 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Pasinei nokubudirira kwokutanga kweAustralia, Ecuador neGhana, mutambo uyu wakaratidza kudzoka kwekutonga kwemasimba echinyakare enhabvu. Makore mana pashure pomutambo wa2002umo zvikwata kubva kuNorth America United States, Africa Senegal, uye Asia South Korea vakazviita zvakadzika mumatanho ekurova uye Turkey yakapedza yechitatu, zvikwata zvisere zvese zvakapfuurira kuenda kumatanho ekurova, uye hapana mumwe wevaquarter-finalists aibva kunze kweEurope kana South America. Vatambi vatanhatu vekare vakapinda mumutambo wekupedzisira, neUkraine neEuro 2004 runners-up Portugal sevanongoda kuziva. Argentina neBrazil dzakabviswa mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, zvichisiya maEuropean ekupedzisira mana kwenguva yechina chete mushure memakwikwi e1934, 1966 na1982. 