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| Nickname(s) | Lions of Mesopotamia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Iraqi Volleyball Federation (IVF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AVC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Nizar Chekili | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIVB ranking | 82 (as of 2 December 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 5 (First in 1979 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 7th (1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Iraq men's national volleyball team represents Iraq in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team is currently ranked 131st in the world. [1] [2]
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Asian Championship record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | |
 1975 | Did not enter | |||||||
 1979 | Matches for places 5–8 | 8th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |
 1983 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 1987 | Matches for places 9–12 | 9th place | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 1989 | Matches for places 5–8 | 7th place | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1991 | Did not qualify | |||||||
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 2013 | 13th place match | 13th place | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2017 | 13th place match | 13th place | 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 2023 | 11th place match | 12th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Total | 0 Titles | 6/22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Asian Games record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | |
 1958 | Did not enter | |||||||
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 1974 | ||||||||
| 1978 | Final round | 5th place | 9 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |
 1982 | Final round | 5th place | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1986 | Did not enter | |||||||
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| Total | 0 Titles | 2/16 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Asian Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad | |
 2022 | Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/7 | — | ||||||
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Asian Challenge Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad |
 2018 | Final | Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | Squad |
| Total | 1 Title | 1/1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | — |
Champions
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