| Country: | Iraq  |
| Nickname: | Lions of Mesopotamia |
| Color1: | 008000 |
| Color2: | FFFFFF |
| Fiba Zone: | FIBA Asia |
| Joined Fiba: | 1948 |
| National Fed: | Iraqi Basketball Association |
| Oly Appearances: | 1 |
| Oly Medals: | None |
| Wc Appearances: | None |
| Wc Medals: | 0 |
| Zone Championship: | FIBA Asia Cup |
| Zone Appearances: | 4 |
| Zone Medals: | None |
| Coach: | Mustafa Derin |
| H Pattern B: | _thingreensides |
| H Body: | FFFFFF |
| H Shorts: | FFFFFF |
| H Pattern S: | _blacksides |
| A Pattern B: | _thinwhitesides |
| A Body: | 008040 |
| A Shorts: | 008040 |
| A Pattern S: | _blacksides |
The Iraq national basketball team (Arabic: منتخب العراق لكرة السلة) represents Iraq in international basketball competitions. It is one out of only two Arab nations to ever qualify for the Men's Basketball Tournament at the Summer Olympics. (the other nation being Egypt)
| Summer Olympics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
| 1948 | 22nd Place | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 1/20 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| FIBA Asia Cup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
| 1960 | Did not enter | ||||
 1963 | |||||
| 1965 | |||||
 1967 | |||||
 1969 | |||||
 1971 | |||||
| 1973 | |||||
| 1975 | |||||
| 1977 | 6th place | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1979 | 8th place | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
 1981 | Did not enter | ||||
 1983 | |||||
| 1985 | |||||
| 1987 | 9th place | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| 1989 | Did not enter | ||||
| 1991 | |||||
| 1993 | |||||
| 1995 | |||||
| 1997 | |||||
| 1999 | |||||
| 2001 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2003 | |||||
 2005 | |||||
| 2007 | Did not enter | ||||
| 2009 | |||||
| 2011 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2013 | |||||
| 2015 | |||||
| 2017 | 11th place | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2025 | To be determined | ||||
| Total | 4/31 | 29 | 14 | 15 | |
| Asian Games | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
| 1951 | Did not enter | ||||
| 1954 | |||||
| 1958 | |||||
 1962 | |||||
| 1966 | |||||
| 1970 | |||||
| 1974 | 9th place | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1978 | 9th place | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1982 | 9th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1986 | Did not enter | ||||
| 1990 | |||||
| 1994 | |||||
| 1998 | |||||
| 2002 | |||||
| 2006 | |||||
| 2010 | |||||
| 2014 | |||||
| 2018 | |||||
| Total | 3/18 | 19 | 11 | 8 | |
| WABA Championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
| 1999 | 5th place | 4 | - | - | |
| 2000 | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
 2001 | 4th place | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 3rd place | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 5th place | 4 | - | - | |
| 2005 | 4th place | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2008 | Did not enter | – | – | – | |
| 2010 | Runners-up | - | - | - | |
| 2011 | 4th place | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2012 | Did not enter | - | - | - | |
| 2013 | 4th place | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 5th place | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 12/14 | - | - | - | |
| Pan Arab Games | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | ||||
| 1965 | 4th place | - | - | - | |
 1985 | 2nd place | - | - | - | |
 2007 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 8th place | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | / | - | - | - | |
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FIBA Executive Committee decided that for the 2020 November window games will be held at a single venue under a bubble format.[1]
Venue: Khalifa Sport City, Manama
Opposition: Bahrain (November 28)
Opposition: Lebanon (November 30)[2]
2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
Opposition: Lebanon (February 21)
Venue: Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex, Zouk Mikael
Opposition: India (February 24)
Venue: Al Shaab Hall, Baghdad[3]
Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.[4]
Fikrat Toma – 2002–2004, 2010–2013
Manuel Povea – 2014–2015 Atila Abdulaziz – 2017
Mustafa Derin – 2017