Following is the summary from the World Championship first round matches on Wednesday:

Group A

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Nigeria 64 Argentina 98 (20-29 10-12 17-32 17-25)

Topscorers Nigeria:

Gabe Muoneke (10), Ime Udoka (9), Julius Nwosu (8), Tunji Awojobi (8),

Ebi Ere (8)

Topscorers Argentina:

Andres Noccioni (23), Emanuel David Ginobili (20), Luis Scola (12),

Walter Herrmann (12)

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Lebanon 74 France 73 (21-14 22-16 10-19 21-24)

Topscorers Lebanon:

Fadi El Khatib (29), Rony Fahed (13), Brian Beshara (11)

Topscorers France:

Boris Diaw (14), Florent Pietrus (13), Frederic Weis (10)

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Venezuela 65 Serbia and Montenegro 90 (13-27 16-19 14-25 22-19)

Topscorers Venezuela:

Victor David Diaz (11), Oscar Torres (10), Pablo Machado (10), Richard

Lugo (10)

Topscorers Serbia and Montenegro:

Igor Rakocevic (26), Darko Milicic (18), Vule Avdalovic (12)

Group B

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Panama 63 Germany 81 (15-17 23-20 7-26 18-18)

Topscorers Panama:

JairPeralta (9), Michael Hicks (9), Dionisio Alberto Gomez Camargo (9),

Kevin Daley (9), Ruben Douglas (9)

Topscorers Germany:

Dirk Nowitzki (25), Demond Greene (12), Sven Schultze (10)

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New Zealand 60 Japan 57 (13-26 7-12 16-10 24-9)

Topscorers New Zealand:

Pero Cameron (23), Kirk Penney (13), Craig Bradshaw (12)

Topscorers Japan:

Takehiko Orimo (14), Tomoo Amino (13), Ryota Sakurai (9)

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Spain 93 Angola 83 (25-12 21-24 19-21 28-26)

Topscorers Spain:

Pau Gasol (28), Rudy Fernandez (16), Jorge Garbajosa (15)

Topscorers Angola:

Joaquim Gomes (24), Miguel Pontes Lutonda (18), Victor Carvalho (12)

Group C

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Qatar 69 Turkey 76 (16-27 19-22 14-16 20-11)

Topscorers Qatar:

Erfan Ali Saeed (20), Saad Abdulrahman Ali (15), Omar Abdgader Salem (11)

Topscorers Turkey:

Engin Atsur (12), Ender Arslan (10), Cenk Akyol (10)

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Australia 57 Lithuania 78 (15-20 13-15 14-25 15-18)

Topscorers Australia:

Brad Newley (15), Andrew Bogut (12), Jason Smith (8), Cj Bruton (8)

Topscorers Lithuania:

Aryvdas Macijauskas (20), Robertas Javtokas (16), Darius Songaila (14)

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Brazil 80 Greece 91 (16-28 16-21 19-18 29-24)

Topscorers Brazil:

Marcelinho (25), Tiago (18), Alex (17)

Topscorers Greece:

Nikos Chatzivrettas (14), Theodoros Papaloukas (14), Lazaros Papadopoulos

(12)

Group D

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Senegal 83 China 100 (27-24 22-21 19-26 15-29)

Topscorers Senegal:

Jules Richard Aw (19), Maleye Ndoye (14), Babou Cisse (12)

Topscorers China:

Yao Ming (26), Zhizhi Wang (19), Shipeng Wang (17)

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United States 94 Italy 85 (25-19 11-26 35-19 23-21)

Topscorers United States:

Carmelo Anthony (35), Dwayne Wade (26), Elton Brand (16)

Topscorers Italy:

Marco Belinelli (25), Fabio Di Bella (12), Stefano Mancinelli (12)

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Puerto Rico 82 Slovenia 90 (17-27 16-25 22-15 27-23)

Topscorers Puerto Rico:

Carlos Arroyo (21), Larry Elias Ayuso (20), Rick Apodaca (10), Peter John

Ramos (10)

Topscorers Slovenia:

Jaka Lakovic (24), Beno Udrih (16), Primo Brezec (14)

Source: Xinhua