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Syria at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	SYR
NOC	Syrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.syriaolymp.org
in Jakarta and Palembang August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors	57 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi
Medals Ranked 37th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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Syria competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.

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:

Athlete who also competed in Kurash.

Athletics

Field events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		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.
		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. The team definitely qualified to the next round after United Arab Emirates left the group.

Men's tournament

Roster

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

Syria men's national basketball team - 2018 Asian Games roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 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 v t e	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

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

Quarter-final

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

5th–8th classification

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

Fifth place game

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

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.

• Mhd Ammar Al Ghamian
• Omar Idelbi
• Khalil Khouri
• Ahmad Khyyata

Pool C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	86	46	+40	Quarterfinals
2	Qatar	5	4	1	74	43	+31
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

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

Syria	vs.	Maldives
Forfeit

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

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

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

Women's tournament

Roster

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

• Farah Assad
• Noura Bshara
• Johna Mbayed
• Cedra Sulaiman

Pool D

Pos	Team v t e	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
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	2	32	54	−22
4	Syria	3	0	3	42	47	−5

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

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

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

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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

Track

Pursuit

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

Omnium

Equestrian

Jumping

Football

Syria drawn in the group C at the men's football event.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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.

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

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Syria
	Report	Barakat 53'

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

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

Round of 16

Palestine	0–1	Syria
	Report	Ashkar 73'

Quarter-final

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

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics

Men's

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
		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	Did not advance
Mohanad Sham		Bye	Al Rasheed (JOR) L 0–100	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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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
		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
		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
		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

Triathlon

Individual

Weightlifting

Men's

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
		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
		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

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