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Similar to World Cup Betting the European Football Championship is staged every four years with the next tournament taking place in the Ukraine and Poland in 2012. Euro 2008 was the last tournament and that was held in Austria in Switzerland were won by the brilliant Spanish team who will be out for back-to-back wins in 2012. The Spaniards are favourites after winning the 2010 World Cup for the first time in their history in South Africa and will be going for three major championships on the bounce in 2012.
Check out our dedicated Euro 2012 Mini-Site for the latest results, standings, odds and betting news.
The European Championships are a huge betting event especially when England qualify for the tournament as they will be expected to do in 2012, the whole country gets behind the team with a bet as the nation goes football crazy much like the World Cup.
The other big teams to feature in the Ukraine and Poland are the usual names such as Italy, Germany, Portugal, France and Holland along with England and of course Spain who are likely to be the favourites. The European Championships are often seen as a tougher tournament to win than the World Cup as there are no weak teams involved in the group stages.
All the bookmakers highlighted on this site cover this event extremely well and you can get a Euro Football Free Bet offer by registering and placing a bet if you are a new customer with that bookmaker.
The draw for the Group Stages of Euro 2012 took place on 2nd December and is as follows. Republic Of Ireland face a tough task in Group C as they have drawn Spain, while England's biggest threat would appear to be France in Group D, with Group B the infamous 'group of death'...
Euro 2012 Group A
Euro 2012 Group B
Euro 2012 Group C
Euro 2012 Group D
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| Spain | 5/2 | 5/2 | 12/5 | 12/5 | 9/4 | 9/4 | 9/4 |
| Germany | 7/2 | 7/2 | 10/3 | 10/3 | 3 | 7/2 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 15/2 | 11/2 | 8 | 15/2 | 8 | 7 | 13/2 |
| England | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| France | 14 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| Italy | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Portugal | 18 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
| Russia | 20 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 20 |
| Ukraine | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Croatia | 40 | 33 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Czech Republic | 50 | 66 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 50 |
| Poland | 50 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 66 |
| Greece | 66 | 40 | 70 | 66 | 50 | 40 | 66 |
| Sweden | 66 | 66 | 80 | 80 | 66 | 66 | 66 |
| Republic of Ireland | 66 | 100 | 80 | 66 | 50 | 50 | 66 |
| Denmark | 100 | 100 | 80 | 80 | 66 | 100 | 80 |
The European Championships is held every four years and Euro 2012 is hosted by Poland and Ukraine. Defending European champions Spain head the betting to win the tournament outright again and they are short odds favourites.
However, the likes of Germany and the Netherlands will hope to knock them off their perch, while England will hope to improve on recent displays in major tournaments and Republic of Ireland will be making a long awaited return to a major finals.
You can get the latest odds, betting news, fixtures, group standings and much more at our dedicated Euro 2012 mini-site......
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