The 2nd Umm al-Ma'arik Championship () was the second occurrence of the

Baghdad Championship The Baghdad Championship (), formerly known as the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship (), was an annual football competition in men's domestic Iraqi football that was usually held at the beginning of each season. It was founded in the 1991–92 season, ...

. Unlike the last season where the competition was organised by

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, this season was organised by the

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. The top eight teams of the 1991–92 Iraqi National League competed in the tournament. The competition started on 2 July 1992 and ended on 17 July 1992 where, in the final, held at

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, Al-Talaba defeated

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after

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Background

After the

adopted the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship, they held a meeting on 16 June 1992 to start the second edition of the competition which was decided to be from 2–17 July 1992 with the participation of the top eight teams from the 1991–92 Iraqi National League, instead of the top six, which included

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, Al-Karkh,

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, Al-Najaf, Al-Tayaran (now known as Al-Khutoot) and

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. The FA set the matches to be played at

, Al-Kashafa Stadium and

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Group stage

The matches were drawn on 28 June 1992.

Group 1

Group 2

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

References

External links

* {{usurped,
Iraqi Football Website
} Football competitions in Iraq 1992–93 in Iraqi football