"They were just handing the trophy to the winners, the suicide attacker blew himself up in the crowd," a police captain from the village, Al-Asriya, told.
The village is near Iskandariyah, a town about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of the capital.
The police captain said more than 50 people were also wounded in the blast.
A source at Iskandariyah hospital confirmed the toll, warning that the casualties figure were preliminary and could rise.
Suicide bomber kills 25 south of Baghdad: police
26 March 2016
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A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd Friday after a local football game in a village south of Baghdad, killing at least 25 people, police and medics said.
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