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Euro 2008 - Betting Four years are gone since the last European Football Championship Euro 2004 in Portugal and the big surprise of the Greek victory. This was the last of many highlights the Championship carries with. This year for Euro 2008 the excitement is higher than ever, only english football fans are mourning as their team did not make it through the qualifiers. 16 teams will fight for the desirable cup made of sterling silver. But the competition isn't easy to go. The teams which got over the qualifying phase are motivated and each player of every nation wants to show his best. Austria and Switzerland are the hosts of the tournament and invite to 19 days of great football and no end of excitement. The nations were drawn into four groups. Host of the last European Football Championship Portugal meet with Czech Republic, Switzerland and Turkey in group A.

Host Austria are going to play against Croatia, favourite Germany and Poland in group B. The most powerful constellation is formed in group C. When France, World Cup winners Italy, Netherlands and Romania will meet in the first games of the tournament the viewers all over the world will see football on the highest level. In group D Greece will try to defend the title. They are with Sweden, Spain and Russia in a group. Four years ago Russia were the only team who could win against the later winning team from Greece. This European Football Championship will definitely be the highlight of european football in 2008. Already months before the first game the betting odds are focus of interest of punters. Euro and World Cup tournaments are always popular betting opportunities. The betting offers are ranging from single match betting to outright bets (which team are going to be the winners of the euro 2008) and live betting throughout the tournament. Many bookmakers also offer a lot of different betting markets for each match.

Who is going to score the first goal, yellow cards, red cards, penalties, ...? Especially during the Euro tournament it is very important for many bettors that they can bet live on the games. By betting live, the odds for many situations are changing all the time, which means pure excitement for many people and bookmakers try to improve their live betting offers all the time. Betting odds are calculated by oddsmakers with various factors in mind. Important points are how the teams played over the last two years and especially during the last months before the tournament. Injuries, players' form, home field advantage, ... based on those factors the odds show favourites on winning the cup. Germany are top favorites followed by Spain and World Cup winners Italy. Even France, Portugal and the Netherlands have good chances for the title. All the other teams odds are estimated weaker but with a look at the outcome of the last Euro that does not necessarily mean we will not see another big surprise. Defending champions Greece are in the middle of the bookmakers' opinions while host Austria get the lowest chances of winning the title.

The European Football Championship Euro 2008 will bring betting on the finest level More information on Euro 2008 betting and Euro betting tips. The 13th European Soccer Championship - Euro 2008 will take place in Austria and Switzerland (7 June - 29 June 2008). The Euro 2008 matches will be played in 8 austrian and swiss hosting cities: Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Basel, Zurich, Bern, Geneva 16 teams have qualified for the tournament and will play in the following 4 groups

GROUP A: Portugal, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Turkey

GROUP B: Austria, Croatia, Germany, Poland

GROUP C: France, Italy, Netherlands, Romania

GROUP D: Greece, Sweden, Spain, Russia

After the group stage the following matches were played as Quarter Finals:
England 2 - Portugal 2 (Portugal proceed on penalties 6:5)
Netherlands 0 - Sweden 0 (Netherlands proceed on penalties 5:4)
Greece 1 - France 0
Czech Republic 3 - Denmark 0

In the semi-finals the results were:

Portugal 2 - Netherlands 1
Greece 1 - Czech Republic 0 (after extra time)

And in the final Greece completed the surprise by winning 1-0 against Portugal.
Greece 1 - Portugal 0
To see the degree of that surprise you have to know that the betting odds for
Greece to win the Euro 2004 before the tournament had been as high as 100.0
(at some bookmakers even higher). That meant that if you had bet £10 on Greece
in the end you got £1,000 back!

That was the biggest, but not the only betting surprise during Euro 2004.
If you had bet on Germany, Italy or Spain being knocked out during the group stage
you could have also made a lot of money. Like a bet on title-holders France being
knocked out by Greece ...

That's what soccer betting is about, getting a feeling for possible surprises and betting
on them. Look in which bets there might be value.

Other interesting things of Euro 2004:

Topscorer was Milan Baros with 5 goals.
Theodoros Zagorakis was named best player of the tournament.
The mascot's name was Kinas.
Let's see what the next tournament Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland will bring us.
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