Afghanistan at the 2002 Asian Games

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Afghanistan at the
2002 Asian Games
Afghanistan National Olympic Committee
in Busan
Competitors44 in 7 sports
Officials12
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Asian Games appearances (

Afghanistan participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea, from September 29 to October 14, 2002. This marked Afghanistan's return to international sporting events after the fall of the Taliban regime. The Afghan delegation consisted of 12 officials (11 men and one woman) and 44 competitors (40 men and four women) participating in seven different sports. The Afghanistan national football team played its first international match since the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification phase. An English teacher from Kabul, Roia Zamani, won a bronze medal in the 72 kg middleweight class of taekwondo without winning a single match. Zamani was the only medalist for the Afghan side and the first Afghan medalist in 20 years.[1] None of the remaining athletes advanced past the qualifying stages.[2]

Background

Afghanistan is a member of the

Afghanistan National Olympic Committee and barred them from taking part in the Olympic Games.[6]

A few months before the 2000 Summer Olympics, the IOC offered the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee the opportunity to send a contingent to the Games without the Taliban flag. The Committee declined to take part on this condition.[4]

Participation of Afghan sportsmen without representing the Emirate (Afghanistan) and its flag will mean nothing. We will not send anyone on an individual basis

—Abdul Shukoor Mutmaen[4]

Afghanistan did not send any delegation to the

ongoing war.[9] In June 2003, the IOC lifted the suspension imposed on Afghanistan during the 115th IOC Session in Prague.[10]

Delegation

The delegation of Afghanistan for the 14th edition of the Asian Games was composed of 12 officials (11 men and one woman) and 44 competitors (40 men and four women) participating in seven different sports—boxing (6), cycling (1), football (20), karate (1), shooting (1), taekwondo (7) and wrestling (8).[9][11]

Boxing

Six Afghan pugilists went to the Games, competing in six out of the 12 boxing events. No Afghan competitor made it past the preliminary stages of competition. Three—Dawood Mahmoude (light flyweight), Rohullah Mustafa (flyweight) and Tamim Ahmed Akhtari (lightweight)—out of six boxers lost after RSCO (Referee Stopped Contest – Outclassed Opponent). Abdullah Shekib retired during his bout against Kazakhstani Gennady Golovkin. Sadeq Naqshbande lost to Sergey Rychko of Kazakhstan after referee stopped the contest (RSC). Sayed Haroon Sadat was the only Afghan boxer who completed his bout, losing to Kumar Adhikari of Nepal by a points difference of 11–13.

Athlete Event Preliminary Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Ref
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dawood Mahmoude Light flyweight (48 kg)  
Kim Un-Chol (PRK
)
L RSCO
Did not advance [12]
Rohullah Mustafa Flyweight (51 kg)  Zou Gang (CHN)
L RSCO
Did not advance [13]
Tamim Ahmed Akhtari Lightweight (60 kg)  Ramanand (IND)
L RSCO
Did not advance [14]
Sayed Haroon Sadat Light welterweight (63.5 kg)  Kumar Adhikari (NEP)
L 11–13
Did not advance [15]
Sadeq Naqshbande Welterweight (67 kg)  Sergey Rychko (KAZ)
L RSC
Did not advance [16]
Abdullah Shekib Light middleweight (71 kg)  Gennady Golovkin (KAZ)
L RET
Did not advance [17]

Cycling

Mohammad Bahrooz was the only cyclist in the delegation of Afghanistan. He represented his nation in the men's 169.4 km individual road race event held on October 3 at the Road Cycle Race Stadium.[18] A total of 28 competitors participated in the event; Bahrooz was one of six who did not finish the race. The event was won by Sergey Krushevskiy of Uzbekistan with a time of 4:17:59.[19]

Football

Afghanistan sent its men's national team to compete in the football event of the Games. The last international match played by Afghanistan against any nation was during the qualification stage for the AFC Asian Cup in 1984.[20] For the 2002 Asian Games, the international governing body of football, FIFA, provided financial aid to the Afghanistan Football Federation to make their trip to Busan possible.[9] The team did not advance beyond the preliminary round, losing all three of their matches.

Team roster
No. Player Position
1 Jamshed GK
2 Mehdi Amirvabadi MF
3 Mohammad Nasim DF
4 Bashir Ahmad Saadat DF
5 Ratil Ahmad DF
6 Mohammad Nasim Hossani MF
7 Mohamed Zaki FW
8 Ateeq Ullah MF
9 Sayed Dawood Shah MF
10 Najebullah Karimi MF
11 Mir Shafiq Ullah MF
12 Mohammad Sadiq GK
13 Mohammad Khalid MF
14 Mohammad Zarif DF
15 Abolfazl Hajizadeh Kojabadi MF
16 Rahman Ali Nzari MF
17 Khalil Ahmad DF
18 Sayed Maqsood MF
19 Elias Ahmed Mnucher FW
20 Ahmad Zia Azimi DF
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 3 2 1 0 13 1 +12 7
 Qatar 3 1 2 0 13 2 +11 5
 Lebanon 3 1 1 1 12 3 +9 4
 Afghanistan 3 0 0 3 0 32 −32 0

The first match of the Afghan team was scheduled with Iran on September 28 at the Busan Gudeok Stadium. The Iranian team dominated the match, winning by a score of 10 to 0. Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht scored five goals in the match.[21] This was the largest margin of victory for Iran in the tournament. Iran would win the gold medal after defeating Japan in the final.[22]

