SPAIN (UEFA Group 5 winner)

Population: 40.5 million

Capital: Madrid

Team nickname: La Roja ("Red")

Best World Cup performance: 4th place (1950)

Coach: Vicente del Bosque (ESP)

Guys to watch: Cesc Fabregas, Fernando Torres, Andres Iniesta

Why cheer for them: Skills are sublime, and they've failed so many times in the World Cup.

Why boo them: Overdramatic underachievers.

TAB Sportsbet odds of winning it all: $5.00

HONDURAS (CONCACAF 3rd place)

Population: 7.8 million

Capital: Tegucigalpa

Team nickname: Los Catrachos (historical nickname for Hondurans), La Bicolor ("two colours")

Best World Cup finish: First round (1982)

Coach: Reinaldo Rueda (COL)

Guys to watch: Carlos Pavon, David Suazo, Wilson Palacios

Why cheer for them: One of the smaller countries in the tournament, they're a massive underdog.

Why boo them: Hard to think of a reason, unless you know an unfriendly Honduran.

TAB Sportsbet odds of winning it all: $751.00

CHILE (CONMEBOL 2nd place)

Population: 16.6 million

Capital: Santiago

Team nickname: La Roja ("Red")

Best World Cup finish: 3rd place (1962)

Coach: Marcelo Bielsa (ARG)

Guys to watch: Matias Fernandez, Humberto Suazo, Alexis Sanchez

Why cheer for them: After the devastating earthquake, you want them to succeed.

Why boo them: Retroactively for the Pinochet regime.

TAB Sportsbet odds of winning it all: $51.00

SWITZERLAND (UEFA Group 2 winner)

Population: 7.6 million

Capital: Bern

Team nickname: Schweizer Nati ("Swiss National Team")

Best World Cup performance: Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)

Coach: Ottmar Hitzfeld (GER)

Guys to watch: Alexander Frei, Blaise Nkufo, Tranquillo Barnetta

Why cheer for them: Years of politically neutrality.

Why boo them: It's where Sepp Blatter lives.

TAB Sportsbet odds of winning it all: $151.00

Group H Schedule (all times AEST)

June 16, 9:30 pm: Honduras v Chile (Nelspruit)

June 17, midnight: Spain v Switzerland (Durban)

June 22, midnight: Chile v Switzerland (Nelson Mandela Bay)

June 22, 4:30 am: Spain v Honduras (Johannesburg)

June 26, 4:30 am: Chile v Spain (Tshwane/Pretoria)

June 26, 4:30 am: Switzerland v Honduras (Mangaung/Bloemfontein)