The Basketball World Championship or Basketball World Cup was created by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). It is held every four years between Olympic Games and was first held in Argentina in 1950. Until 2002, the top sixteen national basketball teams were part of every World Cup, but in Japan 2006 the number of participating nations was increased to 24 and in China 2019 to 32.
1950 - I - Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
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1954 - II - Río Janeiro (Brazil) |
October 22 to November 3, 1950 |
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October 22 to November 5, 1954 |
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Argentina |
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United States |
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United States |
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Brazil |
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Chile |
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Philippines |
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Brazil |
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France |
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Egypt |
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Formosa (current Taiwan) |
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France |
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Uruguay |
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Peru |
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Canada |
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Ecuador |
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Israel |
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Spain |
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Paraguay |
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Yugoslavia |
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Chile |
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Yugoslavia |
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Peru |
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1959 - III - Santiago (Chile) |
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1963 - V - Río Janeiro (Brazil) |
January 16 to 31, 1959 |
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May 12 to 25, 1963 |
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Brazil |
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Brazil |
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United States |
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Yugoslavia |
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Chile |
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USSR |
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Formosa (current Taiwan) |
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United States |
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Puerto Rico |
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France |
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USSR |
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Puerto Rico |
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Bulgary |
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Italy |
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Philippines |
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Argentina |
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Uruguay |
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Mexico |
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Argentina |
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Uruguay |
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Egypt |
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Canada |
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Canada |
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Peru |
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Mexico |
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Japan |
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1967 - V - Montevideo (Uruguay) |
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1970 - VI - Liubliana (Yugoslavia) |
May 27 to June 11, 1967 |
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May 10 to 24, 1970 |
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USSR |
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Yugoslavia |
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Yugoslavia |
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Brazil |
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Brazil |
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USSR |
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United States |
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Italy |
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Poland |
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United States |
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Uruguay |
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Czechoslovakia |
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Argentina |
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Uruguay |
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Mexico |
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Cuba |
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Italy |
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Panama |
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Peru |
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Canada |
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Japan |
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Korea |
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Puerto Rico |
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Australia |
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Paraguay |
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Egypt |
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1974 - VII - San Juan (Puerto Rico) |
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1978 - VIII - Manila (Philippines) |
July 15 to 30, 1974 |
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October 1 to 14, 1978 |
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USSR |
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Yugoslavia |
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Yugoslavia |
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USSR |
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United States |
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Brazil |
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Cuba |
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Italy |
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Spain |
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United States |
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Brazil |
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Canada |
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Puerto Rico |
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Australia |
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Canada |
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Philippines |
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Mexico |
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Czechoslovakia |
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Czechoslovakia |
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Puerto Rico |
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Argentina |
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China |
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Australia |
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Dominican Republic |
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Philippines |
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Korea |
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Central African Republic |
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Senegal |
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1982 - IX - Cali (Colombia) |
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1986 - X - Madrid (Spain) |
April 15 to 28, 1982 |
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July 5 to 20, 1986 |
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USSR |
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United States |
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United States |
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USSR |
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Yugoslavia |
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Yugoslavia |
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Spain |
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Brazil |
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Australia |
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Spain |
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Canada |
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Italy |
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Colombia |
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Israel |
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Brazil |
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Canada |
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Panama |
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China |
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Czechoslovakia |
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Greece |
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Uruguay |
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Cuba |
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China |
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Argentina |
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Ivory Coast |
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Angola |
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Australia |
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Ivory Coast |
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Germany |
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France |
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Korea |
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Malaysia |
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Holland |
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New Zealand |
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Panama |
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Puerto Rico |
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Uruguay |
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1990 - XI - Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
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1994 - XII - Toronto (Canada) |
August 8 to 20, 1990 |
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August 4 to 14, 1994 |
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Yugoslavia |
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United States |
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USSR |
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Russia |
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United States |
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Croatia |
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Puerto Rico |
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Greece |
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Brazil |
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Australia |
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Greece |
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Puerto Rico |
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Australia |
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Canada |
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Argentina . |
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China |
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Italy |
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Argentina |
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Spain |
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Spain |
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Venezuela |
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Brazil |
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Canada |
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Germany |
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Angola |
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Korea |
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China |
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Egypt |
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South Korea |
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Cuba |
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Egypt |
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Angola |
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1998 - XIII - Atenas (Greece) |
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2002 - XIV - Indianapolis (United States) |
July 29 to August 9, 1998 |
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August 29 to September 8, 2002 |
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Yugoslavia |
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Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) |
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Russia |
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Argentina |
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United States |
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Germany |
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Greece |
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New Zealand |
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Spain |
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Spain |
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Italy |
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United States |
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Lithuania |
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Puerto Rico |
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Argentina |
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Brazil |
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Australia |
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Turkey |
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Brazil |
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Russia |
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Puerto Rico |
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Angola |
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Canada |
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China |
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Nigeria |
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Canada |
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Japan |
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Venezuela |
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Senegal |
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Algeria |
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Korea |
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Lebanon. |