikh 20 2/0 6/1 11 16-28 12
9.Al-Sinaa 20 1/4 0/4 11 12-23 11
10.Al-Naft 20 0/5 0/5 10 18-30 10
11.Al-Tijara 20 1/2 0/2 15 21-39 7
NB: wins split into those valid 3 points (by 2 or more goals in 90 minutes) and those valid 2 points;
draws split into those won on penalties (valid 1 point) and those lost on penalties (no points)
Southern Group
Qualified:
Al-Bahri (Basra)
Al-Minaa (Basra)
Other Participants:
Nasiriya (Nasiriya)
Samawa
Al-Hurriya
Numaniya
National Stage
Group 1
Cross-Table:
Zaw Tal Arb Min Nas
Al-Zawraa xxx 3-1 3-1 2-1 3-0
Al-Talaba xxx 3-0 2-1 3-0
Arbil xxx 1-0 0-0
Al-Minaa xxx 2-1
Al-Nasr xxx
Final Table:
1.Al-Zawraa 4 4 0 0 11- 3 8 Semifinals
2.Al-Talaba 4 3 0 1 9- 4 6 Semifinals
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3.Arbil 4 1 1 2 2- 6 3
4.Al-Minaa 4 1 0 3 4- 6 2
5.Al-Nasr 4 0 1 3 1- 8 1
Group 2
Cross-Table:
Tay Ras Bah Naj Wah
Al-Tayaran xxx 2-1 2-0 3-0 3-1
Al-Rasheed xxx 4-0 5-1 0-0
Al-Bahri xxx 1-1 4-0
Najaf xxx 1-0
Wahid Huzairan xxx
Final Table:
1.Al-Tayaran 4 4 0 0 10- 2 8 Semifinals
2.Al-Rasheed 4 2 1 1 10- 3 5 Semifinals
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3.Al-Bahri 4 1 1 2 5- 7 3
4.Najaf 4 1 1 2 3- 9 3
5.Wahid Huzairan 4 0 1 3 1- 8 1
Semifinals [Apr 26]
Zawraa 1-1 Rasheed [2-4 pen]
[Mohammed Hamza; Ahmed Radhi]
Tayaran 1-1 Talaba [5-6 pen]
[Jawad Abdul Kadhim; Hussein Saeed]
Third Place Match [Apr 27]
Tayaran 4-1 Zawraa
[Hatem Ibrahim, Khalil Allawi, Maad Ibrahim (2); Raed Khalil]
Final [Apr 28]
Rasheed 1-1 Talaba [5-4 pen]
[Riyadh Abdul Abbas; Ali Hussein Shihab]
Topscorers (all stages):
1.Kareem Saddam (Zawraa) 22
2.Natik Hashim (Tayaran) 12
Husain Saeed (Talaba) 12
Saad Abdul Raheem (Zawraa) 12
First Preliminary Round Al-Amana 1-0 1-1 Al-Khadhimiya Al-Mouqeen 1-1 2-0 Al-Falastini Al-Khalis 0-1 4-1 Al-Karamah Al-Fotuwa 3-1 4-1 Qaraqosh Samara'a 4-0 1-0 Al-Dawr Al-Taf 0-1 2-0 Al-Hindiya Al-Tadamon 2-0 2-1 Al-Kufa Al-Salam 4-1 5-0 Al-Hilla Al-Ittihad 2-0 1-0 Al-Zubair Al-Umal 0-0 2-0 Al-Armeni Brayati 0-0 1-0 Al-Watan Al-Hurriya 0-0 1-0 Al-Rafidain Al-Kut 2-0 6-0 Al-Forat Al-Junoob bye Al-Athori bye Al-Thawra bye Second Preliminary Round Al-Amana 3-1 1-0 Al-Mouqeen Al-Khalis 1-3 0-1 Al-Taf Al-Fotuwa 1-0 0-2 Brayati Al-Tadamon 0-1 1-7 Al-Salam Al-Ittihad 3-1 3-0 Al-Hurriya Al-Umal 3-2 3-1 Al-Athori Al-Kut 0-1 5-1 Al-Junoob Round 1 Al-Tayaran bt Al-Nasr Duhok bt Samara'a Al-Salam lt Al-Naft Al-Sulaikh bt Al-Taft Al-Tijara lt Erbil Al-Shurta bt Al-Najaf Al-Mosul lt Salahaddin Al-Zawraa bt Al-Diwaniya Al-Amana lt Al-Mina'a Al-Talaba bt Al-Jamaheer Diyala lt Brayati Al-Shabab bt Babil Al-Sina'a bt Wahid Huzairan Al-Jaish bt Al-Numaniya Al-Samawa lt Al-Ittihad Round 2 [May 12-16] Al-Tayaran 3-0 3-0 Duhok Al-Naft 2-0 0-1 Al-Sulaikh Al-Rasheed 2-0 2-1 Erbil Al-Shurta 1-1 6-0 Salahaddin Al-Zawraa 3-1 1-1 Al-Mina'a Al-Talaba 5-0 3-1 Brayati Al-Shabab 3-1 1-1 Al-Sina'a Al-Jaish 4-0 4-1 Al-Ittihad Quarterfinals [May 21-25] Al-Tayaran 2-2 3-1 Al-Naft Al-Rasheed 2-1 1-0 Al-Shurta Al-Zawraa 0-1 1-0 Al-Talaba [3-0 pen] Al-Jaish 1-0 1-4 Al-Shabab Semifinals First Legs [May 29] Al-Tayaran 2-2 Al-Rasheed Al-Zawraa 2-0 Al-Shabab Second Legs Al-Rasheed 2-3 Al-Tayaran Al-Shabab 1-1 Al-Zawraa Final [Jun 9] Al-Zawraa 3-0 Al-Tayaran [Mohamed Jassim Mahdi, Ibrahim Abid Nader, Karim Saddam]
Al-Zawraa 2-2 Al-Talaba Al-Talaba 2-1 Najaf Al-Talaba 2-0 Al-Jaish Al-Talaba 0-0 Al-Tayaran Al-Tayaran 1-0 Al-Zawraa Al-Tayaran 1-0 Al-Jaish Al-Zawraa 2-1 Al-Jaish Al-Tayaran 6-0 Najaf Al-Jaish 2-2 Najaf Al-Zawraa 2-1 Najaf Final Table: 1.Al-Tayaran 4 3 1 0 8- 0 7 2.Al-Talaba 4 2 2 0 6- 3 6 3.Al-Zawraa 4 2 1 1 6- 5 5 4.Al-Jaish 4 0 1 3 3- 7 1 5.Najaf 4 0 1 3 4-12 1
With thanks to Muhammed Ali
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