Country Matches

[Rudi]

Since the Country Pairs puzzle seemed to have gone well, here is another variant that I got from some unusual source.
Each country that you list per answer must contain the 3 letter sequence for that point.

Rules:
- The answer must be a valid country and it must be spelled correctly
- One can repeat country names as frequently as needed, but only once within each point
- When naming the country, please use the FULL name, ie: United States of America, United Arab Emirates, etc...
- Please separate the countries by comma

The number in parenthesis indicates the amount of country entries to validate the answer. (For #1, list 10 countries, for #2, list 9 countries, etc)

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RED = Correctly Answered ----- BLACK = Still to be answered
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1. NIA (10)
2. STA (9)
3. ICA (8)
4. MAL (7)
5. BIA (6)
6. INA (5)
7. MAR (4)
8. BAN (3)
9. ING (2)
10. IMB (1)

[NotQuite]

Spoiler

10. Zimbabwe

[Rudi]

LOL....

[HansV]

1.

Spoiler

Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Indonesia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mauritiania, Federated States of Micronesia, Romania, Slovenia, Tanzania

[HansV]

2.

Spoiler

Afghanistan, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Federated States of Micronesia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United States of America, Uzbekistan

3.

Spoiler

Central African Republic, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Nicaragua, South Africa, United States of America, Vatican City

[NotQuite]

5.

Spoiler

Zambia, Namibia, The Gambia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, Columbia

[HansV]

4.

Spoiler

Guatemala, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Somalia

[NotQuite]

4.

Spoiler

Islas Malvinas, Guatemala, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Somalia

[HansV]

6.

Spoiler

Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, People's Republic of China, Republic of China, Suriname

7.

Spoiler

Myanmar (Burma), Denmark, Marshall Islands, San Marino

[NotQuite]

8.

Spoiler

Bangladesh, Lebanon, Albania, West Bank

[HansV]

8.

Spoiler

Albania, Bangladesh, Lebanon

9. Any country that has "Kingdom" (Kingdom of The Netherlands, Kingdom of Belgium, ...) in its official name, but you probably want

Spoiler

Singapore, United Kingdom

[Rudi]

This didn't pose too much of a challenge
Well done all!