Here is the home of Group H which consist of the following nations
Group H
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Tunisia
Ukraine

You are free to pass your views and analysis. I am sure Vieira will be ready to answer your questions on any of the teams or players. We will also try to give you updates as the fiesta progresses. The first game of Group H is as follows:

Wed 14 Jun, 1400 GMT
Spain v Ukraine
Leipzig

Wed 14 Jun, 1700 BST
Tunisia v Saudi Arabia
Munich

Welcome to Group H, the Group of Surprises!

The way i look at this group, it seems any team can qualify here.

Spain and ukraine, no long talk,

Let there be long talk Grizzly, don't be surprised if Tunisia and the Arabians qualify from that group lol

Its Spain to win in this group.
what can Schev do alone in his team? Nothing big

Prisccy, its not only Sheva in ukraine if u must be told, if u watched their qualifying matches, u'll know what i mean,

Grizzly!
I meant Scheva is their key player. Even Ten Priscy's with one Dinho and Ronaldo we can qualify for world cup. so no big deal. they are like cezch republic .
I think its Ibarahimovich

Hey Priscy, you forgot Rerov, Skachenko, et.c

saudi arabia i'm afraid will not do anything as usual.
but perhaps tunisia will fight for it for us, who knows?

Saudi Arabia might perform well this time around. Tunisia might just qualify from this group you bet!

Spain good team shaky keeper but can they make it

Ukraine wit their resident magician mr shenko the goal machine no doubt they'll qualify bigg time

the only north african side hope they'll qualify from this group because they've  got great players and their santos man. After ivory coast i tip them as the second african side to make it hope they'll score this time cuz dey've never done so in all their wc appearances b4

AH THE ARABS ARE BACK AGAIN lets just hope they don't disgrace themselves again this time

Mukina 2 lol.
Keep up. great job there.

this group is an easy group. spain and tunisia should go thru

yeah

ukraine-------------have their Terminator Sheva, goalscoring Machine


tunisia--------------have the Roadrunner Santos


spain the "Perennial underachievers"----------- have Raul inconsistent as he may be


whilst those ARABOS--------------------have no 1 that Stands Out


yeah its a group that should surely offer some "Suprises"

Spain ukraine go tru

Team History
First International: Tunisia 2 - 1 Algeria (Tunisia; 25 June 1957)
Largest win: Tunisia 7 - 0 Togo (Tunis, Tunisia; 7 January 2000)
Tunisia 7 - 0 Malawi (Tunis, Tunisia; 26 March 2005)
Worst defeat: Hungary 10 - 1 Tunisia (Hungary; 24 July 1960)
World Cup
Appearances: 4 (First in 1978) Best result Round 1, 1978, 1998, 2002
African Nations Cup
Appearances: 12 (First in 1962) Best result Winners, 2004
World Cup Record: 1930 to 1958 - Did not enter 1962 - Did not qualify
1966 - Withdrew
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Round 1
1982 to 1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Round 1
2002 - Round 1
2006 - Qualified
Current Notable Players:

Francileudo dos Santos, Wissem Abdi, Radhi Jaidi, Hatem Trabelsi
Ziad Jaziri, Hamed Namouchi, Slim ben-Achour, Jose Clayton
Haykel Gmamdia, Chokri el-Ouaer, Adel Sellimi, Riadh Bouazizi
Raouf Bouzaiene, Kais Ghodhbane, Adel Chedli, Mehdi Nafti
Jawhar Mnari, Mokhtar Dhouib, Ali Kaabi, Skander Souayah
Nejib Ghommidh, Ali Boumnijel
General Info

Country - Tunisia
Capital City - Tunis
Continent - Africa
Manager - Roger Lemerre

How did they qualify - Despite losing one of their games Tunisia managed to top their group leading by one clear point. With a total of 21 points Tunisia qualified once more for the finals of the world cup 2006, Germany. Tunisia had to play matches against Morocco, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi and Botswana.

Since the team were formed they had not entered into the competition until 1962 but failed to qualify, 1966 shortly after entering they withdrew from the competition. In 1978, 1998 and 2002 the team managed to qualify for the finals but were knocked out in round one of all three.

The team seem to have improved their game somewhat and took home the title of the African nations cup in 2004. The team look to be in good form and are hoping that they reach a better position than in previous years.

Team History
First International: Spain 2 - 0 Belgium (Bilbao, Spain; 7 October 1921)
Largest win: Spain 13 - 0 Bulgaria (Madrid, Spain; 21 May 1933)
Worst defeat: Italy 7 - 1 Spain (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 1928) England 7 - 1 Spain (London, England; 9 December 1931)
World Cup
Appearances: 12 (First in 1934) Best result Fourth place, 1950
European Championship
Appearances: 7 (First in 1964) Best result Winners, 1964
World Cup Record: 1930 - Did not enter 1934 - Quarterfinals
1938 - Withdrew due to civil war
1950 - Fourth place
1954 - Did not qualify
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 - Round 1
1966 - Round 1
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Round 1
1982 - Round 2
1986 - Quarterfinals
1990 - Round 2
1994 - Quarterfinals
1998 - Round 1
2002 - Quarterfinals
2006 - Qualified
Current Notable Players:

Goalkeepers: Pepe Reina, Iker Casillas, Victor Valdes
Defenders: JMarchena, Juanito, Michel Salgado, Antonio Lopez, Pablo Ibanez, Carles Puyol, Capdevila, Sergio Ramos
Midfielders: Baraja, Xavi, Joaquin, Xabi Alonso, Luís Garcia, Albelda, Vicente
Forwards: Fernando Torres, Jose Antonio Reyes, David Villa, Raul, Albert Luque
General Info

Country - Spain
Capital City - Madrid
Continent - Europe
Manager - Luis Aragones
Captain - Raul Gonzalez Blanco
Star Man - Raul

How did they qualify - Spain are looking to be a real threat to opposing teams this year, finishing second place in their group. The team played some great football during the qualifying rounds, a massive 6-0 win against San Marino proved just how strong the team are this year.

