UEFA Champions League Final Betting 2009-2010

For the first time since ‘records began’ the UEFA Champions League final has replaced the NFL’s Super Bowl as the most watched annual sporting event in the world. The 2008-2009 final between Barcelona and Manchester United drew an audience of 109 million, three million more than Super Bowl XLIV between New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts according to a yearly report by Initiative Future Sports and Entertainment. Both had nearly twice as many viewers as the third ranked event – Formula One’s Abu Dhabi race. In this FIFA World Cup year the 2009-2010 final may not top the charts but it promises again to be one of the front runners and one of the biggest sporting events of the year. This year the UEFA Champions League Final will be held on a Saturday rather than its traditional Wednesday night slot.

Champions League Final Betting

From the moment that the Champions League group draw is made we have the opportunity to bet on a wide range of markets relating to UEFA Champions League Final Betting 2009-2010. Many bookmakers offer Name the Finalists betting markets which asks you to predict the two finalists who will contest for the Champions League trophy which this year will take place in the Santiago Bernabeu. Few will be betting against Real Madrid and their abundance of multi-million pound stars competing to lift the trophy in their own back yard. You can also put your money on any given team To Reach the Final, this is a more popular UEFA Champions League Final Betting 2009-2010 market given that you are not required to pick two teams to go all the way to the final and don’t have a losing bet if your teams draw each other before the final.

Who will contest the Champions League Final?

The winner of the Champions League certainly gives credence to one side or the other when arguments of which is the best league in Europe come to a head, few can argue anything other than Spain or England on this matter and given a Spanish and/or English team have contested 10 of the last 12 Champions League Finals the argument is certainly backed up by statistics. Both the English Premier League and Spanish La Liga have three representatives left in the competition vying for the best in Europe title for 2010. So, if you stand on the English side of the fence in the Premier League versus La Liga debate then you could back an all English final in the UEFA Champions League Final Betting 2009-2010. If you believe that Manchester United and Barcelona are still the best two teams in Europe (as many people do) then you can back a repeat of last year’s final with many bookmakers.

UEFA Champions League Finals

Recent history has seen finals dominated by Spanish and English sides, below is a list of the most recent UEFA Champions League Finals;