Independent Baghdad Tournament

Independent Baghdad Tournament
Dates	5 March – 14 June 1973
Final positions
Champions	Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed
Runners-up	Aliyat Al-Shorta
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	56 (1.93 per match)

The Independent Baghdad Tournament (Arabic: دورة بغداد الخاصة) was a tournament organised by the Iraq Football Association in 1973, independently from its main regional league competitions,^[1] to allow the region's top-flight teams to continue playing matches after the premature end to the 1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division.^[2] The teams were not able to field players that had been called up for the Iraq national team or the Iraq military team, as those players were preparing for the World Cup qualifiers and the Military World Championship respectively.^[3]

Dates5 March – 14 June 1973

ChampionsAl-Sikak Al-Hadeed

Runners-upAliyat Al-Shorta

Matchesplayed29

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The tournament began on 5 March, with the regular season ending on 24 May and the final being played on 14 June, where Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed beat Aliyat Al-Shorta 3–1 to claim the title.^[3]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed	7	4	2	1	13	5	+8	10	Qualified to the Final
2	Aliyat Al-Shorta	7	2	4	1	7	5	+2	8	Qualified to the Final
3	Kahrabaa Al-Wusta	7	2	4	1	5	4	+1	8
4	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	7	1	5	1	6	5	+1	7
5	Shortat Al-Najda	7	2	3	2	6	10	−4	7
6	Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab	7	1	4	2	6	7	−1	6
7	Quwat Salahaddin	7	1	3	3	5	8	−3	5
8	Al-Mushat	7	0	5	2	4	8	−4	5

Home \ Away	ASH	KAH	MUS	QWJ	SIK	MAS	QSD	SHN
Aliyat Al-Shorta			1–1		2–0		1–1
Kahrabaa Al-Wusta	1–0			0–0		1–1		2–0
Al-Mushat		1–1			1–3		0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–0		2–0			0–0		1–1
Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed		2–0		1–1			2–0
Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab	1–2		1–1		1–1			1–2
Quwat Salahaddin		0–0		3–2		0–1
Shortat Al-Najda	1–1		0–0		0–4		2–1

Independent Baghdad Tournament

Regular season

League table

Results

Final

References

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