Afghanistan at the 2002 Asian Games

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Afghanistan at the
2002 Asian Games
Flag of Afghanistan (2002-2004).svg
IOC code AFG
NOC Afghanistan National Olympic Committee
in Busan
Competitors44 in 7 sports
Officials12
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Afghanistan participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea, from September 29 to October 14, 2002. This marked Afghanistan's return to international sporting events after the fall of the Taliban regime. The Afghan delegation consisted of 12 officials (11 men and one woman) and 44 competitors (40 men and four women) participating in seven different sports. The Afghanistan national football team played its first international match since the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification phase. An English teacher from Kabul, Roia Zamani, won a bronze medal in the 72 kg middleweight class of taekwondo without winning a single match. Zamani was the only medalist for the Afghan side and the first Afghan medalist in 20 years. [1] None of the remaining athletes advanced past the qualifying stages. [2]

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Background

Afghanistan is a member of the South Asian zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, and has competed in the Asian Games since the inaugural edition of the Games in 1951 in New Delhi. [3] On September 26, 1996, the Taliban annexed the Kabul and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. [4] Under the Taliban regime all types of sporting activities were deprecated, as according to the Taliban, most of them were against the teachings of Islam and Islamic law. Many stadiums, like Ghazi Stadium of Kabul, were either destroyed or converted into venues for public executions and punishments. [5] Women were banned from taking part in any type of sport; male athletes were allowed to participate in a few sports, but were forced to wear long sleeves, trousers and beards. Following such incidents and discrimination against women, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned Afghanistan National Olympic Committee and barred them from taking part in the Olympic Games. [6]

A few months before the 2000 Summer Olympics, the IOC offered the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee the opportunity to send a contingent to the Games without the Taliban flag. The Committee declined to take part on this condition. [4]

Participation of Afghan sportsmen without representing the Emirate (Afghanistan) and its flag will mean nothing. We will not send anyone on an individual basis

—Abdul Shukoor Mutmaen [4]

Afghanistan did not send any delegation to the 1998 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand, due to economic difficulties. Laws implemented by the Taliban government also made it impossible for Afghan athletes to compete. For example, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) does not allow players to have beards and mustaches, but Afghan males were forbidden to cut their facial hair. [7] [8] Afghanistan returned to the Asian Games after the fall of the Taliban government in the midst of ongoing war. [9] In June 2003, the IOC lifted the suspension imposed on Afghanistan during the 115th IOC Session in Prague. [10]

Delegation

The delegation of Afghanistan for the 14th edition of the Asian Games was composed of 12 officials (11 men and one woman) and 44 competitors (40 men and four women) participating in seven different sports—boxing (6), cycling (1), football (20), karate (1), shooting (1), taekwondo (7) and wrestling (8). [9] [11]

Boxing

Six Afghan pugilists went to the Games, competing in six out of the 12 boxing events. No Afghan competitor made it past the preliminary stages of competition. Three—Dawood Mahmoude (light flyweight), Rohullah Mustafa (flyweight) and Tamim Ahmed Akhtari (lightweight)—out of six boxers lost after RSCO (Referee Stopped Contest – Outclassed Opponent). Abdullah Shekib retired during his bout against Kazakhstani Gennady Golovkin. Sadeq Naqshbande lost to Sergey Rychko of Kazakhstan after referee stopped the contest (RSC). Sayed Haroon Sadat was the only Afghan boxer who completed his bout, losing to Kumar Adhikari of Nepal by a points difference of 11–13.

AthleteEventPreliminaryQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRef
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Dawood MahmoudeLight flyweight (48 kg)Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim Un-Chol  (PRK)
L RSCO		Did not advance [12]
Rohullah MustafaFlyweight (51 kg)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zou Gang (CHN)
L RSCO		Did not advance [13]
Tamim Ahmed AkhtariLightweight (60 kg)Flag of India.svg Ramanand (IND)
L RSCO		Did not advance [14]
Sayed Haroon SadatLight welterweight (63.5 kg)Flag of Nepal.svg Kumar Adhikari (NEP)
L 11–13		Did not advance [15]
Sadeq NaqshbandeWelterweight (67 kg)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Sergey Rychko (KAZ)
L RSC		Did not advance [16]
Abdullah ShekibLight middleweight (71 kg)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Gennady Golovkin  (KAZ)
L RET		Did not advance [17]

Cycling

Mohammad Bahrooz was the only cyclist in the delegation of Afghanistan. He represented his nation in the men's 169.4 km individual road race event held on October 3 at the Road Cycle Race Stadium. [18] A total of 28 competitors participated in the event; Bahrooz was one of six who did not finish the race. The event was won by Sergey Krushevskiy of Uzbekistan with a time of 4:17:59. [19]

Football

Afghanistan sent its men's national team to compete in the football event of the Games. The last international match played by Afghanistan against any nation was during the qualification stage for the AFC Asian Cup in 1984. [20] For the 2002 Asian Games, the international governing body of football, FIFA, provided financial aid to the Afghanistan Football Federation to make their trip to Busan possible. [9] The team did not advance beyond the preliminary round, losing all three of their matches.

