Afghanistan at the 2018 Asian Games

Afghanistan competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.[1] Afghanistan first participated at the Asian Games since the first Games in 1951 Delhi, and have collected five silver and 6 bronze medals until the last event in 2014 Incheon.[2]

Afghanistan at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	AFG
NOC	Afghanistan National Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.af
in Jakarta and Palembang August 18 – September 2
Competitors	76 in 15 sports
Medals Ranked 35th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Medalists

The following Afghanistan competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze Khalid Hotak Wushu Men's sanda 65 kg 22 Aug  Bronze Mansour Sarwari Kurash Men's +90 kg 28 Aug

Medals by sport Sport Total Kurash 0 0 1 1 Wushu 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 2 2 Medals by day Day Date Total 1 August 19 0 0 0 0 2 August 20 0 0 0 0 3 August 21 0 0 0 0 4 August 22 0 0 1 1 5 August 23 0 0 0 0 6 August 24 0 0 0 0 7 August 25 0 0 0 0 8 August 26 0 0 0 0 9 August 27 0 0 0 0 10 August 28 0 0 1 1 11 August 29 0 0 0 0 12 August 30 0 0 0 0 13 August 31 0 0 0 0 14 September 1 0 0 0 0 15 September 2 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 2 2

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Afghanistan that participated at the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	3	0	3
Beach volleyball	4	0	4
Boxing	4	0	4
Ju-jitsu	5	2	7
Judo	4	0	4
Karate	4	2	6
Kurash	8	2	10
Paragliding	2	2	4
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Sambo^[1]	1	0	1
Swimming	1	0	1
Taekwondo	4	0	4
Weightlifting	2	0	2
Wrestling	6	0	6
Wushu	5	0	5
Total	66	10	76

¹ Athlete who also competed in kurash.

Athletics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• GR = Games record
• PB = Personal best
• SB = Season best
• DNF = Did not finish
• DNS = Did not start
• NM = No mark
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abdul Wahib Zahiri	Men's 100 m	11.65	7	Did not advance
Kamia Yousufi	Women's 100 m	13.33	8	Did not advance

Badminton

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sayed Imran Miri	Men	Bye	H Z Shaheed (MDV) L 20–22, 11–21	Did not advance
Saraj Lidaa	Women	N/A	A Yamaguchi (JPN) L 0–21, 3–21	Did not advance

Basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Afghanistan men's	Men's 3x3 tournament	Kazakhstan L 12−21	Malaysia L 9−22	Turkmenistan L 9−22	Iraq L 12−21	Iran L 5−20	6	Did not advance

3x3 basketball

Afghanistan national 3x3 team participated in the Games, the men's team placed in the pool D based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.[3]

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Afghanistan roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[4]

• Mir Abdul Wahab Mirzad
• Sayed Amin Sadat
• Jahan Zeeb Khairi

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	5	5	0	99	56	+43	10	Advanced to Quarter-final
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	2	91	82	+9	8
3	Iraq	5	3	2	90	82	+8	8
4	Malaysia	5	2	3	82	80	+2	7
5	Turkmenistan	5	2	3	73	76	−3	7
6	Afghanistan	5	0	5	47	106	−59	5

Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points Scored;

22 August 17:50

Kazakhstan	21–12	Afghanistan
Pts: Aitkali 12		Pts: Khairi 9

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Quinn (INA), Lim (MAS)

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22 August 19:20

Malaysia	22–9	Afghanistan
Pts: Liew 8		Pts: Mirzad 5

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Ho (HKG), Tan (SGP)

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22 August 21:30

Turkmenistan	22–9	Afghanistan
Pts: Mämmetmyradow 10		Pts: Khairi 6

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Ito (JPN), Al-Harthi (OMA)

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25 August 16:20

Afghanistan	12–21	Iraq
Pts: Khairi 9		Pts: Hasan 10

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Ito (JPN), Quinn (INA)

