This last week's international pause got us thinking laterally: Which of the nations on show would be able to field the best five-a-side teams were they to enter a hypothetical World Cup and compete?
Using the national selection pools, we've mocked up each country's best V—rather than XI—in the format of a five-a-side team.
One goalkeeper and one defender (or defensive player) accompany three attackers in each selection. A player's quality was kept in mind when constructing the teams, but so were vital five-a-side attributes, such as two-footedness, defensive work rate and skill.
We built around 20 sides from every continent's major nations, assessed their strength and ranked them, resulting in the top 10 below.