There are more than 33 kinds of bets offered on the Euro 2008 matches. One of the more unusual bets is which group will produce the most goals. The betting is tight but curious.
Favourites are Group B with Germany and…
RUSSIA:
Russia are rated 25th in the world by FIFA.
They are far from being favorites but other teams will be wary of them after they knocked England out with that 2-1 victory in Moscow. And Zenith St Petersburg victory in the Uefa…
GREECE:
Greece are rated 8th in the world by FIFA.
After the wonderful performance and victory in 2004, Greece will not be able to play on the surprise factor. But they remain a very well organized team which will be very difficult to…
Sweden are rated 23rd in the world by FIFA.
Remember 2002 when Sweden got out of a group with Argentina, England and Nigeria or 2004 when they reached the quarter-finals after eliminating Italy? Sweden have for some years increased their level and…
SPAIN:
Spain are rated 4th in the world by FIFA.
The ranking shows that Spain are a really good team, but for years and years they have stacked up wins in friendlies and not performed on the big stages. Only in February they…
Holland are rated 10 in the world by FIFA.
Holland are hungry for trophies and victories. The Dutch team has often done well in the big competitions, they reached the semi-finals in 2000 and 2004, but the fact remains that Holland has…
Italy are rated 3rd in the world by the FIFA.
The World Cup champions have made a convincing start finishing top of their qualifying group ahead of France. But they have not won the Euros for 40 years.
But they will be the team…
FRANCE:
France are rated 7 in the world by FIFA
Coach Raymond Domenech has already announced that France will win the competition. They had a good qualifying phase with just two accidents against Scotland but they beat Italy 3-1. They also beat…
Romania are rated 12th in the world by the FIFA
On paper the weakest team of the Group C which has for a long time been said to be the Group of Death. Nevertheless, the Romanians must not be underestimated. They…
When the winners pick up the European Nations Cup on June 29, the name Henri Delaunay will be engraved across the silver work. In fact it appears above the competition name
Europe Cup
Cup Henri Delaunay
European Championship
Delaunay was a contemporary and colleague of…
The first tournament was held in France in 1960. From 17 countries that entered, it was an eastern block monopoly in the final, a theme that would dominate the early decades of the tournament The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1. Neither Germany…
Poland are rated 27 in the world by FIFA. But even though many of their players are not well known, they have been getting good results for some time: They finished top of their group and beat Portugal 2-1 at home.
This…
Croatia are rated 11 in the world by FIFA. In the World Cup 98 they finished an unexpected third, but failed dismally in 2006 with two draws against Japan and Australia. But they have always been strong qualifiers as England discovered…
Only rated fifth in the world by FIFA but the team everyone will fear, who as ever seem to be running into form with seven wins in eight outings including a 4-0 trouncing of Switzerland. Despite their record in the…
GROUP B
AUSTRIA:
The Wonderteam is on paper the weakest team of the competition, rated 101 in the world by FIFA. Apart from Belgium in 2000, all the host countries have always reached at least the semi-finals but Austria is very likely…
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History
The first tournament was held in France in 1960. From 17 countries that entered, it was an eastern block monopoly in the final, a theme that would dominate the early decades of the tournament The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1. Neither…
Group A: Analysis
Much of the attention has been focused on Group C as the potential group of Death for someone, but this is a finely balanced group and any team not coming out of the starting blocks quickly could find…
Switzerland are ranked 46 in the world by FIFA. On paper the co-hiosts are the weakest team in their group. But they are improving. They lost out to France and England at the group stage in 2004 and made the last…
Four by Fours
The teams are split into four groups of four The top two go through to the quarter finals.
Group A
Switzerland, the co-hosts and rank outsiders
Portugal, finalists last time out on home soil
Turkey, struggled in the elimination groups but squeaked through
Czech…
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