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Team Profiles

Team Profile: Algeria
Dramatic doesn't even begin to describe Algeria's World Cup qualifying campaign.
Team Profile: Argentina
Argentina's World Cup qualifying campaign was akin to a soap opera. It featured so many dramatic plot turns that at times it felt as though you were watching an episode of The Young and the Restless.
Team Profile: Australia
Australia was the dominant force in the Asian qualifiers, winning nine and losing just two of its 14 games, out-scoring their opponents by an impressive 19-4 margin along the way.
Team Profile: Brazil
Manager Carlos Dunga has brought about a major philosophical change within the Brazilian national team.
Team Profile: Cameroon
After an eight-year absence, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon have roared back to life by qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Team Profile: Chile
The appointment of Argentine manager Marcelo Bielsa has helped transform Chile into one of the most exciting South American teams to watch.
Team Profile: Denmark
Few critics gave Denmark much of a chance of emerging from a qualifying group that included Portugal and Sweden.
Team Profile: England
It was just a few years ago that the English national team was in crisis, its failure to qualify for Euro 2008 a clear sign of how much trouble the Three Lions were in.
Team Profile: France
Although only one point separated first-place Serbia and France, it was the Serbs who were the class of their qualifying group.
Team Profile: Germany
The three-time world champions ended up winning Group 4 with 24 points, recording an impressive eight wins in 10 games and never seemed to be in trouble.
Team Profile: Ghana
Ghana had a pretty easy time of it in the qualifiers, progressing through the competition without too many serious problems en route to clinching a second consecutive World Cup berth.
Team Profile: Greece
Looking to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1994, Greece was the odds on favourite to win its qualifying group.
Team Profile: Honduras
The Hondurans last qualified for the World Cup in 1982. Since their Spanish sojourn, the Central American nation has fallen on tough times and been displaced by the United States in the elite group of super powers in the CONCACAF region.
Team Profile: Italy
It wasn't exactly smooth sailing for Italy in the qualifiers, but the waters weren't as choppy as some critics would have you think, either.
Team Profile: Ivory Coast
After being in the soccer wilderness for decades, the Ivorians have now qualified for their second consecutive World Cup, affirming their status as a rising power in world soccer.
Team Profile: Japan
Japan was the first country to stamp its passport for South Africa, wrapping up a World Cup berth with two games remaining in the Asian qualifiers thanks to a high-powered offence that netted 23 goals.
Team Profile: Mexico
Mexico's World Cup qualifying campaign featured all the drama and intrigue of a classic telenovela – a Latin American TV soap opera.
Team Profile: Netherlands
The Netherlands, with the possible exception of Spain, came closer than any other team to achieving perfection in the European qualifiers.
Team Profile: New Zealand
Fresh off their appearance at this past summer's Confederations Cup, the All Whites will return to South Africa next summer for the World Cup as the Oceania representative.
Team Profile: Nigeria
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are soaring once again.
Team Profile: North Korea
North Korea overcame a lack of offensive punch to advance to the World Cup, relying on a stellar defensive record to book its trip to South Africa
Team Profile: Paraguay
After washing out in the first round in Germany in 2006, Paraguay's national team underwent a major renovation, starting with the hiring of Gerardo Martino.
Team Profile: Portugal
Things started brightly enough for Portugal in the European qualifiers.
Team Profile: Serbia
Unlike last time, Serbia could no longer draw from a talented pool of Montenegrin players, but that didn't seem to slow them down one bit in the qualifiers.
Team Profile: Slovakia
After knocking on the door several times, the Slovaks finally walked through and clinched their first World Cup berth by winning a difficult group ahead of Slovenia, Poland and neighbours Czech Republic.
Team Profile: Slovenia
Few gave Slovenia much of a chance of earning a trip to South Africa when the groups for the European qualifiers were drawn.
Team Profile: South Africa
As a prelude to next summer's festivities, South Africa hosted the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup this past June, and finished a respectable fourth overall, losing a heartbreaker to Brazil in the semifinals and taking European champions Spain to a penalty shootout in the bronze-medal game.
Team Profile: South Korea
South Korea demonstrated why they are the team to beat in Asia by easily breezing through the qualification process.
Team Profile: Spain
Spain came closer than any other team to achieving perfection in the European qualifiers.
Team Profile: Switzerland
It wasn't pretty, but Switzerland managed to stamp its passport for South Africa, securing a World Cup berth on the final day of the qualifiers with a 0-0 draw at home against Israel.
Team Profile: United States
The U.S. emerged on top of the CONCACAF final qualifying group, thanks to key victories over El Salvador (at home) and Trinidad and Tobago and Honduras (both on the road) to claim a World Cup berth with one game to go in the qualifiers.
Team Profile: Uruguay
What a topsy-turvy qualifying campaign it was for Uruguay.
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