World Cup team nickname fun time

Before I get down to the nuts and bolts of picking a winner for realsies, let's tackle a perhaps more important subject: team nicknames. If teams were based solely on their nicknames, who would advance? Hmm, interesting question, let's find out …

Group A
South Africa – Bufana Bufana (the boys, the boys)
Mexico – El Tri
Uruguay – Charruas, the Olympic Blue Sky
France – Les Bleus (the Blues)

Bufana Bufana sounds a lot better than the boys, the boys, which is a bit petter ass. El Tri is simple and effective, while Charruas sounds like churro or chorizo, which gets me hungry. But Charruas gets cancelled out by the co-nickname Olympic Blue Sky, which makes me think of the Turquoise Spirit. Les Blues is kind of cool, but you have to say it in a French accent, which makes pretty much everything sound feminine.
Advancing: 1. Mexico, 2. South Africa

Group B
Argentina – Albicelestes, (White and Sky blue)
Nigeria - Super Eagles
South Korea – Tigers of Asia, Red Devils
Greece – Ethniki (the National)

Albicelestes sounds like incest with albinos, so I'm gonna leave it alone. Just not my thing. Also makes me think of Albi the Racist Dragon since I just went to the Flight of the Conchords show (lolls). Super Eagles doesn't do much for me, so Tigers of Asia and Ethniki get the nods.
Advancing: 1. Greece, 2. South Korea

Group C
England – The Three Lions
U.S. – The Yanks
Algeria – Desert Foxes
Slovenia – Zmajceki (Dragons)

Yanks is a bit sexual but conjures up too much of the baseball-destroying Yankees (though the Red Sox are just as bad, especially because of their fans). And plus, Yanks was a term for the north during the Civil War, so it's not really all-emcompassing if you're a Southerner or a Western United Statesian. Not sure there's anything less menacing than Desert Foxes (oh wait, Bufani Bufani maybe). The Three Lions is stellar and so is Zmajceki, even before you realize it's what they call a dragon.
Advancing: 1. Slovenia, 2. England

Group D
Germany – The Team, Nationalmannschaft
Australia – Socceroos
Serbia – White Eagles
Ghana – Black Stars, Brazil of Africa

Germany was looking at an early ouster with quite possibly the most generic nickname ever created, The Team. But put it in German and act like you're clearing your throat and you get Nationalmannschaft. Even sounds erotic with the schaft at the end. Fucking Germans, nothing changes. That's the early clubhouse leader for the WC nickname Cup. The Aussies snazzy anything up with a little -oos at the end – they're through for it. White Eagles is another dud and Black Stars is a bit racist. And why be the Brazil of Africa? Be the Ghana of Africa. Are you too good for your home? Answer me!
Advancing: 1. Germany, 2. Socceroos

Group E
Netherlands – Oranje, Flying Dutchman
Denmark – Olsen's Eleven, Olsen Gang, Danish Dynamite
Japan – Samurai Blue
Cameroon – Indomitable Lions

This might very well be the Group of Death with the Oranje/Flying Dutchmen (both are gold in my book), the Samurai Blue and the Indomitable Lions. Not exactly sure why Olsen has been leading his gang for going on 30 years now, but who gives a rat's ass. They should ditch all of the Olsen garbage and just go by the Danish Dynamite. Or the Dane Glaziers. This is a tough one but the Samurais are left out and the Indomitable Lions are through.
Advancing: 1. Netherlands, 2. Cameroon.

Group F
Italy – Azzurri
Paraguay – Guaranies, the White and Red
New Zealand – All Whites, Kiwis
Slovakia - Repre

Doesn’t get much better than the Azzurri. As for New Zealand, it's simple, classic and a bit racist – success. Guaranies and Repre? Sorry but you're lame.
Advancing: Italy, New Zealand

Group G
Brazil – O Canarinho (Little Canary), A Selecao (the Selection), Verde-Amarelho (green-yellow)
North Korea – Chollima (mythical Korean winged horse)
Ivory Coast – the Elephants
Portugal – Seleccao das Quinas (team of the five shields), Corners of Selection

C'mon Brazil, how many nicknames do you need? No matter, they all pretty much blow, though they sound better in Portuguese. North Korea should enjoy this, because it will be the only advancing it does out of Group G. Chollima sounds Spanish, but when you throw in the winged horse bit, I'm sold. The Elephants is effective if not nonsensical. Sorry Portugal, this is a tough group (even for non-soccer related activities).
Advancing 1. Ivory Coast. 2. North Korea

Group H
Spain – La Furia Roja (the Red Fury)
Switzerland – Schweizer Nati, La Nati
Honduras - Los Catrachos, La Bicolor
Chile - La Roja (The Red One)

La Furia Roja for sure – in any language that sounds bad ass. None of the other three carry much cachet with me and will probably be eliminated in the first round of the knockout stage, so let's go ….
Advancing: 1. Spain. 2. Honduras

Honorable mention (awesome but didn't make the WC):
Colombia: The Coffee Growers, Egypt: Pharoahs, Central African Republic: Low-Ubangui Fawns (wtf???), Papua New Guinea: Golden Bird of Paradise.

Dumbest
Finland: Eurasion Eagle-Owls

I'll let this simmer and then send out my picks for the nickname knockout round. Because that's how I roll.

(If you're curious, here's a shitload more nicknames in the form of a sporcle quiz: http://www.sporcle.com/games/nowachi/nationalfootballteamnames)