COTE D' IVOIRE

Newcomers to the finals,the "Elephants" have been very impressive and are regarded as Africa's hope for greatness at this world cup.After finishing ahead of Cameroun in the qualifiers,they went on to take the runner's up spot at the Cup of African Nations,beating Nigeria and Cameroun in the process and thus,showing that they can cause afew upsets this year.

Key Players (to watch): Didier Drogba,Bonaventure Kalou

Population: 17,298,040

Size: 322,460 sqkm

Language: French

Capital: Yamoussoukro

Currency: French Francs

Rating Code ( Probabity of winning the world cup): Red

Team list:

1 GK TIZIE Jean-Jacques Esperance, TUN

2 DF BOKA Arthur Strasbourg, FRA

3 MF AKALE Kanga Auxerre, FRA

4 DF TOURE Kolo Arsenal, ENG

5 MF ZOKORA Didier Saint-Etienne, FRA

6 DF KOUASSI Blaise Troyes, FRA

7 MF FAE Emerse Nantes, FRA

8 FW KALOU Bonaventure Paris St-Germain, FRA

9 FW KONE Arouna PSV Eindhoven, NED

10 MF YAPI YAPO Gilles Young Boys, SUI

11 FW DROGBA Didier Chelsea, ENG

12 DF MEITE Abdoulaye Marseille, FRA

13 DF ZORO Marc Messina, ITA

14 FW KONE Bakary Nice, FRA

15 FW DINDANE Aruna Lens, FRA

16 GK GNANHOUAN Gerard Montpellier, FRA

17 DF DOMORAUD Cyrille Creteil, FRA

18 MF KEITA Kader Lille, FRA

19 MF TOURE Yaya Olympiakos, GRE

20 MF DEMEL Guy Hamburger SV, GER

21 DF EBOUE Emmanuel Arsenal, ENG

22 MF ROMARIC Le Mans, FRA

23 GK BARRY Boubacar Beveren, BEL

Coach: MICHEL Henri