No. 5 Germany

FIFA Ranking- 6

Group D

Germany may be one of the teams no one is talking about this year, you hear all about England, Spain, Brazil, and Argentina but nothing about Germany. I think they are being overlooked and are poised to do very well this year. While they will be without captain Michael Ballack they have the quality to fill in, while it may not be in they way of big name stars there is something about them I can't put my finger on that makes me think they will once again do well. They went into Euro 2008 without much expectations and ended up losing in the final to Spain, and in 2006 at the World Cup, in Germany, they made it to the semis losing to eventual champions Italy. While they may not have the star power this year there is something about Germany in big tournaments.