Who Is the Hottest Player in the World Cup? Vote in the First Round of Our Knockout Tournament!

We have one player from each team--from Christiano Ronaldo to Neymar to Kyle Beckerman! Who's your favorite?

(For a closer look at the bracket and each pairing, click here for a zoomed in version.)

Even if you don't like football (or soccer, if you speak United Statesese), there's a reason you should be watching the World Cup: Because all of the footballers are really, really hot. Which player is the hottest, though? That's the competition we should be focusing on.

Using your feedback, we picked one player from each country in the Cup who we deemed the hottest player on that team. Then we set up a bracket alphabetically, pairing A against Z, and so forth. And now it's time to vote.

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.1

Who's hotter: Algeria or United States?

Liassine Cadamuro (Algeria)

Liassine Cadamuro (Algeria)

68.7%

Kyle Beckerman (USA)

Kyle Beckerman (USA)

31.3%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.2

Who's hotter: Argentina or Uruguay?

Ezequiel Lavezzi (Argentina)

Ezequiel Lavezzi (Argentina)

67.2%

Nicolas Lodeiro (Uruguay)

Nicolas Lodeiro (Uruguay)

32.8%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.3

Who's hotter: Australia or Switzerland?

Maty Ryan (Australia)

Maty Ryan (Australia)

21.7%

Haris Seferovic (Switzerland)

Haris Seferovic (Switzerland)

78.3%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.4

Who's hotter: Belgium or Spain?

Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)

Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)

15.7%

Xabi Alonso (Spain)

Xabi Alonso (Spain)

84.3%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.5

Who's hotter: Bosnia and Herzegovina or Russia?

Asmir Begovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Asmir Begovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

35.7%

Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia)

Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia)

64.3%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.6

Who's hotter: Brazil or Portugal?

Neymar (Brazil)

Neymar (Brazil)

31.2%

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

68.8%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.7

Who's hotter: Cameroon or Nigeria?

Aurelien Chedjou (Cameroon)

Aurelien Chedjou (Cameroon)

78.1%

Joseph Yobo (Nigeria)

Joseph Yobo (Nigeria)

21.9%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.8

Who's hotter: Chile or Netherlands?

Mauricio Pinilla (Chile)

Mauricio Pinilla (Chile)

53.4%

Joel Veltman (Netherlands)

Joel Veltman (Netherlands)

46.6%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.9

Who's hotter: Colombia or Mexico?

Santiago Arias (Colombia)

Santiago Arias (Colombia)

34.8%

Francisco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Francisco Rodríguez (Mexico)

65.2%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.10

Who's hotter: Costa Rica or Korea Republic?

Daniel Cambronero (Costa Rica)

Daniel Cambronero (Costa Rica)

92.2%

Lee Keun-Ho (Korea Republic)

Lee Keun-Ho (Korea Republic)

7.8%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.11

Who's hotter: Côte d'Ivoire or Japan?

Yaya Toure (Côte d'Ivoire)

Yaya Toure (Côte d'Ivoire)

44.6%

Shinji Kagawa (Japan)

Shinji Kagawa (Japan)

55.4%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.12

Who's hotter: Croatia or Italy?

Milan Badelj (Croatia)

Milan Badelj (Croatia)

30.1%

Claudio Marchisio (Italy)

Claudio Marchisio (Italy)

69.9%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.13

Who's hotter: Ecuador or Iran?

Gabriel Achilier (Ecuador)

Gabriel Achilier (Ecuador)

59.3%

Masoud Shojaei (Iran)

Masoud Shojaei (Iran)

40.7%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.14

Who's hotter: England or Honduras?

Joe Hart (England)

Joe Hart (England)

85.1%

Roger Espinoza (Honduras)

Roger Espinoza (Honduras)

14.9%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.15

Who's hotter: France or Greece?

Olivier Giroud (France)

Olivier Giroud (France)

50.6%

Orestis Karnezis (Greece)

Orestis Karnezis (Greece)

49.4%

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World Cup's Hottest Player Game 1.16

Who's hotter: Germany or Ghana?

Mats Hummels (Germany)

Mats Hummels (Germany)

81.7%

Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana)

Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana)

18.3%

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Come back tomorrow to see if your favorite footballer made it to the second round!