Newcomer Ghana has the youngest squad with an average age of 25 years and two months.

The average age for all players in this year's competition is 27 years and four months. The oldest teams on average are the Czech Republic, the France, and the Soca Warriors of Trinidad & Tobago at 29 years and one month.

England's 17-year-old Theo Walcott is the youngest player in the tournament and could become the youngest-ever goal scorer in World Cup history, assuming he gets on the field and finds the back of the net. Forty-year-old Tunisia goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel is the oldest player at this year's event and the fifth oldest in World Cup history.

Height

Tallest: Zigic(Serbia),Koller(Czech) and Thompson(Australia)...2,02m
Shortest: Lara(mexico)...........1.62

S?rbia: 184,78
Czech: 184,57
Australia: 184,30
Croatia: 184,30
Germany: 184,04
Holland: 184,00
Sweden: 183,43
Switzerland: 183,17
Poland: 183,13
Trinidad and Tobago: 183,04
Tunisia: 183,04
Togo: 182,96
It?ly: 182,91
Ukraine: 182,70
France: 182,26
Brazil: 182,00
England: 181,43
USA: 181,43
Portugal: 181,39
Paraguay: 180,39
South Korea: 180,35
CIV: 179,96
Iran: 179,87
Angola: 179,52
Costa Rica: 179,17
Ghana: 179,09
Spain: 178,96
Ecuador: 178,83
Japan: 178,43
Argentina: 178,00
Saudi Arabia: 177,39
M?xico: 176,61