Team roster
No.PlayerPosition
1JamshedGK
2Mehdi AmirvabadiMF
3Mohammad NasimDF
4Bashir Ahmad SaadatDF
5Ratil AhmadDF
6Mohammad Nasim HossaniMF
7Mohamed ZakiFW
8Ateeq UllahMF
9Sayed Dawood ShahMF
10Najebullah KarimiMF
11Mir Shafiq UllahMF
12Mohammad SadiqGK
13Mohammad KhalidMF
14Mohammad ZarifDF
15Abolfazl Hajizadeh KojabadiMF
16Rahman Ali NzariMF
17Khalil AhmadDF
18Sayed MaqsoodMF
19Elias Ahmed MnucherFW
20Ahmad Zia AzimiDF
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3210131+127
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 3120132+115
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 3111123+94
Flag of Afghanistan (2002-2004).svg  Afghanistan 3003032−320

The first match of the Afghan team was scheduled with Iran on September 28 at the Busan Gudeok Stadium. The Iranian team dominated the match, winning by a score of 10 to 0. Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht scored five goals in the match. [21] This was the largest margin of victory for Iran in the tournament. Iran would win the gold medal after defeating Japan in the final. [22]

Afghanistan  Flag of Afghanistan (2002-2004).svg0 – 10Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Nikbakht Soccerball shade.svg11', 32', 51', 52', 85'
Nekounam Soccerball shade.svg36', 65'
Golmohammadi Soccerball shade.svg60'
Daei Soccerball shade.svg88', 90'
Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Afghanistan and Qatar played on October 1 at the Munsu Cup Stadium. The Qatar team registered their biggest win of the tournament, defeating Afghan team by a score of 11 to 0. Qatari striker Sayed Ali Bechir scored four goals in the match. [23]

Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg11 – 0Flag of Afghanistan (2002-2004).svg  Afghanistan
Bechir Soccerball shade.svg26', 28', 43', 69'
Gholam Soccerball shade.svg31'
B. Abdulrahman Soccerball shade.svg34', 75'
Daoud Soccerball shade.svg51'
Mufleh Soccerball shade.svg65'
Hamzah Soccerball shade.svg74'
Rizik Soccerball shade.svg77'
Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan

The last match for the Afghan team was with Lebanon on October 5 at the Changwon Civic Stadium. The Lebanese team defeated Afghanistan by 11–0, Lebanon's largest margin of victory in the tournament. Lebanon scored five goals in the first half and six in the second. [24]

Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg11 – 0Flag of Afghanistan (2002-2004).svg  Afghanistan
Kassas Soccerball shade.svg8', 16', 80'
Al-Jamal Soccerball shade.svg33', 45'
Hijazi Soccerball shade.svg35'
Ghoson Soccerball shade.svg53', 61', 90'
Atwi Soccerball shade.svg74'
Zein Soccerball shade.svg87'
Civil Stadium, Changwon

Karate

Wahid Ahmad Joya competed in the kumite −75 kg event of karate held in the Yangsan College Gymnasium. Joya received a bye in the preliminary round. [25] In the next round, the quarterfinals, Joya met with Farman Ahmed of Pakistan, but Joya was officially disqualified for being overweight. [26]

Shooting

Malalai Afzali was scheduled to compete in the women's 10 m air pistol event held in the Changwon International Shooting Range on October 3, but did not start the event. [27]

Taekwondo

Afghanistan's taekwondo squad consisted of seven athletes, four of which were men: Farhad Qraishi (−58 kg), Ziaullah Aimal (−62 kg), Hamed Stanekzai (−72 kg) and Parwiz Nazari (−84 kg), and three women: Hakima Khashai (−55 kg), Fatima Hamidi (−63 kg) and Roia Zamani (−72 kg). Qraishi, Aimal and Stanekzai were eliminated in their respective first round matches. [28] [29] [30] Nazari received a bye in his first match, and lost to Dindo Simpao of Philippines in the second round. [31] [32]

