Second tier teams capable of going all the way include Portugal, Spain, and Germany (home turf advantage can always give a team a boost, although not to this year’s team). Interesting teams to look out for include Serbia and Montenegro (formerly Yugoslavia), Netherlands, and the Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire). If you are a betting person, I would wait until the end of the first round to see how the teams are fairing in Germany. Typically a dominant team will make its presence felt early on. The way the seeding of the teams is done by FIFA, the strongest teams are paired with progressively lower ranked teams. Although this may seem biased, the groupings actually help the lower ranked teams play at the highest level to gain experience while saving big match-ups for later on in the competition.