World Cup Betting
Monday, June 29th, 2009
The football World Cup is one of the greatest sporting events. It has produced some of the greatest sporting moments of all time and past tournaments still continue to be a major talking point around the world. You may think that betting would be limited to the few weeks the tournament takes place during the summer every four years, but you would be wrong.
You can still often bet on the World Cup even though the tournament only rolls around every four years. Regular qualifying games means you can place bets every so often throughout the year.
The main tournament brings together the best teams throughout the world who have won the right to be there by qualifying from their region. They are drawn into groups and the top two teams go through to the knockout phase. You can bet on individual matches and there will be plenty of variance in the betting, as there is often a gulf in class between the teams in the group stage and at the early stages of the knockout. Although the top teams throughout the world are in with a chance of winning only teams from South America and Europe have ever won the World Cup, Brazil having done so 5 times.
It is during the qualifying stages where you will experience some of the most exciting opportunities to bet on the World Cup. Teams are drawn into groups from countries in their region. This means that some of the giants of world football play against some of the minnows. England may play Andorra, Italy may play Albania and Spain may play Moldova. And it is during these qualification matches where some of the greatest upsets in world football have happened, and if you can bet on an upset that takes place you could be in for some serious money.