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25 August 18:10

Afghanistan	5–20	Iran
Pts: Mirzad, Khairi 2		Pts: Allahverdi 6

GBK Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Liu (MAS), Al-Harthi (OMA)

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Laisullah Azizi	–56 kg	SA Amoragam (INA) L 0–5	Did not advance
Mohammad Khaibar Nooristani	–60 kg	T Samdrup (BHU) WO	Did not advance
Zafar Azizi	–64 kg	Ri K-t (PRK) L 0–5	Did not advance
Waisuddin Ghawsi	–69 kg	Trần ĐT (VIE) WO	Did not advance

Ju-jitsu

Afghanistan entered the ju-jitsu competition with 7 athletes (5 men's and 2 women's).[5]

Key:

• ADV – Won by advantages.
• RDC – Won by referee decision.
• SUB – Won by submission.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hussain Bakhsh Safari	–62 kg	N/A	N Khas-Erdene (MGL) W 4–0	F Al-Harahsheh (JOR) L 0–13	Did not advance
Mahdi Wakili	–69 kg	N/A	A Al-Murdhi (KSA) L 0–100^SUB	Did not advance
Abdul Hamid Mehrdil	–77 kg	Bye	M Al-Qubaisi (UAE) L 0–8	Did not advance
Jawad Andishmand	–85 kg	N/A	A Saud (KSA) L 2–2^RDC	Did not advance
Abdulsabor Rahimi	–94 kg	N/A	Bye	E Al-Sumaid (KUW) L 0–4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Arifa Sanjar	–49 kg	Bye	M Al-Hinaai (UAE) WO	Did not advance
Fatima Sultani	–62 kg	B Al-Matrooshi (UAE) L 0–100^SUB	Did not advance

Judo

Afghanistan put up 4 men's judokas at the Games.[6]

Key:

• 1st number — Ippon
• 2nd number — Waza-ari
• s — Shido

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mod Reshad Aryan	–73 kg	Nguyễn TC (VIE) L 00–11	Did not advance
Moh Zaher Sarwari	–81 kg	H Al-Jarrah (YEM) W 10–00	T Sakaki (JPN) L 00–10	Did not advance
Mod Ismail Kakar	–90 kg	Bye	G Altanbagana (MGL) L 00s1–10	Did not advance
Asadullah Tajik	–100 kg	Lu G-z (TPE) L 01–10	Did not advance

Karate

Afghanistan entered the karate competition with 6 athletes (4 men's and 2 women's).[7]

Kurash

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Merajuddin Chakmar	–66 kg	M Orazow (TKM) L 000−010	Did not advance
Shuaib Yuosuf		M Eraliev (KGZ) W 101−000	N Aldaberganov (KAZ) W 010−000	R Buriev (UZB) L 000−100	Did not advance
Mohammad Arif Malikyar	–81 kg	SE Uulu (KGZ) L 000−010	Did not advance
Besmilah Mohammadi		M Dagvadorj (MGL) W 100−000	K Ardiarta (INA) W 100−000	O Tiztak (IRI) L 002−012	Did not advance
Shirzad Azizi	–90 kg	Bye	M Malekmohammadi (IRI) W 100−010	S Jandreev (UZB) L 000−110	Did not advance
Ajmal Ishaqzai		Y Muzapparov (KAZ) L 001−112	Did not advance
Abdul Basir Rahmani	+90 kg	M Ridha (IRQ) W 101−000	B Sugara (INA) W 101−000	N Turaev (UZB) L 000−101	Did not advance
Mansour Sarwari		MA Zakeri (IRI) W 014−010	B Nurlanuly (KAZ) W 100−000	D Taganow (TKM) W 011−002	M Khisomiddinov (UZB) L 000−112	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Nafisa Ahmadi	–63 kg	Bye	D Shermetova (UZB) L 000−100	Did not advance
Ramzia Saidi		M Abdumalikova (UZB) L 000−100	Did not advance

