Euro 2012 Betting
The 2012 European Championships are to be jointly hosted by Ukraine and Poland between 08 June and 01 July 2012. Euro 2012 will be the 14th European Championships, the competition has been held every four years since 1960 under the jurisdiction of governing body Uefa.
Euro 2012 betting began with 51 teams from across the continent. From those teams 14 will qualify for the finals where they will be joined by host nations Poland and Ukraine to make a 16-team European Championships tournament for the last time – from 2016 onwards the European Championships finals will include 24 teams.
Euro 2012 Outright Winner Betting
As defending European champions and FIFA World Cup winners Spain go into the tournament as Euro 2012 betting favourites. However, no team has ever successfully defended the European Championship title in the tournament’s 50-year history.
World Cup finalists Holland are also towards the forefront of the Euro 2012 betting having effectively shaken off their underachievers tag in at the World Cup in South Africa. Tournament specialists Germany take up their customary position as one of the competition favourites while England are once again considered Euro 2012 betting hopefuls despite regularly underachieving in major competitions.
Euro 2012 Qualification Betting
In order to qualify for the Euro 2012 Betting finals teams must first come through the Euro 2012 qualifying stages. 51 nations are split into a total of nine groups – six consisting of six teams and three of five teams – with the top team from each group qualifying for the Euro 2012 finals and the second placed team with most points gained from games against the teams that finish first, third, fourth and fifth joining them. The remaining second placed finishers will contest a two-legged play-off with the winner of each tie going through to the Euro 2012 finals.
Euro 2012 Betting at the qualification stages allows punters to bet on which team will top their groups as well as who will qualify for the finals via either the play-offs or as the best second-placed team.
Euro 2012 Betting Markets
Euro 2012 betting markets are vast and varied from betting on the outright winner of the tournament and the result of each individual match to betting on who will referee the final, how many red cards will be shown in the tournament and who will win the first corner of any particular match.
Bookmakers offer in advance of 200 betting markets for every Euro 2012 fixture from the opening group game right through to the final. If it can happen in a game of football, then the chances are that you can bet on it with one of our affiliated bookmakers. Punters can also benefit from a range of free bet offers that bookmakers often enhance in the build up to the Euro 2012 finals. Check out our homepage for the latest offers that our carefully selected bookmakers have to offer.