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Have you decided on your team for the World Cup? Well here's two more to consider, Australia and South Africa in our feature The Final 48.
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00:08South Africa ranked 60th. They've made the cut in the 48 teams. They've qualified for the FIFA
00:16Men's World Cup on four occasions. It's been difficult for them so far. They were defeated
00:212-1 by Cameroon for playing to a 2-all draw and a loss against Panama. They will be hoping
00:28to
00:28advance out of Group A which includes Mexico, South Korea and the Czech Republic. They'll
00:34be facing Nicaragua on May 29 in their warm-up encounter ahead of the World Cup. South Africa's
00:40players to watch, their captain and goalkeeper Ronwen Williams, dynamic midfielder Teboho Mkwena
00:47and Burnley striker Lyle Foster. Over in Group D, Australia will like their odds against
00:53Paraguay, USA and Turkey. They've qualified for the FIFA Men's World Cup eight times.
01:00They are now ranked 27th after taking down teams like Cameroon 1-0 and the Curacao 5-1 in their
01:07warm-up fixtures this year. They've got two warm-up matches to come. They play Mexico on
01:12May 30th and Switzerland on June 6th. Let's see if their star players, Captain Matthew Ryan
01:19and forward Mitchell Duke will see them come out of this group.
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