Paragliding

Men

Athlete	Event	Round										Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Maseehullah Khan	Individual accuracy	500	500	1	500	236	335	500	500	500	3	3075	30
Navid Popal		8	95	500	193	500	81	383	41	183	349	1833	25
Maseehullah Khan Navid Popal	Team accuracy	2008	2095	2001	2193	2236	1916	N/A				12449	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Round										Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Faride Hezare	Individual accuracy	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	4500	18
Lida Hozoori		383	500	500	500	125	500	500	500	500	500	4008	17
Faride Hezare Lida Hozoori	Team accuracy	1383	1500	1500	1500	1125	1500	N/A				8508	9

Rugby sevens

Afghanistan rugby sevens men's team drawn in the group C at the Games.[8]

Team	Event	Preliminary	Standing	Classification (Pl.)	Rank	Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Afghanistan men's	Men's tournament	Group C  South Korea: L 5–42  United Arab Emirates: W 36–0  Sri Lanka: L 0–36	3	United Arab Emirates: W 50–0  Pakistan: W 15–7  Indonesia: W 29–12	9	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Squad

The following is the Afghanistan squad in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[9]

Head coach: Haris Rahamni

• Mohammad Asghar Azizi
• Abdul Bari Gazang
• Mohammad Moosa Hashimi
• Javed Rahmani
• Mustafa Sayed
• Naib Shah Shirzad
• Sayear Slaimankhel
• Zakir Slaimankhel
• Omar Slaimankhel
• Sabir Slaimankhel
• Zahidullah Slaimankhel
• M Mussa Wardak

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	124	31	+93	9
2	Sri Lanka	3	2	0	1	130	31	+99	7
3	Afghanistan	3	1	0	2	41	78	−37	5
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	0	155	−155	3

Source: Results

30 August 14:18

South Korea	42–5	Afghanistan
Try: Chang Y.H. 1' c Han K.K. 5' c Kim J.M. 8' c Jang S.M. 10' c Lee J.B. 12' c Hwang I.J. 14+' c Con: Lee J.B. (5/5) Kim S.S. (1/1)		Try: A.Z. Slaimankhel 7' m Con: O. Slaimankhel (0/1)

GBK Rugby Field, Jakarta Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan)

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30 August 17:36

United Arab Emirates	0–36	Afghanistan
		Try: Gazang (2) 2' m, 7' c A.Z. Slaimankhel 3' m Sayed 5' m O. Slaimankhel 12' c Azizi 14' c Con: Gazang (0/1) O. Slaimankhel (3/5)

GBK Rugby Field, Jakarta Referee: Patrick Kwok (Hong Kong)

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31 August 14:18

Sri Lanka	36–0	Afghanistan
Try: Sooriyarachchi (2) 3' c, 13' m Sooriyabandara (2) 6' c, 14+' c Perera 10' m Raffaideen 11' m Con: Sooriyabandara (2/3) Sooriyarachchi (1/1) Ratwatte (0/2)

GBK Rugby Field, Jakarta Referee: Craig Chan (Canada)

Classification round (9–12)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Afghanistan	3	3	0	0	94	19	+75	9
2	Pakistan	3	2	0	1	102	20	+82	7
3	Indonesia	3	1	0	2	65	55	+10	5
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	5	172	−167	3

Source: Results

31 August 16:30

Afghanistan	50–0	United Arab Emirates
Try: O. Slaimankhel (3) 2' c, 6' c, 9' m A.Z. Slaimankhel (2) 3' c, 7+' c Gazang 5' c Rahmani 11' m Hashimi 13' m Con: O. Slaimankhel (5/7) Hashimi (0/1)

GBK Rugby Field, Jakarta Referee: Aaqil Jamaldeen (Sri Lanka)

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1 September 11:00

Afghanistan	15–7	Pakistan
Try: O. Slaimankhel (2) 4' m, 13' m Gazang 10' m Con: O. Slaimankhel (0/3)		Try: Bhatti 12' c Con: Akram (1/1)

