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Euro 2012 Betting
EURO 2012 BETTING ODDS:
To win Euro 2012; Compare odds from best bookies; click best odds bold
| Bet365 | Betfred |
Stan James | BetVictor | Paddy Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPAIN | 5/2 | 5/2 |
5/2 | 5/2 | 5/2 |
| GERMANY | 3/1 | 3/1 |
3/1 | 11/4 | 10/3 |
| HOLLAND | 7/1 | 13/2 |
13/2 | 13/2 | 7/1 |
| FRANCE | 12/1 | 12/1 |
12/1 | 10/1 | 12/1 |
| ENGLAND | 10/1 | 10/1 |
10/1 | 10/1 | 10/1 |
| ITALY | 14/1 | 14/1 |
14/1 | 14/1 | 14/1 |
| PORTUGAL | 20/1 | 20/1 |
20/1 | 20/1 | 18/1 |
| RUSSIA | 20/1 | 20/1 |
20/1 | 22/1 | 20/1 |
| UKRAINE | 40/1 | 40/1 |
50/1 | 40/1 | 40/1 |
| CROATIA | 40/1 | 50/1 |
50/1 | 60/1 | 40/1 |
| POLAND | 50/1 | 50/1 |
50/1 | 60/1 | 50/1 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 50/1 | 50/1 |
50/1 | 66/1 | 50/1 |
| SWEDEN | 50/1 | 66/1 |
66/1 | 50/1 | 66/1 |
| GREECE | 66/1 | 66/1 |
50/1 | 80/1 | 80/1 |
| DENMARK | 80/1 | 80/1 |
66/1 | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| REPUBLIC OF IRELAND | 80/1 | 80/1 |
50/1 | 100/1 | 80/1 |
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All teams are quoted. Each-way bet place terms: 1/2 odds 1-2. |
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Spain favourite in Euro 2012 betting
After their dominance and thoroughly-deserved 2010 World Cup victory over Holland, it can be no surprise that the World Champions, Spain, are the betting favourite to add the Euro 2012 trophy to their spoils.
They were winners of the UEFA European Football Championships (the official title) in 2008 as well, beating Germany in the hard-fought final of Euro 2008.
The Euro 2012 finals will be held in Poland and Ukraine who won a joint bid to be the host countries. The qualification matches for Euro 2012 are contested in the two years prior to the finals. As a result of those matches there will be 16 teams that go through to the Euro 2012 finals stage. However the finals will be extended to 24 teams for Euro 2016.
Euro 2012 will command millions of pounds of turnover in betting, and most of that money will be placed on the top five teams in the Euro 2012. As current European and World champions, Spain deserve their place heading the betting odds. Other teams worthy of consideration are World Cup runners-up Holland and also our selection, Portugal. Germany, runners-up last time, can never be ruled out and their young team equipped themselves well in the World Cup, notably taking apart a pathetic England.
England put up a dismal, embarrassing performance in the World Cup finals and could surely never be bet on with confidence. Especially since the knowledgeable former-England manager Fabio Capello has been replaced for the finals by 'Psycho' Stuart Pearce! I would not bet on him to spell his nickname right in an IQ test. Thanks FA. The only hope is he keeps with some new blood in the team, otherwise it could be most of the same useless bunch of over-aged, over-rated, over-paid and bone idle players representing England in the finals. England look plenty short enough in the Euro 2012 betting odds comparison table we have compiled above.
Tips & Euro 2012 Betting overview
There will be plenty of chances to engage in Euro 2012 betting opportunities long before the Finals stage in June 2012, when the 14th European Championships of football will be staged by the joint-hosts Poland and Ukraine.
Online bookmakers provide odds for each of the Euro 2012 qualifying matches as well as for the outright winner. From the moment that the Euro 2012 Groups were drawn, betting also began on the likely winners of each of them.
In November 2010, odds were already widely available for over fifty teams in the outright winner market. Early prices in the Euro 2012 betting varied from 7/2 for the favourites, Spain, to 5000/1 for a host of teams ranging from Malta and Andorra to Luxembourg and the Faroe Islands. Latest prices are in our betting table above.
If you are looking to bet on the winner of Euro 2012, don’t forget that this will be the final Euro Championship where sixteen teams will take part in the finals. In Euro 2016, the number of teams is due to increase to 24, adding to the challenge of picking the winner at the final stages.
Euro 2012 betting choices
Even In the early qualifying stages of Euro 2012, bookmakers will be offering betting markets on much more than just the chances of each team securing a win or of the match ending with a draw.
When teams of vastly varying abilities play each other in Euro 2012, if wagering heavily on a very short priced so-called certainty to win in order to receive minimal returns does not appeal to you, there are alternatives. If you still want to enjoy the prospect of making reasonable returns without staking hundreds of pounds, then you could give gambling on the final score a go.
In one of the early matches, the favoured team were on offer at 1/50 to win with their opponents priced at around 40/1 and a draw at 12/1. Many Euro 2012 betting enthusiasts understandably chose to take their chances at predicting the final score rather than simply betting on the winner. The favourite score of 3-0 was on offer at 11/2 with 2-0 at 6/1.
If you enjoy handicaps, a few online bookmakers were also offering handicaps on the match. Some offered odds of 2/7 for the favourite to win by a margin of over two goals with others offering evens for them to win by over three goals.
Even when an initial look at the markets suggests that some matches are not a particularly attractive gambling proposition, there are usually opportunities to achieve healthy returns without having to risk a lot of money to secure them. The range of Euro 2012 betting options increases substantially as the final tournament approaches.
Betting Tips for Euro 2012
If you are trying to make money by on the outright winner in the Euro 2012 betting odds and are confident in your choice from the outset, make sure you place your bet sooner rather than later. The prices on offer will generally shorten unless the team has a disastrous start or loses key players to injury. The key to prosperity is to ensure that you benefit from the best prices and the biggest profits when your selections achieve the desired result.
If you think that one of the teams is being offered at a generous price from the outset and could potentially provide value, place your bet before everyone else realises that they are in with a real chance of success too.
Another general tip that applies to Euro 2012 is the importance of home advantage. In the thirteen European Football Championships to date, the hosts have been successful in 23% of the tournaments. Spain, France and Italy managed to delight their home crowds by triumphing as hosts while Portugal managed to beat more fancied opposition to reach the final of Euro 2004.
Admittedly Poland and Ukraine are very unlikely to win the whole thing. Poland have only reached that stage once since the tournament began in 1960 and Ukraine have a zero appearance rate at the business end of the tournament. But expect them or their near neighbours to play better than generally predicted. That might mean managing to steal an unexpected goal from a more fancied team in the Euro 2012 betting and losing with credit, worth remembering if you are getting involved on game scores bets rather than just final outcomes.
At every stage you should consider who the local crowd are likely to support before making your decisions. You also need to keep up with the news to increase your chances of success. There is no shortage of it freely available online. Certain teams rely on the efforts of a few highly influential individuals to achieve their results. If there are injury concerns or other factors likely to affect their performance, you need to know about them.
Whether you choose to bet on the outright winner of Euro 2012, group winners or the results of individual matches, there are chances galore to increase your bank by shrewd activity in the Euro 2012 betting.