The victory of Iran's wheelchair basketball men against Iraq

The Iranian men's wheelchair basketball team faced the Iraqi national team in their first match of the group stage of this competition today, Friday, October 24, and won with a score of 81-23.

Ambassador Arjan-Sports Group: On the first day of the 2026 Para-Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, the men's wheelchair basketball team won the first match before the opening and in the group stage against the Iraqi team.

In this meeting, the Iranian national team finished the first half with the result of 24-8 and then recorded the final result of 81-23 and won their first victory in this tournament.

Iran's national men's wheelchair basketball team is in the same group as Iraq, South Korea, and the Philippines, and will face South Korea in its second match on Saturday, October 25.

In the continuation of today's competition, Iran's five-man national football team will face Thailand, and women's wheelchair basketball will meet Japan in the first match at 14:30.

Today (Friday, July 17) at 2:40 p.m., Iran's men's national basketball team faced the Japanese national team in its second meeting in the Asia Basketball Cup and won against the samurai by eight points.

The Iranian national team has registered interesting records by participating in the semi-final stage of the Asian Nations Cup.

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