Portugal Preliminary list:
- Goalies: Eduardo (Sporting of Prague ), Daniel Fernandes (Iraklis) y Beto (Porto).
- Defenders: Bruno Alves y Rolando (Porto); Miguel (Valencia); Ricardo Carvalho y Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea); Duda (Málaga); Ricardo Costa (Lille) y Zé Castro (Deportivo La Coruña).
- Midfielders: Deco (Chelsea); Pedro Mendes y Miguel Veloso (Sporting); Pepe (Real Madrid); Raúl Meireles (Porto); Fábio Coentrão (Benfica); Simão Sabrosa y Tiago (Atlético de Madrid).
- Forwards: Danny (Zenit), Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen), Nani (Manchester United), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) y Liedson (Sporting).
Italy Preliminary List:
Goalies: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan de Sanctis (Napoli), Federico Marchetti (Cagliari) y Salvatore Sirigu (Palermo).
Defenders: Salvatore Bocchetti (Genoa), Leonardo Bonucci (Bari), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Mattia Cassani (Palermo), Gio.gio Chiellini (Juventus), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Fabio Grosso (Juventus), Christian Maggio (Napoli) y Gianluca Zambrotta (AC Milán).
Midfielders: Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Antonio Candreva (Juventus), Andrea Cossu (Cagliari), Daniele de Rossi (Roma), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milán), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), Simone Pepe (Udinese) y Andrea Pirlo (AC Milán).
Forwards: Marco Borriello (AC Milán), Antonio di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Giampaolo Pazzini (Sampdoria), Fabio Quagliarella (Napoli) y Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal).
Uruguay Preliminary List:
- Goalies:
Fernando Muslera (Lazio-ITA)
Juan Castillo (Deportivo Cali-COL)
Martín Silva (Defensor Sporting-URU)
- Defenders:
Diego Lugano (Fenerbahce-TUR)
Andrés Scotti (Colo Colo- CHI)
Diego Godín (Villarreal-ESP)
Martín Cáceres (Juventus-ITA)
Jorge ***ile (Porto-POR)
Mauricio Victorino (Universidad Católica de Chile-CHI)
- Midfielders:
Walter Gargano (Nápoles-ITA)
Egidio Arévalo Ríos (Peñarol-URU)
Sebastián Eguren (Alk Stockholm-SUE)
Diego Pérez (Mónaco-FRA)
Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica-POR)
Álvaro Pereira (Porto-POR)
Jorte Rodríguez (River Plate-URU)
Ignacio González (Valencia-ESP)
Nicolás Lodeiro (Ajax-HOL)
Álvaro González (Nacional-URU)
Álvaro Fernández (Univ. de Chile-CHI)
- Forwards:
Luis Suárez (Ajax-HOL)
Diego Forlán (Atlético de Madrid-ESP)
Sebastián Abreu (Botafogo-BRA)
Edinson Cavani (Palermo-ITA)
Sebastián Fernández (Banfield-ARG)
Jorge Martínez (Catania-ITA)
Nigeria Preliminary List:
Goalies: Vincent Enyeama (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Dele Aiyenugba (Bnei Yehuda), Austin Ejide (Hapoel Petah Tikva) y Bassey Akpan (Bayelsa United).
Defenders: Taye Taiwo (Olympique Marseille), Elderson Echiejile (Rennes), Chidi Odiah (CSKA Moscú), Onyekachi Apam (OGC Niza), Joseph Yobo (Everton), Daniel Shittu (Bolton Wanderers), Ayodele Adeleye (Sparta Rotterdam), Rabiu Afolabi (SV Salzburgo), Terna Suswan (Lobi Stars).
Midfielders: Kalu Uche (Almería), Dickson Etuhu (Fulham), John Obi Mikel (Chelsea), Sani Kaita (Alaniya), Haruna Lukman (AS Monaco), Yusuf Ayila (Dynamo Kiev).
Forwards: Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Everton), Victor Anichebe (Everton), Chinedu Obasi (TSG Hoffenheim), Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth), John Utaka (Portsmouth), Obafemi Martins (Wolfsburg), Brown Ideye (FC Sochaux), Peter Utaka (Odense Boldklub), Ikechukwu Uche (Real Zaragoza), Obinna Nsofor (Málaga), Osaze Odemwingie (Lokomotiv Moscú).
New Zealand Preliminary List:
- Goalies: James Bannatyne (Team Wellington), Glen Moss (Melbourne Victory/AUS), Mark Paston (Wellington Phoenix).
- Defenders: Andy Boyens (New York Red Bulls/USA), Tony Lochhead (Wellington Phoenix), Ryan Nelsen (Blackburn Rovers/ENG), Winston Reid (FC Midtjylland/DEN), Ben Sigmund (Wellington Phoenix), Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town/ENG/D2), Ivan Vicelich (Auckland City).
- Midfielders: Andy Barron (Team Wellington), Leo Bertos (Wellington Phoenix), Tim Brown (Wellington Phoenix), Jeremy Christie (FC Tampa Bay Rowdies/USA), Aaron Clapham (Canterbury United), Simon Elliott (No Club), Michael McGlinchey (Motherwell/SCO), David Mulligan (No Club).
- Forwards: Jeremy Brockie (Newcastle Jets/AUS), Rory Fallon (Plymouth Argyle/ENG/D2), Chris Killen (Middlesbrough/ENG/D2), Shane Smeltz (Gold Coast United/AUS), Chris Wood (West Bromwich Albion/ENG/D2).
Denmark Preliminary List:
-Porteros: Thomas Sørensen (Stoke), Stephan Andersen (Brøndby), Kin Christensen (IFK Göteborg), Jesper Christiansen (FC Copenhague).
-Defensas: William Kvist Jørgensen (FC Copenhague), Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn), Simon Kjær (Palermo), Per Krøldrup (Fiorentina), Daniel Agger (Liverpool), Patrick Mtiliga (Málaga), Simon Busk Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar).
-Midfielders: Martin Jørgensen (AGF Aarhus), Christian Poulsen (Juventus), Daniel Jensen (Werder Bremen), Jakob Poulsen (AGF Aarhus), Michael Silberbauer (Utrecht), Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax), Jesper Grønkjær (FC Copenhague), Thomas Kahlenberg (Wolfsburg), Thomas Enevoldsen (Groningen), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brøndby), Christian Eriksen (Ajax), Mikkel Beckmann (Randers).
-Forwards: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord), Søren Larsen (Duisburg), Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal)
England Preliminary List:
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green.
Defenders: Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock.
Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney.