Ahead of the Final Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which will take place at 3am (AEDT) tomorrow, here are details of all 32 teams set to participate in Brazil.
Ahead of the Final Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which will take place at 3am (AEDT) tomorrow, here are details of all 32 teams set to participate in Brazil next year. ALGERIA Key player: Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia) How they qualified: Play-off victory against Burkina Faso Coach: Vahid Halilhodzic Best showing at World Cup finals: Group stage (1982, 1986, 2010)
ARGENTINA Key player: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) How they qualified: Topped South American group Coach: Alejandro Sabella Best showing at World Cup finals: Winners (1978, 1986)
AUSTRALIA Key player: Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls) How they qualified: Runners-up in Asian Group B Coach: Ange Postecoglou Best showing at World Cup finals: Round of 16 (2006)
BELGIUM Key player: Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) How they qualified: Won European Group A Coach: Marc Wilmots Best showing at World Cup finals: Fourth place (1986) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Key player: Miralem Pjanic (Roma) How they qualified: Won European Group G Coach: Safet Susic Best showing at World Cup finals: N/A - this will be their first appearance
BRAZIL Key player: Neymar (Barcelona) How they qualified: As host nation Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari Best showing at World Cup finals: Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
CAMEROON Key player: Samuel Eto'o (Chelsea) How they qualified: Play-off victory against Tunisia Coach: Volker Finke Best showing at World Cup finals: Quarter-final (1990)
CHILE Key player: Alexis Sanchez (Barcelona) How they qualified: Third in South American group Coach: Jorge Sampaoli Best showing at World Cup finals: Third place (1962)
COLOMBIA Key player: Radamel Falcao (Monaco) How they qualified: Runners-up in South American group Coach: Jose Pekerman Best showing at World Cup finals: Round of 16 (1990)
COSTA RICA Key player: Joel Campbell (Arsenal, on loan at Olympiacos) How they qualified: Second in CONCACAF final round Coach: Jorge Luis Pinto Best showing at World Cup finals: Round of 16 (1990)
CROATIA
Key player: Luka Modric (Real Madrid) How they qualified: Play-off victory against Iceland Coach: Niko Kovac Best showing at World Cup finals: Third place (1998)
ECUADOR Key player: Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) How they qualified: Fourth in South American group Coach: Reinaldo Rueda Best showing at World Cup finals: Round of 16 (2006)
ENGLAND Key player: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) How they qualified: Won European Group H Coach: Roy Hodgson Best showing at World Cup finals: Winners (1966)
FRANCE Key player - Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) How they qualified: Play-off victory against Ukraine Coach: Didier Deschamps Best showing at World Cup finals: Winners (1998)
GERMANY Key player: Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) How they qualified: Won European Group C Coach: Joachim Low Best showing at World Cup finals: Winners *as West Germany* (1954, 1974, 1990)
GHANA Key player: Kevin-Prince Boateng (Schalke) How they qualified: Play-off victory against Egypt Coach: Kwesi Appiah Best showing at World Cup finals: Quarter-finals (2010)
GREECE Key player: Konstantinos Mitroglou (Olympiacos) How they qualified: Play-off victory against Romania Coach: Fernando Santos Best showing at World Cup finals: Group stage (1994, 2010)
HONDURAS
Key player: Noel Valladares (Olimpia) How they qualified: Third in CONCACAF final round Coach: Luis Fernando Suarez Best showing at World Cup finals: Group stage (1982, 2010)
IRAN Key player: Javad Nekounam (Esteghlal) How they qualified: Won Asian Group A Coach: Carlos Queiroz Best showing at World Cup finals: Group stage: (1978, 1998, 2006)
ITALY
Key player: Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) How they qualified: Won European Group B Coach: Cesare Prandelli Best showing at World Cup finals: Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)
IVORY COAST Key player: Yaya Toure (Manchester City) How they qualified: Play-off victory against Senegal Coach: Sabri Lamouchi Best showing at World Cup finals: Group stage (2006, 2010)
JAPAN Key player: Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow) How they qualified: Won Asian Group B Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni Best showing at World Cup finals: Round of 16 (2002, 2010)
MEXICO Key player: Oribe Peralta (Santos Laguna) How they qualified: Play-off victory against New Zealand Coach: Miguel Herrera (interim) Best showing at World Cup finals: Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) NETHERLANDS Key player: Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) How they qualified: Won European Group D Coach: Louis van Gaal Best showing at World Cup finals: Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)
NIGERIA Key player: Emmanuel Emenike (Fenerbahce) How they qualified: Play-off victory against Ethiopia Coach: Stephen Keshi Best showing at World Cup finals: Round of 16 (1994, 1998) PORTUGAL Key player: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) How they qualified: Play-off victory against Sweden Coach: Paulo Bento Best showing at World Cup finals: Third place (1966)
RUSSIA Key player: Igor Denisov (Dinamo Moscow) How they qualified: Won European Group F Coach: Fabio Capello Best showing at World Cup finals: Fourth place *as Soviet Union* (1966)
SOUTH KOREA Key player: Lee Chung-Yong (Bolton Wanderers) How they qualified: Second in Asian Group A Coach: Hong Myung-Bo Best showing at World Cup finals: Fourth place (2002)
SPAIN Key player: Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) How they qualified: Won European Group I Coach: Vicente del Bosque Best showing at World Cup finals: Winners (2010) SWITZERLAND Key player: Xherdan Shaqiri (Bayern Munich) How they qualified: Won European Group E Coach: Ottmar Hitzfeld Best showing at World Cup finals: Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954) UNITED STATES Key player: Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy) How they qualified: Won CONCACAF final round Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann Best showing at World Cup finals: Third place (1930)
URUGUAY Key player: Luis Suarez (Liverpool) How they qualified: Play-off victory against Jordan Coach: Oscar Tabarez Best showing at World Cup finals: Winners (1930, 1950)
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