2022 World Cup Betting Guide

2022 World Cup Football Betting Guide

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2022 Fifa World Cup Betting Guide

Okay, the 2022 FIFA World Cup might be a while away yet (Winter 2022), but with the main football tournaments on hold at the moment we thought we’d take a quick look ahead to see how the betting is panning out.

2022 World Cup Dates: 21^st November-18^th December 2022

2022 World Cup Hosts: Qatar

2022 World Cup Final Date: 18^th December 2022

The 2022 Fifa World Cup will be held in the Arab world – in Qatar – for the first time and with the heat of that part of the world during the summer months, we’ll also see the tournament being held in the winter months of November and December.

Fifa World Cup History

Current World Cup Winners: France
Most Successful World Cup Team: Brazil (5 wins)
First World Cup: 1930
Number Of Different World Cup Winning Nations: 8

With the Football World Cup first being staged in 1930, we’ve seen 23 tournaments as World War Two meant there were no events from 1942 till 1946. However, despite having 23 different competitions we’ve only had eight different nations winning the FIFA World Cup.

Brazil are the most successful team with five wins (see below), with Italy and Germany next best with four titles each.

Argentina, France, who are the current champions and Uruguay all have two Fifa World Cup wins to their name, while England and Spain make up the eight World Cup winning nations with one win each.

The current champions – France – ran out the 4-2 winners over Croatia in the 2018 finals, that were staged in Russia – that was their second win since 1998.

In the last five tournaments we’ve seen five different nations win, while the last country to win the FIFA World Cup back-to-back was Brazil in 1958 and 1962 – something France will be trying to emulate.

2022 FIFA World Cup Betting

At the time of writing (March 2020), it’s the FIFA World Cup outright betting market is tight. Most bookmakers have the current champions – France – as the favourites at around 5/1, but if you shop around then they are as big as 6/1 and 7/1 with certain firms.

The five-time winners – Brazil – are a similar price in the FIFA World Cup outright betting markets too. The Samba men are also priced between 5/1 and 7/1, depending on who you bet with, while next best is Germany at around 8/1.

If you fancy Spain to repeat their 2010 World Cup win, then you’ll generally be rewarded at odds that range from 6/1 to 9/1.

England, Belgium, who are yet to win the World Cup, and Argentina are all next best in the World Cup outright betting market. England are priced between 8/1 and 12/1, Belgium are 9/1 to 12/1, while Argentina are 8/1 to 12/1.

Of the rest, the Netherlands are on offer at 14/1 to 18/1, while other outsiders of interest would be Italy (14/1 – 20/1), Portugal (16/1 -33/1) and Croatia (22/1 – 40/1)

How Do The World Cup Hosts Fare?

Finally, the hosts generally have a good record in the FIFA World Cup – of the 23 tournaments we’ve actually seen 6 host nations win. That’s a decent 26% return.

So, if you fancy this stat to be upheld then you might want to have a dabble on the 2022 World Cup hosts – Qatar – who are currently priced around 100/1 to 150/1!

Note: Odds are subject to change

FIFA World Cup Past Winners, Results and Stats

Year	Host	Champion	Runner Up	Third Place	Teams	Matches Played	Goals Scored	Avg Goals Per Game
2018	Russia	France	Croatia	Belgium	32	64	169	2.6
2014	Brazil	Germany	Argentina	Netherlands	32	64	171	2.7
2010	South Africa	Spain	Netherlands	Germany	32	64	145	2.3
2006	Germany	Italy	France	Germany	32	64	147	2.3
2002	South Korea, Japan	Brazil	Germany	Turkey	32	64	161	2.5
1998	France	France	Brazil	Croatia	32	64	171	2.7
1994	United States	Brazil	Italy	Sweden	24	52	141	2.7
1990	Italy	West Germany	Argentina	Italy	24	52	115	2.2
1986	Mexico	Argentina	West Germany	France	24	52	132	2.5
1982	Spain	Italy	West Germany	Poland	24	52	146	2.8
1978	Argentina	Argentina	Netherlands	Brazil	16	38	102	2.7
1974	West Germany	West Germany	Netherlands	Poland	16	38	97	2.6
1970	Mexico	Brazil	Italy	West Germany	16	32	95	3.0
1966	England	England	West Germany	Portugal	16	32	89	2.8
1962	Chile	Brazil	Czechoslovakia	Chile	16	32	89	2.8
1958	Sweden	Brazil	Sweden	France	16	35	126	3.6
1954	Switzerland	West Germany	Hungary	Austria	16	26	140	5.4
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Brazil	Sweden	13	22	88	4.0
1938	France	Italy	Hungary	Brazil	15	18	84	4.7
1934	Italy	Italy	Czechoslovakia	Germany	16	17	70	4.1
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	Argentina	United States	13	16	70	3.6