There are 32 nations competing in the FIFA World Cup 2010. However, they do not all have nicknames. (And some of the nicknames, often given to them by opposing teams, are inflammatory as well as derogatory.) One nickname of the U.S. team is the "Yankees" or the "Yanks". England's team is sometimes called the "Brits".
The Portuguese are "the Navigators". The nickname was borrowed from the "real" Portuguese navigators (XV-XVI centuries) who crossed the oceans around the globe, and the dangerous "Cape Bojador" (not far from Capetown, so, not far from the Cup).
A full list taken from Associated Content (www.associatedcontent.com/article/5478524/world_cup_team_names_every_countrys_pg2.html?cat=14) can be found below.
A total of 32 teams.
There will be thirteen teams from Europe participating in World Cup 2010.
71 commonwealth teams are participating in 2010 commonwealth games.
The World Cups current format has 32 teams broken down into 8 groups of 4 teams each
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There are 32 countries participating in the World Cup 2010
ere are 32 countries in a eight groups of four teams each.
The teams will be playing the world cup 2010 in South Africa.
There are atotal of 32 teams in the 2010 world cup.
There will be thirteen teams from Europe participating in World Cup 2010.
You can see the flags of all the countries participating in the FIFA World Cup 2010 in the related link.
32 teams will take part in the 2010 World Cup.