It's time we started getting to know the 32 teams who will compete at World Cup 2010, and what
better way to get familiar than with a nickname? Below you'll find a list of the 32 teams, followed
by their most common nickname or nicknames.
Team nicknames usually refer to the colour of the shirt (eg the Azzurri or Les Bleus) or some
element of the football association crest (eg The Three Lions).
Ya se conocen los rivales que la selección de Diego Armando Maradona tendrá en el Mundial de
Sudáfrica 2010. Nigeria, Corea y Grecia serán los equipos con los que Argentina tendrá
que luchar por los dos pasajes a los octavos de final. Selecciones que ya se encontraron
con el equipo albiceleste y con Maradona en anteriores Mundiales.
Road to South Africa
Was it ever really in doubt that the two time World Cup winners were coming to South Africa? The
answer is yes, towards the end of Argentina's qualifying campaign they came within one game of
missing out on their first World Cup since Mexico 1970.
