The 2025 Iraqi Super Cup was set to be the 12th edition of the Iraqi Super Cup, an annual football competition for clubs in the Iraqi football league system that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season. It was set to be the first edition of the tournament under a new six-team format which was announced on 24 May 2025.
On 15 August 2025, the Iraq Football Association confirmed that the competition had been cancelled after several teams had announced their intention to withdraw from the tournament due to insufficient preparation time.
Qualification The tournament was set to feature a revamped format, where the top four teams from the 2024–25 Iraq Stars League and the winners and runners-up of the 2024–25 Iraq FA Cup would participate, instead of the traditional format of a one-off game between the winners of the Iraq Stars League and the Iraq FA Cup.
Qualified teams The following six teams had qualified for the tournament.
Group &PositionTeamMethod of qualificationAppearanceLast appearance asPrevious performanceWinner(s)Runners-upA1Al-Shorta2024–25 Iraq Stars League champions4th2022 winners21B2Al-Zawraa2024–25 Iraq Stars League runners-up9th2021 winners53B3Al-Talaba2024–25 Iraq Stars League fourth place4th2002 winners12A3Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya2024–25 Iraq Stars League fifth place7th2021 runners-up24B1Duhok2024–25 Iraq FA Cup winners1st–––A2Zakho2024–25 Iraq FA Cup runners-up2024–25 Iraq Stars League third place1st–––
Group stage TiebreakersTeams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); Drawing of lots.
Group A
Group B
Third place match
Final
References
External links Iraq Football Association