Hakima Khashai and Fatima Hamidi both were defeated by Malaysian opponents after the referee stopped the contest (RSC). [33] [34] Roia Zamani, an English teacher from Kabul, won a bronze medal in the 72 kg middleweight class without winning a single match. [35] Only five athletes participated in the middleweight class event, making first round a quarterfinal match. She received a bye in her first round match. [36] In the semifinal, she withdrew in the middle of match due to severe injuries, in which she was lagging behind by nil to four points. [37] Zamani was beaten by her Korean opponent, Choi Jin-Mi, who left a cut over her right eyebrow. [38] But the semifinal appearance of Zamani guaranteed her a bronze medal, which she shared with Sally Solis of Philippines. [39] Zamani considered her participation in the Games as a "first step" for Afghan women. [38]

Men
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3SemifinalFinal
Farhad Qraishi−58 kgFlag of Uzbekistan.svg Eduord Hegai (UZB)
L 0–7		Did not advance
Ziaullah Aimal−62 kgFlag of Uzbekistan.svg Rashid Ahmedov (UZB)
L 1–1		Did not advance
Hamed Stanekzai−72 kgFlag of Nepal.svg Niranjan Shrestha (NEP)
L 1–5		Did not advance
Parwiz Nazari−84 kgByeFlag of the Philippines.svg Dindo Simpao (PHI)
L 1–5		Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2SemifinalFinal
Hakima Khashai−55 kgFlag of Malaysia.svg Elaine Teo (MAS)
L RSC		Did not advance
Fatima Hamidi−63 kgFlag of Malaysia.svg Lee Pei Fen (MAS)
L RSC		NADid not advance
Roia Zamani−72 kgByeNAFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Choi Jin-Mi (KOR)
L WD		Did not advance

Wrestling

Eight Afghan wrestlers entered the competition: six for freestyle events and two for Greco-Roman events. Only two freestyle competitors—Mirdad Mir and Iqbal Ahmad Mancher—achieved victories. Mancher advanced to a repechage round, but lost to Wang Yuanyuan of China by a points difference of 0–10. Both the Greco-Roman wrestlers—Abdullahbik Baikzada and Mohammad Ashraf Timori—were eliminated in the preliminary rounds without winning a single bout.

Freestyle
AthleteEventPreliminary roundsRepechage1/2 finalsFinalRank
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Mohammad Nader Mir60 kgFlag of Vietnam.svg Doi Dang Hy (VIE)
L 0–11 [40] 		NAFlag of India.svg Shokinder Tomar (IND)
L 0–11 [41] 		NADid not advance
Mirdad Mir66 kgFlag of Mongolia.svg Norjingiin Bayarmagnai (MGL)
L 0–8 [42] 		Flag of Bangladesh.svg Kamal Hossain (BAN)
W 9–0 [43] 		Flag of Tajikistan.svg Eradj Davlatov (TJK)
W 3–2 [44] 		NADid not advance
Shirjan Ahmadi74 kgNAFlag of Syria.svg Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)
L 1–3 [45] 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Si Riguleng  (CHN)
L 7–2 [46] 		NADid not advance
Jumakhan Ahmadi84 kgNAFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Moon Eui-Jae  (KOR)
L 0–10 [47] 		Flag of Jordan.svg Hani Al-Marafy (JOR)
L 1–4 [48] 		NADid not advance
Iqbal Ahmad Mancher96 kgNAFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Magomed Ibragimov  (UZB)
L 0–10 [49] 		Flag of the Philippines.svg Marcus Valda (PHI)
W 5–4 [50] 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Yuanyuan  (CHN)
L 0–10 [51] 		Did not advance
Mohammad Alam Nooristani120 kgNAFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Shin Jung-Hoon (KOR)
L 0–7 [52] 		Flag of Japan.svg Akihito Tanaka (JPN)
L 0–11 [53] 		Did not advance
Greco-Roman
AthleteEventPreliminary roundsRepechage1/2 finalsFinalRank
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Abdullahbik Baikzada74 kgFlag of the Philippines.svg Shin Jung-Hoon (PHI)
L 0–4 (Fall) [54] 		Flag of Japan.svg  Katsuhiko Nagata  (JPN)
L 0–10 [55] 		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Danil Khalimov (KAZ)
L 0–11 [56] 		NADid not advance
Mohammad Ashraf Timori84 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Junmin (CHN)
L 0–4 (Fall) [57] 		Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg Azamat Erkimbaev (KGZ)
L 0–4 (Fall) [58] 		Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Kim Jung-Sub (KOR)
L 0–15 [59] 		Did not advance

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