No. 20- Ghana

FIFA Ranking- 32

Group D

The Black Stars may be less talked about than the Ivory Coast or South Africa as African teams at the World Cup, but they have had the most recent success. At the 2006 World Cup Ivory Coast was the African team that held the hopes of a continent, but it was Ghana as the only team from Africa still alive in the round of 16. This year they find themselves in the second toughest group, and it will be a battle for them to repeat their success. They have the quality in midfield with Michael Essien and Sulley Muntari, and even without them they placed 2nd at the African Cup of nations in the winter. They will need to find goals from some place to make it to the knockout stage, and it will be a struggle.