Football. 2014 World Cup draw: Team-by-team guide

Sportmazta takes a look at all the teams and star players who will strut their stuff in Brazil in June and documents their respective records in the tournament.

ALGERIA

KEY PLAYER Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Caf play-off victory against Burkina Faso COACH Vahid Halilhodzic BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Group Stage (1982, 1986, 2010)

ARGENTINA

KEY PLAYER Lionel Messi (Barcelona) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won Conmebol qualification COACH Alejandro Sabella BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Winners (1978, 1986)

AUSTRALIA

KEY PLAYER Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Runners-up in Asian Group B COACH Ange Postecoglou BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Round of 16 (2006)

BELGIUM

KEY PLAYER Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won Uefa Group A COACH Marc Wilmots BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Fourth place (1986)

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

KEY PLAYER Miralem Pjanic (Roma) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won Uefa Group G COACH Safet Susic BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS N/A - First appearance

BRAZIL

KEY PLAYER Neymar (Barcelona) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Hosts COACH Luis Felipe Scolari BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

CAMEROON

KEY PLAYER Samuel Eto'o (Chelsea) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Caf play-off victory over Tunisia COACH Volker Finke BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Quarter-finals 1990

CHILE

KEY PLAYER Alexis Sanchez (Barcelona) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Third in Conmebol qualification COACH Jorge Sampaoli BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Third place (1962)

COLOMBIA

KEY PLAYER Radamel Falcao (Monaco) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Runners-up in Conmebol qualification COACH Jose Pekerman BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Round of 16 (1990)

COSTA RICA

KEY PLAYER Joel Campbell (Olympiakos - on loan from Arsenal) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Second in Concacaf final round COACH Jorge Luis Pinto BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Round of 16 (1990)

CROATIA

KEY PLAYER Luka Modric (Real Madrid) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Uefa play-off victory over Iceland COACH Niko Kovac BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Third place (1998)

ECUADOR

KEY PLAYER Antonio Valencia (Man United) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Fourth in Conmebol qualification COACH Reinaldo Ruela BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Round of 16 (2006)

ENGLAND

KEY PLAYER Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won UefaGroup H COACH Roy Hodgson BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Winners (1966)

FRANCE

KEY PLAYER Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Uefa play-off win over Ukraine COACH Didier Deschamps BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Winners (1998)

GERMANY

KEY PLAYER Mesut Ozil (Arsenal) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won Uefa Group C COACH Joachim Low BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Winners (1954, 1974, 1990)

GHANA

KEY PLAYER Kevin-Prince Boateng (Schalke) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Caf play-off win over Egypt COACH Kwesi Appiah BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Quarter-finals (2010)

GREECE

KEY PLAYER Konstantinos Mitroglou (Olympiakos) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Uefa play-off win over Romania COACH Fernando Santos BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Group stage (1994, 2010)

HONDURAS

KEY PLAYER Wilson Palacios (Stoke City) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Third in Concacaf final round COACH Luis Fernando Suarez BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Group stage (1982, 2010)

IRAN

KEY PLAYER Javad Nekounam (Esteghlal) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won Asian Group A COACH Carlos Queiroz BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Group stage: (1978, 1998, 2006)

ITALY

KEY PLAYER Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won Uefa Group B COACH Cesare Prandelli BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)

IVORY COAST

KEY PLAYER Yaya Toure (Manchester City) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Caf play-off victory against Senegal COACH Sabri Lamouchi BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Group stage (2006, 2010)

JAPAN

KEY PLAYER Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won Asian Group B COACH Alberto Zaccheroni BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Round of 16 (2002, 2010)

MEXICO

KEY PLAYER Javier Hernandez (Manchester United) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Inter-continental play-off victory over New Zealand COACH Miguel Herrera BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)

NETHERLANDS

KEY PLAYER Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won Uefa Group D COACH Louis van Gaal BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)

NIGERIA

KEY PLAYER Emmanuel Emenike (Fenerbahce) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Caf play-off victory against Ethiopia COACH Stephen Keshi BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Round of 16 (1994, 1998)

PORTUGAL

KEY PLAYER Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Uefa play-off victory against Sweden COACH Paulo Bento BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Third place (1966)

RUSSIA

KEY PLAYER Igor Denisov (Dinamo Moscow) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won Uefa Group F COACH Fabio Capello BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Fourth place *as Soviet Union* (1966)

SOUTH KOREA

KEY PLAYER Song Heung-Min (Bayer Leverkusen) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Second in Asian Group A COACH Hong Myung-Bo BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Fourth place (2002)

SPAIN

KEY PLAYER Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won Uefa Group I COACH Vicente del Bosque BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Winners (2010)

SWITZERLAND

KEY PLAYER Xherdan Shaqiri (Bayern Munich) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won Uefa Group E COACH Ottmar Hitzfeld BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)

UNITED STATES

KEY PLAYER Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Won Concacaf final round COACH Jurgen Klinsmann BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Third place (1930)

URUGUAY

KEY PLAYER Luis Suarez (Liverpool) HOW THEY QUALIFIED Inter-continental play-off victory against Jordan COACH Oscar Tabarez BEST SHOWING AT A WORLD CUP FINALS Winners (1930, 1950)