Coolest kits: 2014

Their home top stays classic with early 80s three-stripe Adidas styling and a nice black colour contrasting with the lovely pale blue stripes. But Argentina's away top is a real beauty: horizontal stripes of varying shades of progressively deeper blue, like an upside-down swimming pool.

Ghana's plain white first choice kit isn't much to write home about, but their brilliant red change strip is a whole different ball game. As a rule, shiny watermarks on footy tops are a bit naff and early 90s, but the Black Stars have thrown so much at theirs – zig-zags, stars, team names, nicknames – that they've elevated the humble footy top to an exciting new level of ravey, summery fun.

So, which country do you support? I don’t know – shall we have a look at the great big H on the breast pocket of your shirt and have a guess? Honduras' alphabet-inspired design is so gloriously simple yet effective, it’s a wonder no one else thought to try it.

As with all Nike kits at this tournament, France's follows a template of big block colours and oh-so-tasteful traditional styling. What elevates les Bleus’ version is the lush, vintage-feeling dark blue of the shirt, contrasting elegantly with white shorts and red socks. 

Gone are the days when Germany were a ruthlessly efficient major tournament-winning machine (lately they're more apt to make a relaxed, freewheeling journey to the semi-finals) but they've already secured one major trophy in 2014: best kit at the World Cup. The home version is classic white, with a funky, geometric arrow design in shades of red, orange and gold. The away kit veers more classical, with red and black hoops that evoke Brazilian club giants Flamengo. Sehr gut.