With days to go until the action kicks off in Doha, Ian Paul Joy, Nigel Reo-Coker and Jonathan Johnson take a closer look at the teams converging on Qatar to compete for the biggest prize in soccer - the World Cup In the first of a two-part series analyzing all 32 of the teams involved, the guys turn their attention to groups A-D.

(01:51) -- Group A: Netherlands, Senegal, Ecuador, Qatar

(15:48) -- Group B: England, USA, Wales, Iran

(33:01) -- Group C: Argentina, Poland, Mexico, Saudi Arabia

(43:53) -- Group D: France, Denmark, Tunisia, Australia

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