World Cup Top European Team Betting

If a European team wins the 2010 World Cup then you’re obviously better off backing them in the outright winners market but if you fancy a South American or maybe even an African team to throw a spanner in the works then your best line of attack might be the Top European Team Betting market.

The Front Runners

The Euro 2008 winners Spain are the unsurprising favourites in this market and will take some stopping on recent form, but I feel that you may be better off backing them in the outright winners market if you fancy them here.

Given Europe’s overall dominance in the World Cup, this market plays out pretty similarly to the outright winners betting. England are second favourites in the betting then Holland, Italy and Germany all weigh in with the joint- third favourites tag. If you’re looking to oppose Spain then Germany have the best overall record of all European teams throughout the history of the World Cup and are known for their resilience and professionalism  when it comes to major tournaments.  Or you can also back 2006 finalists Italy and France at juicy odds, but bear in mind that both have been far from their best since that final in Germany (the hand of Henry anyone?).

Best of the rest

Away from the usual suspects their maybe one or two diamonds in the rough. Serbia now have a plethora of players playing in Europe’s elite leagues and although they don’t have the easiest of World Cup groups it is one that they could quite conceivably qualify from and once in the knockout stages, as we all know, anything can happen. A favourable decision here and a lucky deflection there and Serbia at 40/1 in the Top European Team Betting could turn out to be a steal.

Portugal are also available at double figure odds and if that man Cristiano Ronaldo does what we all know that he can then maybe they could slip under the radar and surprise a few teams in this year’s World Cup.

Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland are all 100/1 or bigger and you’d be well advised to keep your money in your pockets rather than back any of these three who will be extremely happy just to get out of their group.

Hedging your bets

Why not combine an outright back of Argentina or Brazil with your Top European Team Betting? By doing so you could end up collecting in both markets if Argentina or Brazil go on to beat your Top European Team Betting choice in the final. Or even if it ends up being a Brazil versus Argentina final then you could still collect on both if your European team are victorious in the third place play-off. And even if you don’t win both, you’re likely to have a financial interest in proceedings for a lot longer with this type of bet.