FIFA World Cup 2022 Odds - Outright Winners

 

World Cup odds in the outright winner market for the famous tournament paints a picture of whom the main contenders are likely to be at Qatar 2022. Picking the winner of the tournament is one of the most popular betting approaches to take on the event.

 

For this unique edition of the world’s biggest football tournament, Europe’s top domestic leagues are having to take a break. That’s because while FIFA World Cup Winner Odds can be taken right now, the tournament starts in late November.

 

Previous winners of the FIFA World Cup have come from a very small select pool of nations. The only winners of previous editions of the tournament have either come from Europe (12) or South America (9).

 

Therefore, looking towards the front of the market for the World Cup outright odds 2022, the familiar faces are all there, from Brazil and Argentina to England, France and Germany. But only one nation can be crowned champion in 2022.

 

Who will that be? Along with the World Cup winner odds, there are a lot of other exciting outright football betting markets to explore. To Reach Final, Runner-up and the individual Group Winners all offer fascinating approaches to picking out World Cup 2022 odds.

 

Who is the favourite in World Cup Outright Odds?

 

Brazil are the current favourites in World Cup 2022 Odds, as the South American giants look to climb back to the top of the perch. They have been crowned World Champions five times before, which makes the Selecao the most successful team in the history of the FIFA World Cup.

 

Bringing their flair with a talented squad that includes the likes of Neymar, Gabriel Jesus and Rodrygo, Brazil will be expected to go deep in the tournament. The last time they got their hands on the crown was in 2022, which was also the one previous time that the tournament was hosted in Asia.

 

Argentina are another of the big players from South America in the World Cup outright odds. The Albiceleste will arrive in Qatar as the reigning continental champions having ended a long title drought to win Copa América. With a new manager full of fresh, modern ideas and Lionel Messi in form for his country, they could have a chance.

 

European Contenders

 

But nothing can be taken for granted, and Brazil themselves are among previous tournament outright favourites in World Cup odds, who have fallen short. In 2014, they were hosts of the FIFA World Cup and the favourites could do no better than a fourth-place finish.

 

Each of the last four editions of the FIFA World Cup has been won by a European nation, as have five of the last six. Three of the last four World Cup Finals have been all-European affairs. That includes the 2018 Final when Kylian Mbappe helped lift France past Croatia for the title.

 

The top four finishers at the 2018 World Cup were all European nations, which has happened twice in the last four editions. So the European contingent is naturally going to be landing in Qatar with high hopes.

 

Reigning champions France lead the European challenge

 

France are the reigning World Champions and have a tremendous squad. They are currently second-favourites in World Cup 2022 odds. Les Blues will look to do something that only Italy and Brazil have ever managed before, which is winning consecutive World Cup titles.

 

England will arrive with high hopes of securing their second FIFA World Cup title after reaching the semi-finals four years ago, and making it through to last year’s European Championships Final.

 

2010 World Cup champions Spain are among the leading pack of contenders as well. They have an excellent crop of youngsters coming through the ranks. While they may not pack the attacking punch of some other front-runners, Spain look as if they are going to be tough to break down.

 

Germany have been in the final four in four of the last five editions of the FIFA World Cup. They are a nation with a fine World Cup track record. But after a massive upset in not getting past the group stage four years ago, Die Mannschaft will be keen to make amends.

 

Latest World Cup Odds Outright Winner Market

 

Brazil 5/1

France 11/2

England 13/2

Argentina 13/2

Spain 15/2

Germany 9/1

Netherlands 12/1

Portugal 12/1

Belgium 11/1

 

The pool of European challengers doesn’t end there. The Netherlands, after failing to qualify for the 2018 edition, are having a big resurgence of form at the moment. They were prominent in both the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and in the UEFA Nations League.

 

Portugal will be hoping that Cristiano Ronaldo can inspire a deep run in the draw. It may well be the final crack at a World Cup for the Portuguese superstar. Belgium have the talent in their squad with the likes of Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne to also launch a competitive bid.

 

Group Stage Outright Winner World Cup Odds

 

An interesting angle for World Cup 2022 odds is to break down the draw into bite-size chunks. That can be done by looking at the individual groups and picking the winners of each of the eight sections.

 

There are four teams in each group, and the top two from each of those go through the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup 2022. Each section is made up of teams that come from different pots that were separated by seeding. So there are generally one or two obvious contenders for the top spot in World Cup Group Winner odds.

 

An example is Group C for the 2022 World Cup, in which Argentina are odds-on to win in football betting as they face Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. A little harder to call the winner of is Group E which houses both Spain and Germany in what looks like being a two-horse race.

 

Even from the groups with strong favourites there are options, as several Group Winner selections from World Cup odds could be combined into a football betting acca.

 

FIFA World Cup 2022 Groups

 

 

*bold denotes current group favourites in World Cup Odds

 

World Cup 2022 Match Winner Odds

 

Betting odds for the FIFA World Cup can be broken down even further by looking at individual match winners. There are 64 matches scheduled for the tournament, giving rise to plenty of opportunities in World Cup betting odds.

 

The bulk of the matches are played in the Group Stage of the tournament. At the 2018 World Cup, there were some big upsets in group stage matches, with both Mexico and South Korea beating Germany.

 

Croatia pulled off a stunning 3-0 success over Argentina, defying the World Cup odds in that match, while Australia earned a brave point in a group stage match against Denmark. Japan also sprung a surprise over Colombia.

 

Those upsets are when live betting on the World Cup really comes into its own. It allows punters to size up odds based on how a match is unfolding, like supporting an underdog that has taken a surprise lead in a group stage fixture.

 

There are live betting odds to be explored on all the matches from the 2022 World Cup. Live betting will be there right from the Senegal v Netherlands curtain raiser, to the England v Wales derby, to the high-profile Germany v Spain clash, right through to the World Cup Final.

 

Live betting on the World Cup will offer not only live match winner odds, but a stack of new in-play markets like Next Goalscorer, Next Team To Score and Total Goals.

 

World Cup Betting Odds Top Goalscorer Market

 

Stepping onto the World Cup stage later this year will be some of the best forwards in the business. It is an area of World Cup betting odds that is hugely popular to analyse along with the tournament outright winner market.

 

The maximum number of matches that a player can participate in at a FIFA World Cup is seven. That’s all the chances they have to rack up the goals. But the top goalscorer at an edition of a World Cup doesn’t necessarily come from a team that plays the maximum amount of fixtures.

 

Because of seeding for the Group Stage draw, some top goalscorers get the chance to fill their boots against perceived weaker opposition. A good Group Stage campaign is usually the platform for a genuine World Cup Top Goalscorer bid.

 

That’s because as the knockout stage of the competition comes along, matches generally get tighter as the pressure of not losing weighs heavily on teams.

 

England’s Harry Kane is the favourite in 2022 World Cup betting odds to walk away with the Golden Boot. With England facing the United States, Wales and Iran in the group stage, Kane, who was the top scorer four years ago, is expected to get in the race. He’s England’s only real source of goals, so the Three Lions need a big campaign from him.

 

Among the other big names lingering in the Top Goalscorer market for individual glory, there is France’s Kylian Mbappe who tallied four goals at the last World Cup, and his compatriot Karim Benzema who had a stunning 2021/22 season for Real Madrid.

 

Among the other big names on the World Cup Top Goalscorer list, there’s Lionel Messi, Neymar, Romelu Lukaku and Cristiano Ronaldo.