Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - N'afọ 1972, Iraq gbara bọọlụ n'asọmpị AFC Asian Cup nke mbụ ha mana ha emeribeghi otu egwuregwu n'asọmpị ahụ. N'ọnwa Machị n'afọ 1973, Iraq gbara asọmpi iko mbaụwa nke mbụ ha. Ha gbara nke abụọ na otu ha, otu isi n'azụ Australia, n'ihi ya, ha enweghị ike iru eru maka agba nke ọzọ. N'afọ ndị fọdụrụ n'afọ ndị 1970, Iraq ruru agba nke abụọ nke Egwuregwu Eshia (1974
), tụfuru iko Gulf Arab ikpeazụ (1976), nọrọ n'ọkwa nke anọ na AFC Asian Cup (1976), nọrọ n'ọkwa nke anọ na Egwuregwu Asia (1978) ma mesịa nọrọ n'ụlọ wee merie iko Gulf Arab (1979). Egwuregwu Asia nke 1976 ga-abụ asọmpi ikpeazụ nke Asia nke Iraq pụtara na afọ 20 sochirinụ, ebe ha wepụrụ na mbipụta anọ ndị ọzọ.