Mustansiriya University secondly in  Iraqi universities Championships for 2012
Mustansiriya University came in the second place in Iraqi universities (Central Region) chapionship for the academic year 2012, Dr.. Ahmed Walid Abdul Rahman, director of physical education at the University of Mustansiriya stated that, saying  that the tournament was organized by Department of college sports in system of  supervision and scientific evaluation of the Ministry of Higher Education and  Scientific Research ,with  the participation of all universities in the central region  both its (government and private) in different sports, as teams of Mustansiriya University won title of  handball and badminton championships for students hosted by  Faculty of Physical Education at the University of Baghdad, while it scored second place in the football competition taken place at  College of Basic Education's hall - Mustansiriya University after losing in the final game against  Rafidain University College team ,also second place in  table tennis competition   hosted by the University of Technology, Abdul Rahman said that the final ranking of Iraqi universities (Central Region) put University of Baghdad in first place with the total 88 while  Mustansiriya University came in second place with 86 points while third place was awarded to Iraqi university a total of 54 points.