2016 Iraqi Super Cup
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| Venue | Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad | ||||||
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The 2016 Iraqi Super Cup was meant to be the 8th
It was originally meant to be held at Al-Shaab Stadium on 22 August 2016, almost a month before the start of the league season kicked off. However, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's matches in the 2016 AFC Cup and Iraq's matches in FIFA World Cup qualifying clashed with this date so the game was postponed to 10 September. Finally, on 9 December 2016, Iraq Football Association member Yahya Karim announced that the match was cancelled altogether.[1]
Background
Al-Zawraa qualified as champions of the 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League. They secured their record 13th title with a 1–1 draw against Al-Naft at Al-Shaab Stadium on 22 May 2016. It would have been their 6th Iraqi Super Cup appearance, having won a record of three titles.
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified as winners of the
References
- ^ Iraqi Super Cup between Al-Zawraa and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya cancelled, Erem News, 10 December 2016