Afghanistan at the 2018 Asian Games explained

Noc:	AFG
Nocname:	Afghanistan National Olympic Committee
Year:	2018
Date:	–
Games:	Asian Games
Location:	Jakarta and Palembang
Competitors:	76
Sports:	15
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Rank:	35
Appearances:	auto
Website:	www.olympic.af

Afghanistan competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[1]

Afghanistan first participated at the Asian Games when the first Games were in Delhi in 1951. The country had won five silver and 6 bronze medals until the last event at Incheon in 2014.^[2]

Medalists

The following Afghanistan competitors won medals at the Games.| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				22 Aug
				28 Aug

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Kurash	0	0	1	1
Wushu	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	2	2

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	August 19	0	0	0	0
2	August 20	0	0	0	0
3	August 21	0	0	0	0
4	August 22	0	0	1	1
5	August 23	0	0	0	0
6	August 24	0	0	0	0
7	August 25	0	0	0	0
8	August 26	0	0	0	0
9	August 27	0	0	0	0
10	August 28	0	0	1	1
11	August 29	0	0	0	0
12	August 30	0	0	0	0
13	August 31	0	0	0	0
14	September 1	0	0	0	0
15	September 2	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	2	2

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Afghanistan that participated at the Games:

width=200	Sport !	width=60	Men !	width=60	Women !	width=60	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	3	0	3
Beach volleyball	4	0	4
Boxing	4	0	4
Ju-jitsu	5	2	7
Judo	4	0	4
Karate	4	2	6
Kurash	8	2	10
Paragliding	2	2	4
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Sambo	1	0	1
Swimming	1	0	1
Taekwondo	4	0	4
Weightlifting	2	0	2
Wrestling	6	0	6
Wushu	5	0	5
Total	66	10	76

Athlete who also competed in kurash.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• GR = Games record
• PB = Personal best
• SB = Season best
• DNF = Did not finish
• DNS = Did not start
• NM = No mark
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abdul Wahib Zahiri	Men's 100 m	11.65	7	colspan=6
Kamia Yousufi	Women's 100 m	13.33	8

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sayed Imran Miri	Men		L 20–22, 11–21	Did not advance
Saraj Lidaa	Women		L 0–21, 3–21	Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games.

Summary

3x3 basketball

Afghanistan national 3x3 team participated in the Games, the men's team placed in the pool D based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.^[3]

Men's tournament

See main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men.

RosterThe following is the Afghanistan roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[4]

• Mir Abdul Wahab Mirzad
• Sayed Amin Sadat
• Jahan Zeeb Khairi

Pool D

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Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Laisullah Azizi	–56 kg	L 0–5	Did not advance
Mohammad Khaibar Nooristani	–60 kg	WO	Did not advance
Zafar Azizi	–64 kg	L 0–5	Did not advance
Waisuddin Ghawsi	–69 kg	WO	Did not advance

Ju-jitsu

See main article: article and Ju-jitsu at the 2018 Asian Games.

Afghanistan entered the ju-jitsu competition with 7 athletes (5 men's and 2 women's).^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hussain Bakhsh Safari	–62 kg		W 4–0	L 0–13	Did not advance
Mahdi Wakili	–69 kg		L 0–100^SUB	Did not advance
Abdul Hamid Mehrdil	–77 kg		L 0–8	Did not advance
Jawad Andishmand	–85 kg		L 2–2^RDC	Did not advance
Abdulsabor Rahimi	–94 kg			L 0–4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Arifa Sanjar	–49 kg		WO	Did not advance
Fatima Sultani	–62 kg	L 0–100^SUB	Did not advance

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2018 Asian Games.

Afghanistan put up 4 men's judokas at the Games.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mod Reshad Aryan	–73 kg	L 00–11	Did not advance
Moh Zaher Sarwari	–81 kg	W 10–00	L 00–10	Did not advance
Mod Ismail Kakar	–90 kg		L 00s1–10	Did not advance
Asadullah Tajik	–100 kg	L 01–10	Did not advance

Karate

See main article: article and Karate at the 2018 Asian Games.

Afghanistan entered the karate competition with 6 athletes (4 men's and 2 women's).^[7]

Kurash

See main article: article and Kurash at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Merajuddin Chakmar	align=left rowspan=2	–66 kg	L 000−010	Did not advance
Shuaib Yuosuf	W 101−000	W 010−000	L 000−100	Did not advance
Mohammad Arif Malikyar	align=left rowspan=2	–81 kg	L 000−010	Did not advance
Besmilah Mohammadi	W 100−000	W 100−000	L 002−012	Did not advance
Shirzad Azizi	align=left rowspan=2	–90 kg		W 100−010	L 000−110	Did not advance
Ajmal Ishaqzai	L 001−112	Did not advance
Abdul Basir Rahmani	align=left rowspan=2	+90 kg	W 101−000	W 101−000	L 000−101	Did not advance
Mansour Sarwari	W 014−010	W 100−000	W 011−002	L 000−112	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nafisa Ahmadi	align=left rowspan=2	–63 kg		L 000−100	Did not advance
Ramzia Saidi	L 000−100	Did not advance

