Al-Shorta SC (basketball)
Al-Shorta have previously reached the quarter-finals of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, and have finished in fourth place at the Arab Club Basketball Championship and fifth place at the WABA Champions Cup.[2] After the foundation of the Iraqi Basketball Association, a regional league system was established for basketball teams in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities,[3] and it was decided that an Al-Shorta Select team would represent the Police in the top division.[14] In 2012, Al-Shorta participated in the Arab Club Basketball Championship and finished in fourth place.[15] Al-Shorta won their third league title in the 2014–15 season, defeating Al-Karkh in the best-of-three final series after a three-point field goal from DeAndre Rice in the final seconds of the third game which Al-Shorta won 90–89.[18] Al-Shorta won their first Iraqi Basketball Perseverance Cup title in 2022 by defeating Dijlah Al-Jamiea 87–80.