Review of the World Cup Antepost Betting Tips

Bet 1: South Africa not to qualify @ 1.45 – WON
Bet 2: South Africa to finish bottom @ 2.4 – LOST

South Africa surprised people at this tournament, putting in a series of impressive performances to disprove their lowly FIFA World Ranking. After a spirited draw with Mexico in their opening game, a disappointing defeat to Uruguay seemed to have destroyed any hopes of qualification. However, an excellent performance against the disappointing French meant that they avoided finishing bottom of the group, but still failed to qualify.

Bet 3: Argentina to win group @ 1.54 – WON
Bet 4: South Korea to qualify @ 3.75 – WON

Argentina strolled through their group to finish top with 3 wins out of 3. South Korea comfortably beat the disappointing Greeks in their opening game, and despite a 4-1 defeat to Argentina, they did enough against Nigeria in their final group game to secure their spot in the second round.

Bet 5: Serbia to qualify @ 2.1 – LOST
Bet 6: Serbia to win group @ 4.5 – LOST

Serbia were immensely disappointing in this group. Defeat to Ghana in their opening game was a poor start, and although a promising victory over Germany followed, they failed to qualify after a defeat to Australia in their final group game.

Bet 7: Holland to win group @ 1.67 – WON
Bet 8: Japan to finish bottom @ 2.1 – LOST

Holland cruised through this group to finish top with consummate ease. Japan caused an upset when they beat Cameroon in their opening game, and despite a defeat to the Dutch, a 3-1 victory over Denmark meant they qualified for the second round.

Bet 9: Ivory Coast not to qualify @ 2 – WON

Ivory Coast failed to qualify following a defeat to Brazil and a goalless draw with Portugal. Following Portugal’s demolition of North Korea, qualification was a distant hope for Ivory Coast, and so it proved.

Bet 10: Chile to qualify @ 1.73 – WON

Chile impressed with an easy to watch brand of attacking football. Victories over Honduras and Switzerland secured their place in the second round, despite defeat to Spain costing them top-spot in the group.

Bet 11: South Korea best Asian/Oceania team @ 3.25 – WON
Bet 12: Australia best Asian/Oceania team @ 2.6 – LOST

South Korea were the only Asian or Oceania team in the second round.

Bet 13: David Villa Golden Boot @ 10 – WON
Bet 14: Robin Van Persie Golden Boot @ 29 – LOST
Bet 15: Robinho Golden Boot @ 59 – LOST
Bet 16: Diego Forlan Golden Boot @ 81 – WON

Four players shared the Golden Boot – David Villa, Diego Forlan, Wesley Sneijder and Thomas Muller. Five goals apiece was enough to secure their share of the award.

Bet 17: Spain/David Villa Winning Team/Golden Boot @ 26 – WON

Spain won the tournament with David Villa sharing the Golden Boot award.

Conclusion

Therefore, it was a successful tournament overall. With 10 out of the 17 tips coming through, and with six of those at odds of 2 or greater, there was a decent profit for the tournament. Serbia were the only major disappointment as far as the tips went, and there were a couple of big successes – the Spain/Villa combination brought a nice success at 26, whilst David Villa alone secured a nice win at odds of 10. However, it was the success of Diego Forlan that provided the biggest win at attractive odds of 81.