This will be the 8th consecutive time Spain have made it to the finals of the world cup and like all teams in the finals will be hoping to claim the title in the FIFA World cup 2006, Germany, however in the past Spain have never taken this title.

With the experience of Aragones, the power and skill of the players old and new will hopefully lead the team to victory. Since Aragones joined the team there has been a huge change in formation and there are also many new faces.

Since Spain formed their international team they have qualified in the world cup a total of 12 times. Their highest placing to date was back in 1950 with an impressive 4th place finish. Since then the team had a few consecutive years of not qualifying and then managed to regain entry in 1962 and 1966 but lucked out in the first round, yet another two years of not qualifying followed. From 1978 the team have gained entry in every world cup to date and have reached the quaterfinals 3 times.

Team History
First International: Ukraine 2 - 2 Hungary (Uzhgorod, Ukraine; 29 April 1992) )
Largest win: Ukraine 4 - 0 Georgia (Kyiv, Ukraine; 19 August 1998)
Ukraine 4 - 0 Andorra (Kyiv, Ukraine; 5 June 1999)
Worst defeat: Croatia 4 - 0 Ukraine (Zagreb, Croatia; 25 June 1993)
World Cup
Appearances: 1, (First in 2006), Best result - N/A
European Championship
Appearances: none
World Cup Record: 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Qualified
Current Notable Players:

Serhiy Rebrov, Andriy Shevchenko, Oleksandr Shovkovsky, Anatoliy Tymoschuk, Andriy Voronin
General Info

Country - Ukraine
Capital City - Kiev
Continent - Europe
Manager - Oleg Blokhin

How did they qualify - The Ukraine were part of group 2 of the world cup qualifying rounds. They topped the group leading by two clear points with a total of 25. The team had to fend off Kazakhstan, Georgia, Albania, Greece, Denmark and Turkey, winning seven of their games and only losing one is what put them at the top of their group.

The Ukraine used to be part of the USSR and did not enter the world cup as an independant country until 1998. However this is the first year the team have qualified for the competition and look to be in good form.

Their first ever match as a team was played in 1992 against Hungary, before 2005 the Ukraine had failed to qualify for and major championship.

Team History
First International: Saudi Arabia 3 - 1 Syria (Lebanon; October 20, 1957)
Largest win: Saudi Arabia 8 - 0 Macao (Taif, Saudi Arabia; May 14, 1993)
Worst defeat: Germany 8 - 0 Saudi Arabia (South Korea; June 1, 2002)
World Cup
Appearances: 4 (First in 1994) Best result Round 2 1994
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances: 15, (First in 1963), Best result - Winners, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982
World Cup Record: 1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
1978 to 1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Round 2
1998 - Round 1
2002 - Round 1
2006 - Qualified
Current Notable Players:

Majed Abdullah, Fahad Al Bishi, Mohamed Al-Deayea, Sami Al-Jaber, Yasser Al Qahtani, Fuad Amin
Saeed Owairan, Nawaf Al Temyat, Talal Al Mishal, Mohammad Al Shalhoob, Mohammad Al Muntashiri, Mabrook Zaid
General Info

Country - Saudi Arabia
Capital City- Riyadh
Continent- Asia
Manager- Gabriel Humberto Calderon
Star Man- Mohamed Al-Deayea who plays domestically for Asian side Al-Hilal and has been capped an impressive 173 times for Saudi Arabia.

How did they qualify - In the first of their two qualifying groups Saudi Arabia walked through it, winning every single game, clearing the group by 11 points and only conceding one goal which was against Indonesia in a 3-1 win. Saudi Arabia topped their second qualifying group by 4 points, without losing a game and again only letting one goal in which was against Uzbekistan in a 1-1 draw. So overall Saudi Arabia had no problems getting to the World Cup finals in Germany; not losing a game and only letting 2 goals in, a fine qualifying campaign and the now look forward to Germany world cup 2006.

No doubt, Ukraine and Spain!

you'll be surprised that spain and saudi arabia go through

This time, it might be Tunisia and Spain!

yes, spain and ukraine but the tunisians are capable of upstaging ukrainians, i think.

I think the Tunisians might just surprise everyone this time around

Nice Job TwinsTaiye!!

I am going to predict Spain and Tunisia to go through.

The Arabs will end up last.

goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 


Garcia or Alonso or an own goal 


1-0 to Spain

my choice to suprise peeps, just scored

David Villa, lovely freekick, albeit with the aid of a deflection

Spain 2-0

half time, gut all-round performance by the Spaniards