UEFA Champions League Football Betting 2011
The 2010-11 edition of the UEFA Champions League is the 56th staging of Europe’s premier football tournament, and the 19th since its restructuring into the current format of the Champions League.
Following their 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich in last season’s final Inter Milan are the defending champions. This year’s final will be played on Saturday 28 May 2011 at Wembley Stadium.
UEFA Champions League Football Betting 2011 begins in its infancy long before the Premier League and other European domestic leagues begin. In fact the first of the qualifying stages began before the World Cup had even been completed back on June 29. Although it is unlikely that even the most ardent of football fans will have heard of many of the teams in the first qualifying round.
UEFA Champions League Final Betting 2011
For the first time since 1992 the UEFA Champions league final will be held at Wembley, and for the first time since 2003 – when it was held at Old Trafford – it will be held in England. The UEFA Champions League final has now overtaken The NFL’s Super Bowl in being the most watched annual event in the world attracting more than 100 million viewers worldwide.
Those looking to bet on the Champions League final have an array of markets to choose from. Most bookmakers continue to promote their free bet offers and the vast majority have introduced new and innovative betting specials as well as the opportunity to bet on a range of in-play markets.
The Champions League is by far and large the biggest prize in European football and is THE biggest event in the online betting calendar. Will Barcelona regain their place atop of European football or can Manchester United halt them.
UEFA Champions League Knockout Betting
Now that the hustling and bustling and toing and froing of the group stages is over the serious business of knockout Champions League gets underway. The draw for the round of 16 was made on December 17 with a number of intersting ties being pulled out the hat including a repat of last year's final between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich and a clash of 'pure football' between Arsenal and Barcelona.
We had a rather long wait for a return to UEFA Champions League Football Betting 2011 with a long gap between the conclusion of the group stages and the beginning of the round of 16 first leg games. Following the conclusion of the round of 16 matches on March 16 it was then full steam ahead in regards to UEFA Champions League Football Betting 2011. The draw for both the quarter-finals and the semi-finals was made on March 17 and at that point punters began to forward plan their betting strategies as all remaining teams knew their route to the final. An El Clasico semi-final clash proving to be one of the most eagerly anticipated ties in recent Champions League history.
UEFA Champions League Group Betting
Although the qualifying rounds kick off in midsummer the UEFA Champions League football betting 2011 begins in earnest when the groups are drawn and Europe’s big guns enter the fray. The groups were drawn in Monaco on 26 August 2010 with the first round of matches getting underway on September 14.
Prior to that there were opportunities to divulge in UEFA Champions League football betting 2011 as the likes of Tottenham, Sevilla, Werder Bremen and Sampdoria entered at the play-off round stage. With the winners from two legged affairs going into the Champions League group stages and the losers going into the Europa League.
UEFA Champions League group betting is not restricted to betting on the winner of the group, you can of course bet on anything from who will qualify for the knockout stages and who will finish bottom of the group to how many goals will be scored and who will be the top scorer.
UEFA Champions League Fixtures
All the Champions League fixtures can be found here on the oficial Champions League website.