You have to drop down a little bit in the World Cup odds to find defending champ Italy. Even though they won the title four years ago, the Italians will not be getting a lot of admiration in World Cup wagering.

A squad with big World Cup wagering probabilities that might in fact reach the knockout round is Denmark.

World Cup betting on France list them as the favorite to win Group A and this starting competition against Uruguay will be an significant one for both teams. France hasn’t performed well recently, although they are the much talked about squad. Their previous friendly was an unimpressive 1- shutout loss to China a week ago. France was not much better in a friendly against Tunisia as they performed to a 1-1 draw. Scoring only one goal in 2 friendlies against China and Tunisia is not the way to be entering a World Cup.

The wait is over as World Cup betting competition starts on Friday with the host nation South Africa competing with Mexico.

On Friday, when star striker Didier Drogba broke his arm in a warm-up game against Japan, any possibility Ivory Coast had of making a significant run in World Cup betting might have come to a halt.

The United States 23-man team for the 2010 world cup has been named and the U.S. is anticipated to make some noise in world cup 2010 odds.