Moving Forward: Group Stage Performance Chart

Since I'm way behind on my daily updates, I'm going to group each team into a category which reflects their group stage performance.

Primed to Lift the Trophy

Brazil
Argentina

Talented Upstarts

Uruguay
Chile

Surprise Packages

Slovakia
Japan

Solid and Steady

Mexico
South Korea
Ghana
Portugal

Winning, but yet to really shine

Holland
Spain

False Contenders

England
Germany

Just plain average

Paraguay

Nothing Special

Ivory Coast

Going Home with their Heads Held High

New Zealand
South Africa
Greece
Slovenia
Australia

Going Home without a Goal, but weren't awful

Algeria
Honduras

Hit or Miss

Serbia
Switzerland
North Korea

Disappointing

Nigeria
Cameroon
Denmark

Shocking

Italy

At a Loss for Words

France