Paragliding

See main article: article and Paragliding at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round										Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Maseehullah Khan	align=left rowspan=2	Individual accuracy	500	500	1	500	236	335	500	500	500	3	3075	30
Navid Popal	8	95	500	193	500	81	383	41	183	349	1833	25
Maseehullah Khan Navid Popal	Team accuracy	2008	2095	2001	2193	2236	1916	12449	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Round										Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Faride Hezare	align=left rowspan=2	Individual accuracy	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	4500	18
Lida Hozoori	383	500	500	500	125	500	500	500	500	500	4008	17
Faride Hezare Lida Hozoori	Team accuracy	1383	1500	1500	1500	1125	1500	8508	9

Rugby sevens

See main article: article and Rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games.

Afghanistan rugby sevens men's team drawn in the group C at the Games.^[8]

Men's tournament

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games – Men.

SquadThe following is the Afghanistan squad in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[9]

Head coach: Haris Rahamni

• Mohammad Asghar Azizi
• Abdul Bari Gazang
• Mohammad Moosa Hashimi
• Javed Rahmani
• Mustafa Sayed
• Naib Shah Shirzad
• Sayear Slaimankhel
• Zakir Slaimankhel
• Omar Slaimankhel
• Sabir Slaimankhel
• Zahidullah Slaimankhel
• M Mussa Wardak

Group C--------

Classification round (9–12)--------

Sambo

See main article: article and Sambo at the 2018 Asian Games.

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games.

Afghanistan National Swimming Federation entered one swimmer to compete at the Games.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Ali Asghar Nazari	50 m freestyle	29.34	51	Did not advance
50 m butterfly	30.22	40	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games.

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mohsen Rezaee	Men's −58 kg	W 36–7	L 40–46	Did not advance
Ahmad Ali Bakhshi	Men's −63 kg	L 13–24	Did not advance
Sharif Muradi	Men's −68 kg	L 6–21	Did not advance
Ramesh Hussaini	Men's −80 kg		W 27–7	L 0–11	Did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games.

Beach volleyball

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Oppositions Scores	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ozair Mohammad Asifi Mohib Jan Ahmadi	align=left rowspan=2	Men's tournament	L 0–2 : L 0–2 : L 0–2	4	Did not advance
Obaidullah Alikhail Najibullah Mayar	L 0–2 : L 0–2 : L 0–2	4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zubair Nazari	−77 kg	100	19	120	17	220	17
Mirwais Raziqi	−94 kg	113	10	155	9	268	9

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hamidullah Abdullah	−57 kg		L 0–10	Did not advance					15
Malik Jan Sadeed	−65 kg	L 2–13	Did not advance						17
Abdul Ghafar Qaderi	−74 kg		W 6^F–4	L 5–15	Did not advance				8
Abdul Haia Faqiri	−86 kg		W 11–0	L 0–3^F	Did not advance				9
Noor Ahmad Ahmadi	−97 kg		WO	L 3–6	Did not advance	W 17–6		L 0–3	5
Sayed Khalid Hashemi	−125 kg		L 2–11^F	Did not advance				Did not advance	9

Wushu

See main article: article and Wushu at the 2018 Asian Games.

Taolu

Athlete	Event	Event 1		Event 2		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Golab Shah Omari	Men's changquan	8.09	15	8.09	15
Jamshid Ebram	Men's nanquan and nangun	7.87	22	7.78	22	15.65	22

Sanda

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Naweed Sudiqi	Men's –60 kg		L 0–2	Did not advance
Khalid Hotak	men's –65 kg		W 2–0	W 2–0	L 0–2	Did not advance
Nasratullah Habibi	Men's –70 kg		L 0–2	Did not advance

Key: * TV – Technical victory.

See also

• Afghanistan at the 2018 Asian Para Games

Notes and References

1. News: Indonesia prepares to light up the Energy of Asia for the Asian Games 2018 . . 11 May 2018 . 5 August 2018.
2. News: Aprelia . Wulansari . Imadudin . Adam . Afghanistan, Negara Peserta Asian Games 2018 yang Hanya Tak Tampil 4 Kali . BolaSport.com . 19 June 2018 . 5 August 2018 . id.
3. Web site: Official Result Book Basketball 3x3 . . 14 December 2018.
4. Web site: 18th Asian Games 2018: Afghanistan Men . . 14 December 2018.
5. Web site: Official Result Book Ju-jitsu . . 26 August 2018 . 23 October 2018.
6. Web site: 18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018 . . 21 October 2018.
7. Web site: Official Result Book Karate . . 27 August 2018 . 27 December 2018.
8. News: Pools announced for Asian Games, Asia Rugby . . 6 July 2018 . 15 August 2018.
9. Web site: Official Result Book Rugby Sevens . . 1 September 2018 . 12 October 2018.
10. News: Faridullah . Mohammadi . Nazari To Represent Afghanistan At 2018 Asian Games . . 5 August 2018 . 10 August 2018.