Which countries in the World Cup 2006 are likely to surprise and go beyond second round?
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Holland, Brazil, England and Italy
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USA -will advance from their tough group.  \nIvory Coast- I think they might upset some of the teams in their group and people are only familiar with a few of their players\nAustralia- I think They'll advance second behind Brazil and are better than alot of people give them credit for.\n\nI don't think Portugal can be a surprise because everyone expects them to do well(which they will).
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Germany, as the host nation, can be expected to perform strongly – although they must avoid becoming over-reliant on Michael Ballack. Poland have the potential to surprise a few people, but will need to make sure confidence doesn’t become a problem. The other two sides in the group, Ecuador and Costa Rica, are inexperienced in World Cup terms, but may spring a shock or two if their pace catches the Germans off guard.
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Germany without a doubt, they came in second last time.\nThis time they will have home field advantage.
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32 countries qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
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the "argies". but germany does have a good chance. They are playing in home soil now.
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Most probably:\n\nGermany, England, Argentina, Netherlands, Mexico, Italy, Czech, France
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france of course (no doubt there)\n& I think switzerland\nbecause i don't think togo is up to their standard yet & korea, well...
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It is not likely. My bet is either Brazil, Germany, or Argentina
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Brazil once again has one of the strongest squads, germany is dangerous this year mainly because it is in their home country but they are not the team they were in the previous cup, Spain once again has a strong team with young torres in the front line, and to surprise teams you might see this year are ghana with Essien and Australia with Hiddink managing the squad this year
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Current top contenders are Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournament.\n\nAny four of the above countries could play the semi final and win the world cup 2006.   \n\nIf Wayne Rooney becomes match fit to play, England should be considered as a top contender too.
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Every time, some not so great team turns out to be excellent, so we can expect surprises! And it would be more interesting that way!\nMy heart is with Serbia&Montenegro, but my head says Brazil!
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Brazil, and Argentina...I am not positive though
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Yes, the coach already announced the first eleven and it was their recent winning combination in confederation cup.\n\nCurrent top contenders are Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournament.\n\nAny of the above countries could win the world cup 2006.   \n\nIf Wayne Rooney becomes match fit to play, England should be considered as a top contender too.
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Trinidad and Tobago, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, and Ukraine. \n\nThat's more first timers than I can remember in any World Cup I've seen. There's a lot of big names missing this time, especially the big African teams like Cameroon & Nigeria, plus even the European champions Greece didn't make it!
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i think that france and korea will. switzerland has a chance to make it to the next round but i think korea will ensted
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Brazil is a given.  The second spot will come down to the Australia-Croatia match (I don't think Japan have the quality to advance).  I'd love to see the Aussies do it, but the Croats have more talent and the match is in Europe.