Afghanistan 0 – 10 Iran
Nikbakht 11', 32', 51', 52', 85'
Nekounam 36', 65'
Golmohammadi 60'
Daei 88', 90'

Afghanistan and Qatar played on October 1 at the

Munsu Cup Stadium. The Qatar team registered their biggest win of the tournament, defeating Afghan team by a score of 11 to 0. Qatari striker Sayed Ali Bechir scored four goals in the match.[23]


The last match for the Afghan team was with

Changwon Civic Stadium. The Lebanese team defeated Afghanistan by 11–0, Lebanon's largest margin of victory in the tournament. Lebanon scored five goals in the first half and six in the second.[24]

Karate

Wahid Ahmad Joya competed in the

Yangsan College Gymnasium. Joya received a bye in the preliminary round.[25] In the next round, the quarterfinals, Joya met with Farman Ahmed of Pakistan, but Joya was officially disqualified for being overweight.[26]

Shooting

Malalai Afzali was scheduled to compete in the women's 10 m air pistol event held in the Changwon International Shooting Range on October 3, but did not start the event.[27]

Taekwondo

Afghanistan's taekwondo squad consisted of seven athletes, four of which were men: Farhad Qraishi (−58 kg), Ziaullah Aimal (−62 kg), Hamed Stanekzai (−72 kg) and Parwiz Nazari (−84 kg), and three women: Hakima Khashai (−55 kg), Fatima Hamidi (−63 kg) and Roia Zamani (−72 kg). Qraishi, Aimal and Stanekzai were eliminated in their respective first round matches.[28][29][30] Nazari received a bye in his first match, and lost to Dindo Simpao of Philippines in the second round.[31][32]

Hakima Khashai and Fatima Hamidi both were defeated by Malaysian opponents after the referee stopped the contest (RSC).[33][34] Roia Zamani, an English teacher from Kabul, won a bronze medal in the 72 kg middleweight class without winning a single match.[35] Only five athletes participated in the middleweight class event, making first round a quarterfinal match. She received a bye in her first round match.[36] In the semifinal, she withdrew in the middle of match due to severe injuries, in which she was lagging behind by nil to four points.[37] Zamani was beaten by her Korean opponent, Choi Jin-Mi, who left a cut over her right eyebrow.[38] But the semifinal appearance of Zamani guaranteed her a bronze medal, which she shared with Sally Solis of Philippines.[39] Zamani considered her participation in the Games as a "first step" for Afghan women.[38]

Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semifinal Final
Farhad Qraishi −58 kg  Eduord Hegai (UZB)
L 0–7
Did not advance
Ziaullah Aimal −62 kg  Rashid Ahmedov (UZB)
L 1–1
Did not advance
Hamed Stanekzai −72 kg  Niranjan Shrestha (NEP)
L 1–5
Did not advance
Parwiz Nazari −84 kg Bye  Dindo Simpao (PHI)
L 1–5
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Semifinal Final
Hakima Khashai −55 kg  Elaine Teo (MAS)
L RSC
Did not advance
Fatima Hamidi −63 kg  Lee Pei Fen (MAS)
L RSC
NA Did not advance
Roia Zamani −72 kg Bye NA  Choi Jin-Mi (KOR)
L WD
Did not advance

Wrestling

Eight Afghan wrestlers entered the competition: six for

Wang Yuanyuan of China
by a points difference of 0–10. Both the Greco-Roman wrestlers—Abdullahbik Baikzada and Mohammad Ashraf Timori—were eliminated in the preliminary rounds without winning a single bout.

Freestyle
Athlete Event Preliminary rounds Repechage 1/2 finals Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Mohammad Nader Mir 60 kg  Doi Dang Hy (VIE)
L 0–11[40]
NA  Shokinder Tomar (IND)
L 0–11[41]
NA Did not advance
Mirdad Mir 66 kg  Norjingiin Bayarmagnai (MGL)
L 0–8[42]
 Kamal Hossain (
BAN)
W 9–0[43]
 Eradj Davlatov (
TJK)
W 3–2[44]
NA Did not advance
Shirjan Ahmadi 74 kg NA  Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)
L 1–3[45]
 Si Riguleng (CHN)
L 7–2[46]
NA Did not advance
Jumakhan Ahmadi 84 kg NA  
Moon Eui-Jae (KOR)
L 0–10[47]
 Hani Al-Marafy (JOR)
L 1–4[48]
NA Did not advance
Iqbal Ahmad Mancher 96 kg NA  
Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)
L 0–10[49]
 Marcus Valda (PHI)
W 5–4[50]
 
Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)
L 0–10[51]
Did not advance
Mohammad Alam Nooristani 120 kg NA  Shin Jung-Hoon (KOR)
L 0–7[52]
 Akihito Tanaka (JPN)
L 0–11[53]
Did not advance
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Preliminary rounds Repechage 1/2 finals Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Abdullahbik Baikzada 74 kg  Shin Jung-Hoon (PHI)
L 0–4 (Fall)[54]
 Katsuhiko Nagata (JPN)
L 0–10[55]
 Danil Khalimov (KAZ)
L 0–11[56]
NA Did not advance
Mohammad Ashraf Timori 84 kg  Li Junmin (CHN)
L 0–4 (Fall)[57]
 Azamat Erkimbaev (KGZ)
L 0–4 (Fall)[58]
 Kim Jung-Sub (KOR)
L 0–15[59]
Did not advance

See also

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