GBK Rugby Field, Jakarta Referee: Charlie Brown (Ireland)

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1 September 18:02

Afghanistan	29–12	Indonesia
Try: O. Slaimankhel 1' c Gazang (3) 4' m, 7' m, 14' m A.Z. Slaimankhel 7+' c Con: O. Slaimankhel (1/3) A.S. Slaimankhel (1/1) Azizi (0/1)		Try: Nugroho 10' c Oloan 11' m Con: Oloan (1/2)

GBK Rugby Field, Jakarta Referee: Charlie Brown (Ireland)

Sambo

Key:

• SU – Won by submission.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage final	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mansour Sarwari	Men's 90 kg	T Tampapanna (THA) WO	Did not advance

Swimming

Afghanistan National Swimming Federation entered one swimmer to compete at the Games.[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ali Asghar Nazari	50 m freestyle	29.34	51	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	30.22	40	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Mohsen Rezaee	Men's −58 kg	Zaw Linn Htet (MYA) W 36–7	Yeldos Yskak (KAZ) L 40–46	Did not advance
Ahmad Ali Bakhshi	Men's −63 kg	Bir Bahadur Mahara (NEP) L 13–24	Did not advance
Sharif Muradi	Men's −68 kg	Khojiakbar Zokirov (UZB) L 6–21	Did not advance
Ramesh Hussaini	Men's −80 kg	Bye	Bhupen Shrestha (NEP) W 27–7	Nikita Rafalovich (UZB) L 0–11	Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Oppositions Scores	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ozair Mohammad Asifi Mohib Jan Ahmadi	Men's tournament	Rachmawan – Ashfiya (INA): L 0–2  Hsieh – Wang (TPE): L 0–2  Al-Housni – Al Shereiqi (OMA): L 0–2	4	Did not advance
Obaidullah Alikhail Najibullah Mayar		Wu – Aboduhalikejiang (CHN): L 0–2  Pham – Nguyen (VIE): L 0–2  Ageba – Shiratori (JPN): L 0–2	4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zubair Nazari	−77 kg	100	19	120	17	220	17
Mirwais Raziqi	−94 kg	113	10	155	9	268	9

Wrestling

Key:

• F – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hamidullah Abdullah	−57 kg	Bye	Z Ismailov (KAZ) L 0–10	Did not advance					15
Malik Jan Sadeed	−65 kg	A Osmonov (KGZ) L 2–13	Did not advance						17
Abdul Ghafar Qaderi	−74 kg	Bye	R Dermawan (INA) W 6^F–4	A Batirov (BRN) L 5–15	Did not advance				8
Abdul Haia Faqiri	−86 kg	Bye	S R Ray (BAN) W 11–0	Davlumbayev (KAZ) L 0–3^F	Did not advance				9
Noor Ahmad Ahmadi	−97 kg	N/A	Iskandari (TJK) WO	M Musaev (KGZ) L 3–6	Did not advance	S Saparow (TKM) W 17–6	N/A	Kim J-g (KOR) L 0–3	5
Sayed Khalid Hashemi	−125 kg	N/A	T Raza (PAK) L 2–11^F	Did not advance			N/A	Did not advance	9

Wushu

Taolu

Athlete	Event	Event 1		Event 2		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Golab Shah Omari	Men's changquan	8.09	15	N/A		8.09	15
Jamshid Ebram	Men's nanquan and nangun	7.87	22	7.78	22	15.65	22

Sanda

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Naweed Sudiqi	Men's –60 kg	Bye	Wang XT (CHN) L 0–2	Did not advance
Khalid Hotak	men's –65 kg	N/A	M A Shah (PAK) W 2–0	D Khieosavath (LAO) W 2–0	Li MF (CHN) L 0–2	Did not advance
Nasratullah Habibi	Men's –70 kg	N/A	P Riyaya (INA) L 0–2	Did not advance

Key: * TV – Technical victory.

See also

• Afghanistan at the 2018 Asian Para Games

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