Baghdad Championship (formerly Umm Al-Maarik Cup)
Played in two groups of 4 teams.
Group 1
Round 1 [Oct 1]
Q. Jawiya 3-1 Mosul [at Sinaa]
[Ghanim Khudair 8, Loay Salah 35, Waleed Dahad 36; Atiya Ahmad 21]
Talaba 0-0 Minaa [at Zawraa]
Round 2 [Oct 3]
Q. Jawiya 3-1 Minaa [at Sinaa]
[Loay Salah, Ghanim Khudair, Mahir Ukla; Alaa Asi]
Talaba 3-2 Mosul [at Karkh]
[Bahaa Kadim 33, Salih Sadir 88pen, Mahdi Hareem 90+7; Ali Usama 50pen,
Isam Numan 70]
Round 3 [Oct 5]
Q. Jawiya 0-0 Talaba [at Zawraa]
Mosul 5-3 Minaa [at Sinaa]
[Fawaz Yahya 39pen, Ali Marzuk 42, Ali Usama 53pen, Yasir Idan 90,
Atiya Ahmad 94; Ihsan Hadi 20, Falah Nayf 56, 78]
Table:
1.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 2 1 0 6- 2 7 [Baghdad]
2.Al-Talaba 3 1 2 0 3- 2 5 [Baghdad]
3.Mosul 3 1 0 2 8- 9 3 [Mosul]
4.Al-Mina'a 3 0 1 2 4- 8 1 [Basra]
Group 2
Round 1 [Oct 2]
Zawraa 0-0 Najaf [at Shurta]
Shurta 1-0 Arbil [at Karkh]
[Firas Fadel 55]
Round 2 [Oct 4]
Zawraa 5-1 Arbil
[Ghazi Fahad 41, 42, Fawzi Abd-Saddah 50, Fouad Jawad 70,
Asaad Abd-Al Nabbi 81; Ali Ghafil 68]
Shurta 2-1 Najaf
[Hashim Ridha 23, 48; Karrar Jasim 12]
Round 3 [Oct 6]
Zawraa 0-0 Shurta [at Karkh]
Arbil 0-5 Najaf [at Shurta]
[Hatam Sahib 8, Falah Hassan 30, 85, Karrar Jasim 66, Abbas Wahudi 68]
Table:
1.Al-Shurta 3 2 1 0 3- 1 7 [Baghdad]
2.Zawra'a 3 1 2 0 5- 1 5 [Baghdad]
3.Al-Najaf 3 1 1 1 6- 2 4 [Najaf]
4.Arbil 3 0 0 3 1-11 0 [Arbil]
Semifinals [Oct 8]
Q. Jawiya 0-1 Zawraa [at Karkh]
[Ammar Ahmad 10]
Shurta 1-2 Talaba [at Zawraa]
[Ammar Abdul Hussain 22; Muhammad Nasir 21, Ahmad Salah 32]
Third Place Match
Q. Jawiya n/p Shurta [cancelled]
Final [Jan 5]
Zawraa 2-2 Talaba [5-4 pen]
[Fawzi Abdul Sadah 41pen, Husam Fawzi 59; Bahaa Kadim 53, Salih Sadeer 92]
[penalties:
Zawraa: Husam Fawzi, Haider Abdul Kadir, Adnan Muhammad, Yasir Raad,
Haider Abdul Ameer (all scored);
Talaba: Salih Sadeer, Alaa Nairouz, Bahaa Kadim, Habib Jaafar (all scored),
Ahmad Walai (missed)]
Awards:
Best player: Ahmad Salah (Talaba)
Topscorer: Falah Hassan (Najaf) 3 goals
Best goalkeeper: Saad Nassir (Talaba)
Best coach: Abdul Ghani Shahad (Najaf)
Fair Play Award: Quwa Jawiya
Source for additional details: Mussav Al-Nassar's website
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