SPAIN
Manager: Luis Aragones
Fifa ranking 6
Key man: Joaquin (Real Betis)
Previous World Cups: 11.
Best QF 1934, 1986, 1994, 2002
Killer fact: Perennial underachievers, but often fancied; Spain are eighth favourites to win the competition at 16-1, below unseeded Netherlands.
UKRAINE
Manager: Oleg Blokhin
Fifa ranking: 40
Key man: Andrei Shevchenko (Milan)
Previous World Cups: None.
Killer fact: Both the manager, Olek Blokhin, and the striker, Andrei Shevchenko, have been named European Footballer of the Year. Blokhin in 1975 and Shevchenko in 2004.
TUNISIA
Manager: Roger Lemerre (French)
Fifa ranking: 28
Key man: Hatem Trabelsi (Ajax)
Previous World Cups: 3
Best Group stage, 1978, 1998 & 2002
Killer fact: In 1978 they became the first African nation to win a World Cup game beating Mexico 3-1.
SAUDI ARABIA
Manager: Gabriel Calderon (Paraguayan)
Fifa ranking: 32
Key man: Yasser Al Qahtani (Al Hilal)
Previous World Cups: 3.
Best 2R 1994
Killer fact: The Saudi Education Ministry has postponed school exams in June so pupils can watch the finals