text: how many teams will play in fifa wold cup?   32 altogether, 4 teams in each of the 8 groups. group a: germany, costa rica, poland, ecuador group b: england, paraguay, trinidad and tobago, sweden group c: argentina, ivory coast, serbia and montenegro,   netherlands group d: mexico, iran, angola, portugal group e: italy, ghana, usa, czech republic group f: brazil, croatia, australia, japan group g: france, switzerland, korea, togo group h: spain, ukraine, tunisia, saudi arabia