2025 Iraqi Super Cup

2025 Iraqi Super Cup

Tournament cancelled
Tournament details
Host country	Iraq
Dates	19–29 August 2025
Teams	6
← 2022

The 2025 Iraqi Super Cup was set to be the 12th edition of the Iraqi Super Cup, an annual football competition for clubs in the Iraqi football league system that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season. ^[1] It was set to be the first edition of the tournament under a new six-team format which was announced on 24 May 2025. ^[2]

On 15 August 2025, the Iraq Football Association confirmed that the competition had been cancelled after several teams had announced their intention to withdraw from the tournament due to insufficient preparation time. ^[3]

Qualification

The tournament was set to feature a revamped format, where the top four teams from the 2024–25 Iraq Stars League and the winners and runners-up of the 2024–25 Iraq FA Cup would participate, instead of the traditional format of a one-off game between the winners of the Iraq Stars League and the Iraq FA Cup. ^{[4] [5]}

Qualified teams

The following six teams had qualified for the tournament. ^[6]

Group & Position	Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance as	Previous performance
					Winner(s)	Runners-up
A1	Al-Shorta	2024–25 Iraq Stars League champions	4th	2022 winners	2	1
B2	Al-Zawraa	2024–25 Iraq Stars League runners-up	9th	2021 winners	5	3
B3	Al-Talaba	2024–25 Iraq Stars League fourth place	4th	2002 winners	1	2
A3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2024–25 Iraq Stars League fifth place	7th	2021 runners-up	2	4
B1	Duhok	2024–25 Iraq FA Cup winners	1st	–	–	–
A2	Zakho	2024–25 Iraq FA Cup runners-up 2024–25 Iraq Stars League third place	1st	–	–	–

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Shorta	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0	Final
2	Zakho	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0	Third place match
3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0

Source: 365 Scores
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 August 2025 (2025-08-19)

Al-Shorta	Cancelled	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

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22 August 2025 (2025-08-22)

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Cancelled	Zakho

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25 August 2025 (2025-08-25)

Zakho	Cancelled	Al-Shorta

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Duhok	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0	Final
2	Al-Zawraa	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0	Third place match
3	Al-Talaba	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0

Source: 365 Scores
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 August 2025 (2025-08-19)

Duhok	Cancelled	Al-Talaba

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22 August 2025 (2025-08-22)

Al-Talaba	Cancelled	Al-Zawraa

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25 August 2025 (2025-08-25)

Al-Zawraa	Cancelled	Duhok

Third place match

28 August 2025 (2025-08-28)

Runner-up Group A	Cancelled	Runner-up Group B

Final

29 August 2025 (2025-08-29)

Winner Group A	Cancelled	Winner Group B

References

1. "تعرف على موعد وتفاصيل كأس السوبر العراقي بنظامه الجديد" (in Arabic). Al-Sharq Sports. 24 May 2025.
2. "اول 4 فرق من دوري نجوم و اصحاب المراكز الاول والثاني من كأس العراق هم الفرق المشاركة في كأس السوبر العراقي" (in Arabic). Al-Rabiaa Sport. 24 May 2025.
3. "إلغاء بطولة السوبر العراقي والاقتصار على مباراة بطل الدوري والكأس" (in Arabic). Ashour Land. 15 August 2025.
4. "بطولة جديدة… منافسة نارية" (in Arabic). Iraq Football Association. 24 May 2025.
5. "الاتحاد العراقي يطلق مسابقة كأس السوبر" (in Arabic). Al-Arabiya. 24 May 2025.
6. "اول 4 فرق من دوري نجوم و اصحاب المراكز الاول والثاني من كأس العراق هم الفرق المشاركة في كأس السوبراتحاد الكرة يعلن عن بطولته الجديدة والخطة الاستراتيجيّة لدوري نجوم العراق" (in Arabic). Al-Rabiaa Sport. 24 May 2025.

External links

• Iraq Football Association