World Cup Betting

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Study our trends, stats and tips and then place your bet on the 2010 World Cup winner at the best available world cup odds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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World Cup 2014 Betting Latest

World Cup 2014
Win Tournament
Best Odds Bookie
Brazil 4.50
Argentina 7.00
Spain 7.00
Germany 12.00
Holland 13.00
England 17.00
Italy 21.00
France 26.00

World Cup Betting History

All the past world cup winners are listed below with their world cup betting odds at the start of the tournament, where available.

We also list the world cup betting for runners up where that information is available.

Year Host Winner Odds Runner Up Odds
2006 Germany Italy 10/1 France 14/1
2002 S Korea/Japan Brazil 7/1 Germany 20/1
1998 France France 7/1 Brazil 10/3
1994 USA Brazil 10/3 Italy 6/1
1990 Italy West Germany 7/1 Argentina 14/1
1986 Mexico Argentina 4/1 West Germany 14/1
1982 Spain Italy - West Germany -
1978 Argentina Argentina - Netherlands -
1974 West Germany West Germany - Netherlands -
1970 Mexico Brazil - Italy -
1966 England England - West Germany -
1962 Chile Brazil - Czechoslovakia -
1958 Sweden Brazil - Sweden -
1954 Switzerland West Germany - Hungary -
1950 Brazil Uruguay - Brazil -
1938 France Italy - Hungary -
1934 Italy Italy - Czechoslovakia -
1930 Uruguay Uruguay - Argentina -

 

World Cup 2014 Betting - Latest Odds

World Cup 2014
Win Tournament
Best Odds Bookie
Brazil 4.50
Argentina 7.00
Spain 7.00
Germany 12.00
Holland 13.00
England 17.00
Italy 21.00
France 26.00
Portugal 26.00
Chile 51.00
Uruguay 51.00
Mexico 81.00
Paraguay 81.00
Russia 81.00
Serbia 81.00
USA 81.00
Croatia 101
Ghana 101
Ivory Coast 101
Czech Republic 151
Australia 201
Nigeria 201
Cameroon 251
Turkey 251
Colombia 301
Poland 301
Switzerland 301
Denmark 401
Sweden 401
Ukraine 401
Greece 501
Japan 501
South Korea 501
Rep of Ireland 601
Romania 601
Slovakia 601
Bulgaria 751
Norway 751
Algeria 1001
Egypt 1001

World Cup Betting - Key Stats

Six of the eighteen World Cup Winners were the host nation. That means a third of the host nations have won. A further two host nations were the losing finalists.

This bodes well for South Africa who will be hosting the 2010 World Cup. South Africa have struggled over the last few years and on initial inspection would have little chance of making an impact at the World Cup but you should never underestimate the host nation.

Possibly the most startling stat is the record of countries playing within their own continent. In fifteen of the eighteen World Cups that have been contested the winner has been playing in their home continent.

The three times the World Cup has been won by a team from outside of the host continent it has been won by Brazil. If this stat is continued then either an African team will win the World Cup or Brazil will win the World Cup.

The African sides have really come on leaps and bounds over the last ten years or so and many of the top European club sides field African players. If it is an African side that wins the World Cup it is likely to be one of the following

South Africa World Cup Betting

South Africa have failed to set the world alight in the last few years and failed to score in the 2006 African Cup of Nations. As a result of this by the end of 2008 they had dropped to 85th in the FIFA World Rankings. If it werent for home advantage they would be written off but home advantage should see them progress at least from the groups and possibly much further.

 

Ivory Coast World Cup Betting

Ivory Coast have a wealth of talent all over the pitch and were unlucky in the 2006 World Cup to be drawn in a group with Argentina, Netherlands and Serbia and Montenegro but they still emerged with credit coming third in the group. They also finished runners up to Egypt (the hosts) in the 2006 African Cup of Nations. Ivory Coast are surely the best of the African contingent.

 

Cameroon World Cup Betting

Cameroon, like Egypt, have have won two of the last five African Cup of Nations but surprisingly failed to qualify for the last World Cup in Germany. With Samuel Eto?o spearheading their attack they are a team that should be feared by everyone.

 

Ghana World Cup  Betting

Fared the best of the African sides at the 2006 World Cup after qualifying from their group but were no match for Brazil in the second round, eventually losing 3-0.

 

 

World Cup Betting - Key European Teams

How have we got this far without mentioning the Europeans who have won every other World Cup since 1966? Well, for a start a European side has never won the World Cup when it has been played outside of Europe. In the last six World Cups held outside of Europe a European nation has finished runner up each time so it might be worth backing one to reach the final.

Spain were very impressive in winning Euro 2008 and as they also had one of the youngest squads in that tournament it would be no surprise if they improved yet again.

 

 

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