The South-American teams only lost one match out of the 15 they played
That is a record
The only team who went eliminated of the competition without losing a game was New Zealand ( 0-3-0 )
The two teams who didn't receive a goal were Uruguay and Portugal
The two finalists of the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 were eliminated on the first phase.
The teams who didn't scored a single point were Cameroon and North Korea, the last one gone with the worst quantity of goals received.
The two teams who won the three matches on their group were Argentina and Netherlands.
Two teams didn't scored a goal on the whole 1st phase ( Honduras and Algeria )